Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

17. Come and make trouble

“Su Jinru, don’t be so cruel. At least give some money to my brother-in-law so he can buy some food. Over the years, you’ve saved at least two thousand yuan. We’re not greedy. You only need to give six hundred yuan to my child’s uncle.”

Su Jinru never expected that Li Meili would be so shameless as to say such distorted and fabricated things.

In their past life, the relationship between the two sisters-in-law was neither good nor bad. Their relationship was balanced by their parents-in-law. Moreover, Li Meili, as a daughter-in-law, was a woman who only talked the talk but didn't walk the walk in front of her parents-in-law. She always took advantage of them, so naturally they had no objections. Not long after the famine, she starved to death, so her true nature was never revealed.

“Li Meili, you need evidence to support your claims. You say I have two thousand yuan, what makes you say that? What evidence do you have? If you can’t produce any evidence, you’re just slandering me. You just think that because I’m divorced and have no man to back me up, you’re trying to get some money from me.”

“You two, Li Meili and her husband, have no other skills, but you’re good at having children. You give birth to a litter like pigs, and you can’t even support your own children. Over the years, not only have you been taking advantage of having so many children, but you also have no money or energy to take care of your parents-in-law. On the contrary, you’ve come to us to borrow two hundred yuan. We only let it go because of our brotherhood. We didn’t expect you to take advantage of us. You think I’m easy to bully now that I’m divorced, so you’re trying to extort money from me with all sorts of excuses. Since that’s the case, you should return our two hundred yuan.”

Su Jinru didn't accept the blame Li Meili threw at her; instead, she turned the blame on Li Meili.

Anyone can slander someone; they can just open their mouths and say whatever they want. After all, lying won't kill you.

Li Meili said that Su Jinru had saved two thousand yuan in secret money over the years. Anyone with common sense would find that impossible. Qi Zhengyang's total salary over the years was only a little over two thousand yuan. Did his family not eat or drink? Not to mention that there were two people in the family who needed medicine!

However, it's possible that Li Meili and her husband borrowed two hundred yuan from her younger brother's family, since Qi Zhengyang's brother's family could indeed come up with two hundred yuan. It's well-known that Li Meili's family has many children and faces financial difficulties; it's understandable that she might borrow money from her brother if she didn't have enough.

Li Meili was so angry that her lips trembled after being falsely accused.

"Su Jinru, you're talking nonsense. When did we borrow two hundred yuan from you?"

Su Jinru counted on her fingers: "I don't know about the past, but I remember it clearly. Five years ago, when I took over the family, you gave birth to your daughter and didn't have any money, so you borrowed ten yuan."

Six months later, my daughter fell ill, and I borrowed twenty yuan.

"Four years ago, during the Spring Festival, you said your family was almost starving and asked to borrow some money for the holiday. You borrowed thirty yuan. Three months later, you miscarried and didn't have money to buy eggs to help you recover, so you borrowed another thirty yuan. Later, your brother had an accident, and you borrowed fifty yuan from him..."

Li Meili interrupted Su Jinru.

"Su Jinru, you're talking nonsense, you're spouting rubbish, it's all just talk."

Su Jinru shook her head: "Li Meili, I have a notebook at home that records everything! It clearly shows which year, which month, why, and how much money you borrowed. You actually know all of this, but you're just hoping that I won't remember since I haven't pursued it. Even though I haven't pursued it, it doesn't mean I don't remember. The notebook is still here. I'll go back and look for it. You wait here. Because of the move, I might not be able to find it right away, so you'll have to wait a while."

Su Jinru said to the onlookers, "Don't leave, all of you. Wait together and be a witness. I'll bring it over in a bit."

As Su Jinru spoke, she actually started walking home.

Su Jinru went into the room, took out her son's blank notebook, and quickly wrote down the amounts, dates, and purposes of the loans she had just mentioned in a pencil.

The people waiting outside were talking amongst themselves.

"What Su Jinru said sounds very convincing, it might be true."

"Yes! They clearly stated when and why they borrowed the money, so it can't be a lie. How could they explain it so clearly if they were lying?"

"Yes! Li Meili had so many children, and even had several miscarriages. Her family was poor and had no money. Besides borrowing from her younger brother, where else could they borrow from? Nobody was well-off, and even if they had money, they wouldn't dare lend it to her. Her family didn't even have enough food to eat every year, so how could they repay the debt?"

Twenty minutes later, Su Jinru came out with her homework.

She handed the notebook to the people next to her, and everyone who looked at it said that she remembered it very clearly.

In fact, Li Meili's family did borrow money from her brother's family, but each time it was only three or five yuan, totaling only thirty yuan or so, not more than two hundred yuan.

Because the loan amount was small, Su Jinru had told her parents-in-law that her brother-in-law's family was struggling financially and hadn't borrowed much, so it was fine if they didn't repay it.

Moreover, Su Jinru later raised their four children. When Li Meili came to extort money from Su Jinru, Su Jinru naturally retaliated in kind.

After reading Su Jinru's record, everyone looked at Li Meili with disdain.

Su Jinru continued to fan the flames: "Some people are just ungrateful. When she was in trouble, people helped her, but when others are in trouble, they kick them when they're down. But since I dared to get a divorce, I'm not afraid of these petty people taking advantage of my misfortune. So, you've miscalculated. You didn't expect me to keep this evidence, did you?"

Li Meili, flustered and pale, snatched the workbook. She looked at it, but couldn't understand it, because she was also illiterate.

However, everyone who saw it said they remembered it very clearly, and she was furious about this inexplicably appearing record.

She quickly tore the notebook into pieces, threw them on the ground, and even stomped on them a few times.

“Su Jinru, this is all fake, fake. How could we possibly borrow two hundred yuan from you? We only borrowed thirty yuan…”

When Su Jinru saw that Li Meili had torn up her homework, she wasn't angry; instead, a smile appeared on her lips.

“Li Meili, over the years, the amount of money you’ve borrowed is far more than this. Those small amounts of one, two, or five yuan are not recorded. Only those over ten yuan are recorded. If you calculate it, the amount you’ve borrowed is more than this. Li Meili, do you think you can erase these facts by tearing this up? Everyone just saw it. It’s written clearly. You can’t deny it even if you want to.”

Li Meili: "I tore them up because you wrote them all; you're trying to blackmail me."

Su Jinru: "As everyone knows, I have never been to school. I am illiterate. How could I possibly write these things? They were written by your brother-in-law, Qi Zhengyang."