Just as Liu San Niang and the other woman had predicted, Zhang Cuihua couldn't stand Jiang Wanwan's smug face. Because of Jiang Wanwan's misdeeds, the family not only had to pay five taels of silver to the Jiang family, but also owed a huge debt of fifteen taels of silver. Now, her husband disliked her and their daughter very much, and would beat them up at the slightest disagreement.

Now that her husband is away, she needs to vent her anger.

She wasn't going to provoke that brat; she was just making a few sarcastic remarks to vent her anger. The village chief probably had no reason to kick them all out.

Thinking of this, Zhang Cuihua rolled up her sleeves, put her hands on her hips, and prepared for a fierce verbal battle.

The deep sarcasm in her eyes was undisguised. She chuckled mockingly, "Heh, still pretending? Who in the village doesn't know your family borrowed money from the bank at interest? It's just a dying man showing off. Some people are so arrogant."

Jiang Wanwan looked at Zhang Cuihua with surprise and asked with a smile, "Grandma Cuihua, does this mean you plan to pay back the fifteen taels of silver you owe my family ahead of schedule?"

Otherwise, when the money lenders come to the village to collect their money, I'll tell them to come directly to your house. That way, our family won't have to worry about the money lenders doing anything bad to the Jiang family.

Jiang Xun and his second uncle chimed in.

"Hmm, niece, that's a good idea."

"That's right. After worrying for so many days, I've finally come up with a good way to pay off the debt. I have to thank Grandma Cuihua for reminding me." Jiang Xun took a deep breath and patted his chest in a serious manner.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Cuihua's face turned green. "You, you, you, you're talking nonsense! I, I never said I wanted to pay back the money earlier. You, you all, don't do anything reckless! We, we already agreed that we would only pay back five taels of silver a month. You, you all, don't call the people from the money exchange to my house!"

Everyone knows that money shops charge ridiculously high interest rates!

If you borrow one or two taels of silver and don't repay it by the due date, the debt will at least double.

Moreover, if borrowers fail to repay their loans on time, the money lenders have plenty of ways to make the debtors pay the price.

I heard from the next village that a young man had borrowed money from a money lender to gamble, but he failed to repay the loan on time. So, the money lender sent several thugs to collect the debt. In the end, the young man from the next village had both his hands chopped off by the thugs!

If that brat Jiang Wanwan were to tell the people at the money exchange that her family owed her fifteen taels of silver and hadn't paid it back, the people at the money exchange might just come and chop off her family's hands with knives.

Thinking of this, Zhang Cuihua was so frightened that her legs went weak and she could barely stand. If Jiang Zhuzhu hadn't been supporting her, she would have fallen to the ground long ago.

She was so frightened that she turned pale and shut her mouth tightly, not daring to utter another word in front of Jiang Wanwan.

Jiang Wanwan and the other two watched with satisfaction as Zhang Cuihua looked on in fear.

Aunt Li looked at Zhang Cuihua, then at Jiang Wanwan, "This..."

"Auntie, we're heading to town now, we'll talk later." Jiang Wanwan waved her hand, and Uncle Jiang drove the oxcart out of Dashui Village.

After the oxcart left the village, Liu Sanniang and Feng Xiuer spat fiercely, "Pah! They've gone to the money exchange to borrow money at interest, what's so great about that! Just wait, your Jiang family will suffer a great calamity sooner or later!"