When Dazhu’s mother heard this, she became anxious:

"Si Chen! This is all real money from the investment back then!"

"My old man and his father had to sell iron to get these four hundred yuan. You have to admit it!"

"The whole village knows that the four hundred yuan is real. Why would he not pay back our money just because of an IOU!"

"Hey! Look, everyone, Si Chen is not being kind, ah!"

When it came to money, Dazhu's mother was so anxious that she started to spit, spit, and howl.

Si Chen was not in a hurry and gave her enough time and space to perform.

The rest of the neighbors also knew about her virtues and watched the show without saying a word.

Si Jianjun knocked the pot on the soles of his shoes, took out shredded tobacco from the bag hanging on the tobacco pole, stuffed it into the pot, and crushed it into porcelain.

Si Chen quickly took out a lighter and lit it for someone.

Si Jianjun happily smoked and watched a movie.

Among the other aunts and sisters-in-law, some were putting away insoles, some were knitting sweaters, and some had their hands in their sleeves... gathered around to watch the show.

On rainy days, I couldn't work in the fields, so I would hold my work in hand, drop by and gossip.

It’s best if there’s a lot of excitement to watch, it’s perfect!

Dazhu's mother howled for a long time. Seeing that Si Chen ignored her, everyone gathered around to watch, acting like a monkey.

Feeling embarrassed, he stopped, looked sideways at everyone, and asked:

"You all came with IOUs?"

Si Jianjun immediately took out an IOU from his tobacco bag and said:

"I brought it."

"I brought it too."

"And me, I'll bring it too!"

For a moment, everyone took out their IOUs and handed them over.

The aunt who had had a quarrel with Dazhu's mother took the opportunity to step on her:

"How important is the IOU? How can I throw it away?"

"Ren Sichen said at the beginning that he would get the money based on the IOU."

"Who doesn't have an IOU today? Who did Si Chen give the money to? In a few days, if her IOU is found, she won't be able to extort money again?"

"You!" Dazhu's mother was so angry that she was trembling all over, and she was just about to act violently——

After Si Chen took the IOUs from several people one by one, he greeted them with a smile:

"Uncles and aunts, my house has been unoccupied for a long time and is in a mess. Let's go back to the yard over there to do some errands."

"become!"

Everyone was also decent people and readily agreed to follow Si Chen out.

Dazhu's mother felt bored and followed her out angrily.

Si Chen led everyone back to his father's yard. He saw several uncles and aunts coming, and he quickly said hello.

Mrs. Si also took two steps quickly and shouted:

"Are you all here? Come on, come on, come in and sit down."

Everyone laughed and followed Si Chen into the house.

About ten people suddenly crowded the originally spacious and bright brick kiln.

"Uncles and aunts, we originally agreed to pay you back before the end of the year."

Si Chen took out a wad of brand new hundred dollar bills, his attitude neither humble nor overbearing:

"I've made some money recently, everyone knows it, so I won't go into details."

"So, I specially asked you to make this trip today just to pay back all the money."

Everyone was excited when they heard this.

"Then let's start with Uncle Jianjun."

Si Chen said, counting the money one by one and returning it to everyone.

Dazhu’s mother behind the crowd watched everyone get money based on IOUs, except for herself——

She was so anxious! She was angry! She was so angry!

In the end, Si Chen only had 800 yuan left out of the three thousand yuan in his hand:

400 is owed to Si Jianhua, and 400 is owed to the Yang family.

"Ms. Yang, how about this? Among these uncles, you can find a trustworthy one and write a proof of payment. Then you give me your fingerprint and I will give you the 400 yuan."

At first glance, Dazhu Ma heard that it was okay!

Just when she was about to speak, she became petty and thought:

If you are illiterate yourself, what if there is something wrong with what others write? Wouldn't it be a disaster?

Dazhu’s mother’s eyes rolled around, and finally she smiled:

"Harm, the money is here with you, and it can't escape."

"I'll go back and look for it. Maybe the IOU is in the pocket of some piece of clothing, haha."

"Well, I'll leave first. Ernao is still at home, waiting for lunch."

Dazhu's mother smiled sarcastically, turned around and went out.

Si Chen sneered in his heart, he had already figured out what she was thinking and said it on purpose.

Yang Dazhu, he will definitely have to meet head-on for a while.

Everyone who had received the money saw that there was no fun to be seen, so they all laughed and left.

Si Chen and his grandma kept talking and laughing as they walked the villagers to the gate and said goodbye warmly.

After walking a little further, everyone started talking about it:

"You guys were a little late, but you didn't see what kind of fool Dazhu's mother made!"

"Really, what's going on?"

"With her dirty hands and feet, what can she do? Steal!"

"Whose fruits and vegetables did you steal again?"

"I really don't know what she wanted to steal this time. I was rummaging through Sichen's new home. You didn't see that scene. Tsk, it was really a mess!"

"Really? Good guy, what did she steal?"

"Hey, do you think it's strange or not? There's nothing valuable in Sichen's room. I really don't know what she wanted to steal when she got in there!"

"No, that house has been locked for almost half a year. What could be in it?"

"Hey, I just saw that the courtyard wall was smashed. Didn't you mean that the courtyard was mortgaged by Si Chen Gong?"

"It's all nonsense. Si Chen made it clear today that there is nothing wrong with it."

"Indeed, this was originally made up by Dazhu's mother, so it's not believable."

Everyone gossiped and went home to make lunch.

…

Si Chen hammered down the courtyard wall completely, picked up the bricks and stacked them in the corner for emergencies.

Then, together with his grandmother and sister, he thoroughly cleaned the new house inside and out.

His wedding room was of the latest design, although it was also an arched brick kiln.

However, the middle two rooms of the five houses are suites.

The layout is like this -

As soon as you enter the door, there is a living room with a six-seater sofa and a coffee table. Opposite is a writing table with an 18-inch Panda color TV on it.

This is the first and only color TV set in Sijiacun.

It was Si Qingsong who asked his eldest sister to buy it specially from the provincial capital for the sake of his son's marriage.

Si Xuemei came to attend Si Chen's wedding last summer and took a long-distance bus to move back in person.

Si Chen looked at the Panda color TV with tears in his eyes.

Behind the living room is a separate kitchen with no door and a half-length curtain.

The two bedrooms on the left have doors.

The front room is larger. Push the door and you will find a double bed against the wall.
To be continued...