The stepsister of a peasant family in a book is spoiled by the big brothers

Chapter 121 Beijing Officials

Qin Huiyin took a glance and vaguely saw the official robe.

However, she did not stop the movement of her hands and continued to smash down hard and powerfully.

"Ah..." the gangster screamed miserably.

"You woman..." the official in official robes scolded angrily, but before he could finish his words, Qin Huiyin sat down on the ground and burst into tears.

"You are bullying me... You are bullying me too much... Wuwu..."

"My mother and I fled here, surviving by eating grass roots along the way and avoiding so many cases of cannibalism. We finally have a new home and a way to make a living, but you people here still bully us... God is unfair, and the government is unfair too. With such inaction, how can we, mother and daughter, survive? Woo woo..."

Li Taohua was stunned.

But soon, she also got into the role, with red eyes, sitting next to Qin Huiyin and crying loudly: "My daughter, it's my fault. I didn't protect you well..."

Tang Dafu cried even faster than Tang Yixiao and Tang Luwu. As a grown man, he didn't wail like the women did, but just shrugged and wiped his tears.

The gangster was still screaming, and the family was crying heartbrokenly, as if they had suffered a great injustice.

Seeing this, the official laughed in anger and said to the county magistrate not far away: "This is a matter under your jurisdiction. You handle it."

The county magistrate, overwhelmed with a headache, walked over and said to the thugs, "It's you again. You always bully the elderly, the weak, women and children. You really won't repent."

"Sir, we are the ones being bullied this time. Look at my hands..." the gangster cried, "Sir, please help me!"

"He bullied my mother. Sir, if your mother was bullied, would you cut off his hand?"

"How dare you do such a ridiculous thing..." the county magistrate said angrily.

"Sir, if you can't stand it just as an analogy, then how can I, as a son, tolerate my mother going through all this?"

The official who spoke first said calmly, "What grievances have you suffered? The government will handle the matter for you. How can we allow you to abuse your power and punish me?"

"Sir, where is the government office?"

"It's less than two miles from here."

"Do you think poor people like us can escape these vicious people and report the crime to the authorities? Do you think we can survive?"

"Bullshit, we never kill anyone." The thugs complained for themselves.

"You smashed our stall and destroyed all our tables and chairs. You destroyed our family's chance of survival. Don't you want us to die?" Qin Huiyin curled her lips and was about to start crying again.

Wen Ruhai made a gesture, interrupting her brewing emotions.

"What do you want?" Wen Ruhai asked.

"What can we, who have no power, no influence, and no one to make decisions for us, do? Life and death are all decided by the words of the adults. Master, please put me in jail!"

"Sir, it was these ruffians who hurt people first, how can you blame the little girl?"

"The county magistrate has always been fair and impartial. I'm sure he won't make things difficult for the little girl, right? She's had a very hard life, having to endure such a terrible thing as fleeing famine."

"Sir, we can testify that it was these ruffians who smashed people's things for no reason. They said that the food at their stall killed people, but that has never happened. We are regular customers every time they set up a stall at the market."

"Please, sir, we can also testify for the little girl."

"Captain Feng, put these people in jail and wait for our decision," said the county magistrate.

"Sir, I have a small suggestion. Would you like to hear it?" Qin Huiyin blinked her red eyes and looked at the county magistrate.

When the county magistrate saw the little girl, he felt that she was like a monkey, shrewd and cunning.

It was the first time he realized that little girls could be so difficult. He had a daughter at home who was well-educated, elegant and reserved, and he had always thought that little girls should be like that. Only then did he realize that little girls could be so lively and powerful.

It has to be said that the scene where she protected her mother still touched him deeply.

"You said."

"Building a dam is a major project, a great thing, and a good deed that benefits both the country and the people. But isn't there a serious shortage of people there? Aren't these people ready-made free labor?"

"Free labor?" Wen Ruhai became interested. "The court has allocated funds, and the workers are paid."

"Those are the others. They are different. They are the scum of society, the disgrace of the county, and the misfortune of their family. Even a woman like me knows how to work hard to get what I want, but they are grown men, and they can do nothing but bully others. Their parents didn't discipline and educate them well. They should be handed over to the court for discipline."

"Sir, take these troublemakers and send them to work on the dam. They'll just be provided with food and lodging, no wages. If they behave well, you can focus on giving them some benefits. If they continue to perform well, you can start paying them a little. They have a lot of energy and nowhere to use it, so give them a chance to use it. Those petty thieves, those who cheat, those who beat their wives, and those who commit minor crimes but are still scum, all send them to work on the dam. We're short of manpower, so we shouldn't waste any of the people who come to us."

Wen Ruhai looked at the county magistrate and said, "You still have a bunch of idle people in that prison, right?"

"Sir, there are also death row prisoners!"

"I think what this little girl said makes sense. Serious criminals will certainly not be released, but those petty thieves who have committed minor offenses can be sent to labor camp for a while."

"I understand."

Wen Ruhai looked at Qin Huiyin in front of him and said, "Little girl, don't be so impulsive next time. You have made a contribution this time, and since your merits and demerits offset each other, I won't make things difficult for you."

"Sir, our stall is broken, so much food has been wasted, the tables and chairs are gone, and my family has been injured. Are we just going to let it go like this?"

Qin Huiyin wiped her tears, feeling aggrieved, like a young man who had suffered a wrong outside and came home to complain.

When Wen Ruhai saw her like this, he felt like laughing for some reason.

"How much compensation do you want?"

"Twenty taels." Qin Huiyin gestured with the number two. "We put a lot of effort and money into these things. We've only used them a few times, and they haven't even recouped their cost."

Wen Ruhai made a gesture to the yamen runner.

The bailiffs walked up to the gangsters, searched their purses, and took out all the silver, which added up to only three taels.

"That's all, nothing more."

Qin Huiyin muttered, "The common people have been bullied, the common people have suffered, the common people are almost starving to death, and they can't even get normal compensation."

Wen Ruhai looked at the county magistrate and said, "This troublemaker is one of your people. You will handle him."

The county magistrate said with a smile, "Captain Feng, go search these households. The leader, Ma Zi, must pay three taels of silver, and the others, two taels each. Little girl, wait here and clean up these things so as not to disturb others."

"Thank you, sir. I have heard that you are a great judge. Today I finally see the real person." Qin Huiyin bowed deeply.

The other members of the Tang family also followed suit and bowed deeply.