Tao Sixi turned around and looked at the old man Maokui, waiting for his next step.

"When I borrowed it at the time, it was twenty taels of silver, but I didn't expect that after more than ten years, the profit rolled to five hundred taels, hey!"

The old man shook his head, took out the dry tobacco stick on his waist and stuffed it into his mouth, but he didn't light it, he just bit it, and his gray brows twisted into an unbreakable knot.

Even though Tao Sixi had a calm personality and didn't panic when he encountered trouble, he couldn't help but gasp when he heard the amount of five hundred taels of silver from Gagong's mouth at this moment.

At the beginning, Tao Wangsheng dug the dam, which caused the destruction of Wang Laohu's 100 acres of medicinal fields.

Wang Laohu made a claim for two hundred taels of silver to the old Tao family.

The old Tao family has two courtyards in the village, there is no shortage of chickens, ducks, geese and pigs, and there are more than ten acres of paddy fields and dry land, and Tao Laohan and Ma still have some savings in their hands.

But even so, the compensation of two hundred taels of silver is undoubtedly a catastrophe for the old Tao family.

Now, the sky-high price of 500 taels of silver is pressed on the lonely and widowed Ga Gong and Ga Po, isn't this killing them?

Not to mention selling everything, even if they put themselves in it and use that creditor as a cow and a horse, they won't be able to pay it back in this life!

Tao Sixi took a deep breath and struggled to maintain his composure.

At this time, Ga Gong Ga Po must feel that the sky is about to fall, and she and her eldest sister are their last relatives in this world.

The eldest sister must not be able to count on it, so Tao Sixi must stand up and provoke this courage.

"Ga Gong, who is the creditor? I'll talk to him and see if there's any room for manoeuvre. ”

Tao Sixi said again, his voice as calm as ever.

But this peace didn't seem to be able to bring peace of mind to the second elder, and the old man shook his head, "It's useless." ”

"The creditor who borrowed my money at the beginning was called Xia Dafu, he died a month ago, and the group of people who came today are Xia Dafu's younger brother Xia Dacai."

"The one called Qiangzi before was the little brother who Xia Dacai found to collect the debt, and he told me that the IOU I made with Xia Dafu back then now belongs to Xia Dacai, and this money is Xia Dacai to collect."

Hearing the words of the old man Maokui, Tao Sixi understood.

The creditor is his elder brother Xia Dafu, and after Xia Dafu's death, it is estimated that the property went to his younger brother, and IOUs are also one of them.

So the younger brother became a new creditor and began to collect debts.

Gu Beichen, who had been sitting there without saying a word, also spoke at this time.

"Ga Gong, when you borrowed money from Xia Dafu and made an IOU, could you clearly explain the interest rate?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head.

"Xia Dafu is a great good person, and he didn't count my interest at all." Maokui old man said.

Even the principal of twenty taels of silver, Xia Dafu originally planned to sponsor it, but he was young and strong, and he was embarrassed to take so much money from others for nothing, so he had to make an IOU and pay it back slowly in the future.

But there were too many changes that happened later, and his strong heart was also smashed.

"Since there is no interest, why is the interest now more than 500 taels? It seems that this interest was IOU in Xia Dacai's hands, and Xia Dacai made up for it! Gu Beichen analyzed.

The old man sighed heavily, and sat there, his whole person collapsed, as if he had aged more than ten years in an instant.

On the side of the bed, Tao Sixi was also cold in his heart.

Paying off debts is a matter of course, whether it is the people or the government, it is Xia Dacai's side that takes advantage.

With five hundred taels of silver with interest, Xia Dacai's meaning is obvious, he wants Gagong and Ga Po to hand over all his net worth, and then give him a horse back then, squeezing out the last drop of sweat.

Or, Xia Dacai's purpose is not only that, but also what she can't imagine.

At the same time, another question also haunted her.