Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 25 - Counterattack (2)_1

Direct hit!

“Ouch——”

Suffering the hit, Mu Chongcai felt dizzy, holding his head and swaying a few times, nearly falling over.

“Who?

Who the hell dares to hit me!” He shouted while hopping on one foot.

However, when he saw the weapon lying on the ground, his anger was extinguished in an instant.

Silver!

Pure fine threads, heaps of broken silver!

Big and small, scattered all over the ground.

Mu Chongcai didn’t care about beating people or his headache, he quickly squatted down to pick up the silver from the ground.

Mu Chongfu and Lady Li, who had already been helped up by Mu Caiping, forgot about confronting Lady Du and Cai Fei over the debt.

They just kept their eyes on the silver.

Mu Zhongli rushed forward, picked up the purse from the ground, and turned it upside down.

“Ding dang dang dang…

” A few copper coins fell into his palm.

“Why is there only this much?”

Mu Zhongli wasn’t satisfied, he snatched the silver from his son’s hand, weighed it in his hand, and hummed: “At most it’s four taels.”

“What?

Such a big wild boar sold for only this much silver?” Mu Liankui forgot about teaching his daughter-in-law and grandchildren a lesson, his focus was entirely on Cai Wei’s purse.

Lady Mu Bai also chose to ignore Lady Du’s outrageous actions, she hopped down from the kang, snatched the purse from her son’s hand, and while stuffing it inside her bosom, she scolded Lady Du, “You SKU-deep slut, how did you waste the silver leaving us with just this much?”

Cai Wei stated indifferently, “What’s all the fuss?

The silver has been exchanged for goods.

If grandma wants it, you can take the goods instead.”

Upon hearing Cai Wei’s words, Lady Mu Bai’s old face softened somewhat.

“Hmph!

At least someone in this family knows their place and respects their elders!

“The old lady was very pleased with Cai Wei’s attitude.

At the mention of Cai Wei telling them to take whatever they want, Lady Li immediately lit up with joy.

Ignoring both her face sore from being hit and the notion of respecting elders, she hurriedly ran towards the kang to grab the fine cotton cloth.

Mu Chongfu singlehandedly hoisted up a bag of rice, and Mu Chongcai quickly darted into the kitchen and brought out a large cut of fatty pork and a bottle of bean oil.

Mu Zhongli and Mu Liankui were busily rummaging through the house, finding white flour, tea leaves, wood charcoal…

“Older sister, older sister, they’re all bad guys…”

Seeing his uncle’s family turning out all the precious items that his sister had brought back, Wu’er could not help but cling to Cai Wei’s leg, sobbing hopelessly.

Lady Du watched as Mu Zhongli’s family raided their house with impunity, unable to stop them.

Feelings of rage, frustration, and helplessness surged within her.

All she could do was to hold onto Wen’er and Fei’er, suppressing her sobs…

“Why are you crying?” Cai Wei chided.

“Even if we lose these things, it wouldn’t amount to much.

We can just go to town tomorrow and buy everything back.

It will be the same.”

“What?

Buy again?

Do you still have money?” Mu Zhongli, stopping what he was doing, suddenly turned serious.

Mu Liankui leaned in and protectively said, “Cai Wei, you’re a good, honest kid.

Tell Grandpa honestly: how much money did you get for selling that wild boar?”

“10 taels of silver.

If you don’t believe me, ask the shopkeeper.” Cai Wei’s expression seemed as genuine as a pearl.

Lady Bai squeezed her way through and took hold of Cai Wei’s hand, coaxing, “good child, tell grandma: have you hidden any silver?”

“Ah, grandma, all these items have their prices.

If you and grandpa and uncle calculate, you’ll know whether I have hidden any money.”

After robbing her and still treating her like a thief, Cai Wei felt so irritated she wanted to cuss.

This family truly was the worst of the worst!

Despite Cai Wei repeatedly denying that she had any hidden silver, Lady Bai wasn’t convinced.

Slobbering with an old face, she extended her dried-up chicken-claw-like hand to pat down Cai Wei.

Cai Wei shivered in repulsion and pushed her away, forcing a smile, “so, you don’t trust me?”

Lady Bai laughed it off, “It’s not that I don’t trust you.

You’re still young and don’t know how to manage finances yet.

If you get your hands on money, you’ll spend it without thinking.

It’s better to leave it with me.

I’ll help you save it, and it can be used for your bridal gifts in the future.”

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Gazing coldly at the old woman who lied as easily as drinking water, Cai Wei felt a chill running down her spine.

Honestly, even a ghost wouldn’t believe the old woman’s words, let alone her.

“I am grateful for my grandmother’s consideration.

However, as a grandchild, I must say I truly do not have a single penny left on me.”

“Nonsense!

If you have no money, how could you promise them that you can buy all these goods back tomorrow?

Tell me quickly, where did you hide the silver?”

Mu Zhongli, tired of pretending to care, directly waved his fist and roared threateningly.

His threats were full of menace, indirectly warning Cai Wei: if she didn’t hand over the silver, she would have to endure a beating.

Cai Wei curled her lips, looking at her uncle who was acting like a clown.

She softly said, “Uncle, I truly don’t have a single penny right now.

But tomorrow in town, as long as I turn someone in, I can get a reward of ten taels of silver!”

“Turn someone in?”

Mu Zhongli was taken aback, an unfavorable premonition crept into his heart.

“Turn in whom?”

Mu Chongfu had also put the bag of rice down, watching Cai Wei with caution.

Cai Wei casually brushed aside a lock of hair from her forehead and said with a pleasant smile, “Well, today in town, an old beggar was unfortunately killed by a horse carriage.

The culprit, who caused the accident, ran away.

If he hadn’t run off and instead taken the old man to the medical center in time, the old beggar might not have died.

What a pity, a life has been taken just like that!

Anyway, today the county magistrate happened to be in town to visit his family and saw this incident.

He has already said that he was going to take strict measures, ah yes, this has already been reported up to the county magistrate.

I heard that according to the law, causing bodily harm and fleeing after an accident will be tried as a homicide.”

Cai Wei nonchalantly made up stories.

The County magistrate returning to town was something she had heard about today, but the rest was all fabricated.

However, this speech scared the living daylights out of the first family’s house, and they couldn’t help but drop the things in their hands, giving Cai Wei a guilty look.