"You got Black Bear’s share, fifty taels, no, one hundred taels..." Yang Baifu called out from behind Old Lady Yang, "That belongs to our Old Yang Family..."
"I must be hearing things," Yang Ruxin tapped her ears, "What does Black Bear have to do with you all? How did it become yours?"
"You cried before about not having money, but now that you have it, you must provide for the elderly..." Feng Caie shouted, "Your grandparents are still alive, are you thinking of not caring for them?"
"Right," Yang Anshi suddenly came to her senses as well, "Money for supporting the elderly can’t be owed. When you claimed to have no money before, we let Xiaofeng wait until he turned twelve to discuss it, but now that you have money, this debt can’t be delayed; it must be paid immediately..."
"Supporting the elderly, ah..." Yang Ruxin laughed, "Of course, that’s only right. So, how much do you say I should give, Granny?"
"Five taels a month is fine, just give a year’s worth first, which is fifty taels, no, sixty taels..." Yang Anshi pondered for a moment, failing to figure it out for a while until Yang Baichuan hurriedly muttered something in her ear, then she blurted out, "Hurry up."
"Hehe..." Yang Ruxin’s smile grew even brighter, "Five taels a month? Why don’t you ask for fifty taels?" She paused, "Granny, have you gone mad for money? Let me teach you a method then, go rob a bank... if you rob a bank, there’s as much as you want..."
"You..." Yang Anshi was so angered she nearly fell over backward.
"Yang Dani, what kind of thinking is this? Your attitude could get you drowned..." Yang Baichuan hastily shouted, considering himself scholarly, he began lecturing Ruxin in a heavy and earnest tone, "You are young now, and we forgive you for saying what shouldn’t be said, but you shouldn’t hide away the silver. Once you have silver, you should show filial piety to your elders..." He paused, "The Emperor himself rules by promoting filial piety. With your unfilial behavior, how can you stand in society in the future..."
"So this is unfilial, is it?" Yang Ruxin watched Yang Baichuan with a smile that was not quite a smile, "Then, Uncle, I would like to ask you, someone who lives off his parents, doesn’t do any work, and has injured his sister-in-law and oppressed his niece and nephew, should he be drowned?"
Yang Baichuan’s face shifted slightly.
"And you, Auntie, someone who wants to sell her niece for silver, should she be drowned?" Yang Ruxin looked at Feng Caie.
"What nonsense are you talking about? What selling? That was finding you a good family, and you didn’t appreciate it, and then... then... you even faked illness..." Feng Caie began to stammer.
"Yeah, you prodigal thing, hurry up, hand over the silver..." Yang Anshi once again started jumping up.
Finally catching up, Yang Baixiang watched Ruxin with a face full of guilt, wanting to say something, but he was pushed aside again by the combined forces of Yang Baichuan and Yang Baifu, only able to spin around anxiously and frustrated on the spot.
"You won’t get silver, but if you want lives, I have a few to spare, come on, whoever has the ability, come and take them." As Yang Ruxin spoke, she swung the kitchen knife in her hand and chopped down on a nearby tree trunk, immediately slicing off a large piece of bark.
Yang Anshi involuntarily took two steps back, her mouth gaping open, unable to say a word, and the rest of them were even more shocked.
"Yang..." Yang Baihe swallowed hard, "Yang Dani, are you trying to kill someone? You’ll go to prison..."
"Little auntie, you all don’t leave us a way to live, what do I care?" Yang Ruxin carried the kitchen knife forward two steps, "At worst, we all die together, killing one breaks even. If I can chop down so many of you, I’ll come out ahead."