Chapter 1409 - 1408: Severing All Ties

Chapter 1409: Chapter 1408: Severing All Ties

Chapter 1408 Severance

Everyone was amazed to see that Mengyu carried so much cash with her.

Some recalled Shuiyu previously mentioning making money by following Mengyu. They didn’t believe it then, but now they did.

Shuiyu handed the ten thousand yuan in cash to her father and said, "Your debt is ten thousand, but here is ten thousand, I give ten thousand, and Shui Jun gives ten thousand, consider it the buyout money we’re giving you.

I hope that after you take the money, pay off the debt, then use the remaining ten thousand yuan to start a business or buy a tractor to continue transportation. It can be seen as a path my brother and I are paving for you.

However, you need to understand that once you take this money, starting today, my brother and I will have nothing more to do with you."

Ninth reached out to take the money: "Didn’t I just say it? Why say so much?"

Everyone shook their heads, this Ninth really was a scoundrel. Yet, seeing how Shuiyu treated him despite his behavior towards her, it truly was for the sake of father-daughter ties.

However, considering that such children would no longer belong to Ninth, they couldn’t help feeling sorry for him.

Shuiyu saw her father reach out for the money but then draw his hand back: "You can’t take this money unless you write us a severance letter and stamp it with your fingerprint."

Ninth refused: "No way, I can’t write this severance letter!"

Shuiyu scoffed: "Didn’t you just say that by using this money, we sever our father-daughter relationship, and as long as we assume this debt, we’ll have no further ties? Why can’t you write this severance letter?"

Ninth was anxious, scratching his head. Could he say that he was just agreeing recklessly so he could get the money in hand first?

Shuiyu confronted him: "Even if we don’t sever ties with you,

look at the people in the village, how much can a son give his father in a month? If they can give ten yuan to their elders a month, it’s already a lot, right?"

Shuiyu glanced at everyone, and they nodded in agreement.

Indeed, in the countryside, being able to give five yuan a month to parents was already quite generous, let alone this was for the father, and five yuan was quite much.

Shuiyu continued: "My brother and I together would give ten yuan a month, which translates to US$ 120 a year.

You also just asked my brother and me to pay off almost ten thousand yuan of debt for you. Calculating it comes out to eighty-three years of filial piety, you’re forty-three years old this year, adding eighty-three years makes one hundred and twenty-five years."

The villagers listening wanted to laugh, and some couldn’t hold it back: "Who can live to one hundred and twenty-five years?"

But everyone had a mental scale, and Shuiyu’s words simply meant to tell everyone she was already giving Zhang Laojiu much more by clearing that ten thousand debt than two children could possibly contribute for his retirement.

"Moreover—" Shuiyu glared angrily at Ninth: "Moreover, Father, you sold me twice, the first time my classmate secretly altered the blank promissory note where you pawned me to the Golden Ship, so I wasn’t sold for a good price. But yesterday, you truly sold me off. So, in fact, even if I don’t sign this severance letter with you, there’s no relation between us anymore. Because the contract you signed has already sold me off for ten thousand yuan!"

The crowd suddenly remembered, yes, this Zhang Laojiu sold his daughter, how can there be any pension money left?

And not just that, ten thousand yuan!

They usually heard of buying a bride for just 300 to 500 yuan, maybe as much as US$ 700-800, yet Zhang Laojiu sold his daughter for ten thousand yuan!

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