Zhao's father and mother were anxious and scared, and could only cry and shout for him to stop hitting them.

The big men stopped after taking a deep breath, and Zhao Xiuwen collapsed on the ground like a dead dog.

Zhao's father and mother hurried forward to check, and seeing that the man was not seriously injured, Zhao's father could not help but raise his hand and slapped him hard on the back.

He shouted angrily, "What on earth did you do in this town? People came to your doorstep and you still don't tell me! You beast!"

The leading man sneered and said, "Old man, your son owed us five hundred taels of silver in our gambling house. He agreed to pay it back in three days, but he didn't pay a cent and is trying to run away."

"If you don't pay back the five hundred taels today, we will chop off one of his hands first, and then give you one day to raise the money. If you still can't pay back tomorrow, we will take him away and cut off one part of his body a day to see when you can pay back the money."

When Zhao Xiuwen heard that his hand was going to be chopped off, he was so scared that he almost peed himself. He crawled to the man's feet and said, "Fourth brother, I don't want to run away. I came home to raise money. I will definitely return it to you in full. Please don't chop my hand off."

Seeing how useless he was, Li Si couldn't help but sigh in his heart. How could this coward have such a good life?

When Mr. Zhao heard the price of five hundred taels, his eyes rolled back and he was about to pass out. Zhao Tian quickly caught him and used his hands to calm him down.

Mother Zhao rushed to Zhao Xiuwen, beating him and crying, "What sin have I committed to give birth to a thing like you? Tell me, do I really owe someone five hundred taels? Why don't you learn to be a good person? You learn to gamble like others, and even if you sell your parents for five hundred taels, it won't be enough!"

Zhao Xiuwen couldn't care less about Zhao's mother now, and kept begging, "Brothers, please give me a few more days, no, one more day, I will find a way to get the money together tomorrow, please don't chop my hand off."

Li Si sneered, "Gather the silver? You still want to run away, right? If you have the ability to come up with five hundred taels, why bother running back home from town?"

As he said this, he signaled to the man next to him to come forward and chop off one of his hands.

Zhao Xiuwen wanted to escape, but he was so frightened that his legs were weak and he could not stand up. He could only crawl backwards on the ground like a maggot.

Zhao's father was no longer dizzy at this time, and he went forward to protect his son. Zhao's mother also cried and shouted, and refused to let them go forward.

Zhao Tian gritted his teeth and yelled, "We will return the money, please don't chop off Xiu Wen's hand. Please give us a few more days."

Sun Jiao in the room couldn't stand it any longer. She rushed out with red eyes and shouted at the top of her lungs: "Zhao Tian, ​​what did you say? You said you would pay him back, but what can you use to pay him back? Even if we sell our entire family, it's still not worth five hundred taels!"

"For him, you are going to destroy this family! If you dare to take on this debt for him, I will take the children back to my parents' home and never come back."

Mother Zhao angrily scolded: "You little bitch, this is the Zhao family, you have no right to speak, Xiuwen is Tianzi's brother, how can he ignore him, come back and let Tianzi divorce you."

Zhao Tian yelled at her, "Mom, stop talking!"

Seeing that Zhao Tian had only said this, Sun Jiao didn't say anything more. She wiped the tears from her face with her hand, turned around and went into the house.

Zhao Xiuwen seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said to Li Si: "Fourth brother, I have a brother-in-law, his family runs a wine shop, he is very rich, and another brother-in-law, he is a juren, he is not short of money either. I came back just to borrow money from these two families, I really don't want to run away, I can definitely get five hundred taels together, just believe me, don't chop my hand."

After hearing his words, Zhao's mother seemed to have found a backer. "Yes, one of my two brothers and sons-in-law is rich, and the other is a scholar. If you dare to chop off Xiu Wen's hand today, my brother and son-in-law will definitely not forgive you when he becomes an official."

The men did not show any fear as Zhao's mother thought. Instead, they burst into laughter. "Junren? You won't let us go? I'm really scared."

"Hahaha, that's right, it's so scary."

"It is only natural to repay debts. Not to mention that he is the brother-in-law of a juren, even if a juren owes money, he has to repay it."

Zhao Xiuwen quickly pulled his mother and said, "Mom, please stop talking."

"Brothers, I do have these two relatives, and I can raise the money."

Mother Zhao agreed, "Yes, you are also after the money. As long as you don't chop off Xiu Wen's hand, I will return the money to you without losing a cent."

Zhao Tian frowned after hearing this, "Mom, five hundred taels is not a small amount. How can Ye Ge'er and Qi Ge'er's families afford it? Besides, they have no say over the money of my husband's family."

Mother Zhao couldn't care less about that now. The most important thing now was that her son's hand was still alive. "Xiu Wen is their brother. His brother is in trouble now. How can they just ignore him!"

Zhao Tian looked at his father Zhao who was standing beside him.

Father Zhao said nothing, obviously agreeing with what Mother Zhao said.

Zhao Tian opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but it felt like the words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't make a sound.

A few men who were collecting debts just watched the family perform, and the expressions on their faces looked a little strange.

They all knew that this was Brother Li’s in-laws’ family, but they didn’t expect that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were so weird.

And the frightened Zhao Xiuwen in front of him, who was breathing in more than out, couldn't help but sigh, what's so good about such a pretty boy, a coward, really...

Seeing that he had frightened the man enough, Li Si said, "Since your parents are so old, and you don't want to scare them by blood, I'll give you one more day. Before noon tomorrow, you must bring the 500 taels to the gambling house without a penny missing, otherwise you'd better clean your neck and wait."

"Also, don't try to take advantage of this opportunity to run away. Our boss has many spies. Even if you run away, we can still catch you back. You don't want to know the consequences then."

"Did you hear that?"

The Zhao family members kept saying yes and understood.

Li Sicai called a few big men to go together.

Seeing that the people had left, the Zhao family members breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao's mother looked at the mess in the yard, and sat on the ground crying and cursing in pain.

Zhao's father picked up the stick next to him and hit Zhao Xiuwen. Zhao Xiuwen was able to stand up at this time and ran while begging for mercy: "Dad, they are going to beat me to death, please stop hitting me."

Father Zhao was so tired that he groaned and cursed, "They should have beaten you to death, you beast. I spent so much money on your education over the years, and you didn't learn anything."

"Now you've learned how to gamble. You lost five hundred taels. You want to kill me! If I had known this would happen, I should have strangled you to death when you were born!"

Zhao Xiuwen said back: "Dad, I know I was wrong. I was framed by others. If you beat me again, you will really kill me!"

Mother Zhao still felt sorry for him, so she helped stop his father. "Old man, he's been beaten like this by those bastards. If you beat him again, he'll be killed. Then I won't live either! Boss, why don't you stop your father?"

Zhao Tian didn't have the heart to pay attention to the three of them now, because Sun Jiao was carrying a bag and was about to walk out with two children, one holding her hand and the other in her arms.

Zhao Tian quickly stepped forward to stop her, "Xiao Jiao, what are you doing? Where are you taking the children?"

Sun Jiao said coldly, "Get out of the way. We can't stay in this house anymore. If the two children stay in this house, they might have to be sold to pay off your brother's debts."

"Xiao Jiao, they are my children. How could I sell them both? Please don't leave, please!"

Zhao's mother screamed in a shrill voice: "Tell her to leave! Who cares about her! But our two grandsons must stay, they are members of our Zhao family..."

Listening to Zhao's mother's endless cursing, Zhao Tian couldn't bear it any longer and yelled at her, "Mom, shut up! Can you please stop making trouble!"

"You are so good, Zhao Tian! For her, you yelled at your mother, you unfilial son..."

Ignoring Zhao's mother's abuse, Zhao Tian pleaded, "Xiao Jiao, don't leave."

Sun Jiao said with tears in her eyes: "Tian Zi, look at what this family is like now. There is really no room for two children. I was scared to death by the scene today. I was not afraid of what would happen to me, but I was afraid that something would happen to my two children."

"I will take the two children back to my mother's house first. You can't bear the consequences of Zhao Xiuwen's affairs. If you have figured it out, come find us. If you really intend to bear the five hundred taels for him, I will treat the children as if you don't have a father."

After saying that, he took the two children and walked out without looking back.

Zhao Tian wanted to stop him, but when he saw the mess on the floor of the house, he put his hand down again.

When Zhao's mother saw that she was really going to take the child away, she scolded, "Why don't you stop her?" and tried to chase after her, but was grabbed by Zhao Tian.

Zhao's father was still beating and scolding Zhao Xiuwen.

Zhao Tian couldn't bear it any longer and yelled at the three of them, "Shut up! Stop arguing!"

Looking at Zhao Tian's ferocious and terrifying appearance, the three of them suddenly became quiet.

Father Zhao threw away the stick in his hand, sat down on the ground, lowered his head and sighed continuously, while Zhao Xiuwen collapsed to the ground due to exhaustion.

Mother Zhao muttered softly: "Why are you yelling at me? Am I wrong? I was born in vain..."

Zhao Tian asked, "Zhao Xiuwen! Tell me the truth, what's going on with your gambling debt?"

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