When Yu Dong gave money to their village to open a pickle mill, these elders were swept up by the amount of silver placed in front of them.
At first, they were a bit more honest but as time went by, these elders became more and more corrupted.
Because of this, the construction of the pickle mill was delayed causing everything to come to a halt. The elders of the village thought that as Yu Dong was relying on their secret pickle recipe, she would certainly give them more money without a hassle.
However ——
‘Ah? You used all the money?’ Yu Dong said to the elders who went to ask for more money after they used up all the money that Yu Dong handed their village.
‘Ye—-Yes, Madam Yu,’ one of the elders excitedly with a hint of nervousness rubbed her hands and said to Yu Dong, ‘There are a lot of things that we require to make this pickle mill a success. So can you please help us?’
Yu Dong smiled at them and said, ‘But what should we do now? There are a lot of things that need money and I have spent all the extra sum of money in my hands. And currently, I do not have the money to hand to you.’
After that Yu Dong would refuse to hand even a penny to the elders no matter how they went to ask for money.
The elders were furious but they dared not to do anything against Yu Dong as they were the ones who were in the wrong first.
They could only swallow their anger and continue begging for money.
Even if they were confident about making decent pickles that tasted better than the others, they could not do it without buying expensive and decent ingredients could they!?
And if Yu Dong didn’t give them money, how would they get their make delicious pickles?
Da Qiao understood that it was Yu Dong’s way of teaching a lesson to the elders of her village. That it was not Yu Dong who needed them, it was them who needed her.
She was the one who was generous enough to throw alms in their hands if they dared to act too out of the line then she could also act as if they never signed a contract.
‘If they had been honest from the start then so many women from our village wouldn’t have been taken away,’ Da Qiao thought with a sigh.
When the women from the Big River Village heard the seriousness of the matter, they immediately turned around and rushed to the village where they told everyone about the taxes and the consequences of not paying them.
“What!?”
“Damn that Yu Linyun and her son! They caused our village to be in trouble!”
“Mom! I don’t want to go and serve in the army!”
At once the entire village exploded when they heard that they would be dragged to work in the army. They were farmers who were not trained to fight in war, if something happened would they not lose their lives?
“I am not going!” One of the women who was the only bread earner of her family snapped angrily, “It’s bad enough that the Empress, who should be protecting us is nibbling on our flesh and blood. Even the heavens are making us suffer, don’t tell me that we now have to suffer because of someone like Yu Linyun as well?”
“That’s right! We——”
“Yu Dong! You vicious bitch! You have caused my son to be ruined! My daughter has become estranged from me and now you also want to ruin my family? Come out and face me!”
When Yu Linyun found out that she had to pay a million tael, she was speechless. She did not believe that such a thing would happen to her, after all, Yu Cheng was already in prison.
The matter should have ended then and there.
But then she was called to the Yamen and was told that she needed to pay Yu Dong a million taels as compensation.
A million taels! Did she look like she was worth that much money!?
Yu Linyun could no longer sit still. She rushed to the village and started banging on the door of Yu Dong’s house.
With a creak the door opened and Yu Dong stepped outside the house. She was calm despite being yelled at as she looked at Yu Linyun and said to her, “Whats the matter second aunt, why are you here and why are you yelling so loudly? You scared my children.”
“You bitch, after ruining my child, you have the face to worry about your children! They deserved to be scared to death!” Yu Linyun roared as she raised her hand to slap Yu Dong.
Yu Linyun no longer cared about Yu Dong being richer and more powerful than her, this woman was not going to be of any help, so why should she be polite to her?
Yu Dong’s eyes flashed as she caught the hand of the woman who was about to slap her and then flung it to one side.
“If you are angry just take it out on me, second aunt. Why do you have to curse my children?” Yu Dong was displeased with how Yu Linyun was cursing her children.
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She was the one who did not raise her properly, why did she have to curse her children?
Yu Linyun stumbled back as she was flung to one side.
“Yu Dong! How can you be so cruel? My son is already in prison, so why are you forcing me to death!? Is it not bad enough that my son is snatched away from me and that my husband is also thrown in prison?”
Yu Linyun screamed and shouted at Yu Dong.
“You are already so rich and yet you are so heartless and cruel! Do you really have to corner my family until we all die?”
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