I was married off to a disabled hero in lieu of marriage; my in-laws doted on me and I aspired to gr

Jin Tao's mother followed Zhou Zhonghai to the court with a strong sense of justice. She was in the right, so who was she afraid of?

Even if we take this to the central government, Zhang Cuilian will still be in the right. It's my family matter, and outsiders have no right to interfere. Whether to save the mother or the child is up to me, Zhang Cuilian.

Upon arriving at the court, Zhou Zhonghai and Zhang Cuilian were received by the staff.

Zhou Zhonghai did not introduce herself, but told the judge the whole story. Now that Zhang Cuilian wanted to sue her, she brought her to sue.

The staff member was really petty and unreasonable. It's unbelievable that someone saved your family member, you only paid them 500 yuan, and you still want to sue them? It's unbelievable.

"Auntie, what's your relationship with Zheng Fenglin?"

The judge knew that Zhang Cuilian was uneducated and did not understand the law, so he could only explain slowly.

"My daughter-in-law."

"Are you related to her by blood?"

"No," Zhang Cuilian answered confidently.

"Do you know who Zheng Fenglin's immediate family members are? In other words, who can sign off on major surgeries?"

"Of course it's me. I'm the boss in my own home."

The judge gave a cold laugh: "The only relatives who can sign are spouses, parents, and children. What kind of relative are you, a mother-in-law? Did you give birth to her or raise her?"

"But I have no power, and neither does he."

"Yes, this uncle doesn't have the authority either. However, your situation is special. He signed the document when your lives were at stake. If there are any problems, Zheng Fenglin and her husband can hold him accountable. You're just a mother-in-law. Who gave you the right to extort five hundred yuan from someone?" the judge asked sternly.

"I...no, you've got it wrong, that's my grandson."

"If your son is in serious danger, you can make the decision. Your daughter-in-law and her parents have the right to make the decision."

"I understand now, you're all in cahoots, ganging up to bully this old woman."

Jin Tao's mother resorted to her old tricks again, trying to cheat.

The judge slammed his fist on the table: "I just met this uncle, how can you say we're in cahoots? The court is a place for reason, not for unreasonable arguments. Do you think you can get away with it by acting like a sore loser? If you shout and disrupt the justice system, I can detain you."

"You dare? If you lock me up, you'll have to do the work in my fields." Jin Tao's mother was a little scared.

"Work in the fields? Hmph, old lady, you're breaking the law, understand? If you kill someone, am I supposed to finish your work in the fields for you first? If you dare to cause trouble, I dare to arrest you. If everyone acted like you, making a scene and getting money, what would be the point of the law?"

The court slammed its fist on the table, startling Zhang Cuilian.

"I...I won't sue..."

"It's not a question of whether you sue or not. The problem is that you're extorting money, and the amount is large. This uncle can sue you for extortion, and you'll go to jail."

"I didn't extort anything; his son gave it to me voluntarily."

"You go to their door every day and act like you're going to die, so they have no choice but to give you money. If you take that money, you're breaking the law."

"I...I won't return it, arrest me if you want..."

I have no money, but I can take your life.

The judge looked at Zhou Zhonghai and asked for his opinion. Zhou Zhonghai said calmly, "Since you refuse to return the money, then detain you."

After saying that, he ignored Zhang Cuilian and got up to leave.

"Hey, you surnamed Zhou, you dare to lock me up? I'm going to sue you..."

This is the courthouse. Where else would you like to file a lawsuit?

Zhang Cuilian was detained for 15 days for extortion.

On the way home, Gu Quan asked, "Minister, is it really detention?"

"She has reached a point of utter lawlessness; she has to be detained."

"Then, what about her family's grain rations?"

"Tell Zhao Gui to bring Jin Tao's father to beg you to hand over the grain tax as if I knew nothing about it. Also, have Zhao Gui find someone to plant soybeans in her yard, and remember to pay five yuan per person per day."

"this……"

"For Jin Tao's sake, we can't just watch the grain tax go unpaid, nor can we let the land go to waste. If we make Zhang Cuilian pay for it, she'll definitely be heartbroken for a year."

"Minister, you're the one who has a solution."

Gu Quan laughed, "Jin Tao's mother needs to teach her a lesson."

Now things are really messed up. Jin Tao's father is in a panic. The family hasn't paid their grain tax, his wife is in jail, and they still have two pigs and thirty rabbits to raise. What are they going to do?

Having grown accustomed to listening to his wife, he now lacked a pillar of support. At this crucial moment, Zhao Gui arrived.

"Uncle, Auntie can't read or read, and you don't understand the law either? I think it's because Brother Jintao has protected you too well that you've become so arrogant and domineering in the village that you've done some foolish things," Zhao Gui complained as soon as he entered the door.

"We had already agreed to go and ask Minister Zhou if he could help us pay the grain tax, but the old woman changed her mind as soon as she entered the courtyard and threatened Minister Zhou with her grandson's matter." Jin Tao's father was so weak that he didn't seem like a man.

"Uncle, Minister Zhou is willing to give five hundred yuan because of Brother Jin Tao's influence. Think about it yourself, if Fenglin were the younger sister, and she had a difficult childbirth, would you save the baby or the daughter?"

"Of course I'll protect my daughter."

"That's right. When Fenglin married into your family, your aunt treated her coldly and didn't treat her like a human being. If you hadn't mistreated her, would she have fainted? Would she have lost her child? In the end, your aunt bears the greatest responsibility for the loss of her grandson, and you still have the nerve to blame Minister Zhou. In the future, if your family encounters difficulties, let's see who will dare to help you. If they do, they'll just try to extort money from you."

"Zhao Gui, what's the use of saying all this? Now that your aunt is in custody, how are we going to manage the family?" Jin Tao's father was about to cry.

"Uncle, for Jin Tao's sake, I'll go find Gu Quan and pay the grain tax first. You absolutely mustn't tell anyone about this, and Minister Zhou mustn't find out."

"Will it work?"

"I had to beg them on my knees, saying it was my family paying grain tax. Not to mention Dashui Village, you can't find anyone as unreasonable as this old lady in the whole county. Good riddance, locking her up to teach her a lesson, otherwise people will think it's something that can be resolved by making a fuss."

"Zhao Gui, when your aunt comes back, I'll teach her a lesson. If that doesn't work, I'll... I'll divorce her. She's ruined our family; our son and daughter-in-law won't come back."

"Uncle, a man should take responsibility. Jin Tao used to be the one who held up the family, but now that he's left disheartened, it's your turn to take charge of the household."

"Alright, Zhao Gui, I understand. Go and beg Xiao Gu to hand over the grain tax first."

"The land can't be left to lie fallow. If you're too busy, I'll find a few people to help you for a day, but it'll cost five yuan per person."

"Five, five dollars?"

"Now that the land has been distributed to individual households, everyone is busy planting beans. If you don't pay, who will help you? You decide for yourself. If you don't want to pay, then you can do it yourself."

After saying that, Zhao Gui got up, and Jin Tao's father saw him to the door with a pained expression.

Five yuan per person. If a family has four acres of land, it would take at least five people a day to finish the work, which would amount to twenty-five yuan.

Twenty-five yuan, that really hurts!

What can we do? The land is abandoned, the season is wrong, and we won't be able to harvest soybeans, which will cost far more than twenty-five yuan.