Chapter 641: Not willing to let go
" And you should make sure to hand in that money every month or else I will take those tools away!" Old man Tang was extremely arrogant when he asked for money it was as if Yu Dong was his servant and she has to listen to him even if she did not want to or else he will make her pay for her actions!
Everyone was stumped when they heard Old man Tang's request, he was actually asking for eighty taels of silver for those broken tools that he has not used for years. Why does he not go and ask for Yu Dong to call him daddy and then act filial to him for the rest of her life?
Even Yu Dong was surprised, she knew that old man Tang will find trouble with her once he finds that she is using the tools that second Aunt Yu brought from the town but she did not think that he will be so shameless! For the sake of avoiding conflict, she was thinking about offering ten taels to their family even when her grandmother said that she brought those tools back from her aunt but now she did not want to hand anything!
" Old man Tang, are you a mer or are you a hooligan on the streets who asks for money from honest people?" Even village head Gu's expression changed when she looked at Old man Tang who was acting like a greedy pixu, does he think that he can do anything that he wants to do just because his grandson was studying in the town?
" Does those tools have diamonds or silver attached to them? How can you ask for so much money for just a stone grinding mill and a small stove?" Village head Gu could not help but curse Old man Tang in her head, this was clearly something that Yu Dong was doing out of her violation and she did not have any need to do something like this, what was more she has even offered her a good deal, if old man Tang made Yu Dong upset and the latter refused to help the village then what will they do?
" This is not up to you to decide !" Old man Tang could not care for anything as he snorted at Village head Gu in disdain when he saw that everyone was acting all flustered and anxious, he thought that he might have gotten the hang of their painful nerve and got even more happy, sure enough as long as he was thick skin, he will be able to get more money!
He has heard from her daughter that these tools took one or two months to make, depending on the availability of the raw material, as long as he was to refuse Yu Dong using those tools then he will be able to make one hundred and sixty taels! He was so smart! Hehe!
" This is our family matter and those tools belong to my family, if I say I am not handing those tools then I will not hand those tools, either you pay me or you can fck off!"
Old man Tang's words were really vulgar and it caused the villagers to be really angry as well but Yu Dong who was the target of those words was exceptionally calm. She nodded and said, " If that is what you want then all right, I will not take those tools away. You can sit on them as long as you like and wait for them to hatch a golden egg for you."
Her words caused Old man Tang to be shocked, he heard Yu Dong say that this was a great opportunity for the village to make a lot of money which was why he thought that Yu Dong will agree to his request after all who will not want to earn more money?
But what Old man Tang did not know was that Yu Dong was never after money, she only wanted to care about her husbands and children as long as she had a decent sum of money in her pockets to get whatever she wanted to give to her husbands, she will not care about anyone and anything.
Unlike him, she was not running after money which was why she did not care whether or not she was able to open the oil mill. If she could not open it this month then she will open it next month, but she will never pay a tael to someone like Old man Tang!
" You…"
" Why are you looking so shocked? Did you think that I am doing it for money? I am doing it because I want the villagers to keep their heads up when they go to the town and not get bullied by anyone. I am not in a hurry to extract oil, I can give the orders for new tools to be made and wait for them to arrive. I have enough to last without oil, even if I don't I can always hunt animals and make animal fat but what about everyone else? Will they be able to stay without oil and ration for so long?"
She covered her cheek and then sighed, " You are really selfish to only think about yourself, ex-grandfather."
Old man Tang was speechless but he could not even get a chance to say anything because he was attacked by the villagers who were all spooked when they heard that Yu Dong was not going to extract oil for them, they were already banking on the fact that she will make oil from the rice bran and if she was to stop now what will they do?
" Old man Tang can you stop stirring shit for one day?"
" How can you be so selfish? Do you think that just because you have brought those tools then you can watch everyone die?"
"That's right, if I were you I would have handed those tools to Yu Dong without asking for money!"
The villagers attacked Old man Tang but they underestimated Old man Tang's shamelessness. The latter was furious when he saw that he was getting bullied by the villagers and sat down on the ground as he started slapping his thighs and shouted, " Oh I see! You all are bullying me because I was abandoned by my woman! I have no one who will be willing to protect me that is why you are bullying me right?"
The villagers who were scolding Old man Tang turned silent when they saw him act like this but Old man Tang who wanted to get his hands on those eighty silver taels did not stop and shouted, " I know you all look down on me but those are my family tools and I am looking out for my family——-"
" Enough! I bought those tools from you and your daughter already so why are you making a fuss!"
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