"I have no evidence..."
Song Xia grabbed Fang Erzhuang and punched him.
Fang Erzhuang was completely bewildered after being hit. Wasn't she talking to Song Youdi? Why did she suddenly start hitting him?
It hurts so much!
Fang Erzhuang was in so much pain that his face turned pale, and he couldn't straighten his back or even shout.
Yang Cuiniang was heartbroken to see her second son beaten like this by Song Xia, and she was about to cause trouble for her.
Song Xia pulled Fang Erzhuang aside and asked, "Tell me, what is the truth?"
He got hit by Song Xia.
Fang Erzhuang didn't want to be hit by her anymore, so he quickly said, "It's just what you think. It's Song Youdi who told us where you live."
"I don't!"
"You're slandering me!"
Song Youdi glared at him.
Yang Cuiniang immediately said, "My son wasn't lying. If you hadn't given us directions, would we have been able to find their house? We didn't see anyone else after we entered the village..."
Fang Shuisheng and the others all agreed with her, saying that it was Song Youdi who had shown them the way.
Song Xia looked at Song Youdi and said in a deep voice, "Song Youdi, what do you have to say now? You had bad intentions and ended up like this. You still have the nerve to yell at me? Where do you get the nerve?"
Song Youdi tried to argue his way out of it.
Worried that she would prevent them from continuing to operate in the workshop, Song Lao Er slapped her across the face: "Shut up! How could I have such a scoundrel as you as my daughter!"
After beating Song Youdi.
Song Lao Er looked at Song Xia with a fawning expression and said, "Xia'er, I apologize to you on behalf of You Di. She was wrong today. Don't worry, we will definitely keep her in check in the future."
As he was talking, he secretly kicked Qiao Lianhua.
Qiao Lianhua realized what was happening and chimed in, "Yes, yes, we will definitely discipline her properly."
They said the same thing before.
And what was the result?
If Song Xia hadn't seen that Song Lao Er and his family had been working relatively well lately, she would have definitely fired them all.
Seeing that there was no hope for Song Xia and the others, Song Youdi turned to Fang Shuisheng and the others and shouted, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and give me the money!"
How do we raise the money?
Are they really selling their fields, land, and people?
Not only was Fang Shuisheng unwilling, but Yang Cuiniang and the others were also unwilling.
Fang Shuisheng met Song Youdi's gaze and said, "Even if you force us to our deaths, we still can't come up with that much money..."
"you…"
Song Youdi was about to unleash a curse.
Song Lao Er said from the side, "If you can't come up with the money, just try your best to raise it. Pay back the rest slowly. Just give us two taels of silver a month from now on."
Two taels of silver?
Fang Dazhuang was no longer calm: "Do you know how much money we make in a month? We don't even earn two taels of silver a month! You're asking us to give you so much money every month, aren't you making things difficult for us?"
Upon hearing this...
Qiao Lianhua rolled her eyes and said, "All the grown men in your family can't even earn two taels of silver a month. How can you be so useless? You can't even compare to the women in our village! The women in our village can earn more than one tael of silver a month..."
What? The women in their village can earn more than one tael of silver a month?
Fang Shuisheng and the others all looked on in disbelief.
but.
Fang Shuisheng quickly realized that Song Xia's family owned a workshop, so they must be working there, which explained their high monthly income.
One person earns a little over one tael of silver per month.
They hired so many people, how much will they have to pay for their labor in a month?
If they also come to work in the workshop...
Fang Shuisheng quickly walked up to Fang Xiu and said in a pleading voice, "Daughter, please help us. Father knows he was wrong. I will definitely treat you better in the future."
Fang Xiu hadn't spoken yet.
Fang Shuisheng then said, "Your family runs a workshop, right? Talk to Song Xia and the others and ask them to let us work in your workshop. We don't need much; just give us the same wages as the others."
If it were before...
Fang Xiu might help them.
Now.
Fang Xiu naturally wouldn't help.
She said in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, "We've already hired all the workers, and we won't be hiring any more for the time being. Even if we do hire more later, we won't hire you. Our workshop needs people who are clean and hardworking. You don't meet any of those criteria..."
Not only did she not help them, she also ruined their reputation.
Fang Shuisheng glared at her angrily and began to curse: "You unfilial daughter! You traitor! If I had known you would grow up to be like this, I should have thrown you into the mountains to be eaten by wolves..."
Fang Xiu's eyes instantly filled with tears.
They were clearly in the wrong, yet he still scolded her.
Fang Zheng couldn't bear to see his older sister cry.
He chimed in, "Everyone says fathers should be kind and sons should be filial, but you, as the father, haven't even been kind, yet you expect your sister to be filial. What gives you the right? After Mother died, you married a stepmother, and you treat her children better than our two biological children. Is that how a father should act? Not to mention, you know perfectly well what kind of person Song Laosi is, yet you still listened to Yang Shi and married your sister off to him. Your sister's misfortune is all because of you. If Xia'er hadn't received guidance from a wise man, would their family be doing so well now?"
Song Laosi: "..."
He just kept talking about Fang Shuisheng, how did he end up talking about him?
Doesn't he have any pride?
If Song Xia knew what Song Lao Si was thinking, she would definitely reply, "So you care about your reputation, huh? If you care about your reputation, then don't do those outrageous things!"
Did Song Xia receive guidance from a master?
They all started whispering among themselves.
Seeing that Fang Shuisheng was still not giving up, Song Xia said with a cold face, "Don't try to take advantage of our family. Whether it's borrowing money or working in our workshop, it's impossible."
The village head was very annoyed and didn't want to listen to them argue anymore.
He stepped in to smooth things over, suggesting that both sides compromise.
Fang Shuisheng and his group went home to raise money, as much as they could, and gave all the money they raised to Song Youdi.
The remaining money was written as an IOU, with a monthly repayment of one tael of silver.
Although Song Lao Er and the others were somewhat reluctant, they still agreed.
They were afraid that Fang Shuisheng and his group would be reluctant to sell their land.
Song Lao Er called out to Song Lao San and Song Lao Da, and they went back together.
They were with us.
Fang Shuisheng and his family had no choice but to sell all their farmland.
Their family has a total of four mu of land.
Two mu of good land each sold for four taels of silver. The rest each sold for one tael of silver, totaling ten taels of silver.
They had more than two taels of silver in their hands.
He took out two ounces.
That is, twelve taels of silver.
We had originally agreed to return twelve taels of silver.
Song Lao Er noticed a hairpin in Yang Cui Niang's hair and reached out to snatch it away.
"Give it back to me!"
Yang Cuiniang was furious. This hairpin was originally bought for her by Fang Shuisheng. It was her only valuable piece of jewelry, and she was naturally unwilling to give it to Song Lao Er.
Song Lao Er raised his eyebrows and said, "Give me all the money you owe, and I'll pay you back."
We can't get it back.
Yang Cuiniang had no choice but to compromise: "This hairpin cost a little over two taels of silver before, and now that you've taken it, then..."
"Your hairpin is worth at most one tael of silver now!"
Song Lao Er set the price directly.
Thirteen taels of silver, and they still owe eighty-seven taels of silver.
Song Lao Er was overjoyed when he got the money and left.
Old Song couldn't stand it anymore and kicked him.
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