Chapter 132: Ingenious Use
“Oh, right—these are the IOUs you two signed!” Yun Jiao pointed one by one to the black-and-white papers on the table. “This one’s for the medium-sized jar you bought from the old man, this one’s for the small one, and this one is for…”
After introducing them all, she solemnly wrote a string of symbols they couldn’t understand across the paper, then said in a serious tone, “Adding the medical fees from the past two days, and the labor cost for rescuing you from the Netherworld, the total comes to 236,705 taels. For my uncles’ sake, I’ll waive the five taels at the end—so that’s 236,700 taels even.”
She then neatly rewrote the number in words they could read.
Wen Qing: “…”
Yuan Jiang: “…”
Wait a minute! Did they walk into the wrong sect? Their little martial niece had to be joking… right?!
(￣△￣；)
But Yun Jiao’s expression didn’t change at all—she said in a businesslike tone, “So, would you like to pay in full now, or would you prefer credit? If it’s on credit, there’s a daily interest rate of three percent.”
Wen Qing felt his entire soul leave his body. Having once been chased by debt collectors himself, he knew full well that this little niece wasn’t joking—she was dead serious about collecting. He almost wanted to cry.