The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 741 The Replicas Are Better (1)_1

Chapter 741: Chapter 741 The Replicas Are Better (1)_1

Five hundred taels of silver all at once, even if we took out everything valuable in the house, it would definitely not be enough, unless we sold the courtyard and all the land. Then our family would become utterly destitute!

Fang Hui absolutely wouldn’t allow it! Her eyes glaring with venomous hate, she wished she could smash Pei Qian’s mouth, "Dragging me to the Government Office!? I am your aunt, do you dare drag me to the Government Office!?"

Pei Qian spat fiercely, "You are nothing but an aunt! What good have you ever done for our family? What familial affection have you shown!? When we, your nieces, were bullied and struggling to survive, not having enough food, we never heard about any damn aunt! Seeing our family had money, you came leeching, first scheming against my elder sister, then shamelessly demanding our pickled cabbage recipe for nothing, why should we give it to you!? Just because you bear the title of an aunt, do we owe you anything!?"

"You... you..." Fang Hui, with fists clenched tight, raised her hand, wanting to give Pei Qian a lesson.

"How dare you smash our Jade Cabbage Sculpture, it’s a symbol of wealth, it attracts fortune and prosperity, a jade cabbage that attracts wealth! Something worth more than a thousand taels of silver, only asking you to compensate a fraction, we have already been more than generous! If you dare not compensate, we’ll drag you to Shangguan Mansion! Don’t think that just because you’re called an aunt you can act privileged, if you don’t compensate with silver, then you’ll compensate with a jade cabbage sculpture! Otherwise, see if I let you off!" Pei Qian had long been resentful of Fang Hui, if only they had cut ties with them earlier!

"Qinqin..." Feng Shouxing was almost crying, his gaze towards Pei Qin helpless and pleading.

"If this gets out to the Government Office, it’s not going to look good. What was smashed wasn’t just a teacup or a bowl, but a jade carving, and one that symbolizes wealth at that, our family’s financial luck could be ruined from this fall. Considering the family ties, assigning half the blame to Hong Xia, demanding five hundred taels of silver as compensation from you is already very lenient." Pei Qin said with a cold voice, looking at Fang Hui, "Mrs. Feng wouldn’t think of shirking even this half, would she?"

"You want us to take out so much silver, are you trying to force us to our deaths!?" Fang Hui’s eyes were red with hatred.

"If you know you can’t afford to compensate, why did you stealthily touch what was properly placed? Touching would have been fine, but you took it and then smashed it. It was you who smashed it, and we’ve already shown mercy by only demanding half the compensation, what else do you want?" Pei Qin said, raising an eyebrow.

Fang Hui wished... She wished...

Watching her tremble with rage, Feng Shouxing suddenly knelt down, crying, "Qinqin! Our family... truly cannot come up with so much silver! Your aunt didn’t do it on purpose!"

"Killing someone unintentionally still results in a sentence! Not to mention we’ve already let you blame half of it on Hong Xia, and you still want to shirk!? You think kneeling down can shirk your responsibility of compensating!?" Pei Qian sneered coldly.

"It’s not my fault that the thing was smashed! Demanding five hundred taels of silver, just kill us and have done with it!" Fang Hui’s eyes brimmed with angry tears, fear genuinely setting in. So much silver, they had to compensate for it, how long would they have to do so!? Unless their family suddenly came into a large windfall, they would never be able to turn around because of these five hundred taels of silver in their whole lifetime.

Feng Shouxing, still kneeling, his face streaked with tears, "Qinqin! Your uncle is bowing to you! Please! Our family really doesn’t have that much money!"

"I didn’t say you had to pay it off all at once. Write a debt note, and pay it back in installments! If one year isn’t enough then two years. If two years aren’t enough then five years, it can always be repaid! We can’t just let our family’s artifact worth more than a thousand taels of silver be smashed for nothing." Pei Qin looked towards Xue Dong.

Xue Dong turned around and brought over paper and ink.

Feng Shouxing’s vision darkened, his head spinning. If a year wasn’t enough, then paying over five years, they still must pay up to five hundred taels of silver, wouldn’t their whole family be working for them?!

Fang Hui collapsed to the ground, tearing at her throat as she cried and yelled, "Just kill us! Just drive us to our deaths! You little... Just drive your own aunt to her grave!"