Don't Push Your Luck

Bai Wutong raised her eyebrows and pointed at the beam. "Just this piece of wood is worth 10 taels. The entire house was built using hundreds of pieces of this wood. Isn't Madam Qu forcing me by wanting to buy my house with just 200 taels? Do you want me to offer it to you with both hands like that?"

So she thought that the amount was too little, such a greedy woman.

Madam Qu's eyes darkened and she stood up to defend herself. "You didn't spend a single cent on the wood you harvested. How are you making a loss by receiving 200 taels?! Besides, so what if the materials used for this house are good? It's just built in a remote village."

The corners of Bai Wutong's mouth curled up, and her eyes were cold. "Then let me ask you, Madam Qu, why didn't you built a house yourself, but chose to buy my house?"