My scumbag sister stole my husband? I'm a scumbag and married my cowardly brother-in-law

Finally seeing the real person, the debt collectors were very excited and even wanted to fight.

"Old man, it is only natural to pay back debts. There is also a saying that goes, 'A son pays his father's debts, and a son pays his father's debts.' You are Wen Wan's father.

It is only right for us to help your daughter pay back the debt. We are not unreasonable. We will not include the interest for such a long time and the expenses we have in running back and forth between town and the provincial capital in the past few days.

You just need to pay back the money you owe. Your daughter has already paid back part of it, so the remaining amount is not much.

We won’t rush you. You can go home and collect the money first. We will come to the village to get it in three days.

Do you think this is okay?"

Father Wen looked around at the debt collectors. They were all tall and strong young men. Although they spoke politely, their fists as big as sandbags were definitely not fake.

Fortunately, it was at school and the principal was there. He would probably not watch them punch a helpless old man.

Thinking about it now, I really regretted saying "Why should I help you pay it back" without thinking. It will definitely affect the image of a good father that I have just established in front of the principal.

If he cut off ties with Wen Wan now, even if he didn't get beaten, he would still lose face in front of the principal.

Fortunately, this debt does not have to be acknowledged.

"The money was borrowed by Xie Changqing. His last name is Xie, so you should ask the Xie family for it. Why are you asking me, Wen, for it?"

"Old man, what you said is a bit unreasonable. The principal just said that the money borrowed before the divorce is considered a joint debt of the couple.

When you borrowed the money, your daughter Wen Wan was still Xie Changqing's wife. What's wrong with asking her to pay you back?

You are her father, what's wrong with you helping her?"

There is indeed nothing wrong with what he said, but how could Wen's father agree with this? Since he couldn't refute it here, he would just change the point and continue to deny it.

“Why didn’t you consult with my daughter when you borrowed the money? Without consultation, who knows whether the money was lent or not.

Besides, he used all the money he borrowed to take wild women away, and didn't spend a penny on my daughter. Why should my daughter pay back the money?"

These words actually made Wen Wan feel awe.

Come on, come on, this is not much different from the later marriage law's interpretation of joint debts.

When borrowing money, the IOU must be signed by both spouses, and the money must be used for household expenses in order for it to be considered a joint debt.

Now they are bullying Father Wen because he is not well educated and using seemingly correct logic to trick him.

“We don’t know whether Comrade Wen Wan spent the money he lent us, but Xie Changqing gave all his salary after getting married to Wen Wan.

Moreover, Wen Wan had acknowledged the debt before and paid us back part of it.

Legally, Wen Wan must repay the money."

This is another magical coincidence. From the perspective of future laws, the repayment part does indeed assume that the person knows the existence of the debt and is willing to repay it.

Father Wen's face turned red because of being blocked. Suddenly, an idea came to him and he said, "You just relied on your numbers, the fact that you are all tall and strong men, and the fact that my daughter is young and ignorant, to deliberately cheat her of her money.

You shouldn't have to pay back this money. You tricked her into giving you the money, and now I'm causing trouble for you.

Return the money you cheated from my daughter, or I will fight you with my old bones. How dare you bully my daughter like this? I want you to know that she has a father."

A few debt collectors were so angry that they laughed out loud with their lips twisted.

"Old man, I can't talk to you nicely, can I? If you're like this, then we have two options. First, report to the police station and see who they arrest.

Second, we will go to the village every day to block your door and collect debts. Let’s see how long you can hold on.

But if that's the case, then you will have to bear the interest and all our expenses during this period."

What this means is that no matter whether it is through normal channels or by playing rogue, they will stick with it to the end.

There was no other way, so Father Wen looked to the principal for help, and the principal gave him a reassuring look that said "It's all right".

The principal said: "Old man, what these comrades said makes sense. This is a new society, and the new society abides by the law.

Since there is an IOU, Wen Wan must definitely pay back the money. The law does not allow her to default on her debt.

However, their saying that the son should pay the father's debt and the father should pay the son's debt does not hold true in the new society's laws. They have the right to ask Wen Wan for the debt, but they do not have the right to ask you for it, let alone block your door.

You can rest assured about this.”

After hearing this, Wen's father finally felt relieved a little, but the principal's next words put him on the spot again.

"But the old man just said that Wen Wan is your most beloved daughter, and you have used all your family's strength to send her to college.

If the money cannot be paid back, they will report to the police station and have Wen Wan have a criminal record. Then she will not be able to continue studying in this university.

If she drops out of school, wouldn't all your family's efforts be in vain?"

At this time, the village chief Ma Houcai, who had been silent, said: "Uncle Wen, let me be fair. Wen Wan is the first college student in our village. If he drops out because of this, isn't it a pity?

And as far as I know, your family is not unable to come up with the money."

Father Wen's eyebrows were raised in excitement, "Village Chief, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. My family is so poor that we can't even afford to eat and have to go to the city to beg for food from Wen Wan, and you still say that my family is rich.

Where is your conscience?"

Ma Houcai explained calmly: "First, your eldest daughter Wen Ya's in-laws gave you 1,500 yuan as a betrothal gift.

Second, if Wen Ya runs a handicraft workshop in your home, your son and daughter-in-law can at least earn three to five hundred yuan.

Wen Wan probably didn't bring the betrothal gift to her husband's house when she got married. The Xie family had a quarrel with Wen Wan about the betrothal gift on the first day of their marriage.

Even if you spent money when your son and daughter-in-law came out of detention, it was far from all your family’s money.”

The head of a village knows the most about village affairs, both superficially and actually, because there are many people who come to him to curry favor and make all kinds of reports.

Father Wen wanted to curse, but then he changed his mind and endured it. He still had to go back to the village. After all, Ma Houcai was the village chief, and it would do him no good to offend the village chief.

Seeing the difficulty of Wen's father, Wen's mother wiped away her tears pretending to be wronged, and said in a sobbing voice: "Village head, I am wronging us by saying this.

Wen Ya's parents-in-law were released from labor reform, so how could they have given us so much money? We just wanted to save face by telling others that his family gave us a betrothal gift of 1,500 yuan.

We also asked Wen Wan to bring 800 yuan of betrothal gift from the Xie family.

That old man Wen Ya is the worst kind of person. He took all the money in the workshop and even owed my family a large sum of money for goods.

The money to save my son and daughter-in-law was scraped together by us from selling everything we had, but now we really can’t get a penny out.”