Chapter 216 Finding Money
Su's mother looked at her coldly: "Hmph, you are still too young. Men with money will all turn bad. Even your father, with his character, is not stable, let alone Jiang Zhi, who is handsome, rich and powerful. If you are not willing to help your brother today, don't blame your family for not helping you when you have difficulties in the future!"
Su Daqiang also said, "We'll pretend we never had this daughter, but we've spent so much money raising you. Even if we sold you to a wealthy family as a maid, they'd still give us a lot of money, right? With your looks, you might even become a concubine, and they'd give us even more money then."
As parents, saying such hurtful things, Su Yindi had no hope left for her family.
"Father, I'll call you Father one last time. Since you treat me this way, there's no need for me to continue being your daughter. You've raised me for so many years, but you haven't actually spent much effort or money on it. You've never bought me any clothes since I was little. I've always worn old clothes that you've patched up. Even my eldest sister had new clothes. My second sister and I just wore the clothes that my eldest sister and you left over. As for food... apart from some coarse rice, I haven't eaten much. On the contrary, I've always helped with chores around the house since I was little, and I've put in a lot of effort. So it's fair to say that's fair."
Su Daqiang wasn't about to let her off so easily: "Offset? You wish! We gave birth to you and raised you, and now you don't want to be filial to us? Then you'd better give us the money we owe you."
Jiang Zhi couldn't be happier to sever ties between Su Yindi and the Su family, and he didn't want to get entangled with such a person.
"Tell me, how much do you want?"
Su Daqiang was stunned for a moment. He had no experience selling his daughter like this before. He first glanced at Su's mother.
When Su's mother heard about the money, she was initially unwilling, but considering that her son was still in prison and urgently needed money, and that Su Yindi was of no use at the moment, exchanging her for some money would be of some use.
"Five hundred taels, not a penny less." Mother Su demanded an exorbitant sum. In any case, they could sell their daughter and then disown her. After all, she was their child. Did they think that Su Yindi would really abandon them now that he was old?
"What? You really dare to say that!" It wasn't that Jiang's mother was stingy and unwilling to spend money, but this money was all earned by Jiang Mi through hard work. Why should the Su family do nothing and just sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor? Besides, she didn't want to let the Su family benefit from this.
Su Yindi herself couldn't believe it: "Mother, even if you raised me for a lifetime, it wouldn't cost that much money. How could you do this?"
Su's mother, seemingly unfazed, retorted, "What's wrong with me? Don't we have any feelings for you after raising you all these years? Don't you have any feelings for your sister and brother? If you want to completely sever ties with our Su family, then you have to do it right the first time. Don't think that just raising you is enough. Didn't your parents put in any effort for you? How do you calculate that?"
Su Yindi was so angry that she cried: "What are you thinking? What are you talking about? From childhood, you have taught my sister and me how to help our brother. Everything is for our brother. That's all you are thinking. Even the day before my wedding, you were teaching me how to bring my husband's family's things to my parents' home and how to help my brother. Everything is for your own benefit."
Su's mother was somewhat embarrassed by what she said: "Nonsense, there's no such thing at all. Anyway, today you either help your brother get out of jail, or you give me five hundred taels of silver."
Jiang Mi glanced at Su Yindi and saw that she was determined to break with the Su family. She said, "Five hundred taels is impossible. I can only give you fifty taels of silver at most. Fifty taels of silver is already quite a lot. I don't know how long your Su Daqiang will have to work to earn fifty taels of silver."
Seeing that the price had been cut so drastically, Su's mother's eyes widened: "Impossible! Four hundred taels is fine, I can barely accept that, but fifty taels is impossible, it's too little, what can you do with that?"
Jiang Mi scoffed, "That's not enough for your son to cause trouble for a few days. I'm not haggling with you at the market. We're talking about a person, not an object. I'm not buying my sister-in-law. I just want to help her get rid of you persistent pests!"
"You!" Su's mother was furious and was about to yell back, but Su Daqiang stopped her.
"Alright, stop arguing. Three hundred taels, that's the lowest you can go!"
Jiang Mi refused to budge: "Fifty taels it is, take it or leave it."
"Don't leave now, and don't forget to pay for our door, or we'll take you to court."
The mention of taking the case to the authorities terrified the Su couple. Their son hadn't been released yet; if they were also imprisoned, wouldn't the Su family be completely ruined? Daughters are ultimately useless; once married, they're like water spilled from a cup. Now, they're no longer on their side; they belong entirely to someone else.
"One hundred taels, one hundred taels should be enough, right?" Su Daqiang said through gritted teeth. "We've already made a huge concession, so it's settled."
Jiang Mi said no more, walked directly to the door and said to the two of them, "You two, please get out of here as soon as possible, and while you're at it, fix our door back to its original condition. If you can't fix it, then you'll have to pay compensation."
Su Daqiang stared intently at Jiang Mi. This young girl was quite tough despite her young age; whatever she said was the truth. No wonder she could run such a successful business!
"Fine, fifty taels it is!" Su Daqiang said fiercely.
Su's mother was reluctant, but she knew that if she insisted any longer, she probably wouldn't get a single penny, so she had no choice but to leave it at that for now.
When Jiang Mi took out the money, she withheld two taels of silver, saying, "Including the cost of the damaged door, I can only give you forty-eight taels."
Su Daqiang patted the silver in his hand, his face very gloomy. Su's mother shouted, "We clearly agreed on fifty taels, why did you deduct two taels? You've earned so much money, do you really need such a small amount?"
Jiang Mi chuckled and said, "No matter how much money we earn, it has nothing to do with you. Why should I have to pay for you just because I earn more? And if you earn more, shouldn't you share some with me too?"
"Why should I?" Su's mother immediately became wary when the topic of her money came up. She could covet other people's money, but others couldn't covet hers.
"Then why should I? Take it or leave it!" Jiang Mi threw the money on the ground, ignored them, and turned to go back into her room.
There were still people watching the commotion, so even if Su's mother didn't want to pick it up, she had no choice but to. With this money, she could get Su Xing out of jail temporarily.
The Zhao family said that as long as enough money was paid for the medical treatment, they would let Su Xing go.
"Jiang family, sooner or later I will make you regret what you did today!" Su Daqiang picked up the silver, held it in his hand, and swore fiercely.
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