Chen Xiaonian chuckled in his heart, hurriedly ran into the house, and saw the Wang family huddled in the corner at a glance.

"Mother!"

Wang raised his head sharply and pushed her out the door in a panic.

"What are you doing here? Walk quickly, don't go home these days! ”

Chen Xiaonian was taken aback by Wang's reaction.

"Mother, what's wrong?"

Jiro put down what he was holding and walked over to the two of them.

He was tall, calm and reliable, and the panic in Wang's heart eased a little.

The villagers who were talking just now were all gathered at the door of their homes, looking at their family and pointing at them. Chen Xiaonian frowned and shouted to Erlang to go over and close the door.

Before the gate was about to close, someone shouted: "Xiao Nian, this silver has to be returned, or those people will not make the village into a miasma, and our village will not be able to live." ”

Chen Xiaonian's eyebrows twisted into a pimple.

"Who? Listen to what they mean, these people have come to the house more than once? Mother, haven't all the money been paid off? ”

Wang wanted to speak and stopped, and was urged twice by Chen Xiaonian before he began to cry.

"At the beginning, in order to treat your father, I borrowed everything I could in the village, and finally I heard that people could borrow money in the gambling house in the town, so I went to borrow fifty taels of silver. Yesterday I went to the town with you, and they saw that I had money, and today they went to my house to ask for it. I ......"

After saying this, Wang began to cry again.

Chen Xiaonian was relieved: "It's only fifty taels, we can afford it." ”

As she spoke, she took out the ten taels of silver she had earned today, and before she could speak, Wang said again: "Now the profit is rolling, and it is already one hundred and thirty-six taels and seven dollars......

Chen Xiaonian was stupid.

Fifty taels, more than one hundred and thirty taels of silver from now to now.

Isn't this usury!

"How can this be reasonable, there is no royal law in the eyes of these people?"

Chen Xiaonian was about to go out with the ten taels of silver in her hand, and the Wang family was so frightened that she hurriedly stopped her.

"Nian, you can't go! Let my mother go, and my mother will tell them. ”

She goes?

She was crying and crying, and she might not be bullied if she went!

You'll have to do it yourself.

"Mother, don't stop me."

Seeing that he couldn't stop it, Wang shouted Erlang to stop him again. Erlang didn't even bother to pull Chen Xiaonian to his side.

"What are you pulling me for?"

Jiro seemed to sigh lightly. He tightened his grip on Chen Xiaonian's hand and led her out of the door.

Chen Xiaonian understood that Erlang was afraid that she would suffer a loss, so he wanted to go with her.

When the two returned to town, it was almost time.

When they arrived at the gambling house, they were a little surprised when they saw Chen Xiaonian. There are really few women in this town who love to gamble, and such a beautiful little lady is the first one.

Such a little lady is easy to handle.

But when they saw the man following her, the people in the gambling house saw at a glance that he was not easy to provoke, so they had to temporarily recycle the thoughts placed on Chen Xiaonian.

Chen Xiaonian only thought about usury in his heart, and didn't have the heart to care about other things, so naturally he didn't see the difference between Erlang at this time.

I saw a man with a thin body, dark skin, and two goatees on his face coming out, first staring at Erlang several times, and finally looking Chen Xiaonian up and down.

"You are Chen Zhisheng's daughter?"

Chen Xiaonian stabilized his mind and exhaled a breath of turbidity.

"Yes. I don't know that my family still owes you money, I have ten taels here, you write me a receipt, and I will pay you back the rest in a few days. ”

The man looked at it and smiled.

He originally thought that the difficult master was Jian Erlang, but he didn't expect him to say nothing, but asked a woman to export, and even felt that he was a soft ear who was afraid of his wife, and pretended to bluff.

"You little lady is so interesting. At the beginning, your mother cried and begged me to nod and borrow the silver, why did you pay back the old man's silver, but like an uncle. ”

Chen Xiaonian took out the ten taels of silver and put it in front of him, "My mother only borrowed fifty taels of silver, but you have more than doubled, so that our family can pay back more than a hundred taels of silver?" It doesn't make sense, we pay back as much as we owe. You wrote me a receipt, and I will give you the remaining forty taels of silver in a few days. ”

The man accepted the ten taels of silver, took the abacus and played for a while, "Ten taels today, how much can you pay back tomorrow?" ”

Without waiting for Chen Xiaonian to speak, the man said again: "You still owe me one hundred and twenty-six taels and seven yuan for the rest......"

"You deceive people too much!"

She wanted to snatch back ten taels of silver, but she didn't expect the people in the gambling house to rush up, all of them fierce and fierce.

Suddenly, Erlang dodged in front of her, and first grabbed the arm of the gambling house owner and twisted it with his backhand.

"Ouch!"

The man screamed like a pig, and his face turned from red to white with cold sweat.

Suddenly, the entire gambling house did not dare to come forward again.

With Erlang here, Chen Xiaonian's heart was a little more relaxed.

"How are you not deceitful? I can report it to the police! ”

The man groaned incessantly, and his other hand trembled and pointed at one of them. The silly boy was stunned for a moment before pulling out a piece of paper from his bosom.

Chen Xiaonian didn't see anything else, but he just saw the words signed on the head and the red handprint under the press.

That's her mother's name, Wang's.

Erlang was also stunned, taking this opportunity, the man broke free and hid far away.

"See? Chen Zhisheng borrowed 50 taels at the beginning, and the interest per day was 10 yuan, which should be repaid within a month according to the agreement. Up to now, fifty taels of silver and interest owe us a total of one hundred and thirty-six taels of money, which is not easy to see your family, and some of it has been erased, which can be regarded as cheap for you. ”

As he spoke, the man pointed to the bottom, "The top is written in black and white, and it is clearly written." Your mother also signed and pressed her handprint after knowing this, which she did voluntarily, even if you sue the government, this matter is still our reason. ”

Chen Xiaonian lowered his head and did not speak, and his hands hanging under his sleeves were clenched tightly.

Erlang Sen's cold gaze swept over everyone one by one, and finally settled on the IOU.

The heart of the gambling house owner trembled, and he hurriedly put away the IOU, while publicizing: "It's not that you want to report to the official, okay, then report to the official!" ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to report to the official, the cold in Erlang's eyes became sharper and sharper, and everyone in the gambling house was frightened to take two steps back.

"Show me the IOU."

The head sneered, "You treat me as stupid? What if you tear up the IOU and don't admit it? ”

Chen Xiaonian gritted his teeth.

That's what she wanted to do.

"Who's going to report to the official?"

Suddenly, several officials rushed in, with the waist card of the government tied around their waists, which was enough to prove the authenticity of their identities.

The head of the gambling house raised his hand and pointed at him, "That's them!" ”

Just said that he was going to report to the official, and in a blink of an eye, someone came?

Chen Xiaonian chuckled in his heart.