Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable Chapter 1166 - 1076: The Female Prime Minister (14)

Except for Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Feng was there, and all the adults were present aside from the children.

Seeing Yin Zheng walk in, all eyes fell on him, like a courtroom scene with three judges. Yin Zheng remained calm, already anticipating today’s situation.

The first to challenge was Old Master Yin, who tapped his tobacco pipe against the bed edge and said in a steady voice, "Explain clearly to what’s going on with the storefront you rented in the town?"

Before Yin Zheng could answer, Mrs. Feng eagerly interjected, "Second Brother, it’s better not to think about lying.

I’ve followed Second Brother to town several tis these past few days and saw with my own eyes that he rented a shop there.

Second Brother, you should explain where the money ca from—did you save up so secret stash over ti?

Instead of handing all the money to our parents, you went and acquired private property for yourself. Second Brother, you’re clearly not putting our parents above you."

Yin Zheng ignored Mrs. Feng and instead looked at Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao, "I indeed rented a shop in town. What do you want to do? Just say it directly."

Mrs. Zhao snorted coldly, "You still recognize as your mother. You went ahead and did such a big thing without saying a word—as if I were an outsider to be guarded against. I can’t possibly be your ’mother’!"

Old Master Yin lit up a cigarette, took a few puffs, and puffed out a cloud of smoke, his face darkened as he finally spoke after a long silence.

"No one in our family is suited for doing business. You should sell that storefront. Your third brother is about to take the exam, and the money from selling the shop can be used for him.

Don’t waste your ti thinking about impractical business ventures in the future. The money in your hand should be the biggest investnt towards your third brother’s exam. Once he succeeds, you’ll truly benefit."

Yin Zheng laughed at Old Master Yin’s shaless words, "Are you treating like an idiot, or have you forgotten? Teacher clearly stated I was more suited for studying than Third Brother and definitely smarter.

That was the real promising future. But what happened? Third Brother cried for a while, and you personally severed my promising path. How could you think I would forget such a grave injustice?

Soone who can use such ans to cut off my future, do you think I’ll believe that when Third Brother becos successful, he will truly rember my kindness? The money in my hands will never be spent on Third Brother. You can forget about it!"

Old Master Yin’s face flushed red then white with anger at Yin Zheng’s blunt words. He was both embarrassed and enraged, unable to contain his fury.

"You little scoundrel, are you holding a grudge against ? In a family of our size, soone has to step up, and everyone else benefits.

You, scoundrel, don’t understand this. You will agree to this matter whether you want to or not.

Tomorrow I’ll have soone sell that shop. You’ll stay ho honestly during this period and not go to town."

Yin Zheng burst into laughter, tears streaming down his face. Despite foreseeing the outco long ago, truly facing this day, Yin Zheng couldn’t help but feel a chill.

Yin Zheng laughed till tears ca out, finally stopping his laughter reluctantly, and said to Old Master Yin, who looked puzzled by his laughter, "Soone with ability, are you kidding?

Among our family’s sons, Third Brother can’t compare to the eldest in social skills or to in intelligence, nor is he as diligent and hardworking as Fourth Brother—but you call him the most capable. This is the funniest joke I’ve ever heard.

Third Brother isn’t the most capable. He’s just the one you and Mom favor the most. To be honest, the storefront in town is mine, but I didn’t buy it. I only rented it for six months to do business.

By the way, the money I used to rent the shop is borrowed usury money, 200 taels of silver, repay 300 in six months, 400 in a year, and a thousand in two years.

If you sell the shop for , I won’t be able to make money to repay the usury debt, and in the future, the entire family would have to bear the burden. So, Mom and Dad, think carefully about whether you want to sell my shop."

Usury ans high-interest loans, and Yin Zheng almost maliciously uttered the last sentence, sure enough, successfully seeing the drastically changed expressions on Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao, as well as Yin Cheng and Mrs. Feng.

"What did you say? You borrowed usury money?!" The first to speak wasn’t Old Master Yin, but Yin Cheng.

Being a scholar, Yin Cheng understood the dangers of usury better than anyone in the family. Families borrowing usury money are inevitably forced into bankruptcy; it’s a bottomless pit, never fully repaid.

Yin Cheng almost imdiately made a decision, resolutely saying to Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao, "Dad, Mom, this is serious trouble, we must imdiately sever ties with Second Brother.

Usurers are brutally ruthless, like leeches sucking blood, once they grab hold of soone, they won’t stop until the family is bankrupted.

If we are still one family with Second Brother, we will bear the usury debt together, and even if we are cut to the bone, we won’t finish paying off this usury.

Urgently, we need to separate Second Brother from our family before those usurers co to collect debts."

No, rely splitting the family won’t work. If we split, we’re still family, and those usurers won’t spare us.

We must sever all familial ties from Second Brother; henceforth, Second Brother and we have no connection, we won’t care if he’s alive or dead, only then can we avoid those usurers."

Though self-preservation amid calamity is human instinct, taking it to such an extent is rare.

Yin Zheng coldly and silently sneered at Yin Cheng’s eagerness to cut ties, feeling neither joy nor anger, only a sense of relief at everything coming true.

Yin Zheng knew Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao wouldn’t oppose Yin Cheng’s decision, and sure enough, Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao paled hearing Yin Cheng’s horrifying depiction of usury, agreeing without hesitation to his proposal.

In this era, filial piety is crucial; no matter how excessive parents are, even killing a child warrants little punishnt, and few condemnations.

It’s an extre emphasis on familial ties; yet, on the flip side, there’s a stark notion in this world that even with close family, all relations can be severed.

Once all ties are cut, people automatically see it as two separate families, and those prospering will no longer care about the others, nor be condemned for indifference or exploitation.

Severing ties truly ans cutting all relations, even familial bonds will be completely severed.