When Lin Dongming heard Lin Jiuyue say this, he thought Lin Jiuyue was afraid of him, and he felt even more proud.
"Wouldn't it be better if you said so earlier? We wouldn't have to talk so much. Your time is more precious than ours. We country folk don't mind, but we're worried that you can't afford it."
Lin Jiuyue: ...
He took back what he had just said. Lin Dongming was still the same Lin Dongming and had not made any progress.
"Tell me, what do you want to do?"
Lin Dongming cleared his throat.
"Actually, I don't want to make our relationship so awkward. After all, we are relatives, but you always speak with such harsh words. This is not good..."
Lin Jiuyue raised her hand to interrupt Lin Dongming.
"If you have something to say, tell me quickly. If not, leave my house. You are not welcome here."
Seeing Lin Jiuyue's directness, Lin Dongming knew that she was really fed up with her family. He stopped wasting time and spoke directly.
"It's nothing serious. I just want to borrow some money from you."
Lin Jiuyue sneered.
Can I borrow some money? Can I get it back if I lend it out?
"Oh? Then tell me how much silver you want to borrow?"
Lin Dongming frowned, not knowing how to start.
If I borrow too much, I'm afraid Lin Jiuyue won't have it. If I borrow too little, I'm afraid I'll miss this opportunity.
After hesitating for a moment, he turned his gaze to Lin Jinlian.
Lin Jinlian opened her lips slightly.
"One hundred taels of silver."
Before Lin Jiuyue could even react with shock, the surrounding villagers began to be shocked.
"What? One hundred taels of silver? Is Lin Dongming crazy? He asked for one hundred taels of silver right away!"
"Isn't it? Who among us farmers can come up with a hundred taels of silver? But Lin Dongming is so good, he just opened his mouth and asked for a hundred taels of silver. Does he really think this money fell from the sky?"
Not only the villagers of Shangbei Village thought so, but even the villagers of Xiangyang Village felt that Lin Dongming had gone too far.
The first thing he asked for was to borrow one hundred taels of silver. I guess even if all the people in Shangbei Village and Xiangyang Village were added together, they couldn't find two families that had so much silver, right?
Among those present, only Lin Dongming and his family did not notice anything.
"One hundred taels of silver? Lin Dongming, are you dreaming? Ask everyone here, who can come up with a hundred taels of silver all at once?"
Seeing that Lin Jiuyue's attitude was not as firm as before, Lin Dongming thought that Lin Jiuyue had thought it through and was willing to pay money to get rid of his family.
"You can even afford servants. One hundred taels of silver shouldn't be a problem for you, right?"
Lin Dongming asked uncertainly.
When Lin Jiuyue heard this, she laughed out loud.
"why are you laughing?"
"I'm laughing at you. It's not even dark yet, and you're already dreaming."
Lin Dongming: ...
Judging from the situation, Lin Jiuyue probably couldn't come up with a hundred taels of silver.
Too!
Buying a servant would cost at least a few taels of silver, or at most dozens of taels of silver. It was normal that Lin Jiuyue couldn't afford it.
"Then, then a little less? Eighty taels of silver."
Lin Jiuyue was speechless.
"Not even eighty taels."
"Sister Jiuyue, we are truly broke, otherwise we wouldn't have the nerve to come and ask you for money. We don't have eighty taels of silver, so how much can you lend us?"
Lin Jinlian couldn't sit still anymore and asked directly.
A smile appeared on Lin Jiuyue's lips.
Are you finally willing to stand up?
"I can lend you the silver, but eighty taels is a bit too much. I don't have that much."
When Lin Dongming heard what Lin Jiuyue said, his face was wrinkled with smile.
"Jiuyue girl, how much silver can you lend us?"
The eighty taels and one hundred taels were all his words to test Lin Jiuyue. According to his own thoughts, it would be good if Lin Jiuyue could lend him twenty taels of silver.
Of course, once you "borrow" the money, it is up to you to decide when to pay it back.
The other members of the Lin family also thought that Lin Jiuyue was forced to lend the money because so many people were present, and she was embarrassed to refuse, so as not to affect her reputation. Everyone was very happy.
"Eight copper coins!"
"It's just eight copper coins. If you want it, I'll give it to you without you having to pay it back. If not, forget it."
Lin Dongming: ...
Lin Jinlian: ...
"Eight copper coins? Lin Jiuyue, are you sending away a beggar?"
Lin Jiuyue looked at Lin Dongming with an incredible expression.
"What? Eight copper coins is not enough? I don't need you to pay me back. Eight copper coins is a lot! Add two more copper coins and I can buy a pound of meat."
After Lin Jiuyue finished speaking, she seemed to have thought of something.
"How about this? I'll give you ten copper coins, which is just enough for you to buy a pound of meat to take back and improve your meals."
There was a hint of cruelty in Lin Dongming's eyes.
Does Lin Jiuyue really think of himself as a beggar?
He has money to buy a servant, but doesn't have money to lend to his uncle? Who would believe this?
"Lin Jiuyue, uncle heard that you not only bought servants, but also opened a grain store in town, and also bought twenty acres of high-quality farmland."
"You said you only gave ten coppers. How could you have the nerve to say that?"
Lin Jiuyue blinked innocently.
"What? Ten copper coins are not money? If someone could give me ten copper coins, I would be so happy, but you guys are actually complaining about it."
"Since you look down on ten copper coins, it means you are not as short of money as you say."
Lin Jinlian thought that Lin Jiuyue would care about her reputation now that she was rich.
Unexpectedly, Lin Jiuyue was still the same as before, looking like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.
"Sister Jiuyue, these ten copper coins are indeed a little short. We came here this time just to borrow some silver from you. Don't worry, we will definitely pay you back after you lend us this silver."
Lin Jiuyue looked at Lin Jinlian with a smile.
"Repay? When? How much interest? Whose name is on the IOU?"
As soon as Lin Jiuyue said this, Lin Jinlian's face turned ugly.
"Sister Jiuyue, our two families are relatives. Wouldn't saying this affect the relationship between them?"
Lin Jiuyue smiled.
"There's a saying that goes, 'Brothers should settle accounts clearly.' If you borrow money, you should write an IOU. What if you don't acknowledge it later?"
Lin Jinlian spoke quickly.
"How could that be, Sister Jiuyue? Paying back debts is only natural. Since we can borrow money, we will naturally pay it back."
"In that case, you should pay back the money you paid earlier."
Lin Jinlian was stunned.
The money from before? What money from before? Why can't I remember borrowing any money from Lin Jiuyue?
"Lin Jiuyue, what nonsense are you talking about? When did we ever borrow money from you before?"
Lin Jiuyue looked at Lin Dongming with an expression that said, "I knew it would be like this."
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