Chapter 369: I'll Get Every Penny Back
Xia Shuangshan was angry and helpless, and said, "Big sister, we agreed on 50 cents! Even if I only pulled 100, I still pulled you back! This is more difficult than pulling 200 coal briquettes, how can you just cut it in half?"
The middle-aged woman sneered, "You don't have to act like a hooligan in front of my door. It's only 25 cents, not a cent more! Take it and get out! If you don't leave, I'll call someone and tell them you're a hooligan!"
Suddenly, a clear voice came from the entrance of the alley: "Why don't you shout? We were afraid you wouldn't!"
Xia Shuangshan was shocked when he heard the familiar voice. Then, like a child who had done something wrong, he turned around and looked at Xia Juanjuan, stuttering, "Juan...Juanjuan, why are you here?"
Xia Juanjuan saw that Xia Shuangshan was wearing an old Zhongshan suit, and his hands and body were black and covered with coal dust. She knew that the thing in the bag he secretly brought back to the house last night was probably this coat.
Looking at his gray hair, dirty body, and embarrassed smile, Xia Juanjuan felt a lump in her throat and quickly looked away.
The middle-aged woman saw a Cheng Yaojin appearing on the road, and it was a delicate girl. She was not afraid at all. She asked with her hands on her waist: "Who are you? Why do you mind my business?"
Xia Juanjuan took a deep breath and said with a smile, "I am his daughter. Aunt, you should be a person with a clear conscience. With your body weight, I am afraid you are equivalent to the weight of 200 coal briquettes, right? According to your calculation, my father should be paid 75 cents, not 50 cents, let alone 25 cents!"
Because of the commotion, some people living in the alley have come out to watch the excitement.
Although this area also has courtyard houses, they are all large and mixed, with a mixed population living in them.
After hearing what Xia Juanjuan said, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Mr. Wu, don't bully an honest man! What the young lady said is absolutely right! Just ask around and you will find that no one will pay you a dollar just by bringing you back from the coal station!"
"That's right! Stop being so stingy, give them what they deserve. Don't bring shame to our alley!"
The middle-aged woman heard this and became even more angry and embarrassed: "It's only 25 cents, not even a cent more! If you don't get out of here, I'll show you how my man will deal with you!"
After hearing this, Xia Shuangshan didn't care about anything else. He took a step forward, protected Xia Juanjuan behind him, and said fiercely: "If you dare to touch my daughter, I will fight you to death!"
Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment, then her heart warmed, and she said, "Everyone has seen this today. I'm making this clear. My dad has been hauling coal briquettes for you for more than ten miles, and if you pay us fifty cents less, we won't leave. You can let your man act arrogantly, we will report it to the police station immediately! I want to see who can get ahead of the other!"
The Wu family is well-known in this area for being troublesome and always trying to take advantage of others.
However, the people watching today also saw that the Wu family had fallen into a trap. They thought they could take advantage of this dull country boy who came as a part-time worker, but they didn't expect that the other party had a daughter who was not easy to mess with.
"Mr. Wu, you are the one who is in trouble today. You don't need to worry about the 25 cents. Pay them right away. Don't embarrass yourself!"
Wu Erjia was still unwilling in her heart, but her husband was not at home, and Xia Shuangshan was tall and strong, even though his hair was white. She was afraid that she would be beaten, so she hesitated.
When she was reluctantly taking out the money, she suddenly saw her man coming in.
Wu Erjia immediately burst into tears and said, "Wu Er, why did you come back just now? Your wife was bullied!"
Wu Er was also a scoundrel. People in the alley both hated and kept their distance from him. Therefore, the few people who had just spoken up for him and tried to stop the fight fell silent.
Wu Er drank a lot of wine and came over swearing, staring at Xia Shuangshan and Xia Juanjuan fiercely: "It's you? You are bullying others and you are bullying me, Wu Er? Get out of here! Otherwise..."
Xia Shuangshan still protected Xia Juanjuan, but he did back out: "Juan'er, forget it. Just fifty cents..."
Xia Juanjuan refused to let it go.
To her, fifty cents is no different from zero.
But this was the money Xia Shuangshan was willing to work hard to earn. Even if he was beaten, he would get back every penny he deserved!
"What else? Just tell me!" Xia Juanjuan looked at Wu Er without any fear in her heart.
Her skills are good enough to deal with a drunkard.
I just need to explain the trouble to Xia Shuangshan later... Then I will say that it was taught by Li Zhan!
Seeing that he failed to scare anyone, Wu Er just swung his fist at Xia Juanjuan and said, "Hey! I don't believe it! How dare you challenge me, Wu Er!"
Xia Shuangshan quickly raised his hand to block, but Xia Juanjuan had already dodged to the side and grabbed Wu Er's arm with a grappling technique. I don't know how she managed it, but she managed to pull Wu Er's arm behind his back, twisting his muscles and causing him pain.
"Ouch! It hurts! Let go!"
The crowd watching were all stunned.
Even Xia Shuangshan looked at his daughter in astonishment.
How... did you do this?
Wu Er is such a big guy, but he was actually controlled by Xia Juanjuan?
Wu Erjia never thought that her man could be so stupid. She stared at Xia Juanjuan in amazement.
Wu Er was in so much pain: "Ouch! It's dislocated! Give it to me! Fifty cents! You bitch, why don't you give me the money quickly! Lady, can't we give it to you? Just let go!"
Wu Erjia finally came to her senses. If this daughter is so powerful, her father must be even more powerful! She probably ran into a martial arts master who often appeared in operas. She couldn't afford to offend him!
She quickly took out a piece of money and stuffed it into Xia Shuangshan's hand: "Big brother! This is a piece of money. I didn't know the real thing. Please be magnanimous and let your daughter let go."
Seeing that the money was returned, Xia Juanjuan let go and said with a smile, "Why didn't you just stop doing it earlier?"
Wu Er felt so much pain for a long time before he dared to move his arm.
Xia Shuangshan returned 50 cents to Wu Erjia and said, "It's 50 cents as agreed. Just give me 50 cents."
After saying that, he looked at Xia Juanjuan with a guilty conscience and said, "Juan'er, let's go to the food station. Don't we need to buy some food?"
Xia Juanjuan looked at him, sighed, and said, "Let's go. Let's go home today and go to the grain station tomorrow."
Xia Shuangshan had done something wrong, but he didn't dare to say anything. He just pulled the cart and followed Xia Juanjuan out of the alley.
After leaving the alley, he brushed off the coal slag on the cart with his sleeves and said, "Girl, you...you sit on it, I'll pull it up for you."