The village secretary was close to crashing his abacus beads into my face. They just forced me to buy and sell as they wanted, trying to make me do business at a huge loss. This situation would only make my family and my business end up in a suspicious mess.
I shook my head decisively. “No, I disagree with what you say. I can't run a business that way. Sorry.”
Xaviera instantly transformed into a messenger of justice once again in this situation. “You're really over the top, Auntie Carmen. Just because we expose your lies on the internet, it makes you break the contract, too dishonest, right?”
I looked at her with amusement. Xaviera asked, “Aren't you the ones who promised to refund the money?”
I then replied briefly, “Mobile banking transfer, money and goods are settled. If you think it's unfair, you can call the police.”
I knew everyone was in trouble. If the elders of the family knew that they had returned all the paper money for tomorrow's ancestor worship, they would definitely be embarrassed.
The village secretary frowned, “Mrs. Carmen, the villagers trust you and order paper money from you every year, right? You've made so much money for so many years, but people didn't say that they'd let you spit out the money from before.”
One of the young men nodded his head busily, “It's almost like you're just looking for a step-down. Isn't that so? Being a woman has to be honest!”
I couldn't help but smile sarcastically. “Integrity? You're the ones who returned the money. You're the ones who returned it and bought it again. How can it be so good? I really can't sell these two dollars a pack of paper money.”
They were shocked. They instantly turned their eyes to Xaviera.
“Xaviera, what should we do now? Tomorrow we will worship our ancestors. Aunt Carmen's family is the only one in the village that sells paper money. Everyone is in a hurry to use this paper money!”
The others were getting more and more panicked. “Yes, if my mom knows that I returned the paper money, she will have to pull my tendons and skin me alive.”
One of them asked Xaviera briefly, “Where did you see these two large bags of paper money?”
Xaviera's eyes carried a hint of a triumphant smile. She finally cut to the chase.