A Hundred Thousand Taels in Dividends

A bucket of cold water was splashed out from inside, and someone said, "What's all the noise outside? My master is sleeping!"

Cheng Xiao immediately knelt down in the tunnel:

Feng Jiao, come out and see me!

I apologize to you. Let's live a good life together from now on, as long as you pay off all these bills.

"From now on, I'll stay by your side and Yueyao's side. I don't want a son anymore, okay?"

Feng Jiao was busy checking the accounts inside the house. "These shops are mine, and this time I made over 300,000 taels of silver."

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and said, "But he doesn't know if he can afford to pay that much money?"

Feng Jiao smiled and said:

"Don't worry! The Cheng Family has indeed fallen on hard times, but they can still come up with a mere million taels."

These old, established families still care about their reputation. Although Cheng Xiao is disappointing, no matter how disappointing she is, she is still the Cheng Family's only hope.

A maidservant came to report, "That Cheng Xiao is shameless; he knelt down right there, just wanting you to see him."

Feng Jiao smiled faintly and said, "It's alright to see him. I happen to have some free time now, so why don't I take the time to meet him?"

Feng Jiao walked straight out, looked at him, and said, "Oh! Isn't this a wedding? What are you doing kneeling here on your joyous day?"

Cheng Xiao looked up at her and said:

"Jiaojiao, I know I was wrong. Please give me a chance to correct it. I will listen to you for the rest of my life."

I know you did all this. A mere million taels is nothing to your family...

Feng Jiao shouted:

"County Magistrate Cheng, don't spout nonsense at my doorstep. What do you mean by saying that a mere million taels is nothing to my family?"

What money do I have? Over the years, to support you, my family has been living beyond our means. What you're saying is quite interesting.

County Magistrate Cheng looked at her and said, "I know your third brother is capable. If he's willing to save me, he definitely can."

"Why should my third brother save you? Cheng Xiao, we're divorced. Once my family finds out, they won't be willing to help you," Feng Jiao said.

"No, no, no, as long as you're willing to continue living with me, they are still willing."

Jiaojiao, I was wrong. I was momentarily misled by Feng Caigu.

Feng Jiao said loudly:

"You weren't just bewitched by Feng Caigu, otherwise your child wouldn't be this old."

Since you two are in love, I will naturally grant your wish. However, you have incurred a huge debt in order to get married.

Now you want to take me back to pay off your family's debts? Do you think I, Feng Jiao, am that cheap?

Mother Cheng, standing nearby, looked at Cheng Yueyao and said:

Even if you're not doing this for us, you should at least think about Yueyao! After all, she's surnamed Cheng.

Her father has lost everything, what good can this child possibly have?

Feng Jiao said with a half-smile:

"Her name isn't Cheng Yueyao, it's Feng Yueyao, back when they divorced."

The divorce agreement clearly states that the child will take my surname and has absolutely no relation to your family.

You didn't look at it carefully, did you?

This was also brought up by Zhou Wanwan, as ancient divorce treaties were not written in such detail.

However, Zhou Wanwan had more experience, so she naturally drafted a more detailed divorce agreement.

As long as the Cheng Family members bothered Feng Yueyao, they would have to pay ten million taels of silver. At the time, Cheng Xiao was in a fit of anger and didn't pay any attention to it.

Feng Jiao looked at them and said:

"Don't make a fuss at my door. Whether you're doing well or not has nothing to do with me."

I won't save you either; you'd better figure something out yourselves!

Feng Caigu looked at her and said:

"Feng Jiao, as they say, the most poisonous heart is a woman's. You really are capable of doing such a thing, making us owe a huge debt."

You won't get out of this.

Feng Jiao looked at her and said:

"Feng Caigu, didn't you say you two were truly in love?"

Now is the time to test you both, so you must work hard alongside him!

Otherwise I will look down on you.

After saying that, she turned around and went back to her residence.

Cheng Xiao knew it was too late to say anything now. Her Father Cheng seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. "You wretched child! You wretched child, how are we supposed to repay this debt? You didn't want a perfectly good wife, and you had to find someone like this. Are you satisfied now?"

Finally, Father Cheng returned to the Upper Capital. It is said that after returning to the capital, the Cheng Family began to sell off all kinds of fields, shops, and estates, selling everything that could be sold to plug the hole.

Feng Yueyao said thoughtfully, "Mother, I don't really understand. If those betrothal gifts could be sold for some money, why not sell them instead?"

Feng Jiao chuckled and said:

"These betrothal gifts have long been switched. The gold and silver are not real, and the jade is also fake; it's just made of ordinary jade."

Wanwan, here's your 100,000 taels of silver. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have earned this much money this time.

She made over 900,000 taels of silver in one go, and also bought several estates in the Upper Capital.

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and asked, "What do you plan to do with this money?"

Feng Jiao looked at her and said:

"I plan to buy all of it as grain and stockpile it. The Cheng Family also sold a lot of grain this time, and I had it all bought up."

I also secretly bought some cotton from their farm; it should be transported here soon.

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said:

"That's good. I also plan to buy some food to stock up."

Grain prices have been rising recently; even 100,000 taels of silver wouldn't buy much grain.

Feng Jiao thought for a moment and said, "I'll have my brother bring more grain, and I'll share some with you later."

With that matter settled, Zhou Wanwan went home; she's quite wealthy now.

As soon as I got home, I heard Liu Xiuyuan sigh and say, "What does the death of someone in the next village have to do with us? Why do they insist that we poisoned them? It's completely absurd."

Zhou Wanwan remembered that Jiang Wu from the neighboring village had sent people to poison their river, so Zhou Wanwan had them spread the poison directly into their river.

"It seems something's happened to the Jiang Family," Jiang Wu said with his men. "Are you still pretending? This poison is Gelsemium elegans..."

Liu Xiuyuan looked at him and said, "What's wrong with Gelsemium elegans? I don't even recognize this poison, how am I supposed to give it to you!"

Jiang Wu was so angry he trembled:

"You dare say you don't know them? Bah! You have such a vicious heart! Now all the fish in our fishpond have been poisoned to death."

"And all those vegetables were ruined by watering. You have to compensate me, or you won't have a good time."

Liu Xiuyuan looked at them and asked, "How do you plan to compensate us?"

"I want the houses in your Liu Family Village. I think your village is pretty good. Just give it to us!" Jiang Wu said loudly.

When Jiang Wu saw that a high wall had been built at the Jiang Family Village, he knew that they must be trying to keep others away from them. Jiang Family Village did indeed need such a place.