He Liangliang looked at his eldest son.

He Weiguang said sincerely: "My family can't raise that much money for the time being. Can you give us a few days to borrow money from relatives and friends?"

Wang Tuzi threatened, “I will give you three days to collect the money. When the time is up, immediately send the money to Park Hyatt Building in Chaoyang County and report my name as Wang Tuzi.”

Watching the group of people leave, He Liangliang could not hide his grief.

In the yard, the villagers had long stopped watching the fun. One thousand yuan was too much, but if He Weiyuan didn't pay the money back, he might be in big trouble.

He Weiguang's wife walked out of the room, looked at her husband and said, "The IOU for one thousand yuan must have been cheated. The bet is so big, can't we call the police?"

He Weiguang shook his head. "Wang Tuzi is a silent person. Even if he makes trouble in the city, no one will dare to intervene. We can only accept it. We should quickly collect the money. If we don't pay it back on time, they will really chop off my brother's fingers."

He Liangliang seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. He stood up tremblingly and said, "Find a way to sell the newly built house and then make up some money at home. I will go out and borrow money right away."

He Weiguang nodded.

"Brother, the house is so shabby, can He Weiguang's family gather a thousand yuan?" The younger brother who was following beside him was a little worried.

They opened the gambling house just for money, and it would do them no good to cut off people's fingers one by one and send them to them.

Wang the butcher walked with his legs spread wide, his fingers crackling. "He Weiyuan's father is the leader of the third production team in Dafeng Village. Even if the family has no money, he can still borrow some money by risking his reputation. He Weiguang works in the soap factory in Yihe Town. The family is not poor. People have to be forced to move forward. Any money we can get is good."

"Jingyi, the food you cooked today is delicious. Is it a new dish?" Lu Beichu's eyes never left Guo Jingyi's face.

Guo Jingyi nodded happily. "I'm going to work at a state-owned restaurant after the New Year, so I'm thinking about developing some new dishes that are suitable for selling in restaurants."

I know tens of thousands of recipes, but there is a huge difference between the big canteen of a state-owned restaurant and a seven-star hotel. Here the emphasis is on cost-effectiveness and filling, and taste is secondary. If it can be icing on the cake, it would be even better.

While Lu Beichu was happy for Guo Jingyi, he felt a little reluctant to let her go. The county was quite far away from Dafeng Village. Guo Jingyi lived in the county because she worked in a restaurant. When the busy farming season started in the village, he would not be able to go there every day even if he had a bicycle, and they would meet much less often.

"Are you the female chef who defeated Cai Gui?" Wang Tuzi stopped Guo Jingyi and looked her up and down. She was quite pretty.

Lu Beichu cautiously pulled Guo Jingyi behind him.

"Why are you hiding? I'm just asking. When you go to work at the state-owned restaurant, I'll bring people to patronize here often." Wang Tuzi rubbed the rough beard on his chin and looked at Guo Jingyi with an innocent look in his eyes.

"I'm warning you, don't set your sights on my girlfriend." Lu Beichu frowned.

Wang Butzi smiled indifferently and left with his younger brothers. The looks those people gave Guo Jingyi were also very intriguing.

Guo Jingyi held Lv Beichu's hand tightly with some fear, "They don't seem to be from the village."

Lu Beichu looked serious, "I'll go find out about their background."

He Liangliang went to his relatives and friends to borrow money. Many people were willing to lend him money, but the villagers were poor and each household could only chip in ten or twenty yuan.

When Lu Beichu found out that Wang Butzi was a gangster who came to collect debts, he felt very bad.

He even went to He Liangliang's house to find He Weiguang to inquire about Wang the Butcher's background. After knowing that there was someone behind this man, he no longer wanted Guo Jingyi to work in the county restaurant.

He went to He Pingping's house and told Guo Jingyi about it. "They have great influence in the county. I am worried about you working alone in the hotel. Why don't you think about it again?"

If this incident happened in Beijing, Lv Beichu would still be able to resist a little, but now it happened in Chaoyang County, and that Wang the butcher was clearly a local tyrant. If he really wanted to cause trouble for Guo Jingyi, Lv Beichu would have no chance of winning if he fought on his own.

The village chief heard about what happened in the village when he came back from the town and immediately went to He Liangliang's house.

He Liangliang, who had just borrowed money from relatives and friends, was counting his money. Together with his own savings, the total was only 470 yuan.

"We sold the house too hastily. My brother used good materials when building it, but no one in the village wanted to buy it." He Weiguang lowered his head, his mouth drooping and unable to hide his anxiety.

He Liangliang raised his chin and looked up at the beams, not knowing what to do for a moment, "Guiju, can you go back to your parents' home and borrow some money?"

Yang Guiju had a stiff face and did not speak. They had already separated from their brother-in-law. He Weiyuan had caused such a big disaster, and the more than 200 yuan from the separation had now been taken out. Her father-in-law was still in debt, and now he wanted her to go back to her parents' home to borrow money. How would she live in the future?

It would be better to let those people cut off my brother-in-law's fingers. One thousand yuan is not cheap to buy a life. If he causes trouble again when brought back, it would be really murderous.

He Liangliang knew that his daughter-in-law didn't want to say anything when he saw that she didn't want to. If there was really no other way, he didn't want to ask his daughter-in-law to go back to her parents' home to borrow money. It would be fine if it was the big head who got into trouble, but now it was the small head.

He Weiyuan's mother cried to Yang Guiju, "We are all family. That's your brother-in-law's life. As the eldest sister-in-law, can't you help? It's not like you won't pay it back if you borrow it."

Yang Guiju couldn't hold back her tears, "Mom~~"

He Weiguang looked at his wife and silently held her hand under the table. "I will go back with you tomorrow. I will speak for you."

Yang Guiju lowered her head sadly.

No one noticed He Haiming coming in. "Have you collected enough money?"

Everyone looked up when they heard the voice, and He Liangliang stood up and shouted, "Village Chief."

He Liangliang's daughter-in-law stood up and gave the chair to He Haiming.

Yang Guiju poured a glass of boiled water from the kitchen and placed it on the table.

He Liangliang shook his head, "I still need half of it. Tomorrow, my wife Guiju will go back to her parents' home to borrow money. I only have three days. I want to sell the house built by Weiyuan, but I haven't found a buyer yet. I can't sell it for a while."

He Haiming sighed, "Every household in the village has a house. If you sell it in such a hurry, it will be difficult to sell it."

Several leaders of the Dafeng Village Committee had relatively good conditions in the village. Who would have thought that He Liangliang would be harmed to this extent by his son.

"None of the educated youth in the village are planning to get married yet, otherwise we could ask them about their intentions."

Although Guo Jingyi is dating Lu Beichu now, if the town agrees after the new year, she will go to work in the county town. Even if they get married, they probably won't buy a house in the village.

Wang Shuning is rich, but the other party is determined to return to the city. He lives in He Zhuzhu's house and it is not bad, so he probably won't consider it. What's more, this house involves He Weiyuan, who shamelessly harassed Wang Shuning years ago. Wang Shuning will definitely not want to buy his house.