Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 931 - 133 Repay Money_4

Chapter 931: 133 Repay Money_4

The people present, except for Lin Jiazhong and his wife, Lin Yuan, and Xia Zheng, could not possibly know the meaning behind Lin Jiazhong’s words.

Lin Jiazhong knew the silver was gone and could only think of ways to raise money. He glanced at Lin Jiaxiao and called out, "Youngest brother."

Before Lin Jiazhong could finish, Lin Jiaxiao had already stepped back, assuming a nonchalant attitude: "Don’t call me! I don’t have any silver! Besides, we’ve already divided the family assets, your family’s issues have nothing to do with us! Don’t expect me to repay your debts!"

Seeing his youngest brother behave this way, Lin Jiazhong was at a loss for words.

His gaze shifting, Lin Jiazhong saw Lin Jiaxin but, after hesitating for a long time with his lips moving silently, he ultimately couldn’t bring himself to ask to borrow silver from him. With a heavy heart, he stamped his foot: "Fine, there’s one last piece of land left in my family. I’ll sell it now and repay you with the silver."

The lands he had received when he split from his younger brother had almost all been sold off, originally held back to plant crops for his son’s marriage in the future, but now, it also had to be sold.

The old village chief frowned, feeling troubled. To repay the debts, Boss Lin’s family had almost sold off all their land, and now that the debt was settled, another issue had arisen. Alas, what a sin!

Village Chief Wang also furrowed his brows: "What kind of land is that? How big is it? Can it fetch more than ten taels of silver?"

This question left Lin Jiazhong bewildered. Indeed, his piece of land was not large; even getting five taels of silver would be a stroke of luck—how could it possibly bring in more than ten taels?

"I’ll take this land."

A crisp voice rang out, drawing everyone’s attention to Lin Yuan’s gently smiling face.

"Da Ya, you..." Lin Jiaxin stared at his daughter in a daze.

"Dad, our family doesn’t have much land to begin with, and I just so happen to want to buy a piece, so let’s take this one. You won’t be mad at your daughter for making her own decisions, right?"

Lin Jiaxin smiled. How could he be mad? He should be thankful to his daughter instead.

Lin Jiazhong looked as if he hadn’t heard properly and repeated, "You, you’re saying you’ll take it?"

Lin Yuan nodded and took out fifteen taels of silver from her purse: "I’ll take the land, here’s the silver."

Lin Jiazhong’s hands trembled as he took the silver from her. Suddenly remembering something, he looked up and said, "That deed, I will... later..."

"No hurry. The old village chief is here, how could I worry about you not giving it to me?" Lin Yuan said with sparkling eyes, looking at Lin Jiazhong, making him feel unnerved. He vividly remembered the day he led people to catch an adulterer, intending to dunk his niece in a pig cage.

Alas, how fortunes change!

Lin Jiazhong handed the silver to Village Chief Wang, who glanced at Lin Yongcheng and said, "We won’t pursue this matter further this time. However, we hope that you better supervise your son from now on to prevent him from doing any more harm in our village. All right, old village chief, we will take our leave now."

After finishing his words, Village Chief Wang exchanged a few courteous phrases with Lin Jiaxin and then left with Wang Dagen and a few others.

Wang Dagen, before departing, cast a regretful look at Lin Yongcheng, shaking his head mournfully. If only this young man had better character, what a fine son-in-law he would have made—a true pity!

Aunt Wang quickly followed Village Chief Wang and the others out to see them off.

Seeing Lin Yuan spend more than ten taels of silver on a piece of land from Lin Jiazhong, Lin Jiaxiao walked over with a snigger: "Yuanyuan, are you still looking to buy land? I still have two parcels for sale, and if you’re interested, I’ll offer you a deal. Not much, just ten taels of silver for each piece, how about it?"

No sooner had Lin Jiaxiao spoken than some villagers laughed scornfully.

Lin Yuan also looked at him with amusement. Lin Jiaxiao always looked for opportunities to take advantage. His land was barely worth five taels of silver, yet he wanted to sell it for ten, thinking Lin Yuan was an easy mark?

Watching Lin Jiaxiao’s ingratiating smile, Lin Yuan’s face glowed with amusement: "If your son were tied up here, I would also spend silver to buy your land."

Lin Jiaxiao’s smile stiffened and he rolled his eyes before walking away disgruntled with a snort.

Li Feng’e, holding onto her two sons, rolled her eyes in disgust at Lin Jiaxiao: "Serves you right! Have you even looked at your own character? Ten taels of silver? You should be grateful if someone gives you one!"

"Stop yapping at me!" Lin Jiaxiao was already upset from hitting a snag and his wife’s nagging made it worse, so he lowered his voice and threatened through clenched teeth: "Continue and you’ll be chewing on a shoe sole when we get home!"

"You wouldn’t dare!"

Li Feng’e glared fiercely at Lin Jiaxiao. Ever since their first big fight over the New Year, Lin Jiaxiao had started laying hands on her every couple of days. Initially, Li Feng’e would run back to her parents’ house, but as the beatings became routine, she stopped bothering. They would fight bitterly every three days and have minor spats every two, and it became so habitual that a day without conflict felt odd.

"Just watch if I dare!" Lin Jiaxiao glared back just as fiercely.

The two young sons, with sorrowful expressions, looked up at their parents in their furious state, both instinctively shrinking inward. Both children were at a sensitive age, and the sight of their parents’ angry faces could make them turn pale with fear.

After the people from Wang Village had left, the old village chief looked sternly at Lin Yongcheng on the ground and rapped his cane hard: "You beast! You’ve even started stealing from other villages! You’ve completely disgraced our Lin family nook!"

Upon hearing this, the villagers unanimously began to criticize, their fervor even greater than when Lin Yongcheng had been exposed for stealing bricks.

Lin Yongcheng, tied up so tightly he couldn’t move, knelt on the ground without uttering a word, his complexion paling even further, and his lips starting to shiver uncontrollably.

The old village chief rapped his cane harder, silencing everyone, and then continued: "Wang Village’s debt is paid, now it’s time to settle our village’s debts!"

The old village chief extended his hand to the side and said to Da Han, "Hand it over!"