"The words here are clearly written in black and white. Kid, you still want to renege on your debt?" Someone come! " A burly man walked over. He looked like he could tear Tang Yi into shreds.
As expected, Tang Yi compromised. He didn't know if it was a deal or not, but he just happened to have fifty thousand silver taels on him.
"No, no, no. Big brother, don't be angry. I'm just confirming the number. Look, here's fifty thousand taels of silver, my debt... Is it time to write it off? " Tang Yi took out the banknotes that he was carefully protecting. It was fortunate that he came over. Otherwise, he wouldn't have enough money to pay them back without a single banknote remaining.
Of course, he knew that he must have done something to this black man, but he was in the wrong. There was nothing he could do but to let his entire fifty thousand taels be taken away for nothing.
"That's more like it, but I might not have explained it clearly to you just now. Just now, you were a bit late in handing in the money, so you increased another fifty silver taels." "Cut the crap. Hurry up and take out the money. Otherwise, you'll be able to rise again in a while." High-interest loans were indeed high-interest loans. Even when increasing money, they were still able to do as they pleased.
When Tang Yi saw his creditor's face right now, he felt really regretful. No matter what, he was still an acquaintance.
They had taken their fifty thousand taels, yet they still wanted that trifling fifty.
"Masters, our friendship is quite deep. Can we make some arrangements?" "It's only 50 taels, I don't have it on me right now. Look, the 50,000 taels is already here, do you think I still need that 50 taels?"
Although Tang Yi was right, usury definitely had its own rules. Their set amount of money couldn't be less than a single cent.
"Yeah, you can't even take out a mere fifty taels?" It was the burly man from a moment ago who had knocked Tang Yi on the head. Tang Yi could only hold his head in pain.
"Aiya, I have one, but it's at home. I'll go back and get it!" There was nothing Tang Yi could do about it. He knew that these people were ruthless in their actions.
If he didn't hand over these fifty taels today, they might really take his life for that fifty taels.
But how could there be fifty taels at home? The things that should have been stolen from the house before had long been taken away by them. Now, let alone 50 taels of silver, they probably wouldn't even be able to see a shadow of money anymore.
"Alright, I hope that you don't play any tricks on me. Da Hu, follow him." Everyone here knew each other, so it was impossible for Tang Yi to pull any tricks.
He had no choice but to bring his big brother back home with him. Suddenly, he found that his home seemed to have returned to how it was before. Although many things were broken, they were replaced with new items.
However, on this happy day, when the Tang Clan's people saw Tang Yi's return, a smile flashed across their faces.
"What is a filial son like you doing back here?" Tang Yi's father looked at him with disappointment in his eyes. He had originally thought that Tang Yi would never come back after he left. His home had just been set up, and now he came back?
He even brought along the people who came to destroy their family, could it be that he still had connections with those people?
Was he here to cause a ruckus as well? As a member of the Tang Clan, he would absolutely not allow his son to do this.
"Father, I just came to take a look." Why did our family suddenly improve? Oh right, Father, do you have fifty silver taels? I came back to pay you back today, so I only need fifty silver taels from this elder brother of yours. Tang Yi had a pitiful look on his face. If it was before, his father might have really given it to him.
However, what happened was that after Tang Yi led his people to destroy his own home and even threatened to give up the recipe that he didn't have, others wouldn't be able to think of getting it either.
"I don't have any, nor do we have any. You still have the face to come back? You are simply humiliating our Tang Clan." Tang Yi's father wanted to kick him out before the old man even saw him.
But how could Tang Yi be willing? The two continued to maintain this stalemate.
"Come on, I don't have time for you two to play around here. I never thought that the Young Master would actually give you guys so much money. You guys are so big, but don't tell me that you guys aren't even able to afford fifty silver taels? "
At this moment, the muscular man who had just followed Tang Yi spoke. He wasn't here to see someone else's family feud. As long as he got the money, his job would be done.
However, from Tang Yi's father's point of view, this wasn't a matter of whether he had money or not. Even if he had fifty silver taels on him, he wouldn't be willing to spend it on this good-for-nothing son of his.
After that, things got even worse as everyone in the Tang Clan saw Tang Yi's return. However, everyone showed an unspoken expression of their own. No one came out to welcome Tang Yi.
"Grandfather, mother, what's wrong? I am your grandson and child! Is it because I've been away too long that I've changed? I'm only short of fifty silver right now, and that's all. Can you help me pay it? "
Tang Yi's current appearance was truly very unsightly. Of course, it was only when he was at home that his current appearance would truly be revealed.
"I don't have a grandson like you!"
"I don't have a son like you!"
Tang Yi's grandfather and mother said at the same time. In their hearts, Tang Yi had long since disappeared.
"This big brother here, just wait a bit. I'll be able to give you fifty taels right away." Tang Yi tried his best to calm his heart. Right now, he was still relying on the Tang Clan. He didn't understand why no one would be willing to help him just because he was given fifty silver taels.
"No need. It's one hundred taels now." The brawny man added more chips as he estimated the time. He needed more time to wait here.
This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of Tang Yi's question. Right now, no one in his family was willing to get close to him, so how could he make this one hundred taels?
"I'll give you two days, don't say that we're old acquaintances and don't have any feelings for each other. How about this, I only want you to give me five hundred silver. However, if I cannot see these five hundred liang of silver two days from now, then we will start to calculate the interest again, and will not stop for even a moment! "
The reason why usury is so scary is because it is constantly rising interest rates.
"Big Brother, don't worry this time. I'll definitely bring five hundred silver with me to find you in two days." After some negotiation, Tang Yi finally won a sliver of hope for himself.
But he needed two days to find the person in the Tang Clan that would be the easiest to help him. Then, he could quickly use that person's mental defenses to help him.
Tang Yi thought of many people, but found out that he wasn't familiar with them, so he went up to the roof by himself.