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Chapter 633 The People Who Lend Money at High Interest Rates

Da Bao turned around and saw his younger siblings looking at him with teary eyes, as if they had also suffered some great injustice.

It's so uncomfortable.

Finally, they all called out in unison, "Fourth Uncle, Fourth Aunt, you're finally back!"

Upon seeing the two, the children's previous somber atmosphere vanished, and they all gathered around, chattering about how much they missed them. Ling Silang and Du Mingxian greeted each of them.

Just then, Liu ran over from behind and saw Ling Silang and Du Mingxian standing in the shop. Her eyes welled up with tears. "Silang, Mingxian, you two are finally back!"

"Third Sister-in-law," the two called out in unison.

Liu stepped forward to examine the two women, her first sight being the child in Du Mingxian's arms. "Who is this child?"

"Our children."

“You’ve already had a child, and you didn’t even tell your family about such a big thing as your pregnancy and childbirth. I’m afraid everyone will be angry.”

"Is Third Sister-in-law angry too?" Du Mingxian teased her deliberately.

Liu nodded, "Of course I'm angry. If you had told the family about something so important, I could have gone to take care of you. But you two are out in the world without anyone by your side, and you're having a baby. How can anyone feel at ease?"

“We’re fine, and we have people taking care of us, so please don’t be angry, Third Sister-in-law.” Du Mingxian handed An’an forward, “Would you like to hold the baby, Third Sister-in-law?”

"Okay, okay." Liu took the child and looked at it. "It's a boy, isn't it?"

"boy."

Liu said, "The Ling family is prosperous, and it's normal that the first child born is a boy."

Du Mingxian agreed with this statement. "Indeed, our family is a large one. When these younger generations get married and have children, there will probably be kids running around everywhere. That will be quite a lively scene."

Hearing Du Mingxian describe the scene, Liu smiled, but her heart was bitter. The family owed so many loan sharks, and she didn't know when they would be able to pay them off. As for the children... getting married would probably be difficult.

When the family was doing well, as the eldest grandson of the Ling family, many people wanted to marry their daughters into the family. After they settled on a family, they planned to let the two children get married in two years.

As things turned out, things were unpredictable, and who could have imagined that the Ling family would end up like this?

Loan sharks, with interest compounding, mean that even if the whole family works hard to earn money, it's still a drop in the ocean compared to paying off the loan sharks.

Du Mingxian noticed that Liu was not in a good mood and guessed what she was thinking. She reached out and gently took Liu's hand. "Third sister-in-law, we're back. Don't worry, things will get better for our family."

Liu nodded gently. Although she was not optimistic, she still believed that things would improve when Ling Silang and Du Mingxian returned home. After all, Silang was a scholar and Mingxian was also a capable woman.

"Let's go to the backyard, it's too messy in the front."

Liu pulled Du Mingxian to leave, but Du Mingxian didn't go. Instead, she turned her head to look at the many embroidered pieces that hadn't been picked up on the ground, and then looked at the children, who were all very thin.

"Chunfeng, go and call Qiushu and the others over. Also, bring over the manager of the family that borrowed the money."

"Yes."

Someone responded in the air and then disappeared. If it weren't for Du Mingxian and Ling Silang's calm and composed demeanor, who would have thought that there was someone outside just now?

"Mingxian, this..."

Ling Silang didn't speak, but Du Mingxian comforted her, "Third sister-in-law, don't worry. There's no need to pick up the things on the ground. We can make them pay for them later."

"pay?"

"Yes, make them pay."

"This...this won't do." Madam Liu couldn't believe it. "Mingxian, I know you are capable, but we can't be reckless when it comes to loan sharking. The person who lends money at exorbitant interest rates is the county magistrate's brother-in-law. He can do whatever he wants in our county."

"Besides... we really did borrow money from them."

Du Mingxian didn't care what was behind this. Seeing such good things thrown on the ground, she felt nothing but heartache. "Third sister-in-law, don't worry, we can handle this."

"This..." Liu didn't know what to say for a moment, so she could only remain silent.

Ling Silang then spoke up, "Third Sister-in-law, isn't Third Brother here?"

"Your third brother... went to another city to sell goods."

"Ship the goods?"

Liu nodded somewhat awkwardly, “Our shop doesn’t have a good reputation in the county right now, and very few people come here. So your third brother thought of carrying some goods on a shoulder pole to sell in other cities. Although we can’t get a good price, we can sell in large quantities and make some money.”

"Third sister-in-law, you embroidered all of these yourself, stitch by stitch. If you want to make a lot of them, you'll have to keep embroidering without sleep."

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

Du Mingxian was truly regretful at this moment. She should have written home more often or contacted Wang Fu directly. Wang Fu was one of her people, and he would definitely have been willing to tell the truth if he had any information.

"Third sister-in-law, your eyes..." She felt that her third sister-in-law's eyes seemed to be not so good anymore.

In the past, Third Sister-in-law's eyes were bright and clear when she looked at people. This time, however, her eyes seemed unfocused, somewhat bright and dim.

Liu instinctively flinched, saying, "I'm fine, I'm perfectly alright, don't worry."

Du Mingxian was also helpless, "Third sister-in-law, it's quite tiring to carry An'an. Why don't you take him to the backyard to rest? We'll take care of things in the front."

"Those people are not easy to deal with; they all have some tricks up their sleeves."

"Don't worry, Third Sister-in-law."

Before Liu could say anything more, Granny Dong stepped forward and said, "Third Madam, please go to the backyard. Our mistress can handle these matters."

Upon hearing the address "Dong Shi," Liu knew that the woman was the old woman Du Mingxian had brought back. Moreover, seeing the old woman's confident demeanor, she could only obediently follow her to the back.

Ling Silang glanced at the children in the house and didn't let them leave.

Soon, Chunfeng and the others came in, each carrying one person. Qiushu and Dongmo were carrying two people each, and Wang Fu and Xu Dazhuang also came in, each carrying one person.

The people were thrown to the ground by Chunfeng and a few others, and then they stood in a row behind them to prevent them from escaping.

Du Mingxian glanced around and saw someone peeking inside as they passed by. "Close the door."

Xiangyang immediately turned around and closed the door.

Du Mingxian looked at the thugs lying on the ground, their faces full of displeasure, and the manager who was in charge. "Who smashed these embroideries?"

The person in charge had already stood up. Although he was a bit disheveled, he was still in charge and had seen a lot of things. He managed to keep his composure and quickly straightened his clothes before asking, "I had these things smashed. They owe us money and haven't paid it back. It's only right that we smash their things."

"Oh, alright, then tell me, how much money does the Ling family owe you right now?"

"It's not much. Now, including interest, it's seven thousand taels." The steward said this with a clear understanding of the situation. They had already found out what kind of relatives the Ling family had.

The two people in front of them, along with the several highly skilled individuals behind them, were clearly not ordinary people.