Jiang Tietou stared longingly at Jiang Wanwan.
Jiang Wanwan rummaged through her crossbody bag with her small hands, and after a moment, she excitedly exclaimed, "Found it!"
Jiang Tietou grinned, his teeth practically disappearing from his eyes.
Haha, I'll get twenty taels of silver in no time!
She smiled slyly, clutching the silver in one hand and another in the other. "Grandpa Ironhead, here you go. Take it safe, it's not my problem if you lose it."
As she spoke, Jiang Wanwan placed the items in both of her hands into Jiang Tietou's palms.
Everyone noticed that Jiang Tietou only had five taels of silver in his hand, and... um... a piece of paper?
What's this?
Surely it's not a banknote?
But the paper on the banknotes is slightly yellow, not pure white at all.
Everyone craned their necks to look.
Jiang Tietou was completely dumbfounded when he saw that he only had five taels of silver in his hand. "How come there's only five taels of silver! Wasn't it supposed to be twenty taels? Where's the other fifteen taels?"
Jiang Wanwan blinked her big eyes innocently and said, "Grandpa Tietou, that's fifteen taels of silver. My family has been quite busy lately and hasn't had time to come to your house to ask for the silver. You don't think I've forgotten that your family still owes my family fifteen taels of silver, do you?"
Your land sold for twenty taels of silver. After deducting the fifteen taels you owe me, you're left with five taels. That's correct.
"Oh, right, Tie Tou still owes Wan Yaya fifteen taels of silver. Five taels would be just right."
"Yes, I almost forgot about that. Luckily, Wan'er has a good memory, otherwise, once Tie Tou went to Master Wang's house, those fifteen taels of silver would have been wasted."
The villagers of Dashui Village expressed their opinions one after another, and also showered Jiang Wanwan with compliments.
Jiang Tietou's thick eyebrows shot up, and he was instantly furious. He reached out to beat Jiang Wanwan, but was intimidated by the fierce looks from the village chief and the villagers.
"You, you, you all... fine, very fine!" He gritted his teeth, tore the IOU in his hand to shreds, and threw it fiercely into the air.
Shredded paper fluttered down to the ground.
Ah! He shouldn't have asked her to buy it.
They really shot themselves in the foot!
At that moment, he was filled with deep regret.
Jiang Tietou stomped his foot angrily, "Hmph! If you ever run out of food, don't come to Master Wang's mansion asking me for help. I'm not going to help you. Just wait to fend for yourselves and starve to death!"
After saying that, Jiang Tietou left in a huff with five taels of silver in his pocket.
Jiang Wanwan stared at his retreating figure and sneered.
Jiang Tietou is such a fool. Doesn't he know that thieves and madmen first target wealthy and powerful families with plenty of grain and silver?
Otherwise, why would Master Wang be buying so many servants at this time?
It's her personal choice; whether Jiang Tietou's family lives or dies is none of her business.
After the show, everyone dispersed and went home for dinner.
*
In a small courtyard in the county town.
Upon receiving news of the Baibaoxuan burning down, Su Wan'er trembled uncontrollably. Half of her fear stemmed from anger, and the other half from dread. She worried that news of the burning down and recent events at Baibaoxuan would reach Su Mu's ears, leading to his punishment.
She looked at Zhang Qinghua kneeling on the ground and said coldly, "Manager Zhang, this matter must not be reported back to the capital. If news of Baibaoxuan reaches my father's ears, I will kill you on the spot. Do you understand?"
Zhang Qinghua was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and replied tremblingly, "I will obey Miss's orders and will never report this matter to the General."
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