Chapter 948: How About We Lie?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
He Erniu was berated until tears fell from her cheeks.
“You insisted on the deal. You said I had childbearing hips and I would definitely be able to give birth to a son. You didn’t even think before agreeing to the price. That’s no longer my home. I didn’t expect them to sell me off either…
“Stop trying to be reasonable!” Grandma Du went up and pinched He Erniu hard.
He Erniu was in so much pain that she kept crying.
Du Shanqiang started to have mixed feelings. They were willing to buy a pretty one for five silver, but He Erniu was not pretty.
Grandpa Du was getting a headache from the noise. “Alright, alright. Let’s listen to what Shanqiang has to say. Shanqiang must have found other places.”
“If the price in town is just that,” said Grandma Du, “The prices around us are definitely lower! ‘t
Du Shanqiang nodded and said, “I’ve asked all the villages around us. Not many families have the spare money to buy a girl. In Yu family village, there’s a man whose wife died. He offered the highest price, but it was only one silver.
The others offered even lower prices. They said that they were all farmers. Only our family had the money to buy a girl to be a concubine. They didn’t have that much money.”
This was great. Grandma Du was so angry that she pinched He Erniu out of spite.
He Erniu was trembling from the pain.
“It’s over. It’s over.” Grandpa Du’s heart turned even colder. “So, Hongguo can only be sold for four silver at most… Then even if we ask Daxi for a little more, it won’t exceed the money we originally spent on Erniu, right? Otherwise, Daxi would definitely be willing to redeem Hongguo from others at a higher price instead of letting us get a little more money.”
“Why don’t we lie?” Grandma Du suddenly said. “Just say what we heard. The highest value was ten or twenty silver. Anyway, it can’t be more than four silver.’
“This is not good.” Grandpa Du shook his head repeatedly, disagreeing with this suggestion. “Wouldn’t they just find out for themselves? Moreover, Daxi’s family still has people in business. They were all smart. Daxi would definitely borrow money from them if she wanted her daughter back. Even if Daxi and Hongguo do not ask, that family would definitely wonder about the price. Moreover, we’ve already decided that as long as Daxi gives us the money, we’ll let her separate from Shanqiang and take Hongguo away. Otherwise, she’ll be more willing to buy Hongguo from someone else. That won’t be good for us.
Didn’t you also say that an extra penny is an extra penny?”
After hearing this, Grandma Du was a little dejected. She decided to let her husband decide.
“How about this? Let’s set it at four or five hundred wen. We’ll try to get an extra five hundred wen. We won’t say that Erniu spent four or eight hundred coins on us. We don’t want to provoke Daxi and Hongguo.””
Seeing that the old woman had no objections, Grandpa Du looked at Du Shanqiang and said, “Shanqiang, go and call Daxi and Hongguo over. Since this matter has been decided, let’s settle it as soon as possible.”
“l guess so.” Du Shanqiang went to the two. Although he was upset, he also wanted the family to live in peace as soon as possible.
Xue Daxi and Du Hongguo came out of their room in confusion. They didn’t know what Grandpa Du wanted to say to them, but the way Shanqiang spoke to them seemed quite solemn.
Grandpa Du sighed and said, “Let’s not waste time and quickly settle this matter. I’ll tell you the truth. Shanqiang went around to ask around today. Someone is willing to pay the highest price of four to five hundred coins to buy Hongguo..”
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