Xiao Yunying looked at the leading man and saw that his expression was normal. He was just scolding Ge Changjian with his head down, telling him to behave himself, which dispelled her doubts.
Ge Changjian knelt on the ground and pleaded, "She really is my wife's sister. Take away the carriage she's leaning against, and I'll return the rest as soon as possible."
The man kicked him: "Is it your stuff? You think you can just let us take it? We're here to collect a debt, not to rob you."
Seeing that they were still reasonable, Xiao Yunying asked, "Why does he owe you money, and how much does he owe?"
"He owes us six hundred taels of silver at our casino, including principal and interest. What, are you going to help him pay it back?"
Xiao Yunying clicked her tongue: "I was just asking. You guys continue, I'm leaving now."
Gambling, serves him right.
Six hundred taels of silver is enough to buy the lives of his entire family, and there's still more than enough left over. The Ge family definitely can't repay it.
Hmm, the air suddenly feels fresh.
She said to the people around her, "Go back, everyone. Jincai, let's go."
Perhaps because he was desperate and had suddenly mustered his strength, Ge Changjian broke free from the two of them: "Xiao Yunying, you can't abandon me. Do you believe I'll go to your house and ask your third sister for money?"
The incident happened suddenly. Just as Ge Changjian's hand was about to touch Xiao Yunying, the leader of the group kicked him again.
The kick was delivered with great force; Ge Changjian lay on the ground, clutching his stomach and groaning, unable to utter a single word.
No one noticed the fear in the man's eyes, a fear of having escaped death.
I almost got dragged down by Ge Changjian.
Xiao Yunying turned around with a cold face, her expression no longer as relaxed and indifferent as before: "Ge Changjian, you have been beating my third sister for a long time, and you even colluded with your parents to seize my third sister's dowry, which is why my third sister divorced you."
If it weren't for my third sister's sake, my family would definitely have sued your Ge family in court. If I remember correctly, misappropriating a woman's dowry should at least get you a year in jail.
You'd better keep your Ge family in check. If they dare cause trouble at my house, don't blame me for exposing all your other misdeeds. Then we'll see who suffers more in the end.
These words immediately sparked a flurry of discussion among the onlookers.
While appropriating a woman's dowry may not seem like a major offense, it is still shameful.
In particular, some conservative and self-righteous scholarly families would rather starve than touch their daughters' dowries.
Of course, this excludes cases where the woman voluntarily contributes to supplement her household income.
Ge Changjian glared at Xiao Yunying with resentment, but his eyes betrayed his guilt and fear: "You...you dare to say..."
“If you hadn’t come to my house to cause trouble, I naturally wouldn’t have told you.”
Xiao Yunying was worried that if she brought this up now, it would push him to the brink and cause other trouble, which she found troublesome.
She could use this matter to implicate the Ge family and prevent them from provoking Xiao Yuntao, thus avoiding a lot of trouble. Therefore, she wouldn't indulge in a momentary verbal outburst here.
The man in the lead lost his patience and said, "Why do you always expect others to take responsibility for your own problems? You're not acting like a man."
As he spoke, he called over two men: "You two, come here and break his legs, then chop off two more fingers and send them to his family."
Just then someone shouted, "The officials are here!"
A group of five government officials pushed through the crowd and asked, "What's going on? What are you all doing here?"
The men holding Ge Changjian swiftly covered his mouth as he tried to shout. The leader of the debt collection group led the officials aside and whispered something to them.
The group of officials glanced back at Ge Changjian, said "Don't cause trouble here," and left.
Ge Changjian stared wide-eyed, whimpering, his eyes filled with despair.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Yunying thought to herself, "It seems that this gambling den has a powerful background."
But it has nothing to do with her anymore.
Xiao Yunying said to the farmhands she had hired, "Go back now, get on the cart and let's go. Aunt Dai, tell your daughter-in-law to bring the child over to ride in the carriage. It doesn't look good for you two, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, to squeeze into an oxcart with a bunch of men."
Then, under Ge Changjian's pleading gaze, she calmly boarded the carriage.
Once everyone was seated, Xiao Yunying opened a small window and saw Ge Changjian being dragged into a nearby alley by the group of people.
She lowered the curtain, and not long after, she heard a shrill scream.
"Emma, I don't know if her leg broke first or her finger fell off first."
"Evil people will always be punished by other evil people," Xiao Yunying thought to herself.
I must talk to my mother when I get back, so she can vent her anger.
She didn't see that at the entrance of another alley in the distance, Ling Qi watched her leave, muttering to himself.
"Well done. I need to go back and talk to the young master about giving these people a raise."
Xiao Yunying was in a good mood and spaced out for a while. Seeing the restrained look on the Dai family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's faces, she took out the pastries that Dai's grandson had been holding.
She unwrapped the oil paper and handed it to him, saying, "Are you hungry? Eat up."
Dai's grandson swallowed hard, didn't move, and looked up at Dai's grandmother.
"The master told us to eat, so eat."
"Thank you, employer."
The young grandson of the Dai family didn't forget to thank them first, and then took the pastries to let his grandmother and mother try them before quietly eating them himself.
While eating pastries, don't forget to use your other hand to catch the crumbs.
The carriage swayed and rattled back to the village. Xiao Yunying lifted the curtain to point out the way to Dai Jincai, told them when they passed her house, and finally stopped in front of the newly built house.
The new house was right next to the fifty acres of land behind her house. She jumped out of the car and looked at the land she had bought, which was full of women and children.
Judging from the way it looks, it's like they're clearing land for themselves.
"What's going on?"
Xiao Yunying was completely confused. This was the land she had bought, right? She and the village chief were both there when the land was measured, so there shouldn't be any mistake.
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