In addition to the sixty-three taels that did not belong to them, there were also ten taels of silver.
Among them, she brought five taels with her when she went out this time, and the other five taels were left over from selling pigs in the county town.
However, this adds up to only more than seventy taels...
Thinking of the stolen money and land deeds, Ms. Liu's eyes turned red with hatred.
No matter how tired I am now, I still can’t sleep!
With deep hatred in her eyes, she looked at her son who had followed him and asked in a deep voice.
"Dongsheng, what happened at home? Who stole the money and land deed?"
As she said that, she looked around and asked, "Where's Mrs. Li? Where has she gone? Did she steal the things at home?"
But before Liu Dongsheng could answer, the Liu clan members of Shuiyun Village, who had been paying close attention to the Liu family, came to collect debts one after another!
The door of Liu's house was open because someone was at home.
When everyone came over, they didn't even say hello, they just angrily asked Ms. Liu for money.
"Ms. Liu, you are finally back. Please pay back the eight hundred wen your family owes me!"
"And me, my family has two taels of silver."
"My family doesn't have much, I only have five hundred coins."
"My family has three hundred coins."
"And my family, my family borrowed one tael, which is the gift money for my daughter-in-law."
…
As everyone was talking to each other, Liu's mind was buzzing and she had no idea what was going on.
Her family's land deed and money are gone, and she still doesn't know who stole them. Why does she suddenly owe so much money?
She just went out for a trip, not even half a month, how could it be like this?
The Liu family members saw Liu standing there motionless, with no intention of paying back the money, and their expressions became increasingly ugly.
"Why, your family is not ready to repay the money they owe, or what? The clan has an IOU stamped by your Dongsheng himself. At that time, they said that if your family didn't pay back the money, they would use the land to compensate."
Speaking of earth, the Liu clan has stirred a hornet's nest now.
Mrs. Liu suddenly jumped up and pointed at everyone and cursed: "Okay, let me tell you why the land deed and money at home are gone. It turned out that you stole them. Everyone took advantage of me not being at home to worry about my things, and they were not afraid of being attacked. The sky is thundering. Someone with sense should return my things quickly, otherwise I will report it to the official!"
When Liu Dongsheng wanted to speak to stop his mother, it was already too late.
She spoke very fast and finished her sentence in a few seconds.
When she said that, she looked at the Liu clan members fiercely, as if everyone in front of her was her father-killing enemy.
The Liu clan members were kind enough to lend money without asking for interest, so they just waited for the Liu clan to return the money.
Little did he know that the consequence of good intentions would be to be pointed at and called a thief.
Who can bear this?
At that moment, everyone was angry, pointing at Mrs. Liu and scolding: "You evil bitch, you are a murderer yourself, yet you dare to call us thieves. Report it to the official. If you report it, we will go and testify. You want to murder Li deliberately." Family."
"Bah, such good intentions are not rewarded. If we hadn't negotiated terms with the Li clan members for the sake of the reputation of the clan, so that they would not report to the official, do you think you would still be standing here now?"
"If you want to report it to the official, you can pay us back the money first and then report it. We won't be able to control whether you will be imprisoned for a few years or you will be executed after the fall."
"Yes! But before reporting to the official, please cross out their family's name from the genealogy first!"
"Bah, it's really unlucky to have such a person in the clan!"
…
As everyone spoke to each other, Ms. Liu finally realized something was wrong.
Since ancient times, people have been afraid of seeing officials.
She thought these people had stolen her things and said that if she went to see the officials, they would be afraid and they would get her things back.
Who knew, things were different from what she expected.
They didn't take the things, and they already knew that she planned to kill Mr. Li.
And what they meant in their words was that the Li clan members had also come here, as if they were here to stand up for the Li clan.
Does that mean that Ms. Li has been picked up by someone from her home?
The two losers are not here either. Have they been taken away too?
So what's the deal with the money owed? The amount they quoted is quite a lot!
Old Man Wang is his adopted son-in-law, and the Liu family has always been the one who calls the shots.
Seeing this posture, he silently retreated to the kitchen.
After traveling for several days, they didn't sleep well, not even eating.
Since Mr. Li is not here at the moment, he can only do it by himself.
He doesn't know anything else, but he can still make porridge.
With this in mind, Old Man Wang prepared to ladle rice and make porridge.
Unexpectedly, the cabinet containing the food was split open and it was empty.
For some reason, his eyelids were twitching wildly. He always felt that something bad had happened. He immediately opened the cellar and prepared to bring in the new rice that had just been shelled half a month ago.
Who knew that when I went down the ladder and looked around, the cellar was empty and there was nothing.
Even the newly brewed rice wine and pickled vegetables from this summer’s harvest are gone.
Old Man Wang was panicking. Without saying a word, he crawled back to the ground and rushed out of the kitchen to shout to Ms. Liu who was surrounded by the crowd.
"Meihua, what's going on? The cellar at home is empty. All the grain, rice wine, pickles, etc. are gone!"
Mrs. Liu, who was extremely tired and half-angry, couldn't breathe after hearing these words, her eyes flashed, and she fainted.
The people who were originally gathered around to beg for money took a step back upon seeing this.
But thinking of what Mrs. Liu and Old Man Wang said just now, everyone didn't care about avoiding the matter. They just wanted to get the money first.
"Dongsheng's father, our family kindly lent money to your Dongsheng. No matter what you do with this money, you have to pay us back, right?"
"That's right, I said at the beginning that if I don't have money to pay back, I'll use the land and the house to pay back. How about you give me this house and the extra money will be given to you by my family?"
"It's okay to use Dongsheng's job. When the youngest son of the Donglin family finishes his work until the end of the year, he will give our family the work in the coming year, and then we don't have to pay back the money I lent you."
…
Mr. Wang's head was also buzzing, but the old woman had already fallen. He could not fall again. He had to solve the problem at hand first.
After thinking for a while, he said to the Liu clan: "Our family will definitely not miss the money. Two of you come first and help me carry Dongsheng's mother back to the house. After a quarter of an hour, I will ask Dongsheng to give you the money." "
When Liu Dongsheng heard that his father could still produce twenty taels, he looked at him in shock.
"Dad, does our family still have money?"
Old Man Wang didn't want people to look down on his family, so he nodded firmly.
"Yes, your mother and I brought money with us when we went out. In addition, we just sold two pigs at home, so we have enough money."
What's more, the title deed to the home is gone, but the deed to the house is still there.
This house was specially written in his name by Mrs. Liu in order to please him, and he personally kept it.
This time when he went out, he took what he thought was the most important thing with him, so he escaped.
Just thinking about the food and wine in the cellar, and then thinking about the money and land deeds, Old Man Wang was still bleeding with pain.
When the Liu clan members heard that they had money and would pay it back in a quarter of an hour, they were not so impatient.
