Chapter 143: Be reasonable
Everyone frowned a little when they thought like this. On the same day, they came to help clean up the house, but the little Liuzi family who was angry was the first to turn around and go back. The rest of the people looked at each other and turned their heads to leave. Old man Liu panicked when he saw this, pulled a neighbor alive or dead, and shouted loudly, "Brother Ma, why don't you save you when you see death, the people in this city have bullied our village, why do you have to help." ”
The neighbor surnamed Ma shook off his pull and replied, "If you don't grow vegetables, you should pay back the money, what is there to argue about?" If your family has the idea of repaying the debt, you can't help. Whatever you do, you have to be reasonable. ”
Old man Liu was dumbfounded, and Mrs. Liu was also said to be so weak that she forgot to cry. Shopkeeper Sun rarely praised, "This fellow is really a reasonable person!" ”
It's a pity that the neighbor surnamed Ma doesn't like the three members of the Liu family, and he is also disgusted with him as a bully, so he turned his head and left without even snorting when he heard the praise. Shopkeeper Sun touched such a soft nail, hated and scolded a few words in his heart, and then went to ask the three members of the Liu family, "You hurry up and return the deposit, otherwise, let's go to the government to file a lawsuit!" ”
Mrs. Liu thought that those white silver bills were about to be returned, and her heart hurt so much that she was fried, and she refused to live or die. She stretched out her finger and pointed to her red and swollen cheeks, and said angrily, "Don't even think about it, you just won't pay it back!" You have just knocked my ears deaf, and I will take medicine for the twenty pieces of silver. Even if you go to a lawsuit, our family will also take care of it! ”
Shopkeeper Sun shook the deed paper in his hand, and said with a sneer, "Hmph, the old man saw that your family was not a good thing, so he kept his hand." As you can see, it is clearly written on this deed paper, and if you breach the contract, you will have to pay double the deposit. Your family owes not twenty taels now, but a full forty taels! ”
The old couple of the Liu family gasped in fright, and Mrs. Liu couldn't care about pretending to be deaf anymore, so she hurriedly turned her head and asked Liu Shuisheng, "Son, he's talking nonsense, you haven't signed this deed paper at all, have you?" ”
Liu Shuisheng got the money from Fuguilou at the beginning, and he was extremely happy, just thinking about getting rich and marrying a daughter-in-law in the future, where did he care about how to write the deed paper?
At this moment, he suddenly heard that the shopkeeper Sun threw such a killer idea, and he wanted to deny it ten million times, but unfortunately the handprint on the deed paper was so familiar...
Old man Liu was stunned when he saw his son, and he also understood in his heart. Instantly angry, a slap was pumped over, "You useless thing!" You dare to sign for giving away other people's money for nothing? ”
Liu Shuisheng was beaten up without paying attention, and he was about to hide behind the old lady in pain, not wanting the old lady to be angry this time, and she had no intention of sheltering.
Liu Shuisheng couldn't, so he ran into the house, and the old man Liu then chased the old lady and scolded her.
Shopkeeper Sun felt relieved when he saw their family in a mess before, and he hugged his arms and looked lively, but then the door of the house was closed tightly, and he immediately knew that he had been deceived. This family fight is fake, take the opportunity to go into the house to avoid it!
The little guy didn't wait for the shopkeeper's instructions, so he cleverly ran forward and smashed the two doors, scolding, "Come out quickly, pay off the debt, it's right, aren't your Liu family afraid of lawsuits?" Hurry up and pay back the money! ”
Shopkeeper Sun was also trembling with anger, and shouted loudly, "Good, good, it's really a poor mountain and bad water!" The silver of our rich building actually dared to rely on it, you waited for me, waited! ”
The master and servant were scolding and slamming the door like this, tossing so loudly that they couldn't wait for the entire Nangou Village to hear it clearly. But the three members of the Liu family just made up their minds, hid in the house and pretended to be a turtle with a shrunken head, and ignored the collapse of the sky.
The master and servant of the shopkeeper Sun were so tired that he was out of breath, and in the end he couldn't, so he had to leave a sentence with a blue face, "Before noon tomorrow, if you don't send forty taels of silver, just wait for the official to come to the door!" ”
After saying this cruel words, he returned to the city with a little snort.
The three members of the Liu family lay down in front of the door together, and when they saw that the carriage was far away, there was no movement at the door of their own house, so they breathed a sigh of relief. Liu Shuisheng was still afraid of going to prison, and asked in a low voice, "Dad, mother, what if this person really brings an official to arrest me tomorrow?" ”
Old man Liu frowned and stroked his beard and said, "Their restaurant is so rich, if you don't count these dozens of taels of silver, maybe he will forget about it tomorrow." If he really brought an official messenger to the door, let's discuss it carefully. ”
Hearing his father's irresponsible statement, Liu Shui was so angry that he almost rolled his eyes, and hurriedly went to pull his mother again, "Mother, my son doesn't want to go to prison, why don't we take the silver and return it to Fuguilou, right?" ”
Mrs. Liu laughed dryly twice and said comfortingly, "Son, it's not that my mother doesn't want to pay back this silver, but the family can't take out so much." Don't be afraid, there are many people in our village, and no one can just watch you being taken away by officials. You stay at home first, and I'll go with your father to ask Lizheng to be in charge. With him in the background, the custody will be fine. ”
After saying this, Mrs. Liu pulled Old Man Liu to open the door of the house, watched cautiously for a long time, and then trotted to Lizheng's house.
Liu Shuisheng was stunned in the house alone, and suddenly felt that his father and mother only recognized money and didn't care about his safety, which was really chilling. Instead of waiting to be arrested and imprisoned tomorrow, it is better to plan for yourself first.
His eyes rolled around countless times, and finally he stomped his foot hard and made up his mind. He rushed out to find a pickaxe, and in three or two clicks he dug up the loose soil in the corner of the house and dug out a small clay pot. When I opened the linoleum covering it, I really revealed most of the broken silver and copper coins inside, and there were more than 20 taels of rough counting.
He casually pulled a cloth package, wrapped the money in one place along with three or five changes of clothes, carried it on his back and ran out of the house...
Besides, the old couple of the Liu family went to Lizheng's house, no matter how clever they covered it up, they couldn't get rid of the suspicion of not paying off the debts after all. Li Zheng and a few elders were already angry with their family's actions, and now they naturally would not take the lead in such a disaster for them.
The old couple struggled for a long time, but Li Zheng and the others just refused to let go, so they had to quit. However, the heads of this old couple are not in vain, and they have a plan if they can't make a plan. Shuangshuang found the door of the eldest son, hoping that the eldest son, who was the eldest son, would stand up and solve the disaster for his father and brother. It is best to give forty taels of silver generously, and when the time comes, if the official messenger comes to the door, it will be returned to the rich building, and if the official messenger does not come, then they will make a fortune again.
The two of them calculated a thousand things, but unfortunately, Liu Housheng is no longer the honest man who was treated harshly by his father and mother and did not say anything. He didn't even wait for his father and mother to finish speaking, and directly threw down a sentence, "Liu's family affairs have nothing to do with me!" Then he slammed the door shut and hid in the back greenhouse.
Old man Liu and the old lady were so angry that they jumped to their feet and scolded, originally everyone in the Li family was still thinking about persuading a few words, after all, the blood relationship is constantly cut, and no matter how many parents there are, they can't completely ignore it. But the left sentence in Mrs. Liu's mouth turned her elbow outward, and the right sentence raised a son for others, which clearly meant that even their Li family was scolded together. So everyone was annoyed, and no one went out to persuade them.
Old man and Mrs. Liu tossed for a long time, and returned home with a dry mouth from exhaustion, but from a distance, she saw that the courtyard door and the house door were wide open. The two panicked and hurried to the house to check. As a result, this is a terrible sight, the cabinets have been turned over, and the money jar is empty.
Old Mrs. Liu rolled her eyes and fell to the ground, and Old Man Liu didn't care about rescuing the old woman, so she ran out and shouted, "Catch the thief, my family has been robbed!" Which day thundered and stole my family's silver! ”
Previously, the women and mothers-in-law of every household were warned by the men in the family not to go out to watch the excitement, so as not to be implicated by the unreasonable three members of the Liu family. But the woman was very curious, how could she let go of such a bustle, and kept hiding under the courtyard wall of her house and listening secretly.
At this time, I thought that the show was over, and I was about to go to Zhang Luo for lunch, when suddenly the old man of the Liu family shouted to catch the thief, and the women couldn't bear it anymore, so they opened the door and ran to see the excitement.
The men also felt that the reputation of the village was at stake, and they all frowned and rushed over.
Old man Liu was scolding and crying with snot and tears, and the little money he and his wife had accumulated over the years was taken away by someone, which was even more painful than digging his heart, liver and lungs.
Seeing that the neighbors on the left and right were the first to rush over, he stepped forward and grabbed their clothes and scolded, "You return my family's silver..."
The neighbor was so angry that his face turned pale, and he pushed him away and said angrily, "Uncle Liu, what are you talking about, I haven't even left the house, why did I steal your family's silver?" You're a bloody squirt! ”
Everyone also persuaded, "That's it, that's it." What the hell is going on here? ”
Old man Liu was already crazy with distress, pointed to the wide open door and scolded, "We went out for a walk, and when we came back to the house, we were robbed, not who stole it!" You pay me back the money..."
As he said this, he stepped forward to pull his neighbors, but was stopped by the crowd. At this time, he and a few old men also arrived, and when they saw the chaos in the courtyard, they scolded loudly, "Okay, if you have something to say, what are you arguing about?" ”
Li Zheng and a few old men have absolute authority in the village, and Old Man Liu is still a little afraid in his heart, so his subordinates let go of their neighbors and shouted, "Li Zheng, you have to be the master of our family." My wife and I just went to your place and walked around the eldest son's house, and when we came back, the house was emptied. How can this make our family live? ”
Li Zheng frowned in annoyance and asked, "You locked the door when you left?" How much silver was lost? ”
Old man Liu wiped a handful of snot and replied, "I lost more than 20 taels, and we have saved a lifetime of silver." When we go, the water..."
The old man was halfway through speaking, and suddenly remembered that he had never seen the shadow of his youngest son, so he turned his head left and right and shouted, "Who saw the water life, where did this kid go, he looked at the house?" ”
(That's it for today, 7 teeth to be repaired, and I was tortured to the point that I burned for days.) If I can be reborn, I will definitely take good calcium supplements and take good care of my teeth, I am wrong, I want to hit the wall. )