"It's okay to give it, but you have to make an IOU and pay the interest, otherwise we won't borrow it." Mrs. Shen didn't have that much time to go around in circles with them, and she took the lead in expressing her attitude.
Mrs. Lin was even more unhappy, "IOU? Why do you need to issue an IOU? You give money to your family, so why don't you also issue an IOU?"
"My family is a family member, and I know what kind of virtue they are. It's just that we all know why your son borrowed money. I can't guarantee that your son will pay back the money he borrowed, and he might use it for gambling. So if you want to borrow money, you have to write this IOU."
"We are in-laws, our own family!" Mrs. Lin emphasized, she knew that Lin Hai owed a lot of money, and it would be nice to be able to repay the gambling debts. How could there be money to pay back the Shen family
So you can't use an IOU for anything.
"Didn't you hear what Fu Bao said just now? Brothers have to settle accounts clearly, not to mention that we are not related by blood, but we are only in-laws, so we need to distinguish clearly."
Seeing Mrs. Lin's reluctance, Mrs. Shen's voice became colder, "If you don't want to issue an IOU, go away and don't come to my house."
As she said that, she suddenly looked at Lin Xiujuan, and said with a cold face: "Xiujuan, when you used money to help your natal family, didn't you say that it was the last time, that you would not pay your brother's debts again, and you could not pamper them? Now why are they coming to you again? You also said that if they still borrow money, you will divorce Jianlin and leave the house! Have you forgotten?"
As soon as Lin Xiujuan heard this, she knew that Mrs. Shen was speaking to scare the Lin family.
Sure enough, the faces of Mrs. Lin and Lin Hai changed immediately.
"Xiujuan, you... You said this? Why are you so stupid! Why do you say it so seriously, we came to borrow money, and you just left the house? Are you stupid!" Old lady Lin wailed.
"She said so. So, if you want to borrow money, in addition to issuing an IOU, you have to ask Xiujuan to divorce Jianlin, and then you take her back. She has nothing to do with our Shen family."
Old Mrs. Shen spoke in an orderly manner with a firm attitude.
In order to cooperate with her, Lin Xiujuan's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and she choked up and said, "Mom, you can't let me divorce Jianlin. Am I still pregnant with a child? What should I do if we get divorced? I didn't let them come. They came by themselves. It has nothing to do with me."
Mrs. Lin thought to herself, divorce is not an option. Once divorced, it has nothing to do with the Shen family, and it is just a short-term benefit, which is not worthwhile in the long run.
She absolutely did not want Lin Xiujuan to divorce Shen Jianlin.
And Mrs. Shen said this just to cut off the Lin family's crooked thoughts, and it would be no good if they came to the door.
Every time she took the money and didn't return it, she had already seen through them, so she simply blocked the road, and put on a resolute and fierce look, bluffing the old lady Lin and Lin Hai on the opposite side so that they didn't know what to do.
Mrs. Lin couldn't have imagined that her in-laws were so terrific, so she let go of her voice and yelled on the spot, "Yaoshou, my daughter has given birth to five children for you since she married into your Shen family, and now there is one more in her belly. Even if you don't think of her well, you can't keep your mouth shut and ask for a divorce. If we are in the Lin family, we will die? If you get divorced, what will you let her do? What will you do with the children? Isn't that motherless?"
(end of this chapter)