There was a brief pause in the conversation in the courtyard, and then Wang Dujuan's slightly flattering voice came from the courtyard: "Master Li, please sit down. I'll go open the door. Chunxue, please sit down and talk with Master Li."
Wang Dujuan twisted her body to open the courtyard door. When she saw who was coming, her expression suddenly fell. She said with disdain, "Why did you come here?"
Liu Youlian stood in the middle. She turned her head and glanced at her son. She felt confident and spoke bluntly: "You took our money and hid in the town. If we don't come to find you, are we still waiting for you to return the money?"
Wang Dujuan glared at Yang Chunxiao fiercely, as if blaming her for not living up to her expectations. She couldn't even control her in-laws, and had even caused trouble in the town. "This isn't a place where just anybody can come. You can't afford to compensate me for disrupting my son's studies."
Then he turned to Yang Chunxiao and said, "What's wrong with you? I brought you to the town out of pity for you to broaden your horizons. You can lure anyone here. If anything happens, I'll skin you alive."
Yang Chunxiao's face turned pale at Wang Dujuan's words. She was still a little afraid of the person who had bullied her since childhood. Her voice was even softer than when she knocked on the door just now: "Mom, when you took the money, you said you would return it in two days. It's been several days now, and we can't wait to buy the land."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Wang Dujuan glared, her eyes curled up, looking even more hateful. "When did I take your money? Besides, it's the duty of a girl to respect her mother. You haven't even met her yet and you're still asking for money. You're being unfilial, don't you know?"
Liu Youlian had seen Wang Dujuan's roguery before, and she had never thought that she would try to erase the ten taels of silver with empty words. She angrily scolded her, "What kind of mother are you? You are not a good person to cheat a girl out of her money. It's only a matter of time before you get bitten to death by a mad dog."
"Mom, how can you not admit it? It was you who asked me to give you the money from home. You also said that you would give me some extra money for my survival. How come everything has changed now?" Yang Chunxiao saw that the faces of her mother-in-law and husband were becoming more and more gloomy. Fearing that her husband's family would be angry, she grabbed Wang Dujuan's sleeve in disbelief.
Yang Chunxiao knew that asking for money was not so easy, but she didn't expect her mother to directly deny it.
Liu Tianyou glanced at Yang Chunxiao with a cold look, and just this one look made her shiver all over.
Yang Chunxiao no longer cared about her face. She didn't want to feel the pain of the slap on her body a second time. She knelt on the ground with a plop and said urgently, "Mother, I beg you, you don't need these ten taels of silver, but this is all we have. Without this silver, how can we live? Please give the money back to me."
Junziyuan is not particularly secluded. Although it is located at the end of a small alley, the alley is not deep. Passers-by on the street will hear the noise and take a curious look. At this moment, there are already a few people standing in groups of three or four at the entrance of the alley.
Wang Dujuan thought she was now a well-known person, no different from the people in the town. She had become more respectable than when she was in the village. She wanted to pull the corner of her clothes back from Yang Chunxiao's hand, cursing: "You want to embarrass me on purpose, don't you? Go back. I said no, it means no. If you dare to make trouble again, I will punish you."
Liu Tianyou stopped folding his arms and watching the show from the side. He spoke in a bad tone, "Fourth brother has the money to rent such a big yard, but he still deducts this ten taels of silver from his sister. If he doesn't have money, don't try to save face. If you tell others, who knows how many people will be waiting to laugh at you."
Wang Dujuan could understand the hidden meaning behind Liu Tianyou's words without even thinking, and said coldly: "What do you want to do? If you dare to mess around, I will never let you and your family go."
"What I want to do is up to you. Anyway, our family has no money and no land now. We can't stay in the village anymore, but you can't really let us starve to death, right? This is his biological sister. I think the yard is quite big, and adding three more people won't be too much. It's perfect, let us enjoy it too."
How could Wang Dujuan let someone else take such a good deal? She immediately jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on: "How dare you want to live here? Don't you think you are worthy enough?"
Liu Youlian was also known for throwing a tantrum. She followed her son's advice and sat down on the ground: "That's right, either give me the money or we won't leave."
"Shameless, really shameless, get out of here now, or I'll call the police." Wang Dujuan was so angry that she touched her chest and gasped.
In terms of being a scoundrel, the two men are equally matched, and Wang Dujuan may even be better. But now she has a big weakness in the hands of others, so she is not as arrogant as usual.
Liu Tianyou snorted coldly and sat down on the ground. "Go ahead and sue me. We haven't even gone to the authorities yet because our money is missing. You can save us the trouble by going to the authorities. Go ahead. I'll wait here."
Wang Dujuan stared at the two people in front of her, but they didn't even look at her. She was completely helpless and could only turn to look at Yang Chunxiao: "You think so too? Just watching them bully me like this, do you still have any conscience?"
Yang Chunxiao lowered her head and said nothing, and it seemed that she was on the same side as her husband's family.
Wang Dujuan laughed out of anger: "Well, well, well, you are really good! One or two of them have grown wings and are all rebelling."
The noise at the doorway finally alarmed the people in the yard. Li Shangcai put down his tea, fanned himself, and slowly walked to the doorway. He asked, "What's going on? Why are you sitting on the ground? Get up quickly. Let's talk it over."
Liu Tianyou saw a strange man coming out of the yard, and his eyes kept looking back and forth between him and Yang Chunxue.
The man was dressed in bright and handsome clothes, and was followed by a servant. Liu Tianyou was not sure what the relationship between him and Wang Dujuan was, so he kept his mouth shut and didn't say a word.
Wang Dujuan was worried that this would affect Li Shangcai's impression of her family, so she quickly said, "It's nothing, it's just some poor relatives from the countryside who came to borrow money from me."
"Bullshit, you owe us money and don't pay it back, and now it's ours. You are so proud and shameless." Liu Youlian cursed even more angrily.
Yang Chunxue was still making sarcastic remarks beside him: "Sister, what are you doing? You don't care about your dignity for a little money. How embarrassing."
Wang Dujuan echoed, "Your sister is right. You've brought shame upon our family."
Yang Chunxiao listened to the two men echoing and belittling him, and he became angry and bolder. "Since you think I'm shameful, give me back what's mine. From now on, I will never set foot in your Yang family again."
She had some resentment towards Yang Chunxue. She had been bullied since she was a child. Even a clay man would have a temper. She had had enough of it over the years.
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