This incident started with the Niu family scheming and then making false accusations, followed by them beating up the four elderly members of the Ge and Qian families. Therefore, it served the Niu family right to get beaten up in return by Ge Yuanchun and Qian Xiaosan.
Not only did they take a beating for nothing, but the Niu family also had to pay for the medical expenses and lost wages of both the Ge and Qian families.
The Niu family refused to agree.
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