Hearing the other side continuously scolding his daughter, Old Man An’s face darkened. Their family’s daughter, he himself had hardly ever scolded her.
"Old Man Zheng, isn’t it just that our family owes your family twenty taels of silver? Do you really have to curse my daughter like this?"
"Hmph, that damn girl even dared to run away. Cursing her is already lenient. If it weren’t for the fact that she still has to return and consummate the marriage with my son, I’d break her legs."
Old Man Zheng was very disdainful. That damn girl is already destined to be his daughter-in-law without any escape. "Hurry up and send that damn girl out, don’t make us go catch her."
Old Man Zheng’s words enraged the An family mbers to death. An Quan was particularly furious and said directly, "My little sister won’t marry your son."
"Oh ho, when adults are talking, how can a brat like you have the place to speak? Whether your sister marries or not, you have no say."
Hearing his son being belittled again, Old Man An’s face was completely darkened, "Old Man Zheng, don’t curse my daughter and then my son. It’s just the twenty taels we owe you, right? Now we’ve gathered the twenty taels, you have no reason to take my daughter away anymore. Take the silver, and from now on, our two families are clear."
The crowd watching sucked in a breath of cold air when they saw the shimring silver Old Man An took out.
That’s twenty taels, the Old An family couldn’t take it out before. Their daughter was forced to marry a fool, but how co in the blink of an eye, they managed to get it?
A trace of surprise flashed through Old Man Zheng’s eyes. He was very unexpected that the An family could gather the silver.
This silver he can’t accept; he’s not after the silver, his aim is to find a wife for his son.
A wicked smile appeared on his face, "Old Man An, do you think I’m a fool? A re twenty taels and you want to dismiss ? That silver has been borrowed for months now. How much has the interest grown to?"
"You..." Old Man An never imagined Old Man Zheng would be so unreasonable.
Back then, he was too anxious for silver and listened to the words of that wife from the Tian family.
In haste, he borrowed silver from this unfamiliar Zheng family. At the ti of borrowing, Old Man Zheng was all friendly and even said to repay slowly, don’t worry.
But later he turned his back and refused to acknowledge people, insisting on repaying the silver. If not repaid imdiately, he would use An’an to offset the debt.
He only then realized he had fallen into the trap set by others.
But paying debts is a matter of course, they indeed did not have silver to repay, only could let An’an go to offset the debt.
After An’an left, he regretted it. Even if it cost his own life, he shouldn’t have let his daughter marry that fool.
Fortunately, An’an ran back herself. Even if he had to risk his own old life, he couldn’t let his daughter be taken away a second ti.
Old Man Zheng clearly ant that twenty taels weren’t enough, "Old Man Zheng, I’ve only borrowed this silver for a bit over half a year. Even if there’s interest, it would only be 200 wen. I’ll return that to you all at once, and from then on, we owe each other nothing." (The 200 wen is made up for the plot.)
Old Man An only had those 200 wen in his hands. It’s their family’s living expenses later on. Now he could only take it out and think about how to live afterwards.
"Old Man An, 200 wen? Are you dismissing a beggar? Today, all the villagers are here, don’t say I’m making things difficult for you. Principal and interest, fifty taels, if you can take it out, I’ll leave imdiately."
Old Man Zheng paused, his eyes carried a hint of calculation, "If you can’t take it out, your family An’an must beco my son’s wife."
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