Chapter 454 Handwriting
"Sister-in-law, please don't say that we are bullying you. It was clearly written in black and white on the paper. This is an IOU written by my biological brother, with his fingerprints on it. Everyone can take a look!"
As the man spoke, he took out an IOU from his pocket with a trembling hand. He even bared his teeth when speaking because of the pain.
"Old madam, please take a look, please don't accuse us wrongly..."
Seeing that her husband had taken out the evidence, the woman quickly handed over the IOU with a flattering smile on her face.
Mother Lin frowned, glanced at Qiu Ju on the ground, and then took the IOU from her.
Shen Zhiyu was a smart kid, so he asked Xiaomi to take the little girl behind the guard, and then rushed to his grandmother's side.
"Grandma, let me take a look."
"OK."
Mother Lin didn't know a few words, but she knew the pattern of an IOU.
When she and Lin's father got married, life was hard and they borrowed a lot of money, which was only paid back slowly later.
Moreover, IOUs are often written on special paper to prevent someone from deliberately destroying them.
There is indeed nothing wrong with this piece of paper in my hand, but I don't know if there is any fraud in the handwriting on it.
After all, if there is nothing wrong with the IOU in their hands, why would they go to such trouble to grab something?
Qiu Ju watched Shen Zhiyu take the IOU and look at it carefully, and felt a chill in her heart.
Could it be that this IOU was really written by my husband-in-law?
At the beginning of last year, my daughter got sick, and the family's money didn't make any difference, but the medicine was about to wear off. Finally, my husband-in-law went away for a whole day and a night, and then he came back with the medicine.
"Qiu Ju, don't say it's us who bullied you. When your Wenwen got sick, it was us who tightened our belts and squeezed out a tael of silver to lend you.
Without us, your Wenwen family would have been gone long ago!
Later, seeing that you were having a hard time, my poor brother-in-law...
If it weren't for the fact that life is almost unbearable now, we wouldn't come to you. "
The woman said sadly and pretended to wipe the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes. Some onlookers nodded in agreement.
Although their behavior was a bit excessive, they had an IOU. No matter how you put it, they were taking advantage of it.
"Qiu Ju, how about forget it?" A neighbor spoke up, and the woman nodded repeatedly.
Mother Lin's eyelids twitched but she didn't say anything.
Seeing that she still didn't speak, the woman became a little anxious. Why was the old lady still frowning when she had already taken out the IOU?
"Old lady..."
She was a little anxious and wanted to get closer, but was blocked by the guards in front of Mother Lin. When she saw the swords on their bodies, she still had thoughts in her heart, so she could only stand there with a smile.
"As for, how is it?" Mother Lin saw her grandson retracting his gaze and knew that he understood, so she asked.
"The IOU is clearly written on it. Tian Fu lent one tael of silver to Tian Heng on the sixth day of February last year. There are signatures and fingerprints on the bottom."
After Shen Zhiyu finished speaking, he glanced at the pale Qiu Ju before taking the IOU.
"See if the writing on this belongs to your husband-in-law."
The white jade-like young boy had a cold face. The IOU he held in his little hand was shaking slightly, but the bright red fingerprints on it were a bit dazzling.
After a moment of silence, Qiu Ju choked up and said, "Yes, it's my husband's handwriting."
"That's it."
Shen Zhiyu nodded, and without looking at her again, he took the IOU and returned.
"Old Madam, Master, now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, we, the husband and wife, will not embarrass them. We don't want the money, just the bag of grain."
The woman chuckled and pointed to the bag of grain on the ground.
Wenwen was wrapped in Mother Lin's cloak. At this moment, she saw her mother-in-law crying sadly, and her tears that had just stopped fell down again.
"Aniang!"
The little girl wanted to throw away her cloak and pounce on him, but fortunately Xiaomi had quick eyesight and quick hands, and wrapped up the little baby.
"Woo woo woo, grandma—grandma—"
"Don't cry anymore. If you get sick, your stomach will hurt. Your mother-in-law is already sad. If you get sick again, she will be even more sad."
Xiaomi wrapped the little girl tightly in the cloak, leaving only her palm-sized face exposed.
The little girl was timid and was afraid of being held by outsiders. Now that he said this again, she naturally stopped crying and sniffed quietly.
"Wenwen is good, grandma, grandma is fine."
Qiu Ju wiped away her tears and forced a smile.
But the sourness in my heart welled up, and the tears flowed down, leaving no room for anything.
She had been married to Tian Heng for so many years. First, she paid off three years of debt, and finally her life became better. Then her father-in-law and mother-in-law died of illness one after another. It was supposed to be a matter that the two spouses shared, but in the end it only fell on their second spouse. At that time, all the money in the family was used to pay for the funeral arrangements for the two old people, but what was given to them was only two acres of wasteland outside the city and a pile of broken pots. The small yard was given to them by the eldest brother. Take it.
At that time, my husband-in-law only said that life would be better in the future, and they worked so hard to raise Wenwen. What was the result?
The husband fell off a cliff and died, leaving the two of them with no one to help them in this world. They finally saved some money and bought enough food for them to survive, but they were taken away by an IOU that suddenly appeared.
"Qiu Ju, do you know about your husband's borrowing money?"
Mother Lin looked at Qiu Ju and said in a deep voice.
"Sir, I, I don't know." Qiu Ju answered truthfully.
"Then do you think there's anything wrong with this IOU?"
Mother Lin continued to ask.
Hearing her ask this, the Tian family's main room stopped working.
Tian Fu shouted loudly: "Old madam, aren't you partial to her? The IOU is written clearly in black and white. Could she just say that she doesn't understand and treat it as useless?
You can't do this! "
"Yes, even if she doesn't know this, her husband-in-law borrowed money and wrote an IOU, so she can't just let it go..."
"That's right."
People around him whispered.
"Old madam, I recognize the handwriting. It is indeed my husband-in-law's, but my husband-in-law has always treated me well, and he will make decisions with me on family matters. This will never happen."
Qiu Ju spoke and kowtowed a few more times, looking very intolerable. The onlookers also frowned and no one said anything more.
Which one is having an easier time now?
Life for orphans and widowed mothers is already difficult. Who can bear it when a debt suddenly appears?
"Old madam, she also said that the handwriting on the IOU does belong to my brother-in-law. In this case, we don't want to trouble everyone anymore. I know that they are living a difficult life now, and we don't want a lot of money. As long as this is Just a bag of grain will do.”
The woman rubbed her hands and said.
"Grandma, there's something wrong with this IOU."
Just when everyone thought the matter was resolved, Shen Zhiyu suddenly spoke.