Chapter 84: This Woman Is Really Evil.

Chapter 84

"Miss Li, please."

Li Yao did not act pretentiously either. She had already put on enough of an act, now it was time to see how thick-skinned these gentlemen could be.

So she strode forward and took out some silver bills from her sleeve.

"This is 190 taels."

Ha, haha!

Zhang Guangsheng really wanted to laugh out loud.

190 taels, was that supposed to be money?

Was this the generosity of "richest person Li Yao"?

But before he could mock her, he heard Li Yao say: "This is what I promised to donate to the ladies over there."

Everyone looked at each other, what did she mean?

Could it be that they had to donate again over there after donating here?

But they weren't too worried either, after all the women were just fooling around, they couldn't spend that much money.

"Miss Li," Mr. Lai asked, "Then how much do you plan to donate over here?"

"Hmm... two..."

"Two hundred taels?" Zhang Guangsheng couldn't hold it in and said loudly, "Who was it that said they were the richest person? Only 200 taels is a bit too shabby, isn't it?"

"You're right, 200 taels is indeed very shabby," Li Yao said, "So I will donate 1200 taels."

After speaking, she generously took out a thick stack of silver bills and placed them on the table in front of the Song County Magistrate.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

1200 taels!

How did this woman have so much money?

Didn't she say her shop had only earned her 100 taels recently?

But the silver bills in front of them were real.

"Miss Li is very noble!" Song County Magistrate said, "I thank you on behalf of the common people. Assistant, hurry and make a record of this!"

"Yes!"

The assistant deftly recorded Li Yao's name and the 1200 tael donation in a large red book.

Just a moment ago some still suspected this was a scheme between Li Yao and the County Magistrate where the money would be secretly returned to Li Yao afterwards.

But now they knew that was impossible.

The record book would be preserved and eventually submitted with the accounts to Yizhou Prefecture, and also made available in a limited way for public verification. It was basically impossible to fake it.

So Li Yao's 1200 taels were donated for real.

"Ah, Miss Li is indeed generous, putting me, Mr. Lai, to shame." Mr. Lai said, "But I already stated earlier that I would definitely not donate less than Miss Li. A man's word is his bond, otherwise he's not a man! So I will donate 1300 taels!"

As he reluctantly took out 1300 taels, the others felt like dying.

But in this situation, Mr. Lai had even said something as vicious as "not a man", who would dare donate less than Li Yao?

Even if it meant bankruptcy, today they had to donate more than her!

"I donate 1250 taels."

"I donate 1300 taels."

"I donate 1205 taels."

...

Today she had ruthlessly conned the rich men of Baichuan Market, so Li Yao was in a very good mood.

Although she had invested 1390 taels herself, for her that amount could easily be earned back manifold tomorrow, so she didn't worry about it too much.

Moreover, as a transmigrator, doing what she could for the common good was not bad.

Consider it accumulating virtue. Hopefully Heaven would let her future life become more peaceful and comfortable.

"Mother, come sit."

Li Yao sat down and noticed someone was missing.

"Where is Song Zhe?"

"He..." Du Xiao Hui hesitated to reply.

"What is it?"

"Today he only cut two and a half baskets of grass, not enough," Du Xiao Hui said. "So he said he didn't deserve to eat and went to sleep in the incubation room himself."

Not even cutting three full baskets in one day was indeed a bit slow.

But Li Yao knew Song Zhe had tried his best.

She wasn't rigidly stubborn, making Song Zhe participate in labor wasn't truly to get much work out of him, but to let him experience the process and improve.

"Go call him to come eat."

"Alright."

Soon Song Zhe was called over.

"Sit and eat."

"But..."

"No buts," Li Yao said. "In my home, I make the rules. Today's grass that wasn't cut enough can be made up tomorrow. But you only get one chance, understand?"

"Ok!"

Song Zhe nodded heavily and quickly sat down.

Wang Er knew cutting grass was hard work, and that Song Zhe had done his best, so he personally filled a large bowl full of rice for him, and added lots of braised wolf meat into his bowl.

"Thank you Brother Wang."

"Brother Song you're too polite," Wang Er said. "Our home is not like the academy, without so many rules. Eat freely."

This sentence went straight to Song Zhe's heart. He immediately picked up his bowl and started eating in big mouthfuls.

Everyone else was also starving, and began wolfing the food down.

The meal was eaten in silence, with the bowls, plates, and pot all emptied clean.

"Auntie Li," Song Zhe said after putting down his empty bowl. "What will I do tomorrow? Don't worry, I definitely won't be like today again. I will finish for sure."

"One basket of grass."

"Huh?" Song Zhe was surprised.

Today was three baskets, but tomorrow was only one?

"That's what you have to finish in the morning," Li Yao said. "In the afternoon you will study with Wang Er."

Song Zhe's face was about to rot.

He finally didn't have to go to the academy anymore, but he didn't expect that at Li Yao's home, in addition to doing farm work, he still had to read...

"If Mr. Lv says you're not diligent, there will be no food for you," said the auntie Li.

Song Zhe: "I understand."

Song Zhe secretly stuck out his tongue.

He thought auntie Li had become more reasonable, but she was still so fierce.