She had deliberately shouted so loudly, but no one came to check; it was obvious they were just ignoring her.
Her life is now entirely in Ye Panjiu's hands!
Ye Panjiu smiled and said, "That's right. I worked like a slave for your Du family for fourteen years, letting you eat the food and spend the money of the Ye family. That big brick house was built entirely with my money. And what do you get in return? You use the scars you inflicted on yourself to slander me?"
Du E'li's eyes darted around quickly. Ye Panjiu could kill her at any moment. "I never said you were the one who slashed me! It was all my brother's fault! He said you're useless now!"
Ye Panjiu shook her head and said with a smile, "You didn't say a single bad word that day. Your Du family forced me to jump into the river, and you deserve some credit for that. So tell me, how are you going to repay this debt?"
Du E'li stepped back. Ye Panjiu was completely different from before. She was terrifying!
"I'll compensate you with silver! I'm now Qian Ziyu's concubine, and I've investigated thoroughly. The Qian family has at least two thousand taels of silver!"
Ye Panjiu smiled even more brightly. Du E'li's ability to probe was truly remarkable. "So, how much do you think my life is worth?"
Du E'li's heart skipped a beat, "I'll get all the money from the Qian family and give it all to you!"
She could then use her influence to her advantage, making the Qian family hate Ye Panjiu, and thus avenge the humiliation she had suffered today!
Ye Panjiu squatted down. "You're trying to rip me off. You want to use the Qian family to deal with me? Your trick is too obvious."
She paused for a moment, then said, "I'm alive and well now, so you'll pay for it with your life."
Du E'li trembled as she looked at the knife so close to her, and shouted, "You said you wouldn't kill me!"
"Tsk." Ye Panjiu sheathed her dagger and took out a piece of paper. "Press your handprint here."
Before she finished speaking, she grabbed Du E'li's hand and slashed her palm with a knife.
"Aaaaaaah!" Du E'li screamed as blood flowed like a stream, splashing onto the ground.
Ye Panjiu pressed the dagger against her neck. "I don't like noise, remember that?"
Du E'li immediately shut her mouth like a chicken with its neck being squeezed, her eyes wide open like copper bells.
"Press your fingerprint. I hate it when people frame me. I did cut your hand now, so this debt is paid."
Ignoring the pain in her hand, Du E'li pressed a bright red handprint heavily onto the paper.
She was so dizzy that she couldn't see what was written on the paper at all.
Ye Panjiu looked at the paper with satisfaction, carefully put it away, and then kindly explained to her, "This is your indenture. I am very opposed to human trafficking, but I dislike it even more when others owe me a debt."
In her panic, Du E'li didn't think there was anything wrong with signing a contract to sell herself into servitude.
Today, all I need is to survive.
Ye Panjiu twirled the dagger, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it. "Alright, you and Liu slandered my reputation in the street, and you also had Qian Ziyu smash my shop. How are you going to repay these two debts?"
Don't give me empty promises. If you want to pay compensation, you have to give it to me today.
Du E'li had lost a lot of blood, and her head was spinning more and more; she could barely turn her head. "I only have ten taels of silver in total, I'll give it all to you, please, let me go, I'll never bother you again..."
He spoke weakly and listlessly.
Without hesitation, Ye Panjiu pulled off the money pouch from her waist and emptied it out.
"It really is only ten taels of silver. I gave you chances, twice, but you didn't cherish them."
Ye Panjiu frowned. "You seem to care a lot about your appearance, so let's use this to pay off the debt."
Ignoring the pain in her hand, Du E'li shook it vigorously, shouting, "No!"
Ye Panjiu ignored her and, with a swift movement, finished the job in two strokes.
Du E'li had two cuts on her face, one on each side, and warm liquid dripped down her face.
Ye Panjiu wiped the knife clean on her body and slowly stood up. "Now we're even. Don't forget your indenture is with me. If you provoke me again and hurt my family, I'll throw you into the brothel next time."
She didn't look at Du E'li again, and turned to walk out.
Du E'li's tears flowed freely, her face and hands burned with pain, but her eyes were filled with malice.
She was determined to kill that bitch Ye Panjiu with her own hands!
Chu Guan saw Ye Panjiu and immediately went to greet her.
That guy screamed so pitifully in the cell! He absolutely, positively must never offend Sister Panjiu in his life!
"Sister Panjiu, where are you going? I'll take you there."
Ye Panjiu shook her head, "I'll borrow your horse for a bit."
"no problem!"
Chu Guan's guards immediately rode over.
Ye Panjiu bowed respectfully. "Thank you for today, sir. I owe you a favor. Farewell."
Chu Guan was flattered and overwhelmed. "Sister Pan Jiu, you're too kind. It wasn't your fault at all."
Ye Panjiu didn't say anything more, turned around, mounted her horse, and rode straight towards Bailu Academy.
"Little sister!" Ye Erniu was the first to spot Ye Panjiu, and he waved his hand.
Ye Panjiu stopped her horse, jumped off, and quickly walked forward. "Second Brother, how is your finger?"
Sun's eyes were red. "Doctor Gu said that I have a broken bone and need to rest properly. I won't be able to lift heavy things with this finger in the future."
For a farmer, this is essentially a death sentence.
I definitely can't do any heavy work anymore.
Ye Erniu smiled and took Sun's hand. "Big brother and Lei'er are here to handle the heavy work. I can even slack off and do the light work. It's okay, don't be sad."
Surprisingly, Mrs. Sun did not pull her hand away and let him hold it.
Ye Panjiu looked remorseful. "This whole thing started because of me. I was blinded by greed. Second brother, second sister-in-law, don't worry, I will never let you do heavy work again."
Ye Erniu got anxious, "Little sister, how can this be your fault? You're making your second brother unhappy. I'm in the shop every day now, there's no heavy work to be done. If it weren't for you, little sister, the whole family would still be starving!"
Ye Daniu nodded, "Little sister, it's not your fault. I'll take care of the heavy work from now on. Second brother, you mustn't force yourself on me."
"Don't worry, it's all settled. Let's go home, I'm starving."
Ye Erniu was indeed hungry; he would usually have been eating lunch by now.
Madam Sun also tugged at Ye Panjiu's hand, "Little sister, don't blame yourself. Give that viper Du E'li a good talking to. She keeps jumping around and it's so annoying!"
Ye Daniu wholeheartedly agreed, "It's hard to guard against a petty person."
Ye Erniu pulled the person towards the oxcart, saying, "We'll talk about it when we get home."
Ye Panjiu nodded, "My sister-in-law is still in the shop. You go first, I'll go pick her up and take her home."
Mrs. Sun waved to her, "Little sister, be careful!"
"good."
When Ye Panjiu returned to the shop, Liu was wiping the new table.
Jiujiu Braised Food Shop looks brand new again.
"Sister-in-law, let's clean up tomorrow. Go home and have dinner first!"
Madam Liu put down her handkerchief. "They're here!"
She washed her hands again and closed the shop.
Ye Panjiu looked at her from horseback, "Sister-in-law, can you get on?"
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