Chapter 25: Arya's Power

Daya seemed to have guessed what Erya was thinking. She pulled her sleeve and said with a firm look, "I'll go with you."

Doctor Hu said, "I just like this energy in Erya. Erya, how about you becoming my daughter-in-law?"

"Bah, your son is only three years old, and you want Erya to change his diapers?" Lu Qin's mother couldn't help but scold.

"Two thousand taels of silver as a betrothal gift, and I'll go with you now." Erya said.

Doctor Hu waved his hands repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you little amazing girl."

Lu Qiniang pulled Erya, "Don't leave. Mom can make money, don't worry, be obedient and be good."

"Mom, we already had twenty taels of silver, but someone stole it. Don't go out, just wait at home. I'll go to Xiao Dashan's house and get the silver back."

It turned out that she wanted to ask for the twenty taels of silver as a betrothal gift.

"Big sister, don't go. If you want to get married, your reputation is important. You can't be known as a fierce woman, especially since you have such a soft personality." Erya was very considerate and spoke quickly and crisply. "Sanya, come with me. Let's get the money back!"

Lu Qiniang was naturally worried and wanted to go with her.

Erya said she would not go out no matter what.

"You adults all want to save face, so you're embarrassed to say it. I'm still a child, so it doesn't matter what I say. Mother, please give me one or two taels of silver."

"What do you want a tael of silver for?"

"Just give it to me first."

Lu Qiniang was worried.

Daya said, "Mother, please give it to Erya. Erya has a way."

Lu Qiniang hesitated for a moment, but still gave the silver to Erya.

To be honest, she felt bad about spending twenty taels of silver.

Originally, she didn't insist on asking for it because she felt that there was still room for maneuver in the marriage between Hutou and Daya.

Although Zhao is a difficult mother-in-law, Hu Tou is a very good person who is willing to marry into the family.

After marrying into the wife's family, you don't have to get along with your mother-in-law.

But later, she heard from Daya that she was no longer interested in this marriage, and she regretted not insisting on it.

"Mom, don't worry, I'm fine. I'll be back soon."

Erya took Sanya and first went to the neighbor's house to borrow a broken gong, and then went to find the respected old lady Xu in the village.

Old Mrs. Xu became a widow at the age of 20 and raised her two sons alone. They are both in their 60s this year. She has been awarded a chastity arch by the imperial court and is a well-known fair person in the village.

Erya gave out one or two taels of silver.

After listening to her, Mrs. Xu hesitated.

Erya said, "You don't have to step in. There will be a lot of people watching. You can just find the right moment and say a few fair words."

An ounce of silver, or a silver ingot at that, would look really nice lying there.

Old Madam Xu said, "It doesn't matter whether it's money or not, there's no need to be so polite. The main thing is that I can't stand the Xiao Dashan family being so superficial and bullying orphans and widows."

When Erya heard this, she understood what was going on and thought to herself that money really makes the world go round.

She pretended to wipe away her tears, "It can't be helped. It's New Year's Day, who wants to cause trouble? But the three of us can't live without our mother, don't you think?"

"Yes, yes, yes, you go first, I'll be there in a moment."

"I knew you were the fairest person in the village. If you can get the silver back, you'll be my mother's savior. I'll never forget your kindness."

Kind words don't cost money, and you can give them to people in buckets.

Erya came out of Old Lady Xu's house, banging the gong as she walked, "Everyone come and take a look! It's New Year's Day, and I can't survive!"

She walked all the way to the door of Xiao Dashan's house before stopping, attracting many neighbors to watch the fun.

After all, it is the New Year, and everyone is busy and at the same time free.

Zhao was angry because Xiao Dashan broke his leg. When she heard the noise outside, she rushed out angrily.

"It's New Year's Day, Erya, why are you crying so sadly?" she started cursing.

Erya sat down on the ground, slapped the ground and cried out, "My mother is not going to live anymore, my mother is not going to live anymore!"

Thanks to her previous experience of "begging for her father's burial", Sanya was only stunned for a moment, then followed suit and sat down, "Dad——"

Oh, it’s bad. I made a mistake and didn’t correct it.

It’s okay, let’s just go with it and let Dad die too.

"Dad, Mom, you can't die!"

On New Year's Eve, every household was celebrating the New Year happily, but two half-grown girls were crying heart-wrenchingly here, which was so sad to hear and shed tears to see.

Erya cried and complained, "Originally, we considered the twenty taels of betrothal gift to be thrown away. But my mother was seriously injured while saving Xiao Dashan, and she needs the silver to save her life. We are not asking for repayment, we just want the silver back. Aunt Zhao, please have pity on us sisters, okay? Return our silver!"

Old Mrs. Xu, who had just "rushed over after hearing the news," clearly hadn't heard what had happened before, but she seemed to understand everything. She said, "I saw it too. Qi Niang brought Xiao Dashan down from the mountain. If it weren't for Qi Niang, Dashan wouldn't have survived this New Year."

Everyone whispered to each other and only then did they realize what had happened.

Everyone knows that Lu Qinniang is very strong.

So no one doubted that she could save people.

"You saved my life, so I should show my gratitude. Besides, Qi Niang was injured because of Xiao Dashan. Zhao, why don't you return the twenty taels of silver? Then our two families will not be enemies and will get along well."

Everyone nodded.

That's the truth.

Someone has saved your life, so no matter how deep the previous conflict was, it should be written off.

Twenty taels of silver, people are waiting for their lives to be saved, it's not taken out of your pocket, it's just returned to the original owner, so it should be returned.

When Zhao heard this, she flew into a rage and jumped up, saying, "Nonsense! She got sick on her own, what does it have to do with us? She just helped, and we have to take care of her until she dies?"

"Lend a hand? That's easy for Aunt Zhao to say." Erya cried, "Then call Uncle Xiao out now. If he says so, I will kowtow to you and admit my mistake today. If Uncle Xiao says it was my mother who saved him, please return the betrothal money to us. If that's not possible, just consider it a loan. When we have money in the future, we won't forget you!"

Sanya mimicked: "I will never forget you."

Erya knew that Xiao Dashan was not that kind of person.

He is a taciturn but upright person. His shortcoming is that he is easily influenced and is always controlled by Zhao.

"Mother, return the silver to them." Hu Tou came out of the house, his face dark. "My father was indeed saved by them, and we won't lose anything by breaking off the engagement. We can't just stand by and watch them die after they saved us."

"Bullshit!" Zhao was furious and slapped her son hard. "You idiot! Who saw her save your father? Where are we going to get twenty taels of silver? We don't even have two!"