Three more days passed.
This was the day that Jiang Dali, Jiang Tietou, and Jiang Dayong had to pay Baibaoxuan money back.
Jiang Wanwan thought that Jiang Tietou and Jiang Dayong were about to have one of their arms cut off by Su Wan'er, since Baibaoxuan had been burned to the ground and Su Wan'er would take her anger out on the three of them.
However, to Jiang Wanwan's shock, not only did Jiang Dali hand over all 120 taels of silver to Baibaoxuan, but Jiang Dayong and Jiang Tietou also paid their dues on time and returned to Dashui Village smoothly.
It seems the three of them do have some tricks up their sleeves.
She underestimated them.
As evening approached, Jiang Wanwan and her family were having dinner when the sound of a gong came from outside.
Old Jiang's family looked at each other, thinking that the village chief was about to announce something important, so they all put down their chopsticks and went out of the courtyard.
To everyone's surprise, it wasn't the village chief who was banging the gong, but Jiang Tietou.
He was wearing a brand-new light gray short-sleeved shirt and black cloth shoes, and he held his chin up slightly, looking extremely smug.
Seeing that most of the villagers had been drawn out by his gong, he said arrogantly, "My family has found a way out and is preparing to move to the county town. We've been leaving our few acres of land lying fallow anyway, so we're selling them all for twenty-five taels of silver, plus a few plots of mountain land as a bonus. Anyone interested in buying?"
As Jiang Tietou spoke, his eyes remained fixed on Jiang Wanwan.
These days, the only family that could come up with twenty-five taels of silver at once is probably Jiang Wanwan's family.
Everyone was shocked after hearing Jiang Tietou's words.
Didn't Jiang Tietou's family just have to pay 120 taels of silver to Baibaoxuan? How come they not only paid money but also have money to live in the county town?
Jiang Daqiang looked at Jiang Tietou with a puzzled expression and asked, "Uncle Tietou, are you not going back to Dashui Village? Are you done with your lives?"
"Pah, what nonsense are you spouting! I've found a home, and my whole family can live in the county town from now on. Why would we go back to this remote corner?" Jiang Tietou said proudly.
No wonder he's so lucky!
Just as he was about to have his arm chopped off by Su Wan'er's servants, he happened to see that the Wang family in the county town was buying servants, and they could get ten taels of silver for each servant sold.
It was also because of the natural disaster that Master Wang was worried that someone would come to his house to steal his food, so he bought servants.
He just happened to run into her.
Considering the severity of the locust plague, the fact that his family had run out of food, and the impending loss of his arm, Jiang Tietou did not hesitate to sell himself and his three sons.
Thinking that his wife and daughter were still unmarried, he couldn't possibly take his three sons to live a life of luxury in the Wang family mansion while his wife and daughter continued to suffer in Dashui Village.
Therefore, Jiang Tietou asked Master Wang to buy his wife and daughter as well.
From now on, their family of six will no longer have to worry about going hungry. Even if a drought occurs, they won't have to live a life of eating tree bark and starving.
Jiang Tietou felt increasingly hopeful about the future and considered himself incredibly clever to have managed to secure his own and his family's safety during the natural disaster.
Upon hearing this, the villagers finally understood what Jiang Tietou meant.
"What? Uncle Tietou, you've sold yourself into slavery?" Jiang Daqiang's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"What do you mean by selling yourself into slavery? Our family is off to enjoy a life of luxury. Let me tell you, the Wang family doesn't buy servants anymore, so even if you want to sell yourself, they won't take you."
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