Li Jinghe knelt on the ground, his face almost touching the ground: "Auntie, my family is about to be separated. Please save us."
"Who's to blame? You're such a shameless mother! What's the use of kneeling here to beg me?" Min twisted her body and refused to accept Li Jinghe's courtesy.
Li Jinghe cried with choked sobs: "My mother has left us all here and gone back to her parents' home."
Min was stunned. Rumors in the village had exploded yesterday. They said that Zhou was pregnant with her uncle's son, and that she had been taken back to raise the fetus. She had committed a great evil. Is this something a human being could do?
His thoughts changed: "Then I'll go find your sister-in-law. She's living a prosperous life now."
"Found it." Li Jinghe wiped away his tears: "Sister-in-law said that she was kicked out when we separated. Now it's not easy to come back. There are conditions."
Min glanced at Li Changming.
Li Changming waved his hand, meaning to listen again.
Min asked: "What are the conditions?"
"After repairing the house and redeeming the fields, we won't even have fields to live on, and will only be dead." Li Jinghe raised his head and looked at Min with red eyes: "Auntie, we can't survive, this is all we can hope for.
, if Auntie doesn’t make it happen, Jingtai and I will have no choice but to die together.”
When Mrs. Min heard that she was angry, her face darkened and she was about to get angry. Li Changming quickly dragged Mr. Min out with quick eyes and hands.
"Are you going to die? Why are you dragging me? What did this little brat say? Force me?" Ms. Min staggered after being dragged, and she yelled angrily.
Li Changming pulled Min to the west room and lowered his voice: "Why are you scolding? Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Didn't you see that boy's eyes changed?"
"What can he do? My life is at stake here, so he has to dare!" Min was not a good person, so she pinched her waist and cursed at the door.
Li Changming came to her ear and whispered: "At that time, Li Jingrui took away three taels of silver. It was me who said more. Now we have been working here till now. Five taels of silver is not enough, and even ten taels of silver is not enough. We have to keep the money in our pockets."
It’s where you’re at ease.”
"You!" Mrs. Min looked at Li Changming, and her anger immediately disappeared.
He gave Li Changming a vicious look and said, "Go ahead and tell me, I'll take these fifteen taels of silver back and let me help these children who have no parents."
"Sure." Li Changming didn't want to make a big deal out of it. If the Zhou family left, Li Jinghe would really run to complain to Li Xiuwen. By then he wouldn't be able to serve as village chief for long. According to Fang Qingshi's cleverness, he would take advantage of this opportunity.
It is necessary to keep the Li family in your hands.
Li Changming came over and pulled Li Jinghe to his feet: "It's very pitiful to say that your aunt has a bad temper but a good heart. It's okay to give this field to you, or you can redeem it for five taels of silver after the autumn harvest, without any interest.
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"Uncle, if my sister-in-law is not safe, she will have to wait until autumn to come back." Li Jinghe was obviously unwilling.
Li Changming also knew that this would happen, and sighed in embarrassment: "This is difficult to handle. My family plowed the land and has been serving it until now. I can't do it in vain, right?"
"Uncle, just do whatever you say." Li Jinghe didn't dare to get it back for nothing. He was thankful to God that he could get it back after spending money.
Li Changming glanced at the west room and whispered: "Your aunt wants twenty taels of silver, I will be the master once, and the matter is over for fifteen taels of silver. You must hurry up and don't go back and regret it."
That would be difficult."
Fifteen taels!
Li Jinghe doubted whether Li Changming and his wife were good at calculating. He only had twenty taels of silver left in his hand. If Xiangzhi and the others had not given some money, the house would not have been repaired.
"Uncle, can I give you ten taels of silver first and give the remaining five taels in the autumn?" Li Jinghe knelt down and kowtowed again.
Li Changming quickly stopped him: "I don't dare to make the decision on this matter. Just wait until I ask your aunt."
Mrs. Min, who had been listening to the commotion, raised her legs and walked into the house: "Did you talk about giving it in autumn? What should I do if I can't afford it?"
"I have made a written statement that if I can't afford these fields, I will never ask for them again." Li Jinghe kept bowing to Min.
Mrs. Min narrowed her eyes: "Okay, find someone who understands to establish the document. Don't accuse me of blackmail when the time comes."
"Yes, yes, let Grandpa Six make the decision." Li Changming said immediately.
Li Jinghe was also afraid of having long nights and many dreams, so he followed Li Changming to find Li Xiuwen.
Li Xiuwen has always felt out of shape these days. There was a lounge chair placed against the sunny wall, where he was basking in the sun.
Seeing that Li Changming came with Li Jinghe, he felt unhappy. The Zhou family had ruined the family tradition, and the whole family was in a state of chaos. Who would care about it?
Li Changming, on the other hand, is good at talking and doing things, so he can't refute his face.
"Changming, why did you come here free?" Li Xiuwen asked.
Li Changming quickly bowed: "Grandpa Six is the living ancestor of our Li family. He is convincing in his words and deeds. I am begging you for this."
"Sit down and talk." Li Xiuwen's face improved a lot after hearing this.
Li Changming sat down and sighed and said: "This is also a sin. Brother Changlin's eldest son is a scholar. When he was going to Beijing to take the exam, he borrowed five taels of silver from me. I loved the younger generation so much that I bankrupted the money and gave it to him. But I can look back.
Mr. Zhou refuses to admit it, my mother-in-law is a cruel person and she took the land deed to make up for it."
"It is a natural thing to pay back debts." Li Xiuwen responded with embarrassment when he heard the word "Zhou" and said slowly, as if he didn't even see Li Jinghe standing next to him.
Li Changming smiled bitterly: "I thought this matter would be over, but the Zhou family was so cruel that they returned to their parents' home and abandoned their children here. Jingtai was only nine years old and it was not a problem. Jinghe came to my house and said he wanted to redeem the land.
Go back, Grandpa Six, the land is cultivated and taken care of by us. If we need the land during this lean period, my family will suffer a big loss."
Hearing this, Li Xiuwen raised his eyelids coldly and glanced at Li Jinghe: "Do you still need to talk to me about this matter? You are not young anymore. How can you get something for free in this world?"
"Grandpa Six, Jinghe is a good person." Li Changming hurriedly picked up the conversation and said, "Ms. Zhou is gone. As the eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Fang should take care of Jinghe and the two brothers. However, Mrs. Fang's condition is that she must repair the house and take over the fields.
Redeem it. I was happy for the children when I heard this, so I was willing to give them the land. The price is fifteen taels, which is not high, right?"
Li Xiuwen nodded.
"Jing He said that the family can only raise ten taels of silver, and we will give you five taels of silver in autumn. If we can't pay, we will give the land to our family and never ask for it back. I need to trouble Grandpa Liu to set up a written record for this matter."
, is it possible?" Li Changming looked at Li Xiuwen awkwardly.
Li Xiuwen felt that there was no problem, so he got up and went into the room to write ink and write the documents, keeping them in duplicate. In front of Li Xiuwen, Li Jinghe poured out all the money in the wallet, a total of more than 12 or 30 yuan, and gave it to
Li Changming got the land deed twelve days later.
The matter was handled smoothly. Li Jinghe returned home and worked hard for two days. He took Li Jingtai and other people to Fang's house. He just waited for Fang Qingshi to return home. Did he need to pay for this money himself? He would get it back ten times or a hundred times.