Chapter 126: First Cry, Second Make a Scene, and Then Hang Oneself (First Update)

In front of Ling Chu was a three-room shabby mud house.

The yard is surrounded by a wooden fence, and seven or eight chickens are pecking in the yard.

Looking at this situation, Ling Chu was not sure whether he could complete the debt collection mission this time. It always felt a bit mysterious.

"Uncle Chen, Uncle Chen..."

Zhou Wu shouted several times through the wooden fence, but no one answered.

Perhaps the movement here alerted the neighbors, and an aunt in an earthy blue gown came out of the house opposite, "Zhou Wu, are you here to collect debt again?"

Although the lady was asking Zhou Wu, her eyes were always looking curiously at Ling Chu, who was wearing Taoist robes.

Zhou Wu sighed, frowned and smiled bitterly, "My mother has been ill recently and can't get out of bed. The family really can't get any money. I can only come to Uncle Chen again to collect debts."

"By the way, Aunt Gu, do you know if Uncle Chen is at home? I've been calling for a long time, but no one has answered."

Aunt Gu shook her head, "I haven't seen anyone from him in the past two days, and I don't know if he has gone out."

Ling Chu glanced at the chickens pecking in the yard, pushed open the wooden fence and walked in without saying anything.

"Ouch, Chen Daohe is not at home, it's not good for a Taoist nun like you to just go in like this, right?" Aunt Gu frowned. Where did this Taoist nun come from? She doesn't understand the slightest etiquette.

Ling Chu pointed at the rotten vegetable leaves that the old hens were pecking at in the yard, "These chickens are all being fed, so I guess no one is home. I've been shouting that no one has come out for a long time, so something must have happened. Zhou Wu, hurry in." have a look."

After hearing Ling Chu's words, Aunt Gu was unsure for a moment. Chen Daohe is so old and is alone at home. If he is not in good health, no one will know if he faints in the house.

It would be safer to let Zhou Wu go in and take a look.

Seeing Ling Chu and Zhou Wu both walking into the courtyard, Aunt Gu hesitated and then walked over. If something happened to Chen Daohe, she could help him.

The three of them were about to leave the house, but suddenly they heard a creak, the closed wooden door opened, and an old man with a wrinkled face walked out with a frown.

"Zhou Wu, didn't you just come here the day before yesterday? Why are you here again today?"

"Uncle Chen, my mother can't afford to be sick anymore, and the family really can't afford the money to treat her. There is really no way. When you borrowed my two hundred taels, you promised to pay me back in half a year. , it’s been a year and a half, it’s time for you to pay me back, right?”

"Zhou Wu, it's not that I don't want to pay back the money, it's just that I can't get it out. I'm a lonely old man, and my family has no income. Wherever I have any money, I'm almost out of money.

Zhou Wu frowned in anger, saying the same thing again. He came to beg for money several times, and Chen Daohe did this every time.

"Uncle Chen, you are lying. You obviously have money, but you are unwilling to pay it back to me."

Being accused of lying in front of outsiders, Chen Daohe's expression immediately changed from helpless to angry, "Zhou Wu, this man can't be like this, when did I lie?

This is the only dilapidated house left in my house. If you can’t bear to see me sleeping on the street, take the house away and take away the chickens in the yard. Anyway, I am a lonely old man and no one will feel sorry for me if I starve to death. . "

As Chen Daohe spoke, the anger on his face disappeared, and instead he squatted on the ground and wiped away tears.

Aunt Gu couldn't bear to look at it, "Zhou Wu, what you uncle Chen said is right. He is the only one left in his family, and he has no land or land. How can he get so much money?"

Zhou Wu almost laughed out of anger.

"You have no money? The shop opened by your son brings in a lot of money every month. He also bought a big house, called his slaves and maids, and had good food and drink, but he relied on me to be unwilling to pay back the two hundred taels."

"Zhou Wu, you can't just hurt my heart just because I can't give you the money. Everyone knows that my son has been in an accident for two or three years. If he is still alive, how can I not give you the money? Give it back to you.”

Seeing Chen Daohe crying so miserably at such an old age, Aunt Gu couldn't bear it anymore, "Zhou Wu, you can't get money to treat your mother, so you can't talk nonsense if you are anxious. Something happened to Chen Dahe's son." It’s been a long time, why are you mentioning him?”

The noise here has attracted many people to stand in front of the wooden fence to watch the excitement. When they saw it, they all started talking about it.

Chen Daohe's wife has been gone for several years. He has no daughter, only one son.

Three years ago, Chen Daohe's son Chen Yu found two partners to form a partnership and planned to open a silk and satin shop. He heard that the price of silk and satin in the south was cheap, so he took the money invested by his two partners and borrowed money from relatives and neighbors, and took a boat to the south to purchase goods.

Unexpectedly, on the way, the boat Chen Yu was riding encountered a strong storm. He accidentally fell into the river and was washed away by the strong waves.

As a result, the person was gone, and the money he had with him was naturally gone.

Many people knew about this. Zhou Wu couldn't get the money and everyone could understand his anxiety, but he really shouldn't bring up Chen Yu to poke Chen Daohe's heart.

Listening to everyone's accusations, Zhou Wu was shaking with anger, "You have all been deceived. Chen Daohe's son is not dead. He opened a silk and satin shop in Huai Mansion, and his business was booming. He also bought a big house and lived like a slave. The day to call the maid.”

Then he pointed to the four-room large brick house on the right, "Uncle Chen, don't think that I don't know that Chen Yu bought all Liu Che's houses for you to live in."

Seeing everyone following Zhou Wu's fingers in confusion, they looked towards Liu Che's house.

A flash of anger flashed across Chen Daohe's wrinkled face. He sat down on the ground and cried loudly, "Son, why are you leaving at such a young age, leaving me, a lonely old man with no one to rely on? Now that someone is bullying me, I can’t survive..."

Ling Chu put away the system and was speechless about Chen Daohe. Was he planning to imitate the old lady who cried, made trouble, and hanged herself? She was crying so miserably, if she hadn't been systematic, she would have been deceived.

The howling voice made her head hurt, so Ling Chu simply took out a small hammer and gave it a hard swing without saying a word.

The loud noise that sounded instantly startled everyone.

Even Chen Daohe was so shocked that he forgot to cry.

When he followed the sound and saw the two locked door panels falling to the ground, Chen Daohe was even more startled.

Ling Chu walked towards the house.

Chen Daohe's wrinkled face was covered with clouds.

Quickly getting up from the ground and picking up the big broom beside him, Chen Daohe rushed towards Ling Chu, raised the broom in his hand and hit her hard on the back of the head.

"Miss Ling, be careful..."

Zhou Wu was so frightened by this turn of events that his face changed drastically, and he wanted to rush forward to stop him.

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