Land Officer Yang sighed when he heard the words, and then he persuaded, "Brother An, Grandpa knows your suffering and knows that you are a good boy. Still, Ziping and Ziyong are your brothers in name after all. If you drive your brothers out of the village, you will be blamed. It will be a stain on your reputation if you ever manage to pass the civil service exam in the future."
Hearing this, Ye Zi’an lowered his head, thinking of his father’s instructions, but his fists were clenched tightly.
Yang Chuxia was speechless, she was really going to be pissed off. What kind of fucking world is this where people can be blamed for this? Shouldn’t you just silently bear the pain of being bullied by such people? And if Ye Zi’an never passes the civil service exam, it’s alright, but if one day he recovers and can take the exam again, won’t Ms. Hua Junior be able to bask in the glory and become the mistress of the house?
Holy shit, Yang Chuxia deeply sympathized with Brother An!
Yang Chuxia actually thought that Land Officer Yang would disagree with driving people out of the village after hearing this.
Who would have known, Land Officer Yang suddenly said to Ye Zi’an, "So Grandpa will make the decision for you in this matter. No matter which of the two brothers initiated the theft, Ziping is the eldest brother, so if he didn’t stop it, it’s all his fault. Therefore, I decide to drive Ziping out of Yangshu Village. As for Ziyong, I will give him one more chance, but he must write a guarantee to make sure he never commits crimes again. If there is a next time, he will immediately be driven out of Yangshu Village. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this decision, Ms.Hua Junior suddenly disagreed, as did Ye Ziping. Even the two brothers accused each other, thinking the other should be driven out.
However, Land Officer Yang’s decision had already been laid out, and Ms.Hua Junior had no choice but to agree, or else all three of them would be driven out of the village.
In the end, Ms.Hua Junior gave up on Ye Ziping, and as Land Officer Yang said, Ye Ziping was driven out of the village.
Yang Chuxia was still dissatisfied with this outcome.
"Hold on!" Yang Chuxia snorted coldly, "Grandpa Land Officer, since you have made the decision, I can’t say much, as I can’t make this decision. But shouldn’t the victim be compensated? After all, it’s not the bystanders who are suffering that we are talking about." She thought to herself, since she had already waded into these muddy waters, she might as well do a good deed, and for the sake of Brother An and her father’s common enemy, both having the surname Hua, if Brother An couldn’t say it, let her take the initiative.
Uncle Old Gen turned red and said, "That’s right, Brother An is the victim here."
Auntie Li directly said at this point, "Why don’t Ms.Hua give Brother An some compensation."
Upon hearing the word compensation, Ms.Hua was not happy, "Why should I compensate him? Ziping has been driven out, and besides, Ziyong and the others didn’t take anything."
"Yes, we didn’t take anything. You can search if you don’t believe us." Ye Zi’yong followed up.
"Pfft, you didn’t steal anything because there was no silver in Brother An’s house. If there was, wouldn’t you have taken it away? What you need to compensate for is not the silver you didn’t steal but your act of theft! If everyone follows your example and freely searches other people’s houses, then goes back to their own houses after crying a little, what safety is there in the village?"
Yang Chuxia didn’t look at Ms.Hua again. Instead, she asked Brother An, "Brother An, how do you want them to compensate you?"
Ye Zi’an was touched by Yang Chuxia’s support. He thought for a moment and then said to Land Officer Yang, "Grandpa Land Officer, when my father was alive, Ye Family had ten acres of water fields, five acres of dry land, and a few houses in the village. Now that Ziping and Ziyong have taken my father’s surname, they are also considered my father’s sons, so I only ask for the division of my father’s possessions. I will take the share that is rightfully mine."