Lin Cheng sighed, relieved his tone, and said to Mao: "Aunt Mei, what is Mrs. Old Xiucai, we all look at it, you ask yourself, is she serving you more, or the little son and daughter-in-law next to you serve you more." If you have any difficulties, when Mrs. Xiucai comes back and tells her that she will never ignore you, you have to bring a group of people to take away other orphans and widows, what is this like? If you force someone as good as Mrs. Xiucai to hate you, are you happy? ”

"That's it!" Someone on the side entoured, "Three or five taels of silver, even if Mrs. Xiucai can't take out so much, can we ignore the folks in our township?" A few families get together, and it's enough. ”

Mao stomped his feet angrily, gritted his teeth and said: "Where is the three or five taels of silver enough!" ”

"How much is that?" Lin Cheng asked in surprise, three or five taels of silver is equivalent to a year's income of a few acres of land in several cities, how can you look at Mao's situation, it seems that it is far from enough.

"300 taels!" The ruffian who came to ask for the debt shouted loudly, and said with a sarcastic smile to Lin Qu, who was by Sister Qiu's door: "If you can't get the money today, turn around and turn our faces, we will chop off Meiqu's finger and send it to his mother!" You have good intentions, but if you really get to the point of chopping off your fingers, you will hurt Meiqu! It ruined his life! ”

Mao was anxious and angry, sitting on the ground and crying, I don't know what happened to Meiqu now, I was worried about my life, and I hated to replace Meiqu to chop off people's fingers.

Several people were shocked by the ruffian's words, 300 taels of silver looked like an unimaginable amount of money in the Zhuang family, and Meiqu, a scholar, owed such a huge debt!

After relieving himself, Lin did know that this matter was very important, so he was about to open his mouth, so he listened to the crisp voice of Sister Qiu in the door, "What a big hat!" Mei Qu borrowed money and didn't pay it back, how did it come to your mouth and become the fault of these well-meaning uncles? ”

Mao listened to Sister Qiu's words, sat up immediately, and yelled at Sister Qiu: "Sister Qiu, hurry up and open the door!" If you don't open the door, I'll beat you to death! ”

Sister Qiu smiled coldly, there were 120 men waiting for Lin Cheng to block her door, and Sister Qiu was not afraid of those ruffians who were hanging up. She also ignored Mao's, and only opened the door when she was sick, and only asked loudly: "Did you lend me the money to my uncle?" ”

The leader of the ruffian was stunned, but he didn't expect that Xiao Nizi would talk to him, and hurriedly said: "Yes, even the principal with interest is 300 taels, and if it expires, it will not be repaid, and the interest will be ten taels a day!" ”

"Do you know who my uncle is, don't you know that the Mei family doesn't even bring ten taels of things, so you dare to lend him 300 taels? Aren't you afraid that he won't be able to pay it when it's Sister Qiu asked, she was indeed very suspicious, in her previous life, the bank or the loan company had to carefully investigate the borrower's background and credit before lending, and also mortgage.

The ruffian at the head was speechless for a while, saying that you know it's not right, you lend such a large amount of money to a poor man who is determined not to pay back, who will believe it? If you don't know something, you can't even dare to borrow money without investigating the background of the person who borrowed it? "This ...... He said

He can earn twice as much in two days when he buys shares and trades! The leader shouted.

Just based on Mei Qu's words, these Xu people dare to lend him a huge amount of money? Sister Qiu didn't believe it at all, she borrowed three or five copper plates from the countryside neighbors, and all of them had to weigh in their hearts whether the other party could afford to pay it back. What did they rely on for their willingness to lend Meiqu money? And now everyone knows that they can make money by opening a shop in the town, so will that be......

The ruffians at the head were a little angry, and the eyes of Lin Qu and the others who glanced at them were also full of suspicion.

"Don't ramble, these are useless! The IOU written by your uncle is here, no one can rely on it in black and white, you don't pay today, and I will throw your uncle's finger in your yard in the afternoon! Tell the big guys to take a look, the sister-in-law and nephew have the money to eat fragrant and spicy food every day, and they don't pull out a dime, and they stare dryly at the little brother-in-law to cut off their fingers! The ruffian at the head shouted.

Sister Qiu was also annoyed, "Who are you scaring with my uncle's finger?" Now I can't even see the shadow of my uncle, who knows if you are here to be honest with us in the countryside? ”

Mao shouted anxiously, "They didn't get anyone, your second uncle and father looked, the words on the IOU were written by your uncle!" ”

Sister Qiu almost laughed out loud, not afraid of tiger-like enemies, but afraid of grass-boar-like teammates, Mao's preference for Meiqu is really boundless, I don't know what the situation of Meiqu is, whether it is really dangerous, here I hurriedly brought people to rob the property of the eldest daughter-in-law, but I am afraid that the son will be hurt a little.

"Aunt Mei, I think Sister Qiu is right, this thing is very suspicious." Lin did look at the gang of ruffians and preached, "Who believes that they come to the door to ask for money and shout and kill with just an IOU!" I see, I'm looking for your family to ask. ”

If someone suddenly comes to the door with an IOU, no one can be as frightened as Mao's, and they don't want all the shame and shame, at least find the main owner and ask what is going on.

Mao wiped his tears and said, "I want to ask too!" The old man is in their hands, I can't see it! When they came, they showed me a pencil case that I had sewn for my old man. ”

"A pencil case alone doesn't mean anything!" Furong's brother-in-law, Erwei, touched the back of his head and said, "Maybe they picked it up from somewhere, or maybe they stole it!" Isn't Uncle Mei studying in the academy, what are you doing with some money? ”

"Yes!" Uncle Zhongtang said, "These people are not good people when they look at it, they don't have to see that Mrs. Xiucai has made money, so they are expected to take a bite!" ”

"Not really!" Mao's anxious eyes were red, and he was about to shed tears again, "It's my third son who wants to go to do business with someone to borrow, and my kid is going to the county to take the old Xiucai ......" Speaking, Mao hated the Jia family again, if it weren't for the stinginess of the Jia family, and they didn't even want to pay a few taels of silver for the road fee, where would Meiqu want to join the gang to make money, and where would she sink into the situation of cutting off your fingers for these ruffians who lend usury?

However, no matter how high-pitched Ren Mao's speech is, no one will pay attention to her words this time.

The ruffians who came to ask for money were a little panicked, and shouted in unison, "Nonsense! We are serious people, you buns are really a bun of people! If you don't pay the debt, you can still blame us! ”

"Then go to the court and ask the county grandfather to try it for the first trial!" Sister Qiu's clear voice came, "If we have falsely accused you, the county grandfather is wise and martial, how can he not help you avenge your grievances?!" ”

Although the Daxing Dynasty did not explicitly prohibit usury, it was a matter of not being able to go to the table for usury, and besides, these people were originally weak-minded, so they could really go to court.

"You gangsters!" The leader was still fierce, but his tone was not as tough as when he first came, and there was a look of panic between his eyebrows, and he gestured to several accomplices behind him, and bluffed: "Go!" Let's go back, when they send it to the door and beg us for cashier! ”

A few ruffians originally wanted to run away at this time, but they didn't expect that Mao, who had always stood on their side, hugged the leg of the ruffian who led them, and cried with broken liver and intestines, as if as soon as these people left, Meiqu would not be able to live.

"You can't go! Wait, I'll ask them for money!" Mao's face was covered with tears and nose, and he clung to the ruffian's leg and didn't let go, "Don't hurt my kid!" My kid has a great future to do, but you can't ruin him! I'll open the door for you later, and you can go in and get the money!" ”

The ruffian is not a fool, he hates that he is unlucky today, and when he is angry, he hates Mao's mouth very much, but in fact, it is useless, and he can't even open the door of his daughter-in-law's house.

"You useless old immortal mama!" The ruffian led by him picked up his shirt and said abruptly, "Dare to block the path of the master, I can't kill you kid!" ”

After Mao kicked him down, despite the pain in his chest, he rushed up and hugged the man's leg with all his might, crying: "Uncle, you are good, pity us, don't go, I'll go and ask for money, I'll kneel down for them and plead, they will give money!" ”

Lin Cheng was very dissatisfied and disgusted with Mao's leading the ruffian to rob her daughter-in-law's family, and when she kicked the ruffian hard, she felt a little pity for her, and felt that all of them were villagers in the village, how could they not look at a little foreign hooligan who bullied the old man, so they wanted to go over and make a stand for her, but they heard her say such things again, and the angry few people raised their feet and retracted them.

Disrespectful for the old! Several people's hearts were gloomy.

The little boy's dark face was full of sweat, and he gasped for a long time before he said to Lin Que: "Father, I went to call Mei Ye, he, he didn't come, he didn't come to say anything, my father went to call him, he didn't care." ”

Lin did sigh, Mei Laosu is also a fool, this is acquiescing to Mrs. Mei's belt

People went to loot the widow's daughter-in-law, when Mrs. Mei Xiucai broke up, Mei Laosuo was hard to be angry, and came out to give Mrs. Lao Xiucai some things, he also felt that Mei Laosuo was an understanding person, but he didn't expect that as soon as Meiqu was involved, he ...... All say that people's hearts are flesh and blood, and he doesn't see it at all, at least the two elders of the Mei family, for the eldest son's family, their hearts are harder than stones.

Sister Qiu inside the door also understood, in fact, she vaguely guessed that the Mao family led people to rob, if Mei Laosuo did not agree, she would have come to block it, and if she did not appear at this time, she must have agreed with Mao's approach, so she did not come at home, it was just that she couldn't pull down the old face.

(End of chapter)