Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

Lu Ziren took Lu Haoran and Lu Haojie to Li Cuihua's house in a grand manner.

At this time, most families in the village had already eaten and rested.

When Lu Ziren went to Li Cuihua's house, there was not much noise, but after he knocked on the door, Li Cuihua's scream was heard by everyone living nearby.

Li Cuihua's house was not far away, and they arrived there in a short while. Lu Haojie walked up and knocked on the door.

Li Cuihua's mother, Xu, came out to open the door. She was stunned when she saw Lu Ziren. Isn't this Xia Yingying's husband? Li Cuihua and Xia Yingying had a good relationship, but since the incident of selling the child and pushing Lu Haoran into the water, the two had already torn their faces apart, and there was no more affection between them. What was Lu Ziren doing here? To avenge his child?

Xu's face was gloomy and she regretted opening the door.

Lu Ziren was serving as a soldier on the battlefield, and she, an old woman, was fighting against him, but she was no match for him.

Li Cuihua had just been broken off from engagement and then beaten with a stick. Now she was half dead, lying in bed unable to move.

Lu Ziren's visit now is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.

She didn't dare to kick Lu Ziren out directly, so she pretended to be confused and asked Lu Ziren: "Who are you looking for? What's the matter?"

"Li Cuihua borrowed fifteen taels of silver from my wife before, and I came to her house to pay it back." Lu Ziren stated his purpose in a neither humble nor arrogant manner. The word "daughter-in-law" was particularly prominent, as if he was deliberately showing off.

Debt collector.

Fifteen taels of silver?

Xu took a deep breath.

"How... how could there be so many?" Xu herself was a bit selfish, but she was afraid of Lu Ziren, the evil spirit.

She doesn't have a particularly good relationship with Li Cuihua and her daughter, but as long as Li Cuihua doesn't involve her, she doesn't care about anything.

Lu Ziren took out a piece of paper. It was an IOU that Xia Yingying had asked Liu Xiucai from the village to write. Xia Yingying gave it to him before he left.

Lu Ziren held up the IOU and unfolded it in front of Xu. "This is the IOU. It has Li Cuihua's fingerprints on it. If you don't believe me, you can call her out to confront me."

Xu was illiterate. Even if the IOU was placed in front of her, she couldn't tell whether it was real or fake. She could only see that there were indeed two fingerprints on it, but she didn't know which one was Li Cuihua's.

Xu originally wanted to say that Lu Ziren was just talking nonsense, but before she could say anything, Lu Ziren took out an IOU.

Li Cuihua had indeed borrowed that much money. It was the money Li Cuihua had saved for her dowry, but she gave it to Liu Xiucai some time ago. Only Li Cuihua knew whether there was any money left.

Fifteen taels in total, that’s a lot of money, can you really not pay it back?

Since she helped Li Cuihua solve this problem, Li Cuihua would probably give her some reward for her hard work.

Xu's eyes rolled around.

When Lu Ziren saw it, he said coldly, "Don't worry, this IOU is absolutely genuine. If you don't believe it, you can go to the government to verify it. When the time comes, the government will make the final decision."

The government? No way.

It was indeed Li Cuihua who borrowed the fifteen taels of silver, and there was someone who testified that it was Liu Xiucai. Even if they went to the government, the government would stand on Xia Yingying's side.

Li Cuihua had no way to defend herself. She might be beaten again. She was already half dead from the beating. If she was beaten again, she might be beaten to death. She was powerless.

"Come in. My Cuihua is lying in bed to recuperate. You can talk to her outside the door. I'll tell her first."

Lu Ziren said okay and went in.

Lu Ziren and Lu Haoran were outside and listened to the entire conversation between Xu and Li Cuihua.

Xu told Li Cuihua exactly what Lu Ziren had said. Li Cuihua was so angry that she shouted, "Pay back the money? What money? Even if I had money, I wouldn't pay it back. What's more, I have no money now. You can beat me if you want. No one can take away the money I earned."

She has nothing now, only a little personal savings.

Fortunately, when she gave her dowry to Mr. Liu, she only gave him a part of it and did not give him all of it, otherwise she would be crying her heart out now. She is the only one who has lost both her money and her life.

After a while, there was a banging sound in the room, accompanied by a woman's hysterical and furious screaming.

"I don't have any money, don't ask me for it, money is not as valuable as life..."

Mrs. Xu came out after a while and said to Lu Ziren, "My Cuihua doesn't have any money right now. Can you give her some more time?"

Because Lu Ziren did not hide the aura he exuded this time, his whole aura was very intimidating, like a killer god walking out of hell.

Xu felt a strong pressure coming from her and was a little breathless. She did not dare to have a head-on conflict with Lu Ziren, but it was different with Li Cuihua.

She lay on the bed, her eyes filled with flames of hatred for Xia Yingying.

Bitch! So what if I owe Xia Yingying money?

She has no money, and even the officials cannot ask a poor person to make money.

Even if she had money, she would not pay it back, because that money was what she deserved.

When she helped Xia Yingying marry Lu Ziren and gave her advice, she didn't pay her for it. That money should be regarded as Xia Yingying's repayment, and they don't owe each other anything in the future.

Xia Yingying didn't know yet that Li Cuihua had unilaterally announced that she would not return her money. She couldn't help but sneeze and continued to review the new words she had learned.

"Dad, what should I do?" Lu Haoran has always been helpless when dealing with a scoundrel like Li Cuihua.

Li Cuihua perfectly interprets the role of a grandpa when borrowing money and a grandson when paying it back.

"She wants her life instead of money. I want to see today what is more important to her, money or her life."

Lu Ziren said in a neutral voice.

After hearing this, Lu Haojie couldn't help but persuade her: "Mom said that we can't hurt others."

Before leaving, Xia Yingying specifically told Lu Haojie to keep an eye on Lu Ziren and not let him do anything against common sense, otherwise they would be the ones who would suffer. As long as they took action, even if they were right, they would become wrong.

"Don't worry." Lu Ziren took the opportunity to pat Lu Haojie on the head.

Li Cuihua lay on the bed and waited for a long time, but when Xu came in, she thought Lu Ziren had left.

"Mom, pour me a glass of water."

The dinner was too salty and she was very thirsty.

Xu was waiting for Lu Ziren outside, but he didn't leave. She didn't know what he was going to do, and she was panicking. Finally, she couldn't help asking, "Lu Ziren, what do you want?"

"Didn't I tell you that money is better than life? Aunt Xu must know that I have experienced life and death on the battlefield and can kick my head like a ball. Your daughter is quite interesting. She is not afraid of death. Since your daughter wants to compensate me with her life, I am willing to accept it. Haoran, go back and get a pen and paper, and she and I will write a life and death agreement."

Xu's face turned pale, and the words stuck in her throat were trembling and she couldn't utter them.

"In that case, I will wait here until she falls asleep, and then I will give her some relief. I will give her as compensation to me."

Lu Ziren's voice was chilly, as if it carried a chill.

Lu Haoran responded with a yes and trotted back, "Haojie, go ask the village chief to come as a witness."

"Okay, Daddy."

When Xu saw that Lu Ziren was really not joking, her face turned pale as a ghost.

She immediately pleaded with Lu Ziren: "Ziren, I watched you grow up too. Please forgive Cuihua for my sake. Cuihua is confused and can't figure it out. I will compensate you for the money. You have to wait. When I have enough money, I will send it to your house."

Although Xu and Li Cuihua have a bad relationship, she doesn't want anything to happen to her.