Chapter 7: Blackmail Meets Black
Hearing this, Sun Huai and the others were dumbfounded.
Fu Jiuqu chuckled lowly.
He has seen a lot of stalker women, but there are not many who play with such fresh and surprising tricks. Moreover, there is a good amount of strength.
"Do you think that Ye is so easy to hook? Well? β
His voice was so low that it fell right into Xin Yi's ears.
Xin Yi looked up in surprise, collided with his gaze, and looked at the dark light under the beautiful eyelashes, crying and laughing.
She just started directly like a female man and used great strength, just because she was afraid that Fu Jiuqu would misunderstand her and want to seduce him. It was self-defeating, with Zhang Xiaoniang hooking up first, no matter what she did, she couldn't change the impression in Fu Jiuqu's heart......
On the contrary, Fu Jiuqu felt that she was deliberately seducing.
That's it. Xin Yi didn't bother to explain, squeezed Fu Jiuqu's solid wrist, and smiled crookedly.
"I say this for a reason. The king of the county thinks about it, I am not a great beauty who was born to captivate the country and the city, so I can't afford to spend so much thought on you...... Since you came to help me, you naturally won't kill me. Unless you have an intention on me! β
Fu Jiuqu half-narrowed his eyes and sneered coldly.
"Hit a rake. Shameless thing, who said I was here to help you? β
Xin Yi frowned at him, and said in an impatient tone, "Okay." Don't force me to take it personally. On the street, ugly. β
As she spoke, she nodded and smiled at the crowd around her.
Smile and nod again.
"Don't be stunned, folks, do the math, calculate how much silver is needed in total to compensate?"
Cooking cakes, omnivorous, and sugar gourds are not valuable livelihoods, and the vendors who buy and sell small books, as soon as they saw Fu Jiuqu's appearance, they had already stopped thinking about asking her to lose money, and wanted to admit that she was unlucky, but how did she know that this little lady was kind?
Several people stared at each other.
"Five, five taels is probably enough."
"No way!" Xin Yi's expression was serious, and he looked at the wolves all over the ground seriously, "There are so many things, how can you only pay five taels?" At least thirty taels. β
"But ......"
But none of their stalls are worth so much silver.
"Don't bargain, are you looking down on my uncle?"
Xin Yi's cheeks were smiling, and his skin looked white and translucent in the dim light, and even those eye-catching little beans looked much better like smeared rouge.
After that, she quietly pinched Fu Jiuqu again.
"Hurry up, there are borrowings and repayments, and you won't be repaid."
Fu Jiuqu snorted meaninglessly, took the initiative to let go, and shouted.
"Sun Huai."
Sun Huai walked over in a low voice. He was born with the appearance of a smiling Buddha, and kindly took out his silver money bag and respectfully handed over thirty taels of silver to Xin Yi.
Thirty taels of silver is not a small amount, a few vendors are grateful to Dade, eager to kneel down for them, those who were glad not to be hit by the donkey cart just now, can't wait to stuff the stall over and let the donkey hit again......
"King Xiejun's grace." Xin Yi sighed, breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled kindly at Fu Jiuqu.
"Sister-in-law doesn't have to be polite."
Fu Jiuqu said indifferently, and Xin Yi felt bad in his heart.
This guy isn't a good guy. Laughing like this, maybe there are some bad ideas in your heart? Asking Fu Jiuqu to borrow money was just Xin Yi's expedient measure, and she was really grateful for the money she borrowed, but she didn't want to set herself on fire.
"I'll pay you back the money, but it's going to take a little longer."
"How much?" Fu Jiuqu's tone was flat.
"What, how much?"
"How much?"
"How much? Of course, it's thirty taels. β
"Nope. The interest is three points, the return period is half a year, and the delay is doubled. Fu Jiuqu took the white silk handed by Sun Huai very naturally, and slowly wiped the syrup on his arm that was dyed red by Xin Yi, and his voice was soft and slow.
"And this garment. You pay. β
Xin Yi didn't answer, and was silent for a moment before asking, "How much is the clothes worth?" β
Fu Jiuqu said: "Five hundred taels ......"
Xin Yi just took a breath, and heard him add: "Gold." β
"Why don't you go and rob the bank?" Xin Yi sneered, "The face is something outside the body, I don't think the king of the county should do it." It's only thirty taels, and you actually open your mouth to make usury? β
"I'm out there." Fu Jiuqu interrupted her coldly, a smile almost invisible on the corner of his lips, and then carelessly took the reins from Sun Huai's hand and turned on his horse.
"My sister-in-law has prepared the silver, and I will send someone to fetch it."
Say goodbye and leave.
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Interest collection is the common method of private lending nowadays, saying that it is three points of interest, but it is 100% usury.
Xin Yi didn't want to calculate how much money she needed to pay back Fu Jiuqu, because no matter how she calculated, she couldn't afford to pay it back.
"As for it?"
Xin Yi patted his clothes, looked at the figure in the distance, and suddenly turned around with a smile, pointing to those sugar gourds and omnivorous snacks.
"Do the math for me, how much does it cost. I double the compensation. β
Everyone: "......"
Didn't you say that thirty taels should be?
Didn't you say that if you lose less, you look down on your brother-in-law?
"I'm sorry, my uncle doesn't lack silver, I don't need it." Xin Yi smiled and nodded at everyone, dragged the stubborn donkey over a little, and said unceremoniously:
"Wrap all these foods, this, and that. The three children in the family have their mouths open to feed, and they see the outside, and they see the outside......"
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Everyone sighed again.
No one recognized her as Zhang Xiaoniang in the Bianjing Mansion newspaper, but most of the people present were ordinary people, and when they heard about her three children, they immediately changed camps, thinking that the three vendors could get double compensation, which was already taking advantage, so they didn't say anything.
"Thank you, thank you, folks."
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This trip, Xin Yi can be said to have returned with a full load.
In addition to the medicinal materials of the Sun family's pharmacy, an additional fifteen taels of silver were harvested. Although it was borrowed, since Fu Jiuqu didn't talk about martial arts, she didn't have to worry about having a lot of debts, so she owed it first.
The way back seemed to be much closer than when it came, but the thunderstorm came as soon as it was said.
In just a few moments, the rain and mist fell down in a low and gloomy manner, like a man-eating beast, covering the heavens and the earth in an oppressive dark.
A small farm on the banks of the Bianhe River, with slippery and muddy roads.
Xin Yi drove the donkey cart cautiously, for fear of hitting it again.
"Meow!" Suddenly, a shadow in the oblique thorn of the path jumped on the front of the car, Xin Yi's eyes flickered, and he quickly grabbed the reins and almost hit it.
The cat was frightened, and quickly got into the donkey cart and hid in the pile of medicinal herbs.
Xin Yi looked back, but found that in the dim light and shadow, a peasant wearing a hat and a hat ran from behind the donkey cart, stepped on the stalks and submerged into the crops, and ran away quickly holding the hat......
"Hey!"
Xin Yi shouted at him as he climbed into the donkey cart to look for the cat.
"Are you looking for your cat? Hereβ"
No one answered, and the figure of the peasant disappeared into the rain and mist.
Be all abroad! Xin Yi's shed that held up the donkey cart shook off the rainwater, opened the finished medicinal herb bags one by one, and called "meow" in his mouth, but he couldn't find the cat when he turned it over.
With such a big donkey cart, the cat has nowhere to hide.
Little thing, when did it slip away?
Xin Yi was stunned and looked at the rain and fog of the world.
The cold wind whistled, the raindrops crackled on the roof of the shed, and an unprovoked chill crept up her spine.
Xin Yi thought of Zhang Xiaoniang's "throwing herself into the river and dying"......
I thought of the eyes in the Mahang Street market today.
Did Little Lady Zhang really commit suicide?
Is someone trying to kill her?
Xin Yi got on the donkey cart and returned to Zhang's house with a wistful expression, feeling more and more that the bloody crossing plot might not be as simple as she imagined......
Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the backyard, before I could unload and place the donkeys, a group of people rushed up viciously.
Liu, who hit the head, was menacing, and screamed when he pointed at her.
"Slut, you say, what did you do to Little Sambo?"