On the old wooden table.

Several bolts of fine cotton cloth.

A bag of refined flour and a bag of refined grains.

There are also two exquisite wooden boxes.

"Brother, there's something I need to explain to you..."

"Whether you believe it or not, my husband truly had no intention of defaulting on the debt. After he became an official, he gave the money he owed you to his mother-in-law, asking her to repay it to you! Every year since then, he has given his mother-in-law fifty taels of silver to deliver to you through someone else..."

Thirty taels was too little, and she was too embarrassed to say it out loud, so she lied and said fifty taels.

“Nonsense! We haven’t received a single penny.” Liu Yuniang interrupted her.

Fifty taels! Not a single coin has been seen.

This is like the thief crying "stop thief!"

Shameless!

Qi Caiwei hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, please listen to me first. This is indeed my husband's fault..."

“We only recently learned that after my husband gave the money to his mother, she pocketed it. And my brother-in-law's leg was also injured by someone his mother had beaten…”

“My husband knew nothing about any of this.”

Liu Yuniang became angry upon hearing this, "Qi Xiaoniang, are you suggesting we should be grateful to Jiang Yunze?"

Is this woman out of her mind?

The deed is done; whether he speaks of it or not, whether he is Jiang Yunze or not, makes no difference.

Apologize, fine, but don't make up all this nonsense. You have no sense of responsibility whatsoever.

Both were daughters of noble families.

This woman is far inferior to Lu Qingyao.

If she becomes the matriarch of the Jiang family, Jiang Yunze will probably be in big trouble...

Qi Caiwei opened her mouth, "That's not what I meant..."

She was puzzled. She was just stating the truth and telling the facts, so why were they so upset?

Too many words are wrong.

Forget it, just give me the money.

There is nothing that money can't solve.

Thinking this, Qi Caiwei put on a smiling face and pushed the two wooden boxes in front of Jiang Yunhu.

turn on.

A box was full of silver.

The box contained the house deed.

“Brother and sister-in-law, this is the one hundred taels of silver that my husband owed you back then. This house in Qing Shi Town is a small compensation from him…”

Jiang Yunhu accepted the hundred taels of silver without hesitation. "Alright, we'll take the silver..."

Liu Yuniang thought her husband would decline, but she didn't expect him to accept it so readily.

So they received two repayments, which seems a bit odd...

Qi Caiwei smiled.

As expected, we still have to use silver.

There's nothing that money can't solve.

"Elder brother and sister-in-law, please accept this house and the rice as well!"

"The house..."

Just as Jiang Yunhu was about to say that the house should be taken back, someone who came in from the door interrupted him.

“The eldest brother and the others also accepted it, as if it were the interest on the loan from the past ten years or so, and also the money for the eldest brother to treat his leg and see a doctor and get medicine.”

Qi Caiwei's face darkened instantly when she saw the person at the door. "What are you doing here?"

Lu Qingyao strolled in, carrying the somewhat devilishly beautiful child.

A crimson bird perched on the little baby's arm.

Birds and people alike stared intently at her.

It's very uncomfortable!

Jiang Yunhu stood up. "I invited her. She is my brother's lawfully wedded wife, so she should be here. In addition to inviting my sister-in-law, I also invited the elders of the Jiang family, including Uncle Fu, the village head of Taoxi Village."

Uncle Fu and Lu Qingyao came in one after the other.

“Uncle Fu, I invited you here today to be a witness…” Jiang Yunhu said, looking at the villagers outside the courtyard fence.

"We also ask everyone to be our witnesses."

Everyone nodded.

Jiang Miaomiao simply watched the drama unfold.

She even asked her aunt to pack her a small bag of goat milk tablets, which she is currently enjoying.

Every now and then, he would stuff a piece into his mother's mouth, "Ssss..."

"My dear Miaomiao, Mommy isn't eating right now, so you eat by yourself!" Lu Qingyao smiled, looking at her little daughter with doting affection.

When she looked up again, the smile on her face had vanished.

He said to Jiang Yunhu and Liu Yuniang, "Brother and sister-in-law, before Jiang Yunze passed the imperial examination, you took good care of them, an orphan and a widow. This is what you deserve, so please accept it."

"Alright, I'll accept it! But the one who should be repaying this money and house is you, sister-in-law..."

As Jiang Yunhu spoke, he took the box of gleaming silver and the contract from Qi Caiwei and placed it in front of Lu Qingyao.

Qi Caiwei panicked, "No, this is what my husband returned to you, how can you give it to Lu Qingyao?"

How could I give it to Lu Qingyao?

This...this is not what she expected...

Shouldn't Jiang Yunhu and his wife be grateful to her and distance themselves from Lu Qingyao after receiving the money and the house?

Liu Yuniang raised her eyebrows and said, "Since Jiang Yunze has returned the money, it's ours. Why do you care who we give it to?"

Now that Jiang Yunze has repaid the money, he should return the one hundred taels that his sister-in-law had paid on his behalf.

There's also the thirty taels I haven't paid back from last time, and the fifteen taels I borrowed from her before.

They used their house as collateral.

Although I don't know how much the house is worth, I imagine it's roughly the same.

Liu Yuniang took the box from her husband's hand and placed it in Xiuxiu's hands.

Turning to Qi Caiwei, he said, "I'll tell you why. It's because my sister-in-law paid back two hundred taels of silver for that brat Jiang Yunze..."

"So, is there a problem if we just hand it back to her now?"

“Of course there’s no problem. I was there at the time and saw Madam Lu give two hundred taels of silver to Brother Hu with my own eyes. I can testify to that,” Uncle Fu, the village head, said to everyone.

Then someone in the crowd responded.

“I think it’s fine. There’s no reason for a weak woman to take on her husband’s debts.”

"That's right, whoever owes should pay back..."

Qi Caiwei's face turned green with anger.

I clutched my chest, unable to breathe.

She must be crazy to be rushing to give Lu Qingyao money and a house!

How could this be?

Then the villagers started whispering...

The sound wasn't loud, but its destructive power was immense!

"Look at what this concubine is dressed, then look at what Master Lu is dressed, and those two children, and then look at Brother Feng and Brother Yan... That Jiang Lao Er is a black-hearted bastard!"

"That's right, this is what wealthy families mean by favoring concubines over wives!"

"What unfilial mother-in-law, poisoning a concubine's son! I think Master Lu is being framed..."

"It's probably this woman who framed him. She saw that Master Lu no longer had his family to rely on, so she wanted to take his place..."

"Exactly, exactly! They even have the nerve to parade around here like that, shameless..."

"I heard that this concubine even tried to force her way into the Cui residence, but ended up getting covered in excrement..."

“Eeya ya ya…”

Jiang Miaomiao clapped her chubby little hands vigorously.

These aunties and uncles are incredibly clever.

Awesome! Keep it up!

All those palace intrigues and family feuds are utterly insignificant compared to the village's aunts and uncles.

"Stop talking, all of you shut up!" Qi Caiwei pounded her chest and stomped her feet, slamming her fist on the table in anger.

Seeing that no one responded, they continued to point and whisper at her.

Pointing at the villagers, he shouted, "Slap them all! Slap them all! Make them shut up right now!"

Qi Caiwei's eyes were bloodshot, her fists clenched tightly as if she were about to explode. She looked at the servants and said, "Hurry up and go! Are you people my personal servants?!"

then.

Jiang Miaomiao saw that the scene was in complete chaos.

They wrestled together.

Mother and Aunt Xiuxiu quickly hugged her and Jiang Wenxuan, and pulled Jiang Qiao'er into the house.

Xiuxiu had never seen such a scene before and was somewhat at a loss.

"Sister, what should we do?"

"Let's try to break up the fight, lest something serious happen!"

Then Xiao Miaomiao saw Aunt Xiuxiu go out to break up the fight...

It's better not to pull it.

The more they pull... the more chaotic it gets...

Jiang Yunhu and his wife stood by, at a loss, not knowing what to do.

Jiang Zijin pulled her younger brother and hid in the kitchen.

They're insane! These people must be insane...

Mother has gone mad too...

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