Chapter 192 Give Half First
Gu Liansheng secretly glanced at the silver in Li's hand, did not talk back, and just wrote whatever she was told. Soon he had filled up a whole sheet of paper with his writing.
Li was literate, and after Gu Liansheng finished writing, she read it carefully twice, and then asked Mr. Gu and others to sign and put their fingerprints one by one.
When it was Gu Liansheng's turn to sign, he refused to sign the contract. He said seriously, "I am Si Ya's uncle. It is not appropriate for me to sign. It is better for my parents to sign. They are my grandparents. Selling Si Ya is reasonable and legal."
Mr. Gu thought this made sense, so he didn't let his son sign.
But Li was unwilling to do so. "I asked your whole family to sign to prevent you from betraying me. After signing, we are all on the same boat. No one can plot against anyone else. We should all work together. If you have nothing to hide, what are you afraid of?"
These words left Gu Liansheng with no way to refute. Could he say that he didn't want to get involved in this matter?
After all, he is a scholar after all. If he signs this, it will leave a handle, which will be disadvantageous to him.
Gu Liansheng hesitated and just didn't want to come forward to sign.
Li didn't indulge him: "If you don't sign, then the price will be halved!"
The price is halved, which means ten taels become five taels.
Gu Liansheng was greedy for money and naturally was unwilling to reduce the price by half. He turned his attention to Feng and asked my mother for help.
Feng was still angry, but she would not take it out on her son. Seeing her son being in trouble, she could only feel heartache.
She wanted to discuss the matter with Li, but before she could open her mouth, Li seemed to guess what she wanted to say and spoke first about the death.
"Auntie, I know you love your son, but this matter is non-negotiable. We are working together to secretly sell someone else's daughter. Everyone in this room, including your daughter, must sign! Only when we all sign, I can feel at ease, and I dare to find someone to kidnap your little girl!"
Feng paused. Li's words were very straightforward. There was really no room for negotiation on this matter. Everyone had to sign.
She glanced at her daughter and asked, "What do you say? Are you willing to sign?"
This matter had nothing to do with Gu Zhier. No matter whether it was the ten taels of silver from her mother's family or the fifty taels of silver from Li's side, she could not enjoy any of the silver from either side.
But in order to suppress the Gu family, Li dragged her into the water.
If Gu Zhier had any brains, she would have refused sternly at this time, but she was stupid and only sided with her mother's family. In order not to make things difficult for her mother's family, she nodded in agreement without hesitation.
"Sign it. Everyone will feel relieved after signing it. Just like my third sister-in-law said, after signing it, we are all on the same page. We will work together to hide it from my second brother. No matter how hard he tries, he will never think that it was my third sister-in-law who kidnapped Si Ya."
Gu Liansheng was very dissatisfied with this. Just when he was about to scold Gu Zhier, he heard Feng call him, "Boss, your sister has some truth in what she said. Just sign it.
I know what you are afraid of, but this indenture not only has the names of our family members, but also your sister Li's name. There is nothing to worry about, just sign it."
Hearing this, Li smiled flatteringly and flattered Feng: "Madam, you are sensible and insightful. I just want to feel at ease, but I will not do anything that harms others and does not benefit myself.
If that were to happen, would I still be able to run this business? No matter how valuable your Si Ya is, she can't make me worry-free for the rest of my life.
I have a whole house of girls and boys to support, as well as my eldest brother's family, my second brother's family, my parents-in-law, my sister-in-law, etc., all waiting for me to take out money to support them. I care more about my reputation than you do!"
This is the truth. There are many human traffickers. If you have a bad reputation, who will sell people to you?
Without a source of business, you'll just starve to death.
Old Master Gu also advised his son not to think about anything else but the immediate benefit - that pile of money!
After signing, you will get ten taels of silver.
If you don't sign, the price will be halved, from ten taels to five taels.
Gu Liansheng was not a man of strong character, but after being persuaded by several people, the uneasiness he had felt before was mostly gone.
"...Then I'll listen to you, my parents. I'll just sign it."
Picking up a pen, Gu Liansheng wrote his name on the indenture.
After the ink dried, he pressed a red handprint on it.
Li took the paper and read it carefully, with a smile on her face.
She didn't need the Gu family to urge her. After Gu Zhier finished signing, she took the pen from Gu Zhier's hand, signed her own name neatly, and also pressed her fingerprint.
There is a blank space at the signature area, which is reserved for Gu Tang.
"When I get your fourth daughter, I'll force her to leave her handprints here, and then the matter will be settled. When I sell her far away, your second son will never be able to find her in his lifetime."
Feng nodded, and finally smiled on her old face, which had gained two circles of fat. "That girl is not a good person. She was born to be a debt collector. Keeping her with the second son will only cause unrest in the whole family. Selling her will also help her accumulate merits. When she is reborn as a human in the next life, she may be born into a good family."
"Yes, yes, yes! Thanks for your good words!" Li agreed with a smile, but in fact she kept cursing the old hag in her heart, saying that she was very vicious!
The indenture has been settled, and the money should be paid as well.
Li did not give out all the two small silver ingots in his hand at once, but gave away half of them.
The Gu family's expressions immediately changed and they glared at Li with unfriendly eyes.
Li was not afraid either, and told them frankly: "This is the rule of the industry. Once you get the person, you can pay the full amount of money. If you don't get the person, you can only pay half of the money. This is because in the early years, some people took the money and ran away with the people, causing many people in this industry to suffer heavy losses. Later, this rule was established.
If you don't believe me, just ask someone else. Everything I said is true. You know, my daughter, last year, a family in the mountains sold their granddaughter. They sold her secretly, just like you did. They told me to find a way to get her away. I paid half of the money first, and then paid the other half after I got the money."
When they heard Li mention Gu Zhier, Old Man Gu and the others all looked at Gu Zhier and asked, "Is what your third sister-in-law said true?"
Gu Zhier thought about it and nodded, "It's true. I was helping out with the deal last year. I saw it with my own eyes. It's true."
At this point, Gu Zhi changed the subject and actually advised his parents: "My third brother's wife is not someone who doesn't know the roots. Whether you give half first or all at once, they are all our relatives. I am here in the middle. What do you have to worry about?
Besides, giving you half of the money first is not a bad thing. If I give you all the money and you spend it all, what will happen to the family next spring? By then, my eldest brother needs money for his studies, and my nephew also needs money for his studies. Where can you get the money?"
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