I thought this sentence could frighten the two of them and make them retreat. Unexpectedly, the fat man was so angry that he simply sat down on the ground and shouted: "Okay, you can just repay the money, but I won't pay you back today."

I won’t leave yet…”

As he said that, he grabbed things on the counters around him and smashed them.

This scene made Liang Xiaotong a little unexpected, and he was stunned for a moment. As for the companion who came with him, there was a painful expression on his face.

When the three of them were in a stalemate, Ren Xiaowei, who heard a noise in the kitchen, quietly opened the curtain and pointed at the phone at Liang Xiaotong at the counter.

Liang Xiaotong saw that he was confused for a moment, then understood, picked up the phone and started dialing regardless, and started talking after the beep.

The two people who were making a fuss were stunned. Even the fat man who was rolling on the ground fell silent. He didn't expect that he would dare to insist on making a phone call at this time. What if... he would be unable to eat?

gone.

Suddenly, the thin man with a face full of pain broke out; "Wu Laosan, we are here to collect the bill, not to destroy other people's stores. Get up, get up..."

While yelling, he grabbed his companion by the collar and tried to lift him up.

"Let me go. If you don't want them to give me the money, get out of here!"

"But if you follow me, you can't cause trouble..."

Seeing the two of them quarreling among themselves, Liang Xiaotong felt relieved. She seemed to be pretending to be calm just now, but in fact she was scared to death.

The thin man was obviously not as strong as his companion. Even though he was panting from exhaustion, the other man still refused to give up. Seeing that the other man kicked him over, the counter next to him suddenly shook.

The thin man held the opponent down with his legs, stared and roared loudly: "Stop making trouble, stop making trouble, it's just money, I'll pay it back for Huilan!"

"you still?"

"Yes, I'll pay it back. You give me the IOU..." The thin man stood up slowly, stretched out his hand and looked at the other person, while the fat man who fell on the ground still had an expression of disbelief on his face, and then took out something.

An IOU was handed over.

He carefully unfolded the IOU and looked at it; "Two thousand two hundred yuan, I only have two thousand yuan here, you take it first, and I will give you the rest later, okay?"

"Okay, I believe you!"

Wu Laosan blinked, nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and then took the two thousand yuan from the other party's hand. At this time, even Liang Xiaotong couldn't understand. Could it be that the two of them were playing an oboe just now?

See for yourself?

Wu Laosan didn't hesitate when he got the money, and immediately left his companions and left alone.

Only the thin man stood there for a moment, then turned around and silently picked up a few things from the ground and placed them on the counter again. He looked at Liang Xiaotong and said, "Little girl, don't be afraid. I'll leave this IOU here with you.

If Huilan calls back, just ask her to call me back!"

He added: "Don't be afraid, I'm not asking her for money. Such a big thing happened to their family. I know it's difficult for them. Money matters are not urgent, not urgent..."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, walking out of the store, stepping on the white snow, leaving only a desolate figure.

It wasn't until they left that Ren Xiaowei came out...

At this time, Liang Xiaotong was picking up something on the ground. When he saw it, he just raised his head and continued to pick it up, saying, "Do you think the two of them worked together to deceive us, so they scared us away?"

Ren Xiaowei held the IOU and sighed; "That's because you don't understand him. By the way, did you really call the police just now?"

"Call the police, how dare I? I'm just trying to scare them!" Liang Xiaotong stood up holding the things, rolled her eyes at him, and placed the things on the counter one by one.

Ren Xiaowei waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go and prepare the 20,000 yuan that my mother prepared. I have to send it to Uncle Jin. I didn't come out just now because I was afraid that all the creditors would come to collect debts. I can't do that now."

Sending it over would really make him feel cold!"

Liang Xiaotong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Is he Chen Jinkui?"

The person who makes their family want to pay back the money first is of course the most important person to them, and Chen Jinkui is the person who is more important than a relative.

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Shanghe Village.

This is a village under the jurisdiction of Qinghe Town, but because it is located in a remote place among the vast mountains, the life of the villagers is still very difficult due to lack of traffic.

From a distance, several buildings on the mountainside were seen standing out among the clouds and mist. It happened to be almost noon at this moment, and several farmers could already see the smoke rising from their cooking stoves.

However, what is different from the peaceful atmosphere in most houses is that a certain house at the west entrance of the village is currently experiencing a scene of chickens and dogs jumping around. At this moment, a round-faced woman is standing in the yard, pointing and squatting with her waist inserted.

The husband on the stone steps cursed loudly and threw things while cursing.

"But, I can't spend a whole day with you these days. I went to ask for money properly, but I didn't get the money back. I even borrowed more than a thousand yuan for myself. You..."

"Fuck, can you just listen to what I have to say..."

The man who was scolded looked ashamed. When he heard his wife's accusations against him, he wanted to raise his head and say some words of advice, but he was met with even more fierce scoldings.

"Say, what the hell, I've never seen a more coward than you among all the men in the world. I was really blind at the time. How could I find you, a piece of shit like you who can't stand up to the wall?"

The woman's anger surged in her heart, she glared at him and said harshly through gritted teeth.

"Let me tell you, whether you steal or rob today, you have to get the money back to me. When we get the money, we will get divorced immediately. I don't want to spend a day with you today!"

"You got divorced just because of a few pennies. Is money so important to you?" Chen Jinkui suddenly turned red and stared at his wife and asked in a deep voice.

I have been working outside day after day for so many years, and I have only been home less than twenty days a year. But no matter how hard I work and work hard, I can only feel a little bit of home when I hand over the money to my wife.

.

Over the years, he has sweated and shed blood. He has watched tall buildings rise from the ground because of him. He often secretly longs for it in his heart. If one day, with his hard work, he can provide for his wife and children in the city.

It would be nice to change to a house like this.

That way, even if you are exhausted, it will still be worth it.

With this belief, he persisted for many days and nights.

Even if you are sick...

Even if he gradually loses his friends...

Even if he works so hard... he will still be criticized like this when he finally says goodbye to his wife.

It can be said that he has given up too much for his wife and this family. Could it be that now he is saying that he is a loser in the end?

"Yes, it's just because of money. A man who can't make money is a loser, a coward that no one wants. Look how carefree other women live every day. Where is mine?" The woman pointed to the door far away without showing any signs of weakness.

Yelled at her husband.

"Their TVs, motorcycles, and houses are nothing that we can compare to. I, Chen Jinkui, will ask you today, when will I be able to live a life with a car if I follow you?"

"That's all your snobbish eyes see. Their men suffer and suffer outside, and they don't dare to tell their families when they get sick or injured outside. But what about you? You take their hard-earned money.

, Envy and vanity! Go and compare!" He took a deep breath, held back the tears in his eyes, and roared in a desperate voice.

"Am I vain? Isn't that what you men should do? You only see us spending money at home, but you don't see the suffering we suffer, right?" When the woman saw her husband's roaring expression, she was frightened by him for a moment.

She was sick, but she still pointed at her husband's chest with tears in her eyes and said every word.

"Don't we get sick, don't we need to work? You only see our vanity, but do you understand why we compete?"

"What we are comparing is not things, but people! I can only show off this dress to them and how much money it cost to buy it for me, so that they can know how much my man goes out to make our mother and I live well."

Work hard, how much do you care about us..." As he spoke, the grievances that had been squeezed in his heart for many years suddenly burst out like a wild horse.

"..." Chen Jinkui looked at her with dull eyes for a moment. He really didn't expect that his wife had another side that he didn't expect.

"Last time...you said you were going to work at the construction site in Jiangbei, but I stopped you and refused to let you go." As she spoke, she squatted on the ground, holding her knees and sobbing.

"It's not because the money I gave you is less, it's because I don't want you to leave..."

"We are not as good at talking as the little girls in the city, but you can't think that we are just for money..." Seeing his wife's aggrieved look, Chen Jinkui's eyes filled with tears, and he couldn't help but burst out of his eyes.

Chen Jinkui knelt down, stroked his wife's back, and choked with sobs: "It's my fault, it's all my fault. It's my inability to let you two suffer with me!"

The woman looked up and saw her husband crying like a child. She quickly wanted to comfort him, but she didn't know what to say: "It's not that painful actually!"

The couple just cried silently. Suddenly, the woman rolled her eyes and saw that her son's favorite toy car beside her had been smashed to pieces.

The woman said with annoyance on her face: "My son's favorite car was smashed by me. He should be unhappy!"

"It's okay, let's buy him another one!" Chen Jinkui heard the guilt in his wife's words, and quickly hugged her into his arms, comforting her in a low voice.

"No, don't buy it... I'll just coax him!" Listening to his wife's words, Chen Jinkui felt that his heart was particularly sweet at this moment. Once the hard shell is peeled off, any woman has her softest side.

"You think buying a small car will make all my work for a few days in vain, right?" Chen Jinkui lowered his head and whispered in his ear.

"I didn't say that..." Listening to his wife's retort, which was as thin as a mosquito's fly, Chen Jinkui smiled knowingly, stood up and patted his chest and said: "Listen to your wife, and I will definitely do it in the future.

Yeah, work hard and try to buy a real car for your son, and buy you a house in the city, so you don't have to suffer."

"You know how to say nice things!" The woman snorted as if she was angry, but her heart suddenly felt warm.

"Haha... But my wife, Ren Jianguo and I have been good friends since childhood. I have been busy working these years, and there are fewer and fewer friends around me. He is the only one who comes to see me every now and then. Now he

The family is in trouble, and we are burdened with millions of dollars in debt, can we..." Chen Jinkui held his wife's hand and hesitated.

"I know this, but the family has to spend money, and the wood on the roof beams needs to be patched. There is no stove in the house in the winter, and it is like an ice cellar at night and the children cry. I feel...

..." The woman's eyes were slightly red and she said.

"I know, I know..." Chen Jinkui felt bad when he heard that his wife and son were suffering, but he had always attached great importance to friendship, which temporarily put him in a dilemma.

"Okay, I'll go, I'll try again. At worst, I'll just call Jianguo and tell him that I won't let you two freeze." After a while, he made a choice. Sometimes life is like this.

, those things that are originally precious to you will always be worn away by life little by little.

"Let's have something to eat before we go. We don't have to wait for a while, right..." The woman pulled him sadly, but Chen Jinkui persisted, and in the blink of an eye the two of them arrived at the gate.
Chapter completed!