Five days later, Chang Bo's ship finally arrived at the imperial capital.
Cheng Tianyuan specially drove his parents and two children to the pier to greet them.
Xue Ling's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she will feel uncomfortable if she sits for a long time. Cheng Tianyuan can't take her with him, so he can just let her stay at home.
She was standing at the door of her house reading, and after a while she heard shouting from next door!
It's strange, today is not the weekend, why is there someone at Uncle Zheng's house?
She got up and opened the door.
Tang Hong and two middle-aged men, a man and a woman, were seen standing at the door, shouting loudly, "Open the door! Zheng Sanyuan! Open the door!"
Xue Ling glanced at them strangely and turned to close the door - "Wait!" Tang Hong called to her, "Niece! Wait!"
Seeing that he couldn't hide anymore, Xue Ling had to turn around again and pretended that he had just recognized Tang Hong.
"It turns out to be aunt. There were so many people just now that I didn't see you for a while. Aunt, why are you dressed like this, I almost didn't recognize you."
Tang Hong used to dress brightly and fashionably. She not only had her hair permed but also dyed it. Now she has her hair cut short and wears old-fashioned nylon clothes, making her look much older.
She smiled awkwardly and whispered: "Well... we are here to see Zheng Sanyuan. I have something to say to him."
Xue Ling knew that the court had ruled that they were divorced two days ago, and explained with a flash of eyes: "Uncle Zheng usually only comes here on weekends. Now it's summer vacation, and the eldest son lives with him in the factory office. The other two children heard that
I still have to make up classes and can’t come back until the weekend.”
"Really?" Tang Hong, a mother, didn't know anything, so she shook her head and said, "He just went in. I saw it with my own eyes. He opened the door at the top of the stairs so we could come up."
No wonder, Xue Ling muttered to himself.
The 18th floor is usually not open to the public, and everyone must have their own key at the entrance of the stairs, otherwise they will not be able to enter.
Apparently Uncle Zheng couldn't avoid it, so he asked them to follow him in, and then hid in his house.
Xue Ling gave an awkward smile and said, "Auntie, it's probably because Uncle Zheng doesn't want to see you, so he didn't answer when you called him."
Tang Hong's eyes suddenly turned red and he cursed: "He is heartless! He has such a nice house and he didn't tell me! He must have hid a lot of money during the divorce!"
The other men and women quickly agreed: "It must be! This kind of house in the city center is the best. What did he tell the court? He paid off your gambling debt and there is nothing left. He is managing the factory and he wants to hide it.
How do you know about money?"
When Xue Ling heard this, she secretly rolled her eyes and sighed: "Auntie, you have wronged Uncle Zheng. You sold the house where your family lived before, your three children have no home to return to, and Uncle Zheng is lying in the hospital again. My father feels bad for me.
The three children have no place to go, so I rented a house to Uncle Zheng. This house belongs to me. If you don’t believe me, you can go to the real estate agency downstairs and ask. If you still don’t believe me, you can go to the real estate bureau and ask if it is recorded in my name.
.”
Tang Hong stared in surprise and asked in a low voice: "Really? Is it really yours?"
"What did I do to lie to you?"
I almost couldn't make enough money to start a business. It was only after I invested 100,000 yuan that I finally recovered. Uncle Zheng borrowed more than 200,000 yuan from my father at the end of last year to pay off your debt. He is still paying back the money little by little.
.This apartment has been rented to him for several months, and he has not yet paid the rent. Auntie, if Uncle Zheng could hide money, his family would not be so miserable, and his three children would not have no shelter from the wind and rain.
.”
Tang Hong buried her head in shame, not daring to ask any more questions.
The man became anxious and loudly said: "Call Zheng Sanyuan and ask him to pay the alimony that should be given to my sister immediately! They are coming to collect the debt! If we don't pay back, they will destroy our house!"
The woman also yelled: "My sister-in-law owed thousands to others before! It was all due to thumbprints! We don't have the money to pay it back for her! Zheng Sanyuan has to pay her three thousand yuan in alimony, so hurry up and ask him to pay it!
Otherwise, where can she find the money to pay her back? They said that if she doesn’t pay back, they will beat her up and demolish her house!"
Xue Ling shook his head: "The court must have given Uncle Zheng a time limit. If Uncle Zheng had money, he would definitely pay it right away. I guess he can't make enough money, so he avoided you. As long as you pay it back within the time limit, the court has no right to ask Zheng
Uncle."
"Eldest niece..." Tang Hong started to cry, "I... I can't help it... Ever since I found out that he was going to divorce me, I didn't dare to do it. I owed this before, and I didn't even have the money to sell the house.
Those people are not easy to deal with, they are very cruel. I don’t dare to go back to my elder brother’s house now...I am homeless.”
Xue Ling had a stern face. He wanted to say, "You brought this on yourself," but when he saw her tears falling, he had to swallow them back.
"I'll call Uncle Zheng and ask him to come out and explain clearly."
Unexpectedly, Zheng Sanyuan had been listening inside the door and opened the door angrily.
"I've already said it! All the profits from the sweater factory in the past few months have been used to pay off your gambling debts! The day before yesterday, I received hundreds of thousands and paid them back to Brother Wu. I only have about a thousand yuan left with me. There will be no orders until next week
Come in with the balance! Now you want me to pay you three thousand at once - I really can't pay it! The court has ruled that I will give you three thousand in one lump sum within two months! There is still one and a half months left in two months, I will never make a mistake
Got the date!”
Seeing that he was angry, Xue Ling hurriedly stepped forward holding his stomach.
"Uncle Zheng, you are someone who cannot be angry. Don't forget that you are still recovering from heart surgery. You must not be angry! Don't be angry!"
Zheng Sanyuan looked at her, smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Xiao Xue, she just wants to piss me off to death... force me to death... before she gives up. It is said that husband and wife owe each other debts. How much debt did I owe her in my previous life, so that I was tortured so miserably by her..."
Xue Ling held his arm and whispered: "Uncle, don't be like this. Your heart can't be stimulated, don't get angry, don't be angry."
Tang Hong sobbed, "Old Zheng, after all, I'm sorry for you... I'm sorry for you!"
The middle-aged man lowered his voice: "Brother-in-law, why don't you lend it to someone else... Tang Hong doesn't go gambling anymore. She goes to restaurants every day to serve food and work as a waiter. This is what she owed before, and she swore and swore again.
She is kneeling down, but people just don’t believe that she can return it in the future.”
"People are forcing us to come to our door." The middle-aged woman pouted: "They said that if I don't pay back in these two days, I will chop off my sister-in-law's hands! They will also demolish our house! She is already married, and her family is willing to give her money.
It's good enough for her to sleep in one place. She wants to harm our whole family!"
Zheng Sanyuan held his heart and whispered: "Xiao Xue, I will lend you three thousand yuan...you give it to them..."
Xue Ling hurriedly agreed, turned back to his home, closed the door, entered the house, opened the cabinet, counted thirty pieces of one hundred yuan from the bag, then hid the things, and then walked out holding his stomach.
She handed it to Zheng Sanyuan first.
He took it, counted it quickly, and then handed it to Tang Hong, "Three thousand for you. You write a note to me as a voucher."
Tang Hong was stunned, as if he didn't expect Zheng Sanyuan to speak like this, and burst into tears for a moment.
In the past, she took out tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands from his pocket without using any IOU notes. Now she only took three thousand, but he asked her to write a voucher.
Zheng Sanyuan didn't even look at her, and said solemnly: "This is the last relationship between you and me. We must establish a written agreement to prevent you from defaulting on the bill."