When Hua Qingcheng went out early in the morning, she faced the morning glow and stepped on the dew. When she came back, it was already noon, and the sun was now at its highest point in the sky.
Seeing that the old house of the Hua family was in front of them, Hua Qingcheng could vaguely hear a noise coming from the yard. She felt nervous and quickened her pace.
"Please, stop smashing it!"
In the dilapidated yard, Yu Xiaotian begged in tears to a group of strong women who were smashing everything in the yard.
"Pay back the money! Pay it back now! If you don't, I'll sell the four of you to the Lan Yan House to pay off the debt!"
Hua Qingcheng looked at the wooden door that was kicked in again and the noise coming from inside, then strode into the yard, but was deeply shocked by the scene before her.
The entire yard was a mess, littered with broken items. Yu Xiaotian, lying on the ground, pleaded desperately. Mu Lige, bruised and swollen, stood beside him. Situ Ye, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth. And Han Yichen, sitting on the ground, clutching his calf, his face pale and sweating. Surrounding them were a group of muscular, broad-shouldered women, wielding clubs and looking menacing.
"Whoever did this, come forward!"
Hua Qingcheng took off the backpack and put it aside. She clenched her fists and glanced at the group of women with a cold look.
"Wife, you...you should leave!"
Seeing Hua Qingcheng coming back, Mu Lige hurriedly urged her to leave.
Yu Xiaotian saw a very beautiful woman walking towards them, and his elder brother actually called her "wife". After being stunned for a moment, Yu Xiaotian also shouted: "wife, they are very powerful, you should run!"
Situ Ye glanced at Hua Qingcheng who had arrived late, and was only stunned for a moment before he shouted angrily, "Why are you leaving? It's all her fault! Humph!"
Han Yichen looked at Hua Qingcheng, a completely unfamiliar handsome face, then looked away, squinting his narrow and long phoenix eyes, as if thinking about something, but not saying a word.
"Ha! Hua Qingcheng?"
"You're so good, Hua Qingcheng! You bastard, you finally decided to come out! Paying back debts is only natural. Hurry up and pay off the gambling debt you owe to Changlefang!"
The leading woman brushed her hair back and yelled at Hua Qingcheng with her nose turned up to the sky. Although the woman in front of her looked completely different, as long as she was Hua Qingcheng herself, nothing else mattered.
It seems that it was the original owner's bad debt, but I didn't expect the other party to come directly to the door.
"I said, whoever did this, come forward!"
Hua Qingcheng raised her hand and pointed at the wooden door that was kicked in, the mess in the yard, and the four injured husbands. Her eyes were as cold as ice as she glanced at the thugs from Changlefang.
"Every one of us has taken action. What do you think? Are you not convinced?" The burly woman in the lead sneered.
"Okay, very good! You have guts!"
Hua Qingcheng clenched her fists, and a series of clattering sounds were heard. Then she pulled out a silver ingot from her bosom and tossed it into the hands of the woman who led the Changlefang thugs.
"You owe me six taels. I'll pay you eight taels, including principal and interest. The remaining two taels will be used as a reward for your hard work!"
Seeing that Hua Qingcheng used the ten taels of silver given by Hua Fugui to pay off her debts and even gave the other party two taels more, the four husbands wailed in their hearts: What a spendthrift wife!
The leader of the thugs chuckled upon hearing this, weighed the silver in his hand, and said with satisfaction, "Wouldn't it be better if you had known this earlier? Guys, let's go!"
After saying that, the woman was about to leave with her men, but Hua Qingcheng stopped her with a hand across her chest.
“Wait!”
"I've already paid off the debt I owed you. Now it's your turn to settle the debt you owe me, right?"
Hua Qingcheng glanced at the thugs with sharp eyes.
"What?"
The leader of the thugs in Changlefang was stunned when he heard Hua Qingcheng's words. This was the first time she came out to collect a debt but was asked for money instead.
"You smashed my things and hit my people, but you don't want to compensate me. Do you think you can just walk away as if nothing happened?
Hua Qingcheng stared at the thug leader with a half-smile, which made her scalp tingle. This woman's eyes were so terrifying, she actually had the eerie feeling of being stared at by the god of death.
"Li Ge, count the losses."
Mu Lige immediately understood what he meant and said, "One tael for a new gate, and five taels for replacing the broken things in the yard."
"They beat me up and left me with internal injuries. They'll need a lot of good medicine to heal me. The cost of the medicine won't be less than ten taels."
"My second brother has suffered serious internal injuries and is vomiting blood. It will cost at least twenty taels to cure him."
Hearing Mu Lige's words, Situ Ye immediately looked weak, holding his chest with his hands, in great pain, and staggering.
"My third brother's condition is even worse. His leg is broken, and they say it takes a hundred days for a broken bone to heal. During these hundred days, not only can he not do housework, but we also need someone to take care of him. The cost of medicine, lost work time, and labor costs will be at least fifty taels."
Han Yichen, who was sitting on the ground because of a twisted ankle, heard Mu Lige's words and then pricked a few acupuncture points on himself. Then his face became visibly paler and cold sweat poured down like rain.
Mu Lige then said seriously, "Although Fourth Brother only suffered a minor injury, he was frightened. I'm afraid he'll need to buy pearl powder to calm his nerves before he can recover. Otherwise, it will be too late if he develops mental problems. And the pearl powder will cost at least fifteen taels."
"Wife, all the losses have been calculated, the total is one hundred and one taels of silver."
"Li Ge, well done!"
After Hua Qingcheng gave Mu Lige a thumbs up, she glanced coldly at the thugs from Changlefang.
"One hundred and one taels of silver. Since we're old friends, I'll give you a discount, one hundred taels! Pay the silver, and you can leave."
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