The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 742 The Replicas Are Better (2)_1

Chapter 742: Chapter 742 The Replicas Are Better (2)_1

"Pah! Shut your mouth! Do you still have the face to make a fuss in my house?! Last year you earned more than three hundred taels of silver with the spicy cabbage—do you still have the cheek to cry poor?! If you don’t want to compensate, then go see the official!" Pei Qian jumped up, raising her voice as she cursed.

Fang Hui and Feng Shouxing’s complexions both stiffened, "Who told you we made more than three hundred taels of silver?!"

Pei Qian snorted coldly, "You took all the spicy cabbage; how much you made of it, how much you shipped, what prices you sold it for, how much you earned—anyone with eyes could figure it out. And still, you have the nerve to come here crying poor. You broke my family’s Jade Cabbage Sculpture worth five hundred taels; all these years, you’ve saved up quite a bit, and with the money from the spicy cabbage in recent years, you could at least repay four hundred taels! Even if you’ve opened a noodle shop, that doesn’t take much capital to start; right now, you could pay back three hundred taels!"

Fang Hui’s vision darkened, and she nearly fainted. This petty wretch! She had managed to get all the inside information on their family—was she intent on bleeding them dry?!

Feng Shouxing too was dumbfounded, "We don’t have that much! Absolutely not that much! All spent on getting a daughter-in-law, having a son!"

"Then send it to the government office, first suffer the spankings, then let the government officials come to take it away!" Pei Qin held out the written debt note and asked them both.

If they really sent this to the government office, they would lose all face; they’d still have to compensate the silver, and perhaps they would demand even a thousand taels.

"If you’re unwilling to compensate half, then just compensate a thousand taels!" Pei Qian bit her teeth and glared furiously.

Feng Shouxing looked at Pei Qin in despair; his face was ashen.

Fang Hui dearly wanted to make a big scene, to let everyone see how their niece was driving their aunt to death. But thinking of the consequences, she dared not.

In the end, Feng Shouxing, his face the picture of defeat, came over to sign his name and press his handprint.

Xue Dong read the debt note aloud to them; it clearly stated that because they had broken the Jade Cabbage Sculpture worth more than a thousand taels of silver and in consideration of kinship, they were only asked to compensate five hundred taels, with an initial payment of two hundred taels, "You surely have more than two hundred taels of silver in hand—not less. So, you will first compensate two hundred taels!"

"You want to suck our family’s blood dry!" Fang Hui glared at her hatefully.

"That’s why you should consider the consequences before you act," Pei Qin remarked coldly.

Pei Qian was holding the paperwork for her to sign and press her handprint, "You broke it, so you must press the handprint!"

Fang Hui, filled with hatred beyond measure, looked at the clear and definitive reasons for the debt, the amount of silver owed, and reached out a hateful hand to tear it to shreds.

"If you dare tear it up, we’ll just have to take some effort to write another. Or do you really want to go to the government office?" Pei Qin asked.

Fang Hui, grinding her teeth, glared at her, "Fine! Pei Qin, you’re really something! Even forcing your own aunt! I’ll see how far you can go!" She spitefully signed her name and pressed her handprint.

Two copies of the debt note were made; Pei Qin looked at them, then stood up directly, "Let’s go! First, take the two hundred taels, to make up a little for the smashed fortune."

Collecting the money, of course, Pei Qian wouldn’t miss such an affair.

The two of them got into a carriage, bringing along Feng Shouxing and Fang Hui straight to the Feng Family Estate.

Old Man Feng and Grandma Feng were still waiting at home for them, puzzled when they saw Pei Qin and Pei Qian arrive together. Seeing Feng Shouxing’s face of sheer defeat and Fang Hui’s extreme annoyance, they were filled with shock and uncertainty, "What has happened?"

Pei Qian didn’t enter the house; she went straight to the front of the hall, snorted and recounted the incident of Fang Hui making a fuss at her home, beating a maid, and breaking the Jade Cabbage Sculpture, then she took out the debt note, demanding the first payment of two hundred taels.

Upon hearing this, Grandma Feng’s vision darkened, and she fainted on the spot.

"Mother!"

"Old woman!"

"Pinch her ’Ren Zhong’ point; if she doesn’t wake up, call the doctor!" Pei Qian said with a meaningful tone.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.