"No!" Elder Xie said anxiously, "Uncle Clan Chief, I am your nephew from the same lineage."
“I can’t even control my own son, let alone my nephew,” Chief Xie said angrily. “He won’t pay back the money, and the Huang family won’t let it go. What can I do?”
If either party had been willing to back down, things wouldn't have escalated to this point.
“Clan leader,” Old Lady Xie cried as she sat on the ground, “the old man just passed away, he hasn’t even been buried yet, and you’re already bullying us orphans and widows like this? Aren’t you afraid of retribution?”
"Get lost!" Chief Xie couldn't hold back and kicked him. "It's all your fault. Once this is over, I'll divorce you on behalf of the clan. Go back to where you came from."
If this idiot hadn't been so clueless, the Xie family wouldn't be in such a passive position.
They still haven't agreed to return the money, which made Chief Xie laugh in exasperation.
The Xie family is poor, but they're not so poor that they can't survive without five taels of silver!
"If you dare to divorce me, I'll kill myself in the Xie family ancestral hall."
"Then hurry up, get up early and be reborn early, so as not to tarnish the Xie family's reputation."
These words filled Old Lady Xie with grief and indignation. She dared not actually die, and glared angrily at the culprit, "It's all your fault, you wretched girl! Why didn't you die sooner! You jinx, you were born to bring me bad luck."
“If I die,” Xie said sarcastically, “you’ll get five taels of silver?”
He sold himself to a simpleton who had lost two wives, for only three taels of silver.
"You brat!" Old Mrs. Xie was surprised that Xie Shi dared to talk back, so she immediately hit her, "I'll beat you to death."
Seeing this, Jiang Nuan let her restless feet run wild, and finally, unable to bear it any longer, she kicked Old Lady Xie.
He kicked the person to the ground.
"You have no right to bully the Huang family."
He wanted to hit someone right in front of him, as if the Huang family were all dead?
"Old woman Jiang," Xie Laotai's eyes turned bloodshot after she noticed Jiang Nuan kick her, her small eyes filled with astonishing hatred. "It's you again! Last time you made me lose three taels of silver and become a laughing stock. This time you've caused me to be purged by the clan. What grudge do I have against you that you would do this to me?"
Old Mrs. Xie hated Jiang Nuan the most, even more than Xie Shi.
As for Xie, she had the title of her biological mother, which meant she could always have a way out no matter what.
But when facing Jiang Nuan, he never won a single time, always ending up looking as pathetic as a dog.
Jiang Nuan ruined all the dignity she had ever had in her life.
The phrase "sworn enemies" is perfectly apt.
"I harmed you?" Jiang Nuan scoffed. "What does your own wickedness have to do with me?"
Are you sick?!
Doesn't he have any self-awareness about what kind of person he is?
"It's all your fault! If you hadn't interfered, that wretched girl would have obediently married him, and I could have gotten a three-tael dowry instead of suffering this humiliation. As for..."
“Grandma,” Huang the eldest interrupted him, “our Huang family is responsible for bringing our second brother’s wife home. It’s our duty and a matter of righteousness. How come it’s wrong in your mouth?”
"Pah, who needs your responsibility?" The old woman felt extremely aggrieved at the thought. "I found a husband long ago, why should you be responsible?"
He even made a fool of himself, and the whole village became a laughing stock.
Those old women in the village, one after another, say they're heartless for selling their daughters, but they don't even look at their own character. When their daughters get married, they never ask for less dowry.
On the contrary, he didn't get a single penny, letting that money-loser eat for so many years for nothing.
Indeed, I shouldn't have spared her worthless life in the first place.
As Old Madam Xie's words became increasingly absurd, the Xie clan chief's face darkened. "Shut up! You've completely disgraced the Xie family."
Is it honorable to sell your daughter to a mentally challenged man?
While others would rather never mention it again, she remained unwilling to let it go.
If this were my own wife, I'd slap her to death to save myself from embarrassment.
"So what if I'm going to lose her?" Old Mrs. Xie said, "I'm going to be divorced anyway, why should I care about these things? Whoever makes me unhappy, I'll drag her down to hell with me."
After saying that, he looked at Jiang Nuan with a sinister gaze, full of malice.
Seeing this, Jiang Nuan silently rubbed her forehead.
She was convinced.
The Xie family members are constantly challenging their own values and beliefs.
It makes you want to strangle it.
"You're utterly hopeless," Chief Xie said, completely disgusted with Old Lady Xie. "You just wait!"
He absolutely did not want this scourge to live.
"We'll wait then!"
Seeing this, Jiang Nuan felt that the time was right.
He glanced at Old Madam Xie indifferently and said slowly, "This matter is not without room for maneuver."
"What?" Chief Xie didn't react.
"The Huang family can disregard the five taels of silver and keep quiet about what happened today."
Upon hearing this, Clan Chief Xie's eyebrows twitched. "What are the conditions?"
“Write a pledge,” Jiang Nuan said, glancing at the Xie family members with disgust. “My Huang family has no desire to have anything to do with people like that. If you don’t want your second son’s wife to be divorced, then make her sever ties with her parents and brothers!”
"Dream on," Old Mrs. Xie said defiantly, glancing at Jiang Nuan with her neck stiff. "You think you can get rid of me? I'll make sure you don't get away with it!"
Now that things have come to this, she's not afraid of anything anymore.
It's better to make Granny Jiang unhappy than to make myself happy.
His eyes swept over Jiang Nuan's beautiful face, and he couldn't help but feel jealous.
She's only ten years younger than me, yet she's more delicate than a young girl. Shameless old hag, I wonder which wild man she seduced to be so well pampered.
And then there's that vile woman, exactly like her vixen mother-in-law, with a fair and delicate face. If she were to be divorced and brought back, she might fetch a good price.
A strange sense of malice made Xie shudder and instinctively look at her own mother.
Immediately, I saw nothing but scheming.
He was immediately stunned.
She's already married, yet she's still making such a scene. What's there to scheme against?
Upon hearing Old Madam Xie's words, Clan Chief Xie laughed in fury, "Who do you think you are? Do I need your approval for the affairs of the Xie family? We've already paid you a price before even settling scores with you, and now you're trying to cause trouble?"
Then, turning to ask Elder Xie, "Do you want to cut the book or open an ancestral hall?"
"Letter of severance," Xie Laoda said without the slightest hesitation, "If we're going to sever ties, then so be it. I don't care about this relationship."
Anyway, we've already got the money, so let the Huang family die!
That's perfect, he wouldn't bother with that poor, down-on-his-luck fellow anyway.
At this moment, Xie Laoda subconsciously forgot the widespread rumors about the Huang family's rise to power.
They also overlooked the fact that the Huang family could casually produce five taels of silver.
"Where are you two brothers?" Chief Xie asked Xie Lao Er and Xie Lao San.
"To sever ties like this?" Xie Lao Er was reluctant. "Yaoni didn't receive a dowry when she got married. If we sever all ties now, wouldn't it be like we raised her for nothing for over ten years?"
"Five taels of silver isn't enough?" Chief Xie was at a loss for words. "Don't be so greedy and provoke people!"
The Huang family doesn't look like someone to be trifled with.
Not one of them is easy to deal with!
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