"Uncle, I don't mean to scold her, but look at all the things we bought, they are all scattered here! How could this girl be so blind? Didn't she see that there were people in front of her?"

Meng Guanglei's half month's salary was all in this pile of things. He was so heartbroken when he heard the bucket fall with such a loud clang.

Zhang Yulian stood there in a daze, her mind blank.

She stared blankly at the mess on the ground, completely unsure of what to do.

How much does all this stuff cost?

Finished!

What did she use to compensate?

"I'm... sorry." Zhang Yulian's eyes turned red. "I didn't mean it. I'm really sorry."

"Okay, okay, even if you didn't mean it. I spent more than 30 yuan to buy this stuff, so you have to pay me back." Meng Guanglei looked impatient.

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"More than thirty!" Zhang Yulian was terrified. This was a huge sum of money for her. How could she afford to pay it back?

When I worked in the village production team before, my work points for a month could only be exchanged for five yuan.

These five dollars are too much!

The pile of things she broke cost more than thirty dollars. Even if she sold herself, she couldn't afford the compensation!

"Why don't you believe it? The people here can prove what I just bought. If you don't believe me, go ask them."

"It's not that I don't believe it." Zhang Yulian said timidly, "I just can't afford to pay so much money. My family lives in the countryside and only makes five yuan a month. I just arrived in the city not long ago and I haven't found a job yet. I don't have any money."

"If you have no money, what are you doing at the supply and marketing cooperative?" Meng Guanglei was in a bad mood recently, and there was a strong sense of hostility in his tone.

"My family is making dumplings at noon, and I'm here to buy meat." Zhang Yulian was frightened by Meng Guanglei and started crying as she spoke.

"Okay, stop crying. If you can't afford to pay so much, you can at least pay a little."

Meng Guanglei turned around and frowned and said to his uncle: "The wine has been spilled and it is impossible to drink it! The snacks have also fallen to the ground. How can we eat them with dirt on them? This bottle of sesame oil is also wasted. How can you just compensate me with a little money?"

"But I really don't have any money." Zhang Yulian cried and searched all her pockets, but there was only the two yuan that Zhao Xingmei gave her.

She handed the two yuan to Meng Guanglei and said, "This is all the money I have!"

Meng Guanglei was furious: "Are you kidding me? You only gave me two dollars for so many things, why don't you just rob them? If you don't have money, who will? My money was blown by the wind."

Zhang Yulian was so frightened that she burst into tears, and her crying attracted the attention of people around her.

"Girl, stop crying. Crying won't solve the problem."

"You should pay back the money after breaking so many things. If you can't pay it back, let your family pay it back."

"I dare not..." Zhang Yulian cried, "My mother and I came from the countryside to seek refuge with our relatives. Now we are eating and drinking for free and getting into trouble. How can I dare to say anything?"

"Listen to what you are saying." Meng Guanglei laughed angrily, "Just because he has his own reasons, does that mean he doesn't have to pay back the money? What about me? I worked hard for a month to buy something to honor my parents, but today I have to pay for everything! Let me tell you what this is about later!"

"Girl, this matter cannot be left unresolved. Why don't you call your relatives out and sit down together to discuss it?"

"Yeah, you can't just not pay a penny, right? You only have two dollars, which is really far from enough."

People in the store started talking. Seeing that the girl was indeed poor and Meng Guanglei was indeed unlucky, the enthusiastic crowd wanted to help mediate.

"I dare not..." Zhang Yulian really didn't dare. She had never encountered such a thing before. She was so scared that her heart was pounding and her legs and feet were weak.

"You can't always be afraid! What are you afraid of? Do you think your family can eat you?"

"If you don't pay back the money, they will take you to the police station. Do you believe it?"

The enthusiastic crowds were also furious when they heard this. Where had they ever met such a person?

"What's going on?" Aunt Liang came with a basket to buy eggs. As soon as she entered the supply and marketing cooperative, she saw a group of people gathered around watching the fun.

People like Aunt Liang love to watch the fun. They can skip the meal but cannot watch the fun.

"I don't know where this girl came from, she looked like she was from the countryside, and she bumped into this young man. Things were broken all over the floor, and people asked her to pay for it, but she didn't have any money and she didn't even bother to call her family, so the situation is just at a stalemate." The enthusiastic neighbor briefly explained the situation to Aunt Liang.

"Really? Let me take a look," Aunt Liang said as she moved closer. "Hey, isn't this Zhang Yulian?"

"Do you know each other?"

"Of course I know him! He lives in our yard!" Aunt Liang squeezed in and grabbed Zhang Yulian's arm. "Don't cry. Tell me what happened. If we can solve the problem, what's the point of crying?"

Zhang Yulian sobbed and told Aunt Liang about the situation: "Aunt, this is the situation. What do you think I should do? Please help me come up with an idea! I can't ask my aunt for money anymore..."

Aunt Liang was quite clear about their family's situation and knew that Zhang Yulian definitely could not afford to pay the money.

"If you don't ask your aunt for money, can you and your mother come up with it?"

Zhang Yulian shook her head: "I can't take it out, Aunt Liang, otherwise you can lend me some money, and I will pay you back after my mother and I find a job and earn money."

"How can I have the money? I have a family to support, and thirty yuan is almost equal to our monthly living expenses." Aunt Liang did not lend her the money, but gave her an idea, "Why don't you go find your sister-in-law! Her family can make money, and she is a good person. You should go find her sister, she will definitely lend you the money."

"Okay." Zhang Yulian nodded, wiped her tears and said to Meng Guanglei, "Then you wait here for me, I'll go home to get the money."

"What if you run away? I'd better go with you." Meng Guanglei was worried, so he asked to go with him.

Zhang Yulian didn't want to make this matter known to everyone, and didn't want Meng Guanglei to go back with her.

"I won't run away, don't worry. I'll come back as soon as I borrow the money. If you're worried, Aunt Liang will vouch for me."

"Yes, yes, yes, she can't run away, she has nowhere to go. I will be his guarantor and let her go home to get the money. I will leave after she gets the money. If she can't get the money, you have to pay it back to me." Aunt Liang said.

"Okay, I trust you, let her go back and get the money." Meng Guanglei was relieved.

Zhang Yulian came out of the supply and marketing cooperative and jogged all the way home. Before she reached the slum, she met Jiang Xun who was riding a bicycle back from outside.