Chapter 17: This Is My Family’s Private Matter

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

But, of course, the original owner wouldn’t say this out loud. She only thought so in her heart.

Because of the lack of love, the original owner had always hoped that one day she could return to the Bai family in Qianshui Village and get the favor of her grandmother’s family.

That was why she took the initiative to say that she would take care of her grandmother instead of her father.

Almost every month, the Bai family’s people would come to the original owner to ask for silver.

And the original owner would do as she was told.

Mrs. Bai had tried to persuade the original owner, but the original owner didn’t listen.

Originally, the original owner didn’t earn much by selling pork, and she had to give a sum of silver to the Bai family every month.

Therefore, although the original owner’s family lived in the town and did the most profitable business, they couldn’t even afford to pay the single tax of ten taels of silver a year.

Fortunately, the original owner’s younger brother, Bai Jinyan, would copy and sell handwritten notes from time to time to maintain the livelihood of the family…

Otherwise, Mrs. Bai and her two children wouldn’t be able to survive.

As for the way the original owner said to show filial piety to her grandmother, naturally, it was to give silver.

But now, Bai Jinyao would not even let them eat a single grain of rice at home, let alone give them silver.

“Aunt Bai, how much silver we earned is a private matter of my family. I’m afraid it’s not very good for you to ask in front of so many people.”

Aunt Bai did not expect Bai Jinyao to say such a thing. The flattering smile on her face froze for a moment.

“Yaoyao, I’m only asking because I care about you. If you find these people outside too annoying, why don’t you just chase them away?”

As she spoke, Aunt Bai was about to chase the people outside away, but her wrist was held tightly by Bai Jinyao, and she couldn’t break free.

“Yaoyao, let go of me. I’ll help you drive them out.”

Aunt Bai felt that today’s Bai Jinyao seemed to have changed, but she couldn’t tell what exactly had changed.

She could only continue to coax Bai Jinyao.

Bai Jinyao looked at Aunt Bai coldly. In her heart, she was even more speechless towards the original owner. She even hated that she had not lived up to her expectations.

The relationship between the original owner’s family and their neighbors was half-ruined by the original owner herself.

The other half was ruined by the Bai family.

In the past, Aunt Bai was also like this. When people were watching, she would openly say how much the original owner hated her neighbors and the people in town.

When she went to chase away the people around her, she even shouted out the name of the original owner.

She made the surrounding people think that the original owner had asked her to drive them away.

And everyone naturally set this resentment on the original owner.

However, the original owner didn’t know anything about this.

She was still full of hope that she could use the things she did to gain the love and favor of the Bai family.

Bai Jinyao took a deep breath and suppressed the emotions in her heart.

“Aunt Bai, these are all our neighbors. What’s wrong with them coming to take a look out of concern? How could you drive everyone away without my permission?

“You used to be like this too, Aunt Bai, Grandma. You drove away the neighbors who cared about us without my mother’s and my permission!

“They’re all good people here. How could you do this?”

Bai Jinyao deliberately raised her voice so that the onlookers outside could hear her.

It also explained that it wasn’t the original owner’s fault that everyone was chased away before.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

They did not come to watch because they were concerned about Bai Jinyao and her mother.

They really just wanted to watch the commotion and have some fun…