Vol. 1 - Ch. 23 - We are rich now

The trip to the provincial capital was very smooth. Shu Ping bought the right equipment at a price of 50,000 yuan. Of course, this was inseparable from the help of Shu Jun and Master Ni.Huo Feng also accepted her suggestion and took the previously taken films to the provincial hospital to consult about Li Shumei's condition. He happened to meet the well-known expert Zhuang Siyi for consultation. Because she was not present, the conclusion he gave was very cautious. That is, the spinal injury was not irreversible, and a certain degree of transformation could be achieved through surgery, but the specific recovery level would depend on the patient's first test, and the surgery and postoperative rehabilitation would also be considered. In general, it would be a long process.

Huo Feng was very satisfied with this conclusion. Later, he bought a modified wheelchair at the doctor's suggestion, which could be operated by the patient himself, but getting on and off the wheelchair still required the help of others.

"The court will open tomorrow, and Jiang Hai's case will finally be resolved."

"The factory is so busy now, I don't even want to go to court. Besides, it's better to keep him in there, whether it's a detention center or a prison."

Shu Ping didn't take Jiang Hai seriously at all.

On May 15th, the Shu family set out together to the city court, and Huo Feng was driving.

On the way, her aunt's matchmaker gene was ready to act. After knowing that Huo Feng didn't have a partner, she was particularly concerned about his personal problems. It just so happened that she was entrusted by someone to help a few young girls who were waiting to get married to find good guys.

"Tell aunt what kind of guy you like, and I'll arrange it for you when I get home. I know a little about your situation, but it doesn't matter. You look good and have a stable job. Any girl who lives a down-to-earth life will definitely see your good side."

Huo Feng listened awkwardly and looked at the rearview mirror with a guilty conscience. He originally wanted to know what Shu Ping's expression would be when he heard this, but he didn't expect to meet her eyes directly. There was anger in her eyes. When she saw him looking over, she turned her head to the window, which made him even more panicked.

"Thank you, auntie, but I don't want to think about this for now, so I can only let you down."

During this period, he often went out alone with Shu Ping to do things. There was no barrier between the superiors and subordinates, but they got along like friends. He could even feel that Shu Ping had a good impression of him, but he was hesitant and didn't dare to test anything. Sᴇaʀᴄh the NøvᴇlFirᴇ(.)nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

At present, all he could do was to accompany her in her career and give her help to the best of his ability, even if it was just to be a competent driver.

"Hey, how can I not consider it? You kids, all say you don't want to get married, as if someone will eat you if you get married."

Auntie said this not only to Huo Feng, but also to Shu Jun and Shu Ping. Shu Ping was not too old and not in a hurry, but Shu Jun was already 23 and graduated from college. According to rural customs, he should find a partner to settle down. Everyone always believed that boys can only settle down after getting married.

Of course Shu Jun refused. He was a college student with a bright future and was looking for a partner in the village. There were not many girls in the village who had finished high school, let alone college. How could they have a common language after getting married?

But the main reason was that he had a crush on a girl in school, a junior from the same department but different grade. She wasn't particularly pretty, but she was very smart and hardworking. They met in the student union. As a newcomer at the time, she asked Shu Jun a lot of questions about her work, and they became close. However, there were more boys than girls in the mechanical department, and there were quite a few boys pursuing her. Shu Jun had been very busy recently and hadn't found a chance to express his feelings. He was more worried that she would be rejected because she wasn't interested in him, and that they wouldn't even be able to be friends, and it would be awkward to get along with each other.

Of course, he wouldn't tell Liu Yanfang about this.

The court session started at 9:45, and when Shu Ping and the others arrived, it was not yet 9 o'clock, and the lawyer Gong Jianping was already waiting in the lounge.

"Lawyer Gong, I'm sorry we're late."

"No, I'm early." Gong Jianping pushed his glasses, smiled and asked them to sit down, and took out the materials needed for today's court session for Shu Ping to see, "The judge and the defendant's lawyer may ask some questions later. I will answer the questions I can answer. If you must answer, you just need to say a few brief sentences according to what I have listed. This case is already a done deal, and the court session is just a formality. There is solid evidence from all sides and witnesses. Even if Jiang Hai is dissatisfied with the verdict and wants to appeal, he can't change it."

"Well, I understand, Lawyer Gong, this case is really thanks to you. In fact, it doesn't make any difference to me how many years Jiang Hai is sentenced to, but the assets he embezzled must be returned in full. Those are my father's hard work, and he can't let a scum like him get away with it."

Gong Jianping expressed his understanding.

Ten minutes before the court session, her uncle's family and Huo Feng took their seats in the audience seats. Soon, the judge, the secretary, the plaintiff and the defendant, and the lawyers of both sides appeared in the court.

This was the second time Shu Ping had seen Jiang Hai. She had almost forgotten what he looked like before. However, judging from his haggard face and decadent posture, his detention for more than two months was not easy.

His wife and mother were already crying in the audience, but they did not dare to make a sound due to the majesty of the judge and the bailiff.

"Silence!"

After the clerk read out the court rules and the presiding judge checked the list of parties and announced the basic information of the case, the court officially opened. Jiang Hai's guilt was indisputable. They could only start from the nature of the blurred transfer of property and count those assets that were not used for personal use as normal decisions during the period of acting as the factory manager.

Lawyer Gong had already expected that they would start from this aspect, and he prepared the evidence and defense very well. After more than 30 minutes of back and forth with the opposing lawyer, the opposing lawyer lost the case. 　　However, when the judge adjourned to the deliberation stage, there was a little chaos. The Jiang family ran to their lounge to make a fuss. Jiang's mother rushed over and wanted to hit Shu Ping, but was stopped by Huo Feng.

"Shu Ping, you are a hard-hearted little bitch. Jiang Hai helped you run the factory and made mistakes. I have already paid you half of the money and told you that we can slowly raise the rest, but you insisted on pushing me to death. You are so cruel. You deserve it that God couldn't bear to see you and made you an orphan. It's all because of you. You are a jinx. Look at me as I go back and publicize you in the town. I will tell everyone about your evil deeds and make sure you will never get married!"

As early as when she cursed the first two sentences, Liu Yanfang rushed over to cover her mouth, but Jiang's mother was irritated and waved her hand to drive her away.

While burying her body on the ground, she was fat and Liu Yanfang couldn't pull her up at all.

Huo Feng frowned and looked very impatient. If the other party was a man, he would have chopped him down with a palm. He couldn't do anything to an old lady in her fifties or sixties. He could only turn around and call the bailiff to drive her away.

The Shu family was worried that Shu Ping would be sad because of those words, but Shu Ping was very calm. As an outsider, she firmly believed that man can conquer nature and only she can be the master of her life, not other people's opinions and evaluations.

She looked at Jiang's mother who was kneeling on the ground and crying with pity, and revealed a cruel fact very calmly, "Auntie, 'If a son is not educated, it is the fault of the father'. If you can teach Jiang Hai well and make him an honest, trustworthy and law-abiding citizen, there would be no such thing today. If putting all the mistakes on me makes you feel better, it doesn't matter if I take some false accusations. If you do something wrong, you must accept the punishment. Isn't it a truth that even a three-year-old child understands?"

After saying that, Shu Ping turned around and left, no longer looking at the poor and pathetic old woman.

If she lets Jiang Hai go out of sympathy, who will pay for the original owner's life?

People always have to pay for their mistakes.

The court continued half an hour later, and the presiding judge announced the verdict in court, "The defendant Jiang Hai was convicted of illegal occupation of other people's assets, tax evasion and other acts. The evidence is conclusive and the amount is huge. During the period, the defendant pleaded guilty with a good attitude. The verdict is as follows: return the plaintiff's remaining assets of 320,000 yuan, sentence him to three years in prison, and impose a fine of 40,000 yuan. This verdict is an oral verdict, and the verdict will be served to you within five days. If you are dissatisfied with the verdict, you can appeal through this court within the second to tenth days after receiving the verdict."

At this point, Jiang Hai's case came to an end. The Shu family was very satisfied with the verdict. After tossing around for a whole morning, they were already hungry. Shu Jun suggested finding a restaurant to have a meal to celebrate.

In the car, her aunt was very worried about what Jiang's mother said in court. She was afraid that she would really spread rumors about Shu Ping all over the town when she returned, which would be very disadvantageous for Shu Ping to find a partner in the future.

"I really want to tear this old hag's mouth apart. Her own son has no future and comes here to blame our Pingping. Isn't this just a case of the upper beam being crooked and the lower beam being crooked? What if she really spreads rumors everywhere?"

Shu Weimin also sighed. Shu Ping took Liu Yanfang's hand and comforted her, "There's nothing to worry about. I'm so outstanding that I'm afraid no one will want me. Besides, I'm just a child and I haven't enjoyed my youth yet. Getting married now will make me depressed."

Liu Yanfang widened her eyes and pretended to hit her on the head. In the end, she just tapped her forehead lightly. "It's really troublesome. If a girl doesn't get engaged early, the good ones will be picked up and only the ugly ones will be left. What should she do? Getting married is a lifelong thing. It's better to hurry up and not be too late. "

Shu Ping smiled and winked at the front, teasing, "Aunt, my brother and Huo Feng are not married and have no partners. Aren't the remaining ugly people you are talking about them?"

Liu Yanfang couldn't help it now, and slapped her arm "fiercely", scolding, "Just talk nonsense. I'm talking about your own business, why are you dragging them into it? A boy and girl can't be the same."

After saying that, she glanced at her again, feeling worried, thinking with emotion, these two brothers and sisters, when they were young, they were well-behaved and sensible, but it wasn't expected they they would start to be rebellious when they were adults in their twenties, and they were so promising that they, as elders, didn't know how to discipline them.

In the driver's seat, Huo Feng looked ahead, seemingly concentrating on driving, but in fact his mind was on Shu Ping. He was particularly happy to hear her say that she didn't want to get married early. He didn't dare to express his feelings, nor did he want to see her get married. It was happy enough to be with her like now.

During the meal, Shu Jun said, "After dinner, you guys go first. I'll go back directly from here. There's something going on at the factory, and the teacher at school also asked me to go there on the weekend to tell him something."

Liu Yanfang was reluctant to let him go, so she scooped him a bowl of soup and frowned and asked, "Can't you stay for two more days? You just came back yesterday and you're leaving today. Is it that urgent?"

Shu Jun drank half a bowl of soup in one gulp, wiped his mouth and said, "I'm really busy. You can ask Pingping. It's also because the leaders of the factory think highly of me. It's already been agreed that I can stay directly after graduation. Are you not happy that your son is so successful? Why are you still frowning?"

He was really busy. He came back this time mainly because he was worried about Shu Ping. Now that the matter was settled, he had to do other things.

The old couple looked at each other helplessly. They were very happy that their child was successful, but they were worried that he flew too high and too far. It was not a good feeling. They really didn't know what the best outcome would be.

Shu Ping said, "Then we'll take you to the station first and then go back. It won't take that much time anyway, and you won't have to wait for the bus."

Shu Jun was about to refuse, but Liu Yanfang said, "Then let's find it this way. Let Huo Feng drive you, and we can still talk a few more words."

This is the most important thing. Shu Jun nodded in agreement and drank the remaining half bowl of soup with a bad taste.

After returning to the village, everyone came to ask about the result of this verdict. They drove fast, and the Jiang family didn't have a car and hadn't returned yet.

Liu Yanfang and Shu Weimin got off the car halfway to chat with the villagers. Shu Ping took the car and went back to the factory with Huo Feng first. She was never good at dealing with such situations.

"Director, how is it? How many years has Jiang Hai been sentenced? How much does he have to pay us?"

"He was sentenced to three years, counting the 310,000 yuan from the previous two times, and there is still 320,000 yuan, and another 40,000 yuan in fines will be confiscated."

Hu Huiying and others clapped their hands happily. With this 320,000 yuan, the director can do big things again!