Chapter 67 Selling Your Body for Money
This woman's words and deeds are not very good, but her eyesight is really good.
Ye Qiongying's daily attire was not exaggerated, but even so, the woman could tell at a glance that the fabric of her clothes was extraordinary. Even the only jewelry she had was made of pure gold with gemstones. She instantly estimated her approximate worth.
Obviously, Ye Qiongying was much richer than the poor yamen runner - a fat sheep that was easier to squeeze out of.
"I am!" The woman immediately turned to face Ye Qiongying and said loudly, "An Yu is my son. How come he is with you? You are so unreasonable, little girl. Why did you kidnap someone's son without even saying hello? Girl, send my son back and I won't report you! There is a government office next to this place. You won't break the law, will you?"
This time she didn't ask for money, obviously thinking that she could get more by making trouble.
The closer you get, the clearer you can see.
The woman was fat, with a face full of flesh and a cunning look between her brows. She didn't look like a good person.
Looking closely, he didn't resemble An Yu at all, and there was no sense of blood relationship between them.
However, among the group of people behind this woman, there was a thin man whose facial features were somewhat similar to An Yu's. However, one was handsome and fair, while the other was thin and old. The similarities were not obvious, and only a careful comparison could reveal some traces.
The man remained silent and followed the woman like a wooden man. He did not show any expression of anger or annoyance at her words, nor did he join the others in raising his voice and agreeing with greed. He seemed numb to everything.
Standing on both sides of the woman was a man of medium build, who looked 70% like the woman, with a big black mole at the corner of his mouth. His eyes looked around like a mouse, and his hesitant gaze kept looking at Ye Qiongying, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
Uncle Ye almost immediately stood in front of Ye Qiongying and glared at the middle-aged man fiercely.
Feeling that Uncle Ye was not someone to be trifled with, the man immediately shrank his neck and hid behind the woman.
On the other side was a fat wealthy businessman, whose figure was comparable to that of the woman. He wore a melon-shaped hat, several accessories hung around his waist, and no less than five gold rings on his hands. He looked like he wanted to show off his wealth.
When he saw Ye Qiongying's face, he stayed there in amazement for a moment, but when he met Uncle Ye's gaze, he quickly looked away, as if he didn't want to get into trouble.
Among the group of people following these few people, most of them were passers-by.
There were only two young men who looked a little similar to An Yu, but more like the woman. They were not comparable to An Yu herself, and could not even be compared to the real thing and the fake.
Ye Qiongying guessed that the two might be An Yu's brothers.
"So you are An Yu's mother," Ye Qiongying curled her lips, "That's great. I asked the government to look for you for a long time and spent a lot of effort, and you actually showed up by yourselves."
The woman's family's eyes suddenly lit up. It seemed that this young girl valued An Yu very much.
The woman said quickly:
"Yes, it's me! Since we are here, you should return my son to me immediately! Where is he? Did you imprison him?"
Just refuse it and say you want to keep him, so that I can follow up the topic and ask for money.
Unexpectedly, the smile on Ye Qiongying's face faded and suddenly became cold and stern:
"It's good that we found them. Come on, surround them, or they won't run away later!"
The group of guards surrounding the carriage had unknowingly separated some of their men and hid among the crowd of onlookers.
As soon as Ye Qiongying spoke, they immediately appeared and surrounded the woman and her group.
The woman who was about to make a big request was dumbfounded.
What's happening here?
Are you trying to kill someone to silence them?
This girl doesn't seem to be short of money. Why would she just give the money? Why would she do this?
Seeing her doubt and uncertainty, Ye Qiongying explained "kindly":
"Your son deliberately wrecked my carriage and trampled on several precious flowers that I carefully cultivated in my house. He has no money on him and he still refuses to tell me that he has become a monk here.
I naturally wanted to arrest the person, and asked the government office to find him, but I didn't expect you to come to my door. It's just right, pay the money!"
“This, this, this…” The woman was stunned and stammered, “This…he…”
She came here to ask for money, right? Why did she have to pay?
The middle-aged man behind her who looked similar to her quickly popped his head out and said:
"It was just a bump on the carriage and a few blades of grass. How much is it worth? You can't kidnap someone's son and lock him up! My sister and brother-in-law have been worried for a long time and have been looking for him everywhere. It cost a lot of money to get the information! We didn't ask you for compensation, so how can you ask us for money?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" the woman said loudly, with her hands on her hips, "We spent money too, and it was because of you that we spent it. You are the one who should pay for it!"
"Oh, I see." Ye Qiongying nodded. "Okay, how much did you spend to find someone to get the information?"
The woman's eyes lit up again. That's right, this was the track she was familiar with: "We spent ten...one hundred taels of silver! That's right, one hundred taels!"
There was a burst of boos from all around.
"Where did you get this information? One hundred taels, why don't you just rob a bank?"
"We can't even spend this much money in a year. You are too greedy, woman."
"One tael of silver is about right, but a hundred taels? You are really greedy for money!"
……
Obviously, even the people watching nearby felt that it was exaggerated and was clearly a scam.
But the woman was extremely shameless and did not feel ashamed at all. Instead, she shouted:
"Bah! What do you know, a bunch of poor bastards? I have specially found many good hands, so I naturally pay them more. Otherwise, how could you get the news so quickly and rush to the government office? It's only a hundred taels, we can afford it! You poor bastards think it's impossible, and you think others are just like you, with only a few copper coins in their family assets, right!"
"Okay," Ye Qiongying seemed to be really naive and easily believed the other party's words, "One hundred taels, right? I'll give it to you."
The woman and her family immediately regretted their decision.
Of course, it’s not that I regretted saying too much, but seeing Ye Qiongying being so straightforward, I regretted saying too little!
She knew that this girl was a fat sheep!
If I had known he would be so straightforward, I should have ordered five hundred... no, at least one thousand taels!
Okay, when we talk about An Yu’s “selling body money” later, I must double it!
Before they could take the silver, they heard Ye Qiongying say:
"We've agreed on your compensation, so let me talk about mine. My carriage was specially made, using the finest fragrant wood, which is in short supply. After being hit by your son, not only do I need to find the same wood to repair it, but I also need to find that famous craftsman to do it personally. All in all, it will cost at least five thousand taels of silver.
The flowers and plants in my house are all royal products from the palace. They are flower seeds gifted by the late emperor. I have spent so many years growing them and finally they have grown to maturity. I didn't expect that your son would step on and kill a few of them.
Fortunately, not everything was destroyed, otherwise it would not just be a matter of paying compensation, but the person would have to be sent to the palace to be punished.
As for the silver, I didn't ask for much, just three thousand taels of silver per plant. A total of five plants were damaged, so that means fifteen thousand taels of silver. Together with the money for the carriage, it's exactly twenty thousand taels of silver.
After deducting the one hundred taels of compensation I have to pay you, there are still nineteen thousand nine hundred taels left.
You see, should we pay in silver or in silver notes?"