The Transmigrated Farm Girl's Journey to Wealth

"Dad, are you kidding me? Who charges ten taels for special meals? Do you know how much grain ten taels can buy? Everyone knows how much the fourth son's tuition is in a year! Which heartless teacher dares to charge that much? Tell me, I'm going to find him! Just because we're going to the village doesn't mean they can take advantage of us because we don't know anything!"

With that, Fang Youcai rolled up his sleeves, ready to go to town to settle accounts with the teacher! He knew perfectly well that it was impossible for tutoring to cost ten taels of silver; even if they dared to offer it, the teacher wouldn't dare to accept it.

Who knows what shady things the fourth son might do with this money? Ha, the old man is still as biased as ever. He's even willing to abandon his conscience for the sake of the fourth son!

"Shut up! What business is it of yours? You've been babbling on and on since you came in. If you want to listen, sit down and listen; if you don't, get out!"

The old man really couldn't stand it anymore. He's such a troublemaker. With him around, nothing can get anything done.

"Father, is it my fault? I'm only thinking of you, afraid you'll get ripped off. The money is a loan, it has to be repaid. I've already distributed it all, why am I worrying? It's all for you. If you don't step in, the second and third sons will have to help pay it back. Ten taels of silver, how are they supposed to pay it back?"

"Yes, Father, we must get to the bottom of this. It's not like a hundred or two hundred coins can just be taken away and gone. Fourth Brother is going to take an exam in four years, and after that, I heard he might have to go to the county town to continue his studies. We only have so much money at home, what are we going to do? Can't we afford to raise him?"

My third brother and I have been working ourselves to the bone, and we were already worried about the tuition fees for studying in the county town next year. Now you're saying you want ten taels of silver for special treatment. Father, that's so much silver, can't we even ask about it?

Seeing his two usually obedient sons suddenly become rebellious after being dismissed by his eldest son's few words, the old man was furious. He was such a busybody; he dared not mention his fourth son buying exam questions—if he did, wouldn't that be slapping his son in the face? If he wasn't confident of passing the exam, he had to resort to underhanded methods.

What excuse is he going to come up with now? Can someone teach him?

"Yes, sir, special treatment will only take a month or two at most, no one will ask for an exorbitant price. Sir, how am I supposed to tell my in-laws about this excuse? They'll scold me and think I'm fooling them."

Old Fang: ...

He looked at his fourth son with a sense of helplessness.

Fang Laosi stood up and looked at Fang Xiaoning. "I'll borrow ten taels from you. You don't need to know what I'm going to do with the money. Just tell me if you'll lend it to me or not. If I become an official in the future, I'll definitely remember that you helped me out."

Who cares if you remember? It's you who's going to be unlucky to be remembered by you.

"Fourth Uncle, I have no money."

"Exactly, an uncle borrowing money from his married niece, where's your shame? And who cares what you do with it? You take the money to kill someone, commit crimes, and in the end, the money was given to you by Xiao Ning, so she becomes an accomplice."

"Boss!"

Fang Youcai picked at his ear with his finger. "Dad, don't be so loud. I'm not deaf. Ten taels of silver. Xiao Ning doesn't have any. Her family just had so many big events. Do you really think she runs a gold mine that can't be emptied?"

Also, the fourth son's imperial examination is a major event for the Fang family, not for the Song family. We can't bring ourselves to ask them for help. Father, you can ask some relatives in the clan for help.

Finally, there was too much money, an alarming amount, and the fourth brother couldn't explain why. My family are honest people, afraid of trouble, and I don't want to get myself into any trouble.

"Brother, are you saying I haven't done anything good?" Fang Laosi considered himself a scholar and assumed they would all give him face and respect. Encountering such a disrespectful person, he was filled with shame and indignation.

"Tell me what you're going to do with the money. Don't tell me it's for private tutoring. Your parents are old and senile. You can fool them if they're ignorant, but I travel to and from town every day. Do you think I don't know how much it costs to run a school? If you want to fool me, you can try cultivating for a few more years."

"Alright, fourth brother, I don't care what you're up to, don't even think about getting anything out of my daughter. She has no responsibility to raise you; if anyone should be raising someone, it's me." The second and third brothers nodded repeatedly in agreement. That made sense. If they hadn't separated the family, they might have been able to get something out of Fang Youcai, not Fang Xiaoning, their married niece. Now, it was even more so; Fang Xiaoning really only needed to maintain a superficial relationship with them. If she didn't, nobody would say anything.

"Daughter, let's go!" Fang Youcai didn't even bother to glance at Fang Laosi. He didn't respect him as his older brother anyway; they were all the same. Seriously, he clearly looked down on him, yet he was trying to take advantage of his daughter. How could Laosi and his father be so shameless!

"and many more!"

Damn it, he just grabbed my daughter away without a second thought. What does he mean by that? Is he even still a member of the Fang family? Even if he was the boss before, he wouldn't side with outsiders like that!

Still not giving up?