The Transmigrated Farm Girl's Journey to Wealth

"At home, we have about fifteen taels of silver, and the land, I estimate, can be sold for around eighty taels. Our house..."

"Uncle Song, just give me the silver and the land." If he gave him the house too, he would really drive his whole family to despair.

Actually, it's pretty much the same now. Without money or land, how will they survive? Like him back then?

This is not something he should be thinking about; everyone has their own way of living.

The three couldn't help but sigh, "The Song family lad, in the end, still has a soft heart. That's good, that's good!"

Yang was like a lump of mud; she and her husband had ruined the whole family.

"Thank you, thank you so much!" Old Man Song kept kowtowing in gratitude. In the end, they still showed leniency.

The Qiu couple were utterly terrified by their state; they had lost everything except their house. If their in-laws found out, they would skin them alive.

"What do you say?"

"We...we..."

What can they say? They don't know! They dare not pay! They'll be beaten to death!

Looking at Song Feng and Fang Xiaoning pleadingly, he begged them to have pity on him, saying he really wouldn't dare to do it again.

Let them off this once, just this once!

"Are you going to pay compensation or go to the authorities?" Seeing that they remained silent for a long time, Song Feng became impatient. "Send them to the county government office."

"Yes."

"No, no, no, we'll pay back the money, we'll pay back the money." If they go in, will they even come out alive? Money or life, they'll definitely choose life.

The parents-in-law are not as scary as the county magistrate; at least they won't die.

The clan chief personally led the two home to retrieve the silver and land deeds, while the village chief went to Old Man Song's house to collect his belongings.

Qiu's mother-in-law stubbornly refused to hand over the silver and land deeds. "They've done such despicable things, they should pay for it themselves! This is our Song family property, you can't take it away!" the old woman cried and shouted. They would rather die than give up their land.

The clan chief said sternly, "When things were good, why didn't you say we weren't family? You don't want any, huh? Fine, all of you, leave the village and be expelled from the clan."

They're all being unreasonable and pedantic, thinking he's a pushover.

Exterminate the clan?

The elder looked at the clan leader in shock. People without a clan are like rootless duckweed. They cannot be expelled from the clan, absolutely not!

In the end, she had no choice but to resign herself to handing over the silver and land deeds. After the clan chief left, she burst into tears. It is said that Qiu and her family were beaten half to death.

When everyone in the village learned of the two families' fates, they all sighed with regret and repeatedly reminded themselves that what is not theirs should not be coveted.

………………

Five years later.

"The constables are here! The constables are here!"

The shouts of the villagers could be heard clearly from the entrance.

Fang Youcai straightened his sleeves, looking at Zhao Shi with some nervousness, "Mother, how do you think it's going?"

Zhao rolled her eyes at him. She was already half-buried, so why was he so vain? Couldn't he see the white hair on his head?

"Will it work?" Fang Youcai asked again, unwilling to give up, after not receiving a response.

Helpless, Zhao replied perfunctorily, "Alright."

Fang Youcai was satisfied and straightened his back. Today was the most important day of his life, and he had to look his best!

"Congratulations, Master Fang! Congratulations on passing the imperial examination!"

"Thank you, thank you! You two must be tired from your journey. Please come in and have a seat."

Fang Xiaoning wanted to laugh as she looked at her pretentious, affected father. "Yeah, the older he gets, the better he gets at putting on airs."

"It is truly remarkable that my father-in-law, at his advanced age, can still make tireless efforts."

"You'd better not let him hear you say that."

Song Feng choked. Yes, his father-in-law, especially in the last two years, probably after turning forty, hated it most when people asked his age. He dreaded his sister-in-law asking him, "Dad, why do you have gray hair?"

"Ahem... Let's go inside." She picked up her daughter, "Come on, let's go in and congratulate the master!"

Old Master Fang sat at the head of the table, looking at his eldest son, whom he thought was the most useless, with a complicated expression. Back then, he thought his fourth son would be the most promising, but it turned out that his academic achievement was bought, and he even went to jail for it.

At that time, the fourth child had been studying for more than ten years, starting from elementary school. The eldest child, on the other hand, only took five years from elementary school to taking the exam.

Thinking about his fourth brother now, he had to admit that he had bet on the wrong horse and chosen the wrong people.

Fang Youcai handed over two large red envelopes and saw the yamen runners off. "Father, I have passed the imperial examination and I plan to hold a grand celebration."

Fang Xiaoning: She knew that her father would never miss any opportunity to show off. He knew that at most he would only pass the preliminary examination and could not go any further.

He said that at his age, he was past the age of striving, and eating, drinking, and having fun were his pursuits. Although he hadn't strived when he was young, he wanted to try for the title of "Child of the First Rank" in the last two years, probably because he wanted to show his father that choosing him back then was the right thing to do.

"Ah? Good, good, good, it should be a grand celebration, it should be a grand celebration!" The old man was in a daze as he left, and Fang Youcai stared at his back for a long time without saying a word.

"Father, what grand plan do you have in mind? A three-day feast for the whole village!"

Fang Youcai glared at Fang Xiaoning, "You spendthrift! How much money would you spend in one or three days at most? Even if I were rich, I wouldn't spend money like this."

She just asked the question, why such a big reaction? At worst, she'll pay for it herself.

“One day, the whole village has a continuous feast.”

"Okay, whatever you say, I'm going home now."

"Wait, I've passed the imperial examination! Aren't you going to stay and have a meal with me to celebrate?"

Fang Xiaoning held out her hand, "I've bought all the gifts, take a look!"

Fang Youcai took it, grinning. "See? My daughter knew he'd pass the exam all along; she even prepared the gift. He, Fang Youcai, is a genius!"

"Jade pendant?"

"Well, do you like it?"

Fang Youcai examined it carefully. It was very translucent and very green. Although he didn't know much about jade, he knew it was definitely not a cheap item.

My daughter is the most considerate, much more so than my two boys. She happily hung it on her waist, asking, "Doesn't it look good?"

"Super handsome, he suits you perfectly."

Fang Xiaoning was so good at talking that she almost made Fang Youcai's beard stand on end.

One meal was enough to knock him out, and it also got Song Feng drunk.

Zhao and Fang Xiaoning looked at the two people slumped over the table. "What should we do?"

"Mom, have someone prepare a room for me. Fang Tiezhu, Fang Gou Dan, why are you two alright? You can drink so much, you must have been out partying these past few years, right?" Fang Xiaoning squinted at the two men, whose faces were only flushed but showed no signs of drunkenness.

"Mom, you have to be careful with their allowance. The county town is far away, and who knows what they might be doing behind our backs? Especially Gou Dan, he's already playing around before he's even married. Don't let him become a spendthrift playboy."

Zhao glared at them, and Fang Tiezhu's wife also looked at him.

"We didn't, honey, don't listen to your sister's nonsense. We've never done anything like that, I swear! Sister, don't wrong us." Fang Tiezhu almost cried. Was his sister trying to ruin him?

"Don't tell me you have a natural capacity for alcohol."

Fang Tiezhu blushed, "I really didn't go out partying. It's just that sometimes, when I come home at night, I'll have someone cook a few dishes and we'll have a few drinks. Gradually..."

Gradually, it became a daily habit to have a few drinks, and gradually, my alcohol tolerance improved...