"Who are you and what are you doing in my house?"
The leader stepped forward and said, "This is Li Jian's home, right?"
When Mrs. Li heard them talking about her son, she proudly said, "Li Jian is my son."
"I'm glad it's your son. This is the IOU signed by Li Jian. It's for one tael of silver. Would you like to pay in cash or a banknote?"
"What IOU? My son is studying in a college and has to take exams next year. You are lying to me."
Old Mrs. Li is illiterate and cannot understand the IOU.
However, she took away fifty taels of silver because she thought her son was studying in an academy, saying that he would go to the city of Dongfu to study under a teacher and would be confident of passing the exam next year.
She was still dreaming that her son would pass the exam and didn't even think about not studying.
"Hahaha."
One of the thugs couldn't stop laughing after hearing what Old Lady Li said. He thought this old lady was really funny and she didn't even know her son was expelled.
So he said, thinking he was being kind, "Old lady, let me tell you, Li Jian cheated on the exam and has been expelled from the academy. His life has been tarnished, and he will never be able to take the imperial examination again."
Old Mrs. Li didn't believe it at all and kicked the person out.
"Old lady, why are you like this? I told you the truth out of kindness, but you don't believe it, and you even want to drive us away."
"I'm telling you, Li Jian owes our gambling house a tael of silver, and he must pay it back today."
When Old Lady Li saw someone showing his fist, she immediately became intimidated and quickly ran into the room to call Old Man Li.
"Old man, something terrible has happened."
Old man Li listened to the whole story in the room, and he also didn't believe it. The third brother was expelled from the college.
But looking at the people guarding the yard, they didn't seem to be lying. If the IOUs in their hands were not real, they would definitely not come to the house to ask for money.
He originally thought that with the old woman's stubborn temper, he could drive her away, but now it seems that he has no choice but to go out.
After a while, Old Man Li stood in front of the gambling house thugs and asked to see the IOU first.
On the one hand, the gambling house thugs didn't want to be gossiped about, and on the other hand, they also wanted Li Jian's parents to pay the money obediently so that they wouldn't have to resort to extreme measures.
After all, the new county magistrate is recognized as fair and selfless, honest and upright, and able to handle things impartially and fairly.
When they were asking for money, they no longer dared to use force as they did before, but instead tried to make the other party take the money willingly.
Of course, if they meet a tough guy, they don't mind seeing blood.
Old man Li can read, but not many. However, he has no problem understanding the IOU.
Seeing the familiar handwriting on the IOU, he knew that the other party was not lying.
But he really didn't want to believe that the third brother was fired and became addicted to gambling.
"How about it? Did you see clearly whether we deceived you or not?" The leader looked at Old Man Li and said slowly and calmly without saying a word.
Old Mrs. Li had been married to Old Man Li for so many years and knew his every move very well. She knew from the old man's expression that the story was probably true.
So Old Lady Li used her good hand to quickly snatch the IOU from Old Man Li, put it in her mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it.
Li Mengyue watched this scene from a distance, and she didn't expect that Old Lady Li was so bold that she even dared to eat the IOU. Wasn't she afraid of getting dirty?
Old Mrs. Li had no idea what Li Mengyue was thinking. She only knew that since she no longer had the IOU, she didn't have to pay back the money.
It's just that she thought too simply.
The leader took out a stack of IOUs from his pocket.
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