In the book, she became the daughter of a vicious villain who died early

He looked extremely arrogant and smug.

Lin Shiyu felt that if she were in Old Lady Lin's shoes, she would have first put on a "loving mother and filial son" scene before arguing with him.

Unfortunately, she is not.

Old Mrs. Lin was very calm when she heard his words, so calm that it seemed as if she was lost in some thoughts.

Old Mrs. Lin, who did not speak immediately, was assumed by Lin Anxiang to have been right, and she could not help but feel proud.

"Mom, ten years ago, even though we brothers didn't go out to find temporary jobs, we were able to give Third Brother more than ten strings of silver. With the silver we three have handed in over the past ten years, it can't be less than before, right?"

Old Mrs. Lin looked at him sideways.

Lin Anxiang was not afraid at all, he believed he held the truth in his hands.

"Who said that the money for the third son to take the exam was paid by his family?" asked Old Mrs. Lin.

Lin Anxiang: "Mom, it's really too much if you still refuse after all this."

Mrs. Lin: "I am telling the truth. Not to mention the money for the exam, even all the expenses for his studies did not cost a single cent from our family."

It was precisely because of this that Old Mrs. Lin wanted to divide the family early. The family did not spend a penny on expenses, but half of the money earned had to be handed over to the family.

Such a smart child is held back by his family.

If the old man hadn't been afraid that supporting the third child to go to school would make it difficult for the people in the other two families to make a living, the third child wouldn't have to work so hard.

As long as the family is divided up, he can still give it another try while the third child is still not too old.

"Your mother is telling the truth!" Old Master Lin agreed.

"Impossible, I don't believe it." Lin Anxiang stood up excitedly: "Dad, Mom! I'm not going through the past to get back the money used by the third brother. I just want to take out the existing money in the family and divide it up. Are you going to secretly keep the money to subsidize the eldest brother and the third brother? I'm really not liked by you, right?"

Lin Anji was very upset when he heard his second brother's words and wanted to retort that their parents would never secretly subsidize the first wife. Anyway, he had not received any subsidies for so many years and everyone could see how much money he used.

"You know that you are not welcome, so just say less." Old Mrs. Lin did not rush to refute his words, but instead retorted to him first.

"mother!"

Lin Anxiang was so anxious that he wanted to hit the man with his belt.

He just didn't take action because he was worried that the current situation was not suitable. Otherwise, he would have fought with his father last night, and he wouldn't mind fighting with his mother today.

Although he did not take action, his intention to hit someone was obvious. Several witnesses sitting in the upper seats stared at him with frowns.

Seeing his expression, the village chief hesitated to speak. After some mental preparation, he made up his mind and spoke:

"What your parents said is true. I can testify to this."

Seeing the village chief getting involved, Lin Anxiang had a bad feeling.

"When your third brother went to take the imperial examination, he borrowed three strings of silver from me. Here is the IOU." The village chief said as he took out the IOU from his belt.

Three strings of silver was what their family could save in a whole year.

He didn't want to make this matter public, because he lent the money secretly and no one in his family knew about it.

If his family knew about this, there would be a big fuss. That was why he was so conflicted.

Lin Anxiang's ominous premonition was confirmed, but he still couldn't give up. If what the village chief said was true, then all the energy he had wasted in causing trouble with his family would be a waste of time!

So he said stubbornly: "Even if it's true, it's only three strings of silver, far from more than ten strings of silver!"

"What about adding my five strings of cash?"

A strange voice sounded, and everyone turned to look and found that the owner of the voice was actually the head of the village.

He was holding the same piece of paper as the village chief. Even the illiterate villagers knew that there was a seal on it, so it could not be forged.

The villagers were surprised that he would speak up for Lin Anru, and were even more surprised that he and Lin Anru would lend such a large sum of money to Lin Anru for no reason.

"Even if it's five strings of cash, it's not enough." Lin Anxiang no longer had the arrogance he had just had and retorted in a low voice.

"Count the hundred coins I have here." Suddenly, one of the villagers who were watching shouted, "But I don't have an IOU, because Ru Ge'er has already returned the silver to me."

"I have seventy cents here."

"I have thirty cents here."

"My fifty cents."

"I'll give you ten cents."

"I……"

One person spoke up, and others followed suit.

They all lent the money out secretly, and their family members knew about it, so as soon as they shouted it out, their hot-tempered wives would strangle them.

But after hearing that Lin Anru had already returned all the money, he just gave it a token of respect and let the matter pass.

The amount they lent out was not large, but when added up it amounted to more than a dozen coins.

The total amount is almost ten taels of silver, which is still a little short of the required amount.

Without waiting for Lin Anxiang to speak, Liu, who had been sitting quietly with her husband, spoke up and made the final decision:

"My Liu family paid five strings of silver at that time!"

When Zhang heard this, she immediately responded, "You hadn't even married into the family yet, so why would your Liu family give money to my third brother? Could it be that..."

Could it be that you had already secretly decided to spend your lives with my third brother at that time?

This is what Zhang had not said yet. She and Lin Anxiang had been together before they got married. Because of this, she suffered a lot from rumors.

So when he heard that the Liu family gave Lin Anru money to take the exam before he got married, he immediately thought of this.

Having been caught in the rain herself, she couldn't bear to see others with umbrellas over their heads.

Sure enough, as soon as she said this, the way the surrounding villagers looked at Liu immediately changed.

How could Lin Anru not know about the villagers' behavior and style? If he didn't explain it clearly in time, the Liu family's reputation outside would be almost ruined.

"Because before Doctor Liu became my father-in-law, he was my teacher. He taught me everything from the age of six. I was his only student."

Lin Anru stood up and looked directly into Zhang's eyes. His dark eyes seemed to be able to clearly see the filthiness in Zhang's heart.

Zhang felt a little guilty when he looked at her, so she turned her head away and didn't dare to look him in the eye.

Lin Anruneng's enlightenment master was Liu's biological father, Doctor Liu. This was something known to those who were in the know, so she was not surprised when Liu said that the Liu family paid five strings of silver.

However, not many people know about it. At least among the Lin family, only the two elders know about it, and no one else knows.

That's why Zhang rushed out to step on Liu.