Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm

Chapter 779: Chapter 779: I am not your money-making tool

As soon as Tong Xingda said this, Tong Sanlang glanced at him, a touch of resignation in his voice, “What laborer? I am Xiaomai’s husband, it is perfectly right and proper for me to help her with some work.”

“You regard her as your wife, but she hasn’t taken you as her own!” Tong Xingda stretched out his hand and poked Tong Sanlang’s shoulder heavily, word by word, he explained, “Look at her, she would rather pay so many taxes than transfer those farmlands under your name.”

“Tell me, what did you gain from marrying her?”

“No farmlands, no child, you, a dignified scholar, have spent every day working on the fields for her like an unpaid laborer!”

Tong Xingda’s poking force was quite strong, Tong Sanlang could not help but step back from his poking.

With an expressionless face, Tong Sanlang said, “Father, did you receive that one thousand six hundred taels of silver out of thin air?”

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Upon hearing this, Tong Xingda became even more angry, “Is one thousand six hundred taels enough to buy you? Tell her, I don’t want this one thousand six hundred taels anymore, let her divorce you, from now on, she walks her single-plank bridge and you walk your broad road!”

The reason why Tong Xingda and the Zhang Family forced Tong Sanlang to marry Qiao Xiaomai in the first place was for her family’s wealth.

However, after their marriage, they ended up separating without gaining anything, only getting one thousand six hundred taels of silver in the end.

This amount of silver is nothing compared to Qiao Xiaomai’s family property, so, Tong Xingda and the Zhang Family feel they were at a loss.

When Tong Sanlang moved to the manor and broke off all relations with Qiao Xiaomai and the Qiao Family, Tong Xingda and the Zhang Family felt even more aggrieved.

After Qiao Xiaomai got married, they did not receive any benefit for even one day, and now, with the one thousand six hundred taels of silver, she even led away their most promising son.

This was a big loss!

Not acceptable! Totally unreasonable way of doing business!

Listening to his own father’s unreasonable words, Tong Sanlang helplessly responded, “Father, marriage is not a business transaction, who calculates it like you?”

“In my opinion, this marriage is a business.” Tong Xingda stubbornly asserted, “Now that I’m losing money, I’m not prepared to do this business anymore!”

“At this point, it’s not up to you to decide.” Upon hearing this, Tong Sanlang’s tone became a little cold, “My marriage, in your eyes and mom’s, is just a business? Am I, Tong Sanlang, just a tool for you two to make money?”

At his words, Tong Xingda was taken aback.

Looking at Tong Sanlang’s cold face, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, “Who is using you as a tool to make money? You are a scholar, the face of the Tong Family!”

“You and mom haggling over these things, it’s not just for the two of you, it’s also for you!”

“Tell me, what have you gained since marrying her? She has so many fields, but this time for the fall tax, she has to pay so much millet, but she would rather pay the tax in millet than transfer the fields to your name to avoid tax, tell me, isn’t she treating you as an outsider?”

“Those fields all belong to the Qiao family. When she first married in, she only brought some silver and a few pieces of clothing, she didn’t bring a single acre of farmland. I, Tong Sanlang, am not coveting the Qiao family’s property.”

Tong Sanlang’s face was still cold.

“All I remember is when our family was in a dire situation, she married down out of gratitude. As for the rest, I don’t want to fuss too much about it. I have things to take care of at the manor, I’ll leave first.”

“No need to bother about the feast either, it has been such a long time.”

Upon saying those words, Tong Sanlang turned and walked away.

“Little brat, stop right there!” Seeing this, Tong Xingda’s face changed, he quickly took a few steps to stop him.