Chapter Seventeen One Hundred and Thirty Taels of Silver First Offered for Collection

  "Did you win the game?" Wang looked at Su Bing with suspicion.

  "Yes, Third Auntie. If you don't believe me, you can go to my workplace and ask our boss." Su Bingying met Wang Shi's doubtful gaze with a faint smile still on her face.

  "It's true that I've heard Su Bing's wine shop is going to participate in a competition, but when did Xiao Fan learn cooking skills?" Villager Su Liu asked in puzzlement. Su Liu was Su Bing's cousin, and the two often chatted together in private.

  After hearing Su Liu's words, everyone began to believe that what Su Xiao Fan said was true, but they were all shocked. In their memory, the Su Xiao Fan who couldn't do anything had won in some way.

  "Hmm." In response to Su Liu's confusion, Su Xiao Fan only dryly chuckled a few times and didn't make any reply, nor did he know how to respond.

  Wang's eyes narrowed slightly as he gazed at Su Xiaofan's face, which was only visible because they were standing very close. The Su Xiaofan beside him now was indeed different from the timid and cowardly Xiaofan in his memory. He hadn't paid much attention last time, but after hearing people in the village talk about it these past few days, he wanted to take a closer look today.

  "After a long while, he finally spoke up and asked: 'Why did you repay the silver to your second uncle and third uncle's families first?'"

  Su Xiaofan glanced at Su Er Fu and Su San Fu, a hint of helplessness rising to the corners of her lips: "Third Auntie, look, every time they come to collect debts, both Second Uncle's and Third Uncle's families are fully mobilized, how tiring is that."

  Wang didn't understand what she meant at first, and with a blurry gaze, he could vaguely see that the two families had indeed all arrived. Noticing Su Xiaofan's helpless smile at the corner of her lips, he suddenly remembered that it was their family who had instigated the debt collection last time. In his impression, both families were decent to outsiders, so why did they want to get back the money borrowed by his own family so urgently? It stood to reason that since his elder brother had gone and his mother, sister-in-law, and niece were in trouble, it was only right for them to provide unconditional help if they were capable.

  "Xiao Fan, can't you just pay them back because of that reason? You're all one family, what's the difference between paying back earlier or later?" Yu Xiaohe walked in from outside the courtyard, arriving just in time to hear Su Xiaofan's previous sentence.

  "Aunt Tang." Su Xiaofan called out sweetly.

  "Yes, Xiao Fan, if you want to return the money, first return it to those families who need it urgently. You see, your second and third uncles' conditions are not bad, and they don't lack those few silver coins, and they are all one family, even if you don't return it, it's okay." Su Hu followed behind Yu Xiaohe and walked into the courtyard, although he was talking to Su Xiaofan, but when speaking, he looked in the direction where Su Er Fu and Su San Fu were.

  Li heard this and immediately fell into a bad mood, saying discontentedly: "Tiger, how can you talk like that? We also worked hard to save up that silver.

  Su Erwa gave Su Xiaofan a disgusted look, then turned to Su Hu and echoed his mother's words, saying: "Uncle, my mother is right, our family's silver was also accumulated with great difficulty. And you see, I'm about to get married soon, if we don't have any silver, this marriage will be ruined."

  Su Hu gave a somewhat displeased glare, this kid is really just like his parents, being so petty over money, who doesn't know about their family's circumstances, would they be short of those few silver coins?

  Ye's heart ached as he looked at his daughter-in-law and grandson, wondering why these two sons were completely different from the first son who had passed away.

  The three old women saw this and whispered with a few villagers before saying: "We are currently not short of silver, we agree with what Xiao Fang said earlier."

  Su Xiaofan smiled faintly at San Po, then turned to look calmly at those so-called relatives of hers, and lightly opened her lips: "I don't know if the eighty-five taels of silver on me are enough to repay the debt to my second uncle's and third uncle's families?"

  Su Er Fu saw that she was looking at him and asking, thought for a moment but couldn't recall how much silver his family had lent to them. After all, the financial power of his household was in his wife's hands. He immediately turned to ask Li Shi: "Ask San Di Mei if it's enough?"

  Li and Meng thought about getting the silver back every day, so they naturally knew it very clearly. When Su Er asked, he replied: "Not enough, during the period when Big Brother was ill, we borrowed about 80 taels of silver from our two families, plus the silver when Big Brother died, adding up to a total of 130 taels."

  Su Xiaofan walked over and stood in front of Li's family, asking: "So I'll pay you back the eighty-five taels first, can I pay the remaining forty-five taels later?"

  "It's alright, we're all family, it can be delayed a bit later too." Li saw the money and her eyes lit up, smiling as she stretched out her hand to take the silver coins from Su Xiaofan.

  Su Xiaofan didn't immediately hand over the silver in her hands, but instead looked at her with a cold expression.

  Li saw that she didn't let go, seemingly worried that she would regret it, and forcibly snatched at her several times. After failing to do so, he raised his voice and asked: "Xiao Fan, are you going to regret it in front of everyone? Aunt San and the others have all agreed to let you pay us back first."

  "Not backing down, I have something to say before giving you the money." Su Xiaofan gripped the bag tightly in his hand, refusing to let go, and even with Li's considerable strength, it was not easy to snatch it away from him, as a chef, he still had some wrist power.

  "Whatever..." Li looked at her impatiently, as long as she didn't ask to borrow money from him, everything was fine.

  "I hope everyone will witness again, today I first repaid the silver to their family, and in the future when I have silver, I will definitely repay it to their family first, but..." Su Xiaofan said, pausing slightly as if deep in thought.

  "What is it?" Li asked impatiently, her voice trembling slightly as she spoke out loud.

  Su Xiaofan's lips curled up into a brilliant smile: "When our family was in trouble, you lent us 130 taels of silver. In the future, if your family is in trouble, we will lend you no more than this amount. In other words, from today on, the relationship between our families is limited to these 130 taels of silver, and there are no other entanglements. If anything happens in the future, don't use our kinship as an excuse."

  "Cut." Li coldly snorted, looking at their family's situation, how could it be possible for her to go ask them for help, this time she was able to get one hundred taels of silver was just luck.

  "How?" Su Xiaofan raised an eyebrow and looked at Li in front of her, then turned her head to glance at Meng beside her.

  "Alright." Meng didn't think much and agreed directly, it was good to get some silver back as soon as possible, he had once thought that the silver would not be returned.

  Su Xiaofan smiled slightly, took out the silver from her bag and put it into Li's hand, saying clearly: "Second Aunt, after today, don't come to our place unless you have something important. When I need to return the silver to you, I will personally bring it over."

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