Chapter 840: A stubborn calf
Shen Hanxing was furious when she saw that Yu Dong had not only straight up refused to give them money, but she had also embarrassed them by calling them poor as they did not have anything to use as collateral. If this was before she would not have thought twice before exchanging fists with that woman but now the situation was different, she really needed money and Yu Dong was her only chance at getting the money that she needed.
" Calm down, don't forget that we still need her for the sake of paying that debt back," Old Madam Shen told Shen Hanxing who glared at her and snapped angrily, " If not because of you, do you think we would have to lower our heads like this? You are the reason why she can scold us as she wishes, who asked you to go ahead and drink until you pile a debt on top of our head?"
Old Madam Shen dared not do anything because she knew that no matter what she said it would be useless. She might as well conserve her energy and then try to get the money from Shen Li since Yu Dong was not willing to fork the sum out then Shen Li was the only one who can help them!
She refused to believe that the boy does not even have even a single tael in his pocket!
On the other side Yu Dong was keeping an eye on the mother and daughter pair, when she saw that they were heading towards the town's entrance, she knew that they were going to the Big River village and shook her head. It wasn't as if they could not earn ten taels, it's just that they refuse to work hard —— in fact, she knew the liquor shop owner, that woman was kind and friendly, and she also admired hardworking people.
If the Shen mother and daughter pair were hardworking and willing to pay their debts surely, the liquor shop owner would have reduced their debts by half but they just have to act sneaky instead of hard-working.
" Miss Yu, are they really… your husband's mother and sister?" Now that the two of them were alone and the two women who were harassing Yu Dong were gone, Village head Gu could not help but ask the question which was fiercely burning in her head. As far as she knew, Shen Li was bought by Madam Yu since no one from their village wanted to marry Yu Dong and Madam Yu could only resort to buying a mer to get her daughter married.
Yu Dong turned to look at Village Head Gu and said, " How can that be? The two of them sold Ah Li to my family years ago and never came to see him again. The agreement is written in black and white, most probably they want to take advantage of me which is why they are so eager to suck up to me now."
The original owner was a good for nothing and did not have any money in her pocket which was why the Shen family stayed away from her, they were afraid that instead of getting money they would have to end up forking a sum to send the greedy ghost away. But now that she was here, there was no way she could follow the same path as the previous owner.
When Village head Gu heard that the Shen mother and daughter were trying to scam Yu Dong out of money, comprehension dawned on her face and then she pursed her lips and could not help but say with a disdainful voice, " They are truly too much, they already sold Master Shen what was the point of trying to rekindle a relationship which has been broken already?"
" What can we say? There are all sorts of people in this world," Yu Dong did not comment anything when she heard Village head Gu speak about the mother and daughter pair of the Shen family.
Village head Gu wanted to say something but then the shopkeeper of the shop which they entered turned her attention to them and then greeted them with a smile, " Good evening ladies, how can I help you today?"
" We want to purchase grains and flour from your shop," Yu Dong answered with a smile as she pointed to the fine grains which were piled up in brown buckets which were placed in front of the shops. " Can you tell me what are the prices of the grains at the moment?"
The shopkeeper looked at Yu Dong who was dressed in fine clothes and smiling replied, " The prices in my shop are much better when compared to the rest of the shops what was more we just received new stock of grains. As for the prices, one kg of millet is being sold for six taels at the market but I am willing to sell it at five taels, as for the red beans they are being sold at four taels, soybeans and rice are both seven taels but if you buy both of them, I will knock two taels off."
She then turned to the refined flour and then said, "The refined flour at the same price as rice and soybeans, what do you want to buy miss?"
Yu Dong looked at the grains and then thought about the locust plague which was hovering at the top of her head and then opened her mouth before saying something really shocking, " I want to buy the entire stock of grains in your shop? Are you willing to sell?"
This time not only the shop owner but even Village head Gu was stunned, the two of them turned to look at Yu Dong before the shop owner said, " Bu…But that is more than a thousand taels——"
She did not even finish saying when Yu Dong took out two gold taels from her pouch and then threw them at the shop owner before she asked with a raise of her brow, " Is this enough?"
The shopkeeper looked at the gold taels and then looked at Yu Dong as she blinked her eyes and said, " This is more than enough."
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