You hurt someone deeply and then pretend to be so affectionate, huh? You're not disgusted by it yourself, nor are you afraid of offending others!
"You're wrong. I keep it just to reminisce about the horrific death of your mother! The more I see it, the more satisfying it feels. Your mother spent her whole life dominating me, thinking she was better than me, but so what? She was strong her whole life, but she still had to sleep with me and have my children, and she died while giving birth to my child. Do you know why I torture you? Because seeing you suffer makes your mother suffer too, and when she suffers, I feel satisfied."
As Bai Nuo looked at the list, he glanced coldly at Bai Dalin and said to Long Yi, "Brother Long Yi, if this guy curses my mother again, you'd better pull his tongue out for me!"
"Good!" Long Yi roared, and Bai Dalin fell silent.
After a long while, Bai Nuo finally finished reading through the list. Looking at Bai Dalin as if he were a dead man, she said, "You really owe my mother a lot!"
Grandma often told Bai Nuo that Jiang Wanyin had brought a hundred taels of silver with her back then, but that wasn't the case at all. Bai Nuo suspected that Grandma had never seen the dowry list, or that she was illiterate and didn't know what was written on it. The hundred taels of dowry was probably something Jiang Wanyin or Bai Dalin told her about.
But in reality, when Jiang Wanyin married into the family, she brought a thousand taels of silver with her. Moreover, her maternal grandfather also made a complete set of furniture for her, including the bed that Bai Dalin is sleeping in now, as well as the tables and chairs outside. It can truly be considered that he went bankrupt to marry off his daughter.
Grandma once said that Jiang Wanyin's family wasn't wealthy, but they went to such lengths so that their daughter could have a good life. It's a pity that all the benefits went to outsiders!
"This house was built with my mother's money, and I won't charge you for the depreciation of the tables and chairs. My mother brought a thousand taels of silver with her back then, and now I'm taking half back. Take the rest and get out!"
"No!" Bai Dalin struggled frantically again, but he couldn't break free no matter what he did. Bai Nuo ignored him and went to pick up the old woman. Then she tidied up the things in the old house, took out the pearls when no one was paying attention, and moved them all to the Bai family's place. Then she packed up all of Bai Dalin's things and threw them out.
"Thank you so much, brothers!" After Bai Nuo chased Bai Dalin and the others out, he had Long San plant many tall, pointed bamboos on the wall to ensure that Bai Dalin could not climb the wall. Only then did the group sit down. Even the old lady did not go back to her room but sat in the living room.
It was already quite dark by then. Several candles were lit in the main room, illuminating the entire space. Bai Nuo took out all the money he had earned that day. "I brought back a total of five hundred taels of silver today. According to our agreement, half of this belongs to my three elder brothers." Bai Nuo was truly giving this half willingly. If it weren't for his three brothers, Bai Nuo would have had to go through a lot of trouble to get his mother's dowry back. It wouldn't have been so smooth. Without them, it wouldn't have been so quick and easy, so all of this was rightfully theirs.
"Hey!" Long Yi, Long Er, and Long San were sitting at the lower end of the table. When Bai Nuo pushed the silver notes in front of them, Long San looked at Long Er, Long Er looked at Long Yi, and finally Long Yi took fifty taels of silver and pushed the remaining two hundred taels back. "Miss, we are really willing to help you. We don't need to talk about money. You have it tough too, so don't be so polite." Look at this family! There are old people, young children, and one person who needs to be carried around. The whole family's food depends on this little girl. No wonder she is so strong and capable, almost like a man.
"No, no, you deserve all of this!" Bai Nuo pushed the money back.
Long Yi and Bai Nuo politely declined each other's offer, but finally Long Yi said, "Miss, if you really want to thank me, just give me that bead so we brothers can go back sooner."
Seeing that they wanted the beads, Bai Nuo immediately took the money back and said with a troubled expression, "Brothers, I really didn't lie to you. I really got the beads by chance and gave them all to Miss Li. If you don't believe me, stay a few more days and you'll see."
How could we possibly tell them about so many beads, or rather, where they came from? The beads are worth far more than two hundred and fifty taels!
*
"Bai Nuo, open the door! Bai Nuo!" Just as everyone in the room finished their polite greetings, the Bai family's door was pounded on. Everyone was stunned. Long San couldn't sit still any longer and stood up. "Damn it, is this ever going to end? I'm going to go see!" He then strode out to beat up Bai Dalin.
Bai Nuo quickly stopped Long San and said with a smile, "Brother Long San, let me go. Relying on you guys is not a solution." Bai Nuo could rely on Long Yi and the others to drive away Bai Dalin and the others, but he couldn't rely on them for the rest. He had to face them on his own.
When Bai Nuo opened the door, she was surprised to find that not only Bai Dalin was standing outside, but also the village chief and villagers. As soon as Bai Dalin saw Bai Nuo open the door and three burly men standing behind her, he pointed at them and shouted, "Village chief, you saw it? You all saw it? This unfilial daughter colluded with outsiders to drive me and Qiu Ling out. Poor Qiu Ling is pregnant."
Oh ho, Bai Dalin is now playing the victim?
Bai Nuo whispered a few words to Long San, who then turned and ran into the house. Bai Dalin saw this and screamed again, "Village Chief, look, this adulterer is about to escape!"
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