He looked extremely arrogant and complacent.
Lin Shiyu felt that if she were in Old Lady Lin's place, she would have first put on a "loving mother and filial son" scene before arguing with him.
Unfortunately, she is not.
Old Mrs. Lin was very calm when she heard his words, so calm that it seemed as if she was lost in some thoughts.
Old Mrs. Lin, who didn't speak immediately, was assumed by Lin Anxiang to have been right, and she couldn't help but feel proud.
"Mother, ten years ago, even without going out to find temporary work, we brothers were able to give Third Brother over ten strings of silver. Adding in the silver the three of us have handed over over the past ten years, it can't be less than before, right?"
Old Mrs. Lin looked at him sideways.
Lin Anxiang was not afraid at all, he believed he held the truth in his hands.
"Who said that the money for the third son to take the exam was paid by his family?" asked Mrs. Lin.
Lin Anxiang: "Mom, it's really too much if you still refuse after all this."
Mrs. Lin: "I'm telling the truth. Not only did he spend the money for the exam, but even the money for his studies didn't cost a single cent from our family."
It was precisely because of this that Old Mrs. Lin wanted to divide the family early. The family did not spend a penny on expenses, but half of the money she earned had to be handed over to the family.
Such a smart child is held back by his family.
If the old man hadn't been afraid that supporting the third child to go to school would make it difficult for the other two families to make a living, the third child wouldn't have to work so hard.
As long as the family is divided up, he can still give it another try while the third child is still not too old.
"Your mother is telling the truth!" Old Master Lin agreed.
"Impossible, I don't believe it." Lin Anxiang stood up excitedly: "Dad, Mom! I'm not digging up old accounts to recover the money used by the third brother. I just want to take out the existing money in the family and divide it up. Are you going to secretly keep the money and subsidize the eldest brother and the third brother? I don't like you so much, right?"
Lin Anji was very upset when he heard his second brother's words and wanted to retort that their parents would never secretly subsidize the eldest wife. Anyway, he had not received any subsidies for so many years, and everyone could see how much money he used.
"You know that you are not welcome, so just say less." Old Mrs. Lin did not rush to refute his words, but instead retorted to him first.
"mother!"
Lin Anxiang was so anxious that he wanted to hit the man with his belt.
He just didn't take action because he was worried that the situation was not suitable. Otherwise, he would have fought with his father last night, and he wouldn't mind fighting with his mother today.
Although he did not take action, his intention to hit someone was obvious. Several witnesses sitting in the upper seats stared at him with frowns on their faces.
Seeing his expression, the village chief hesitated to speak. After some mental preparation, he made up his mind and spoke:
"What your parents said is true. I can testify to this."
Seeing the village chief get involved, Lin Anxiang had a bad feeling.
"When your third brother went to take the imperial examination, he borrowed three strings of silver from me. This is the IOU." The village chief said as he took out the IOU from his belt.
Three strings of silver was what their family could save in a whole year.
He didn't want to make this matter public because he borrowed the money secretly and his family didn't know about it.
If his family found out, there would be a big fuss, and that was why he was so conflicted.
Lin Anxiang's ominous premonition was confirmed, but he still couldn't give up. If what the village chief said was true, then all the energy he had wasted in getting into trouble with his family would be a waste of effort!
So he said stubbornly: "Even if it's true, it's only three strings of silver, far from more than ten strings!"
"What about adding my five strings of cash?"
A strange voice sounded, and everyone turned to look at the owner of the voice, who turned out to be the head of the village.
He was holding the same piece of paper as the village chief. Even illiterate villagers knew that it had a signature on it and could not be forged.
The villagers were surprised that he would speak up for Lin Anru, and were even more surprised that he and Lin Anru would lend such a large sum of money to Lin Anru for no reason.
"Even if it's five strings of cash, it's not enough." Lin Anxiang no longer had the arrogance he had just had and retorted in a low voice.
"Count the hundred coins I have here," someone from the crowd shouted. "But I don't have an IOU, because Ru Ge'er has already returned the money to me."
"And I have seventy cents here."
"I have thirty cents here."
"My fifty cents."
"I'll give you ten cents."
"I……"
One person spoke, and others followed suit.
They all lent the money out secretly, and their families were not aware of it, so as soon as they shouted it out, their hot-tempered wives would strangle them.
But after hearing that Lin Anru had already returned all the money, he just gave it a token of respect and let the matter go.
The amount they lent out was not large, but it added up to more than one tael of silver.
The total amount is almost ten taels of silver, which is still a little short of the required amount.
Before Lin Anxiang could say anything, Liu, who had been sitting quietly with her husband, spoke up and made the final decision:
"My Liu family paid five strings of silver at that time!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang immediately responded, "You hadn't even married into the family at that time. Why would your Liu family give money to Third Brother? Could it be..."
Could it be that you had already secretly decided to spend your life with your third brother at that time?
This is what Zhang left unsaid. She and Lin Anxiang had been having an affair before they got married, and because of this she suffered a lot from rumors.
So when he heard that the Liu family gave Lin Anru money to take the exam before he got married, he immediately thought of this.
Having been caught in the rain herself, she couldn't bear to see others with umbrellas over their heads.
Sure enough, as soon as she said this, the way the surrounding villagers looked at Liu immediately changed.
How could Lin Anru not know the villagers' behavior and style? If she didn't explain it clearly in time, the Liu family's reputation would be almost ruined.
"Because Doctor Liu was my teacher before he became my father-in-law. He taught me everything from the age of six. I was his only student."
Lin Anru stood up and looked directly into Zhang's eyes. His dark eyes seemed to be able to clearly see the filth in Zhang's heart.
Zhang felt a little guilty when he looked at her, so she turned her head away and didn't dare to look him in the eye.
Lin Anruneng's enlightenment master was Liu's biological father, Doctor Liu. This was something known to those in the know, so Liu was not surprised when she said that the Liu family paid five strings of silver.
However, not many people know about it. At least among the Lin family, only the two elders know about it, and no one else knows.
That's why Zhang rushed out to step on Liu.
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