Li Jiaojiao's fearless spirit even impressed Ye Caiping.
She truly lives up to her role as the female lead!
Ye Caiping curled her lips in a mocking smile: "Li Jiaojiao, he is not your biological father. You have witnessed his actions firsthand."
"Is it worth it for you to defend such a filthy and despicable person?"
Li Jiaojiao suddenly looked up, her eyes red: "No matter what kind of person he is, if he's good to me, then he's a good person! He's my father!"
Ye Caiping nodded, not at all surprised by her answer.
After all, it was written in the book that Li Jiaojiao was not a purely good person; her main traits were being morally ambiguous and protective of her own.
But does being both righteous and wicked mean one can't distinguish right from wrong?
Ye Caiping shook her head.
What she just said wasn't really meant to change Li Jiaojiao or persuade her to do good.
Instead, it planted a thorn in Li Jiaojiao's heart.
She has no space, no money, and no superior living environment, but she will look forward to their future life together!
"Get out of here!" Ye Daquan roared. "Haven't you had enough? Want me to pour another bucket of water on you?"
Li Zhiyuan and Li Jiaojiao shuddered.
Li Ziming didn't care about getting dirty. He held his breath and rushed over to pull the two of them, saying, "Let's go home first."
Li Jiaojiao gritted her teeth: "Wait, I have something to say!"
Li Jiaojiao stared at the jade pendant around Ye Caiping's neck. She knew that if she couldn't get it today, it would be even harder in the future.
"Mrs. Ye, I know my father was in the wrong. But he misjudged the situation. Now that you've put him in this state, we're even. Let's wipe the slate clean of our feud!"
"Don't you know any manners? You call her 'Mr. Ye'?" Ye Daquan shouted coldly.
"A scholar's daughter, indeed! She has no manners at all!" The villagers looked Li Jiaojiao up and down with disdain.
Li Jiaojiao's expression changed slightly, and she took a deep breath to suppress her hatred:
"I'm sorry... I misspoke. Auntie, as the saying goes, it's better to resolve conflicts than to let them fester. Let's put an end to our feud here, shall we?"
Ye Caiping sneered: "It's as if we started this trouble. As long as you don't cause any more trouble in the future, we won't bother you."
Li Jiaojiao forced a smile: "Actually... we don't have any deep-seated hatred for each other, so let's just let this matter go."
"I have a favor to ask of you, Auntie... I want to buy the jade pendant you're wearing around your neck."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone realized what was going on.
After going through all this trouble, Li Jiaojiao actually wanted to buy Ye Caiping's jade?
Is that piece of jade something special?
The villagers all looked at Ye Caiping's neck, where a jade pendant was indeed hanging.
Many people have seen Ye Caiping's jade; it's something she's worn since childhood and isn't anything rare.
The quality of jade is only slightly better than that of stone. You could pick up a piece randomly from the riverbank, polish it a bit, and it might even be better than that.
Li Jiaojiao actually said she wanted to buy something like that?
Li Jiaojiao noticed the probing gazes around her and immediately explained, "The reason I like that jade is because it looks just like the one I had when I was a child."
“When I was a child, I had a piece of jade that looked exactly the same. It was given to me by my biological father, who has been gone for many years. I want to buy this piece of jade as a keepsake.”
As he spoke, he looked at Ye Caiping with anticipation.
"I see," the villagers thought, without giving it much thought.
"Fifty coins, how about that?" Li Jiaojiao asked.
"Bullshit, do we need those fifty coins?" Ye Daquan retorted angrily.
"Auntie, name your price! One hundred or two hundred coins is fine!" Li Jiaojiao said anxiously. "This piece of jade isn't worth much, but it's something I cherish."
Ye Daquan said, "It's a keepsake for you, and it's naturally the same for my little sister. It's something she's worn since she was little, she has an emotional attachment to it, how could I sell it to you!"
Grandma Ye frowned: "This is a peace jade given to her by the fortune teller, how can she leave it behind! Don't even think about it."
Li Jiaojiao gritted her teeth and looked at Ye Caiping: "Auntie..."
“I can sell it to you.” Ye Caiping’s eyes flickered slightly, and the corners of her lips curled up. “But you’re being far too insincere. You think you can fob me off with a couple hundred coins? I won’t sell it to you for less than two hundred taels!”
"What?" Not only Li Jiaojiao, but even Ye Daquan and the others gasped.
Li Ziming cursed, "Aunt Ye... isn't this going too far! Two hundred taels? We farmers can't save that much money in a lifetime!"
"Besides, with that money you could buy countless gold hairpins and fine jade. Is your worthless...ordinary jade even worth it?"
Ye Caiping said calmly, "If you think it's not worth it, then don't buy it. I think it is. Besides, other people can't earn two hundred taels in their entire lives, but you guys are so capable, haven't you already earned that much?"
The villagers looked at the two of them. Yes, the Li siblings had indeed found ginseng! Everyone knew she sold it for two hundred taels of silver!
Li Jiaojiao's face turned pale and then red, because they had accurately calculated the amount of money in her pocket.
"Jiaojiao, don't pay attention to her! Ugh..." Li Zhiyuan vomited as soon as he spoke.
"Jiaojiao, let's go!" Li Ziming said urgently.
That two hundred taels was almost all their wealth!
A worthless piece of jade! Isn't this just a complete rip-off?
Li Jiaojiao stared intently at Ye Caiping's jade, drawn by an inexplicable attraction...
No, there's no mistake, this is her second opportunity and stroke of luck!
Once she gets it, she'll never have to worry about money again!
This feeling was strange, but it kept lingering in her mind, constantly urging her to buy that jade!
After struggling for a while, Li Jiaojiao looked up again with unwavering determination: "Fine, two hundred taels, I'll buy it!"
"Jiaojiao, are you crazy!" Li Ziming screamed.
Li Zhiyuan forgot about vomiting and looked at her: "Jiao..."
"Father, brother, believe me!"
Li Ziming was taken aback by her resolute expression, recalling the decisions Li Jiaojiao had made recently.
Yes, whatever decision my sister makes, she must have her reasons, and she can't be wrong!
I shouldn't have stopped them.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, bro."
Li Zhiyuan felt it wasn't worth it. That broken jade should have been delivered to him without costing a penny, how could it have...?
But now that he's made such a shameful mistake, he doesn't dare say anything more.
Having made up her mind, Li Jiaojiao took out two silver notes from her bosom: "Auntie, let's exchange money for goods!"
"Okay!" They've fallen for it!
"Little sister, no. I feel something's off." Ye Daquan said suspiciously, "Something you can just pick up by the river is selling for two hundred taels? There's no way it's a good deal. I know something's fishy."
“Daquan is right. Besides, this is a protective jade, it can’t be sold.” Old Mrs. Ye also objected.
"Why can't I sell it? It's just a piece of jade. I'll be fine without it." Ye Caiping lowered her voice:
"That's two hundred taels! I was just saying it casually, I never expected her to agree. These kinds of fools are almost extinct, we should cherish them."
"Two hundred taels for a piece of broken jade, what a huge profit!"
Her voice wasn't very low, and Li Jiaojiao heard it clearly.
Look at Ye's greedy face, haha...
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