Li San thought for a while and said: "Then three days, after three days, give Lao Tzu one hundred taels, one less ingot of silver, and Lao Tzu will abolish their whole family." ”

Zhuang Meiyan couldn't help but change color, and said, "Isn't it fifty taels? How can it be another hundred taels!"

Li San glanced at it and said, "Fifty taels is the capital, and after so many days, don't you count it as profit?"

In front of everyone's eyes, fifty taels of silver rose to one hundred taels in the blink of an eye, and the crowd was angry, and some young and vigorous young men couldn't help but roll up their sleeves and wanted to come forward to reason with him, but were stopped by the old village chief.

Li San said again: "With such a large amount of money, what if Xiucai runs away? No, leave his son as collateral." ”

One of his men immediately dragged the child over, and the child was reluctant to let go of his mother and wept loudly.

Zhuang Meiyan hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, and said, "Isn't that just a guarantor, I'll vouch for them." ”

The old village chief frowned, coughed, and was about to open his mouth to stop it, but Zhuang Meiyan turned his head and smiled at his old man, and then instructed Zhuang Rongxi to bring a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, write down an IOU on the spot, and hand it to Li San.

Li San took the note, looked horizontally and vertically, scratched his ears and cheeks, turned his mouse eyes up and down, and finally frowned, and said angrily: "Damn, you bully Lao Tzu for not being literate." ”

He snorted and handed the note to a dog-headed military advisor beside him, and the guy stumbled, "Day...... Because of the small, I owe Li San ......"

It also seems that there is not much ink.

Li San couldn't hold his face, and coughed dryly. Zhuang Meiyan smiled: "It's better to ask Yang Xiucai to read it to you." ”

Li San snatched the note, glared at the guy who was holding back the sweat of his nose, and was about to hand it to Yang Xiucai, but suddenly changed his mind and handed it to Xiaobai, who was gnawing his fingers and squinting at the sky.

"Tell him to read. ”

Xiaobai took the note curiously and immediately shook his head and read it.

"A few days ago, because of a small game, I owed Li San a hundred taels of silver, which was paid off within three days. Madame is untrustworthy, this debt should be repaid? If it is not used, it will hurt the peace of heaven, and the reason of heaven is clear, and the matter has its own clear judgment, so on this basis, both parties sign and draw a pledge as evidence, and there is no remorse! A certain day, a certain month, and a certain year. ”

This large series of words came out of his mouth unusually fluently, and everyone thought that he was just a fool, but they didn't expect him to be literate, and they couldn't help but be amazed.

Li San and his subordinates seemed to understand it, but "I owe Li San a hundred taels of silver, and I will pay it off within three days." I still understand these words.

The dog-headed military advisor under his command was a little worried, and quietly asked, "Third Master Li, what kind of words does this fool know?" I'm afraid they have done a ghost!"

Li San smiled wickedly and said, "Okay, that fool can read words, I know that he used to read letters to people in the town." Such a large paragraph, teach you to memorize, you will not be able to memorize it for a while and a half, not to mention that he is a fool - if he is illiterate, how can he speak so smoothly. Don't worry, these people are the most sincere fools. ”

Since there was no objection between the two parties, Yang Xiucai sat on the ground as if he had lost his soul, at the mercy of Li San, and forcibly took his finger and pressed down the handprint, in triplicate, Li San looked at it with satisfaction, and stuffed one into Yang Xiucai's arms.

"Xiucai, Lao Tzu pities your son for having no mother at such a young age, return your daughter-in-law to you, three days! Prepare a hundred taels of silver for Lao Tzu in three days, otherwise--"

Li San patted Yang Xiucai's face threateningly, got up slowly, stared at Zhuang Meiyan's eyes and said coldly: "Miss Zhuang San, it's righteous enough! It's not that easy to do. After three days, if this kid doesn't pay back the money if he has a bad conscience, then you have to cushion it for him first. ”

Zhuang Meiyan was indifferent in the face of his intimidation, and said calmly: "The one who doesn't worry about the hard work, the charm is naturally provincial, and he won't send it slowly!"

After listening to Zhuang Meiyan's assurance, Li San's small eyes emitted a treacherous brilliance as if he had found some treasure, and a sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Looking at the distant backs of Li San and the others, the old village chief looked at Zhuang Meiyan, and said worriedly: "Third girl, this matter is not a joke, sign and draw a mortgage, if he doesn't take it, you have to pay the money for him, otherwise he will sue the court, and the government can copy your home to pay off the debt." ”

Zhuang Meiyan smiled confidently, turned back to the old village chief and said, "Uncle, don't worry, Meiyan naturally has a number." If you come, you will be safe, and there will be three days anyway. ”

The old village chief was full of confidence when he heard the first half of her sentence, and felt a little relieved, but the second half of the words were a little cynical, and his old man began to feel uneasy again. The village elder Cheng was serious, and always felt that this matter was very inappropriate, so he sighed deeply, put on his dry pipe, and inhaled sullenly.

Zhuang Meiyan didn't seem to pay attention to the old village chief's preoccupations, and only cared about letting Chunju and them help Sister-in-law Yang and Yang Xiucai into the house to rest.

Zhuang Meiyan stood outside for a long time and was a little tired, went into the inner room and rested on the warm kang, squinted her eyes for a while, and suddenly remembered something, and gently kicked Chunju who beat her legs with her foot, and nu her mouth. Chunju understood, quietly opened a corner of the door curtain, and looked into the hall.

Next to the brazier in the hall, Sister-in-law Yang sat on the poun with her hair scattered, her eyes were stunned, and she looked at the ground in front of her blankly. Her youngest son was tired from crying, and fell asleep on Sister-in-law Yang's lap in a daze. Yang Xiucai silently took a towel and put it in the copper basin and twisted it, carefully wiped her face and hands for Sister-in-law Yang, Sister-in-law Yang looked sluggish, and the corners of her mouth drooled from time to time, Yang Xiucai wiped and wiped, repeated several times, her face was as usual, and she had no intention of complaining.

Chunju saw it clearly, and quietly told Zhuang Meiyan about the situation in the hall 1510, Zhuang Meiyan nodded while listening, sighed and said: "It's still human nature, it's not in vain that I spent a lot of effort, Sister-in-law Yang should be blessed, and the second half of her life can be regarded as taking care of it." ”

Chunju nodded, suddenly became worried, and said to Zhuang Meiyan worriedly: "Miss, do you think this sour Xiucai can get together a hundred taels of silver in three days? Look at his appearance, even if he folds it and sells it, I'm afraid it's not worth a hundred taels -- if he can get the money, he doesn't need to sell his wife and children." ”

Zhuang Meiyan nodded and said, "What you said is good. ”

Chunju couldn't help but get anxious.

"Miss, one hundred taels is not a small number, you have to ...... for them Paid it back?"

Zhuang Meiyan smiled silently, her expression gradually became cold, and she said in a deep voice: "Do you think that what they want is only one hundred taels?"

Chunju was stunned.

"How?"

Zhuang Meiyan shook his head slowly, and said firmly: "What they want is not this money, but a fixed gold owner, who can regularly extort money at their mercy." ”

Chunju was a little confused, she suddenly felt that her young lady seemed to be different from before, they used to be in the mansion together, swallowing their anger, and now, looking at the young lady's firm and confident gaze, her heart suddenly calmed down. She trusted, Miss, to come up with a solution.

Zhuang Meiyan didn't know Chunju's thoughts, but just ordered: "Chunju, you go and invite Yang Xiucai to come in and speak." ”

"Yes. ”

Chunju opened the curtain and walked out.