Border Cook

Chapter 524: Death by Headbutt

The old lady rubbed her eyes, squinted at the scale again, and confirmed that it was indeed three catties and four ounces. However, she still argued, "But I weighed three catties and six ounces at home. How come it became three catties and four ounces here?"

"Maybe the weight at your house is inaccurate?" Honglian explained, "Sometimes the weight is stored for a long time, rusts and becomes light, so it is easy to weigh too high. When we got this scale, we asked the village to compare it three times, and there is absolutely no problem."

The villagers did not trust outsiders who came to collect things, and it was common to compare them with the village's own beam scales. He Shunzi came here often, and everyone trusted him. But in order to be fair and avoid verbal disputes, He Shunzi still followed the rules every time he came and compared the scales of three houses to make sure there were no problems before starting to weigh and receive goods.

This scale is indeed just as Honglian said, there will definitely be no problems.

But the old lady was still dissatisfied. She pointed at the young man who had just weighed the peppers and asked, "Why did that man weigh exactly four pounds?"

"Because the peppers that person brought weighed exactly four pounds." Honglian explained patiently.

"But his peppers only fill the bottom of a wicker basket, while mine take up half of the basket, and still not as much as his?"

"The other person's wicker basket is bigger than your bamboo basket. They are both similar in weight, so naturally his seems to have less and yours has more. But it doesn't matter how much you put in it. The main thing is how much you get on the scale. We charge by weight, not by the pile..."

"I don't believe it!" The old lady still insisted, "Unless you weigh his peppers and let me see them!"

But the man who was selling the peppers had just checked the goods, weighed the weight, calculated the price, and poured them into the big basket on the ox cart. How could he weigh them again?
Honglian was in a dilemma, and He Shunzi also helped to persuade her, "Auntie, the peppers have already been poured in, and there is no way to re-weigh them. You really have this much pepper, so there is really no problem with the weighing."

"Well, if you think the scale is not accurate and we are paying too little, then don't sell it to us. How do you do that?"

"That won't do." The old lady was immediately unhappy. "You said I was harvesting peppers. I've been busy picking and drying peppers for many days. Now it's time for you to stop me from selling them? Aren't you just bullying me?"

"We didn't bully you, Auntie..." Honglian felt very aggrieved, "But Auntie, you can't do this or that, so it's you who bullied us."

"How come I'm not bullying you?" The old lady yelled, stiffening her neck. "The scale I was given was wrong, so that's bullying! I'm bullying you, so tell me, how did I bully you?"

"You little girl, why are you lying with your eyes open? You gave others more money but gave me less money. Could it be that you, a little bitch, saw that she was young and pretty, so you wanted to use this to please her and deliberately gave her more money?"

Honglian usually hears a lot of grumbling, so she is very sensitive to such words. Her expression immediately became serious, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"What nonsense am I talking about? I'm telling the truth!" The old lady was also filled with righteous indignation. She pointed at Honglian's nose and started to shout, "Look at you, with your drooping eyes and slender waist. You are here to pick up guys. I've seen this kind of thing many times!"

Hook up...

These two words were like a sharp knife, piercing Honglian's heart, causing her severe pain and making it difficult for her to breathe.

His face suddenly turned red with anger, but it returned to normal after a moment. Honglian took a deep breath, and then exhaled a long breath, with a sharp light in his eyes.

Glancing at the old lady, Honglian snorted coldly, "To be honest, I've seen a lot of people like you. To get more money, you're unreasonable and unreasonable. You're always talking nonsense, throwing dirty water on others, and you're even willing to take advantage of them."

"Our Xia Ji often comes to collect goods. Anyone who knows a little bit knows that our Xia Ji has a long-term business and is generous. However, this generosity varies from person to person. If the person who comes is sincere, we don't mind giving a few more coins. But if someone deliberately makes trouble, not only will we not give more, we will not give anything in the future."

"I'm going to tell you this today. Xia Ji will not accept your chili peppers from now on. If you're unhappy, just throw a tantrum here and continue to be a scumbag. You're already old, so let others see how you are."

"Maybe you are old now, half of your body is buried in the ground, so you don't care about your face anymore. I just don't know if your sons, daughters-in-law, daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren will be able to save face when they see you."

"How about I call your family and everyone in the village over to see how you, at your age, can embarrass a young girl like me?"

Honglian first yelled at the old lady, then sat down on the oxcart next to her and howled at the top of her voice, "Come and see, someone is bullying me because of his age, throwing dirty water on an innocent girl like me for no reason. How can I go out and see people in the future?"

"If my reputation is ruined, I won't be able to live in the future. I might as well die here to prove my innocence..."

When everyone present, including the old lady, heard Honglian say this, they were all shocked.

I'm not afraid of quarrels or fights, but I'm afraid of someone taking it seriously.

Not to mention that Honglian was from Xia Ji's family. Even if she was the daughter of an ordinary family, if she died in their village for the sake of her innocence, what would happen to their village?
The executioner who forced a little girl to death?

"Aunt Qi, you are getting more and more confused. Why are you saying this to a young girl? You know how valuable a young girl's reputation is. Do you really want to force her to death?"

"That's right. You are also a woman. We are all women. Why do you specifically make things difficult for women?"

"It's fine if you're obsessed with money at other times, but now you're only thinking about money and don't care about a single life?"

"We really need to call your Fugui out and have him talk about you..."

Aunt Qi was being criticized by everyone, and her face was so red that it almost turned purple, but she still insisted, "I was just talking casually, how can it be so serious?"

"You were so aggressive just now, you just wanted me to die, but now you just say it casually. I let you take everything, and you want others to say I'm unreasonable?"

Honglian was not giving in at this moment, "You are too calculating, or do you not care at all whether this person lives or not? If so, then I really have to have a good talk with you!"