The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 114 - 111 Compensation

Chapter 114: Chapter 111 Compensation

"Xuanbao!"

"Xuanbao!"

...

Zhang Qian and Ruo Hang, both looking disheveled, chased after her.

In the end, Xuanyuan Que said nothing more than, "The rain won’t stop for a while, hurry down the mountain!"

After saying this, he glanced at her and started walking away.

Ruo Xuan, holding Xiaobai in her arms, happily ran towards the two men, "Second Brother, Brother Qian, it’s raining! We don’t have to fight the fire anymore, let’s go down the mountain! It’s so cold!"

Compared with the two men, whose whole bodies were covered in dirt and their clothes torn and punctured in places, soaking wet, Ruo Xuan looked as clean and tidy as if she had just put on new clothes.

And her clothes weren’t soaked like theirs!

Did her clothes only get a few drops of rain?

Was it possible that the rain from the heavens had intentionally avoided Xuanbao?

Both men were stunned for a moment.

Seeing their clothes completely soaked, Ruo Xuan hurriedly said, "Second Brother, Brother Qian, let’s hurry down the mountain before we catch a cold!"

After saying this, she took the lead and ran down the mountain.

The two men followed Xuanbao down the mountain, only to discover that despite the heavy rain, very few raindrops fell on them?

It seemed as if the heavens were intentionally avoiding raining on Xuanbao?

Truly astonishing!

*

The heavy rain continued for an hour.

All the embers on the mountain were extinguished!

Only a bare, pitch-black mountaintop remained.

After the rain passed, the sky was clear blue, with the sun shining as usual, making the recent heavy rain seem like a dream.

The Ruo Family felt somewhat embarrassed as they saw off the guests from their home.

Ruo Xuan and her newly-made friends planned to take them hunting on the mountain next time. Keeping her promise, she gave each of them a rabbit as well as some of the family’s cured meats, dried bamboo shoots, and bamboo fungus.

Once the guests had left, the family hurriedly went back up the mountain to check that all the fires had been completely extinguished.

Many villagers, also worried, spontaneously left their homes with the intention of going up the mountain to check as well.

So, almost the entire village mobilized again to climb the mountain for a thorough inspection.

After everyone had carefully checked and made certain not a single ember remained on the mountain, they were finally able to relax.

The village chief clasped his hands together and bowed to the heavens, "Thank the heavens for this timely rain!"

Everyone followed suit, offering their own bows to the sky.

Ruo Shui said to the villagers, "You all have worked hard this time, come to my house for dinner tonight."

He had already instructed Ruo Zhou to reserve tables at the restaurant.

Upon hearing this, the villagers waved their hands, "There’s no need to be so polite, we just had dinner at your place last night, there’s no need for today."

"Yeah! The fire wasn’t set by you, there’s no need for a meal. Ruo Shui, don’t be so formal."

"We can eat at home, no need for such formality."

...

Ruo Shui insisted, "The tables are already booked, so don’t be courteous, you must come!"

Although they weren’t responsible for the wildfire, it had occurred because their family was clearing the land.

The whole village had risked their lives to help fight the fire, and it was only right and proper to invite everyone for a meal.

Not just one meal, he also needed to give them labor compensation.

The Ruo Family would remember this kindness.

The villagers agreed only after Ruo Shui insisted.

Old man Zhen saw that the rain had stopped and ran out, seeing that everyone was discussing going to Ruo Shui’s home for a meal, he said, "Eating is for sure, but shouldn’t we settle the wages before we eat? I’ve cleared all the weeds in that entire barren hill, so how should the wages be calculated? That barren hill is almost two hundred acres, right? We’re all from the same village, and I won’t ask for much silver; ten taels will do!"

The villagers were enraged upon hearing this, "You almost set the whole mountain on fire and you dare ask for silver? Old man Zhen, do you have no shame?"

"Pah, still daring to ask for wages, you almost killed all of us! We’d have let you off easy just for not coming after you!"

"Exactly..."

...

Ruo Xuan tugged at Ruo Shui’s sleeve, "Dad, take him to the government. So many villagers got injured because of the fire, he should at least compensate them with silver."

She didn’t understand the law, but just yesterday Zhang Qian had reminded her when he left that setting fire to the mountain was a serious crime; aside from compensating with silver, it could land someone in considerable prison, or in severe cases, even cost them their head.

He also said it was fortunate the mountain didn’t catch fire, or the consequences would have been unthinkable!

Their Ruo Family was the owner of the barren hill, and the wildfire was caused by their land clearing, so they inevitably had to take responsibility.

The reason the huge fire didn’t ignite was that the Divine Lord Xuanyuan had used his life force to call wind and rain to extinguish the fire.

The Divine Lord Xuanyuan had traded his life for the rain.

And she, in her effort to save the Divine Lord Xuanyuan, no longer had a single drop of the precious Three Lights Divine Water.

In short, this wretched old man was truly awful!

He must pay the price!

Ruo Shui indeed had this in mind; he walked up to old man Zhen and grabbed the back of his shirt, "Want silver, do you? Let’s go to the Governor’s Office to talk, and find the County Magistrate to do some calculations; let’s see how much silver is owed for nearly burning a hundred acres of mountaintop!"

Ruo Shui, gripping old man Zhen, headed towards the town.

The other villagers cheered when they heard this:

"Exactly! Take him to the Governor’s Office to talk! Make him pay silver! What brazenness, to even dare to set the mountain on fire!"

"Well caught! Starting a mountain fire and nearly killing people, he should indeed be spanked by the County Magistrate! Make him pay for our medical expenses, and the silver for our clothes he burned."

"I’ll go too, to bear witness! The whole mountain was on fire; if it weren’t for the sudden timely downpour, he could have killed us all! I haven’t even demanded his life in compensation yet!"

"Want silver? Ask the County Magistrate for it! This is too much!"

...

The villagers followed Ruo Shui, muttering and swearing.

Ruo Shui, dragging old man Zhen, strode forward.

Old man Zhen, like a dog, scraped and clawed at the ground with his limbs, trying to wrestle free from Ruo Shui’s grasp, but regardless of how he struggled, it was all in vain.

Old man Zhen shouted, "Let go of me! I’ve done nothing wrong; the mountain didn’t catch fire. You think I’m afraid to go to the officials? I cleared that barren hill for your family, and if you won’t give me silver, the Lord County Magistrate won’t side with you!"

Tan Granny and Zhen Hu also caught up.

Tan Granny also felt her family was in the right, "Let go of my old man, if we’re going to officials, we’ll see who has to pay silver! Who asked you to intervene in the fire? It’s none of your business! Even without your help, the mountain wouldn’t burn; we knew it was going to rain, that’s why we set the fire! You think you can get our family to pay silver? Not a chance!"

Zhen Hu, "Let go of my dad! Or else I’ll accuse you of assault in front of the County Magistrate and make you pay for medical expenses! I’m the future Top Scholar, and my dad is the father of a Top Scholar; his body is precious. If even a single strand of hair is hurt, without a hundred taels I won’t rest!"

Seeing how unreasonable the Zhen family was, everyone became even more determined to report them to the officials.

Ruo Xuan, mad enough to kill without paying for life, said, "Compensate, if your family’s old man loses even a single hair, as long as the County Magistrate says to compensate, I will! Don’t worry, I have plenty of silver, I can afford to cover his injuries. Even if life is lost, I can afford it!"

Of course, she did not realize how provoking her words were, because she was too angry herself!

She was already angry, why should she care if others were angry?

Villager, "We got injured while fighting the fire, the Zhen family has to compensate!"

"Right, I got several burns, and my clothes got burned through in several places! Let’s remind the County Magistrate to make the Zhen family pay!"

...

This time, old man Zhen really provoked public outrage.

When the mountain had started to smoke just now, the villagers thought they were done for.

So, hearing the unrepentant Zhen family made them even angrier!

All the way to the Governor’s Office, they traded insults with the three members of the Zhen family.