Ch 12: Those who wronged me are now begging me for mercy

Giving Gifts!

The system had a faint feeling that Rong Ziyin might not have the best intentions.

Rong Ziyin had a serious expression on his face: Don’t talk nonsense, I’m an upright person.

As he spoke, he pulled out thirty salted duck eggs and fifteen salted fish from the system. After a quick calculation, he figured that this was just enough to sell over three days, netting him 170 yuan.

The system felt utterly powerless. “Host, don’t you feel any sense of discomfort repeating this routine over and over?”

Rong Ziyin replied, “Why would I feel uncomfortable? This is just regular operation.”

The system was left speechless. It suddenly recalled that Rong Ziyin’s original plan was to make a fortune by selling salted duck eggs.

“So, how much money have you made in total?” the system asked.

Rong Ziyin calculated, “About three hundred yuan.”

“Are you going to send some money to the loan shark?” the system inquired.

“Of course!” Rong Ziyin thought for a moment. It had been a few days since he last sent any money to the loan shark. As a debtor owing a hefty sum of 200,000 yuan, the creditor was likely growing increasingly anxious due to the lack of updates.

Rong Ziyin calculated the day—today was the perfect day for repayment. However, he clearly had no intention of sending the entire amount to the loan shark.

The system curiously asked, Why not?

Rong Ziyin replied, One hundred seventy yuan is a bit much; we need to think about long-term development.

So, the system expected him to send the usual thirty yuan. But to its shock, Rong Ziyin only sent three yuan!

The system was stunned.

Rong Ziyin explained, Three yuan a day, ninety yuan a month—it’ll take only 185 years to pay off the 200,000 yuan!

The system was utterly shocked by his audacity.

Who the heck plans to pay off a debt over 185 years? By then, the loan shark’s grandchildren might already be halfway to the grave! Rong Ziyin, you’re truly something else.

As expected, half a minute later, the loan shark provided another 700 anger points to Rong Ziyin. It seemed like a lot, but it was significantly less than before.

Rong Ziyin sighed, “It seems that even the most passionate people eventually reach their breaking point.”

The system was exasperated, “Isn’t it because you’ve been milking the same person dry, leaving him with nothing?”

Rong Ziyin was silent for a moment, acknowledging that the system made a valid point, but he remained undeterred. He then decided to come up with a new way to continue milking the situation.

While Rong Ziyin was plotting how to drain his “little fat sheep,” his two cousins were growing increasingly anxious, even though Rong Ziyin hadn’t said a word.

At his uncle’s house, Rong Ziyin’s two cousins were bickering and blaming each other.

“It’s all your fault! If that duck was sick, why didn’t you take it to the veterinary station sooner? Instead, you tried to mess with that bastard. Now look, it’s blown up into a huge mess!” Rong Chi, Rong Ziyin’s second cousin, barged in and started berating his brother.

He had been out of town, so he missed the village-wide meeting held by the old veterinarian, and he was unaware of what had happened.

As soon as he returned to the village and heard about Wang Dazhuang’s trouble and how he was detained in the county, his first reaction was to go home and demand an explanation from Rong Cun.

But since they had planned the whole thing together, Rong Cun wasn’t about to take the blame alone. He immediately retorted, “What’s the point of saying that now? Did I buy that sick duck? Wasn’t it you who brought it back to save money?”

“And when it came time to send the duck, who ran faster than anyone?”

“Bullshit! I bought that cheap duck to save on household expenses. And besides, the idea was yours! You were the one who took the duck from my house. Let me tell you, if this blows up, I’m not taking any responsibility!”

“Oh really? Do you think that’s possible?” Rong Cun sneered. “You’ve hated that bastard since we were kids. Remember that night when Uncle had his accident, and you tricked that bastard into getting lost in the mountains, almost dying there?”

“You think you can wash your hands of this? Not a chance!”

“And what about you? Are you any better? After the family split, in the first year, Grandpa and Grandma wanted you to secretly give him some tuition money. Instead, you pocketed it and spent it all in town within three days.”

“And did you not eat and play with the things I bought?”

In no time, the two brothers were at each other’s throats. They had been together since they were kids, and when it came to digging up old grievances, they were merciless. It didn’t take long before they were physically fighting.

Finally, their father, Rong Ziyin’s uncle, heard the commotion and came out from the back room to break them apart.

“What are you fighting about?! Think about how to solve this first!” their father shouted, feeling like these two brats were going to be the death of him.

When Rong Ziyin was a child, his cousins used to bully him with childish tricks. Since Rong Ziyin couldn’t gather any evidence and there were benefits to be had, everyone turned a blind eye. After Rong Ziyin left, their family’s reputation plummeted, and they lived under the scrutiny and gossip of others for a while.

Fortunately, after Rong Ziyin went to the town, the rumors in the village gradually died down, and life returned to normal. However, whenever news of Rong Ziyin’s academic achievements reached the village, his family would become the talk of the town again. This was one of the reasons why Rong Cun and Rong Chi harbored such resentment towards Rong Ziyin.

But in reality, these two fools didn’t realize that Rong Ziyin’s uncle was more than happy to see Rong Ziyin soar and never return.

Now, with the two of them having fallen into Rong Ziyin’s hands, his uncle couldn’t sleep at night.

Rong Chi sneered, “Dad, you’re being too cautious! That land originally belonged to Grandpa, and when the land was divided based on the number of people, that bastard wasn’t even born yet! When he wanted to split off, we didn’t give him the land, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Now that Grandma and Grandpa are gone, the six acres of land were supposed to be equally divided between me and Rong Cun. What does Rong Ziyin count for?”

Rong Ziyin’s uncle angrily slapped him on the head, “You know that the land was divided based on the number of people, but those two acres of land were originally in Rong Ziyin’s parents’ names. The only reason we managed to change the names was because it wasn’t in our village, and the village head has changed. It’s not like the old records can’t be found.”

“Do you realize how valuable land is now? Six acres of land, at twenty thousand yuan per acre, is one hundred and twenty thousand yuan. Do you want him to come back and claim it?”

When Rong Ziyin was young, he didn’t know much about the situation. He just thought his parents didn’t leave any money behind. Plus, since the Rong family hadn’t divided up their assets, everyone lived in the same compound, pooling their money together. So, not many people knew the exact details about the land.

Moreover, back then, when the land was divided, six acres ended up in another village. Rong Ziyin’s parents were honest people, and seeing how much everyone was arguing over it, they volunteered to take it.

If those six acres had been in their own village, they would have kept them for Rong Ziyin. But because they weren’t, they played a trick. Later, they pushed Rong Ziyin out, fearing that he would grow up and realize the truth and come back for the land.

Although many years had passed, there were still traces of evidence, and as Rong Ziyin’s uncle got older, he felt more guilty about his late brother. Facing Rong Ziyin made him feel uneasy, wishing they would never cross paths again.

After hearing his father’s explanation, the two brothers felt increasingly uneasy and cautiously asked, “It shouldn’t be a problem, right? It’s been over ten years.”

Their father didn’t answer, and the two brothers grew even more nervous.

At the beginning of the year, they had planned to sell the six acres of land, which would be enough for both brothers to build new houses. Now…

Who knows if Rong Ziyin remembers? They suddenly realized that the village where Rong Ziyin was working was the very place where those six acres were located.

Meanwhile, Rong Ziyin was also feeling puzzled.

He thought the anxiety levels he was receiving were unusually high. It made sense for his cousins to be anxious about facing consequences, but why were his uncle and aunt so anxious too?

The system suggested, Maybe they’re just scared?

Rong Ziyin shook his head, Or maybe they just miss me.

The system was exasperated, Rong Ziyin, where’s your sense of shame?

Rong Ziyin stopped joking and started pondering the situation carefully. He wasn’t sure what exactly his relatives were afraid of, but that wouldn’t stop him from investigating.

Rong Ziyin wasn’t naive; he could guess two possible reasons. One was the scheme to set him up, and the other, more likely, was something related to inheritance.

But Rong Ziyin knew that his parents were just ordinary farmers. Since the Rong family hadn’t divided their assets, there wasn’t a secret stash of money. This was also why he had left the family almost penniless.

Still, it didn’t matter—he would figure it out eventually. And now it was time to start collecting some interest from his two cousins.

So, a week later, after the duck plague crisis had mostly passed, when the village heads of Xiaowang Village and Lujia Village came to present Rong Ziyin with a banner, Rong Ziyin said something that immediately gave his anxious cousins a shock and made the village heads’ faces darken.

Rong Ziyin said, “Actually, you don’t need to give the banner to me; it should go to Rong Cun and Rong Chi. If they hadn’t given the duck to Wang Dazhuang to set me up, I wouldn’t have discovered the duck plague.”

Rong Ziyin’s face was full of sincerity. “Give it to them; they are the true discoverers of this duck plague.”

“This…” The faces of the village heads immediately darkened.

The previous incident, where Rong Ziyin’s village head went to the county to cause a scene, hadn’t yet spread in the village, so not many people knew about it.

But with Rong Ziyin’s statement, curious people quickly found out.

Those women from the village’s women’s federation who had helped cause a scene were all there and quickly explained the situation.

“What the hell! And they’re relatives?”

“How despicable! What a bunch of rotten people!”

“Yeah, I’ve heard about this. When Dr. Rong was just twelve or thirteen, they kicked him out. It’s only because Dr. Rong was successful and went to study in the county that he could get away from that rotten family.”

“Oh my, what a miserable situation!”

Just like that, Rong Ziyin’s two uncles’ families became infamous.

Rong Ziyin’s second cousin had been dating someone, but after hearing about this, the girl immediately broke up with him.

The reason was simple—bad character!

“Damn it! Has that bastard gone crazy?” Rong Cun was so furious that he wanted to grab a weapon and storm over to Rong Ziyin’s place.

But Rong Chi still had some sense, holding him back. “Think about the land!”

“What about the land? I don’t even have a girlfriend anymore!”

“It’s just a woman! Once we sell the land, each of us will have enough to buy an apartment in the county. With a house and a business, there will be plenty of beautiful women. Let’s just wait for the heat to die down!”

Rong Chi painted a rosy picture for Rong Cun, who forced himself to hold back his anger.

However, they hadn’t realized one crucial thing: this wasn’t a small matter. It was a major issue involving the entire village.

So, after only a couple of days of peace, the village head and the party secretary of Lujia Village came knocking. The result was a fine, and Rong Cun, who had voluntarily handed over the duck, was taken to the town’s police station, where he was told that he had broken the law and would be sentenced.

All this because they had given Wang Dazhuang that one duck!

The entire family of Rong Ziyin’s uncles was stunned. Meanwhile, not a single person in the village sympathized with them; instead, people spat on the ground as they passed by their house.

“Tui! A whole family of bastards.”

Meanwhile, Rong Ziyin had accumulated enough emotion points from them to roll another fifty times.

Rong Ziyin calculated that the salted duck eggs and salted fish he gave to the couple who ran the food stall had almost sold out, so it was time to restock.

He took out his familiar basket to collect a new batch of salted fish and salted duck eggs.

The system, already numb to this, sighed, “Master, please, can you at least wash your face first?”

Rong Ziyin was unwavering, “Money can’t change fate, nor can superstition. Accept it.”

So, this time, not even a hint of gray light appeared, and thirty-five salted duck eggs and fifteen salted fish appeared in front of Rong Ziyin.

Rong Ziyin was very satisfied since he had enough stock for the next week!

However, this time, he deliberately set aside ten salted duck eggs and five salted fish.

The system, sensing something ominous, asked, “Master, what are you planning?”

Rong Ziyin replied, “I’m giving a gift!”

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