Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

The village head refused for a long time, but finally accepted the gift full of gratitude after Lin Xiaoyue's insistence and Lin Laosan's family's repeated persuasion.

The family sent the village head and Lin Baotian out and returned home.

Old Man Lin originally wanted to call Lin Xiaoyue to talk, but Lin's mother and Lin Zhaodi took it first and took Lin Xiaoyue back to the side room under the pretext of packing up.

It seemed that everyone was afraid that Old Man Lin would ask them to take the things they bought to honor the jackals in the old house!

Old Man Lin saw it clearly and felt helpless. He looked up at the dark night sky, feeling infinitely melancholy. He shook his head helplessly, swallowed the bitterness in his heart, and slowly moved back to the main house, dragging his injured leg.

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The next day, just after daybreak, Lin Xiaoyue got up early, planning to go to the town to buy some more rice and grain to store in the space, so that she could rush back in time to attend the village meeting.

However, plans cannot keep up with changes, and surprises always come unexpectedly.

Lin Xiaoyue, who had just stepped out of the door, was startled by two human-shaped pillars, one thin and one strong, guarding the door on both sides.

The visitor saw the Lin family open the door and a girl came out. After carefully comparing her appearance and age in the description, he immediately determined that the girl who opened the door was the one they were visiting. He immediately bowed deeply.

This made Lin Xiaoyue completely confused.

It turned out that the visitors were none other than Manager Liao and his thugs from the famous "Wanhua Tower".

After the two explained their purpose, Lin Xiaoyue suddenly understood.

The madam suffered a great loss at the hands of Lin Xiaoyue last time. After she left the village with her defeated troops, she developed a deep fear of Lin Xiaoyue.

This time the madam learned her lesson and did not take action herself. Instead, she sent more than a dozen tall and strong thugs from Wanhua Tower to Linjia Village.

These people split into two groups at the entrance of the village. The smaller group of two people entered the village first, took a detour from the outside, and went straight to Lin Xiaoyue's house. They politely offered apology and exchanged a few simple greetings, trying to test the current relationship between Lin Xiaoyue and the Lin family's old house in their words.

Lin Xiaoyue could guess the other party's intention by listening to the music. She waved her hand and made it clear that she had severed ties with the old house. The two families were just strangers and nothing happened in the old house had anything to do with her.

After receiving a clear reply, Manager Liao and the thugs exchanged a few polite words before leaving.

Lin Xiaoyue looked at the rice and flour snacks and the ten-liang silver ingots piled up beside her and chuckled, thinking that evildoers will be punished by their own evildoers. She hoped that those people in the old house would be blessed.

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After paying respects at the dock, Manager Liao and his thugs from Wanhua Tower hurried back to the village entrance to meet up with another group of people.

In less than half an hour, more than a dozen burly men rushed into the village with a clear goal, and went straight to the Lin family's old house.

At this moment, everyone in the Lin family's old house was still immersed in sleep, but they were suddenly awakened by a loud noise. In the dim light, they saw the door being kicked open, and more than a dozen fierce and ferocious men came in one after another. As soon as they entered the door, they smashed everything they could see without saying a word.

The sound of smashing and smashing mixed with waves of screams made the nearby neighbors jump in panic. The ignorant villagers came over after hearing the noise, but saw two burly men with fleshy faces and ferocious looks standing in front of the Lin family's door like door gods. No one dared to move forward and could only stretch their necks from afar to see what was going on.

The visitor left the Lin family members in a panic and demanded hundreds of taels of silver in compensation without leaving any room for negotiation.

Naturally, everyone in the old house refused.

Therefore, after another more intense round of conflict broke out, the Lin family's old house was in chaos, with wailing and cries of begging for mercy. The neighbors outside were enjoying the fun, but were also intimidated by the majesty of the two men at the door who looked like murderers. No one had any sympathy and stepped out to mediate, or asked someone to call the head of the village.

I have to say that the Lin family’s old house is really a bad place in the village. When they were in great trouble, no one came to help. It shows what kind of people they are in normal times.

The leader, Manager Liao, threatened and intimidated, saying that he would spread the news that Lin Dasen, the eldest uncle of the Lin family, had sold his niece from the next room to a brothel and used the money to pay for his son, who was studying in the town's academy, to take the imperial examination.

These words hit the fatal point of the scholars.

In this day and age, it is extremely difficult for any family to support a scholar, and the reputation of a scholar is his life. Once his reputation is tarnished, not to mention being stripped of his official title and never being employed again, that is the lightest punishment. What is worse, he is criticized and stabbed in the back by his classmates all day long, and he cannot even raise his head. How can those so-called scholars with fragile hearts bear it? In the end, nine out of ten of them end up in a dead end!

Manager Liao was just making up lies to flatter the Lin family. What did the truth matter? He had a mouth on his face, and he could make up nonsense as soon as he opened his mouth. Who knew if it was true or not?

Only when this scholar in the family is involved can the Lin family have some reservations.

Sure enough, Uncle Lin, whose vital point was held, did not dare to resist. He turned around and begged Mrs. Lin to take the money from the public treasury to fill the hole.

But, let Mrs. Lin take the money?

What a joke.

Still hundreds of taels of silver.

What’s the difference between this and cutting out her heart and flesh?

It's obvious that they're trying to kill Old Mrs. Lin!

To Mrs. Lin, her own son was not as important as money, so she would never give a cent. So, Mrs. Lin slammed her butt on the ground, kicked her legs, opened her mouth and screamed, and began to cry, make a scene, and then hang herself.

It was so cruel and inhumane that the shrill and mournful wails almost blew the roof of the old house off. The scene was so lively that it was beyond description.

One party is determined to get the money, and if you don't give them the money, they will use the house deeds and land deeds as collateral. If that's still not enough, they will sell their children and grandchildren. Their main goal is to get the money back, otherwise they won't leave.

The other party kept digging. He had no money and his life at stake. At worst, the whole family would be covered with white cloth but he would never spend a penny.

In the end, Uncle Lin gritted his teeth and, because of his son's career, he thought that he could not bear the stigma of murdering his mother, so he asked his aunt Chen to go to the town to ask his eldest son Lin Changgong, who was on duty at Taohua Restaurant, for money.

After all, it was the eldest son and his wife in the town who initially instigated the matter and sought to negotiate with the brothel madam. Now that the matter has come to a head, there is no reason for the couple to hide in the town and stay out of it, leaving his father in dire straits.

In order to prevent them from taking the opportunity to escape or seek help, Manager Liao asked two thugs to "protect" his aunt Chen along the way.

The remaining dozen or so strong men, armed with swords and horses, sat in the main hall, each of them exuding a fierce aura, which was very intimidating. The rest of the Lin family were like frightened birds, nervously being pushed around and sitting on the cold ground in the main hall.