The next day, Su Yaoguang took Zhang Pandi and her daughter back to the Jia Family.
Su Yaoguang stopped the ox cart at the village entrance and had Jiang Jing keep watch there while she escorted them back empty-handed.
Old Mrs. Jia, Mrs. Xu, was gossiping at the doorway when she saw Su Yaoguang and the others arrive. She spat out sunflower seed shells and said sarcastically, "Oh, you two still know how to come back! Wasn't it supposed to be twenty days? It's already been twenty-two."
After speaking, she spread out her hands, with an expression that seemed to say, "No money, no entry."
Su Yaoguang handed over a bag, impatiently saying, "I'll give what was agreed upon. I originally wanted to give it to them, but they insisted you are the head of the family and it should be handed directly to you. You should count it carefully, because if you say there's a problem after I leave, I won't acknowledge it."
Mrs. Xu opened the bag, her eyes gleaming at the strings of Copper Coins.
