Chapter 16: Mrs. Qiao panicked

When Qiao Dashuang heard the word silver, his eyes lit up and he didn't think too much about it.

She rubbed her hands and urged Wen Yan: "Then you should take out the money."

Ying Ximei also urged, she had been eyeing a gold hairpin for a long time and finally had the money to buy it.

Seeing their impatient expressions, Wen Yan smiled and said, "Then pay your wages first."

She looked at her eldest uncle and third uncle without blinking, meaning that she wanted them to pay first.

As expected, the eldest uncle and the third uncle each took out four hundred coins and placed them in the middle of the table. After Ying Ximei counted them to make sure they were correct, she handed them to Mrs. Qiao.

Neither of them has a proper job. They usually stay at home and only go out to do odd jobs occasionally. How do they earn so much money?

Wen Yan looked at Mrs. Qiao.

Mrs. Qiao felt a chill in her heart, as if she had been seen through by her.

Wen Yan smiled and said, "There are seven people in the families of my eldest uncle and third uncle. Each of their families paid 400 wen, which is equivalent to 57 wen per person. There are four people in our second family, so the total should be 228 wen. I'll be generous and make it an even number." Wen Yan counted out 230 wen and went out.

"You...this..." The Ying family was stunned. They didn't expect Wen Yan to come up with this idea.

Wen Yan put away the remaining copper coins and said, "Now let's calculate the cost of the wedding banquet."

Wen Yan stretched out her hand in front of them: "Give me the bill."

"Bills? What bills?"

"When you go to purchase something, don't they issue you an invoice?"

Qiao Dashuang slammed the table, furious: "I was wondering why you offered to pay me? I guess you were waiting for us here!"

"When we buy things, we either buy them in the village or from street vendors. They don't even know our own names, so how can they issue receipts?" Mrs. Qiao expected Wen Yan to do this and had already prepared an excuse.

A young lady who has never done housework and a nerd who knows nothing about household chores can be fooled with just a few words.

If it was Wen Yan who had just gotten married in her previous life, she would definitely not understand these things.

Sadly, she lived her life again.

In her previous life, she accompanied Huo Yaoxing to serve as an official in a remote area. What had she not experienced?

"I knew grandma would say that, I was prepared." Wen Yan smiled slightly, "I've been asking around in the village these past few days.

We bought the vegetables for the wedding banquet in the village. The green vegetables, radishes and beans cost less than two hundred wen, so let's round it up to two hundred.

The total cost of chicken, duck and fish was 637 wen, so let's just say 650 wen.

My uncle ordered fifty kilograms of pork from the butcher in the next village. Together with the errand fee, it cost one thousand coins. All these added up to one thousand eight hundred and fifty coins.

"They only spent two taels of silver, but they asked us for twenty taels. Could it be that grandma is old and made a mistake?"

Mrs. Qiao was so angry that her face turned ashen. She stammered and couldn't utter a word for a long time.

"We are all family, and we can't let everyone work in vain. I'll give you an extra ounce as tea money for the uncles, aunts and cousins." Wen Yan was still smiling, and took out a total of three ounces of silver and put them on the table.

You could hear a pin drop at the scene.

Everyone glared at Wen Yan angrily.

If looks could kill, Wen Yan would have been chopped into pieces!

If it were another woman, she would have been scared to tears by this scene.

Wen Yan leisurely picked up the bowl and drank some water to moisten his throat.

I didn't expect this little girl to be so smart and calculate the money so clearly.

If she succeeds today, she will never get any money out of Ying Zhilin again in the future.

Mrs. Qiao glared at him with her eyes tilted, ready to show her power.

Unexpectedly, Wen Yan put the bowl heavily on the table and sighed deeply, "Grandma, there is one more thing I want to tell you.

"Zhilin has already finished mourning, and the provincial examination will be in three or four months. I want him to try. So, he has already quit his job and will go to the academy tomorrow to study hard. He has to pay five taels of silver a month for tuition. You have to give me another 1,770 coins." Wen Yan said, and took back the money he had just counted out.

Not only did the Ying family not get a penny from her, they even gave her more than one or two taels of silver.

Where can they seek justice?

Mrs. Qiao nearly fainted from anger. "Don't even think about it! If Ying Zhilin wants to study, he should earn his own tuition. You must also pay for the four hundred wen per month living expenses!"

Wen Yan asked, "Aren't the public funds used to pay for the education of my cousins ​​and nephews? Why is it that Zhilin's education is not covered by the public funds? Is it because Zhilin has no parents and is easy to bully?"

Mrs. Qiao was so angry that she gasped.

She finally realized that Wen Yan was eloquent and she could not win the argument with her at all.

Then why should she waste her breath!

Her face instantly turned cold, and she looked at Ying Zhilin threateningly, "Zhilin, do you not want to study anymore, or pursue a career in government?"

Ying Zhilin's face changed drastically, and he immediately scolded Wen Yan: "It's just a few taels of silver. It's our responsibility to give it to you. What are you doing here? Why don't you give the money to grandma?"

Wen Yan stared at Ying Zhilin in disbelief: "You...you are so mean to me! Who am I doing this for? You coward, why did I marry you!"

Wen Yan stood up, kicked Ying Zhilin, and ran back to the room.

Ying Zhilin's face turned pale with pain.

Mrs. Qiao sneered, "Don't think I don't know what you're up to. If I don't see the money tomorrow morning, your reputation as an unfilial and unfraternal person will spread throughout the area, and everyone at Wutong Academy will know about it."

"Yes..." Ying Zhilin squeezed out these words with forbearance and reluctance, then stood up and went back to his room.

Qiao Dashuang looked at Ying Zhilin's back with some worry: "Mom, did we offend him completely just now?"

Mrs. Qiao's eyes were filled with cruelty. She said nonchalantly, "So what? Scholars value filial piety and reputation above all else! After all, I'm his grandmother. I deserve to be controlled by me for the rest of my life."

Yingzhi knew that Lin’s mistake was that he crawled out of that whore’s belly!

Suddenly.

Ying Zhilin's angry voice came from the hut, "Wen Yan, are you done yet? I've already told you to take out the silver! We must pay you!"

"They're arguing!" The Ying family members were all excited and ran to Wen Yan's house to eavesdrop on what was happening.

Then I heard Wen Yan's deliberately lowered voice: "Do you know that this is your last chance?

Three months later, my adoptive father will be free and will definitely come to settle the score with me. By then, it will be as easy for him to crush you to death as it is to crush an ant!

You must pass the provincial examination this time, and then spend money to choose an official for a post outside the capital. The emperor is far away, and only then can we escape this disaster."

"What about my grandmother? What about my uncles and brothers?"

"If we all run away, will my adoptive father's anger subside? They've been spending your money all these years. So what if they stay and protect you from disaster?"

"You..." Ying Zhilin's voice hesitated, obviously moved by Wen Yan.

"However, the old woman is so noisy, we have to use money to appease her first... This will make it easier for you to study secretly in the academy. As long as we can endure until you pass the imperial examination, we will be safe!"

Mrs. Qiao no longer had the heart to listen to what was said in the room.

The news one after another made her dizzy.

What is house arrest?

What revenge?

What to ward off disaster?

She has to go back and sort it out.