Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 26 Reason
  The middle-aged man hesitated for a while and said, "I can show you the IOU, but you can only read it from a distance."

"can."

"no!"

Maybe it was Li An who said it, but if not, it was my aunt who said it.

If they were too far apart, she would have no chance to destroy the IOU.

"If you don't agree, stop reading. I'll report it directly to the official." The middle-aged man said.

"Then stay away, but not too far, otherwise no one can see clearly."

Seeing this, the eldest aunt had no choice but to compromise.

"You sound like you know how to read."

The middle-aged man curled his lips disdainfully, took out three stacked notes from his arms, unfolded them, and said: "This is an IOU written by your son. Two are worth two taels, and one is one. Two, five taels in total.”

Li An saw the handwriting written by Li Fu and recognized at a glance that it was indeed his handwriting.

He asked the other party to take the IOU, not because he wanted to damage it, nor because he wanted to see whether it was genuine or not.

He had overheard a few people talking before and already knew that Li Fu owed three taels of silver. He had not stopped in the past few days, so it was normal to owe more.

The reason why he asked the other party to take the IOU was because he thought that if the other party didn't bring it, he could use it as an excuse to let the other party go back first and have time to discuss it at home.

"What are you doing coming over here?"

When the middle-aged man saw his aunt approaching quietly, he quickly collected the IOU.

The eldest aunt said sarcastically: "My eyesight is not good, I want to get closer to see clearly."

"Stop playing tricks on me. I've shown you the IOU. If you don't pay me back, I'll have no choice but to report myself to the government." The middle-aged man shouted.

"It's okay to pay back debts, but I've read the IOU, and there's no date for repayment written on it. It doesn't make sense for you to come to ask for debts and ask someone to pay you back right away. Five taels of silver is not a small amount, and we have to raise it for us. time?" Li An said.

"Okay, I can give you this time, and I'll come back in three days. There are so many people watching today. If you don't give me money in three days, it won't be five taels of silver by then." The middle-aged man sneered and brought People are gone.

After the middle-aged man left, Li Anchong bowed to the villagers who were watching the excitement and said, "I'll let you folks laugh. I still have things to deal with at home. Folks, please leave."

When the people who were watching heard what Li An said, they didn't want to stay any longer and turned around and left.

"Humph!"

Li Mu snorted coldly, picked up a stick from the corner and entered the room.

As soon as the eldest aunt and others saw Li Mu's movements, they knew that he was going to beat Li Fu, and they quickly chased after him.

Li An handed the rabbit to his brother Li Ping and followed him.

"I'll beat you to death!"

"Grandpa, what are you doing?"

Li Fu was hiding in the house and was relieved when he heard that the Xu family had left. Then he saw his grandfather walking in menacingly with a stick.

As the saying goes, love is deep and hate is deep, Li Mu had high hopes for Li Fu, and always felt that Li Fu was the person the Taoist priest said would become a high official in the future and change the fate of the Li family.

For this reason, he has always been partial to the boss's family. As a result, Li Fu actually owed so much money.

What disappointed him the most was that when people came to his door, Li Fu couldn't hide.

He entered the house carrying a stick, and when he saw Li Fu, he hit him with the stick.

Fortunately, Li Fu had a bad feeling when he saw his grandfather coming in with a stick, so he dodged, grabbed the door and ran out.

The eldest aunt followed behind and was knocked to the ground. If Li An hadn't dodged quickly, he would have been hit by him as well.

"You bastard, if you run away, don't come back."

Li Mu chased him to the door with a stick. When he saw Li Fu running out of the courtyard, he stopped and cursed.

"Dad, what are you doing? If you have anything to say, let's talk to him first. Maybe my rich brother also cheated with someone else?" The eldest aunt got up from the ground, ignoring the pain in her body, and stopped in front of Li Mu. Li Fu, who was running to the entrance of the courtyard, also stopped. Hearing this, he quickly said: "Grandpa, there is a reason why I owe money. I heard someone said that someone can get the test questions for the entrance examination of Mingde Academy, but it takes ten taels of silver to do so." Buy it, I know my family doesn’t have that much money, so I have to find a way by myself.”

"Dad, did you hear that? Rich brother borrowed money just to get into Mingde Academy." The eldest aunt said anxiously.

Li Mu's originally ugly face became even more ugly after hearing Li Fu's words. When he saw his aunt standing in front of him, he was so angry that he threw the stick at Li Fu.

"Even if you can buy questions to get into Mingde Academy, is it possible that you can also buy them when you take the imperial examination?"

Although Li Mu is illiterate and doesn't understand any big principles, he still understands such simple principles.

Even if you can buy questions for the imperial examination, one entrance examination question costs ten taels. How much do you get for the imperial examination?

Moreover, the imperial examination required three rounds, so even if their home was sold, they would not be able to afford it.

Li An frowned slightly. He felt that Li Fu was not telling the truth.

He knew that Li Fu owed money from gambling with others, and Li Fu said that he needed ten taels to buy exam questions, but he only owed five taels.

Li Mu had obviously thought of this. He looked at Li Fu who had dodged the stick and shouted: "Didn't you say that you need ten taels to buy the questions? Why did they only say that they owed five taels? Did you also borrow it from other people?" ? Where is the money you borrowed?"

"No, I just owe these five taels." Li Fu said.

"What about the silver?" Li Mu shouted.

"Lost."

"what?"

Li Mu's eyes darkened when he heard this, but fortunately his grandmother and Mrs. Liu reacted quickly and supported him.

Li Mu calmed down for a while before he regained his composure. He pointed at Li Fu with trembling hands and said in disbelief: "Did you borrow money to go gambling?"

"No, I couldn't get enough ten taels of silver. I heard people say you can win money by gambling, so I just wanted to win enough money to buy exam questions. Unexpectedly, I was unlucky and lost." Li Fu whispered.

"You...you..." Li Mu pointed at Li Fu and was so angry that he couldn't say anything.

Li An didn't know whether what Li Fu said was true or false. If it was true, then his cousin would be hopelessly stupid.

What is the concept of ten taels of silver?
  Their family did nothing, and only ten taels of silver was enough for their family to eat and drink for three years.

With so much money, how could it be so easy to win? And had he never considered losing?

"Dad, although rich brother shouldn't gamble, he still wants to win some money to buy exam questions. It sounds like he has a good intention." The eldest aunt said.

"Is that what you think?" Li Mu looked at his eldest daughter-in-law in disbelief.

"Dad, I..."

"Okay, you don't need to say anything." Li Mu waved his hand and said, "I don't care about this matter. You can find a way to pay back the money he borrowed."

After speaking, Li Mu turned around and walked into the house with the help of his grandmother.

"Dad...Dad..."

The eldest aunt was dumbfounded when her father-in-law said he didn't care.

Although she had some money on hand, it was only three or four taels. How could she pay back five taels?
  However, she shouted several times, but Li Mu ignored her. She angrily ran over and grabbed Li Fu, and slapped her twice in the face.

"Mom, you..."

"Shut up, you actually dare to gamble, let's see if I don't break your legs today."

Li An shook his head and slapped him twice. There was not even a slap mark on his face. The acting was too fake.

The eldest aunt did this just because she wanted to show her grandfather off and wanted him to get money.

He didn't bother to watch the farce, so he pulled his brother who was standing stupidly on the side directly into the house.

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