Chapter 237 Aunt Lu's Hopes Shattered
Aunt Lu's hopes were completely shattered.
When I thought about how so many people had deposited their money with her and it was all gone, I shuddered!
No, the villagers can’t know, otherwise she will die!
My aunt felt uncomfortable all over. After walking a few steps, she covered her face and started crying loudly.
Her relatives on her mother's side hadn't given her any face. Fortunately, she had a capable cousin, who she thought would be able to shine with her.
After doing this deal, the money was transferred on time for the first few times, and I even gave my cousin some extra small gifts when she came.
No matter who in the village said that this loan was unreliable, she would go and fight with them.
This is her only chance to turn things around, how can she tolerate others talking about her?
But I didn't expect it to be a scam.
She tried to call her cousin again, but the call went unanswered.
In total, I raised 10,000 yuan, and then some people withdrew their shares and asked for 5,000 yuan back. Finally, I gave away soybean oil and got another 3,000 yuan back.
A total of eight thousand yuan was cheated out of it!
This does not include Aunt Lu’s own money.
If it was a thousand yuan, she could sell everything she had to cover it! But where would she get the ten thousand yuan from? The more she thought about it, the colder she felt.
Aunt Lu was crying on the street. A kind-hearted woman came over and asked, "What's wrong with you, comrade?" She cried even harder, saying she had been cheated!
The enthusiastic old lady said, "Then call the police."
Aunt Lu was stunned for a moment: "We can't call the police!" Then, under everyone's suspicious gaze, she stood up and dragged her tired body outside.
All sorts of scary things kept running through my mind. I was walking on the street and almost got hit by someone.
"Don't you have eyes?" She didn't react at all when the cyclist scolded her.
All I could think about was that if I called the police, they would definitely come to the village to investigate. Then everyone would know I'd been scammed out of money. I couldn't let anyone know!
Husband and wife are one body, but Uncle Lu has always been critical of her.
Aunt Lu slapped herself hard, and with a loud slap, people on the street looked at her, thinking she was abnormal.
Aunt Lu was full of regret. Uncle Lu didn't let her do it, but she insisted on doing it.
To spite Lu Xiang, he even gave her three thousand yuan by giving her soybean oil. How could he be so foolish?
If the villagers knew about this, they would definitely call the police and have her arrested. Her brother and nephew would either be imprisoned or shot.
The more Aunt Lu thought about it, the more frightened she became. Tears of regret flowed down her face like she couldn't stop.
The only thing that could save her was her daughter. Lu Zhaodi had married a wealthy factory director and was pregnant earlier than Lu Xiang. The child should be several years old now.
Aunt Lu immediately found a phone booth, gave the man the only fifty cents she had, and dialed a number she knew by heart.
It was her son-in-law's voice on the other end of the line. Aunt Lu immediately said, "This is Zhaodi's mother. Ask Zhaodi to come over and answer the phone!"
When her son-in-law, the factory director, heard this, he said angrily, "Hmph, I didn't come to find you, but you still have the nerve to find me? Your daughter ran away with someone else a long time ago. Don't hit me in the future." After that, he hung up the phone angrily.
Aunt Lu hadn't contacted her for several years, and there was no response to the letters she had written before.
There was nothing important happening at home, so I didn't contact her. I always thought my daughter was living a life of luxury over there, but who would have thought that there would be changes in her marriage.
Aunt Lu wanted to ask more questions, but the other party had already hung up the phone. Aunt Lu searched everywhere but had no money left. She had no choice but to walk back from the county to the village, which was dozens of miles away.
My mind was in a mess, but I was very determined about one thing: I couldn't let the villagers know about this!
In a moment of desperation, Aunt Lu actually thought of a place.
Then he changed his steps and went to a place without leaving the county.
As I walked in from a distance, I saw a densely built area of bungalows. From a distance, I could see people playing cards, swearing, picking their toes, and embarrassing noises coming from across the wall.
This is a no-man's land.
No matter what era, there will always be some idle hooligans who do not work.
The leader, holding a cigarette in his mouth, said nonchalantly, "You want to borrow money?"
When Aunt Lu was investing, she heard about this place. It was also a loan agency.
Aunt Lu wanted to come here to make some money and try her luck.
But when I saw the gang leader with scars all over his face and fat all over his body, I felt a chill all over my body. He was really a man who had licked blood from the blade.
Aunt Lu felt a little regretful, but then she thought that once the villagers knew that she had lost their coffins, the consequences would be even worse.
Aunt Lu said: "Well, I want to borrow two thousand yuan."
Who knew that the gangster leader would sneer: "Sister, are you kidding me? Why can you borrow two thousand?" Did he really think he was a big shot?
Then the gangster leader said, "If you want to borrow money from me, you need some collateral!"
Aunt Lu was dumbfounded. She had never thought about mortgaging the property.
Aunt Lu said, "Then I'll go to the bank to get a loan."
The gang leader didn't stop her and said, "Sister, you are already over 50 years old, why are you still acting like a little girl? Is it so easy to get a bank loan?"
It was indeed easy to get a loan in the early years. As long as you knew a loan officer, you could get one. But now it is becoming more and more formal.
In the past, there were many bad debts in loans to rural areas, so banks are particularly strict about loan cards in rural areas.
Aunt Lu was skeptical when she heard this. The gang leader said, "If you want this loan, you have to use something as collateral. House notes, land notes, pigs and cows, anything will do!"
The little gangster next to him laughed out loud: "Hey, do you have a daughter? Our boss is not married!"
Who from a decent family would marry their daughter to a gangster?
When the little gangster said this, everyone burst into laughter. The gangster leader slapped the little brother hard and said, "Let's talk about business! Don't talk about useless things." Finally, he sent Aunt Lu away in a very serious manner.
The little scoundrel was still a little confused and said, "What are you talking to that old coffin-stuffer? She doesn't look like someone who can lend you money!"
The gangster leader said mysteriously: "You don't understand."
Then the two of them went back to playing cards. Soon the area was filled with smoke and chaos again.
Aunt Lu went out to borrow money from the bank. When the bank heard what the gangster leader said, it said that loans from the countryside would not be approved.
Aunt Lu arrived home in a daze.
As soon as I got home, Grandma Lu started grumbling, "Why don't you cook? You're getting lazier day by day!"
Aunt Lu, however, felt a genuine anger, and wanted to kill the old woman with a knife. She angrily said, "If I don't want to eat, I won't cook. Don't call me anymore!"
Grandma Lu immediately burst into a curse: "Well, now you dare to even say that to your mother, you unfilial daughter-in-law!"
Aunt Lu closed the door. Outside, she could still hear Grandma Lu scolding her to others for being unfilial.
She immediately searched through boxes and drawers for the land and house certificates. If she wanted to sell them, with the current rising housing prices, the Lu family's old house could be sold for a thousand.
The land ticket is expensive, about 3,000 yuan. The total is 4,000 yuan.
But if I sell the house and the land, how will I make a living?
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