Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

When Li An saw his elder brother and sister-in-law coming with their two nieces to help, he was deeply moved.

When it came to dividing the family property, he thought of his eldest brother, but he also knew that it was still unknown whether he could get a share, so he did not mention the matter.

In addition, the division of the family caused so much trouble. If it weren't for my daughter's support, it would have been impossible to succeed.

He didn't know what to say about his eldest brother. His eldest brother was too honest and simple-minded. He worked very hard, but the more he did this, the worse life became for him, his wife and children.

However, when he saw his two thin sons and his wife's frail and sickly appearance, he knew that he had no right to call her the eldest brother.

However, he was still very grateful to his elder brother for coming to help.

With someone helping to weed, Li Mengyue was happy to have some free time. She prepared to return to the Li family's old house to bring over the 100 kilograms of grain that she was entitled to after the division of the property, in case the old house regretted it.

Although she was not afraid, she did not want to waste her time and energy on these trivial matters.

Still some distance away from the old house, Li Mengyue saw the gambling house thugs walking towards the Li family.

Thinking of what Tuanzi heard on the way, Li Mengyue quickened her pace.

I really want to see that the son who was highly expected by old man Li not only did not study honestly in the academy, but was expelled for plagiarism, became addicted to gambling, and losing money was not enough, he was bold enough to borrow money from usury, with interest compounded, and his money increased from five taels to one hundred taels.

If the old couple knew about this, would they still firmly believe that Li Jian was a good student and could pass the imperial examination and become a high-ranking official?

"Open the door, open the door."

When the gambling house thugs arrived at Li's house, they saw the closed door and someone immediately went up to knock on it.

There were just some knocks, but no one opened the door.

Yes! My uncle and his family were all helping to weed, so only Mr. Li and Mrs. Li were at home.

Old Mrs. Li's arm was badly injured. If she took good care of it, it would have healed in two or three months, but now it's estimated that it will take less than half a year to heal. She was lying on the bed groaning in pain, and she didn't even bother to open the door.

Old man Li was worried about the division of the family property with his second son. Although he put most of his energy on his youngest son after the birth of the third son, he once truly loved his eldest and second sons.

He was not unaware that he was biased later on, but he knew very well that the third brother was the one who could bring honor to the family, and the only thing to blame was the two of them not being able to read and not being destined to become high officials.

When he heard the knock on the door, Old Man Li didn't care. The eldest brother was still at home, so he didn't need to worry about these trivial matters.

Outside the door, the thugs knocked for a while and became a little impatient.

The monkey didn't hesitate and kicked the door. Not only did he fail to kick the door open, but he also hurt his foot.

You know, since Li Mengyue kicked the door in pieces last time, Old Man Li asked Carpenter Yang to repair it.

After all, in his eyes, they were different from other people in the village and were a family of farmers and scholars.

The front door represents face, so naturally it should be kept in good repair.

The monkey saw that he failed to kick the door open and even hurt his foot, so he became very angry.

He picked up a stone and smashed it against the door. After about a dozen hits, the originally sturdy wooden door became shaky.

Hit it a few more times.

"Boom."

The door slammed heavily to the ground, repeating its fate some time ago.

When Li Mengyue saw this, she felt a little sorry for the gate.

"Who, which bastard smashed my door?"

Old Mrs. Li was startled by the sound of the door falling down, and immediately started cursing.

He just came out of the room with his arm hanging, and saw five or six strange men standing in the yard. He swallowed the curse that was about to come out of his mouth.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my house?"

The leader stepped forward and said, "This is Li Jian's home, right?"

When Mrs. Li heard them talking about her son, she said proudly, "Li Jian is my son."

"It's good that it's your son. This is the IOU signed by Li Jian. It's for one hundred taels of silver. Do you want to pay in cash or in a banknote?"

"What IOU? My son is studying in the academy and will take the exam next year. You are cheating me."

Old Mrs. Li is illiterate and cannot understand the IOU.

However, she took away fifty taels of silver because she thought her son was studying in the academy, saying that he was going to the provincial capital to become a disciple and would be confident of passing the exam next year.

She was still dreaming about her son passing the exam and didn't even think about not studying.

"Hahaha."

One of the thugs heard what Old Lady Li said and laughed so hard that he couldn't stop. He thought this old lady was really funny. She didn't even know her son had been fired.

So he said, thinking he was being kind: "Old lady, let me tell you, Li Jian cheated in the exam and has been expelled from the college. His life has been tarnished and he will never be able to take the imperial examination again."

Old Mrs. Li didn't believe it at all and kicked the person out.

"Old lady, why are you like this? I told you the truth out of kindness, and not only do you not believe it, but you also want to chase us away."

"I'm telling you, Li Jian owes our gambling house one hundred taels of silver, and we must get it today."

When Old Lady Li saw someone showing his fist, she immediately became scared and quickly ran into the room to call Old Man Li.

"Old man, something terrible has happened."

Old man Li heard the whole story in the room, and he didn't believe it. The third brother was expelled from the college.

But looking at the people in the yard, they didn't seem to be lying. If the IOUs in their hands were not real, they would definitely not come to the house to ask for money.

He originally thought that he could drive the old woman away with her stubborn temper, but now it seems that he has no choice but to go out.

After a while, Old Man Li stood in front of the gambling thugs and asked to see the IOU first.

On the one hand, the gambling house thugs didn't want to be gossiped about, but on the other hand, they also wanted Li Jian's parents to pay the money obediently so that they wouldn't have to resort to extreme means.

After all, the new county magistrate is recognized as fair and selfless, honest and incorruptible, and able to handle things fairly and impartially.

When they were asking for money, they didn't dare to do it directly like they did before, but instead tried to make the other party willingly take the money.

Of course, if they meet a tough guy, they don't mind seeing blood.

Old man Li can read, but not many. However, he has no problem understanding the IOU.

When he saw the familiar handwriting on the IOU, he knew that the other person was not lying.

But he really didn't want to believe that the third brother was fired and became addicted to gambling.

"How about it? Did you see clearly whether we deceived you or not?" The leader looked at Old Man Li and said slowly and unhurriedly.

Old Mrs. Li had been married to Old Man Li for so many years and knew his every move very well. From the old man's expression, she knew that the matter was probably true.

So Old Mrs. Li used her good hand to quickly snatch the IOU from Old Man Li, put it in her mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it.

Li Mengyue watched this scene from afar. She didn't expect that Old Lady Li was so bold that she even dared to eat the IOU. Wasn't she afraid of getting dirty?

Old Mrs. Li had no idea what Li Mengyue was thinking. She only knew that since the IOU was gone, she didn't have to pay back the money.

It's just that she thought too simply.

The leader took out a stack of IOUs from his pocket.