Gan Li's actions deeply moved Old Man Gan and his wife, as well as the two Gan brothers. Old Man Gan, in particular, had no more doubts and urged his wife to quickly take out their money as well.
When Old Lady Gan saw her daughter like this, she was both happy and proud—who would dare to say her daughter was unfilial now? One hundred and eighty taels of silver was taken so easily; her daughter was truly filial!
However, when her husband urged her to hurry up, she scolded him, "It's locked in a chest at home. Who would carry money around on their person all the time? That would be so heavy!"
However, she knew the family's finances well, and now that her daughter had brought out all their belongings, she no longer needed to hide anything.
She took Ganli's hand and said, "There are still fifteen taels of silver left in the house..."
Old Mrs. Gan spoke with some embarrassment. After all, her daughter had contributed 180 taels of silver, while they only had this much…
Ganli was also a little surprised when she heard the number, but after thinking about it again, she understood.
The Gan family is hardworking, and Old Man Gan used to earn a lot of money from his job, but over the years the original owner of the body had squeezed it all out of him. Otherwise, how could the Chen family mother and son have saved up more than two hundred taels of silver without doing any work? In reality, it all belongs to the Gan family!
It's truly remarkable that the Gan family managed to save fifteen taels of silver right under the nose of this vampire daughter.
No, it should be twenty taels, plus the five taels that Old Man Gan sent to the village chief. No wonder the sister-in-law was devastated; she had finally managed to save up this little bit, and at this time, Old Man Gan was still able to give his daughter another five taels.
"Who wouldn't go crazy in this situation?" Gan Li thought to herself, glancing instinctively at Zhao Shi.
Zhao misunderstood, thinking she was being urged, and rolled her eyes, but still said coldly, "I... I still have twenty taels. But let me make this clear, these twenty taels were borrowed from my family, and it wasn't just me who borrowed them. You all have to pay them back to me from now on!"
Her tone was unpleasant, and Old Man Gan couldn't help but frown, but he agreed with his eldest daughter-in-law's words, so he readily nodded: "That makes sense!"
Zhao also took twenty taels, and then looked at the people from the second branch of the family.
Sun pursed her lips, turned her head away, and pretended not to see. Gan Mingyi, however, felt somewhat ashamed: "My in-laws have been busy lately and are short of money. They don't have any to lend us, and I don't have any money either."
"The family hasn't separated yet, and all the money in the house is managed by your mother. Isn't it normal that you don't have any money?" Old Man Gan comforted him.
So all the silver in the house was here, totaling two hundred and fifteen taels.
Gan Li thought for a moment and added another five taels: "Registering my household is my own business, and I shouldn't let my father pay for it."
"He who takes a bribe is bound to be obligated to speak well of another." This was one thing before, but now that she's here, she doesn't want to give anyone cause for gossip over such a small amount of money.
"Then we have two hundred and twenty taels of silver now!" Old Mrs. Gan was happy for a while, but then she became a little worried.
Although this amount of silver is not small, it is still far less than five hundred taels.
Old Man Gan also felt it was a bit too little, but where could he find the money in such a short time?
Just as I was worrying, someone came in.
"Brother Qingtian!"
Everyone turned around and saw that it was the village chief who had arrived, so they quickly went to greet him.
The village chief directly shoved the heavy object in his hand into Old Man Gan's arms, saying:
“I think Pear Girl is right. Things haven’t come to that point yet, so we need to think of more ways! I don’t have much more, but here are thirty taels of silver. Take them to tide you over!”
Old Man Gan held the silver in his hands, looking at his cousin. He was clearly very grateful, but his throat felt like it was blocked with cotton, and he couldn't say anything. Only his red eyes betrayed a trace of his inner emotions.
The village chief didn't say much, just patted him on the shoulder and turned to leave.
After seeing the village chief off, the group returned to their house and, looking at the two hundred and fifty taels of silver in front of them, finally felt more confident.
Ganli gathered all the silver together and said, "Let's not delay, Father, let's go to town now."
"What? Just the two of you going?" Gan Mingli was a little worried, and Gan Mingyi also insisted on going together.
Gan Li thought about it for a moment. With so much silver on them, she was really worried about not having two strong men with them.
Besides, the silver is so heavy, someone has to carry it! So he simply agreed to the Gan brothers' request to accompany them.
As for the others, they stayed home and waited for news.
Before leaving, Gan Li patted Gan Tian on the shoulder and told her, "Eat at home first, and rest if you're tired. I'll be back soon."
Her sweetly pursed lips relaxed, and a hint of joy appeared in her eyes as she nodded emphatically.
...
When Baifulai's owner heard that Chef Gan had come to see him, he was somewhat surprised and ordered his servants to let him in.
Seeing the people standing below, he was immediately reminded of his family's leaked secret recipe, and his anger flared up again. He said coldly, "Here to return the money?"
"Yes, in response to the employer."
"You've collected them all so quickly?"
Old Gan was already unsure of himself, and now, upon hearing this, he clutched the hem of his clothes, unsure how to respond.
Seeing this, Gan Li stepped forward and said with a smile, "To the master, we have come to return the money, but we have only managed to raise two hundred and fifty taels. We thought we would bring it to you first."
"Only half?"
The landlord's face hardened, and his tone became increasingly stern:
"Old man Gan! I only want five hundred taels of silver from you, which is already out of consideration for the friendship between your Gan family and my family, which has been working for my family since my grandfather's generation!"
Now you're only bringing half? What do you mean by that? Are you thinking I'm easy to bully? Let me tell you, if you can't come up with the silver, I'll have to sell your whole family to pay off your debts!
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