activa-t Chapter 7 Settling Accounts and Demanding Money (Part 2)
Chapter 7 Settling Accounts and Demanding Money (Part 2)
"What do you mean by converting it into money! We don't agree! I'll just return your things to you!"
"That's right, we'll give you everything back!"
The Shen family had already suffered a significant loss by giving up the house, and upon hearing that they would be compensated at the original price, they immediately expressed their disagreement.
"Converting it into money is a good idea. Niece Wancheng, you do the calculation."
Liu Congyi seemed completely oblivious to the Shen family's shouts, and demanded that Shen Wancheng settle the score with a strong voice.
He quite enjoyed watching his niece do the accounts.
The three police officers nodded in agreement with Liu Congyi's words.
Shen Wancheng's gaze swept across the hall as she spoke, each word distinct and clear to everyone in the room.
"The four tiled houses cost a total of 1000 yuan. The labor cost is not included in the part that my parents repaired themselves."
Shen Wancheng pointed to the sewing machine in the corner of the main room where things were placed.
"The sewing machine costs 100 yuan."
He then pointed to the "Phoenix" brand bicycle leaning against the side.
"Bicycle, 150 yuan."
"A square dining table costs 8.81 yuan."
"Four stools with side panels, each costing 3.74 yuan, would cost 14.96 yuan for all four."
Shen Wancheng paused for a moment while looking at the table before continuing.
"Two thermos flasks, 5.3 yuan each, 10.6 yuan for both."
"Four teacups, 1.45 yuan each, four for 5.8 yuan"
No one in the main room expected that Shen Wancheng would even include such small daily necessities in her calculations. Everyone suppressed their laughter, but no one said that Shen Wancheng was wrong to do so.
The female officer from the People's Armed Forces Department gave Shen Wancheng a thumbs-up in encouragement.
The Shen family, led by Shen Dapeng, became even angrier.
"We've already said we'd refund you, is it really necessary to include something as small as a kettle in the refund?"
"That's right, Shen Wancheng, you're a member of the Shen family too!"
"Being petty and calculating will only make you a laughingstock in the eyes of outsiders."
Huh? Making a fool of ourselves in front of outsiders?
Shen Wancheng felt that Shen Dapeng's family was truly shameless.
Aren't they the laughingstock that outsiders are watching right now?
Strike the snake at its vital spot.
To deal with such greedy and stingy people, you have to make them spit out even the smallest things.
Even if they are ugly or deformed, as long as it was earned by the original owner's parents, she wouldn't leave it to these people.
Shen Wanqing stared at Liu Chunhua with a clear and cold gaze.
"Grandpa and Grandma, this little one isn't even from the dilapidated woodshed next door!"
Shen Wancheng casually picked up a discarded teacup from the sewing machine; the white paint on the bottom had been worn away.
"This teacup was also bought by my mother. We haven't used it much, and I haven't even seen it since. Now that it's broken like this, you still want to just give it back to us?"
"No way!" Shen Yao loudly echoed Shen Wancheng's words.
Liu Congyi also said, "Niece, keep calculating, calculate carefully, don't overlook even the smallest details."
Shen Wancheng nodded, ignoring the murderous glares from Shen Dapeng and Liu Chunhua, and proceeded to inspect the items in the main room one by one before leading everyone to the three bedrooms.
The sound of accounting never stopped.
"One double bed, 41.49 yuan"
"Two single beds in two small bedrooms, 32,28 yuan"
"Four sets of bed sheets and duvet covers, 8.45 multiplied by 4 equals 33.8 yuan"
"Two quilts, the cotton wadding costs 1.62 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), and each quilt is ordered with 6 jin (3 catties) of cotton wadding, so 1.62 yuan multiplied by 12 equals 19.44 yuan."
"A suitcase full of clothes, 22.64 yuan"
"A washboard costs 1.11 yuan."
When Shen Wancheng started calculating the washboard for washing clothes, from the bedroom to the kitchen behind the main room, the Shen family broke down once again.
"Shen Wancheng, you've really gone too far! Who taught you to treat your grandparents like that?"
"Oh God, how could I have such an ungrateful granddaughter who is so harsh on her grandparents?"
"A sin!"
Shen Wancheng stopped calculating and turned to look at Shen Dapeng and Liu Chunhua.
"Didn't Grandpa and Grandma say they would return all the things they took from our house? Now they don't want to return them?"
Shen Yao chimed in, "It's fine if you don't want to return it; the police can just take the people involved away."
"You! Threatening us! This is a threat!"
Liu Chunhua pointed at Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao with trembling fingers, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted from anger.
Shen Dapeng's voice trembled with anger, "Fine, fine, do whatever you want! Shen Wancheng, Shen Yao, from now on you are no longer members of the Shen family. Just like your wretched mother, you are not allowed to belong to my Shen family. After you die, you will become wandering ghosts!"
Are we no longer members of the Shen family?
Shen Wancheng sneered inwardly.
It's as if she'd be willing to be a member of the Shen family.
The real members of the Shen family, Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao, are already dead.
She was already being very magnanimous by not making all of you Shen family members go to the underworld to ask Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao if they were willing to be members of the Shen family.
Wandering ghosts?
She would never become a wandering ghost.
Once she receives the compensation, she will have enough start-up capital. She is confident that she can help Shen Yao make a lot of money and establish their own family ancestral temple.
When that time comes, even if all the Shen family members present today are still alive and beg to join her Shen family on their knees, she will not agree.
The leading police officer had not participated in the Shen family's dispute, only saying something indifferently after Liu Chunhua fainted.
“No member of the Shen family is allowed to leave the scene. Liu Chunhua fainted, so we moved her to the side to lie down.”
Liu Congyi then said to Shen Wancheng, "Niece, you continue."
Liu Congyi found it incredibly satisfying to hear Shen Wancheng meticulously calculating every penny, even down to a few dollars, and to see the Shen family's pained yet furious expressions.
This is the real way; revenge means striking where it hurts.
Shen Wancheng's calculations brought her the satisfaction of beating someone up.
Shen Wancheng nodded to Liu Congyi and continued calculating the accounts.
"Medium-sized cupboard, 24.2 yuan"
A set of bowls and chopsticks costs 6.7 yuan.
"An aluminum pot costs 5.5 yuan."
"A wok costs 7.3 yuan."
"Two small wooden basins, 1.63 yuan each, totaling 3.26 yuan for both."
"A large wooden basin, 3.54 yuan."
"Large pickaxe handle: 1.52 yuan"
When Shen Wancheng walked to the sink outside the kitchen door, she suddenly stopped talking and just stared at the sink in silence.
Liu Congyi asked with concern, "Niece, what's wrong?"
Shen Wancheng has all of the original owner's memories. Because of the accounting, her mind is full of the original owner's memories.
The emotions were also influenced by the emotions in the original body's memories.
The sadness in my heart became more real.
“Right after my father sacrificed his life, my grandparents kicked my mother, my sister, and me to the woodshed next door. Because my father was promoted to deputy battalion commander, he sent back a lot of tickets that month. My mother bought four bars of soap and three towels at once. When we were in the woodshed, my mother begged my grandmother for a bar of soap and a towel, but my grandmother didn’t give them to her.”
Liu Congyi sighed and patted Shen Wancheng on the shoulder again.
"No wonder you remember everything in this house so clearly."
These things, which were clearly their own, suddenly became someone else's overnight, and they couldn't even see them anymore.
Shen Wancheng took a deep breath and continued calculating the accounts.
"Four bars of soap, 3 mao each, totaling 1.2 yuan."
"Two towels, 1.2 yuan each, totaling 2.4 yuan."