He said slowly, "It's okay. The one I just copied was a copy. I have a lot more. The original is still with me."
Old Mrs. Li thought everything was fine, but she didn't expect that the food she ate was not the original one and she had to pay another 100 taels of silver.
The blow was too great to accept and I burst into tears.
"Yesterday, the third brother came to the capital with more than 60 taels of silver, saying he wanted to become my disciple and prepare for next year's exam. I was so happy that I gave him all the delicious food and money at home. Now what should I do?"
Old man Li was also hit hard. He lost his balance and sat on the ground.
The gambling house thugs come to collect debts every day, and every family is miserable. After all, once you get involved in gambling, it is easy to ruin your family.
But this is the first time I have seen a situation like the Li family.
After all, Li Jian is a scholar, and for an ordinary family to support a scholar, it requires the whole family's efforts.
Judging from the situation of the Li family, this is probably the case.
What surprised them most was that Li Jian deceived his mother in the name of studying and ran away with the family savings.
Fortunately, such a person is not qualified to take the imperial examination. If he were not lucky enough to pass, he would definitely become a corrupt official who would exploit the people and squeeze their fat and blood.
The leader claimed that he was not a good person, but he could not do such a conscienceless thing.
No matter how sad Old Man Li and Old Lady Li were, they had to collect the silver they were owed, not a penny less.
"Okay, stop crying and find a way to get the money out quickly. It's only ten taels today, but it will be much more tomorrow."
Old man Li knew how powerful usury was. In the past, no matter how short of money his family was, he never dared to think of borrowing from usurers. But his family really couldn't afford a few grand.
"I don't have any money, but I have my life."
Old Mrs. Li knew clearly that there was no money left at home.
There were still more than ten taels of silver left in the family, but the third brother said that the expenses in the city were quite high, and he also wanted to prepare a decent gift for his teacher.
She gave the silver to the third brother without thinking, and now she has no money left.
What's more, how could one possibly gather even a few taels of silver?
Seeing the old lady's resolute attitude, the monkey stepped out from behind the leader and said sternly, "You don't want to give it to me, right? According to the rules of our gambling house, cutting off a leg and an arm will pay off the debt."
"You two can discuss and decide whose to chop off. Maybe one of you will chop off the leg and the other will chop off the arm."
The monkeys saw two frightened expressions as they wished, and they found it very amusing. They wanted to say something, but were stopped by the leader.
"If you don't have money, you can still use the house deed, land deed and the girls in your family to pay off the debt."
The house and land are the old couple's means of survival, so they are unwilling to give them up.
When she heard that people could also pay off debts, Old Lady Li immediately thought of Li Mengyue. She didn't expect that the little bitch was so lucky that she could get out of the landlord Huang's house.
It was just right for her to let the people from the gambling house lead the way. She just couldn't believe that so many people couldn't beat a girl.
Thinking of this, Old Lady Li quickly said, "We can use someone to pay off the debt. I have a granddaughter, sixteen years old, very beautiful, who came from the capital. Not to mention one tael, even five taels would be worth her."
The thugs knew that Li Jian had a niece from Beijing, who was so beautiful that she could make fish sink to the bottom of the water, geese fall to the ground, and the moon hide in shame.
Their purpose of coming here was not to get a few taels of silver, but a fake thousand taels of gold.
Regardless of her appearance, the gimmick of being a fake daughter is enough to fetch a high price.
Whether the brothers can live a good life depends on how much they can get by selling the fake daughter to Hongxiu Tower.
Therefore, when the thugs heard what Old Lady Li said, their eyes immediately lit up.
Especially Monkey, he has a lover Xiaomei in Hongxiu Tower, and the two are having a passionate affair recently. Monkey wants to go to the tower every day.
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