Whether this amount of money is a lot depends on the person. For those rich people, even a sneeze is worth more than this.

But for the poor, every single coin is scraped from their very bones. And now, having just come through the Zhenguan era of good governance, material goods are abundant, so relatively speaking, this money is actually worth more, because prices are cheap. In these times, the purchasing power of a single coin is about the same as three yuan in later generations. A string of coins would be over three thousand yuan! For farmers like them, this is definitely a huge sum.

Mountain Guy, Brother Ethan, damn it, I’ve really been screwed over by you two.

Ethan Grant finally remembered everything. It turned out all this money was borrowed to prepare for the wedding, because David Grant was just a farmer, with nothing at home, and no matter how much they saved, it was hard to put money aside. But this daughter-in-law was as beautiful as a fairy, educated and sensible, one in a million. Of course, the impression of her being educated and sensible had just been completely shattered a moment ago, but no matter what, for Ethan Grant to marry such a beauty was truly a blessing earned over ten lifetimes. In fact, given the Han family’s situation, if Ethan Grant didn’t work hard himself, he could easily have remained a bachelor for life.

Although this beauty was several years older than Ethan Grant, her stunning looks were enough to make people overlook that.

And because David Grant was an extremely honest and self-aware man, his inferiority complex made him feel that this woman was already doing the Han family a huge favor by marrying in, so after the marriage was set, David Grant felt the wedding couldn’t be shabby—he couldn’t let his daughter-in-law down.

So the father and son discussed and went to their employer, the The Miller Family, to borrow some money, made a few sets of nice clothes for the bride, and also made two new outfits for Ethan Grant. David Grant had it all planned out: after the autumn harvest, he’d take the rice to the The Miller Family to pay off the debt, then go out and do odd jobs himself. He’d rather suffer himself than let his daughter-in-law and son suffer.

This David Grant was truly a great father.

But who could have known such disaster would strike?

This is just tragic!

You think it’s tragic? I think it’s even more tragic! Oh, so I transmigrated here just to help you pay off your debts? Ethan Grant would rather not remember any of this.

“Did you hear that? Did you hear that?”

When Paul Miller heard Ethan Grant admit it, he became even more aggressive. “Damn it, you lowlifes are really blind, you deserve to be lowlifes for life.” As if still not satisfied, he turned to Ethan Grant and said, “You brat, you owe me money and even dared to try to cut me with a knife. I’ll settle that score with you later, but for now, pay up.”

Ethan Grant was panicking inside, but still spoke tough: “The IOU clearly says the money is due after the autumn harvest. There are still more than ten days until then, what’s your rush?”

“Autumn harvest? What harvest are you talking about!”

Paul Miller laughed, “Don’t you know your family’s fields were all washed away by the flood?”

No way it’s that tragic! Ethan Grant really didn’t know, and there was no such scene in his memories. He turned to look at William Clark and the others.

William Clark hesitated several times before finally nodding with difficulty, saying sympathetically, “Little Ethan, it rained heavily a few days ago, the Mei River flooded, and your family’s fields were all washed away. Our family suffered some losses too, but yours was the worst.”

When it rains, it pours!

Ethan Grant wiped the corner of his eye and said, “Can someone lend me a knife?”

“What do you want to do?”

Paul Miller was startled.

“Kill myself.”

Ethan Grant laughed, a bright, dazzling smile. Out of more than a hundred households in Mei Village, only his family suffered the worst loss, only his family borrowed high-interest loans. Such “good luck” all landed on him. He really suspected that if he stabbed himself to death, he’d ascend to immortality on the spot—he couldn’t find a single reason not to stab himself.

“Little Ethan, don’t do anything rash!”

William Clark looked very worried. Today’s Ethan Grant was just too unusual, like a completely different person.

“If I’m not rash now, am I even human?”

Ethan Grant roared, but then saw William Clark staring at him in shock, so he wiped his face and said, “I’m sorry!”

Paul Miller shouted, “Hey, hey, hey, I don’t care if you live or die, but if you want to die, pay me back first! If you don’t have the money, heh, you can use your wife to pay the debt.” As he spoke, his lecherous gaze drifted toward the house.

Although that woman had just exploded in anger and nearly scared him into wetting his pants, she was just too beautiful, which only made his lust grow. If he could conquer a woman like that, the sense of accomplishment would be immense.

William Clark and the others all glared at him angrily.

You bastard, always thinking about putting a green hat on me. Ethan Grant cursed inwardly, then said, “Even if my family’s grain is gone, we still have to go by the IOU. If you want money, fine, come back after the autumn harvest.”

Paul Miller sneered, “David Grant is dead, your family’s grain is gone, what are you going to use to pay me back?”

Ethan Grant snorted, “Worst case, I’ll give you the fields.”

Paul Miller laughed, “Are you stupid from being struck by lightning? Of your family’s sixty mu of land, forty belong to the government. Now that David Grant is dead, those fields should be returned to the government. The other twenty mu are my family’s. You want to use my family’s land to pay your debt to me? You wish!”

Wait, let me think for a moment.