Chapter 38 Three Years

Liu Hongying was totally confused now. She just wanted to use the same old trick to win sympathy and take down Comrade Ma if she had the chance. But who knew that she would encounter such an unexpected disaster.

Liu Hongying was not very courageous, so as soon as she arrived at the police station, she explained all her plans.

"Just to find a man to marry? I don't believe it. Are you an accomplice of the murderer? Do you want to tip off someone?"

"I really don't know what kind of murderer he is." Liu Hongying defended herself anxiously.

A few days ago, she heard gossip from the aunties in the yard that a man was stabbed in a fight in the alley, and blood was all over the ground.

And then nothing happened. After all, it had nothing to do with her.

"I didn't know you were there alone for business. If I had known, I wouldn't have come to you at this time to get close to you. I've explained it so clearly, please let me go."

"Let you go back? First of all, you haven't been cleared of suspicion yet. Secondly, are you going to just let it go of your plan to blackmail me?" The scar on Ma Pingchuan's forehead twitched with anger.

The confession was recorded. He was also laughed at by his colleagues and couldn't hold his head up for at least a week.

Ma Pingchuan was conscientious and went to Liu's house that night to inquire about Liu Hongying's situation.

When she heard that she was arrested, Lin Xiangnan almost spit out a mouthful of water, but she still said objectively: "She may really have nothing to do with this case, she just misses you."

"Thinking about me? I've only met her a few times?" Ma Pingchuan was stunned.

"You don't know. She's having a hard time at home lately. Her father wants to force her to marry a divorced man who beats his wife. You're single, good-looking, and have a good job. It's normal for her to see you as a lifeline."

Following Liu Laohei's arrangement was doomed to be a tragedy. It would be the worst possible outcome, so it was better to give it a try.

Lin Xiangnan didn't think that Liu Hongying's idea was wrong, but her method was wrong. She always kept trying to fleece him, which was too much.

"It's not the first time she did this. Last time, she hugged the person I had a blind date with. Although they didn't get married, she still got a compensation of 100 yuan." Lin Xiangnan said a little embarrassedly: "This time, you may have been implicated by me. She tasted the sweetness once, and she wants to taste it again from you."

Ma Pingchuan crossed his arms and defended his innocence. "She and I didn't hug each other. Many of my colleagues can testify for me that I pushed her to the ground. Please don't say anything that will ruin my reputation."

After staying in the Public Security Bureau for a long time, you can see men being tempted by women, and you can also see women committing marriage fraud and running away with the money.

After going to Zhao's house to understand the situation and obtaining the letter of guarantee that Liu Hongying had written when she received the money, it was determined that Liu Hongying had committed extortion and she was directly sentenced to three years in prison.

When the result came out, not only the onlookers in the hospital, but even Lin Xiangnan was stunned.

"Is this a hit on the wall?" Lin Xiangnan couldn't believe it. "I thought she would be released after a few words of admonition."

"That's a hundred yuan! It would take our family a year to save up that much money. Liu Hongying can extort a hundred yuan for hugging a man, so if she hugs as many men as she wants, she'll be so rich." Hu Meili shook her head and said disapprovingly, "She's just too bold. I don't know how many whores were dragged to patrol the streets in the past few years, and she has forgotten all these things in such a short time."

The other ladies in the yard also agreed with Hu Meili's remarks and started to talk behind the scenes.

"I told her she would fail because of this, and look, she failed because of this."

"Hongying has been arrested and sent to a labor camp. Why hasn't the Liu family returned the Zhao family's 100 yuan?"

"Of course I will pay it back. What's the matter? Liu Laohei wants to default on the debt and become an accomplice?"

There is a reason why the current atmosphere is good, and the punishment is too severe.

Especially in relationships between men and women, the price of making a small mistake is something no one can afford.

Liu Hongying was just trying out her skills, but she fell into a trap.

She was caught, and Liu Laohei and the others, instead of trying to rescue her, immediately made their stance clear and distanced themselves from Liu Hongying to avoid being implicated.

Of course, he also returned the 100 yuan he had swallowed to the Zhao family, but their family had no money now, so they could only write an IOU first.

The family had originally hoped to marry off their daughter to pay off the debt, but who knew they would have to put in another hundred dollars. Now Liu Laohei's face was really dark, and he didn't smile for several days.

But the people in the yard, either without any tact or doing it on purpose, advised Liu Laohei to relax.

"Children are all debts. Hongying has learned a lesson this time and will behave herself when she is released."

"You shouldn't have pushed your children so hard. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. You are so old now, so stop worrying about them."

"In fact, the amount of money your family owes is not that much, just pay it back slowly, and don't treat yourself too badly. Hongshan is the only child you have with you now, and he is so obedient. Don't let him become ill-nourished at such a young age. Eating corn tortillas every meal is really not good."

Liu Laohei didn't have Hu Meili's sharp tongue, so he felt aggrieved after hearing these words, but he couldn't refute them. He just listened in silence.

How could he not know these principles? He had eaten enough cornmeal, otherwise he would not have forced Liu Hongying to marry.

But he had to pay it back. The creditor had come to remind him that the other person's child was going to get married this year. If he didn't pay back the money, it would ruin the other person's big plan, and the other party would definitely go to the child's workplace to make trouble.

Seeing that everyone was sincerely persuading him, Liu Laohei wiped his face and asked tentatively: "How about you lend me a hundred dollars now for emergency?"

"Hey, I have a big family and I spend all my money every month. How can I have any extra money?"

"My family still owes foreign debts."

When it comes to borrowing money, the group of people stopped talking and ran away very quickly.

Everyone's reaction made Liu Laohei very angry, but it also opened his mind. His family was in debt, but he could borrow money from one pocket to pay off another.

He just counted his relatives and friends. All those he could lend him money from had already been borrowed when he bought a job for Liu Hongshan. They were all his former creditors and would not lend him money again in the short term.

Now the only one left who has a close relationship and money is Hu Meili.

Although Liu Laohei felt ashamed, he still asked Hu Meili, "Please lend me some money for the emergency, considering our past relationship."

"Are you kidding me? I owe two or three hundred dollars in foreign debt to build that house. Where can I find the money to lend you?"

Now Hu Meili didn't dare to laugh at Liu Laohei anymore, and didn't dare to appear in front of Liu Laohei at all. As soon as the new house was built and before the decoration started, she hurriedly took Lin Xiangnan to hide.

The newly built house is a two-story building with shared stairs and toilets, but Hu Meili built a separate kitchen, for which she spent several dozen yuan more. The total cost of the whole house was more than 1,600 yuan, of which her family spent 430 yuan.

The four rooms belonging to their family are on the far right, two upstairs and two downstairs. The layout of several uncles' houses is the same, with two rooms upstairs and two rooms downstairs, and the positions are determined by drawing lots, which is fair.

After being busy for so long, Lin Xiangnan finally had his own room and felt relieved.

The four families pooled their money to build the house, but the decoration was their own business.

Lin Xiangnan didn't care what Hu Meili did. She just claimed her room on the second floor.

After confirming the territory, the first thing Lin Xiangnan did was to install locks on the inside and outside of the door.