Su He thought about it and agreed. Although she sympathized with the Huang family's experience, she wouldn't lend them money if they came to her door again.

After all, 70 was already a considerable amount. We're not related, and it would be foolish to lend money knowing we can't repay it.

We can't exactly ask them to pay off the debt, can we?

Lin Jingyan thought for a moment and said, "100 yuan on the black market isn't much. If we can't borrow it, Huang Lao Er can get an advance on his salary from work. That should be fine."

Su He sighed upon hearing this, "I wonder if Huang Lao Er is willing."

“He has no choice but to agree, after all, he’s his father,” Grandma Su added.

Su He sighed upon hearing this, guessing that was probably the only way.

Sure enough, the next day I heard that although Huang Lao Er looked terrible, he still used his advance wages to pay off his debts in the black market.

However, this made life even more difficult for the Huang family.

Huang Lao Er's original salary was barely enough to support his family. With this advance on his salary, he couldn't even guarantee his basic living. He couldn't possibly borrow money again, could he?

Besides, Grandpa Huang is still hospitalized and taking medication, so we can't just ignore him, can we?

Just when the Huang family was at their wits' end, Huang the eldest came to their door and gave them an advance of one month's salary so they could ensure their basic living.

However, he also mentioned that he still has a lot of debt, and now he only keeps enough money for food each month, using the rest to pay off his debts.

He spoke with the debtor in advance this month, and they agreed to give him a one-month grace period before he could receive an advance on his salary. But that's all he can do to help; he won't be able to do anything about it after that.

After finishing his sentence, Huang left without caring about the Huang family's attitude.

The Huang family, especially Huang Lao Er's family, were not grateful for his actions, since he was largely responsible for the Huang family's success today.

Fortunately, he still had some conscience and knew that taking the money allowed the Huang family to barely survive.

But soon another crisis arrived.

Now everyone finally understood why Huang Laosan suddenly wanted to run away.

Not long after Mr. Huang was hospitalized, another group of people from the Huang family came to his door to collect debts.

This time, it was Huang Laosan who owed the money. Only then did everyone realize that he had gambled away more than 100 yuan some time ago.

Now that the people who borrowed money have heard that he has run away, they have come to the Huang family to collect their debts.

However, no one was home when they arrived. Huang Lao Er was at work, and the rest of the Huang family had gone to the hospital to take care of Huang Da Ye.

So these people told the people in the courtyard what had happened, and asked a neighbor to pass on a message saying that they would come again later.

The neighbor told Huang Lao Er about it after he got off work. It is said that Huang Lao Er was very upset when he found out that day, and even threw the meal he had prepared for Huang Da Ye.

Then he left, saying, "Let whoever borrowed it ask them for it back."

But to his surprise, they didn't give up at all. The next day, they went directly to the hospital, making it difficult for Grandpa Huang to stay in the hospital properly.

The Huang family initially didn't want to get involved, but then the other party produced a mortgage certificate for the Huang family's house. It turned out that Huang Laosan had mortgaged the Huang family's house to borrow money.

Although the house is registered under Huang Lao Er's name, the people who borrowed the money don't care. Since they dared to come to his door to ask for the money back, it means they're not afraid he won't give it to them.

Huang Lao Er knew that these people had powerful backers, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept it. However, he also said that he didn't have any money on hand at the moment and would need to raise some in a while.

The debt collectors were very reasonable and gave the Huang family a few days' grace period. However, they also mentioned that when Huang Laosan borrowed the money, it was agreed that the interest would increase the amount due the later the repayment was made.

So when they pay it back is up to them.

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