Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11702

Yang Ruoqing glanced at Cao Bamei. Facing such a simple and naive person, she could only break up the conversation.

"To show weakness, you don't have to come to us, then beg for mercy, plead for mercy, and admit defeat."

"Qing'er, what you said is right. Go on." Old Yang, the head of the family, frowned slightly, listened to Yang Ruoqing's analysis, thought about it, and gave affirmation and agreement.

Yang Ruoqing went on to say, "They used the self-torture tactic, that is, the incident of Dasheng's wife hitting her head against the wall to commit suicide, to stir up public opinion in the village, so that everyone's sympathy and compassion would lean towards their family."

"They tried to use moral kidnapping to turn them from being a violent perpetrator, a rumor spreader, and a tyrant because they had many sons and were village elders, into a victim, a weak person who was oppressed and bullied by our Yang family."

"Many people in the village have no sense of right and wrong and no rational judgment. They will not look for the source and truth of things. They will only be confused by what is in front of them. That is, they will stand on the side of whoever is the most miserable, support whoever they are, and sympathize with whoever they are, and then condemn the opponent who shows weakness!"

This method is very clever, and there are not many families in the village who can use this method.

If a conflict arises between two families in the village, the weaker party will only go to the alleys at the entrance of the village and cry about their grievances to everyone they meet, condemning the other party's dominance.

This is the lowest level type, because when you do this, the person who listens to you will just take it as gossip.

In front of you, they may join in the condemnation or comfort you, but then forget about it as soon as they turn around.

The operation of Dacun's family was very smart. They did not go to anyone to cry for help. Instead, the family closed the door. Even though they were beaten to the point of being unrecognizable, they did not cry or complain.

Instead, he stayed at home and acted stubbornly, refusing to come to Old Yang's house to surrender and beg for mercy, showing the backbone of his family to other people in the village.

Don't fear power or strong fists.

And integrity is often the most attractive thing, and it makes people yearn for and admire it the most.

Especially when Dasheng's wife hit him, she was given the reputation of being strong and unyielding.

At the same time, the entire village elder family was given a beauty filter that portrays them as being oppressed, humiliated, yet mighty and unyielding.

"Qing'er is right. After this incident, I guess many people in the village will look at our Yang family differently." Old Yang said, "They think we are bullies who bully the villagers. Even if they dare not say it in front of us, their hearts are biased towards the big village old family."

Yang Huazhong doesn't want to see such a situation happen, as it would be tantamount to losing the support of the people and being isolated.

"Being isolated is not a good thing. We live together and we are all old acquaintances from generation to generation." He said, "Besides, my Daan was just transferred to the post of governor of Changhuaizhou at the beginning of the year. If someone dies, I am afraid that it will be bad for Daan if I report it!"

When it comes to Da'an's future, Old Yang becomes serious again.

Sun almost shed tears.

Your mind may have already wandered to the scene of Daan being fired, handcuffed and thrown into prison.

Cao Bamei was also extremely uneasy, because if Da'an collapsed, it would mean that the emperor was angry.

Even if Luo Fengtang is a great general, can he go against the emperor to protect his brother-in-law?

So in the end, the entire Yang family and the Luo family will collapse.

Everything in the restaurant was confiscated. Yongjin is the owner of the restaurant, and the person in charge. He might even be arrested and put in jail!
Oh my God! Cao Bamei didn’t dare to think further. Her face turned pale, her legs became weak and trembled, and she almost fell down.

Fortunately, Sun was standing next to her. The two women, who were equally panicked, frightened and at a loss, supported each other and acted as each other's temporary crutches.

Yang Ruoqing looked at the reactions of the people in front of her and sighed in her heart.

He is really an honest person. He has lived in a village as small as a palm all his life. He has never seen the outside world and cannot stand the slightest disturbance.

"Grandpa, dad, mom, second sister-in-law, please don't panic, okay?" Yang Ruoqing continued, she was as calm as ever. "I'm telling you this, let alone the death of Dasheng's wife, even if the whole family died, this matter can't be reported to the higher authorities."

"Even if he is accused of something, as long as Daan is useful to the emperor, the emperor will not convict him. He may even reward him for his achievements in other areas!"

"Ah? Isn't it said that if the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished just like the common people? That's what the emperor said himself!"

"Dad, have you ever seen that emperor break the law and really go to jail or watch his head be chopped off?"

"Uh... that's not true."

"Yes, he is just saying it. We ordinary people just listen to it and don't take it seriously."

"But, then why do you want to talk about it? Why don't you just say it?"

"Ha, that's just for us to hear. Of course, they won't really do nothing. A wise emperor might issue an edict of apology!"

It is equivalent to writing a self-criticism and giving everyone an explanation, and the matter will be over.

Even this edict of apology might have been drafted by the eunuchs in the palace, and the emperor just copied it...

The people below would praise: Your Majesty is wise! It is a great blessing for the country!
"Okay, let's not talk about the emperor, let's talk about ourselves." Yang Ruoqing brought the topic back.

"Don't worry that Da'an will be implicated. This kind of thing is happening in every place and every official's home across the country. It's more common than the hairs on a cow."

"Just don't worry. What we need to do now is to change our strategy."

"What strategy?"

"Since the village elders have begun to show weakness to the villagers, trying to blackmail them morally and call on everyone to stab us in the back, then we should show kindness to those villagers!"

"To show favor? How do you show favor?"

Yang Ruoqing moved between Old Yang and Yang Huazhong, motioning them to move their heads closer.

After some whispering.

They both looked at each other.

Old Yang: "Will this trick... work?"

Yang Ruoqing smiled.

Yang Huazhong thought about it and nodded solemnly: "I think we can give it a try!"

Old Yang thought for a moment, stroking his goatee, "Well... let's give it a try. As the saying goes, a man who takes from a man is obliged to give him a hand, and a man who eats from a man is obliged to give him a mouth. To our Yang family, those things are nothing."

"But for most villagers, it is a timely help!"

Sun and Cao Bamei were stunned as they listened.

"Qing'er, what are you mumbling about?"

"Yeah, can you tell us about it too?"

Old Yang seemed to be hesitant to speak, but Yang Huazhong wanted to speak but was stopped by Yang Ruoqing.

Yang Ruoqing glanced at the two of them and said, "Mother, Second Sister-in-law, your personalities... Forget it, I'll call the others over later and tell everyone. You can listen together and then you'll know everything."