PFC Chapter 525 Lin Xiang's Wife: I Am the Rich and Powerful (2)
Chapter 525 Lin Xiang's Wife: I Am the Rich and Powerful (2)
Chapter 525 Lin Xiang's Wife: I Am the Rich and Powerful (2)
"Iron Egg's mother, open the door quickly!"
Su Dingding jumped to the ground and gave Gangzi a wink.
Gangzi understood immediately and used a trick. What others saw on the table was stir-fried tree bark, stewed stones, mixed hay leaves, stinky bones, and a bowl of mud soup.
"Here I am!"
Su Dingding slowly opened the door, and a gust of cold wind blew in.
Two men were standing outside the door, Tie Dan's father's eldest and second uncles.
Now that Tie Dan's father is dead, they are worried that Lin Xiang's wife will not be able to repay the money, so they came to talk to her about ways to pay off the debt.
"Uncle, Second Uncle, what brings you here?" Su Dingding shrank back, which was in line with the original owner's character.
"Oh, is this food..."
The eldest and second uncles were stunned when they saw the food on the table. This wasn't food, was it?
"Grandpa, Grandpa, come and eat! Mom says this is braised pork, it smells delicious!" Tie Dan excitedly called out to them.
"Tiedan, is this edible?"
"Tie Dan, your tooth fell out..."
The eldest and second uncles watched as Tie Dan put a stone into his mouth and started chewing it.
They stared in shock, their crow's feet widening, and the wrinkles on their faces deepening.
"Uncle, Second Uncle, please sit down and have something to eat with us." Su Dingding also handed them bowls and chopsticks.
"Iron Egg's Mom, you're feeding this to the child? Is this stuff even edible?"
Su Dingding quietly wiped away her tears with her sleeve, looking as if she too had no choice in the situation.
Tie Dan found it strange; this meat was inedible.
"Grandpa, why can't you eat it? Try it, this braised pork is really delicious!"
"Ah, this child is pitiful without a father," the eldest uncle said earnestly, stroking Tiedan's head. "Tiedan's mother, your second uncle and I were a little hesitant at first, but now it depends on you..."
Su Dingding frowned. He was still thinking about selling the mother and son!
On this snowy night in her past life, Lin Xiang's wife lost her son, whom she depended on for survival, and returned home like a walking corpse.
My eldest and second uncles also came. They originally planned to sell Tiedan to a wealthy family, but they heard that the family had no sons and wanted to adopt one. They also found a buyer for Lin Xiang's wife, an old man in his sixties, who was willing to buy her to take care of him.
As a result, Tie Dan died, and Lin Xiang's wife refused to remarry, kneeling and promising that they would repay the money as soon as possible, and only then did they give up.
In this life, seeing that they were still stubborn, Su Dingding decided to teach them a lesson.
But before learning her lesson, she wanted to have some fun too.
“Uncle, Second Uncle,” Su Dingding wiped away her tears, “you’ve all seen how hard life has been for us, a widow and her child, since my husband passed away. We don’t have a single grain of rice left. I was just thinking of borrowing some more rice and flour from you two. You wouldn’t want to see Tiedan living on this every day, would you…”
"Mom, isn't eating this every day more lavish than celebrating the New Year? What's wrong with that?" Tie Dan didn't know why his mother was crying.
He couldn't even imagine living a life of feasting on meat and fish every day.
The eldest and second uncles looked at Tiedan, who had a very young face. Could this child have gone mad from hunger?
Are tree bark and stones considered abundant?
That stuff is hard to digest; it makes your stomach bloated immediately.
But it's impossible to get them to lend us more rice and flour; it's a bottomless pit, and no matter how much we pour in, we'll never see a return.
"Iron Egg's mother, life isn't easy for our family either."
"Yes, you know, nobody's rich these days. My family has over a dozen mouths to feed. The money I lent to your family for Tie Dan's father's medical treatment was borrowed from others. You see..."
Su Dingding cried even louder.
"Second Uncle, my husband left us in a hurry. If I were to be driven to my death too, then all my debts would be left unresolved!"
The uncle was taken aback. What did this mean? Was he trying to renege on his debt?
Su Dingding continued crying, then plopped down on the ground, and suddenly pulled out a large wad of money.
"Money?" Su Dingding looked up at them in surprise. "Uncle, Second Uncle, which of you took pity on me and gave me so much money all at once?"
Upon seeing the stack of money, both the eldest and second uncles immediately became envious.
They know it's not theirs, yet they still try to claim it all as their own.
"I dropped the money..."
"Brother, how can this be yours? This was clearly the money I was saving to buy piglets!"
The two immediately started arguing, and the argument escalated until they were both red in the face.
Su Dingding clutched the money and asked, "Who among you can tell how much money this is, and what the denominations are? Whoever can tell is the owner of the money."
The eldest and second uncles looked at each other, then continued arguing, because neither of them could explain themselves.
Tie Dan let out a burp; he was stuffed.
He wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth and stared curiously at them arguing.
Su Dingding suppressed a laugh and continued, "How about this, we're all brothers, let's split it in half, I'll divide it among you."
"It's clearly my money, why should I give him half?"
"The money is mine, brother, don't be greedy!"
Although most of the money was in denominations of one cent, five cents, ten cents, and twenty cents, there were also one-yuan and two-yuan notes, and even a ten-yuan note. This amount of money was enough to cover a family's living expenses for two or three months.
Seeing that neither of them would give in, Su Dingding simply slammed the money on the table, "Uncle, Second Uncle, I owe you a lot of money, I can't keep this money, you can take it!"
My uncle was quick; he grabbed the money and walked out with a grin.
"Hey, Iron Egg's mother, what did you do with my money to him?!" Second Uncle chased after him angrily.
Su Dingding opened the door and saw them off, a satisfied smile on his face.
On the way down the mountain, something unexpected is bound to happen.
They will pay the price for their greed.
It was still snowing heavily outside. The second uncle angrily caught up with the eldest uncle and grabbed his arm. "Brother, I already said the money is mine. Give it to me now!"
"Second brother, what proof do you have that the money is yours? Whoever has the money in their hands owns it!"
"You're being unreasonable, huh? Then don't blame me for taking it by force!"
"you dare!"
"Do you think I dare?"
Although it was only a little over twenty yuan, in those days, a month's living expenses were only seven or eight yuan, so it was considered a huge sum of money.
After arguing without reaching a conclusion, the second uncle finally couldn't hold back and took action.
The older uncle was not to be outdone, and the two of them started fighting back and forth.
Su Dingding and Gangzi hid to the side watching the fun; it was so much fun.
Gangzi transformed into a wolf again, howling as he suddenly charged in front of them. Seeing the wolf, the two men were so frightened they ran away in terror.
"Wolves! Run!"
Gangzi chased after them, while they scrambled and stumbled as they ran.
In the end, Gangzi took all the money from them and slapped each of them twice.
The two of them tumbled down the mountain in a sorry state. The older man was so frightened that he wet his pants and they froze, his crotch covered in ice. He barely made it home before collapsing in the yard.
When he was rescued and brought back to the house, his lower body was frostbitten, and he fell seriously ill.
My second uncle wasn't in much better shape; the two wolf claw marks on his body were swollen so badly that he couldn't get out of bed for several days.