BXBX NOVEL Chapter 286: 286 paid off.
Chapter 286: 286 paid off.
Su Qingyue called out to her, “Wait, let’s count the money in front of everyone to make sure everything’s correct. So you don’t complain about the amount later. Count everything, and leave my tray here. Or, just empty the tray now and count the money on the ground.”
“Hmph,” Granny Sun snorted coldly. “I’ll count it, but you’d better not be short even a single copper.”
She counted three times, and the five taels of silver were all there without a single discrepancy. Granny Sun unwillingly counted twice more, totaling five times. Since there was no shortage, she reluctantly put the broken silver and copper coins into the cloth pocket she carried with her. “Nothing’s missing.”
“Then, don’t let me catch sight of you in my house again.” Su Qingyue wouldn’t be courteous to people she detests.
Having made such a fuss and still not getting the Xiao Family’s house, Granny Sun was humiliated by Su Qingyue and had no place to save face. Out of anger and resentment, she said to the onlooking villagers in the Xiao Family’s courtyard, “I never really wanted to take the Xiao Family’s house. You all know their situation. I just wanted to pressure them to make sure they pay their debt. ”
The villagers who were watching the commotion didn’t dare to say much, as Granny Sun was the wife of the village’s only doctor, Doctor Sun Changde, whose services everyone needed eventually.
Zhou Fuquan spoke up for his brother Chuan, “If you weren’t after their house, why did you push them to this point? You didn’t even give them a few days to pay.”
“Who knows if giving them a few more days would’ve made a difference? There has to be a limit to how long a debt can be left unpaid. I’ve already given them enough time!” Granny Sun argued without reason.
Zhou Fuquan’s wife, Wang Cuihua, chimed in, “You have no conscience! You took advantage of the Xiao Family’s men being down – you’re heartless! What goes around comes around!”
“How am I heartless?” Granny Sun became furious and wanted to reason with
Wang Cuihua.
Su Qingyue stared coldly at Granny Sun, “Get out of my house! ”
Granny Sun didn’t know why she was so afraid of Su Qingyue, but she begrudgingly left, mumbling curses and shaking her frail, coffin -bound body.
Qian Zhangshi couldn’t understand, “Su Qingyue, how did your family gather five taels of silver in a single day?”
Since the debt was already paid, Su Qingyue wasn’t afraid of the gossip, “The Fuquan Family lent us one and a half taels. My second brother sold the snake meat for several hundred cents. We sold all of our belongings and goods, and even the medicinal mud toothpaste at a loss. That’s how we scraped the money together.”
Qian Zhangshi realized, “So, the snake your second brother caught was sold. Who bought it? How much did they pay?”
“Zhang Shun bought it. He paid over 500 copper coins. His father has night sweats, and his wife has a lot of pimples on her face. He wanted to grind the Five-step Snake into powder as a show of filial piety to his father and to make his wife happy…” another villager explained.
Upon thinking of her three husbands who didn’t care for her at all, Qian
Zhangshi felt sour, “I didn’t expect Zhang Shun to be so good to his wife.”
“It’s getting dark, let’s go…”
The villagers slowly dispersed since the Xiao Family’s house wasn’t being seized and there was nothing more to watch.
Zhou Fuquan and Wang Cuihua didn’t come to just watch the commotion, but to offer support. After exchanging a few words with Chuan, Su Qingyue returned a basket that Wang Cuihua had used to bring food to their family yesterday, and the husband and wife left.
Having walked out of the courtyard, Li Gui looked back at Su Qingyue in the courtyard with regret. Now that the Xiao Family had survived this ordeal, chances to buy Su Qingyue would be slim in the future.
Just before Su Qingyue entered the master bedroom, Aunt Zhang arrived carrying a basket. “Wife of the Xiao Family, I brought you five jin of ginger and three jin of flour.”
PS: My beautiful dears, don’t forget to give your daily recommendation tickets to Qingyue, muah-