Chapter 416: Awakening
Tian Caihong stepped forward and grabbed the corner of Li Jinyi's clothes, "Master Li, if for no other reason than for Qiu Ye's sake, please spare us!"
Zhang Defu turned around and looked at Zhang Juexia, "You just watched your parents suffer like this, and you didn't even bother to ask for mercy."
Before Zhang Defu could finish his words, Li Jinyi interrupted him, "When will you change your habit of identifying everyone as your own?
Your wife just said that this young lady has nothing to do with you.
"Aren't we being a bit unkind, making such a commotion in front of someone's shop? Isn't this affecting their business?"
Li Jinyi dug through his pockets and took out five taels of silver, handing it to his attendant, "Take this silver and deliver it to the shop.
The reason why I, Mr. Li, have always maintained a good reputation in this town is that I have sufficient integrity.
We've used other people's space and delayed their business, so we have to show some appreciation."
Zhang Defu and Tian Caihong's eyes widened.
It would be great if we could be given that huge sum of money!
Zhang Juexia got it for free.
Seeing Zhang Juexia still standing there, Li Jinyi asked her, "Young lady, is there something wrong?"
"Thank you, Mr. Li, for your generosity. Jue Xia expresses her gratitude here!"
Li Jinyi muttered "Jue Xia" and looked up at the shop sign, "Sheng Xia."
He pondered this in his mind and clapped his hands, "Ha, ha, finally it makes sense. You are the niece Juexia that my wife often mentions, right?"
Zhang Juexia bowed respectfully, "Yes, Master Li!"
"Okay, okay, according to Yingyue, you have to call me Second Uncle."
"Second Uncle!"
"good!"
Li Jinyi dug through his pockets again, took out a silver note, and handed it to Zhang Juexia, "This is a small gift from me, you are not allowed to refuse it.
I, your second uncle, don’t have anything else on me, but I have a lot of silver.
Niece, don't look down on your uncle for being vulgar. I can tell you, silver is a good thing. With silver, you can't buy anything."
Zhang Juexia looked at the big "two hundred taels" printed on it and felt that the silver note was a bit hot.
But he didn't take it, and Li Jinyi didn't let go at all.
She had no choice but to accept it.
"Don't secretly return the banknotes to your aunt again. Let me tell you, the thing my Li family has the most is money.
If you dare to return it, you will be slapping me in the face, do you understand? "
Li Jinyi touched his face with his chubby big hands.
"Thank you, Second Uncle. Juexia accepts this gift."
"Okay, okay, it's good that it doesn't spoil the fun."
Li Jinyi turned around and looked around. "It seems that the government office is getting slower and slower. Why hasn't anyone come yet?"
Zhang Defu and Tian Caihong were envious of Zhang Juexia's fortune, but when they heard Li Jinyi talking about the yamen, they knew that they could not get out of this trouble.
Tian Caihong nudged Zhang Defu and said, "Your daughter and Mr. Li are uncle and nephew! Hurry up and talk to him and let us go!"
Li Jinyi pointed at Zhang Defu and asked Zhang Juexia, "Are you really his eldest daughter?"
“It used to be, but it’s not anymore.”
Li Jinyi patted his forehead and said, "Your aunt seemed to have mentioned your matter before, but how could I have forgotten it?"
"Well, you guys should get up first! Let me tell you, I'm not doing this for Qiu Ye's sake, I'm doing this for my niece Jue Xia's sake."
Li's followers came with officials.
When the officers saw Li Jinyi, they saluted respectfully. A few familiar officers even greeted Zhang Juexia.
Li Jinyi glanced at one of them and then walked away to talk to the officers. "That's the thing. As long as they hand over the deed to my concubine's twenty acres of land, I will not pursue this matter anymore."
The officer pointed at Zhang Defu and Tian Caihong and said, "You heard what Mr. Li said. I give you one day to hand in the land deeds to the government office, or we will raid your homes in the village."
Zhang Defu was about to speak when he was interrupted by the police.
"You stole someone else's things and you still think you're right. I've made my point clear. Hurry home and prepare the deed.
If it weren't for Mr. Li's sake, people like you would be taken to the yamen today and given twenty lashes of the cane before being allowed to go home and get your things."
After twenty strokes of the cane, Zhang Defu and Tian Caihong almost fainted. "Let's go! It must be unpleasant to be beaten with a cane."
That guy from our neighboring village stole something from a wealthy family, got beaten with 20 sticks, and died a few days after being sent home."
The two men walked away trembling, and never dared to ask anyone for money again.
Li Jinyi looked at their backs and shouted, "Don't forget to bring the land deeds tomorrow, otherwise this matter will not be over!"
The two people who were originally hoping for luck thought that Li Jinyi had drunk too much and might forget about this matter tomorrow.
As long as they don't hand over the land deed, the land will still be theirs.
Who would have thought that Li Jinyi was a stubborn person and was still thinking about this matter.
It seems that if the land deed is not returned tomorrow, this matter will not be over.
Zhang Defu and Tian Caihong glared at each other with mournful expressions. "It's all your fault! If you hadn't insisted on coming to town to cause trouble, would this have happened?"
"How can you blame me? I didn't want to come, but you insisted on coming, okay?"
The two people who were not convinced started fighting and grabbed each other's hair.
Then, it’s time to see who can scratch their face with the tip of their fingernails.
Li Jinyi pointed at them and said, "See? No matter how good two people are, they will turn pale when talking about money.
On the other hand, if the money went into his own pocket, we would be dancing with joy right now."
Zhang Juexia just smiled.
Everyone thought that Li Jinyi was the wealthy Mr. Li, but who knew that he was actually a very clear-headed person.
No wonder Zhang Qiuye had been with him for so long and had been pregnant twice, but she hadn't gained any benefit at all.
Li Jinyi clapped his hands happily, "Now I can explain to the Eighth Wife when I get home. My niece, Second Uncle wishes you great wealth and a prosperous business.
Second Uncle has other things to do, so I'll go back first."
Li Jinyi, along with a group of followers, walked in square steps towards the Li Mansion.
Li Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead and weighed the five taels of silver given by Li Jinyi in his hand. "Boss, do we want this silver?"
"Why don't you want it? It's not given for free. They said it's compensation for our business. Just take it!"
"OK!"
Li Xi opened his mouth, but he was too embarrassed to say what he had prepared in his mind.
"Shopkeeper Li, just say whatever you want to say. I always like people who are straightforward and don't like beating around the bush."
"Well, Boss, I was wrong."
"What's wrong?"
Li Xi began to stammer again, "I... didn't know how to judge people, and I was deceived."
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