Chapter 019 Uninvited Guests
"Well, Fourth Brother is right!"
It was originally nonsense, so Su Wan could only follow his meaning and quickly end the topic.
After staying in the county for so long, it was almost 3 p.m., the time to go back as agreed with Old Hongtou. At the county gate, He Jiaolan and Chen Yinghong had just arrived not long ago, but there were still a lot of pine mushrooms in their carrying poles. It seemed that their business was not good today.
If they can’t sell all of it, they will have to take it home, dry it, and eat it themselves.
"Since everyone is here, let's get ready to go back. Get in the car!" Old Hong greeted Su Yun and his sister when he saw them.
Su Yun's basket contained only some things he had just bought. All the pine mushrooms were sold out. He Jiaolan looked at the two of them in shock.
"Are you all sold out?"
Su Wan nodded:
“Yes, we moved the display to a new location, so we sold out!”
As if knowing that she would ask how they were sold out, Su Wan explained it all at once to avoid her asking more questions.
"How come you are so lucky? Look at us, we have lost everything!" He Jiaolan was very envious of Su Wan's good luck.
Su Wan just smiled and said nothing, and the ox cart started to head back towards the village.
After getting off the car at the village entrance, Su Wan was still chattering about how to eat meat tonight, how to make steamed buns with the newly bought flour, and how to share the buns with his brothers when he got home. But Su Yun only gave a perfunctory answer with only one thing:
"When I'm cooking tonight, can you come over and give me some pointers?"
Su Yun now feels that Su Wan's cooking skills are better than his. He is particularly interested in cooking and his dream is to open a restaurant and do his own business in the future so that his family can live a good life.
"Since Fourth Brother is so sincere, I will give you some pointers!" Su Wan said this deliberately, which really made Su Yun roll his eyes.
"Give you some sunshine, and you will be brilliant."
Almost every household in the village was drying millet on bamboo mats, including their home, but the brother and sister had no idea that a group of uninvited guests had come to their home.
The four Su Jing brothers were standing in the yard. There were five or six other strong men in the yard. The leader was a man wearing a brown silk gown with a pipe in his mouth. The two sides were confronting each other.
"It's written in black and white, you can't deny it. If you don't pay me back, I'll take all the food from your house and report you to the authorities. Aren't you studying at Zhongyun Academy? Do you still want to take part in the Spring Examination next year? If you go to jail, it will be a stain on your reputation, and you won't be able to participate!"
The man pointed at Su Jing's nose and said, his words were full of threats.
Su Wan and Su Yun saw this scene as soon as they came back. When Su Jing was told that he could not take part in the Spring Examination, his face turned pale.
"How can you be like this? We have already paid off the silver we owe you. Thirty taels is not a small amount. Why are you changing your mind now and even saying there is interest?" Su Chen was anxious and took a step forward to take action, but was stopped by Su Mu.
"You are blackmailing us. We should report this to the police!" Su Mu said coldly.
"Call the police? What gives you the right to do that? I have it written in black and white, with all the reasons and evidence. What do you have to sue me?" This man came prepared today, he was not afraid at all.
"Look carefully, it clearly says that if you don't pay it off in three months, you'll start charging interest. Although you've paid back thirty taels in installments, you still haven't paid off the interest. Five taels of interest, it's been over a year now, a total of four hundred days, five cents a day, so you still owe a total of twenty-five taels. This handprint and name were signed by your father himself, don't even think about denying it!"
The brothers looked carefully and found that it was indeed written like this.
"You are clearly bullying my father because he can't read!" Su Yi, who was always gentle, became angry.
"Then who asked you to borrow money from me? I lend money at interest. Your father should have thought it through when he came to me to borrow money for his life. I heard that the little girl in your family was actually the biological daughter of Mr. Gu. The Gu family is the richest family in Qinghe County, and you have raised their daughter for more than ten years. There must be some affection between you. If you really can't pay it back, I can take the receipt to Mr. Gu. Mr. Gu won't care about such small amounts of money!" The leader had a wicked smile on his face.
Su Yun heard it outside the yard, and the firecracker suddenly got angry. He put down his burden, rushed in, picked up the broom by the door and tried to chase people away.
"Fourth brother, calm down!" Su Wan didn't stop him.
"Fuck you, you're a bunch of bandits, are you still being unreasonable?"
He picked up the broom and went to hit the man. Seeing this, Su Jing and others hurriedly pulled him back, but the broom still swept the corner of the man's clothes.
"Alright, I just came here to get back the money you owe me, but you actually hit me? Take away all the food!"
He knew that he couldn't hit anyone, because if he hurt them he wouldn't get his money, so he took out his anger on the other person's newly harvested grain. Seeing this, Su Wan was shocked.
This is the Su family’s food supply for a year, and it cannot be wasted.
"Don't move, let's talk it over nicely and we'll just pay you back!" The girl rushed in and yelled. Everyone was attracted by her and looked at her.
Su Chen was ready to take action, but he held back and was determined not to reveal the fact that he knew martial arts for the time being.
"Who are you?"
The leader had a pointed face and monkey-like appearance. When he saw Su Wan standing there, he said that he would return the money and asked his men to stop.
"I am the real daughter of the Su family!"
The sharp-nosed monkey took a look at her and thought, she is really beautiful.
"Okay, you said it, pay me back!" He spread his hands towards her.
Su Wan immediately put on a bright smile:
"Boss, you look so elegant, let's talk it over!"
Seeing that her attitude was pretty good, the monkey looked much better.
"Stop talking nonsense and pay me back now. Twenty-five taels of silver, not a penny less. After you pay me back, I'll tear up this IOU in front of you, and we'll be clear from now on!"
"Boss, can you give me some more time? I'll pay you back after I've collected enough money." Su Wan didn't have that much money to pay him back. He just wanted to stop him from wasting the food.
"Bah, are you kidding me, little girl?" The sharp-nosed monkey spat on the ground with a bad look on his face, obviously angry.
Seeing this, Su Jing quickly stepped forward and protected Su Wan behind him:
"Boss Zhang, we won't deny it. We just can't come up with that much money right now, and our family needs to eat. Can you give us some time?"
"Grace? How long have I given you grace? Do you think I'm easy to bully? I tell you you must pay me back, or I'll report you to the authorities and have you thrown in jail!"
This damn sharp-nosed monkey really has no mercy. He didn't tell me earlier and only came back to ask for money after the interest rate was high. What a treacherous villain.
If my eldest brother were to be sent to the government, his future career would be ruined.
Su Wan couldn't bear to see his elder brother fail in his official career.
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