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“I won’t let you take him away.”
Guan-zi stuck out his waist, stretched his neck and shouted at him, “What reason do you have to hide him? If you try to block our way, I’ll call someone to draw him away.”
After speaking, he smiled. “The money was already accepted, so unless you pay it back…”
Lin Lixuan raised his brow. “Who’s pocket did the money go? Naturally, that is the person you should get it back from.”
Old Lady Ji’s gray hair was simply tied up with a piece of rope. Her body was quite strong when she stood still. She looked like a scoundrel on the streets as she spread her hands. “The money was already spent.”
“You move so quickly.” The money from selling her grandson was already spent. She didn’t even give time to regret. But what about Ger Yu’s parents? Why didn’t they come with them to see the expression Old Lady Ji was making. Lin Lixuan was very curious to know how Eldest Ji and his wife would react.
“He’s my grandson.” The implication was why couldn’t she touch her grandson’s money? Since she was the elder of the family, who would dare not listen to her? Who would dare to persuade her from doing what she wanted?
Lin Lixuan mocked her, “You have a slave contract, do you even consider him your grandson?”
Liu Li stood to the side and watched this, then said to Lin Lixuan, “Xiucai Lin, you are a smart person. I am asking if you’re willing to pay back the 40 taels of silver…”
Third aunt spoke frankly.
These three came together, and speaking frankly, it was for money. For Old Lady Ji and Liu Li, whether Ji Yu was made the child bride of the Jiang family or blocked by Lin Lixuan, it didn’t matter as long as they had the 40 taels of silver in their hands. They didn’t care whether Ger Yu was dead or alive. If Lin Lixuan was willing to pay the silver, then naturally everyone would be happy. If Lin Lixuan was unwilling, then Ger Yu would go to the Jiang family. No one could stop them. No matter what, they were the ones who would benefit.
For Guan-zi, he just came to see the show. Ger Yu wasn’t the only Shuang’er who matched with the young master of the Jiang family. He would get the money from the Jiang family all the same. If Ger Yu went to the Jiang family with him today, then there would be no other problems. If Ger Yu didn’t go, that was the reason he accompanied Old Lady Ji and her daughter-in-law here to go through the motions and force some money out of the Lin family. Old Lady Ji promised him benefits too, hehehe…
These three made an agreement early on.
Lin Lixuan suddenly smiled. The three were stunned by his smile. Wasn’t he angry just now? So why all of a sudden…
“I can bring out the silver…but…”
The three of them glanced at each other, their eyes lit up. Old Lady Ji asked, “Just what?”
“I have two requirements.”
Requirements? Liu Li frowned. “What requirement?”
“I want Ger Yu’s slave contract.”
Wanting the slave contract? That meant he wasn’t letting Ger Yu return to the Ji family? Guan-zi raised his eyebrows and said ambiguously, “…Fine, so you want another brother…”
Lin Lixuan glared at him. “Shut up! Don’t speak nonsense.”
“…” Fine. Without Ger Yu, they could save some rice.
“I want you to write a note saying that Ger Yan’Er has nothing to do with the Ji family.”
“This…” Old Lady Ji hesitated. If they agreed to this, then the Lin and Ji families would have nothing to do with each other.
As the outside matchmaker, Guan-zi preemptively agreed, “Fine!”
“…”
“…” Old Lady Ji and Liu Li had no objections. After the outsider made the decision for them, they felt a lot more relaxed.
Ji Yan severed his relationship with the Ji family, and from now on, the bridge between them was burned. The road was cut off. There was no longer a relationship.
Lin Lixuan personally wrote those words on a white piece of paper. Old Lady Ji pressed her hand print on the paper, and Xu Guan, as a witness, took his things, leaving satisfied.
After the three uninvited guests left, the courtyard of the Lin family returned to the previous calm. Ger Yan walked out with Ger Yu. Lin Lixuan walked to them and said to Ger Yan. “Will you blame me for making the decision by myself and breaking your relationship with your family?”
Ger Yan shook his head. “…It’s fine this way. They won’t have an excuse to come looking for trouble anymore….Although we have no more ties, I’ll still go back to see my mother.”
“It’s just the silver…”
Ger Yu, who was in his arms, suddenly raised his head and shouted. There was a light in his eyes. “Brother-in-law, I’ll return the silver to you.”
Ger Yan shook his head, but Lin Lixuan squatted down, smiled, and pinched Ger Yu’s cheeks. “Okay. I’ll wait for you to earn back the 40 taels of silver. Your slave contract is in my hands. When you repay the money, I’ll give it to you. You will decide who you will marry in the future.”
Ger Yu’s eyes widened and he nodded with all his strength, “Mn.”
Evil people would be punished.
The reason Lin Lixuan happily gave the other party money was mainly because he didn’t want to quarrel with them. It was too much of a loss. It would be Ji Yan and Ji Yu who would be hurt in the end. A problem that could be solved with money wasn’t a problem. From now on, Ger Yu had nothing to do with them. He would let Ger Yu remember the 40 taels of silver, because he believed Ger Yu would surprise them.
On the other hand, it was to also push the third Ji’s family, so that Old Lady Ji would happily take the silver and move to the county town with the third son’s family and live there until “the end of her days”. After the Ji family separated, Lin Lixuan didn’t believe that Old Lady Ji would have a good life. She was now held down by the third son, Ji Youyin, and his wife, Liu Li. She sucked the other two families dry just to subsidize the third family.
After Old Lady Ji heads to the county town, would she still be the head of the family? She could dream on! Compared to the eldest and second, Third Ji suffered from her partiality and doting and didn’t have much respect and love for her. The third child’s family was accustomed to getting things from Old Lady Ji. When Old Lady Ji could no longer provide benefits and became a burden, she could only wait for her baby son’s family to turn against her.
Old Lady Ji lived most of her life without really seeing which of her sons actually treated her well.
Besides, even Ger Yu knew that Ji Xuan was not focused in school. The academy teacher took a fancy to his talent and wanted to marry his daughter to him? Something strange must be going on. Even if he wasn’t like that, it cost a lot of money to study. Third Ji’s dream of making Ji Xuan a Zhuangyuan was destined to fail.
There were a lot of expenses in the county town. How long could Third Ji support a 60 to 70 year old lady with a wife and children who loved beauty? Plus a son and daughter-in-law who were uneducated and unskilled?
Spending without earning, they would eventually go broke until they had nowhere to turn to.
The matter was solved, but Zhao Liniang was worried. Every time she thought of the nephew of the neighboring County Magistrate, her head hurt. It was like her head was being pulled by a cotton string. she couldn’t stop thinking about it. Thank god, but… she took her son’s hand and asked, “Where did the 40 taels of silver come from?”
