Chapter 57: Right Here Feigning An Accident To Extort Money
“One for fifty taels, one for twenty taels, one for thirty taels, a total of one hundred taels.” Lin Jianshan took out three silver notes, “I’ll give you the silver notes after I see my son.”
“What are you saying? I’m not a kidnapper demanding ransom from you.” Shang Wan held the chisel and dug holes in the wood, hammering while saying, “The Chen Family’s fifty taels is compensation for bullying Yuan Yuan, your family’s eighty taels is compensation for wronging our family.”
She glanced at the silver notes in Lin Jianshan’s hand, “The two families’ compensation adds up to a total of one hundred and thirty taels. If you can’t settle accounts, find my husband to help, no charge.”
“Don’t push your luck!”
“Who’s the one pushing their luck? Compensation gifts and apologies need sincerity. With your attitude, it’s like I’m extorting silver from you, making people sick. Either pay in full, or don’t come.” Shang Wan raised her voice and shouted, “Xiao Huan, see the guest out!”
Xiao Huan came out carrying the kitchen knife, with blood still on the blade.
Don’t misunderstand, she didn’t intend to chop anyone, she was killing fish and grabbed it on the way.
Lin Jianshan held back again and again but still couldn’t hold back, his face dark as he cursed, “Shang, don’t bully people too much. There’s still thirty taels of silver at Tie Dan’s, a total of one hundred and thirty taels, not shorting you!”
“What does Tie Dan’s silver have to do with my sister? Are you trying to frame us again?” Xiao Huan raised the kitchen knife and glared at Lin Jianshan, “Get out quick, my family doesn’t welcome you!”
Lin Jianshan’s face turned pale then green, clearly visible even in the night.
In the distance behind the tree, Luo Er and Zhang Da, whom Lin Jianshan had begged to come, angrily pulled out the weeds from the ground in anger.
He said to let them see the true faces of the Xiucai Scholar and the Xiucai Scholar’s Wife, but it turned out to be framing again. They would never believe Lin Jianshan’s words again.
The two threw away the grass leaves and quietly left crouching low.
Shang Wan slightly hooked the corner of her lip. The Lin Family really wouldn’t give up. Did they think she wouldn’t know just because they hid far away?
Thinking of the two hiding in the dark, Lin Jianshan secretly grew anxious. Relying on Xiao Huan not daring to really chop him, he deliberately provoked with words, trying to lead Shang Wan to let something slip.
Unfortunately, Shang Wan ignored him completely. Xiao Huan grew impatient, put down the knife, picked up a round wooden stick, and swung it at Lin Jianshan. She couldn’t chop him, but she could hit him.
Lin Jianshan narrowly dodged. Just as he was about to curse, a child’s soft babbling came from behind him.
He turned to look and saw Yuan Yuan lying on the wooden board, her small hand touching the turtle shell, talking to the little turtle.
A dark glint flashed in his eyes. He quickly ran a few steps and picked up Yuan Yuan.
Yuan Yuan, suddenly picked up: ?
The little one disgustedly glanced at the disgusting uncle holding her, kicking her little short legs to get down. How could Lin Jianshan possibly let her go?
Shang Wan looked this way. Lin Jianshan showed a smug look on his face, thinking he had grasped Shang Wan’s weakness, and was about to threaten when suddenly his body stiffened. He hesitantly looked down.
Little Friend Yuan Yuan unhappily squished her little chubby face. One little foot was kicking him in the stomach.
Clearly just a one-year-old child, how could she have such great strength?
Lin Jianshan stared in surprise, “You…”
Yuan Yuan kicked his stomach again, “Down! Down!”
She didn’t want the nasty uncle to hold her.
After two heavy blows in a row, Lin Jianshan hurt so much his back arched, and his hands loosened.
Yuan Yuan fell straight down, scaring the little one into flailing
Shang Wan swayed and caught him.
“Mother!” Yuan Yuan hugged her mother like an octopus and rubbed against her. Her small hand pointed at Lin Jianshan who was clutching his stomach and squatting on the ground, immediately complaining, “Bad! Bad!”
Shang Wan: She can’t even speak full sentences yet, but she’s pretty good at tattling.
She comfortingly patted her own cub, lowered her head to look at Lin Jianshan, “The two people you brought have long gone, no matter how pitiful you act, they can’t see it.”
Doesn’t Little Friend Yuan Yuan know how much strength she has now? Feigning an accident to extort money here, heh heh!
Lin Jianshan’s pupils contracted sharply. He raised his eyes to look at Shang Wan, “You know everything?”
“I have no kung fu time to play these little tricks with you.” Shang Wan glanced at him coldly, “We moved to the village only wanting to live a good life peacefully, but you kept stirring up trouble again and again. Now that the matter is exposed and you don’t want to bear the consequences, is there such a cheap thing in the world?”
Lin Jianshan was silent for a long time, propped himself up from the ground and stood up, took out four silver notes and handed them to Shang Wan, “A total of one hundred thirty taels, count them.”
He had prepared enough silver, but he was still indignant at heart, so he called Luo Er and Zhang Da over, wanting to expose Shang Wan’s true face, but unexpectedly, he was still discovered by Shang Wan.
Xiao Huan stepped forward to take the silver notes, carefully examined them under the candlelight, then nodded to Shang Wan. “The silver notes are fine.”
“I’ve already given you the silver.” Lin Jianshan’s energy weakened, and the look in his eyes as he gazed at Shang Wan carried a hint of pleading, “When can Tie Dan come back?”
“The child is playful. He’ll naturally come home once he’s had enough fun.”
Shang Wan was telling the truth; Tie Dan really did play in the wolf den for a whole day.
At first, the child was still afraid, but later seeing that the wolves didn’t bite him and only wouldn’t let him run around randomly, he became carefree and played together with the wolf cub, waiting for his family to come find him.
After dark, she cried because she was afraid of the dark, but later saw that no wolf paid attention to her, so she stopped crying. Right now, she was sleeping soundly in the wolf den, snoring little snores.
However, Lin Jianshan thought that Shang Wan still refused to let him go.
Shang Wan rolled her eyes at the sky, threw him out, and conveniently reminded Xiao Huan that the vegetables in the pot were about to burn.
Xiao Huan let out a startled cry and ran off to save her kitchen knife.
Yuan Yuan fussed wanting to hear a story, so Shang Wan carried her to Lu Chengjing.
Lu Chengjing took a small seal and gave it to Yuan Yuan to play with, then called out to Shang Wan, “Why didn’t you ask Lin Jianshan about the jade pendant?”
“You’ve already guessed it, so what am I supposed to ask?”
Lu Chengjing was stunned, looking at Shang Wan’s back, “You…”
“If you don’t want to say it, then don’t.” Shang Wan tossed down these words and continued to fiddle with those pieces of wood.
Lu Chengjing pursed his pale lips, his long lashes drooping lightly and casting a fan-shaped shadow on his eyelids.
“Daddy.” Yuan Yuan reached out her small hand and tugged at her own daddy’s collar.
Lu Chengjing lowered his head and leaned close, asking warmly, “What’s wrong?”
“Smack!” Yuan Yuan pressed the seal onto her daddy’s handsome face, leaving a square shallow black mark.
Lu Chengjing: ?
The little one stared at her own daddy with her big eyes, “Mother! Look!”
Lu Chengjing was slightly stunned, “You want me to go show the black mark on my face to your mother?”
Yuan Yuan hugged the seal and nodded her little head vigorously.
“Why?”
“Laugh!” Yuan Yuan curved her eyes, revealing two millet teeth, and pointed her small finger at herself, then at Shang Wan not far away.
Lu Chengjing looked at the little one in surprise. This one-year-old baby already knew how to cheer someone up?
“Quick!” Yuan Yuan patted her daddy’s arm to urge him.
“Mother is busy.” Lu Chengjing raised his hand to rub his daughter’s little head, “Can we show Mother later?”
The little baby girl tilted her little head and thought for a moment, then reluctantly nodded in agreement. The price was that Lu Chengjing got stamped five more times with the seal.
