Farm Girl's Manor-Chapter 244 Spoiled Food Buries Hidden Trouble, Nightmare Comes to Warn (3)_1

"Evidence? I have looked at that rice carefully, and it is moldy rice. How can you, a deceitful merchant, still not admit it?" The man was nearly dying of anger, even more unwilling to let the matter drop.

"So what if it’s moldy rice? Who can prove that the rice in your home was bought from my shop? Maybe you deliberately let the rice go moldy, and then deliberately ate it trying to falsely accuse my shop to extort silver," the rice shop owner adamantly denied, his words leaving no room for fault.

"Stuff your mother’s stinkin’ fart!" The man was so furious he couldn’t help but blurt out a swear word, "I don’t lack that bit of silver. Would I disregard my child’s life and come to extort you? You really have the gall!"

"You—you’re the one farting nonsense!" The older shop owner also flared up when insulted, "Get out, all of you get out. If you want to sue, then sue. Zhang Ji conducts itself uprightly; I’d like to see if you can actually win."

Hearing this, the man knew that no matter how much more he made a fuss, this rice shop wouldn’t give him an explanation. But he was not willing to give up, so he left a harsh threat, "Just you wait, I don’t believe Zhang Ji’s Rice Shop even dares defy the government. I’m going to the government office right now to file a complaint."

With that, he waved his hand and led his relatives and friends who had come to help, all bustling towards the government office to lodge a complaint.

The rice shop owner watched their retreating figures with nonchalance and hummed disinterestedly. Seeing the crowd of onlookers not dispersing, he waved his hands impatiently to shoo them away, "What are you looking at? Move along, don’t hinder me from opening my shop and doing business."

"Hey, Zhang Fugui, they’ve gone to the government to sue, and you’re really not scared?" someone asked the rice shop owner, who was Zhang Fugui, with a hint of schadenfreude, "The other day, I heard you bought stale rice at a low price from a wealthy family. Couldn’t it be that this stale rice went moldy and you sold it as good rice to that man just now?"

The neighbors didn’t know, but being a neighbor to the Zhang Family, how could he not be aware? Zhang Ji’s Rice Shop often sold old rice as new, and everyone living in that area knew it. That’s why, in spite of having to go further away, they preferred not to buy rice from the Zhang Family.

Hearing this, Zhang Fugui’s face, full of fleshy folds, darkened, "You stop spouting nonsense. That was new rice just harvested this year, bought at a high price. If you dare to make false claims again, don’t blame me for being rude."

The man scoffed and walked away. After all, he didn’t buy rice from the Zhang Family, so it didn’t matter to him whether they sold moldy rice or not.

Some people overheard this and took it to heart, thinking they’d better avoid buying rice from Zhang Ji’s Rice Shop in the future.

Mo Yan had witnessed a dramatic squabble between buyer and seller, but unfortunately, she would not be able to see how it ended.

Xin Er asked with eager curiosity, "Sis, do you think it was Zhang Ji’s Rice Shop that sold moldy rice, or was that man really trying to extort silver?"

Mo Yan touched her head, "Sis doesn’t know either. What do you think the truth is, Xin Er?"

"Of course, it was the rice shop owner who sold moldy rice. What father would allow his child to almost die from eating moldy rice and then run to the rice shop to extort silver?" Xin Er was very certain as she expressed her view.

Mo Yan simply smiled and said nothing.

This world was not without parents who exploited their children for profit, and she had also encountered incidents of parents who replaced their children with others for food during times of disaster. It was just that Xin Er had not seen it herself and imagined that all fathers were as loving as her own, unwilling to sacrifice their children for gain.

However, her opinion was similar to Xin Er’s. If the rice shop owner had no issues, the onlooker would not have spoken those words without cause. And if that man had been trying to extort silver, he would not have gone to the extent of actually suing.

Because of watching the commotion, they were delayed a bit and, upon returning to Huixian Residence, Lizhong was somewhat worried and about to come looking for them.

Xin Er stepped forward and recounted everything that had happened at the door of the rice shop. Hearing the name "Zhang Ji’s Rice Shop," Lizhong’s expression shifted slightly, "Are you talking about the Zhang Ji’s Rice Shop on the street in Linhe?"