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

He said slowly, "It doesn't matter. The one just now was copied. I have a lot more. The original is still with me."

Old Mrs. Li thought everything was fine, but she didn't expect that the food was not the original one and she still had to pay 100 taels of silver.

The blow was too great to accept for a moment and I burst into tears.

"Yesterday, the third brother took more than 60 taels of silver and went to the capital, saying that he was going to become a disciple and prepare for the exam next year. I was so happy that I gave him all the delicious food and money at home. What should I do now?"

Old man Li was also hit hard. He lost his balance and sat on the ground.

The gambling house thugs come to collect debts every day, and every family is miserable. After all, once you get involved in gambling, it is easy to ruin your family.

But this is the first time I have seen a situation like the Li family.

After all, Li Jian is a scholar, and for an ordinary family to support a scholar, it requires the whole family's efforts.

Judging from the situation of the Li family, this is probably the case.

What shocked them the most was that Li Jian deceived his mother in the name of studying and ran away with the family savings.

Fortunately, such a person is not qualified to take part in the imperial examinations, otherwise, if he were to pass by chance, he would definitely become a corrupt official who exploits the people and squeezes their fat and blood.

The leader claimed that he was not a good person, but he could not do such a conscienceless thing.

No matter how sad Old Man Li and Old Lady Li were, they had to collect the money they were owed, not a penny less.

"Okay, stop crying and find a way to get the silver out quickly. Otherwise, if it's one hundred taels today, it will be more than that tomorrow."

Old man Li knew how powerful usury was. In the past, no matter how short of money his family was, he never dared to think of borrowing money from usury. But his family really couldn't come up with one hundred taels of silver.

"I don't need money, but I need my life."

Old Mrs. Li knew clearly that there was no money left at home.

Originally, there were still more than ten taels of silver left in the family, but the third son said that going to the provincial capital would be too expensive, and he also wanted to prepare a decent gift for his teacher.

She gave the silver to the third brother without a second thought, as she had no money left now.

What's more, how could one possibly gather one hundred taels of silver?

Seeing the old lady's resolute attitude, the monkey stood up from behind the leader and said sternly, "You don't want to give it to me, right? According to the rules of our gambling house, you can pay off your debt by cutting off a leg and an arm."

"You two may discuss and decide whose part to chop off, or one of you may chop off the leg and the other the arm."

As expected, the monkey saw two frightened expressions and found it very interesting. He wanted to say something but was stopped by the leader.

"If you don't have money, you can still use the house deed, land deed and the girls in your family to pay off the debt."

The house and land are the old couple's means of survival, so they are naturally unwilling to give them up.

When she heard that people could be used to pay off debts, Old Lady Li immediately thought of Li Mengyue. She didn't expect that the little bitch was so lucky that she could come back after entering Landlord Huang's house.

It was just right for her to be taken away by the people from the gambling house. She just couldn't believe that so many people couldn't beat a girl.

Thinking of this, Old Lady Li said quickly, "We can use someone to pay off the debt. I have a granddaughter who is sixteen years old and very pretty. She just came back from the capital. Not to mention a hundred taels, five hundred taels is worth it."

The thugs naturally knew that Li Jian had a niece from Beijing, who was so beautiful that she could make fish sink to the bottom of their chests, geese fall to the ground, and the moon hide in shame on flowers.

Their purpose of coming here was not the hundred taels of silver, but the fake thousand taels of gold.

Regardless of her appearance, the gimmick of being a fake daughter is enough to sell her for a high price.

Whether the brothers can live a good life depends on how much they can get by selling the fake daughter to Hongxiu Tower.

Therefore, when the thugs heard what Old Lady Li said, their eyes immediately lit up.

Especially Monkey, he has a lover Xiaomei in Hongxiu Tower, and they are having a hot relationship recently. Monkey wants to go to the tower every day.

Holding Xiaomei in my arms and being intimate with her made me feel as happy as a god.

However, the money in his pocket was spent like water. When he went to see Xiaomei a few days ago, he was kicked out because he didn't have enough money. He didn't even get to see Xiaomei.

This time, collecting debts provided him with a way to make extra money, so he naturally wouldn't let it go.

"Oh! So the fake daughter is your granddaughter."

When Old Lady Li saw that the gambling thugs were interested in Li Mengyue, she was so angry that she cursed the little bitch for being fickle and shameless.

However, she only dared to think about these words in her heart and never said them out loud.

"Yes, she is my second son's daughter. If you take her away, you have to give me the IOU."

"Of course, we are still trustworthy. Where is the fake daughter?"

When Old Mrs. Li heard this, she opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. The second son had just separated from them and was not here.

Seeing that Old Lady Li was hesitant to speak, the monkey's face darkened and he said grimly, "You won't lie to us, will you?"

"How could that be? Li Mengyue is really my granddaughter. It's just that we have separated and she is not here."

When the monkey heard this, he knew that the other party was not lying to them. It didn't matter whether the family was divided or not, as long as the fake daughter was a member of this family, it would be fine.

They didn't care about these things. They just knew that the fake daughter could be sold for silver, which would make their finances less tight and allow them to live a good life.

"Okay, take us to find someone."

"My arm is broken. I can't go."

When the thugs saw how miserable Mrs. Li looked, they were kind enough not to force her to go, but instead looked at Old Man Li.

"Old man, get up and take us to find your granddaughter."

Old man Li sat slumped on the ground, saying nothing and ignoring what the thugs said.

He really suffered too great a blow.

You have to know that his lifelong obsession was for his son to pass the imperial examination and become an official so that he could live out his life as a grandfather.

He left home when he was a teenager and went to the provincial capital to be an apprentice. He had to endure countless hardships, be looked down upon, and be looked down upon by many people.

In the eyes of those powerful and rich people, people like him are very lowly. Every time he comes to their store, he is very arrogant, as if they would be grateful if they just look at him for a second longer.

What left him with the deepest memory, something he would never forget for the rest of his life, was...

Once, he was delivering a piece of jewelry to a customer, when suddenly the customer's dog rushed out and bit his leg tightly.

The bite was so painful that he kicked the dog hard while struggling.

As a result, the dog was kicked away, but he got into big trouble.

When the customer saw her dog being kicked, she immediately called the servant who was waiting outside the shop and beat him severely.

If the shopkeeper hadn't come forward to plead for mercy, he thought he might have been beaten to death one day.

But the guest refused to give in and insisted that he kneel down and kowtow to the dog to admit his mistake.

Although the shopkeeper treated him well because he thought he was hardworking and honest, he did not want to offend powerful people for a small clerk like him.

As he knelt on the ground and was forced to kowtow to the dog a hundred times in humiliation, no one knew what he was thinking.

He was just recovering from his injuries, and the shopkeeper was still willing to let him stay in the building, but he suggested leaving.

The shopkeeper also knew what was bothering him, so he didn't try to persuade him to stay and just paid him that month's wages.

After returning home, he took the several hundred taels of silver he had picked up from the guests on the day he was beaten, and returned to his hometown with his wife and children.