Chapter 88: Three Hundred Taels of Silver, Are We Your Biological Children?
Hearing this, Liang Yushu looked at Nineteen and said, “They are our father, mother, and little sister. Please inform the master that we need to see him.”
“Okay, wait here.”
Nineteen went inside to inform Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan had just finished eating when she learned Liang Yushu and his group had arrived; she instructed Nineteen to lead them to the pavilion outside.
As they approached, Jiang Yan was arranging flowers in a vase.
“Master…”
Liang Yushu called out, but Jiang Yan didn’t look up, continuing to arrange her flowers.
Liang Yulin, thinking Jiang Yan hadn’t heard, also called out.
After several calls,
Jiang Yan slowly put down her scissors and looked at them, saying, “Say what you need to say, my ears aren’t deaf!”
Liang Nian stepped forward, “Miss Jiang, we know we were wrong, please spare us!”
“What are you talking about, I don’t understand.”
Jiang Yan placed a flower in the vase and said.
Wretch!
They’ve been ruined so badly by her.
And she still denies it!
Liang Yuxin felt like rushing over to scratch Jiang Yan’s face.
Liang Nian said with a fawning expression, “Miss Jiang, how could you not understand? I know you’re still angry with us. Rest assured, we won’t sell the tea egg recipe or make tea eggs anymore. If we do, you can have our hands chopped off!”
Jiang Yan understood somewhat; Jun Shen must have had his people do something else to them.
“Can water that’s been spilled be collected back?”
Liang Yuxin glared at Jiang Yan, “What exactly do you want!”
At such a young age.
Quite something!
Jiang Yan raised her voice, “You’re the ones who did wrong, yet you’re fiercer than me. What’s the logic here? Is this how your family teaches you?”
Slap.
Liang Nian slapped Liang Yuxin across the face, fearing Jiang Yan wasn’t satisfied, he slapped his youngest daughter several more times.
“Miss Jiang, it’s all due to my lax discipline, it won’t happen again.”
Jiang Yan slightly raised her eyebrows, “Your daughter indeed needs some discipline, otherwise, you’ll be the ones to suffer. Since you’re so sincere, let’s talk. To resolve this, you’ll compensate with the amount my tea egg recipe is worth.”
“Master, please tell us.”
Liang Yushu hurriedly asked.
Their family was not made of good people, even Liang Yushu and his brother were no saints.
Jiang Yan naturally wouldn’t let them off lightly just because of Liang Yumei.
“My tea egg recipe is unique, and now it’s everywhere, causing our sales to drop significantly. You’ll need to compensate with two hundred taels of silver!”
Liang Yuxin exclaimed, “Two hundred taels of silver, why don’t you just rob us!”
They couldn’t even come up with two taels, let alone two hundred.
Of course, this didn’t include Liang Yushu and his brother.
“Three hundred taels!”
Jiang Yan suddenly raised the price.
Liang Yuxin’s eyes widened in shock.
Liang Nian didn’t let her speak, slapping her several times again, “Miss Jiang, I agree, I agree, two hundred taels it is!”
Jiang Yan bluntly said, “Don’t feel wronged. Aren’t my tea eggs valuable? Our shop used to sell two to three hundred a day, now let’s say we sell two hundred less. At three wen per egg, earning one wen profit per egg, that’s two hundred wen a day. A month is six taels of silver, a year is seventy-two taels. In three years, that’s two hundred taels, with extra. Is that too much?”
“Not too much, not too much,”
Liang Yushu and his group said in unison.
Liang Yuxin, covering her swollen face, harbored deep resentment towards Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan continued, “You think it’s not too much, and I also think it’s not too much, so now I don’t want two hundred taels, I want three hundred!”
Liang Nian’s face immediately wrinkled, “Miss Jiang…”
“If you say anything else, it’ll be four hundred taels…”
Jiang Yan said nonchalantly.
Liang Nian was frightened, “No, no, three hundred taels, three hundred taels…” They currently can’t come up with three hundred taels of silver. Jiang Yan didn’t force them to pay, but she had them write a promissory note stating that they would repay her three taels of silver each month, with triple the amount if they defaulted.
Leaving their house.
Liang Yuxin spoke up discontentedly, “Dad, why are you so easy to talk to? You…”
“Are you still not beaten enough?”
Liang Nian’s voice was deeper than ever, his face as cold as if it were about to freeze over.
Liang Yuxin dared not make a sound.
Frustrated, Liang Nian still raised his hand and hit her a few times, “How could I have such a foolish daughter? Because of you, we owe an extra hundred taels of silver! Do you know how long it takes to earn a hundred taels!”
Liang Yuxin whispered, “Dad, don’t we still have Sister? Let her help us.”
Right!
Liang Nian immediately went to Su Jixiang’s house to find Liang Yumei.
Liang Yumei refused to see them and had Wang Xiuzhen send them away.
What made Liang Nian even angrier was yet to come.
Liang Yushu and Liang Yulin came home and directly told him that they wouldn’t use their earnings to repay the debt.
Which meant.
From now on, he would have to repay the three taels of silver each month himself.
Liang Nian immediately started cursing them, “How could I have such heartless sons? You are too ungrateful!”
“Have we ever been ungrateful? We haven’t even been able to marry yet, and people are laughing at us!”
Liang Yushu retorted.
“Indeed.”
Liang Yulin agreed. He, being the elder brother, often acted more like the younger one, usually letting Liang Yushu take the lead.
Liang Yushu suggested, “You earn so much money every month, and there’s still the little sister. Let her work, or better yet, marry her off. It would help support the family.”
He now loathed Liang Yuxin, fearing she would ruin their good job.
Liang Nian took Liang Yushu’s words to heart but didn’t act on them immediately. The next day, he took Liang Yuxin to town to find work.
After searching around.
Liang Nian found a job moving goods, earning one tael of silver and two hundred wen a month, but it was not an easy job.
Liang Yuxin got a job as a maid, earning eight hundred wen a month, still short by one tael from the three taels needed.
Liang Nian had no choice but to continue discussing with Liang Yushu and the others, who still refused.
He then took the opportunity during a break to find Liang Yumei again.
This time, Liang Yumei met him, but before he could speak, she said, “Dad, Su Jixiang has said that if I help you again, he will divorce me. Do you want me to be divorced by him?”
It wouldn’t be bad if Su Jixiang divorced her.
She could find another family.
Then she could get another dowry, right?
Thinking this, Liang Nian felt it was a good idea, “Let him divorce you. Leave him, and I’ll find you someone better.”
Su Jixiang had indeed said those words.
But Liang Yumei didn’t blame him.
Now, seeing her father’s greedy face urging her to leave Su Jixiang.
Liang Yumei felt an indescribable pain in her heart, “You really are a good father. You’ve never thought about me from beginning to end. Am I really your biological daughter?!”
Chapter 89: The First Birthday
Hearing his daughter say this.
Liang Nian looked at her and said, “You silly girl, how are you not our biological daughter? But you should also think about us. If I had any other way, would I come to you? Do you know Jiang Yan demanded us to pay three hundred taels of silver! And this matter has something to do with you. If you hadn’t helped with the formula, I wouldn’t have lost so much money!”
“So everything is my fault now? If you hadn’t deceived me, would I have done that? I’m telling you, I won’t give you a single penny!”
