Su Yu laughed and said, "How could that be? Boss, don't you know who I am?"
Then the 632 taels of silver they got from the sale were tossed to Ma Dazhuang, two whole money bags, heavy enough to weigh down his hand!
Ma Dazhuang looked at Mu Wanting with shining eyes.
This is truly a golden opportunity to make money! I really don't know how this person's brain works; this is more than just double the profit!
It seems I'll still have to contact her for related matters in the future.
Mu Wanting smiled and took the opportunity to mention it.
"Sir, my husband is seriously ill, and it is the rainy season now. Could you let him stay in the carriage so that we don't have to push it?"
Before Ma Dazhuang could hesitate, Mu Wanting stuffed three hundred taels of silver into his hand.
The road to exile was long and arduous, and officials were scrambling to become their servants, all for the sake of a little extra money.
They would grant even more outrageous requests, let alone simply let Shen Xinglan rest in the carriage.
Ma Dazhuang twirled the money bag in his hand and pretended to reluctantly agree.
Mu Wanting was in a very good mood and drove the carriage toward the third branch of the family.
Before we even got there, we could hear arguing coming from the other side.
"It's just a little bit of dried wolf meat, Third Sister-in-law, how can you be so stingy?"
Mother Shen said helplessly, "I've already said it was Wan Ting who made it. Whether we give it to her or not, we still have to listen to her."
Shen Lijun said, "Our second branch already suffered too many casualties from the previous wolf attack, and now they are exhausted and hungry. Only by eating something good can they recover quickly. You can't just stand by and watch them die."
"You can't write two 'sinking' characters in one stroke!"
The third wife was furious at the conversation; how could refusing to give wolf jerky be considered abandoning someone in distress?
But as Shen Lijun said, they are all from the same family.
"Look, Yun'er is starving to death! Third sister-in-law, you're not giving us a way to survive!"
Mother Shen was furious: "What does Yun'er's death have to do with us? Your second branch clearly has money, but you won't go to the officials to buy it. You only want our third branch's wolf jerky. Second brother, you're forcing us!"
It would have been better if Shen's mother hadn't said those words. As soon as she did, Shen Lijun immediately made all his children kneel down.
"Please, Auntie, save our lives!"
The onlookers, now exiled, criticized the third branch of the family for being too cold-blooded, refusing to even give the family a bite to eat.
The third wife's face turned red with anger, and Shen Yujiao was about to lose her temper and crack her whip.
Mu Wanting just wanted to laugh; what a blatant act of moral blackmail!
"Second Uncle, when you had money and food, why didn't you think that you couldn't write two 'sinking' characters with one stroke? Now that you need our third branch, you're using this to pressure us."
Shen Lijun's face turned ugly: "What business is it of yours if I'm talking to your mother?"
Mu Wanting shrugged: "If it were anything else, it wouldn't be my business. But since you want the wolf jerky I made, it is my business."
"Get to the point, don't try to play the victim. We've already separated, so don't expect to freeload. Just one thing: this wolf jerky is thirty taels of silver per kilogram. Pay up if you want."
"If other people come to buy, we will charge them forty taels per kilogram, since we paid them for their help."
Shen Lijun fell silent. He had indeed been thinking of eating and drinking for free.
After being exposed by Mu Wanting, he couldn't say anything more and angrily turned and left.
He wouldn't be willing to spend money to buy it, and seeing the third wife make money is worse than killing him.
Mu Wanting raised her voice and said, "Second Uncle, Yun'er is starving to death. You clearly have money, but you can't bear to buy wolf meat jerky that costs thirty taels a kilogram. It's really disheartening."
"I never imagined my second uncle was such a heartless man who only cared about money. It turns out he was all talk; even after the family division, he still wanted to freeload off the third branch of the family!"
Mu Wanting's words left Shen Lijun speechless.
If we let him go, he'll inevitably be called greedy and cold-blooded; if we give him money instead, he won't be happy about it.
To put it bluntly, they've taken advantage of the three-bedroom family for so many years, but when have they ever paid them?
But the people around him were pointing and whispering, and he felt like his spine was about to break. In the end, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and take out 90 taels of silver to buy three kilograms.
Mu Wanting kept saying, "Second Uncle, there are so many people in your family, three kilograms probably isn't enough. Are you trying to starve them by buying so little?"
Shen Lijun felt a lump of stale air stuck in his chest, unable to exhale or swallow. Being too shy, he spent another 180 taels to buy six kilograms.
Mu Wanting smiled as she accepted the money and gave a compliment.
"I knew it. My second uncle is a kind father and a sensible elder. He wouldn't take advantage of the third branch of the family after the division of property."
Shen Lijun nearly spat out a mouthful of blood. Mu Wanting's gesture made him think twice before trying to freeload off others.
If I had known, I would have sent Zhang Caiyun. She's shameless and has a sharp tongue.
Seeing that he had left, Mu Wanting happily put the silver notes away.
Shen Yujiao came over excitedly, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Mu Wanting.
"Second sister-in-law, how are you so amazing? We couldn't even beat the second branch of the family just now, but you came and resolved the situation in just a few words."
Now, with her fangirl demeanor, she's completely lost any of her former airs.
Mother Shen also said, "I've never been good at handling this kind of thing, and I almost let them take advantage of me."
Shen Xingyi looked at her with a smile, and even Shen Xinghe said, "You're quite eloquent."
Shen Xinglan looked at her with deep eyes. He had just been about to use a hidden weapon to shut Shen Lijun up when Mu Wanting came to his rescue.
His wife wasn't such a bad match after all.
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