The Xu family is so poor that they can't even afford a penny!
But the amount of money Xu Ling owes others is definitely not a small amount!
In addition to Liu Wang's money, there were other miscellaneous creditors, including the grain shop, pork shop, and blacksmith shop in the town... It could be said that he lent money to anyone who was willing to lend money to the original owner.
It ranges from a dozen to dozens of taels!
As for what was done with the borrowed money, the original owner was a gambler, so naturally he threw all the money into the gambling house.
He deceived and deceived, as long as his family could survive starvation. At other times, as long as he had some money, he would spend it all on gambling. Even the chicken he stole before his death was used to exchange money for gambling.
Such a rotten gambler would not live in peace even if he died, leaving Xu Ling in such a mess.
As the saying goes, lice won't be itchy if there are too many. During the holidays, many people come to Xu's house to collect debts. Sometimes Xu's mother will drive people away with a broom, or act like a fool to let people see what else is valuable in the house. Take whatever you can.
Some of the people who were willing to lend Xu Ling money had good intentions, and some would not refuse. None of them were bad people, but Xu's mother forced her to accept her bad luck and leave.
But Wang Liu is different.
The tall and thin man standing behind Mr. Liu is Zhao Zhen's uncle Liu Ding. Zhao Ding is a carpenter, nothing special. However, his sister married well and married into the richest Zhao family in Lianhuawanzi. Finally, with the help of the Zhao family, his son became a servant in the county government regardless of his status.
Although he is just an ordinary government official, he has something to do with officials. Ordinary people are afraid of officials when they see them, so they don't care whether they are high officials or not.
Liu Ding is Zhao Zhen's uncle, and has nothing to do with Xu Ling. Xu Ling should not ask him to borrow money, but who are Xu Ling, the Zhao family, and the two sisters Gu You and Gu Yao? Tweed.
Xu Ling was so thick-skinned that he asked Gu Tao to go back to her parents' house to borrow money but was unable to borrow money. He threatened to beat up Gu Tao and Da Ya, forcing Gu Tao to go to Gu Yao.
Gu Yao had some bad intentions and wanted to punish Xu Ling, so she gave him an idea and asked him to borrow money from Zhao Zhen's uncle.
Liu Ding was afraid of her daughter-in-law, and the Wang family was the master of the family. She relied on her son as a yamen servant, and the family had some spare money, so she started lending people money. As long as she paid enough interest, she could borrow any amount.
If someone couldn't afford the repayment, she would use her son's official status to send them to the government, which made others afraid, so they could only mortgage their family property to her at a low price.
Therefore, the Xu family was very afraid of her, fearing that she would throw Xu Ling into prison.
Xu Ling figured out these joints and was in trouble. She didn't know what to do. She sneered and said: "Aunt Wang, look at how I forgot about this matter. You need to calm down first and let me go. Don't scare the child." ”
Wang sighed with anger in her nose, looked at Xu Ling with disdain and said, "You are a little gangster, you are worthy of calling me aunt? Xu Ling, don't do this to me, pay back the money quickly!"
"You borrowed thirty-three taels of silver from me back then, why should you pay me back fifty taels now!"
Mr. Wang opened his mouth and asked for a price.
The farmer could buy one acre of good land for only eleven or twenty taels of silver. The original owner asked her to borrow the money for no more than two months, and the interest could buy one acre of good land and one acre of medium-sized land. This interest rate was too bad!
Xu Ling asked her to give her some more time, but Wang grabbed him by the collar and asked him to pay back the money quickly.
Xu Ling was very tired and a little aggrieved. To put it bluntly, what did these things have to do with her? She had never done anything bad in her previous life, so why was she so embarrassed now that she was struggling everywhere?
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Xu Ling was holding back some evil fire in her heart, but she still had the patience to explain to her.
Wang's voice became louder and louder, wishing that everyone in the village would wake up to watch the joke. The big girl in the room was so frightened that she cried loudly and couldn't stop it.
Xu Ping and Xu An were also crying, shrinking and not daring to make a sound.
Wang's figure was pulled like a giant by the sunset. Xu Ling lowered his head in front of her, not daring to make a sound.
No longer able to endure it, Xu Ling shouted loudly: "That's it! Have you said enough?"
Wang was stunned for a while before she reacted, and became even more angry, "Well, Xu Ling..."
"It was Gu Yao who took me to borrow money from you. Otherwise, you and I don't know each other. Why would you lend me so much money? I am willing to pay you back now, but I don't have a penny at home. If you don't want the money, you just want to If you want me to go to jail, then go ahead! When I go to jail, you still won’t get the money!"
Xu Ling simply broke the jar and said loudly: "Hurry up and let your son catch me. It's not like I won't pay you back. You are not willing to give me a longer period of time, so hurry up and catch me." !I won’t pay back the money!”
Liu Ding pulled his woman's arm from behind, winked and curled his lips, and whispered: "He doesn't have half an acre of land at home, just these two houses, don't push him too hard."
When Mrs. Wang heard this, her nose was almost crooked with anger, and she mentioned how kind-hearted she was in the first place before she was willing to lend Xu Ling money.
Xu Ling looked like a scoundrel: "Then you can be kinder and give me a few days of grace!"
Wang was extremely angry: "You loser, how long will it take for you to be able to pay back thirty-three taels?"
"Okay, thirty-three taels, right? This is what you said! I will give you the money back in three months!"
"Thirty-three? It's fifty!" Wang didn't forget to ask for interest at this time.
Xu Ling said ruthlessly: "Fifty? Then you can wait another ten or eight years. Anyway, I don't have it now."
"Well, Xu Ling, you can get thirty-three taels in a month, but you can't get fifty taels?"
"Can't get it together!"
Mrs. Wang was so angry that she screamed again.
Xu Ling stood there with a look of indifference. He had already thought about it. The worst he could do was go to jail or die immediately. She wouldn't be able to live another day like this!
Xu's mother cried: "Repay you, we will repay you. If we don't have land, we still have children. If we still don't pay you back, we will have to pay you back even if we sell the girl at home! Don't send my son to jail!"
Xu Ling pulled her aside, what a bastard! This can't happen as long as she lives!
As if Mrs. Wang had heard what she wanted, she pulled Xu An and looked at her again and again and said: "The girl is a little dirty, but she is pretty decent. She will be worth the money if she sells her to a rich family and becomes a maid." A few taels of silver!"
Not to mention there are two children, one big and one small, at home!
Wang raised the corners of his mouth and secretly glanced inside the room.
Xu Ling saw her purpose and immediately couldn't bear it anymore. He quickly called Xu Ping to drive the couple out of the yard.
"Three months, I'll give you forty taels! If I can't do it, take my life!"
Xu Ling's whole body was trembling and his eyes were red. He clenched his fists and almost squeezed out these words through his teeth.
"Hmph, can you have such a skill?" Wang didn't take his words to heart at all, sneered and finally left.
