Chapter 8: Debt Collection

Han Jianwu turned around and looked at Huo Qingqing through the two children. "It's not too late to regret."

Huo Qingqing lowered her head and kissed the two young faces, then shook her head, "I don't regret it."

Today the Han family officially started moving, some were happy and some were worried.

My eldest brother, his wife and their family were moving things into the new house with smiles on their faces, and my eldest sister-in-law had a smile on her face the whole time.

The eldest brother's family moved out of the north room, and the fifth brother's family moved in. My third sister-in-law and her family moved into the west wing, and the kitchen in the backyard had to be renovated otherwise it would be uninhabitable.

The third brother has a bad temper but is reasonable. The third sister-in-law is the best looking, with a good personality and is straightforward and sharp-tongued, but she is not the kind of person who bullies others at home and will protect her family at critical moments. My second brother and his wife both graduated from junior high school and are well-educated. My second sister-in-law is not easy to mess with, but she doesn't bully her family either.

The most difficult sisters-in-law to deal with are actually the smiling eldest sister-in-law and the domineering fifth daughter-in-law.

"Third sister-in-law, these are the biscuits, fruit candies, white sugar and brown sugar that I bought in the county town the day before yesterday. Please don't dislike them." Huo Qingqing went to find her third sister-in-law with the things in her hand.

The third sister-in-law laughed and said, "So many things must cost a lot of money, right? Why would you spend money on a family?"

Huo Qingqing said, "It's worth spending money just because we're a family, but I have something to ask of my third sister-in-law. The house at the back needs to be cleaned up, so we have to vacate the house for you in a few days."

The third sister-in-law laughed again, "I know! You just live there, and you must tidy up the house."

Huo Qingqing, "Thank you, Third Brother and Sister-in-law."

"No need, we are all family, why are you being so polite?"

These days, Han Jianwu hired someone to clean up the kitchen, repair the kang and rebuild the stove, paint the walls, fill the gaps, and clean the roof.

Now the gossip of the whole village is the division of the Han family, and there is a drama every day.

No one expected that Han Jianwu and Huo Qingqing would be assigned to that dilapidated house. There were not many families living in Hanjiagou who lived in leaky houses, and some even lived in thatched houses. But Han Jianwu was different. The Han family's life really got better starting from the years when Han Jianwu served in the army. He served for five or six years and built two wing rooms in the east and west for his family.

But in the end, when the family was divided, Han Jianwu was driven into that dilapidated house. The villagers are all whispering behind their backs, "If they are not biological children, then they are different."

"I heard that it was because of Huo Qingqing that the Han family sent the fourth son to Xiafang."

"It's too biased. The eldest son occupies two new houses, while the fourth son lives in a dilapidated house."

"Huo Qingqing only dared to bully Han Laosi. She didn't even say a word when she was assigned to that shabby house."

"Maybe he's planning to run away at any time, so he doesn't care?"

The men in the village said that if they were Han Laosi, they would hang that bitch up and beat her for three days and three nights, and only then would they feel relieved if they broke one of her arms and one of her legs.

Everyone in the educated youth compound sympathized with Huo Qingqing.

Gao Yunxia and Zhang Guohua were no longer afraid of Huo Qingqing asking for the debt. The Han family was in chaos. It was said that she and Han Jianwu had been driven into that dilapidated house. How could she have the energy to ask for the debt?

Gao Yunxia thought Huo Qingqing must have let the matter go, and that day she was probably just showing her attitude to Han Jianwu!

It costs a lot of money and tickets to build a house. The people you hire are paid according to work points. They only want tickets and no money. Money is of little use to them.

Most of these tickets were paid by Huo Qingqing, because she required the house to be airtight and rainproof, and the cement had to be purchased according to her specifications and requirements.

There was a kang (a bed that can be heated up on a flat bed) and the stove top was very small, so two small pots were enough for them as there were only a few people.

The last few days were spent looting things, and Han Jianwu looted a lot, including wooden barrels, water tanks, vegetable stalls, various jars and stoves. There is also a small square table, a few small stools, and an octagonal table.

The house was repaired quickly, but it was not yet habitable. They temporarily lived in the west wing of their third brother's house. They still cooked with them and sometimes went to their second sister-in-law's house for dinner. Anyway, Huo Qingqing would give them food coupons so that the food would not be in vain.

Finally moving into the new home, Huo Qingqing said to Han Jianwu, "Let's build a gate. When the weather gets warmer, I worry about the two kids running around. Sometimes adults are too busy to pay attention and they run out of the gate and get into danger. Zhuangzhuang is better, but Niu Niu is not very good at talking and won't ask for help if she gets into danger."

They live in the backyard, and the baby will run to the front yard to play without paying attention. Huo Qingqing is still worried that what happened in the previous life will happen again. After all, Niu Niu was really abducted by human traffickers in the previous life.

After observing her for some time, Han Jianwu felt that Huo Qingqing really seemed to be willing to live with him wholeheartedly, and she was not as fussy as before when it came to spending money and effort on him. She was very kind to him and the children, and taught them how to cook and make fire without complaining at all. She was only given a shabby house with a backyard.

"Okay!" Han Jianwu nodded and agreed, "I'll do it tomorrow."

Huo Qingqing, "One more thing?"

"you say?"

Huo Qingqing said, "Can you accompany me to the educated youth point to collect the debt?"

Han Jianwu, "When?"

"Right now."

Han Jianwu, "Okay."

The educated youth have all returned from work, and there are a lot of them.

Gao Yunxia didn't expect that Huo Qingqing would really come to collect the debt. Zhang Guohua wanted to scold people and instigate the educated youth to fight with Han Jianwu, but no one among the educated youth listened to him.

Huo Qingqing took out the bill and said, "I gave you a week before, but I was too busy recently and couldn't come. It's been almost half a month now, so it should be enough money by now!"

Zhang Guohua approached Huo Qingqing with a playful smile, and Huo Qingqing said coldly, "Zhang Zhiqing, pay your debts, and don't say any more nonsense."

Gao Yunxia didn't dare to provoke Han Jianwu, so she didn't want to suffer any loss, so she said, "I only have ten kilograms of food coupons and five yuan now. I'll return them to you first, and I promise to pay the rest back in a month."

Huo Qingqing looked at Han Jianwu.

Han Jianwu, "At most half a month, if you can't pay it back, we will go to the commune and sue you." Then, he looked at Zhang Guohua, "Zhang Zhiqing, what about you?"

Zhang Guohua looked at the account book and looked at Huo Qingqing, "Qingqing?"

Huo Qingqing, "Please call me Huo Zhiqing."