Chapter 22: Chapter 22: Want Money? No Way!_1 Chapter 22: Chapter 22: Want Money? No Way!_1 She was no longer a member of the Lin Clan, yet they still wanted to constrain her with Lin clan rules?
An Jing sneered in her heart.
“You dead girl, have you become a mute? You don’t even greet your elders!” Lin’s mother cursed as soon as she opened her mouth.
“Uncle Ming, look at her. When I told her you wanted to see her, she acted exactly , not showing the slightest respect for her elder!” Mrs. Gu added fuel to the fire.
Father Lin also wanted to scold An Jing but, as the head of the family, had to maintain his dignity, so he didn’t. However, his lips were tightly pressed together, and his old face looked extremely ugly; anyone could tell he was in a very bad mood.
“Outrageous, truly outrageous!” Seeing that not only did An Jing not greet anyone, but she also sat on the threshold with no manners at all, Lin Ming repeatedly chided her.
Lin An Dong, observing that An Jing did not have a knife or anything of the sort in her hand, really wanted to give her a severe beating. It was this damn girl’s fault that he got punched by A San yesterday, and his face was still bruised.
But now, in front of Uncle Ming, the clan leader, as a junior, Lin An Dong couldn’t act rashly, so he didn’t make a move. But he sarcastically said, “Lin Anjing, you were so capable yesterday, ready to kill this and that with a wood-chopping knife. Why aren’t you holding it today?”
“Shall I go in and get it now?” An Jing finally spoke, asking Lin An Dong with a smile.
Lin An Dong was successfully left speechless.
Lin’s mother was initially stunned, then hastily cried out, “Clan Leader, she did say she wanted to kill me, her own mother. I’m not lying to you; she really did. Look, she wants to go get a knife again now!”
“As a daughter, not only is she unfilial to her parents, she even shouts about hitting and killing the very parents who gave her life,” Lin Ming said with a puffed beard and glaring eyes. “This is an act of supreme unfiliality! An utter defiance of morality!”
“As a daughter?” An Jing finally stood up from sitting on the threshold, smiling. “Lin Clan Chief, you probably don’t know yet, but I have been sold off. I am no longer their daughter and have no relations with the Lin Clan.”
Lin Ming had always been called Uncle Ming by An Jing, and today, being called Lin Clan Chief by her, he was not accustomed to it and momentarily lost his composure.
Lin’s mother became anxious at once: “We have returned the ten taels of silver to Landlord Wang. The deal to sell you has been canceled; you are still part of our family!”
“Is that so?” An Jing spoke slowly and deliberately. “But Xiao Changyi has my servitude contract in his possession.”
“That was given to him by you!” Lin’s mother was furious, wishing she could kill An Jing on the spot.
An Jing calmly crossed her arms and leaned against the side doorframe, “Who gave it is not important. What matters is that the servitude contract is real.”
“You!” Lin’s mother was so angry she nearly snapped her teeth. After taking several deep breaths, she said indignantly, “As long as Xiao Changyi gives me ten taels of silver, I will acknowledge that the servitude contract is real!”
“Haha…” An Jing was amused to laughter, “Even if you don’t acknowledge it, that servitude contract is still real.” If the Lin family had been kind to Lin Anjing in the past, and the act of selling her off was truly a desperate move out of necessity, she would definitely find a way to get ten taels of silver for them. But they were not kind! They want money? No chance! She won’t give them a single penny!
“You—” Lin’s mother wanted to rush up and hit An Jing, but Lin Ming’s glare made her retract her foot and hand.
Lin Ming was not an unreasonable person; otherwise, he would not have been able to lead and be elected as the Clan Leader.
Although Father Lin and Mother Lin’s household was poor, they had never been so destitute as to sell their children. Now that they had sold An Jing, it would sound terrible if word got out, and Lin Ming did have some dissatisfaction in his heart. However, as the Clan Leader of the Lin Family, he had to side with those of the Lin surname.