Chapter 526 A Refined Young Lady from the Republican Era Gets the Male and Female Protagonists Killed (28)

"Brother, hurry up and get the money, or our house will be sealed off!"

If someone defaults on a debt and the situation is serious, their house will be seized.

Zhang's mother was also extremely anxious.

"Jisheng, you should pay off your debts first. Those people are not to be trifled with; they all want to bully us!"

Upon hearing the amount of compensation, Zhang Jisheng felt his scalp tingle.

"Nearly four thousand yuan?! That much?!"

"Yes! They're asking for an exorbitant amount! They want 500 yuan to compensate for just an old tree in front of the door! That shameless neighbor even said that half of their house was burned down!"

"It's not that serious! They're just talking nonsense and trying to extort money from us!"

Zhang Jisheng was no longer listening to anything anyone was saying.

Previously, he considered himself a wealthy young man, having amassed a considerable fortune in a short period of time through his military achievements.

This amount of money already exceeds that of more than 90% of the people in BH City.

Unfortunately, everyone around him was from the upper class in BH City, and his meager savings were almost completely depleted by these repeated accidents.

After paying off Jin Shu's debts, he had just enough left for his wedding.

The matter of buying a house will have to be postponed.

In such a precarious situation, his own mother is causing him trouble again.

Zhang Jiqing, however, was still urging him on.

"Brother, hurry up and pay the money. Four thousand yuan is not too bad. We can't let them take our house away."

Zhang Jisheng looked grim. Although he was wearing an officer's uniform that everyone envied, it was so heavy that he could hardly straighten his back.

"I don't have any money right now."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jiqing hurriedly asked again.

"Brother, how could you not have money? You've been by Commander Liu's side for so many years, how could you not even be able to come up with four thousand?"

Brother, the situation is really urgent right now. They said if we don't pay back the money within three days, they'll seal off our house!

Zhang Jisheng frowned, extremely agitated.

"Alright! I'll figure out a way to handle this. You guys go back first!"

At this moment, Zhang's mother, who had been silent, lowered her head and said something with a troubled and helpless expression.

"The rent over there is due again."

Zhang Jiqing followed up immediately.

"Mom's medicine money is all gone, and my tuition for next semester is also due."

Every single transaction is money!

Zhang Jisheng never felt that his family was a burden. After all, he had been away fighting for five years and had never sent a penny home. On the contrary, his family would send him money from time to time to take good care of himself.

But now, everything has changed!

His family members, who used to be the least of his worries, have now become a burden.

"Does the family really have no money at all?"

Zhang's mother had a long face. In front of her son, he was always meek and submissive, always in a weak position, which left Zhang Jisheng with nowhere to vent his anger.

“Your father passed away a long time ago. Our family used to rely on renting out land to collect some income, but now the land has been taken back for a long time, and without land, our family has no source of income.”

So many years have passed, where would we find any money left?

The more Zhang Jisheng listened, the more headache-inducing and irritating he became.

He finally understood that the reason he was able to serve in the army and fight peacefully for the past five years, and even receive some pocket money from time to time, was all thanks to Jin Shu!

"How have we managed for the past five years? Have we relied entirely on Jin Shu?"

Zhang's mother gave evasive answers.

"Just let it be... like this."

"So, it was all thanks to Jin Shu alone?"

Zhang Jiqing was a little unhappy when he heard this.

"What do you mean by relying on Jin Shu alone? If you hadn't been willing to marry her back then, she'd probably be wandering somewhere by now! Maybe some old geezer would have snatched her up as a concubine long ago!"

"Our family has been kind to her, what's wrong with her giving us a little money?"

"Shut up!"

Zhang Jisheng's sudden growl startled Zhang Jiqing so much that he dared not speak.

"Since you've been living off Jin Shu all these years, why didn't you say a word for her when I divorced her?"

Zhang's mother lowered her head and said softly.

"If you want a divorce, what else is there to say?"

Zhang Jiqing then directly said something.

"Didn't you want her to make room for someone else? Now you're blaming us instead."

Zhang Jisheng's expression froze for a moment, then his heart sank heavily.

Why force yourself to be with someone you don't like?

Zhang Jisheng knew that his family had been using Jin Shu's money, which is why he took the initiative to return 10,000 yuan to her.

That's a full ten thousand, a sum of money that an average person couldn't earn in a lifetime.

But to his surprise, all the household expenses over the past five years have been covered by Jin Shu alone!

Zhang Jisheng knew exactly how much his mother's daily medication cost; over five years, the medication alone would have cost at least 8,000 to 10,000 yuan.

Not to mention his younger sister, Zhang Jiqing, is studying at the best girls' school in BH City.

These days, co-educational schools may only charge a little over a hundred dollars per semester, but the tuition for girls' schools can be ten or even more than ten times that of these schools.

After all, there are very few schools that can be built specifically for girls these days, let alone one that enrolls the children of elites in BH City.

That part of the cost is even more unimaginable.

When you do the math, the 10,000 yuan he gave is simply not enough!

He even thought he could make up for Jin Shu's efforts over the past five years with 10,000 yuan.

"Brother, don't you want to take care of us anymore? Do you now feel that we're just a burden to you?"

Yes, of course.

Zhang Jisheng thought this to himself, but of course he couldn't say it out loud, otherwise that would be truly outrageous.

"Alright! Didn't I already say I'd figure something out?"

"Mom, why are you crying? What will others think of me if they see me?"

His colleagues live nearby. If they see his mother wiping away tears in front of him, who knows what they'll say about him when they get back to the military camp.

Zhang's mother wiped away her tears hesitantly.

"It's all that heartless Jin Shu's fault! Our Zhang family has taken her in for so many years, and in the end she just abandoned us without any mercy!"

She's such an ingrate! And a jinx!

Even Zhang Jisheng couldn't stand such words anymore.

"What does this have to do with her? Stop crying, go back, I'll handle this!"

"Won't this be too much trouble for you?"

Hearing this made Zhang Jisheng feel annoyed.

"What does it matter if it's troublesome or not? Just because it's troublesome doesn't mean I'll abandon you."

And next time, let me know before you come! Don't you think about what other people will think of me if they see you like this? What will the Commander-in-Chief think of me?

Zhang's mother nodded, not daring to disobey her son.

Zhang Jiqing, however, did not want to leave.

"Brother, didn't your wife say she'd tutor me in English?"