Seeing that Lin Jiuyue had been standing at the door for so long, Xiyue was afraid that Lin Jiuyue was tired, so she ran back into the house and brought out a bench.
"Miss, are you tired? Come and sit down."
After saying that, he put down the stool and ran back into the house to bring out two more benches.
"Village Chief, Village Chief Liu, you have worked hard, please sit down."
Seeing Xiyue being so sensible, Lin Jiuyue nodded in appreciation.
Village Chief Liu didn't expect that Lin Jiuyue's maid would actually bring out a stool for him. Looking at the stool in front of him, Village Chief Liu felt very complicated.
The people he was helping were Lin Dongming's family, but Miss Lin not only didn't resent him, she even asked the maid to bring a bench for her to sit on. This made him almost lose face.
"Village Chief Liu, the stools have been brought out. Let's sit down and wait. They haven't come to a conclusion yet anyway."
Village Chief Liu nodded to the village chief embarrassedly, feeling even more guilty.
Lin Dongming's family of four moved away from the crowd and discussed in a low voice.
It was not until Village Chief Liu could no longer sit still that Lin Dongming and his family came back.
"But have you discussed it?"
Lin Dongming nodded.
"We've discussed it."
Lin Jiuyue smiled.
I heard everything that Lin Dongming and his family had just discussed. But even though I heard it, the villagers watching didn't.
"Tell me about it."
Lin Dongming hardened his heart and gritted his teeth, as if he had made a great decision.
"We'll borrow it! We'll write the IOU too!"
Lin Jiuyue nodded.
"Well, how much do you plan to borrow? Let me be frank, the maximum I can borrow is forty taels of silver, and you have to use your two children as collateral. Three months. If you can't pay this money back within three months, don't blame me for disregarding family ties."
Lin Dongming nodded.
He said the words of agreement, but cursed Lin Jiuyue in his heart.
"Forty taels is forty taels! Where's the silver?"
Lin Jiuyue waved her hand.
"There's no rush about the money. With so many people here as witnesses, I won't default on the debt. Just write the IOU first."
After Lin Jiuyue finished speaking, Xiyue ran back to the house very tactfully and took out the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other things.
"Miss, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are all here."
Lin Jiuyue nodded slightly.
"Two village chiefs, why don't you bear witness together?"
The village chief had no problem with it, but Village Chief Liu was a little hesitant. But in the end, Village Chief Liu agreed.
Seeing that both village heads agreed, Lin Jiuyue immediately picked up a pen and started writing the IOU.
"Okay, I've written four copies of this IOU, one for you and me, and one for each of the two village chiefs. Take a look at it. If there's no problem, come over and sign it."
Lin Dongming's family are all illiterate. When they heard Lin Jiuyue say that they wanted to sign and seal the document, they subconsciously stepped back.
"Well, Jiuyue girl, you know, none of us in the family can read, so we can't sign anything."
Lin Jiuyue frowned.
In ancient times, there were many illiterate people, so if they needed to sign a contract or something, they usually just had to press their fingerprints.
"In that case, you can find someone to sign the name, but you have to put your fingerprints on it yourself."
Lin Dongming looked around the crowd, but couldn't figure out who could read.
Finally, a villager from Xiangyang Village felt that it was taking too much time and took the initiative to help write the names of Lin Dongming's family.
"Okay, come over here and take your fingerprints."
The names of Lin Dongming's family of four were all written on the IOU. When the repayment date came, Lin Jiuyue could ask any one of them for the money.
If there was no money, Lin Jinshan and Lin Jinlian would have belonged to Lin Jiuyue.
Of course, even if they were Lin Jiuyue's people, Lin Jiuyue would not accept them. At most, she would sell Lin Jinshan and his sister out. By that time, Lin Jinshan and his sister would really be servants.
"Lin Jiuyue's handprint was pressed, where's the silver?"
Lin Jiuyue winked at Xiyue, who immediately pulled out a note worth forty taels of silver from her pocket.
"This is a banknote, forty taels of silver in total. You can get it at any Xianhe bank in Nanyue."
When Lin Dongming saw Xiyue take out forty taels of silver notes from her arms, his eyes were like a hungry wolf seeing delicious food, and he was reluctant to leave for a moment.
"Who will take this banknote?"
As soon as Lin Jiuyue finished speaking, Lin Dongming couldn't wait to step forward.
"Give it to me, I'll take it."
Lin Jiuyue didn't care who took the money. With so many people as witnesses, they couldn't deny it even if they wanted to.
Even if they really default on the debt after three months, I have plenty of ways to deal with them.
Lin Dongming took the banknote in his hand and looked at it carefully. After seeing that there was nothing wrong with the banknote, he happily put it into his pocket.
"Hey, Jiuyue girl, this little bit of money is like playing with you? And you still insist on us writing this IOU. Isn't this superfluous?"
Lin Jiuyue didn't think this was unnecessary. She just knew that Lin Dongming's family wasn't good people. They might not return the money when the time came.
Of course, even if I wrote an IOU, there was no guarantee that Lin Dongming would be able to return the money to me within the specified time.
"You must keep the IOU safe and don't lose it."
Lin Dongming did not read the contents of the IOU, and even if he had, he would not have understood it.
"Sister Jiuyue, I remember that you couldn't read either. How come it's only been a short time and you can even write an IOU?"
Lin Jinlian looked at Lin Jiuyue in surprise.
Before, Lin Jiuyue and her brother were eating and drinking at her house, and she knew exactly what Lin Jiuyue was capable of.
Lin Jiuyue smiled.
"You can learn if you don't know. Do you think I'm like you guys, just dreaming about pie falling from the sky all day long?"
After hearing this, Lin Jinlian was very depressed.
However, the money had already been received, so Lin Jinlian didn't say much to Lin Jiuyue.
"Let's go home."
The villagers of Xiangyang Village have waited for so long and finally heard these words.
Some villagers turned around and left, while others waited there.
"Sister Jiuyue, our family was able to borrow the money this time thanks to you. Don't worry, we will definitely pay it back."
Lin Jiuyue couldn't help but find it a little funny when she heard Lin Jinlian's "righteous" look.
I heard it all when the family was discussing it.
I know exactly what this family is planning.
However, Lin Dongming and his wife were truly bold. In order to get a little money from them, they actually dared to let their children sign something that was like a contract to sell their bodies.
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