Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 520: Borrowing money

TN: Woohoo! Got another 10 out and, I just realized, we’re ending this year on 520! In Chinese slang, this means ‘I love you’, which is perfect for a bunch of romantics like us! Happy Holidays and see you next year! 

Therefore, he only asked Madam Niu to pass on these few words for him.
He felt that they were enough.

“This is it?” Madam Niu asked furiously, her expression obviously dissatisfied.
What was this? This was playing with her!

Bi Tao interjected: “If it’s just a few nonsense words, forget it! Madam Village Head, you don’t need to bother to go in again.
Our miss has always disliked such nonsense!”

Madam Niu nodded, saying without hesitation: “It happens that I have something to do at home, so I’ll go first!” She really wanted to leave as quickly as possible.

Seeing Madam Niu’s attitude and Bi Tao dismiss his word as nonsense, Old Man Qiao’s head was izzy with anger.
The people of Dafang village were really something!

Anxious, he yelled: “Madam Village Head!” and blocked Madam Niu.

Old Madam Qiao also grabbed Madam Niu’s arm in a hurry and smiled: “We still have more to say! You can’t just leave like this!”

Madam Niu shook her off.
Looking at Old Madam Qiao’s eyes full of tears, her disgust rose ten points.

“Okay, then you guys hurry up and say it!” Madam Niu was terribly annoyed but she couldn’t get rid of these dogskin plasters.
Forcing herself to be patient, she said: “Fang Zhou is a straightforward girl.
If you have something to say, say it! Don’t beat around the bush.”

Old Madam Qiao opened her mouth to speak but Old Man Qiao stepped forward to say: “To tell you the truth, something happened to our family and we urgently need money.
We just wanted to tell her to give us a thousand taels of silver and no one will mention the previous matter, we won’t say a word outside.”

Madam Niu was so stunned that she was speechless for a while.

Although it was a little embarrassing, Madam Niu freely admitted that she was a cheap person.
But today she finally saw what it meant to have no shame!

In her heart, she thought: So what if she was a little greedy? At best, she just wanted a little bit of a deal.
Compared to these two, she was nothing at all!

It was obviously the Qiao family that had plotted against Lian Fang Zhou but now they were so generous, saying they would let the past go for just a thousand silver taels!

One thousand silver taels!

Bi Tao was so angry that she didn’t know what to say.
She struggled for a long time and finally cursed: “Shameless!”

Madam Niu glanced at Old Man Qiao and Old Madam Qiao uncertainly and found that neither looked like they thought there was anything wrong with this.
Nodding, she said: “Alright, I will help pass your message.
Is there anything else? Think quickly.
Once I finish, I really have something at home I can’t avoid!”

“No more! That’s all!” Old Madam Qiao said very forthrightly, as if to say: Look, our request is so small!

Old Man Qiao hesitated, feeling uneasy all of a sudden.
After thinking for a moment, he couldn’t help but add: “If, if one thousand taels is too much, it must be at least seven hundred.”

“How can this be done!” Old Madam Qiao cried anxiously.
“No less than eight hundred taels, otherwise our whole family will drink nothing but the northwest wind!”

Madam Niu laughed secretly in her heart, sneering.
They were talking about the money as if it was already in their pockets! If they could get this money from Lian Fang Zhou, she would take their surname!

“How much is it? Decide now!” Madam Niu said with a hint of sarcasm in her tone.

“Listen to me, only seven hundred taels.” Old Man Qiao said, making the final decision.
He glared at Old Madam Qiao and then told Madam Niu: “Madam Village Head, please don’t mention this at first, leave it for later.”

If you wanted a thousand taels, who would ask for seven hundred first?

“Alright!” Madam Niu agreed and turned to go in.

When she saw Lian Fang Zhou, she immediately sold them out.

Those two were really stupid! Didn’t they see Bi Tao standing there on the side?

Besides, even if Bi Tao wasn’t there, Madam Niu still preferred Lian Fang Zhou.
What a joke, what good did it do her to favor the Qiao family?

Unlike Third Aunt, who was so angry that she was sputtering incoherently and gasping for breath, Lian Fang Zhou burst into laughter, almost to the point of tears.

She had never seen such an interesting family! No wonder Madam Qiao always did such bizarre, stupid things.
It turns out this was a family tradition!

Thinking about it this way, Lian Fang Zhou felt she somewhat understood.

Of course, this did not mean that Lian Fang Zhou agreed to the Qiao family’s request.
She replied in two words: No! Way!

The old couple was so angry, they tried to barge in to talk to Lian Fang Zhou about it but they couldn’t see her at all.

Madam Niu had no benevolence.
Insisting that something was wrong at home, she immediately went back.

The old man and old madam looked at each other.
They had no choice but to follow Madam Qiao back home.

“What will we do!” Now that all her strength and bluster was revealed to be nothing but paper tigers, Old Madam Qiao finally put away her confidence and burst into tears.

Fear of what was to come overwhelmed her emotions until she was out of control.

All the Qiao family members were uncomfortable, frowning and tearing up.
Eldest Madam Qiao and Second Madam Qiao also started sobbing.

“Since she won’t give it, let’s borrow it…” Second Master Qiao suddenly suggested in a low voice, proving that the most silent person was often the smartest.

The cries of the three women stopped abruptly and the other two men brightened.
All of their eyes lit up at once.

Exactly!

“Not bad, not bad! Borrow, we can borrow it from her!” Old Man Qiao said, glancing at his second son approvingly.
Turning to Madam Qiao, his expression was serious: “Daughter, this matter is up to you now.
You are her direct aunt of the first branch.
It’s just a loan, I don’t believe she has the nerve to refuse.
We are depending on you!”

His meaning was that, no matter whether she stalked or harassed her, in short, she must get the money.

Madam Qiao had no choice but to borrow the money.
She couldn’t just watch her parents suffer, she had to agree.

Fearing that Madam Qiao would mess up, Old Madam Qiao and her two daughter-in-laws followed her in person.

When Bi Tao saw them at the door again, her expression was one of admiration: “Miss is really clever!” Before any of them could open their mouths, she continued: “Are you here to borrow money?”

The four people were stunned.
Nodding apprehensively, they said a few good things.

Bi Tao sneered: “My miss expected that you would come to borrow money! She said that the money can be borrowed but not to you, only to Master Lian Hai.
This IOU has to be written by him and stamped with his fingerprint.
To put it bluntly, the money will be lent to him, not you!”

The three mother-in-law and daughter-in-laws were overjoyed when they heard this and smiled happily.
They nodded repeatedly and agreed in a hurry.

Only Madam Qiao’s expression changed and she blurted out in surprised: “Why?”

Don’t expect a person’s temper and character to change instantly.
Madam Qiao’s bones were still stingy, especially when it involved her precious son for no reason.
It would be weird for her to agree.

Her mother and sister-in-laws looked at her with dissatisfaction.