CHAPTER 181: CHAPTER 181: IOU

Mr. Jiang’s eyes flickered, but he said nothing.

His expectations were definitely more than two hundred taels of silver.

What he hoped for was Jiang Youzhi leading the whole family to prosperity.

Jiang Youzhi looked at the old man who hadn’t spoken for a long time and sneered in his heart.

Over the years, he had seen through the old man.

When Mrs. Zhou or Jiang Rong and Mrs. Yang made a fuss, as long as it didn’t harm his own interests, he stayed silent.

Only when their behavior was too outrageous or contradicted his plans would he intervene.

Sometimes, the things Mrs. Zhou fussed about were actually his ideas, and Mrs. Zhou was merely a tool in his hands.

At this moment, Jiang Rong started to shout again, "No way, at least five hundred taels!"

Mr. Jiang still said nothing.

Jiang Youzhi looked at the old man and said calmly, "Grandfather, do you want to see me utterly break with the Jiang Family today?"

The old man’s body shivered slightly, "This—"

Jiang Youzhi continued, "Two hundred taels, not a penny more."

"If you think it’s not enough, feel free to sue me at the government office. I’ll be waiting."

At this moment, Yun Jiao came over carrying her medicine box.

She placed the box on the ground, took out paper and pen, and set them on the box lid.

Jiang Youzhi bent down, picked up the pen, and wrote a promissory note.

The gist was that the Jiang Family had raised him for eighteen years, and they demanded repayment in silver. He was willing to repay two hundred taels to the Jiang Family as gratitude for raising him.

As for his foster mother, Mrs. Chen, he would support her in her old age, and he would take care of his younger siblings until they grew up.

After he finished writing, he pressed his fingerprint on it and handed the paper to Mr. Jiang.

Mr. Jiang hesitated and did not reach out to take it.

Jiang Rong snatched it up and took a look.

He was illiterate, but since he sometimes played cards with people, he could recognize numbers. Seeing the two hundred on it, he was unhappy, but he knew that if it came to a lawsuit, they would definitely get less than two hundred taels.

What family would spend so much silver raising a child for eighteen years?

He calculated that raising Jiang Youzhi this big cost the family at most a few dozen taels.

Anyway, it was a profit, and a big one at that.

Jiang Rong quickly folded the paper and tucked it into his chest.

At this moment, Jiang Hua murmured from the side, "This promissory note is just a piece of paper, where would you find him in the future?"

Yun Jiao had already packed her medicine box by now. She gave Jiang Youzhi a glance and got on the carriage.

Jiang Youzhi was also fed up with the entanglement with these people. He walked to the side of the carriage and stepped up.

This time Jiang Rong didn’t pull him back but stood in front of the carriage, spreading his arms to block, "No, a single promissory note is useless, you can’t leave."

Jiang Youzhi leaned out of the carriage and said to the drivers of the other two carriages, "You guys go first."

Liu Er and another driver quickly drove the carriage out of the courtyard.

Jiang Rong still blocked in front of Jiang Youzhi’s carriage.

After the other two carriages had gone a distance, Jiang Youzhi turned to look at Mr. Jiang, "Grandfather, if you don’t want me to sever all ties with the Jiang Family today, please pull Second Uncle away."

Mr. Jiang’s face was full of helplessness. Jiang Youzhi’s words had reached this point, if he didn’t move, whatever little affection was left would be gone.

He slowly walked to the front of the carriage and reached out to pull Jiang Rong, "Second, don’t be foolish. Sanlang is going to study, it’s a good thing, why are you blocking him?"

Jiang Rong was pulled a couple of steps by the old man.

Just then, Jiang Youzhi instructed the driver, "Go!"

The driver was also sharp, with a turn of the reins, a light kick to the horse’s rear, and the horse began to run out.