Chương 1017: Chapter 1017: The Test of Indulgence (2)

Before being forced into embezzling food, he had originally raised chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs, and he would also underreport their numbers. Such acts were very common among the large householders; as long as the mandated quantity could be turned in at the end of the year, the surplus could be kept for themselves. As a result, including the silver coin made from selling the embezzled food, over the course of ten years, the silver Zhao Dafu had gathered exceeded the One Thousand Taels of Silver that Mo Yan had estimated by quite a bit.

Looking down at the Zhao family people kneeling below, anxiously awaiting her decision, her expression gradually softened, "You may stand up first."

The Zhao family people looked at each other, but no one dared to be the first to stand.

Mo Yan, observing Old Lady Meng's shaky figure and the several children, feigned anger and said, "What, do you think by using this method you can force the County Lord to spare you?"