The village chief looked sternly at Jiang Tieniu, "Jiang Tietou, if you hadn't been so aggressive just now, Lao Wu wouldn't have forced you. You deserve what you have now."

Considering that Cuihua and Zhuzhu are still injured, and your family needs to spend money to hire a doctor for them, I will make the decision for Wan'er. You can return five taels of silver to her now and have Jialin take her to see a doctor.

The remaining fifteen taels of silver will be paid off in three months, with five taels paid each month.

After saying that, the village chief looked at Jiang Wanwan kindly and asked gently, "Wanwan, do you have any objections to this?"

Jiang Wanwan smiled and said, "Wanwan has no objection; it's entirely up to the village chief to decide."

"Alright, that's settled then." The village chief looked at Jiang Tietou with a stern face. "Tietou, if you don't find a way to pay it off within three months and still want to default on your debt, then your family will be expelled from Dashui Village."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Tietou's legs went weak, and all his strength seemed to have been drained from his body. He collapsed to the ground, limp and powerless.

At this moment, Da Niu, Er Niu, and San Niu couldn't care less about Jiang Tietou. They were all worried about being kicked out of the village by the village chief, and they said anxiously, "We will pay! We will definitely pay! We have money at home to pay, please don't kick us out, village chief."

Being expelled from the village means being removed from the family genealogy. How can such a person have any roots?

The village chief nodded in satisfaction. He guessed that Jiang Tietou's family was well-off and would certainly be able to repay the twenty taels of silver.

If it were any other company, he wouldn't have limited himself to paying it off within three months.

However, even though Jiang Tietou's family had money, taking out twenty taels of silver at once probably emptied most of their savings.

Hopefully, this family can learn from their mistake, live and work with humility, and stop acting so domineeringly in the village.

The village chief looked at Jiang Tietou's three sons with a warning expression and said, word by word, "Da Niu, Er Niu, San Niu, you two better keep an eye on your parents and sister. If any of your family members come to the Jiang family to cause trouble again, you will be expelled from the family register!"

The three brothers nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, we've remembered. We will definitely not let Mother and Sister come to bully Uncle's family again."

"Dad, give me the key, I'll go home and get the money," Da Niu said, squatting down in front of Jiang Tietou.

Jiang Tietou understood that there was no turning back now. Reluctantly, he took out a key from his pocket and handed it to Da Niu.

Da Niu reached out and used some force to snatch the key from Jiang Tietou's hand, then ran off and disappeared in a flash.

Soon, Da Niu returned, carrying five strings of cash in his hand.

"Village chief, here are five strings of cash. Please check them." Da Niu handed the copper coins in his hand to the village chief.

The village chief took the money, carefully counted it, and then handed the five strings of cash to Jiang Jialin. "Jialin, here are five taels of silver. Please keep them safe."

Jiang Jialin accepted the gift with both hands and thanked the village chief politely, saying, "Thank you, village chief."

The village chief waved his hand, "It's nothing. You should take Wan'er back to rest and hurry up and take her to see a doctor."

"Thank you, Grandpa Village Chief," Jiang Wanwan said gratefully.

"No need to thank me, go back and rest." After saying that, the village chief turned to the villagers of Dashui Village and said, "Go home and cook your meals."

The three brothers couldn't have been happier; they had been waiting for the village chief to say those words. Each of them picked up one of the animals and quickly left the village chief's yard.

Seeing that there was no more excitement to be had, the villagers of Dashui Village dispersed in a hurry. Aunt Wang and a few other women followed behind the villagers, also preparing to leave.

But then Jiang Wanwan called out to him.