Chapter 29: Leaving

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Tian Zhuangzhu muttered to himself, “Great, we can get them to go away now. We’re going to be saved.”

Madam Liu praised, “My son is really amazing. Did you borrow this from your classmate with the surname Cheng?”

“Yes! But Brother Cheng said that we have to pay interest. Here, this is the IOU! And a banknote.”

Tian Zhuangzhu picked up the IOU and looked at it. However, he was illiterate and asked Weixin to read it to him.

Weixin read that the interest on the 500 taels of silver was one copper coin on the first day, two copper coins on the second day, four copper coins on the third day, and will accumulate as such till Weixin fully paid up. If they couldn’t pay, Tian Weixin would use the ancestral home as a collateral.

Madam Wang said tirelessly, “Yo, it’s just a few copper coins. Is there even a need to use our house as collateral? Seriously.”

Madam Liu also said, “That’s right! It’s not necessary!”

From the beginning to the end, Tian Tieniu did not participate in their conversation. He did not participate in anything except the work in the fields. He would neither help nor harm the two sisters. Therefore, when the entire family was punished, he only felt a little uncomfortable.

Tian Zhuangzhu gathered all the silver, which was exactly 1,000 taels. With the silver, the family came to the main residence. Wunian and Juxiang were sitting at the front of the hall, chatting and laughing. Tian Zhuangzhu boldly took the silver and walked forward to place it in front of Wunian. “This is 1,000 taels of silver. It’s enough to make up for the oppression the two of you were under for 10 years, as well as what we owe your mother.”

“You so badly wish us to go?”

“Yes! In the past, we owed you. Now, we’re afraid of you. I hope you can take the money and leave quickly!”

“Alright! Do what I’ve asked you to do tomorrow. Once you’re done, we’ll leave.”

“I’ll get it done tomorrow!”

The entire family heaved a sigh of relief when they heard this. Even Tian Tieshan felt that his leg no longer hurt.

The next morning, Tian Zhuangzhu went to the village chief’s house. When the village chief saw Tian Zhuangzhu, he said, “I’m coming now. Just in time! By the time we get into the county office, they’d have started work.”

Walking out of the county office, Tian Zhuangzhu felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. From now on, these two people were no longer part of the family!

When Wunian received these two household registration documents, she also felt relieved.

She stuffed the household registration document into her sleeve and placed it in her space. Then she said in an indifferent tone, “Alright, I know you don’t want to see us, but still, I hope that you can live your lives with thoughts of kindness towards others. If you do too many bad things, even the netherworld won’t accept you! Alright, that’s all I have to say. Big Sister, let’s go!”

Wunian took Juxiang’s hand and they walked to the courtyard. With a light wave of her hand, a huge bird appeared.

When Weixin saw this, he shouted, “It’s that bird. The bird that took her away back then.”

Wunian supported Juxiang and they hopped onto the vulture’s back. The bird stood up and flapped its wings a few times before taking off and soaring into the air. Only then did the Tian family members on the ground realize that Wunian might have become an immortal.

Was there an immortal in their family? Why did they only react now? Yes! Immortals would do kind deeds. Even though they had abused the third son’s entire family back then, the girls only came back to scare them. None of them were really hurt by her.

Only, they didn’t expect that two months later, the 500 taels of silver they borrowed became 1,000 taels of silver. In the end, they didn’t even have a house. Weixin was also beaten up badly.

Wunian and Juxiang, who were sitting on the vulture’s back, admired the scenery along the way. When they were tired, they asked the vulture to stop and they found an inn to rest.

“Little Sister, I have a lot of money in my treasure bag. Why do I need the one thousand taels they borrowed? This one thousand taels is a huge amount to them!”

“Don’t worry, Big Sister. I know you can’t bear it. I left a thousand taels of silver with the village chief and asked him to hand it to Eldest Uncle when Tian Zhuangzhu’s family meets with its toughest time. I’ve done this solely on the account that he buried our mother back then. Actually, many times, he had wanted to help us but he was suppressed too much by Madam Liu. I told the village chief that this money was only for Tian Tieniu. It’s entirely up to him whether he wishes to raise this family or not. If this money were to be handed over to Madam Liu or Madam Wang, it will simply vanish.”

“Mmm, Little Sister, you’ve considered this very meticulously. Also, are we going to ride this bird all the way to the capital?”

“No, let’s travel by horse carriage after this! Such a big vulture is too eye-catching. A carriage is normal. Also, we can’t wear these low-quality garments. Others will think that we stole the carriage.”