This big tiger was the turning point of Lin Yuelan’s life. No matter what, she would never let Lin Laosan’s family take advantage of her.
Lin Yuelan stared at Lin Laosan with a cold look in her eyes. Her tender voice rang out in front of all the villagers.
She said, “Since Elder Lin and Elder Li want to put nine years of my upbringing into numbers, then fine. We’ll do it in front of everyone today!”
When Li Cuihua heard Lin Yue Lan’s words, she jumped out and interrupted, “What do you mean by that? No matter how you calculate it, you have spent nine years living with us, eating our food, wearing our clothes, so you owe us.
“Jinx, if you know what’s good for you, hurry up and let us carry this big tiger away. Otherwise, you can convert the nine years of support fees into four hundred taels of silver and give it to me!”
The villagers knew the big tiger was worth three hundred taels of silver, but Li Cuihua directly asked for four hundred taels of silver.
The villagers were once again shocked by Li Cuihua’s greed.
Four hundred taels! Li Cuihua was really shameless.
Three taels of silver were enough for a dozen people to survive comfortably for half a year. Lin Yuelan was only a child. She had only been raised in that home for nine years, so in terms of expenses, it was not even half a tael of silver.
When Lin Yuelan heard Li Cuihua’s exorbitant demand, her young and tender face turned completely cold.
She sneered and asked, “Elder Li, does that mean raising me for nine years will cost 400 taels of silver? Do you remember how I was during those nine years? I was as thin as a stick and only slightly bigger than a kitten.
“In that case, Lin Daguang, Lin Dazhong, Lin Dahua, Lin Xiaohua, Lin Dayao, and all my cousins in the past would at least cost 800 taels of silver to raise since they’re all fair and fat!
“So five of them will cost you at least 4,000 taels of silver. Then, let’s not forget your sons, Lin Daniu, Lin Erniu, Lin Sanniu, and Lin Siniu. Raising them will definitely cost a lot of money. If we calculate it this way, the Lin Family has spent at least 10,000 taels of silver on raising their descendants alone. Elder Li, your family is really rich!”
Lin Yuelan’s last sentence was obviously sarcastic and mocking.
The villagers were stunned by Lin Yuelan’s words. When they came back to their senses, they burst into laughter.
She was mocking Li Cuihua. How did Lin Yuelan turn out so weak and small if they had spent 400 taels of silver to raise her?
“Since you’re so rich, why are you acting like a bandit and robbing me?” Lin Yuelan asked sharply.
Lin Yuelan clearly wouldn’t give them the big tiger to pay for the nine years of ‘nurturing’ they had given her.
The villagers looked at Lin Laosan’s family with a mocking expression.
Of course, everyone knew the girl was mocking Li Cuihua. Li Cuihu was the one who asked the girl for four hundred taels of silver. Lin Yuelan didn’t have money. Even if she did, she wasn’t going to give them the money over such an unreasonable demand.
Li Cuihua said it so grandly because she was jealous of this big tiger and wanted to take it all for herself.
After she was sent back from hell, Lin Yuelan gained divine power, and her brain became sharp.
In the past, Lin Yuelan would be cowed with a single word from Li Cuihua. However, she was now openly mocking Li Cuihua’s greed and Lin Laosan’s shamelessness.
Li Cuihua was a shrewd and thick-skinned woman, but she was not very smart. When she wanted something, she would only pester and argue until her goal was achieved.
Therefore, she didn’t hear the sarcasm in Lin Yuelan’s words. She only angrily pointed at Lin Yuelan and said, “That’s none of your business. You need to give us 400 taels of silver now!”
Lin Laosan was embarrassed by the villagers’ mockery. He said sternly, “Lan ‘Er, I’ve raised you for nine years. Although I didn’t really use 400 taels of silver, I spent a certain amount of silver. This is the truth!”
Lin Yuelan immediately clapped her hands. She said loudly, “Good! Since Elder Lin wants to talk about the truth, we’ll talk about the truth!
“I was born into the Lin family. This is the truth, and I won’t deny it.
“From one to three years old, I was also raised in the Lin family. This is also the truth, and I won’t deny it.
“So from my birth to three years old, how much would it take to raise a child? Can an auntie tell me?” Lin Yuelan asked all the women who had given birth.
“500 copper coins at most!” Someone gave Lin Yuelan an answer. In reality, it was not even five copper coins.
Other families would spend money to buy brown sugar, eggs, and hens for the pregnant mother to recover. They needed nourishment after childbirth.
However, after Chen Xiaoqing was pregnant with Lin Yuelan, she wasn’t given any extra treatment, in fact, she had to work like normal. Whenever Chen Xiaoqing asked for an extra mouthful of rice, Li Cuihua would scold her for being a freeloader.
After Lin Yuelan was born, Chen Xiaoqing did not have enough nutrition and did not have any milk. Li Cuihua did not even give Lin Yuelan any rice porridge. Lin Yuelan was only fed with cold water and leftover grains. This was because Li Cuihua didn’t allow Lin Sanniu’s family to use the stove.
Of course, only the Lin family knew about these things. Lin Yuelan was so young, so she would not remember. Chen Xiaoqing was a weak and incompetent person. She didn’t dare to reveal these facts. Otherwise, she might be threatened with divorce again.
Lin Yuelan nodded, “Alright, let’s count it as half a tael of silver. From the time I was three years old, I was given the tattered clothes that my cousin didn’t want. What I ate was rice soup. I lived in the pigsty. That was how I lived from three to nine years old. I believed my living expense per month wouldn’t even account for one copper coin.
“For the sake of calculation, we’ll calculate it as one copper coin each month. From three to nine years old, that’s six years or seventy-two months. In other words, you’ve spent seventy-two copper coins on me.
“Five hundred copper coins plus seventy-two copper coins equal to five hundred and seventy-two copper coins!” Lin Yuelan calculated the account clearly.
When everyone heard what Lin Yuelan said, they were once again in an uproar.
Outsiders only vaguely knew about the internal affairs of the Lin family.
They had no idea Lin Laosan’s family treated their own granddaughter like this. They were truly worse than animals!
