Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 523 Settling Dust (4)_1

Chapter 523: Chapter 523 Settling Dust (4)_1

The one hundred taels of silver notes had already been exchanged for actual silver and spent on Mo Yongxi’s engagement ceremony to show off, as well as to purchase jewelry and clothes for her. They had spent two to three ten taels, and Lao Mo’s House simply couldn’t come up with it!

Even if they could, Mo Hong’s family and others would never spit out the fat they had swallowed. That would be asking for their lives!

Perhaps feeling confident on her own turf, Mo Hong shamelessly stated that the silver had already been spent. Want the silver back? Fine, go to the city and ask Tie Tou for it—it was he who refused to sign the marriage contract, and it had nothing to do with anyone else!

Since receiving the silver, Tie Tou had been released by Mo Wu and was sent to work at the rice shop the same day. After all, each day’s delay meant a day’s wages deducted, and those wages were to end up in Mo Hong’s hands, so naturally, she was unwilling to let Tie Tou idle at home for nothing.

"Lady Mo, it was you who borrowed the silver, and it was you who pressed your handprint on the promissory note. Had you kept your word and delivered the marriage contract within ten days, I wouldn’t have troubled you. But you took the silver without fulfilling your promise, and that’s truly disappointing! If today you can’t produce the silver, nor the marriage contract, I’ll have no choice but to take the promissory note to the Government!"

Liu Qingqing appeared to be around eighteen or nineteen, with delicate eyebrows and pleasing features. She seemed graceful and proper, not at all like a woman of disrepute. Yet the sharpness that occasionally surfaced in her words revealed she was not one to be trifled with.

The incident of Mo Yonglu being flogged and exiled by the Government had left a deep trauma on Mo Hong’s family. Hearing Liu Qingqing’s words now made them tremble in fear. Seeing that Qingqing’s demeanor was sincere, they knew big trouble loomed that day. In an instant, they detested Tie Tou, who adamantly refused to sign the marriage book, to the bone.

"Qingqing, rest assured, when my grandson comes back tonight, I’ll make him sign the marriage contract. The roots of our Mo Family are here; we can’t run even if we wanted to. Could you perhaps give us a little more time?"

Mo Hong’s face lost its previous arrogance. She forced a smile at Liu Qingqing, and her sagging old skin twitched along, creating a grotesque expression.

Liu Qingqing also smiled, but her eyes didn’t share the sentiment, "Lady, don’t try to deceive me. Your grandson simply doesn’t want to marry me. The marriage contract should have been signed by now. Even if I gave you another ten days, you probably wouldn’t be able to procure it. I think you’d better just return the silver to me, and considering our acquaintance, I won’t charge you any interest!"

Seeing how uncompromising Liu Qingqing was, Mo Hong’s heart also grew frantic. She had just been showing off a gold bracelet and knew that even if she asked the village for a loan now, promising high interest, people might not be willing to deal with her. Nor could she bring herself to lose face by begging so lowly.

She stammered out the truth and pleaded again with Liu Qingqing for an extension, reasoning that postponing even for a day was something, in hopes that one day Wood would come to his senses and be willing to sign the marriage contract—thus she wouldn’t have to return the silver!

After listening, Liu Qingqing’s smile seemed even more genuine, "Lady, I see your daughter’s pair of gold bracelets are worth quite a bit of silver. Why don’t you use them to settle the debt and just pay me the remaining silver? That should be enough, shouldn’t it?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Hong’s eyes widened and she reflexively refused, "Don’t even think about it! That’s the token of my daughter’s engagement; even if you took me to the Government, I couldn’t possibly give you the bracelets!"

The smile on Liu Qingqing’s face cooled slightly as she said half-jokingly, "Although one hundred taels of silver isn’t a lot, if you were reported to the Government, not only would you have to return the silver, but you wouldn’t be able to escape a beating. I heard that the punishment can be quite severe. If it hits the wrong spot and damages the muscles and bones, it could kill or paralyze someone! I just wonder if at your age, after a beating like that, you could still pull through..."

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