Chapter 25: Silver

"Fifty taels of silver is not a small amount. Why do you want to borrow so much silver?" Qin Huiyin asked.

"Of course it was to extend his life." Chen Zhongyi gloated, "He was dying at the time, and the doctor said he needed a ginseng to save him. I am a kind-hearted person, and when I heard he was short of money to buy ginseng, I offered to lend it to him. He used the ginseng to stay alive. Now that his life is saved, of course he has to pay it back. This family is extremely poor, and without money, we have to use a person in exchange."

"We don't know whether the money was used to buy ginseng. Maybe you deliberately used some tricks to deceive this brainless pig man." Li Taohua said angrily.

"It's been so long, the ginseng has already been eaten by him. If you suspect the ginseng is fake now, you have to produce evidence. If you don't have evidence, return the money!"

Qin Huiyin held Li Taohua's hand and calmed her down.

They were not at the scene when Tang Dafu was injured and did not know the specific circumstances.

At that time, Tang Dafu was injured, and the doctor said that he would not live long. In order to save his life, he might have agreed to pay 500 taels, not to mention 50 taels. His mind must have been unclear at that time. Even if he recalls the scene at that time carefully now, I am afraid that his mind is filled with nothing but the fear of death.

"Was there anyone else at the scene?" Qin Huiyin asked.

"Of course, the doctor and my fellows can attest to that."

"Your guys are your men, so of course they listen to you. You were the one who hired the doctor, so maybe he's in cahoots with you." Li Taohua said, with her hands on her hips.

"Then I have nothing to say. If you don't believe me, just report it to the authorities. I have witnesses, and I am not afraid even if I confront you at the government office."

Qin Huiyin thought for a moment and said, "Fifty taels of silver is not a small sum. Even if we are asked to pay it back, it will not be done in a short period of time. Give us a month and come back to collect the money after a month. If we cannot pay it back by then, we will act according to the rules."

"My girl, fifty taels, how can you pay it back in a month?" Li Taohua was shocked and tried to stop him. "Besides, this matter is very strange, maybe there is something wrong."

"Mom, it's been so long since the incident happened, and we won't find anything if we investigate further. Let's speculate. If there is something wrong with the ginseng, or if the ginseng is not worth fifty taels, do we have evidence? They insist that the ginseng has been eaten by Uncle Tang, can we make Uncle Tang spit it out to prove it?"

"Are we going to suffer this loss in silence? Look how sinister and cunning this man is, how could he really be so kind?"

"Under the circumstances at the time, Uncle Tang needed treatment. If the other party wanted to harm him and he didn't agree to this condition, Uncle Tang might not even have a chance to come back alive."

"Since he is such a hateful person, shouldn't we not let him succeed?"

"We are at a disadvantage in this situation. The other side has the upper hand. If we confront them head-on, it will be like an egg hitting a stone. There will be no good result. They have more people, and we are either women or children. We will only suffer if we confront them head-on. Let's take a step back now and solve the crisis in front of us first, and then find a way to deal with it later. Mother, fifty taels of silver is indeed not a lot of money, but it is not impossible to earn."

Li Taohua also knew that these people were not easy to deal with. If they were allowed to continue to make trouble, their family would be in a more difficult situation. If they could get rid of them, they would be able to have some peace for a while.

As for the rest, we'll find another way. This matter is related to Tang Dafu, and Tang Yichen, the eldest son of the Tang family, can't just ignore it! Calculating the time, it's time for him to take a rest.

"Have you discussed it?" Chen Zhongyi asked, "You want me to give you more time? Oh, is it useful? Can you earn fifty taels of silver a month?"

"We have one month to pay back the fifty ounces of silver. If we pay back the fifty ounces of silver in one month, the debt will be written off. If we can't pay it back, I will mortgage myself to you as a slave. Is that okay?"

"No." Li Taohua was the first to object. "If you can't pay it back, I'll be your slave."

"Originally, I really like you, a beautiful lady, but now that I have seen your daughter, I still prefer younger ones. OK, it will be for a month. If you can't pay it back, you can go with me."

"No, Yinyin, you can't use yourself as a bet." Li Taohua was almost mad.

"Mom, believe me, I won't let you lose." Qin Huiyin comforted her and said in a low voice, "Let's send them away first."

Chen Zhongyi waved his hand and said, "Write a document with everything we just said, and then ask her to sign it. Evidence is important for everything. The master is not stupid."

The subordinate next to him immediately found pen and ink and wrote the document.

Qin Huiyin took a look and found that the handwriting of the document was the same as that of the IOU. Her eyes lingered on the clerk for a while.

She signed her name and put her fingerprints on it.

"Boss Chen, it's your turn."

Chen Zhongyi scribbled a few strokes, and the name was written crookedly, not much better than a child who had just learned to write. He pressed his finger prints again, and then put his copy in his arms.

He looked at Qin Huiyin in front of him, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he felt.

Although this little girl looks young, she has a good figure and it is not difficult to see how pretty she will be when she grows up.

He didn't believe that they could earn fifty taels within a month, so after a month, this little beauty would be his. Thinking of this, he looked at her with even more greed.

"Since we've agreed on this, shouldn't you leave?" Qin Huiyin pointed outside, "Please go in!"

"Let's go first and come back next month." Chen Zhongyi moved closer to Qin Huiyin, "My little beauty, you are very interesting. We will see each other again."

Li Taohua pulled Qin Weiyin behind her and said with disgust: "Don't you know that your breath smells bad? My girl smells good, don't make her faint from the stink."

"you……"

"Boss Chen, we just signed the document, you won't go back on your word, right?" Qin Huiyin interrupted Chen Zhongyi's attack. "Go quickly, come back next month."

Chen Zhongyi left with his men.

As soon as he left, Li Taohua, who had been pretending to be aggressive, lost all her strength and rushed over to beat Tang Dafu who was sitting on the ground: "You bastard, if my daughter is implicated by you, I will stab you to death and then stab myself. I am really blind to choose such a useless thing like you. Divorce, divorce immediately, I will not live with you anymore."

"Wife, it's my fault. I'm not good. Don't be angry. Don't make yourself upset. I will think of a way to return the fifty taels." Tang Dafu said.

"Even if you sell all your land, you still can't fill the hole of fifty taels." Li Taohua said, "I don't care about you anymore, you can do it yourself."

After that, she said to Qin Huiyin: "Girl, let's leave here, far away. Anyway, we are not from here, there is no need to waste time here."