For Brother Daniu, the amount didn’t matter much; a few ounces, more or less, were insignificant. As long as Yang Xiaocui agreed, he could threaten her again next time.

So he nodded and agreed, "Alright then, since we’re relatives, let’s make it three ounces. Three days from now, at this place again, bring it to me. If you don’t, you know what will happen."

Hearing Brother Daniu agree to settle the matter with three ounces of silver, Yang Xiaocui breathed a sigh of relief, but when she heard he said the deadline was three days, she panicked again.

Three days was way too tight. She had just asked Yang Dong for help and couldn’t open her mouth again, and there was no hope with her mother either. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"Brother Daniu, three days is really too tight. Could it be ten days? I just finished asking Yang Dong for medicine, the medicine hasn’t even been drunk yet, I can’t go ask again."

Brother Daniu looked down on her for a bit. This Yang Xiaocui was clever. Call her foolish? She’s not foolish, knowing how to pretend to faint to arrange a marriage for herself. Call her cunning? She wasn’t; she even went to find Yang Dong. Still too young, not entirely there yet.

But this was good; this way he could scare her, "Ten days won’t do, five days. If you disagree, then there’s nothing to discuss."

Seeing Brother Daniu’s sinister face, Yang Xiaocui didn’t dare to argue. Five days then, two more days is still something, "Fine, five days. Five days later, I’ll give you three ounces of silver, but you must keep your word and not go back on it."

"Sis, don’t worry, I won’t. You really took too little last time, just one ounce; otherwise, there wouldn’t be a second time." Brother Daniu grinned ominously.

That face made Yang Xiaocui feel genuinely disgusted, "You better keep your word."

After saying this, Yang Xiaocui went down the mountain; at this moment, her heart had grown more ruthless. If this Brother Daniu kept pressing her, then she would...

After returning, she was absent-minded. Where could she get those three ounces of silver?

Getting it from her mother was out of the question, and going to Yang Dong was likely not an option either. Li Chuntao had left and probably wasn’t coming back.

After thinking it over, she realized she might have to steal. Her mother must have hidden the silver.

She planned to steal the silver and give it to Brother Daniu. If her mother found out the silver was missing, she would just deny it.

Thinking of this, she put her plan into action. While the kids were playing outside, she went to her mother’s room, searching through every corner, but she couldn’t find any trace of the silver, not even a copper coin.

She was extremely disappointed. Where had her mother hidden the silver?

If she couldn’t find it at her mother’s, did she need to search her three sisters-in-law’s rooms?

But her mother kept a close eye on her sisters-in-law, and they probably hadn’t saved up any silver. Even if they did, it likely wasn’t as much as three ounces.

After searching for a long time without finding anything, she left the room disappointed. Besides, the kids were still at home; she couldn’t be too obvious, couldn’t let the kids find out.

She stood in the courtyard, pondering what to do, where to get those three ounces of silver, when she saw Yang Qiu passing by the gate.

Seeing Yang Qiu made her eyes light up. Since she couldn’t find Yang Dong at the moment, maybe she could turn to Yang Qiu.

Yang Qiu, who was usually quiet and appeared honest, might be easy to persuade.

So she hurried out of the courtyard, chasing after him, calling out to the passing Yang Qiu, "Yang Qiu, Yang Qiu."