Chapter 198: Scandal

"Who the hell stole my money?" Early in the morning, there was a sharp scream from Lin Laosan's house.

Li Cuihua sat in the middle of the courtyard. Her one hand was furiously slapping the ground, while the other was wailing in extreme anger. Her legs were flailing, and her face was distorted.

She was really angry. The money that she had hidden so well had disappeared without a trace when she woke up.

Every morning when she woke up, she would check the silvers and count them. She did the same that morning, but she realized the twenty taels of silver she had saved up were all gone.

Hearing Li Cuihua's roar, the whole family ran out in a hurry with anxious expressions. After all, the silver didn't just belong to Li Cuihua, but to their entire family.

Lin Daniu, Lin Erniu, Lin Sanniu, Lin Siniu, as well as their wives and children, all swarmed forward.

"Mother, what did you just say? Was our money stolen?" Lin Daniu hurriedly asked, but there was an unfathomable joy in his eyes.

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"Mother, did the money really get stolen?" Lin Siniu's wife, Liu Juhua, anxiously asked. This wasn't just Li Cuihua's money but also their family's money. Of course, they didn't want the money to be stolen.

"Mother, are you sure you have checked everywhere?" Liu Juhua didn't believe the money had been stolen. She privately thought that Li Cuihua had actually spent it on that brat, Lin Dazong.

She and Lin Siniu worked their asses off all year long. In the end, they didn't even see the silver, but now it was suddenly stolen? She definitely wouldn't let it go.

However, Liu Juhua was also a very smart person. She didn't shout or scream. She started to ask her mother-in-law to confirm the theft first.

Li Cuihua's attitude towards her son was okay, but she was horrible to her daughters-in-law. Other than her eldest daughter-in-law, Li Hehua, who came from Li Cuihua's maiden family's village, Li Cuihua would scold and beat up her other three daughters-in-law at the slightest provocation.

Li Cuihua was very angry with her fourth daughter-in-law.

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Why?

It was mainly because this daughter-in-law liked to talk back to her. She dressed up gorgeously all day as if she wanted to seduce men. Li Cuihua was so angry that she pointed at her nose and scolded her every day. Liu Juhua didn't take the insults easily. She retorted to Li Cuihua, saying that she was the only woman who would marry Lin Siniu. If push came to shove, she would ask for a divorce. Lin Sinua finally got a wife, so how could he agree to a divorce? After the divorce, he wouldn't get another wife.

As a result, he often turned a blind eye to the quarrels between Li Cuihua and Liu Juhua. Sometimes, he even defended his wife, causing Li Cuihua to scold him, saying that he had raised an ungrateful wolf, that his conscience had been eaten by a dog, and so on.

When Li Cuihua heard Liu Juhua, she raised her head and roared at her, "Bitch, did you steal the money? Yes, you must have taken it. I saw you wearing new clothes yesterday. Tell me, did you take the money?" Li Cuihua immediately stood up from the ground and pointed at Liu Juhua, questioning angrily.

When Liu Juhua heard this, her face turned green and red in anger.

Of course, Liu Juhua would not admit to the theft. She shouted back at Li Cuihua, "Which one of your eyes saw me take the money? What's wrong with me wearing a new set of clothes? Can't I wear new clothes? I've been married to your Lin family for two years. When have I ever had a good life? You call me a thief when I wear new clothes. Li Cuihua, do you think I'm so easily bullied? You're calling me a thief, but you're the real thief. You've taken all of our money and given it all for your precious grandson to use!" Liu Juhua didn't even call Li Cuihua her mother anymore. When it came to money, no one would give in to the other.

"Impudent!" Lin Laosan smacked his cigarette, his face dark. He shouted at Liu Juhua, "Fourth daughter-in-law, where are your manners? How can you call your mother-in-law by her name? Ol Four, drag your wife away and teach her a good lesson. Let her know that there is an order of seniority between the elders and the young. No matter how dissatisfied she is with your mother, your mother is still her mother-in-law. If she were in another family, your wife would have to kneel in the ancestral hall for three days and three nights and be divorced!"

Chapter 199: Scandal

Lin Laosan lectured both Lin Siniu and Liu Juhua. Liu Juhua dared to go head to head with Li Cuihua, but Lin Laosan was the head of the family. He was usually quiet, but he had some authority, so she was a little afraid of him and didn't dare to talk back. After being yelled at by her father-in-law, Liu Juhua became quiet.

Lin Siniu came forward to pull his wife back. He turned to Lin Laosan and said, "Yes, father. I will teach my wife a good lesson." However, His back had already been pinched black by Liu Juhua.

Lin Laosan nodded. He was quite satisfied with his fourth son's words.

Then, his face turned cold when he remembered Li Cuihua yelling that all the money was gone. "How many did we lose?" He asked Li Cuihua sternly.

Usually, the family's income was kept by Li Cuihua. In the past few years, because Lin Dazong had attended a private school, their expenses had been a little high. However, the Lin family was large. Coupled with the fact that they had been scrimping, they still had some spare money every year. They should have saved about twenty taels so far.

When Li Cuihua saw Lin Laosan's expression, she immediately became timid. She whispered, "I... I lost everything!" She had hidden her money in several places, but everything was gone.

Lin Laosan's face turned cold, and he shouted, "what did you say? Say that again!"

How was it possible to lose all of them?

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There were more than twenty taels.

Lin Erniu's wife, Zhou Guixiang, immediately exclaimed, "how is that possible?"

If they lost all their money, they would have to live on air.

Besides, that money was their family's share. They had worked day and night to earn that money. Now that the money was lost, how could they let it go?

Li Cuihua was a little scared when she saw Lin Laosan's gloomy face, but on second thought, she didn't lose the money on purpose. Why should she be scared?

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Li Cuihua immediately said angrily, "Lin Laosan, why are you angry at me? I didn't lose the money on purpose. I'm also very angry that the money was lost, and my heart aches. Why are you angry at me?"

"So, is all the money gone?" Lin Laosan's face darkened as he asked sternly.

"Yes!" Li Cuihua argued in anger, "how would I know that we'd be targeted by a thief?"

As an old couple who had been married for decades, Lin Laosan knew how Li Cuihua stored her money. Li Cuihua would put her money in several places. However, all the money had been stolen. This meant that the thief was very familiar with where she put her money.

Therefore, there were two possibilities.

First, the thief had his eyes on the Lin Family's money for a long time already, so he knew exactly where Li Cuihua had hidden her money.

The second was there was a thief inside the house! People inside the house would know about Li Cuihua's habit.

After analyzing the situation, Lin Laosan's eyes immediately became sharp. He looked at his sons and daughters-in-law in the entire courtyard, trying to find some flaws in their expressions.

Then, he noticed that his eldest son's and his fourth daughter-in-law's eyes flickered guiltily for a moment. Lin Laosan's heart sank.

Lin Laosan shouted at his sons and daughters-in-law in the courtyard, "Whoever took the money, you better admit it now. Otherwise, I won't hesitate to punish you!"

The people in the courtyard looked at each other.

"Father, what do you mean?" Lin Erniu asked. "Are you saying that the money was taken by one of us?"

'Damn it. If I had known this, I would have taken the money for myself first.'

Lin Daniu's wife, Li Hehua, also came forward and asked anxiously, "father, is what you're saying true? Was this money really stolen by one of the family members?" However, when she asked this question, her eyes were directed at Lin Sanniu's family, who had been silent like a block of wood.

It was obvious that she was suspicious of Lin Sanniu's family.

Then, Li Hehua turned to Lin Sanniu and asked sternly, "third brother, I saw some egg residue on Lin Dazu's mouth yesterday. Tell me, did you guys steal money to buy good food without telling us?"

Since Lin Sanniu's family was the family's punching bag, Li Hehua pointed her finger at Lin Sanniu without any hesitation.

Chapter 200: Scandal

Regardless of whether Lin Sanniu stole the money or not, he had to pay for it. Who told him to be a spineless man?

If the money was stolen by a thief in the house, it would be fine. Whoever stole the money would be exposed sooner or later. But if it was stolen by an outsider, the money would be gone. Therefore, someone had to make up for this loss, right?

Lin Sanniu's family was the best candidate to suffer this fate.

Lin Sanniu was dumbstruck by Li Hehua's question. Before he could react, Li Cuihua had already rushed up to him, beating and scolding him, "You ungrateful and unscrupulous thing. I provide you with food and a place to stay, and you steal from me? I'll beat you to death. I really regret not strangling you to death when you were born. "

Lin Sanniu's face was red and swollen after being slapped by his mother. His body was also punched by Li Cuihua. However, Lin Sanniu seemed to be used to this kind of treatment. His eyes were calm and numb, and his expression was equally blank.

When Li Cuihua was done, she immediately asked again, "You ungrateful wretch, where did you hide the money? take it out for me."

Lin Sanniu finally reacted. He replied in a daze, "Mother, I... I didn't take it!" He lacked confidence.

"If you didn't take it, who did?" Li Cuihua was forcing Lin Sanniu to admit it, "Didn't eldest daughter-in-law say that she saw egg leftovers at the corner of your bastard's mouth? If you didn't take the money, where would your bastard get the egg?"

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"No, mother, it was the village chief who gave Zu 'Er some food yesterday. Mother, I really didn't steal money." Lin Sanniu explained in a daze.

Li Cuihua said disdainfully, "When has Lin Yiwei, that old coot, ever been kind to us? Plus, why would you take his donation? Are you a beggar? Do I not feed you at home?" Li Cuihua scolded Lin Sanniu and Lin Sanniu's eldest son, Lin Dazu.

When Lin Dazu was scolded by his grandmother, he immediately hid behind his father. His eyes revealed an expression of fear and terror, and his face was also filled with panic.

Li Cuihua was furious when she saw him like this. She immediately went up to grab him and scolded him loudly, "you little brat, how dare you ignore your grandmother? It seems that if I don't teach you a good lesson, you won't understand respect!"

Then, she smacked Lin Dazu's ass viciously. Lin Dazu immediately burst into tears.

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"How dare you cry? I'll beat you to death today, you little bastard!"

"Wuwu..."

"How dare you cry some more..."

"Enough!" Lin Laosan finally opened his mouth and shouted, "San 'Er didn't steal the money!" He was certain that his third son's family would not have the guts to steal it.

Li Cuihua finally felt better after she vented her anger on Lin Sanniu and Lin Dazu. She shouted loudly, "if they didn't steal it, who did?"

Lin Laosan's face darkened. He suppressed his anger and shouted, "We'll find out with evidence. Therefore, the culprit better admits it now, or else I won't be polite even if I'm your father!" This money was for Lin Dazong's education so it was very important.

No one stood out in admitting to the theft.

Lin Laosan's eyes were sharp as he said sternly, "Fine. Since no one has admitted to it, then we'll search the rooms one by one!"

He was very sure that it was definitely not stolen by an outside thief because it was impossible for a thief to know the places where Li Cuihua put her money.

No one dared to make a sound after hearing Lin Laosan's words.

However, Liu Juhua's eyes were filled with panic.

Lin Laosan looked at Lin Sanniu and said, "San 'Er, we'll start with your house!"

"Yes, father!" Lin Sanniu replied respectfully.

No one was allowed to leave until the thief was found. Li Cuihua brought the eldest and second daughter-in-law to carry out the search.

The house that Lin Sanniu's family lived in did not even have any decent clothes, let alone money.

Li Hehua and Zhou Guixiang pursed their lips, looking down at Lin Sanniu and his family.

'Hmph. This family is destined to be born to be our slaves.'

After that, they moved to Lin Siniu's house.

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They did manage to find three taels of silver in Lin Siniu's house. The money was wrapped up in Liu Juhua's innerwear.

Liu Juhua snatched it over and shouted, "This is what my maiden family gave me before I married over here. Don't you dare take it away! If you want to take my money, you can just ask Lin Siniu to divorce me. It's not like I want to stay anyway!" Li Cuihua used divorce to threaten Lin Yuelan's mother and Liu Juhua used the same reason to threaten Li Cuihua. This was because she knew that the Lin family would never dare to divorce her.

Other than the several taels of silver, they also found a pair of men's shoes at the bottom of the box. Liu Juhua insisted that these were new shoes that she had made for Lin Siniu.

However, anyone with eyes could tell that it was not Lin Siniu's as the size was not right.

Lin Siniu was short, and his feet were smaller than the average man's, but these shoes were huge.

However, Liu Juhua's defense was that she had made a mistake when making the shoes. It was also why she had placed them under the bed instead of giving them to her husband.

Everyone suspected that Liu Juhua had an extra-marital affair, but a pair of men's shoes couldn't prove anything. Therefore, they let it be. As long as they didn't catch Liu Juhua in bed with another man, they would turn a blind eye.

Some money was also found in Lin Erniu's house. It was two or three taels as well.

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"So, all of you have been keeping from me, haven't you?" Li Cuihua was furious. Her children handed her the money obediently every day but her daughters-in-law had been docking the money behind her back.

"Mother, how could you say that?" Zhou Guixiang was displeased. "I brought this money from my mother's house. I couldn't bear to use it, so I kept it."

Since her fourth sister-in-law could use that as her excuse, then why couldn't she?

Usually, every copper coin that their family earned had to be handed over to Li Cuihua. This meant that they had no money to buy anything new. In fact, they had been wearing the same set of clothes for decades already. If it wasn't for Zhou Guixiang's shrewdness, she wouldn't have been able to save even two copper coins, let alone two taels of silver.

Li Cuihua said angrily, "You are so shameless. You've been married here for 16 to 17 years already. Even if your maiden family gave you some money, you would have used it up already. You must have docked this money behind my back, right?"

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Zhou Guixiang refused to admit anything. She insisted the money came from her maiden family.

In the end, Li Cuihua did not confiscate Zhou Guixiang's two taels of silver due to Lin Laosan's orders. However, the relationship between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law became even more hostile.

Lin Laosan frowned. He had searched his three sons' houses, but he didn't find the money. Only his eldest son's house was left.

If the money was still not found, then who had stolen the money?

In fact, Lin Laosan was wishing that the money had been stolen by one of his sons. This way, at least, the money could be recovered. If it was stolen by outsiders, then it would be impossible to get it back.

Lin Laosan got his wish because silver was found in Lin Daniu's house. More than that, the silver was wrapped up in the same innerwear found in Liu Juhua's house. To make matters worse, there was a silver hairpin in the innerwear. It was obvious that the hairpin was a present for the owner of the innerwear.

"Lin Daniu, you're so shameless. How could you have an affair with your sister-in-law?" Li Hehua broke down in an instant. She started to roar and lunge at Lin Daniu. At the same time, she threw a punch at Lin Daniu's body.

Li Hehua was so angry that she seemed to have lost her mind, and her sharp nails instantly scratched Lin Daniu's face.

Fresh blood began to flow out of the wound on Lin Daniu's face.

After scratching Lin Daniu, Li Hehua directed her anger at another person, Liu Juhua.

"You bitch, how can you be so shameless? You have an affair with your own brother-in-law!" Li Hehua tried to scratch Liu Juhua's face.

When the evidence was found at Lin Daniu's place, Liu Juhua's plan was to deny everything. So what if the innerwear used to wrap up the silver was the same as hers? That piece of clothing could be bought everything.

However, before she could even say anything, Li Hehua attacked her.

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Once a woman's face was scratched, it was equivalent to disfigurement.

Of course, Liu Juhua wouldn't let that happen. Therefore, she immediately fought back.

As Li Hehua pounced over, Liu Jihua immediately hid behind Lin Siniu. She poked her head out and said, "So, what if I slept with him? I'm young and beautiful, and any man would be willing to sleep with me. Daniu said that you're old and ugly and that he felt disgusted just by looking at you, so he came to me. Did you see my new clothes? Daniu bought them for me."

Liu Juhua was the only one who could say that she had an affair so righteously.

When Li Hehua heard Liu Juhua's provocation, she instantly broke down and rushed over to Liu Juhua, roaring, "Liu Juhua, you bitch, I'm going to kill you!"

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Two major events happened in the Lin family village in the past two days.

These two major events completely overshadowed the previous rumors about Lin Yuelan.

One of the major incidents was when the respected Lin Qi encountered a ghost. He was so frightened by the ghost that he fell to the ground and broke his spine, so he could only lie in bed for the rest of his life.

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According to the rumors, the ghost was his first wife, coming back to seek revenge.

Why?

Everyone thought that Lin Qi and his first wife had a good relationship. However, perhaps the heavens envied them. Lin Qi's wife was infected with an incurable disease and soon passed away.

After his wife's death, Lin Qi once tried to follow her to the underworld. However, for some reason, Lin Qi managed to move on from the grief.

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