Chapter 741 The Replicas Are Better (1)_1
Five hundred taels of silver all at once, even if we took out everything valuable in the house, it would definitely not be enough, unless we sold the courtyard and all the land. Then our family would become utterly destitute!
Fang Hui absolutely wouldn’t allow it! Her eyes glaring with venomous hate, she wished she could smash Pei Qian’s mouth, "Dragging me to the Government Office!? I am your aunt, do you dare drag me to the Government Office!?"
Pei Qian spat fiercely, "You are nothing but an aunt! What good have you ever done for our family? What familial affection have you shown!? When we, your nieces, were bullied and struggling to survive, not having enough food, we never heard about any damn aunt! Seeing our family had money, you came leeching, first scheming against my elder sister, then shamelessly demanding our pickled cabbage recipe for nothing, why should we give it to you!? Just because you bear the title of an aunt, do we owe you anything!?"
"You... you..." Fang Hui, with fists clenched tight, raised her hand, wanting to give Pei Qian a lesson.
"How dare you smash our Jade Cabbage Sculpture, it’s a symbol of wealth, it attracts fortune and prosperity, a jade cabbage that attracts wealth! Something worth more than a thousand taels of silver, only asking you to compensate a fraction, we have already been more than generous! If you dare not compensate, we’ll drag you to Shangguan Mansion! Don’t think that just because you’re called an aunt you can act privileged, if you don’t compensate with silver, then you’ll compensate with a jade cabbage sculpture! Otherwise, see if I let you off!" Pei Qian had long been resentful of Fang Hui, if only they had cut ties with them earlier!
"Qinqin..." Feng Shouxing was almost crying, his gaze towards Pei Qin helpless and pleading.
"If this gets out to the Government Office, it’s not going to look good. What was smashed wasn’t just a teacup or a bowl, but a jade carving, and one that symbolizes wealth at that, our family’s financial luck could be ruined from this fall. Considering the family ties, assigning half the blame to Hong Xia, demanding five hundred taels of silver as compensation from you is already very lenient." Pei Qin said with a cold voice, looking at Fang Hui, "Mrs. Feng wouldn’t think of shirking even this half, would she?"
"You want us to take out so much silver, are you trying to force us to our deaths!?" Fang Hui’s eyes were red with hatred.