Finding Ji Liantang was not a motivator, but the thought of getting money—money that would go straight into their own pockets—was another story entirely. Their enthusiasm soared.
Mrs. Zhu and Ji Lianhuai shut the door and plotted for a while. Without even stopping to eat, they went to Mrs. Zhu's family home to find reinforcements.
Their original plan was to ask the first branch of the family for help. After all, it was a Ji family matter, and they couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
But then they remembered that branch only had two men—one old and one disabled. They wouldn't be much help in a fight and would just be a burden.
Besides, if they did get the money back, what if the first branch wanted a cut?
No matter how they looked at it, it just wasn't worth it, so they dropped the idea.
As for why they didn't get help from the village, Ji Qingshan was afraid of making an even bigger scene. The Ji family had already lost all the face it had to lose.
