coobybook Chapter 235 Owes 4522
Chapter 235 Owes 4522
Lin Chang'er picked up her teacup and took a sip, her tone calm, "Gentlemen, my sister-in-law is still in her postpartum period. I would appreciate it if you could resolve any private conflicts privately and give me some time first?"
Although Li Chunmei was beaten, her family received money, enough to last them a long time!
Besides, they fought back. Whoever feeds you is your mother, and whoever gives you money is your ancestor.
They live in the same village as Li Qiulan, so when can't they fight? They shouldn't upset the God of Wealth.
Judging from the God of Wealth's demeanor, he must be extremely annoyed with Li Qiulan and her son. Who knows, their family just had a fight with Li Qiulan and her son, but it might have caught the God of Wealth's eye, and there might be other opportunities to make money later!
"Of course, there's nothing wrong with it," the family said with smiles, despite their bruised faces. "Please tell us, please tell us!"
The other villagers in Lijia Village naturally had no objections.
Lin Chang'er turned to look at Gu Ersao and saw that although her eyes were full of light, she nodded firmly at her before taking the record book from Gu Silang.
Originally, this was meant to expose her second sister-in-law's wounds, something that shouldn't have been brought up in public.
But if we don't make things clear today, we might be bitten back by Li Qiulan and her son in the future.
With this booklet, and all the signatures and fingerprints on it, they were able to stand on their grounds.
For Gu Ersao, although the process was painful, it was a good way to solve the problem once and for all.
Lin Chang'er asked for her opinion before going down the mountain.
Lin Chang'er quickly flipped through the record book. Looking at the records of Li Da and Li Qiulan's repeated abuse of her second sister-in-law, her fists were already hard.
This mother and son are worse than animals.
However, now was not the time to beat someone up. Suppressing her anger, she counted on her abacus beads, "Thanks to the reports from righteous people in Lijia Village, there are now twenty-one documented instances of violence committed by Li Qiulan and her son against my second sister-in-law..."
This only refers to the two years before her second sister-in-law got married. There are no records of anything before that. Twenty-one times is just the tip of the iceberg.
"There must have been many more instances that people didn't know about. If we go back ten years, it would have been at least ten times a year. But today I'm short on time, so I won't go to the villages to search for them one by one. Let's just say it was twenty-one times for now."
“Li Qiulan wants to buy out my relationship with my second sister-in-law for 500 taels of silver, then my second sister-in-law and her son are strangers.”
"This notebook records that Li Da and Li Qiulan, mother and son, slapped my second sister-in-law more than ten times, kicked her more than ten times, pushed her into the water, pinched her arm and pulled her hair, etc."
"As everyone has seen, we are the Gu family. Although we haven't produced any scholars, we are still a respectable family. If the second young mistress of a family like ours gets slapped, we would never agree to pay 10 taels of silver in compensation for each slap."
"Kicking is even more serious, let's say 20 taels. Pushing someone into the water is murder, it's not something that can be settled with money. This will be handed over to the authorities. It's attempted murder. My husband isn't here today, so I don't know how the law would judge it. I'll just keep this in mind for now."
"And pinching arms and pulling hair, those are all forms of humiliation and emotional coercion. They can easily drive people to the brink of despair. Is it not excessive to charge 100 taels per instance?"
"Ten slaps cost 100 taels of silver, thirteen kicks cost 260 taels of silver, attempted murder is not counted, pinching arms and pulling hair five times cost 500 taels of silver, totaling 860 taels of silver..."
“You’re robbing me…” Li Qiulan blurted out almost instinctively, “What is Li San Niang? She’s not worth that much. When I sold her back then, she was only worth 10 taels of silver…”
“Wait, you sold them, right? I know this well. According to the laws of this dynasty, trafficking others is punishable by death. Reselling family members is a crime punishable by death. Anyone who knows about it but does not report it is guilty of the same crime…” Lin Chang’er said, her eyes looking at Elder Li with a deep gaze.
Elder Li shivered violently, his eyes widening.
Here she comes! I told you this woman was not to be trifled with!
This is really coming for his entire clan. Although Li Qiulan didn't end up selling her daughter, there are too many people and they might end up being sold off.
Given Lin's extravagant spending habits, if a large sum of money is spent, there's no guarantee he won't actually find something out.
After all, although the law stipulates this, in times of hardship, it's not uncommon for people to sell their children...
Thinking this, Elder Li seemed to already see his entire family tragically embarking on the road to exile.
"No, this is absolutely unacceptable!" Elder Li glared angrily at Li Qiulan and her son, Li Da. "Li Qiulan, Li Da, one of you is Third Sister's mother, and the other is her own brother. Treating Third Sister like this is worse than being a pig or a dog."
"Now that he has been exposed by his own clan, he not only shows no remorse and sincerely apologizes to Third Sister, begging for forgiveness, but also stubbornly demands some kind of money for his old age."
"My Li family will not tolerate shameless people like you..."
"Elder..." Although Uncle Li also felt very upset, he still felt that the elder's words were too harsh.
Aunt Li tugged at Uncle Li's sleeve and glared at him. Anything else was fine, but anything that would affect Xun'er's career was unacceptable.
Aunt Li was just a country woman with little insight, but she listened to everything Lin Chang'er said.
What kind of extreme punishment or exile? If she has such a relative, she will definitely be implicated in her search for her son.
Even if Lin was just trying to scare them today, as the eldest aunt, how could she not know Li Da's temperament?
If you don't keep your distance, you'll end up in jail sooner or later.
If he's to be restrained, his sister-in-law is protecting him like the apple of her eye; who's going to restrain him?
In her opinion, removing the clan would be the best option, as it would no longer affect the search for her son.
The other villagers in Lijia Village also started to think. They were all peasants, toiling in the fields, but they were willing to listen to advice!
Li Qiulan and her son are dangerous individuals who could potentially bring disaster to the entire clan. If anything were to happen to them, they wouldn't be able to escape, so they definitely wouldn't do it.
There was no one left to speak up for Li Qiulan and her son. All they cared about was finishing things here so they could go back and immediately remove Li Qiulan and her son from the family genealogy, putting an end to everything.
Immediately, a villager urged, "Li Qiulan, I think you shouldn't ask for any money to save for your old age. Quickly break off your marriage with Third Sister and don't drag us down with you."
Another person said, "What's the point of having money for retirement? We're already in debt, and who knows, the third young mistress of the Gu family might not have even finished settling accounts with us yet..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chang'er thought to herself that this person was quite sensible. "That's right, I haven't finished yet! My second sister-in-law started cooking for you when she was five years old, standing on a stool to do your laundry in the dead of winter, and she also had to chop firewood, feed the pigs, and work in the fields."
"Our Gu family doesn't pay our wife much, only 20 coins a day, for tasks like sorting seafood and cutting sugarcane. We hire men to do the chopping wood and working in the fields, and they pay 30 coins a day for that."
"I won't take advantage of you either. Let's compromise. 25 coins a day isn't too much, is it?"
"There are 365 days in a year, which is 9215 coins. Let's round it down to 9.2 taels. My second sister-in-law worked until she was 15 and a half when she got married, which is 10 years, so that's 92 taels of silver. Adding the 860 taels from before, the total is 952 taels of silver. You will owe my second sister-in-law 452 taels of silver for now."
Li Qiulan stared wide-eyed, unable to close her mouth for a long time. Robbers! This is simply robbery!
Lin Chang'er ignored her and continued, "I'll ask you all one more time: twelve years ago, the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, did no one really see Li Da beat my second sister-in-law? This matter is extremely important to my second sister-in-law, so I'll trouble you all to think about it carefully again..."