After a moment of stunned silence, they realized what was happening, and the old lady said helplessly, "Mo Yan, we have no money."
Look at our home, we have absolutely nothing there.
It's not that we don't want to give you the money, nor that we don't want to discipline the child; it's just that we really have no other choice.
To put it bluntly, they are a family that mainly focuses on one person, and they have no choice but to accept it; they are also in a helpless situation.
Mo Yan laughed when she saw them like that, in a very sarcastic way, and just watched their performance quietly.
"Your family is really strange. Your child took money from someone else's family, and you didn't care at all."
And what's more, they acted as if nothing had happened.
Either you pay me back, or you write an IOU.
"Also, don't tell me Tan Zi'an did it willingly. He's just a little kid who got scammed and swindled out of his money. If he went to the county's guard team, wouldn't you have doubled the money?"
At that time, there was a county magistrate, but there was no police station, only a guard team. It was impossible to get them to make a decision, but they could get the Li family to give double the money.
That money was like throwing meat buns to a dog—it's gone forever. If we can get them to give it back and even compensate us a little more, why not?
The Li family members' expressions changed drastically. Of course, they knew how powerful the guards were, and they dared not provoke them.
At that moment, they really didn't dare.
“We…we…” they stammered, unable to speak.
The old lady plopped down on the ground, crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang herself.
"We really don't have any money, we really don't."
"You're trying to kill us."
The old lady's voice was very, very loud...
It wasn't the busy farming season, but the old woman's voice drew everyone from the village over.
Everyone wanted to know what had happened; in other words, everyone wanted to see a joke.
"Grandma, you don't need to cry and make a scene here."
Since you don't want to talk things out properly, I'll go to the county now. I'm sure the guards won't find me a bother.
old lady:"……"
The old lady stopped crying and making a fuss, and immediately sat up and looked at her. "Wait a minute, let's talk this out. There's no need for this, is there?"
Our family will return the money to you, but you'll have to wait.
“I’m not willing to wait,” Mo Yan said directly. “There’s another thing. Your Li Qian came to me and knelt down, begging me to buy her and make her my son’s wife. It’s ridiculous. What era are we living in? Why are you still doing this kind of thing?”
My family has no money, and we don't buy people; that's illegal. I'm just an ordinary citizen; I don't do anything illegal.
You should take care of your own Li Qian!
If I don't see the 40 yuan that your Li Qian tricked my son out of today, I'm going to the county immediately.
Mo Yan's attitude was firm, with no possibility of softening.
Seeing that there was no way to delay any longer, the old lady gritted her teeth and went to get the money. At the same time, she told Mo Yan, "We don't know what that girl Li Qian said. Don't worry, we won't let Li Qian go to Tan Zi'an in the future!"
Mo Yan raised an eyebrow before smiling, "That's for the best. Why didn't you just do it this way earlier? Why waste so much time?"
They were speechless. How were they supposed to respond to that?
"We really have no money. This is all the money our family has left..."
Mo Yan interrupted the old lady with a cold face. She thought, "You want to ruin her reputation here? You'll have to see if she agrees!"
"That's your family's problem. The money your Li Qian swindled from us was also our family's hard-earned money."
Your family has elderly people, young children, and able-bodied adults, while we are an orphan and a widow!
Li Qian from your family is really something. She tried to sow discord between my son and my wife by saying that my husband left behind a large sum of money.
Tell me, if I were really rich, could I go back here and work from dawn till dusk making tofu?
Everyone agreed with Mo Yan's words. Making tofu is no easy task; it involves grinding soybeans, boiling the liquid, and setting it every day. Sometimes, if you're not careful, the whole pot of soy milk is ruined.
They've done it before, but only Mo Yan earns this hard-earned money.
"Yes, everyone knows that making tofu is very tiring."
"Making tofu is extremely difficult. If you were rich, who would put up with this kind of hardship?"
The villagers chattered amongst themselves, unable to say anything else.
Mo Yan smiled, took the money, and left.
As soon as I stepped outside, I saw Tan Zian arrive.
Tan Zian stood at the door, feeling sad as he looked at his mother like this.
"Mother, you..."
Mo Yan looked at him coldly, then grabbed his ear and pulled him back.
All of Tan Zian's anger and questioning eventually turned into pain. "Your Majesty, it hurts so much...it hurts so much."
Mo Yan pulled him back home, led him to the kitchen, and made him stand in front of the rice jar. "Look how much is in there."
Tan Zian looked and saw that the water was almost gone, and the flour was also almost gone.
"See? We're out of food, and you still think we can eat meat and fish every day. You used to be the one eating meat, but did you ever see me take a single bite?"
Actually, the original owner did eat, but he ate in the kitchen. And it wasn't that there was no food; he was just like a cunning rabbit with three burrows, hiding himself away.
Tan Zi'an was stunned when he saw this. He wanted to see his mother to ask what had happened, but instead saw her red eyes. "To avoid worrying you, I didn't dare eat at the table. To ensure you ate well, I worked from dawn till dusk." (Actually, she was just being discreet, afraid of being targeted.)
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