Fortunately for everyone, Zhao Tiezhu didn't resort to violence but merely scanned the crowd before continuing.
"How else should this matter be settled? I'll tell you! What I did was self-defense!"
"That trash, Tie Dan, he even dared to harass my wife! Breaking his limbs was self-defense!"
"Do any of you have a different opinion?"
When Zhao Tiezhu mentioned self-defense, the village chief was so furious his nose was almost askew as he began to curse at Zhao Tiezhu.
"Ah, phooey!"
"Zhao Tiezhu, you're not talking like a human being. You call what you did self-defense?"
"Look at Tie Dan; you've crippled him. He'll have to spend the rest of his life in bed, unable to do anything, depending on others to care for him. You call that self-defense?"
"I'll ask you, what's to become of Tie Dan, and what about his sister who's only seven or eight years old?"
Hearing the village chief's words, Zhao Tiezhu laughed coldly.