Chapter 19: Today's Cause, Tomorrow's Effect (Part 2)

  Zhao Yang did not object to Sun Zhenxiang going out to vent his anger, but was afraid of unexpected events and hurriedly went to Shang Niantao's home.

  As soon as Zhao Yang left, Sun Zhenxiang thought of another culprit, Shang Niantao. To say that her hatred for Shang Niantao even surpassed Zheng Hengtai!

  "No way! I have to go ask him if his conscience has been eaten by a dog!"

  "Wait, have a cup of tea before you go..."

  Sun Zhenxiang said: "I'm not thirsty!" After finishing speaking, he hastily rushed out of the gate.

  As soon as Sun Zhenxiang stepped out of the gate, he saw Shang Nianjun rushing towards him with his arms open. Panting heavily, he said: "Where's my brother? I'm here to ask if that bastard Shang Niantao framed my brother! I'll go break his dog legs right now!"

  Sun Zhenxiang was warm, and indeed fulfilled the old saying: "Those who are righteous often kill dogs, while those who are unfaithful are often scholars!" She grabbed Shang Nianjun's hand and said, "Good boy, hitting people is against the law, it's not worth it for this kind of person!"

  "This shameless thing is a slap in the face for our Shang family! If I don't break his legs, I...I..."

  "Son, don't be impulsive! What will happen to you? How can your mother and father cope?" He also said: "You follow your aunt over there, don't let that inhuman thing beat up your aunt!"

  Shang Nianjun's eyes widened in anger as he shouted: "He dares!"

  At this time, people have not gone far, seeing Sun Zhenxiang walking towards Shang Niantao's home, they followed him.

  Just as they walked to the middle of the village road, Zheng Hengtai slapped a palm on Shang Niantao's face and cursed: "Damn it, you took 3,000 yuan and still think it's not enough, what else do you want?"

  Shang Nian Tao's face was burning with pain and he hastily said, "At the time, we agreed on 15,000, why are you going back on your word now?"

  Song Changjian looked at him pitifully from inside the car, and he also felt something unusual behind him. When he turned his head around, he saw Sun Zhenxiang and more than a dozen villagers staring coldly at him.

  Shang Nian Tao's face turned pale and he didn't dare to argue with Zheng Hengtai anymore, turning around and leaving like a dog that had lost its master.

  Now people have fully understood the truth of the matter!

  "Look at him! He's always like this to our Yangyang!" Sun Zhenxiang's face turned pale with anger.

  The crowd suddenly exploded!

  "I really didn't think there were still people like this!"

  "For three thousand bucks, they don't even want their conscience!"

  "You didn't hear clearly, he originally wanted 15,000!"

  "What's wrong with 15,000? Did you sell your conscience for 15,000? I'm telling you, if you dare to associate with people like Shang San Yuan, I'll cut ties with you!"

  "I'm just saying how much money he wants! How can I associate with this kind of person?"

  ……

  Although it was around one o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was so hot that even the cicadas stopped calling, but people were indignant and waited until they arrived at Shang Nian's gate, most of the women in the village followed, and many men also came.

  Sun Zhenxiang stood at his doorway, the grievances and anger in his heart suddenly bursting out: "Do you still have a conscience? Zhao Yang from our family has helped yours with all his might, and this is how you treat us? Have your consciences been eaten by dogs? Have you read books to the point of having dog bellies? He stayed up all night treating illnesses in your home, did you even give him hot water to drink? Is this something a human can do?"

  "Our family's Zhao Yang, who hasn't he treated with a true heart? Who has he asked for a single penny from? He himself went under the scorching sun to dig up medicine, whoever needs it is given directly without asking for money. Has he ever charged anyone a single penny for treating their illness? Shang Baigun, you and your father, if you have guts, come out and say whether my son has ever embezzled your family's money... You're just a bad seed! Even giving birth to a son isn't a good thing! Sooner or later, your whole family will get sick with bad blood!"

  At first, people in the crowd just watched, but as they listened, their anger grew, and soon some of them joined in shouting.

  "Is it true? Honestly, did Zhao Yang overcharge you?"

  "Need you ask? If Zhao Yang is going to charge money, how much would it cost just to save one life? Let him talk about the three thousand yuan instead!"

  "It's 15,000!"

  ……

  The yard outside was like a mass rally, while Shang Yetao's face turned pale and his whole body trembled as he closed the door and hid inside, but the noise from outside still pierced his ears.

  Shang Nianqun looked at Zhu Xiuzhi who was asleep and said in a low voice: "Haitao, why not return the money to them?"

  Shang Nian Tao shook his head, now it's not something that can be solved by just returning the money. He gritted his teeth and said: "We didn't do anything wrong, why should we return the money to him? Zhao Yang has no qualifications at all, he's just an illegal practitioner! As for the money..."

  Suddenly he had an idea.

  Shang Nian Tao walked to the gate, took a few deep breaths, and suddenly opened the gate. He shouted loudly: "What are you arguing about? Don't you know that my mother is ill and needs rest? Can you afford to take responsibility if something happens?"

  People didn't expect Shang Yetao to come out and not apologize, but instead he had a very reasonable look on his face. He couldn't help but get angry, and before Sun Zhenxiang could speak, someone shouted: "Your mother is ill and resting! If it weren't for Zhao Yang, your mother would have died long ago!"

  Sun Zhenxiang then angrily said: "Without my family's Zhao Yang keeping watch over your mother all night, would you still have a mother?"

  "This is repaying kindness with enmity! You've let your conscience be eaten by dogs! Are you still human?"

  "Don't waste words on him, let him talk about what's going on with those three thousand yuan!"

  Shang Nian Tao did not expect that people were not intimidated by him, but instead he himself was about to be drowned in the "ocean of saliva" of the crowd! But when it came to money, he happened to have a countermeasure.

  "That 3,000 yuan was research funding given by Boss Zheng, he asked me to conduct a survey on medical consumption..."

  Before he could finish speaking, someone interrupted him and said: "Hey, what kind of person are you? Who would still give you research funding?"

  "What a coincidence! You just helped him harm someone, and now he's giving you research funding!"

  Seeing the villagers all standing in support of Zhao Yang, Sun Zhenxiang's mood completely calmed down. People believed in her son! She took a step forward and asked: "I just ask you, our family has never done anything wrong to you, and my son Zhao Yang is even your mother's lifesaver. Tell me, why do you want to harm him?"

  As soon as Sun Zhenxiang spoke, the crowd quieted down, waiting for Shang Niantao's response.

  Shang Nian said in a calm tone: "When the public security comes to investigate, I can't not tell the truth, right? I'm just telling the truth and didn't mean to harm anyone!"

  This was also the reason he gave to Shang Baigun when he received the money. Only at that time, the 15,000 yuan agreed upon with Zheng Hengtai had become 3,000 yuan now and was discovered by people!

  Sun Zhenxiang felt a bit uncomfortable, "Tell the truth! At that time, Zhao Yang gave you all the invoices. If you didn't look at the invoices, would you have given him money?"

  Shang Nian said with a tone of grievance: "Others want solid evidence from the public security, but I really took the invoice as a fire starter!"

  "Pshaw!"

  "Pshaw!"

  "Pshaw!"

  ……

  Although people may not be able to refute this kind of topic-shifting remark, everyone still knows what's right and wrong!

  Sun Zhenxiang spat and continued to ask: "Don't you know how much money is on the invoice? Can't you see that Zheng is not a good person?"

  Facing people's scorn, Shang Nian Tao couldn't help but take a step back, wanting to retreat all the way to the gate, but he forced himself to hold on, clenching his fists by his side and sticking out his neck: "The fifteen-year-old ginseng was never over three hundred! I just bought five from the county, each one only costs one hundred thirty!"

  Sun Zhenxiang angrily pointed at Shang Niantao and said: "You still suspect that Zhao Yang from my family embezzled your money!"

  Someone in the crowd shouted: "You bought a fake one!"

  "County regular pharmacy bought, how can it be fake?"

  "Some people even said: 'You really shouldn't think it's expensive, I've seen ginseng that costs over 30,000 yuan per plant!'"

  "It's all just liquor, but that Feitian Moutai 2000 is over 2000, while the white liquor from our county is only 50 cents a catty, can they be compared?"

  Shang Nianjun couldn't bear it anymore, he stepped forward and grabbed Shang Niantao's collar, clenched his fist and stared at him: "Brother Zhao Yang would never embezzle your money! If you dare to spout nonsense again, I'll beat you to death!"

  Sun Zhenxiang hastily pulled forward to hold onto Shang Nianjun. Although Shang Nianjun was not tall, his body was very sturdy, and his fists seemed to be cast in iron, while Shang Niantao was relatively slender, she was truly afraid that one punch would kill him!

  Shang Nian Tao broke free and escaped back home, the voices outside the courtyard grew even more turbulent! He asked Shang Bai Qun with some trepidation: "What to do, what to do?"

  Shang Baigun stepped on the cigarette butt and said: "Call Big Brother Baijun for me!"

  Shang Nian Tao escaped, and the truth of the matter was understood by everyone. Sun Zhen Xiang's anger finally subsided, but the crowd continued to scold, people were dissatisfied with this incident and their attitude, so they followed suit and scolded as well.

  The soldiers rushed over and shouted at the crowd: "What's all the commotion about!"

  The village chief still has a lot of prestige in the countryside. As soon as he spoke, the crowd quieted down. He continued: "It's so hot today, let's disperse!"

  "What's going to happen about this today?"

  Shang Baijun glared at the person who spoke and rebuked: "What's it to you? What does their family matter have to do with you?"

  The man opened his mouth, wanting to say something but then stopped himself from speaking.

  But although the crowd was quiet, no one moved.

  The eyes of the hundred soldiers widened again, and they shouted in anger: "Disperse immediately! If you continue to make trouble here, I'll call the police to take all of you away!"

  He finished speaking and felt something strange behind him, turned his head around and saw Zhao Yang quietly standing there.

  Zhao Yang stood there without saying a word, the crowd was also silent, Shang Baijun stood there, but felt that today's sun was exceptionally hot, so hot that his heart was fluttering.

  "Me? What's up? Zhao Yang, you're here?"

  Zhao Yang just looked at Sun Zhenxiang, "Mom, don't stay here, it's so hot today, what if you get heatstroke?"

  Sun Zhenxiang responded with a "yes" and walked past Shang Baijun's side.

  The crowd flowed silently past General Shang's side like water flowing around a rock.

  PS: The monk is trying to get the code out as soon as possible, but it can't be too early, you can also look at it tomorrow morning~~~

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