Zhang Liang's family was poor to begin with. They had no income other than farming. They could barely afford to eat, so they had no spare money to save.

The one-child policy was implemented in the 1980s, but Zhang Liang and his wife managed to have eight sons by hiding in the mountains and by the river. They were very proud of this and often boasted about their many sons and their prosperous family, while mocking those who had two daughters who were sterilized.

When the sons grew up, they made the family even poorer. The three rooms in the house were not enough to live in. The three eldest sons are now in their early twenties and still have not gotten married.

No one dared to marry into their family, as they didn't even have a wedding house. Moreover, Zhang Liang and his wife were not easy to deal with; they refused to pay a single penny in dowry and wouldn't let their son marry into the family, so he remained single.

After making a scene for a long time, Zhang Liang was only concerned with arguing with people and didn't care that his two sons would be beyond saving if things dragged on any longer.

Lin Xiazhu was annoyed by what she heard and didn't want to stay in the hospital any longer, so she decided to go to the police station. At that moment, Brother Yu limped over to Lin Xiazhu with bandages wrapped around his head and hands.

"Could your family lend Zhang Shengli and the others some money?" Brother Yu asked pitifully, his pale face now flushed red.

What the hell? Do you think she's a saint?

Borrow money? No, is she that familiar with them?

“My mother is the only woman in my family. She runs a small shop to earn a living. Where would we get the money to lend them? We don’t have any money,” Lin Xiazhu said with a sour face.

"It's alright, it's alright, I'll consider it a loan from you... I'll work like a dog to earn money to pay you back. Please help them, they're my brothers." Brother Yu's face was bruised and swollen, and he had tears welling up in his eyes, but he stubbornly refused to let them fall.

"Your brothers aren't my brothers, what's it to me? Why don't you lend them money? If you don't have enough, several of you can chip in." Lin Xiazhu was annoyed. This kid was something else; he actually guessed she had money. Where did she give herself away?

Actually, she was overthinking it. What Brother Yu meant was to borrow a little from her, and then borrow a little from others, and together they would probably have enough.

"I only have 103 yuan on me, all my savings are here." This is what Brother Yu usually earns by doing odd jobs, but now that no one is building new houses, there is no opportunity to do odd jobs every day.

All the money was given to the Zhang brothers, and he didn't even have money for his own medical expenses. However, there was no need to tell Lin Xiazhu about this. He decided to be discharged from the hospital after Zhang Shengli and Zhang Longfei took him to the county town.

"Where are your family members?" Although Lin Xiazhu also lived in the town in her previous life, she had no contact with Brother Yu and didn't even have any impression of him, so she didn't know anything about his family situation.

“…My family is poor, we have no money, I’ll take the blame for borrowing money, I’m the man in charge of the family.” Brother Yu said in a deep voice with a stern face.

He's not happy about it. Look how capable he is. He's only fifteen, and he'll be sixteen after the New Year and already a man in charge. And he's still out messing around.

"What can you do? I lent you the money, how are you going to pay it back?" He definitely has to pay it back; it can't be lent for nothing.

"I'm strong and I can work. If there's no work in town, I can go out and work in a factory. In short, I will definitely pay you back," Brother Yu repeatedly assured him.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Xiazhu agreed, but said, "Write an IOU, sign your name, and put your fingerprint on it. If you agree, I'll lend it to you."

As long as he could borrow the money, he would do whatever Yu Ge asked. He nodded vigorously, grateful that Yu Ge was willing to lend him the money, and that writing an IOU was only right.

Seeing that he agreed, Lin Xiazhu lent him paper and pen. When she took the IOU, Lin Xiazhu's expression was indescribable. Yu Ge's handwriting was too abstract. There were such ugly characters in the world. She couldn't recognize what he wrote at all.

If the numbers weren't still barely legible, I would definitely have made him rewrite them.

"Then do you want to find a car or call an ambulance? I'll go back and get the money first." After saying that, Lin Xiazhu left.

When she returned with the money, the tractor had also been found. Seeing that Zhang Liang was about to go with her, it was impossible for her to pay the medical expenses in full if the money was handed over to him.

He'll probably hide half of it by then. Before Lin Xiazhu came back, Brother Yu had borrowed from everyone he could, but he only managed to get about a hundred yuan, which is not enough for medical expenses.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xiazhu offered a thousand yuan right away. "I don't have that much money on me, so I'll give you a thousand yuan. Scarface should be able to compensate me for some of it. If you have enough money then, you have to pay me back first."

"Does your mother know about this?" Yu Ge originally thought he would only be able to borrow a hundred yuan at most, but he didn't expect the other party to be so generous, and he felt a little flustered.

"I know, I've given her the IOU. Just remember to pay me back. This money isn't free." Lin Xiazhu waved her hand, telling him not to say anything more, saving lives was the priority.

After much deliberation, Brother Yu decided to bravely go to the county town despite his disability. He was determined to keep the money himself and absolutely could not hand it over to Zhang Liang.

"Why are you getting on the bus, kid? Just give me the money. What use is it to you to go to the county town?" Zhang Liang was very displeased and wanted to snatch the money from his hand.

Brother Yu stuffed the money into his pocket and said with a dark face, "I have written IOUs for all the money I borrowed. If you want the money, you have to write an IOU first."

"You wrote the IOU, why go through all that trouble to rewrite it?" Zhang Liang was furious at Yu Ge's lack of tact. "Speaking of which, my son was beaten up like this because of you. At such a young age, he's not learning good things, he's learning to fight, and when he goes to fight, he overestimates himself and picks on tough guys. He's practically asking for death."

"Logically, your family should pay for the medical expenses." The more they said it, the more outrageous they became.

"If you nag me one more time, I won't give you a single penny. Believe me, I'll tear up all the money before I give it to you." Brother Yu may not look very old, but once he gets stubborn, not even ten oxen could pull him away.

Zhang Liang knew his temperament; when this kid got ruthless, he was like a little wolf cub, quite terrifying. He immediately shuddered and said, "You take it, I won't take a single penny, okay?"

On the police station side, Scarface was stranded in an outer town, and it wouldn't be easy to smooth things over by finding connections. However, they were also injured and were demanding compensation from Lin Xiazhu.

Lin Xiazhu had been at the police station for a while now. She sat calmly in a wooden chair with a backrest and said to the police officers with a light laugh, "Don't listen to their nonsense. I'm still so young. Even if I'm a little stronger than others, I don't have the ability to hurt anyone. These people are all fine."

She was very careful with her blows; she hit them until they screamed in pain, but you couldn't see any wounds, even if their bones were broken or cracked.

It does not exist.

Chacha's blows were rather reckless; her bones weren't broken, but they were probably just cracked. However, since it was self-defense, they shouldn't have to pay compensation, right?

If they really need to pay compensation, it's not like they don't have the money.

However, it was clear that the police officers at the station were biased towards them. A bunch of thugs wrongly accused two young girls—had they no shame?

“Compensation is definitely necessary. Several young men from our town had their brains splattered out after being beaten. They were just taken to the county town for emergency treatment. We don’t know if they can be saved. If they die, will these people have to pay with their lives?”

Lin Xiazhu stared wide-eyed at the police officers from the police station.

“If someone really dies, they will definitely be sentenced, possibly even executed.” The police officers at the local station looked increasingly serious, realizing the situation was very serious and these people needed to be handed over to the county public security bureau.

Upon hearing that he might face execution, Scarface turned pale and dared not shout any more. He could only wait for the outcome, hoping that those little bastards wouldn't die so easily.