At the beginning of the famine, I became famous all over the world with my useless system

It was understandable that she wanted to cancel the engagement and move back to her original residence, and it was also reasonable for her to take back the 25 taels of silver pension. But in addition to that, he actually asked Gu Dahuai to pay another half year's interest!

You know, the interest rate is more than double now!

Without waiting for Song Youliang to ask in detail, Gu Dahuai stood up and refused harshly.

"Giving you the capital is already a blessing, and you still want interest?! Dream on!"

It was no wonder that Gu Dahuai lost his composure. Although he did not know how to calculate the interest, he heard that when the famine first started, many people secretly borrowed money from the wealthy families in the neighboring village of Songjiazhai.

The people in Songjiazhai are all heartless thieves who are rich but unkind. They say all kinds of good things when borrowing money, but when it comes time to settle the accounts and pay back the money, they find out that they owe the other party more than ten taels due to compounded interest.

Poor families cannot even afford the principal, let alone the interest, so they can only sell their children and end up with their families broken up.

He didn't know how much those people borrowed, but he could imagine that the villagers suffered such a tragic loss even though they only had three or four taels of silver at most. He had a full twenty-five taels!

That would be the end of him!

Song Youliang also did a rough calculation and was so shocked that he couldn't stop coughing.

Twenty-five taels, the interest for half a year is twelve and a half taels!

Not to mention whether Gu Dahuai's money was spent elsewhere, even if he had money, he should not be exploited like this by his sister-in-law.

Liu was just thinking about standing up for Lin Qing, but she was so ungrateful that she even made her husband so angry that his old illness came back. He hurriedly patted his back to calm him down, with a slightly complaining tone in his voice.

"Daughter-in-law of the Gu family, let's talk things over nicely. Uncle Liang is here to make decisions for you, not to take advantage of you!"

Seeing that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family could actually make the village head so angry, the onlookers looked at her with even greater respect and couldn't help but talk about her in secret.

"Isn't the eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family a silly beauty who can't even speak a complete sentence and has no ideas?"

"But she must tell me, otherwise she would never be bullied to this extent by the second kid from the Gu family."

"What kind of guidance did she receive from a master? How did she transform like a completely different person? With one blow, she beat Gu Dahuai to the point of crying and pissing himself, and in just a few words, she wanted to peel off several layers of his skin!"

"So, if you drive a dog into a corner, it will backfire. Gu Dahuai really went too far!"

Fortunately, Liu's few idle words caused everyone to whisper, and Song Youliang had time to think carefully. After he came up with a plan, he cleared his throat, pushed away Liu's hand, and said something shocking.

"Daughter-in-law of the Gu family, since you've put forward your conditions, let's discuss them separately. If it were up to you, Da Huai would have to return you thirty-seven and a half taels, including the principal and interest. Isn't that a bit too much?"

"Not to mention him, even the wealthy families in this town probably can't come up with so much money at once. Your conditions are clearly trying to embarrass Dahuai.

"So, my eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family, if you behave yourself, I won't let you suffer any loss; but if you are ignorant, then I can't go against my conscience, right?"

When everyone heard that Gu Dahuai was actually going to return the huge sum of thirty-seven and a half taels to the eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family, they couldn't help but gasp.

This Li Jin, is he a cannibal?

Even if they sold their entire family, they probably wouldn't be able to pay back so much money!

No wonder those who went to Songjiazhai to borrow money ended up hanging themselves after selling their children!

Lin Qing didn't care about the gossip of the onlookers. She narrowed her eyes and looked at Song Youliang, who seemed fair.

She was just talking nonsense. How could the headman know what the current interest rate was?

She didn't believe that the head of Songsi Village, a remote and poor village still suffering from famine, could be so detached as to care about Li Jin.

After all, there is no way to lend money here.

Is there something fishy going on here?

She was right.

The reason why Song Youliang knew how much interest there was was because of his younger brother Song Youzhi, who worked as an accountant at Shuangxi Restaurant.

Song Youzhi is idle and spends his time drinking and carousing. Even at his age, he has no desire to get married. Instead, he is interested in all kinds of unconventional ways to make a fortune.

If Song Youliang had not forced him to learn some accounting skills when he was young and used his connections to find him a job in town, he would definitely have starved to death.

The Shuangxi Restaurant where Song Youzhi stayed was a famous signature restaurant in the town. The owner, Zeng Shuangxi, was the son of a criminal who was exiled here, but he had means and many connections, and he made a comeback with the help of the restaurant. In addition to this enviable industry, he also dabbled in gambling, horse racing, and canal transportation.

During the famine, he lent money at high interest rates without any conscience, and the money jumped into his pocket like dumplings.

Song Youzhi was extremely envious, but he had no money on hand. Even if his boss said he could help him with an introduction, he was powerless.

Upon hearing this, Boss Zeng sighed deeply and reminded him casually, "What a shame! I was hoping that once you made some money, you could introduce your relatives to invest with you so that we could all make money together."

After being reminded by his boss, Song Youzhi suddenly realized.

As expected of the boss! He really is the one who can persuade a lost official with nine words and awaken a dreamer with one word!

He has no money, but his elder brother has money!

My eldest brother has been the head of the village for a long time, so he must have some extra money.

Seeing that he was interested, Boss Zeng asked the kitchen to cook his signature pork elbow and gave him the best Xinghuacun rice, saying that the meal was his and he didn't have to pay for it regardless of whether the plan succeeded or not.

Song Youzhi, filled with gratitude, returned home in the dark with good wine and delicious food. At that time, Song Youliang had just seen Gu Dahuai off, and was quite surprised to see his younger brother.

As the two brothers were toasting each other, he explained the purpose of his trip.

"Brother, don't blame me for being harsh. You have so much money, and you can't take it with you when you die. If you keep it at home, it will be useless. Why don't I help you connect with others and lend it to the boss? Money will make money, and you will live a good life in the future. This is the only way to have a long-term business.

"Then you can give me some of the money from your fingers, and we'll split it 20-80, how about that?"

Under normal circumstances, Song Youliang would have ignored his brother's opportunism, but he had just received the five taels of silver from Gu Dahuai, and he always felt that the money was a bit hot to the touch, and was worrying about how to deal with it.

This is like someone giving you a pillow when you are sleepy.

Seeing that he was hesitating, Song Youzhi continued to persuade him.

"Brother, you didn't see it. The last time I helped my boss collect interest, the heavy silver almost broke my waist! Don't you want to live a life where you can just lie at home and do nothing while the money jumps into your pocket?

"Ling Shuang is getting married soon, and Ling Wei will also take part in the Autumn Examination next year. They'll have a lot of money to spend in the future. Big Brother, you're not a country bumpkin. You have a long-term vision. You must have thought of these things, right?"

"Besides, you're the only one in our family who's successful. If you don't help me get rich, I'll just have to accept my fate and be a bookkeeper for the rest of my life!"

In fact, Song Youliang had been tempted a long time ago, but he was just being arrogant. Hearing his brother's compliments, he was naturally overjoyed and agreed without hesitation, and immediately gave him ten taels of silver.

It was agreed at the time that the interest would be calculated every quarter. Song Youliang thought to himself that it was time to go to the town and take a look.