Chapter 10: Demanding What’s Owed

Yun Nian’an nodded, thinking that if they fled to the capital, she could use her modern memories to do some small business, sell vegetable recipes, or make soap, perfume, and other things. Wouldn’t she be swimming in money?

But she shook her head. First, they didn’t have any money now, and even if they did, she wouldn’t dare to do big business right away. She didn’t want to attract attention.

Although she had superpowers, she could protect the whole old Yun family, but she couldn’t take the old Yun family to live in the mountains.

So she thought she could start with small businesses. After the old man Yun finished speaking, he let everyone go back to rest.

The next morning, as soon as the sky began to lighten.

Yun Nian’an got out of bed and heard the old lady Yun knocking on the door.

“My precious baby, aren’t you going to the Wang family today? Are you awake?

After you get the grain from the Wang family, you have to go to your fourth aunt’s house.”

Yun Nian’an heard the old lady Yun’s words and shouted to the door, “Grandma, I’m awake, I’ll be right there.”

The old lady Yun turned and left. Yun Nian’an got up, washed up, and sat in the main hall, quickly eating a pancake.

The old lady Yun, Yun Nian’an, and the other sons and daughters-in-law of the family went to the old Wang family’s house in a grand procession.

Most of the villagers had just finished breakfast early in the morning, and they saw the whole old Yun family going to the old Wang family’s house.

They all wondered what was going on and followed curiously.

When Yun Nian’an and the old lady Yun reached the door of the old Wang family’s house, they knocked on the door. They heard no sound inside.

The old lady Yun had no patience. She raised her foot and kicked the door of the old Wang family’s house hard.

She shouted loudly to the inside, “Don’t pretend to be dead, I’m here to settle accounts with you.”

The old lady Wang had just finished washing up when she heard the commotion outside. When she opened the door, she saw the whole old Yun family standing at her door.

There were also villagers peeking from behind, and she couldn’t help but frown, “Old lady Yun, what are you going crazy for? You came to my house and kicked my door early in the morning? Are you trying to fight?”

The old lady Yun rolled up her sleeves, “What? Are you afraid of me?”

At this time, Wang Yu heard the commotion at the door and came out to see. He saw Yun Nian’an and the Yun family and was slightly stunned.

He thought that they must have figured it out and came to deliver the grain.

He thought about what happened yesterday. The Yun family’s idiot had always followed him around.

Even if she was awake now, she must have been tricked by her family and dared to talk to him like that.

Look, she’s coming to lick her wounds now. He had to talk to the Yun family’s idiot later, he had to ask for more grain this time.

The old lady Wang was a little nervous. If they really fought, she wouldn’t be a match for the old lady Yun.

She rolled her eyes, “Just say what you have to say! What’s with this attitude?”

The old lady Yun saw that the old lady Wang was so quick to back down and couldn’t help but sneer.

“I thought you were so capable! You’re just a paper tiger!

Tsk! I don’t have time to talk to you. You’ve borrowed rice and flour from my house for years, and the IOUs are all here. Every single one, including when you borrowed it, is recorded in this book.

I’m here to collect it today.”

The villagers heard this and pointed at the Wang family.

“I said, how could the old Wang family have money to support Wang Yu’s studies? Look, it must have been taken from the old Yun family!”

“Who says it’s not… The old Yun family has four brothers, but they haven’t supported any of their grandsons to study.

It seems like they’ve been giving all the money to the old Wang family to support Wang Yu’s studies. The old man Yun is really stupid.”

At this time, an uncle from the clan heard the villagers’ words and his face darkened.

Yun Hai, what do you mean? You don’t support your own grandson? You have money to burn by supporting someone else’s?

The old man Yun was startled and looked at his elder brother in the clan.

This old man was the most upright person in their generation, but he always wanted the clan to live a good life.

Hearing the villagers’ gossip, he was afraid that they had misunderstood.

The old man Yun quickly shook his head, “Our family is really too poor to support our grandsons’ studies.

These IOUs are all for coarse rice, black flour, and the like. It took so many years to accumulate this much.”

The old man snorted, “I tell you, you’re a fool.

The old Wang family is not that good. You still want to marry your granddaughter to that family?

If your granddaughter really marries into that family, they’ll eat her alive, and you won’t even know!”

He turned and left.

The old man Yun stood there, not knowing what to do. He had no choice before. He had always spoiled his granddaughter.

But she was crazy about Wang Yu, and she was an idiot.

No matter what he said, she wouldn’t listen. The whole family had no choice but to let her be.

Thankfully, she’s awake now!

The old lady Yun confronted the old lady Wang for a while. The old lady Wang blocked the door and wouldn’t let them in, “You borrowed the grain, why do you want it back?”

The villagers around them gasped. There were actually people like this!

The old lady Yun trembled with anger, “How come you talk nicely when you borrow it, saying that you’ll return it as soon as you have it, but now it’s been so long and you haven’t returned it?

You have to return the grain today, no matter what. Otherwise, don’t blame this old woman for being rude to you.”

The old lady Wang heard the old lady Yun say this and couldn’t help but laugh, “What? Are you going to beat this old woman to death?”

Yun Nian’an stepped forward and said to the old lady Wang, “I wouldn’t beat you to death, old lady Wang.

But I wonder if your grandson will be able to hold his head up in the village?

What if he can’t hold his head up in the academy?

Even if he passes the scholar exam in the future, people will still gossip behind his back, don’t you think, old lady Wang?”

The old lady Wang heard the Yun family’s idiot daring to threaten her and her face darkened, “You dare?”

“Oh, then you just watch and see if I dare.”

At this time, Wang Yu saw Yun Nian’an step by step forcing his grandmother, and he slammed his fist on the table in anger.

He stepped forward and pointed at Yun Nian’an, shouting, “Are you really going to be so heartless? Don’t forget, you used to beg me to follow you and call me Brother Yu. Now you’re treating me like this.”

Yun Nian’an covered her mouth and chuckled, “I was stupid before! That’s why I followed you around and called you Brother Yu. I’m awake now.

Besides, one thing has nothing to do with the other. I’m not asking for the things you tricked out of me before.

My grandmother is just asking your grandmother to return the things she borrowed from our family. Are you trying to be a deadbeat and not give it back?

If so, I’ll go to the government and tell the magistrate.

I wonder if they’ll still accept you in the academy, a person of bad character?”

Wang Yu heard Yun Nian’an say this and his heart sank.

In the Great Dynasty, it wasn’t just about knowledge, but also about character.

He had borrowed so many things from their family, and they had IOUs! If they kept arguing, they would be completely disgraced.

If this got out, even if the teacher liked him, he wouldn’t be able to take the scholar exam in the future.