Chapter 139: Chapter 139 - 139: Landlord Wan ‘s Request

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Thus, she returned the five taels of silver that she had just extorted from Zhou Xiaoli.

Lai Jinniang looked pained.

Zhou Xiaoli tapped her finger on the silver and said indifferently, “We’re still short of 15 taels.”

The mayor immediately looked at Lai Jinniang and Zhou Fugui.

Lai Jinniang’s face was bitter. She sat on the ground and shouted, “Aiya, I don’t have any left. Even if you kill me, I don’t have any money!”

She had thought it through. She would take out the money that Zhou Xiaoli had just given her and forget about anything else.

If they want her to write an IOU, so be it. When the time came, she would use the excuse of not having any money to decline paying. As time passed, who would remember?

Lai Jinniang had a good idea. Zhou Xiaoli knew that she couldn’t get 20 taels of silver back, but she wouldn’t let her off easily as well.

She immediately said, “I just saw that you have money on you and your son. I don’t believe that you don’t have it.”

The mayor’s expression was a little ugly now. Clearly, he was a little impatient. He raised his voice a little. “Madam Lai, Zhou Fugui, you had agreed to this plan earlier, but you’re being uncooperative now. In that case, I’ll call the people from the Police Division.”

When they heard about the Police Division, Lai Jinniang and Zhou Fugui panicked.

This was especially true for Zhou Fugui. He had been locked up in a prison before. It was cold and damp inside. There were even rats biting people and he had been tortured. He did not want to go in again for the rest of his life.

He immediately took out a tael of silver from his pocket. “Sir Mayor, this is all I have. Really, please don’t call the people from the Police Division!”

Seeing the mayor’s ugly expression, he turned and glared at Lai Jinniang. “Mother! Where’s the money? Take it out!”

Lai Jinniang covered her chest. “No, I don’t have money on me. It’s true!”

Zhou Fugui didn’t care if she was his mother. He immediately grabbed the money and gave it to Zhou Xiaoli while Lai Jinniang screamed and cursed at him for being unfilial.

“Mayor, we only had this much left. My father is still sick in bed and we can’t stop his medication. Our family’s wealth has long been depleted.”

Zhou Xiaoli counted the two taels of silver in her hand. She did not want to push them too far as well. She nodded and said, “Alright, I’ll take this much for now. You can slowly return the rest.”

Zhou Fugui heaved a sigh of relief and pressed his thumbprint on the IOU that the mayor drafted.

In fact, Zhou Xiaoli didn’t expect Lai Jinniang’s family to pay the rest after signing the IOU.

However, with this IOU, Lai Jinniang would avoid them when she saw them again, which would save them a lot of trouble.

Lai Jinniang laid on the ground, unwilling to leave. “Oh heavens, why is my life so miserable? I raised the two of them, but they’re all ingrates and unfilial children. They’re forcing me to die.”

Zhou Fugui was furious and reprimanded his mother in a nasty tone.

“Why are you crying? It’s all because of you! I already said that it’s a conflict between children. They can just apologize to one another, but you insist on making a mountain out of a molehill!”

“You’re greedy and yet, you still want to provoke Big Brother and the others! Previously, you were the one who hankered after their pearls. You’ve harmed our family so much. Isn’t that enough? I think you’re the real jinx of our Zhou family!”

With that, he flicked his sleeves angrily and left.

After being scolded by her son, Lai Jinniang cried even harder and scolded her son for being unfilial.

However, no one cared about her at all.

After crying for a while, she felt that no one was paying attention to her and became embarrassed. She got up and ran away with her two grandsons.

Zhou Yu repeatedly thanked Landlord Wan and the mayor for their help.

The mayor smiled and said, “Brother Zhou, you’re too polite. Your family was in the right in this matter to begin with. We’re just witnesses.”

“Besides, I treat Little Li as my biological niece. I can’t watch my niece be bullied, right?”

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhou Xiaoli and the others were about to leave when the mayor stopped them.

“Little Li, wait. Come over here.”

Zhou Xiaoli looked over and nodded. After informing Zhou Yu and Zhang Lan, she followed the mayor to the side.

“It’s like this.” The mayor said in embarrassment, “Landlord Wan heard about my family’s ancestral grave transfer and found out that I know a particularly powerful metaphysical master.”

“Many things had happened in his family recently. That’s why he made a special visit to my place today. Hm.”

As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Xiaoli.

He quickly added, “I know. You want to keep a low profile. If it’s inconvenient for you, I’ll help you to reject him.”

Zhou Xiaoli smiled. “It’s fine. Landlord Wan helped my family today. I can help him take a look. Does he also want to see his ancestral grave?”

The mayor shook his head. “I’m not too sure about that. Landlord Wan didn’t say much. If you are willing to help, I’ll tell him.”

Over at the other side, Landlord Wan had been looking at them whispering.

After a while, the mayor walked over and said something to Landlord Wan.

Landlord Wan looked at Zhou Xiaoli in shock and disbelief.

“Young Lady Zhou, so you’re the expert who helped the mayor to move his family’s ancestral graves. I didn’t expect the expert to be a little girl. It’s really surprising.”

After saying that, he quickly added, “I’m not looking down on you for being young. It’s just that I’m too surprised, haha.”

Zhou Xiaoli smiled and nodded slightly, “Landlord Wan, why don’t we talk inside?”

“Sure, sure.”

The mayor hurriedly asked his wife to make tea.

As soon as they entered the house, Wan Landlord said with impatience,

“Master, you have to help me.”

Zhou Xiaoli said, “Don’t worry, Landlord Wan. If I can help, I will.”

Only then did Landlord Wan heave a sigh of relief and say, “Ever since this year, my family has been plagued with accidents. Our business is not as good as before. Recently, my family has been falling sick one after another as well.”

I invited many Feng Shui masters to take a look. The Feng Shui masters said that there was a problem with our ancestral grave, but they couldn’t tell us the exact problem.”

“A few days ago, I happened to hear that the mayor knows a metaphysical master. And that’s why I’m here to visit. Master Zhou, please help me.”

The other party kept calling her master, making Zhou Xiaoli feel old.

She pursed her lips and thought for a moment before saying, “How about this? It’s late today. How about we visit your house tomorrow?”

Landlord Wan was excited. “That’s great!”

When the mayor who had just entered the room heard this, he smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Landlord Wan. Since Little Li has agreed to help, there will definitely be no problem.”

Zhou Xiaoli waved her hand. “Mayor, you’re flattering me. I only know a little about it. I’ll only know if it can be solved after I see it tomorrow.”

The mayor laughed, his face full of certainty. He was even more confident than Zhou Xiaoli was.

“Little Li, don’t be so humble!”

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhou Xiaoli stood up and left. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Zhou Yu and Zhang Lan were accompanied by the mayor’s son and wife in a separate room. When they saw Zhou Xiaoli walk out, they stood up.

They came in a hurry and did not bring a donkey cart, so they walked home. It was not far anyway.

“Little Li, why is Landlord Wan looking for you?” Zhang Lan walked beside

Zhou Xiaoli and asked with concern, “Why is he so polite to you?”

Zhou Xiaoli knew what Zhang Lan was worried about. She smiled and held

Zhang Lan’s arm. “Mother, don’t worry. Your daughter is very powerful.

Landlord Wan came to me for help..”