Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 42 Intimidation

Su Guilan and Grandma Su looked at each other, and similar sinister and cunning expressions appeared in their eyes.

"How could you owe so much money?" Su Guilan pretended to be shocked, as if she knew nothing. "Sister-in-law, who do you owe it to, and how did you owe it?"

Su Guilan's acting was very bad, but Zhang Zhaodi pretended not to notice and repeated the lines she had prepared in advance.

Su Guilan slammed the table and said angrily, "The Feng family is really despicable. Their child is unlucky and can't survive, how can they blame you?"

"That's right." Zhang Zhaodi was equally angry. "I should have reported it to the police. Sister-in-law, you've always been brave. Why don't you help me report it to the police?"

Su Guilan: "...it's better not to report it to the authorities. Didn't you say they'd already buried the baby girl's body? If the authorities come, I'm afraid they'll also convict you, the midwife."

"Oh my God, this really means I have no way out. One hundred taels, how can I pay it back? Father, I'll just go with you..."

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, there is still a way. That Feng guy happens to have some friendship with my husband. Maybe if we ask him to help mediate, there will be a chance for a turnaround."

Zhang Zhaodi stopped crying and looked at her with bright eyes: "Really? Then go back to your brother-in-law and ask him to help me. After this is done, I will definitely remember his kindness."

"My man is only worried about Mu Tou's marriage right now. If you marry Yaoguang to Mu Tou, he will be very happy and will definitely come forward to intercede for you."

Zhang Zhaodi said with a cold face, "After all this talk, you're waiting for me here. Yaoguang will never marry a man like Mu Tou. Just give up on this idea!"

"How can you be like this?" Su Guilan said angrily, "What's wrong with my Mu Tou? Yaoguang married into my family, and I'm her mother-in-law. How could I possibly treat her badly?"

"Don't talk anymore. There's no point in discussing this matter. Even if I die, I won't let Yaoguang suffer any injustice." Zhang Zhaodi said coldly, "Go away. I don't have time to receive you."

Grandma Su pulled Su Guilan to the corner nearby and muttered a few words in a low voice.

"It's no use talking any further. She won't agree. We can only resort to deception. As long as she signs and seals it, her daughter will be forced to marry even if she doesn't want to."

"How to lie?"

"Let's agree first and say we're willing to help them mediate. Then, we'll bring up the matter of buying the land and ask her to sell it to us for twenty taels of silver. Then we'll sign the deed. We'll also include her engagement with Mu Tou in the deed. Then the land will be ours, and the engagement will be ours too. It's signed and sealed by her, so she'll have to acknowledge it even if she refuses. Even if she refuses, we won't be afraid of suing the authorities."

"Okay, this is the only way." Su Guilan returned to her previous seat, sat down and said, "Sister-in-law, mother just said a lot of good things about you, saying that it's not easy for you as a woman without your elder brother. Although we had some arguments before, we are still a family, and we will definitely not ignore you when we see you in trouble. I am willing to mediate and try to lower the silver as much as possible. I guess twenty taels of silver should be enough. The Feng family's daughter is not made of gold. She died young, so twenty taels of silver as compensation is fair. However, we want to buy your land. We will help you mediate and ask you to pay only twenty taels. You can sell the land to us for only twenty taels. This way you will have money to compensate the Feng family and you don't have to borrow money from outsiders."

Grandma Su said with a condescending look, "If you think it's okay, we'll find someone to write the deed and transfer the land title to us right away."

"If twenty taels can solve this problem, of course I am willing to do it. If I lose the land, I can buy another one, but if I lose a person, I lose everything." Zhang Zhaodi said with tears in her eyes.

"Then you wait here, I'll find someone to draft the contract right away." Grandma Su winked at Su Guilan.

Su Guilan said, "I'll wait for you here." Not long after, Grandma Su came back with a deed with wet ink in her hand.

Grandma Su pretended to read it over. The general meaning of the entire deed was that they had agreed to sell the family's ten acres of good farmland and five acres of good land to Grandma Su for twenty taels.

"Do you understand? If so, please sign and seal it!"

"Mom, when did you learn to read?" Zhang Zhaodi asked.

Grandma Su said impatiently, "What do you mean by 'recognize'? I just memorized what he wrote. You can't read, so if I don't recite it to you, do you know what it says?"

"Or, let's find someone who can read and take a look!" Zhang Zhaodi clapped her hands. "I almost forgot, our Wangshu can read! I'll wait for Wangshu to come back and sign it."

Su Guilan and Grandma Su didn't dare to delay any longer after hearing this. Su Guilan grabbed Zhang Zhaodi's hand, cut her finger with a hatchet on the wall, and pressed it directly on the deed.

“Ahhh… I haven’t said I want to press it yet…” Zhang Zhaodi screamed and struggled, but the fingerprint had already been pressed on the place where she would sign and seal.

"Okay, let's go and negotiate now." Su Guilan and Grandma Su looked at each other and left immediately.

As soon as Su Guilan and Grandma Su left, Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu came over from the next room.

"My daughter, will it be bad for you if I sign that thing?" Zhang Zhaodi was a little worried.

"Don't worry, Mom. This is a scam and it won't count." Su Yaoguang said, "I just wanted to make this matter bigger. How can we completely break up if I don't make it bigger?"

Filial piety can be devastating. If I don't completely break off relations with those people over there and cut off all ties with them, even if their family earns a fortune in the future, they will have to give half to them. What a pity!
"What's next?"

"The Feng family will need to step in next." Su Yaoguang said, "It should be time."

As Su Guilan and Grandma Su just went out, they saw Boss Feng appear outside Su Yaoguang's door.

Su Guilan knew Boss Feng, but Grandma Su didn't.

"Boss Feng, why are you here?" Su Guilan asked.

Boss Feng said loudly, "My wife woke up and knew that her newborn daughter was gone. She was sad for a long time. However, she said that if it weren't for Zhang Wenpo, she would not have survived. Zhang Wenpo's midwifery skills are impeccable. The child was originally difficult to deliver, which caused my wife to bleed heavily. Later, she died young, which was also due to her bad luck. I came here specifically to tell Zhang Wenpo that the previous request for her to pay compensation of one hundred taels of silver was just an angry remark. Zhang Wenpo, Zhang Wenpo, did you hear me? Let's just pretend that our Feng family never said anything about that one hundred taels of silver."

Boss Feng's voice was like thunder. Not only the people inside, but even the villagers heard it. They rushed over after hearing the news, curiously waiting for the next development.

"Thank God, Yaoguang's father appeared and saved Yaoguang's mother from a great disaster. One hundred taels of silver, is that enough for us to pay? Now Yaoguang's mother doesn't have to worry anymore."

(End of this chapter)