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.
“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?”
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.