The two elders of the Shao family were not easy to bully. When they heard that Xu Jiang had embezzled twenty taels, they rushed over and started fighting with Xu Jiang.

Butler Qian had never seen such a scene before. They were all fighting. Who would give him money?

The master said that the thirty taels must be returned within today.

He gave a wink, and the tall and strong servants rushed over and separated them all in a few seconds.

There were several bloody scratches on Xu Jiang's face and his clothes were torn.

Xu Jiang felt severe pain on his face, and all the bones in his body seemed to be falling apart. He finally got up from the ground and couldn't help but howl.

Shao Hong spat at Xu Jiang: "Serves you right!"

"You stinky bitch, you even beat men. I must be so unlucky to marry a bitch like you."

"If you have the guts, get out of here. You're living in my house, eating and drinking my food, and you still have the nerve to talk to me."

If they had relied on the money Xu Jiang earned from moving goods at the dock, the three of them would have starved to death long ago. Fortunately, Shao Yan was there and helped the family earn a lot of money.

She was reluctant to let Shao Yan get married from the beginning, because Shao Yan was the family's cash cow and all the family expenses were earned by Shao Yan.

If I marry her and then run out of money, what should I do?

But Xu Jiang insisted that he could earn ten taels of silver by marrying Shao Yan. It was unknown how many years it would take Shao Yan to earn ten taels. Why should he rely on Shao Yan when he could live a good life now?

She agreed in a foolish way, but ended up being cheated out of twenty taels by Xu Jiang!

She now wanted to eat Xu Jiang's flesh and gnaw on his bones. He actually dared to cheat her out of twenty taels!

"Stop acting here and return the thirty taels to our master, or I'll tear your house down."

"Butler Qian, we have already spent all the money you gave us. How can we afford to pay you back?" Xu Jiang said.

Shao Hong also nodded hurriedly. She couldn't spit out the money that was already in her mouth no matter what!

Steward Qian glanced at Xu Min, who was shivering in the corner. "The old ones will be taken to do hard labor, and the young ones will be sold to brothels."

"No, don't sell me."

Xu Min raised her head, crying with tears and snot all over her face, and she looked like a mess.

As soon as Butler Qian said goodbye, he began to retch.

Xu Min suddenly saw a figure passing by the door. She rushed out crying, "Brother Wu, you must help me. I don't want to be bought into a brothel."

Wu Xiaomei acted quickly and pushed Wu Mingde away the moment Xu Min pounced on him.

She clasped her hands in front of her chest and glared at Xu Min: "Xu Min, please respect yourself. Men and women should not touch each other."

Xu Min looked past Wu Xiaomei and towards Wu Mingde with tears in her eyes: "Brother Wu, they said they want to sell me to a brothel. Please save me."

"It's none of our business if you're bought into a brothel. Even if you tell us, we can't help you." Wu Xiaomei snorted coldly.

If it were any other neighbor, she might have had some sympathy.

But who is Xu Min? Xu Min is the one who often bullies Shao Yan. Moreover, it was Xu Min's family who broke up the couple and sold Shao Yan out!

Now I can only say that it’s karma, and he deserves it!

"Little sister, forget it, let's go home." Wu Mingde said.

He didn't have a good impression of Xu Min either. He just wanted to go home quickly, move all his belongings out, and then prepare to marry Shao Yan.

"That woman is so ugly, let's capture her and make her do hard labor together." said Butler Qian.

Xu Min's face was long. She looked at Butler Qian angrily and stopped crying. "You said I'm ugly? Your whole family is ugly. Terribly ugly."

"You're so stubborn! Beat him up." Steward Qian shouted coldly.

Xu Min was terrified and struggled to shout for help, but in the end he was beaten black and blue and died.

Everyone else in the family was captured by the Qian family and had no time to care about her.

Housekeeper Qian had someone search the Shao family's house and found the thirteen taels of silver and some copper coins that Shao Hong had hidden. After counting them all, there were nine hundred and thirty-six coins, which was not even enough for one tael!

The ten taels of silver Xu Jiang gave her were never spent. Shao Yan used the money she had earned before.

"Just a dozen taels? That's all?" Butler Qian said dissatisfiedly.

The master asked him to take back all thirty taels, and now he is still short of more than sixteen taels!

"Those three taels are my money, and only ten taels are yours." Shao Hong said.

If all of it were taken away, the family would have nothing to eat or drink.

She glared at Xu Jiang and shouted, "You bastard, give me the money you embezzled!"

Xu Jiang's eyes turned black and he wished he could beat her to death on the spot.

She doesn't speak, so no one thinks she is dumb.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Butler Qian and others focused all their attention on him.

Xu Jiang couldn't stand the beating and confessed everything.

The change he got was not twenty taels, but only seventeen taels, and he spent three taels on visiting the brothel!

Butler Qian took away all the money before letting the family go.

Shao Hong almost fainted. This time she really ended up losing more than she gained.

I didn't spend a penny of my money and instead it was all taken away. I just went to reason with the housekeeper Qian, but he kicked me. My chest hurts now!

"It's all your fault!"

Shao Hong glared at Xu Jiang, and Xu Jiang went out while holding back his anger and cursing.

Xu Wen, who had been hiding outside, finally returned and was scolded by Xu Min. Xu Wen said coldly, "You've all been beaten. What can I do if I come in? I don't deserve to be beaten. I might as well stay outside and save the family some medical expenses."

Xu Min scolded Xu Wen for being heartless, but Xu Wen simply pretended not to hear and went back to his room to sleep.

Shao Hong sat on the ground howling and cursing Xu Jiang over and over again.

The neighbors who were watching pointed at them and said that the Shao family was troublesome and had a lot of problems at home. Anyone who married a woman from their family would be unlucky for half his life.

Shao Yan, who was dying, heard it clearly in the room and felt sad.

"Brother, you have to hold back, otherwise Sister Yunjiao's efforts will be wasted."

Hearing from the neighbors that Shao Yan had contracted a strange disease and was about to die, Wu Mingde couldn't help but worry.

Although he knew that this was part of Xie Yunjiao's plan, he was still worried that something might happen to Shao Yan. He wanted to go see Shao Yan but was stopped by Wu Xiaomei.

They had few belongings, so they took their mother and moved to their new home.

When neighbors asked them where they had moved to, they didn't dare to say and just said they had gone to live with relatives.

Unexpectedly, their action caused fear among the people nearby. They all thought that they moved away overnight because they were afraid of Shao Yan's illness.

Everyone was so scared that they dared not get close to the Shao family.

After learning that the Wu family had moved out, Xu Min did not give up and went to check. It turned out that the door of the Wu family was really locked, and no one answered no matter how many times she knocked.

She was filled with hatred and went home to curse at Shao Yan's room for a long time.

She didn't dare go in and scold him. Although she really wanted to see Shao Yan's expression when she heard that Wu Mingde had moved out, she was afraid of being infected.