"Twenty taels!" Jiang Tieniu's legs went weak, and he almost couldn't stand up.

Seeing this, Da Niu quickly stepped forward to support his father, asking worriedly, "Dad, are you alright?"

Jiang Tieniu was annoyed by his eldest son. Why did he have to bring it up now, when they hadn't found anything? If he had said so earlier, would he have had to demand twenty taels of silver from his fifth son's family?

Now he's really in trouble; he's learned the lesson of shooting himself in the foot!

Jiang Tieniu still held a sliver of hope, thinking that if he just begged the village chief and Lao Wu, the twenty taels of silver would be forgotten.

So he looked at the village chief sheepishly, forcing a smile, "Village chief, I was just joking with Lao Wu. Not to mention we're from the same village, we're even cousins. How could I possibly ask him to compensate me? It was just a joke, don't take it seriously."

The villagers were astonished that Jiang Tieniu had such a thick skin!

"I really didn't realize you were joking!"

"That's right, Uncle Tie Niu. You were quite aggressive just now, even telling Fifth Uncle that you could use fertile land to pay off the debt. I couldn't tell at all that you were joking!"

"Hmph, Jiang Tieniu, how can you be so shameless! Now that you can't find any evidence, when it's your turn to pay compensation, you just say it was a joke! Is this how you conduct yourself?"

"Exactly, that's right, shameless!"

......

Netizens widely condemned Jiang Tieniu.

Jiang Tieniu's face flushed red, but in order to avoid losing twenty taels of silver, he was willing to go all out.

He walked up to Old Man Jiang and said with a fawning smile, "Fifth Brother, I was just joking with you. I swear, even if Cuihua and Zhuzhu are really blinded by that girl, I won't ask your family for compensation."

"Look at this twenty taels of silver, isn't it...?"

Jiang Wanwan leaned against Jiang Jialin, coldly observing everything.

She didn't intend to get involved in this matter; she wanted to use it to see what kind of people the Jiang family were.

Old Man Jiang looked at Jiang Tieniu with a hesitant expression.

After all, they were cousins, and he didn't want to go to such lengths to kill them all.

However, Jiang Tieniu's actions just now were still so vivid in his mind, which broke his heart and chilled him to the bone.

Grandma Jiang noticed the hesitation on Grandpa Jiang's face and became a little anxious.

She knew what the old man in the family was thinking.

The old man probably wanted to just let it go.

That won't do. She hasn't forgotten Jiang Tieniu's aggressive and ruthless attitude, his attempt to destroy her family. She won't let this go so easily.

So, without hesitation, Old Lady Jiang left her basket and strode over to Jiang Tie Niu. She glared at him, hands on her hips, and fiercely cursed, "Pah! Jiang Tie Niu, you're shameless, you heartless bastard!"

We haven't forgotten the way you tried to drive our family to our deaths. What, now that you can't extort twenty taels of silver, you're trying to play the emotional card with this old fool of mine?

"Let me tell you, my old man is foolish, but I'm not. I can still tell right from wrong. Today you must pay our Wan'er twenty taels of silver, not a penny less!"

As Grandma Jiang spoke, she wiped away her tears with her sleeve. "Waaah, my poor Wan'er just returned to the Jiang family home and was bullied like this by Zhang Cuihua and Jiang Zhuzhu. Look how badly her legs are injured, they even have broken bones!"