The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man-Chapter 834 - : 834 Retrieve the 2 yuan given to the second brother

Chapter 834: 834 Retrieve the 2 yuan given to the second brother

Li Rong’er felt a sense of dread as if she had sunk into a bottomless abyss when she heard this.

If she wasn’t mistaken, it was at least more than a thousand taels!

If they returned it and Su Qingyue absconded with the money, wouldn’t the Xiao Family’s life become much harder? And wouldn’t her own life become much harder as well?

Xiao Yishan’s expression turned icy, “My daughter-in-law… Yue’er, you…”

It wasn’t that he was reluctant to part with the money, but her actions in front of so many people had caused him, the head of the family, great embarrassment!

“Second brother despises me for embarrassing you in front of so many people?” she said with a faint smile. “What about you? When you brought a woman home, did you consider my feelings?” It was one thing for her not to care, but his actions were another matter entirely.

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“Exactly.” Lady Li Wang was keen on adding fuel to the fire, fearing the Xiao Family wasn’t chaotic enough. “The villagers all say Su Qingyue is not good-looking and can’t hold a man’s heart. What’s the use of being able to make money? In the end, isn’t it just benefiting other women for nothing?”

“That’s true!” Aunt Liu still sided with Su Qingyue. “The way Dashan treats Su Qingyue really disheartens everyone who sees it.”

Su Qingyue glanced at Xiao Yishan emotionlessly, “Second brother, it’s true that I’ve caused you to lose face, but you injured my dignity first. I have always respected you as an elder brother. As the head of the family, I am grateful for your care of your two younger brothers. When I was gravely ill, you incurred a debt of six taels of silver for Su Qingyue. I have remembered your kindness, and therefore, I have handed over all the money I earned without reservation. This does not include the money you took to save another woman!”

His face turned an ashen blue, “I told you, I will repay you the twenty taels of silver I owe for Li Rong’er’s debt.”

“There’s no need to repay it,” she said coldly. “You’re a man, so don’t make me say it a third time. The surplus from the silver taels I gave you, give it back to me.”

Xiao Yishan, with a cold face, said nothing and entered the room. In a moment, he came out and handed Su Qingyue a cloth bag, “All the family money is in here, for you!”

Returning the money so readily, Su Qingyue thought that her second brother was still quite sincere at heart. It was just that he was too kind-hearted and was duped by Li Rong’er, a schemer. She opened the cloth bag to count the silver.

In her mind, she tallied up the amounts: excluding what was initially used, and since they were earning and spending simultaneously, after selling 10,000 jin of dried fern and getting two thousand taels, and a total of six hundred and twenty-five taels from selling bayberry wine, the major expenses were one thousand one hundred and eighty-six taels for eighty-four acres of paddy field, seventy-eight taels of silver for six acres of a vegetable field, and forty taels for furniture. This also excluded the twenty taels spent by her second brother on Li Rong’er.

The total should leave around one thousand three hundred and eleven taels of silver.

As for the ordinary household expenses, they had also spent quite a bit on food and vegetables recently, and there should be savings from what her second and third brothers normally earned.

She took out several silver notes from the bag, adding up to one thousand three hundred taels, and ten taels of small change silver, along with some spare copper coins. The amount was about right.

“Included here is the wages for second brother from the past few days, which together doesn’t even make one tael of silver. You spent twenty taels on Li Rong’er for me, which truly need not be returned,” said Su Qingyue as she briefly counted the silver notes and silver taels again before putting them back in the cloth bag. “The money I earned, I’ll take back.”

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After she finished speaking, she tied the cloth bag and deftly stowed it in her sleeve pocket.

Su Qingyue saw that Li Rong’er’s face had turned a bit pale, indicating that this woman was reluctant to part with the Xiao Family’s money.

As for Xiao Yishan, he didn’t seem to care much and coldly said, “The money you’ve earned, if you want it back, then take it. I had no intention of keeping it for myself.”