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Chapter 342 - 309: The Sword of the Zhao Family

Chapter 342: Chapter 309: The Sword of the Zhao Family

"What? Give the family heirloom to someone else? Sorry, I can’t comply! Are you even human? You’d just give away something handed down by our ancestors?!"

Predictably, Old Zhao outright refused and even started cursing at Old Wang and the others!

"Old Zhao! Listen to us..."

Old Wang and Old Liu greeted Jiang Xiao before pulling Old Zhao inside the house for a detailed talk.

Knowing Old Zhao’s stubborn temperament, Old Wang wasted no time, simply showing his own weaknesses, while the bruised and battered Old Qian could testify to Jiang Xiao’s terrifying strength.

After hearing everyone’s explanations, Old Zhao nodded thoughtfully.

"So, according to what you’re saying, if I don’t give him the item, not only will he castrate me? He’ll beat me up too?"

The others nodded frantically.

"Is there no law left? In broad daylight, in this clear and bright universe, he can commit such banditry?!"

"But, the one with the bigger fist is always right..."

Old Wang said, feeling wronged since no one wants to get beaten up, right?

"Hehe, you just gave away our ancestors’ things, just like that?"

"It’s not for free, he said he would pay for it..."

Old Liu explained weakly.

"Pay for it? How much can he offer? Besides, this is an ancestral item, can you really measure its worth with money!"

Old Wang didn’t dare to speak because Jiang Xiao indeed couldn’t offer much, just two thousand yuan...

"If he’s capable, let him kill me! I’m not a human being if I beg for mercy for anything less than castration; whether it’s nailing my fingernails, sitting on the tiger bench, being sliced by a thousand knives, or being executed by lingering death!"

Old Wang and the others had said all the good words they could, but Old Zhao was still unmoved, even directly taking out scissors.

He threw the scissors at Jiang Xiao’s feet and said with overwhelming authority.

"Don’t use your non-sterilized boning knife, take these scissors. They’re really sharp, I just sharpened them yesterday. Come, use them to castrate me, let’s see if I make a peep today!"

Old Wang and the others were subservient, astonished to see their old friend’s high spirit.

Jiang Xiao was also taken aback; it was clear Old Zhao wasn’t just running his mouth—he truly didn’t take Jiang Xiao seriously.

After boldly inviting Jiang Xiao to cut off his eunuch, Old Zhao disdainfully looked back at Old Wang and the others.

"Look at you lot, so spineless! Do you do our ancestors proud? It’s just a scar, why be such cowards! What hardships haven’t we old folks endured? We’re just living meager lives; what does it matter if we die?"

What a magnanimous, righteous tough guy!

Not to mention Old Wang and the others, who were teased into blushing and boiling by his comments—even Jiang Xiao mentally saluted him!

"Alright then, I didn’t need that thing desperately anyway, so be it. In this world, tough guys like you are rare. Let’s leave it at that, I won’t touch you."

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiao didn’t resort to force, surprising everyone.

At the same time, they felt a pang of regret in their hearts—if only they had shown some backbone like Old Zhao earlier.

Too bad there’s no such thing as a pill for regret.

"Hey? Don’t go, guys, I haven’t paid you yet."

Old Liu and the others who were about to leave stopped in their tracks. Although the amount was small, a mosquito was still meat.

"Five thousand each then. I didn’t bring much with me this time. Old Wang, don’t just stand there, even though you look a bit down on your luck, still, things must be settled. I appreciate you leading the way today, so you’ll also get five thousand."

Old Liu and the others froze on the spot, their eyes wide as if they couldn’t believe what was happening before them...

Old Zhao snorted coldly to himself, thinking what a bunch of spineless creatures they were—getting so excited over five thousand yuan?

Even though he, Old Zhao, was poor, actually all of them were poor, five thousand yuan wasn’t all that much to feel stunned about, was it?

Hmm?

Why was there a glint of gold in that man’s hand?

Old Zhao tiptoed and took a closer look at the money in Jiang Xiao’s hand, and instantly became petrified like Old Liu and the others, frozen in place.

Bloody hell!

Gold notes!

The ’five thousand’ in his mouth are gold notes?!

Five hundred thousand?!!

Can’t be, what the actual squid?!

Jiang Xiao watched as the men stood there motionless, thinking the amount he had offered was too little, so he pulled out a few more notes with a denomination of two thousand.

"Is it too little? How about I add another two thousand?"

"Gulp~"

The bunch of old men swallowed their saliva, their legs trembling, momentarily forgetting to think, only feeling a blank in their heads.

Still not enough?

Jiang Xiao furrowed his brow; insatiable greed wasn’t a good habit. If that was the case, he decided he wouldn’t give a single hair.

"Bro!"x4

’Ziiip~’

The old men’s knees slid before Jiang Xiao in a domineering kneel, even sparking what felt like actual sparks.

My god!

Seven hundred thousand!!

Maybe it wasn’t that much, but these old geezers who’d been down and out all their lives had never owned so much!

Just moments ago, old Zhao, who had seemed so tough, didn’t know when he had also ended up behind old Liu and the others, gazing longingly.

"Bro, god, I can hardly believe it myself!"

"Woowoo, I can finally renovate my shabby little yard, I want to build a temperature-controlled swimming pool! Cool off in it during summer, and warm up in it during winter!"

Old Qian’s idea was unanimously deemed brilliant by everyone; they all wanted one too.

Old Zhao’s expression became a bit tangled.

They want to build swimming pools? And temperature-controlled ones at that...

"Hehehe, well as for me, I’d need to get a female maid, the kind with cat ears, black tights, and glasses. What’s the fun of soaking in the pool alone?"

The old men, though aged, were young at heart; they all revealed knowing looks. Wouldn’t this require getting someone by hand?

Cat-eared maids?

Old Zhao’s eyes started to redden.

"Hehehe, then I’m going to buy a carriage, one with four wheels! That way, next time we go fishing we can venture to farther places. Oh, and buy a set of high-end fishing gear too!"

Another great idea!

"When we’re lounging at home, we can bathe with the maids; when we go out, we can drive the little carriage with our fishing gear and arrange to go fishing together. We could even take old Zhao along on the route."

"That’s not right~" Old Wang shook his head, interrupting old Qian’s words, and said proudly, "When I go fishing, I’m bringing the maid along too, so there’s no room for anyone else in the carriage~"

All right, all right, you’re playing wild, huh?

Meanwhile, old Qian and the others felt that bringing a maid was better value for money and more interesting than bringing old Zhao.

Tears nearly started falling from old Zhao’s eyes.

Damn it all, you guys really want my life!

Weren’t we supposed to be poor together for our whole lives? How could you go off fishing with maids?

Tough old Zhao was ultimately defeated inside by Jiang Xiao; he just couldn’t stand the thought of all his friends taking off while he had to guard his lonely little courtyard alone until the end.

In the end, he too squealed with joy, receiving his seven-thousand-gold note bounty.

Old Zhao’s heirloom... was it a sword?

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