Offer some benefits?

Who knows what Yang Daniu is thinking, their family is so poor, how could they come up with any benefits? Perhaps he’s eyeing the bride price, but that silver is tightly watched by her mother, she can’t get her hands on it.

"Brother Daniu, you know our family’s situation, we’re so poor we can barely eat, how can we offer anything? Look, we’re living in the same village, and we’re relatives, please spare us."

Upon hearing these words, Yang Daniu played with the tree stick in his hand with a crackling sound, as if ready to strike, his face revealing a sinister smile. He sneered and said, "Sis, you must be joking, your family received quite a hefty bride price, and the hard cash, Yang Family gave quite a lot of silver too, and you say you have no silver? Hmm?"

"Brother Daniu, all those silver are with my mom, you know her well, she clings to that silver like it’s her life, I can’t get it." Yang Xiaocui said with a pitiful look.

But no matter how pitiful or innocent she pretended to be, it was of no use in front of the threatening Yang Daniu. He said, "That’s your problem, I don’t care where you get the silver, but the hush money is a must."

"Don’t blame me for not warning you, if we weren’t relatives, I wouldn’t bother with you, I’d directly tell Yang Dong about you pretending to faint, and I’m sure Yang Dong would give me silver."

Yang Daniu did consider going to Yang Dong and telling him about Xiaocui pretending to faint to get silver from him, but later changed his mind because doing so would only get him silver once from Yang Dong, and it wasn’t even certain how much.

But threatening Xiaocui was different, if she wanted to keep this secret, she’d have to obey him.

Then, his future financial problems would be over, wouldn’t they?

If Xiaocui married Yang Dong, and Yang Dong’s family was so wealthy, he could threaten Xiaocui for life, maybe he could have endless silver for a lifetime.

That’s why after hearing about Xiaocui pretending to faint, he didn’t expose it, but waited quietly.

Finally, he waited until Yang Dong and Xiaocui got engaged and knew Xiaocui’s family received silver, and Yang Dong was quite keen on helping their family, he thought it was time to act.

Xiaocui knew that giving silver was inevitable, but before that, she wanted to find out how he knew she pretended to faint, so she asked, "Brother Daniu, I really didn’t pretend to faint, where did you hear about this, it’s really unjustified."

"Do I need to hear it? I saw it with my own eyes." Yang Daniu wasn’t foolish enough to reveal the truth, though it was said by Xiaocui’s family, but if she knew others knew about it, how could he threaten her? Only by being the sole person aware could the threat be successful.

Sure enough, hearing this, Xiaocui felt uncertain, had she accidentally revealed something while pretending to faint and been discovered by Yang Daniu?

"Brother Daniu, my mom really can’t come up with silver, let me think of a way."

"Fine, then you have three days, three days later, same time and place, if you show up without the silver, everyone will know about the pretending to faint."