Seeing this, Sun, who was hiding in a corner of the courtyard, lowered her eyes and put on a look of fear and worry.
"Yes! Chuanzong, even if Father and Yaozu want to make money from braised food, they still have to make braised food to sell it! You must have misunderstood them! They might be making money elsewhere and just didn't tell you!"
Wan Shu chuckled inwardly upon hearing this.
Since she started to let loose, Sun has become increasingly formidable.
These words sounded like they were speaking up for Li Dagen and Liang Yaozu, but in reality, they were subtly reminding Li Chuanzong.
Whether they have the recipe for the braised food or not is irrelevant; the important thing is that they made money without telling you! They wanted to keep all the profits for themselves!
The reason for Li Chuanzong's outburst seems to be just the recipe for his braised dishes, but that's not actually the case.
He was protesting the long-term unfair treatment he had received and the accusations of greed.
To put it bluntly, he just wants money, regardless of whether it's earned through braised food or some other means.
Li Chuanzong quickly grasped the key point in Sun's words, his eyes widening in fury once again, and he brandished his cleaver, demanding an explanation.
"Tell me, tell me now! Have you found other ways to make money but haven't told me?! Confess honestly, how much money have you all made?! Let me tell you, I'm the only son of the Li family. No matter what method you used to make money, you have to give me half!"
The glass water cups sold for a total of one hundred taels.
Aside from keeping ten taels of silver for himself, Li Dagen gave all ninety taels of silver to Liang Yaozu.
Half of it was squandered by Liang Yaozu, and the other half was used to pay tuition and give gifts to his teacher.
Now, of those ninety taels of silver, less than two taels remain.
Where would Liang Yaozu possibly have the money to share half with Li Chuanzong? He certainly wouldn't dare, nor did he want to.
Tears streaming down his face, he said, "Uncle, you've misunderstood! I really didn't make any money!"
Li Chuanzong sneered: "If you didn't make any money, where did your gold bracelet and jade unicorn come from, and your new clothes too!"
The gold bracelet and jade unicorn could be explained as having been found, but the new clothes were truly inexplicable.
Damn it! I should have known better than to wear my new clothes today and show them off in front of Li Chuanzong!
If he had known these things would drive Li Chuanzong crazy, he wouldn't have bought them in the first place!
But things had already progressed to this point, and there was no use in regretting it. He stammered a few times, but couldn't find an excuse, so he could only shift the blame onto Li Dagen.
"Uncle, I really didn't earn any money. This money was actually given to me by Grandpa!"
"Fine! You gave Liang Yaozu so much money, but as your only son, you didn't give me a single penny after you died!"
Li Chuanzong's fierce gaze immediately turned to Li Dagen, who was also hiding in the corner.
Damn it, that little brat has no conscience; he actually betrayed him!
Li Dagen cursed inwardly, but Liang Yaozu was, after all, his grandson whom he had supported for so many years, and he was genuinely afraid that something might happen to Liang Yaozu, so he had no choice but to step forward from the corner.
“Chuanzong, this money was indeed earned by your father, and it’s not that your father doesn’t want to give you money.”
As he spoke, he lifted his clothes and took out the ten taels of silver he had secretly hidden from his underwear.
“Look, this is the money your father left for you! The reason your father didn’t give it to you right away was because he was worried that you would use it all for drinking, so he temporarily put it here for you. Who knew that your father’s good intentions would be misunderstood by you.”
"If you put down the knife, your father will give you this money!"
As he spoke, he gave a wink to Wang Lizheng, who was standing to the side, and several other clan leaders in the village.
This implies that once Li Chuanzong puts down the knife, they should rush up and hold him down.
Wang Lizheng and the other clan leaders disliked Li Dagen, but for the sake of Qingshui Village, they had no choice but to agree.
Unfortunately, although they were willing to agree, Li Chuanzong did not give them the opportunity.
"Heh, Father, are you having an eye twitch? Why are you blinking at everyone else? Don't think I don't know! You're just trying to trick me into putting down the knife; you never intended to give me the money!"
"Unless you give me the money first, I will kill Liang Yaozu today and go to jail rather than let him go!"
"Don't think I'm really afraid to make a move!"
As if to prove this point, Li Chuanzong's hand trembled, and he cut a gash in Liang Yaozu's neck.
Liang Yaozu was so scared he wet himself.
She cried while peeing, "Grandpa, Grandpa! Waaaaah! Give the money to Uncle right now! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"
Liang Youqian and Li Guilan also became anxious.
"Father-in-law! Please save Yaozu! He is the only hope for both our families!"
"Father! Father! Yaozu is your only male descendant, you can't just watch him die! My Yaozu! My son!"
This money was Li Dagen's savings for his funeral, and he didn't want to use it unless absolutely necessary.
But seeing his grandson's tearful plea for help, he finally softened and gritted his teeth.
"Don't hurt Yaozu, I'll give you the money right now! But you have to promise me that you'll release Yaozu immediately after you take the money!"
Li Chuanzong had completely gone mad. The feeling of being in control of everything made him feel exhilarated. He was extremely arrogant: "Li Dagen, you have no right to negotiate with me now! Give me the money first, and then I'll see if I can release Liang Yaozu!"
As they spoke, Li Chuanzong used his machete to cut another wound on Liang Yaozu's neck.
Liang Yaozu cried even harder.
Li Dagen had no choice but to step forward and hand over all the silver in his hand to Liang Yaozu.
This was the first time in Liang Yaozu's life that he had ever seen so much money. He was so captivated by it that he kept holding the silver coins to his nose, smelling them, and marveling at them.
"So this is what money smells like. Money smells so good!"
Even so, he did not forget to hold Liang Yaozu tightly, not giving him any chance to escape.
Liang Yaozu could only pitifully reach out to Li Dagen: "Grandpa, my neck hurts so much, Yaozu hurts so much..."
Li Dagen felt a pang of heartache and couldn't help but grasp Liang Yaozu's hand: "Yaozu, don't be afraid, Grandpa will definitely save you... Yaozu! What are you doing!!! You're going to kill yourself!!"
Before Li Dagen could finish his comforting words, Liang Yaozu suddenly went mad, shoved Li Chuanzong aside, and tried to run away.
Li Chuanzong was initially startled, then flew into a rage: "You dare to run? I'll kill you!"
The large cleaver slashed fiercely at Liang Yaozu, but just as the cleaver was about to make contact with Liang Yaozu, Liang Yaozu quickly grabbed Li Dagen's hand and pulled Li Dagen in front of him to act as a human shield.
In an instant, blood streamed down Li Dagen's chest.
He stared wide-eyed, almost unable to believe what he had just experienced.
His grandson, whom he had raised with all his blood and flesh, used him as a human shield to save his own life... becoming a sharp knife aimed at him...
How ironic.
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