As soon as Yang Anshi saw Feng Caie smile, she thought she was truly satisfied and regretted her previous offer, hastily clearing her throat, "I know I’m soft-hearted and I understand your difficulties, so although sixty-six taels of silver might be a little less, if you feel it’s not enough, you can go ahead and buy some additional furniture or jewelry, like a gold bracelet or silver bracelet... not much, just something like that..."
"You’ve got some nerve," Gu Yao couldn’t hold back anymore.
Feng Caie knew immediately that there had been a misunderstanding, and felt even more contempt for the other’s shamelessness. To prevent further misunderstanding, she shook her head, "Auntie, I respect you as an elder because of your age, but it’s one thing for strangers to slander the children due to ignorance and jealousy, a scolding is enough for them. But you, as Xinxin’s elder and relative, you also viciously slander her, where is your conscience?"
"What..." Yang Anshi originally thought that after she spoke, the other party would be grateful and nod, then hurriedly give the silver... but unexpectedly... she was left confused.
"Aunt Yang," Feng Caie said with a cold laugh, "let me make myself clearer. As a grandmother, not hoping for your grandchild’s wellbeing is bad enough, but to speak such filthy words is utterly disgusting. To tell you the truth, I feel sorry for Xinxin. You’ve come to make a scene in my house today, and since it’s the first time, I’ll let it slide. But now, I want you to leave immediately, or else, I will have the village head, Lizheng, come here to discuss this. How can you even qualify to be someone’s elder acting like this?"
"How can you speak like this?" Feng Caie frowned, raising her voice, "We’re doing this for your own good, how can you be so ungrateful? Everyone saw the mess in Linzi, what, are you trying to deny it?"
"Exactly, are you trying to weasel your way out of it?" Yang Anshi glared back.
"Weasel out of what?" Feng Caie was infuriated, "Our Gu Family has never reneged on debts. What you’re saying is just nonsense, so please, get out of our house now and stop causing a commotion..."
"Causing a commotion? We’re here to talk sense..." But Feng Caie stood her ground, hands on her hips, "Our Gu Family won’t put up with disrespect... believe it or not, I’ll sue you for slandering a decent girl. Then Gu Qingheng will end up in jail..."
"What did you say?" Gu Yao lost his patience and stepped forward, "Say that again..."
Feng Caie jumped back in fright, but still stood her ground, shouting, "You want to hit me? Come on then..."
Gu Yao clenched his fists, but he knew he couldn’t really hit her.
"Stop the nonsense, throw them out," Gu Qingheng knew that arguing with these people was like ’a scholar encountering soldiers’—it was pointless, so the only solution was to be straightforward and forceful.
"Who’s afraid of a crippled blind man?" Feng Caie, seeing that Gu Yao didn’t dare to lay a hand on her, became even bolder.
"You..." Gu Qingheng was infuriated, now fully realizing that the Yang family members were unreasonable.
"My poor granddaughter has been ruined by you, and now you’re trying to pull up your pants and deny it?" Yang Anshi suddenly raised her voice and wailed, then hopped toward the gate, shouting as she hopped, "Oh heavens, send someone with reason..." She ended up wailing her lungs out right outside the Gu Family’s gate.