Mrs. Meng walked over, slapped Mrs. Hu in the face, and cursed her fiercely, "You careless, wasteful woman! You've caused chaos in our Meng family and even kicked us out. If it weren't for Wenfeng, I'd have asked my eldest brother to divorce you." After cursing, Mrs. Hu turned to Ruyue and said, "Ruyue girl, grandma is here to take you home. Listen to me and don't argue with your aunt, an ignorant village woman. I was deceived by them and let them bully you. Come home with me, and no one will bully you from now on."

"Mom, I know I was wrong. I will definitely treat Ruyue and the others well in the future. Ruyue, please believe your aunt. Let's go home, back to our Meng family." Meng Wenfeng's teaching was not in vain. Hu cried so loudly and emotionally that the onlookers were persuaded and gave her a few words of advice from time to time. The word "Meng" could not be written twice with one stroke. There was no deep hatred among the family.

Ru Yuejian was almost ready to cry, and a look of emotion slowly appeared on her face. She really couldn't cry, so she pinched herself secretly, but she didn't control the strength well, and her eyes immediately turned red.

"Grandma, are you really willing to take the three of us home? Didn't you lie to us?" Ru Yue choked up as she recounted the unfair treatment the original owner had received at Old Meng's house. "Aunt, are you really not going to beat or scold us anymore? Are you not going to withhold our food? Are you not going to make us do the dirtiest and most tiring work anymore? Are you not going to let cousin Wenxiu bully us?"

"No, no, my aunt will definitely treat you all as her own children, as long as you come back with me." Hu agreed regardless of the consequences. She felt ecstatic at the thought of tricking them back and having a big house to live in.

"Aunt, do you dare to swear to heaven? We are really scared of being beaten, scolded and bullied by your family."

"Don't worry, Ruyue. If your aunt treats you badly again, I will make sure you die a miserable death and be struck by lightning." She said this with great confidence, but for the sake of the new house, she could not care less. In her heart, she cursed Ruyue bitterly, "You little bitch, you will not die a miserable death and your whole family will be struck by lightning."

Ru Yue watched her grit her teeth as she spoke against her will, and inwardly she burst into laughter. But the villagers believed her words without a doubt. The common people of that era were ignorant and superstitious, and they believed everything they heard when they were sworn to. How could anyone deceive the gods?

"Okay, Grandma, I'll go back with you right now." As she turned to go back to the straw hut, she suddenly turned back and said, "Grandma, what should I do with my newly built house?"

"What can we do? That's our house!" Mrs. Hu said as a matter of course with a smile that showed her teeth.

"Really? That's great!" Ru Yue suddenly became overjoyed, leaving everyone puzzled. Some who understood the situation shook their heads and sighed that the child was young and had been fooled by the Meng family again, including He Erkui's wife. But who as an outsider could interfere in other people's affairs?

Ru Yue immediately said, "Aunt, then our family can help me pay back the 200 taels of loan interest, right?"

"That's... what did you say?" Hu was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly came to her senses. Two hundred taels of usury? What was that?

"I borrowed two hundred taels of silver from an underground bank in town at an interest rate of five percent to build my house. I have to pay back three hundred taels by autumn," Ru Yue said in a panic, then said happily, "But I'm not worried anymore since I have my aunt. My family will definitely help me pay it back, right? Besides, my cousin Wenfeng is a scholar, so he will definitely help me."

"You said you borrowed two hundred taels of money at usury? You have to pay back three hundred taels in the autumn?" Hu asked loudly. The fawning face that had just asked for Ru Yue's forgiveness suddenly changed. "You little bitch, how dare you borrow money at usury? And you dare to ask our family to pay you back? I will beat you to death, you shameless little bitch." As she said that, she was about to rush up and tear Ru Yue apart.

"Aunt, how can you go back on your word? It was you who said we are a family. If you help me pay back the debt, it will be great if we can move to a big house together!" Ru Yue circled around Mrs. Meng and teased Hu, adding fuel to the fire.

Everyone around was completely bewildered. How could this change so suddenly? Didn't the Meng family come to pick someone up? Why did they even resort to usury? The Meng family members who had come with them were also dumbfounded. They hadn't even moved into this big house yet, and suddenly they had an extra three hundred taels of debt. Who could do this?

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