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"Nonsense, nonsense, you're all being ridiculous!" Zhao Yongkang said, slamming his hand on the table repeatedly.
In all his years as village chief, this was the first time he had ever witnessed such a farce, and his dark face turned bright red with anger.
Xu Er and Yang Shi, who were being scolded by Zhao Yongkang, had uncertain expressions on their faces. "Village chief, I was just trying to scare Lai Di." Even at this point, Yang Shi was still trying to get away with it.
"Grandma, my sister and I heard it with our own ears. You told Grandpa that you were going to sell my sister." Xu Pandi shouted loudly. This was the first time she had ever raised her voice to Yang Shi.
"You dare talk to me like that? You must be asking for a beating." Madam Yang snarled and was about to hit Xu Pandi when Li Mei pulled the two girls back, avoiding Madam Yang's hand.
This infuriated Yang, who was furious. Li Mei, who had always been submissive, exclaimed, "This is outrageous! This is outrageous!"
"Xu Xuexing, look at your good wife and good daughter, what kind of things have you done every day?" Madam Yang roared at Xu Xuexing, who stood like a pillar to the side, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Xu Xuexing had been standing to the side ever since he was called back by Xu Xujin. If Yang hadn't shouted that, no one would have noticed him standing there.
Some people in the crowd whispered among themselves, "Xu Xuexing is just too honest. Madam Yang has him completely under her thumb."
“Who can argue with that? They’re busy in the fields all day long, but they don’t earn much money all year round. All the good stuff goes to Xu Xuewang.”
"You could say you deserve it, since you had to put up with it."
“It’s the wives and children who suffer. Look at Li Mei, she’s been married for so many years and she’s become so thin.”
Fu Man'er tilted her head and looked at Xu Xuexing. She often watched over this uncle in the fields. Every time she saw him, he would smile憨憨地 and call her Man'er in a deep voice.
Several times when she played in the fields with her older sisters, her great-uncle would weave little rabbits out of wild grass for them, so lifelike that each of them had one.
Xu Xuexing, who had been yelled at, looked up at Yang Shi for a moment, then lowered his head again. Yang Shi was about to continue yelling when Zhao Yongkang couldn't stand it anymore.
"Alright, alright, you know in your heart whether it's just a bluff or for real. This is your granddaughter, how can you be so heartless?" Zhao Yongkang looked at Yang with disgust. Every day, she has so many problems.
Mrs. Yang tilted her head. "So what if she's my granddaughter? She's just a little girl, a little money-loser." The point is that she's the one who made our family like this. People like that shouldn't stay in the house.
"Then you're just an old money-loser." A crisp voice rang out, and Fu Man'er glared angrily at Yang Shi, "An old money-loser whose skin is wrinkled." She felt that wasn't enough, so she added another sentence.
Xu Yi quickly covered her mouth; this little girl really dared to say anything.
Fu Man'er's mouth was covered and she couldn't speak, but her eyes were still glaring at Yang Shi. She was also a girl, but everyone in the family said she was a little lucky star and a little fairy. Girls were not a money-loser.
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"You..." After being repeatedly contradicted, Madam Yang raised her hand to strike Fu Man'er, but Xu Genshan stood directly in front of his daughter, looking at Madam Yang menacingly.
Old Mrs. Xu walked over with a stern face. "What's wrong? Haven't been hit by me in a long time? Are you itching for a beating?" Years ago, Yang was often beaten by Old Mrs. Xu because of her sharp tongue and quick temper.
"You're a woman yourself, how dare you say women are a money-loser? I think you're getting more and more confused as you get older, you're not as good as a five-year-old at your age."
Old Mrs. Xu's imposing manner was not to be underestimated. Yang hesitated to lower her raised hand, believing that if she dared to step down, Old Mrs. Xu would have the ability to beat her up in front of so many people.
"This is our family matter, it's none of your business." Old Mrs. Xu's words left Mrs. Yang speechless. After a while, she could only say this with her neck stiff.
Old Mrs. Xu sneered. When she was asking everyone for his family's recipe, she didn't say that. She kept saying that we were family, of the same blood, and that we couldn't even write the same character as each other. It was all bullshit.
"Alright, I didn't come here to waste time talking to you. You want to sell Laidi, right? How much?" Old Mrs. Xu looked at Xu Laidi.
"Why are you asking this?" Madam Yang looked at her suspiciously.
Zhao Yongkang immediately sensed something was wrong. "What are you doing? What are you doing, Yang? This is your own granddaughter. Are you going to sell her?"
"Why can't I sell it? My family is so poor we can't even afford to eat, we owe a lot of money. If I don't sell it, you'll pay me back the money and give me food!"
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Yang decided to give up entirely, since their family affairs were no secret in the village anyway.
"Brother Xu, this..." Zhao Yongkang asked Old Man Xu in a low voice. He didn't understand what Old Lady Xu wanted to do. Now that the two families were much closer, he naturally wanted to ask about the situation.
Old Xu just waved his hand and didn't say anything.
"It just so happens that my new house is almost finished, and my son and daughter-in-law are busy, so I'll hire someone to do the cleaning, laundry, and cooking." Old Mrs. Xu said with a hint of pride and boastfulness.
Yang was furious. She had secretly visited the Xu family's new house, which had two courtyards and was very large and spacious, looking quite impressive.
They always say their family is rich, but compared to Grandma Xu's family, their family is nothing. So why did their family become rich?
Yang lowered her eyelids, the words of the chosen master echoing in her mind: if Lai Di went to Old Lady Xu's house...
"Are you really going to buy Lai Di?" A smile flashed across Madam Yang's face.
Grandma Xu nodded. "Just tell me how much it costs."
Suddenly, Yang laughed, and the unexpected laugh was truly chilling. "Not much, not much, just this many?" she said, raising a hand.
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The amount is only known to be five, but whether it is five coins, fifty coins, five hundred coins, or five taels is unknown.
"Are you crazy? Selling someone for five taels of silver?" Compared to Old Lady Xu buying the person, the five taels was even more shocking.
Old Mrs. Xu silently cursed Yang Shi in her heart. That heartless bastard, she didn't just want money, she wanted to kill.
“What do you mean five taels? It’s five coins,” said Madam Yang.
"Are you crazy?" Xu Er heard her say this and quickly came over. "Five coins is too little." There's no money in the family to begin with. Has this woman lost her mind?
As it turns out, Yang's brain was really messed up. She flung Xu Er's hand away and said, "Just five coins, will you buy it or not?"
"Such a good thing?" Old Mrs. Xu found it unbelievable. She and Old Mr. Xu exchanged a glance. Could Yang be up to something?
"Waaah, I don't want to, I don't want to sell my sister!" Xu Duojin suddenly ran over, grabbed Yang's hand and said, "Grandma, no, don't sell my sister."
At first, he didn't understand what "selling" meant, but after hearing the conversation between Mrs. Yang and Old Mrs. Xu, he gradually came to understand.
"Oh, my dear grandson, don't cry. Go play over there. I'll cook you an egg when I'm done with my work." Yang's expression was quite nice towards her grandson.
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At this moment, someone in the crowd mocked, "Even such a tiny child knows not to sell his own sister, yet Madam Yang, at her age, can't understand this."
"This old lady Xu's family is really something. Instead of helping to persuade them, they even paid money to buy people out of their hands. It's different when you have money."
"Look at what you're saying. It doesn't matter who you sell to. Old Mrs. Xu's house is better than any other house."
"None of your business, get out of here." She went forward to close the courtyard gate, then walked back to Old Mrs. Xu's side. "Sister-in-law, is five coins okay? If so, we'll draw up a written agreement."
He looked as if he was afraid that Old Madam Xu would disagree.
Grandma Xu glanced at Xu Genshan, and only said "Okay" after he nodded. She felt that it was too unrealistic to solve the problem with just five coins.
"Five coins is too little, no way!" Xu Er stopped her again when Yang took out the paper and pen.
At first, Xu Genshan and the others thought that the two were putting on a show, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, just trying to raise the price. However, Yang Shi couldn't get through to Xu Er.
"When I was being scolded, you stayed silent and acted like a grandson, but now that you want to be the boss, get out of here."
Yang was much larger than Xu Erpang, and with a forceful push, Xu Erpang was forced back several steps. "Shrew, shrew!"
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The insults went on and on, but Yang ignored them completely. She had Zhao Yongkang write down the agreement and even asked a respected elder to be a witness.
Even though the flimsy written agreement reached Old Mrs. Xu's hands, she still felt it was unrealistic.
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