Chapter 353 The Honest Man's Resistance
Seeing that she had woken up, Wu Jianguo brought a bowl of brown sugar water to her bedside and said apologetically:
"Sister! I think you fainted because you were hungry and angry for a long time, so I didn't send you to the hospital. As a family member, you can only claim half of the medical expenses. The factory has complicated reporting procedures and slow payment, so...are you okay now? If you really feel uncomfortable, we will go to the hospital..."
Zhang A-mei sighed heavily and shook her head.
"Then drink the sugar water. I'll go cook the noodles."
Zhang A'mei drank some sugar water and forced herself to eat half a bowl of plain noodles before she felt better.
Zhang Min went back to her room and never came out, while Wu Jianguo squatted at the entrance of the corridor leading to the backyard and smoked.
In order to save electricity, we only turned on a dim light at home, and I couldn't even see the words on the book.
She walked behind Wu Jianguo and asked, "Do you also blame me for driving away Wu Shanshan and Wu Jun?"
Wu Jianguo shook his head.
Zhang Amei said coldly:
"I was just mean to them, I never said I wanted to drive them away. If you want to blame someone, blame Huang Ling and Song Ying. They taught them too much, so they ran away. One of them should have been studying at a technical secondary school and is now working to help support the family, while the other should have been studying maintenance at a vocational high school. In two years, he should be working too."
Wu Jianguo turned around.
Because it was dark in the room, Zhang A-mei couldn't see Wu Jianguo's face clearly.
Wu Jianguo exhaled a puff of cigarette from his mouth: "Even if that's the case, they will still live better than Zhang Min, because they are good to begin with."
Zhang A-mei's head buzzed again.
Next, Zhang A'mei dragged her sick body to her brother's house twice.
I didn’t get a penny back both times.
When Zhang Xiaoqin returned home that day, he saw Wu Jianguo squatting at the door smoking, looking very impatient:
"Didn't I tell you to wait a few months? We don't have the money right now! Don't you understand? Come every day!"
"You know about your sister's situation. Now the cotton mill can't pay wages, so it pays cloth, and cloth can't be eaten." Wu Jianguo stood up and whispered.
"Then you should go to your factory instead of coming to me!" Zhang Xiaoqin looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.
"You took nearly a thousand yuan from me. I only want three hundred now. We're even now. I won't come here again." Wu Jianguo's voice was so low that it was almost pleading.
"I told you I have no money!" Zhang Xiaoqin pushed Wu Jianguo hard and threw him to the ground.
A kitchen knife slipped out of Wu Jianguo's bag and fell to the concrete floor with a clang.
Zhang Xiaoqin was stunned for a moment, then startled. He saw Wu Jianguo move to the front door of Zhang's house and put a kitchen knife to his neck. He muttered:
"Then I will die at your doorstep, sitting on this threshold day and night watching you."
Wu Jianguo has lost a lot of weight these days, has a scruffy beard, and his face and clothes are not very clean, so he looks a little scary now.
"You...who are you trying to scare?" Zhang Xiaoqin was a little scared.
"You try...you try..." Wu Jianguo said in a low voice while exerting force with his hands. The knife was very fast and a blood mark appeared on his neck immediately.
Zhang Xiaoqin was not afraid of Wu Jianguo's death, but he was afraid that Wu Jianguo would die at his doorstep.
He wanted to grab the knife, but he was very scared.
"It's useless. It's useless even if you snatch my knife. I will always die at your door. I still have rat poison in my bag. I can hang myself with my belt or hit my head against the wall. I will always die at your door..." Wu Jianguo muttered in a low voice, as if he was talking to himself, and he was not talking to Zhang Xiaoqin.
"Are you crazy, Wu Jianguo? It's just three hundred yuan, is it that big of a deal?" Zhang Xiaoqin was terrified. Indeed, if he wanted to die, he had many ways to do it.
"Yes, it's only three hundred, but it can cost me my life."
"Then go ahead and die if you want!" Between money and his life, Zhang Xiaoqin chose money.
He didn't have a formal job, so he wasn't afraid of Wu Jianguo making trouble at work.
Zhang Xiaoqin entered the house and slammed the door shut.
The neighbors who passed by were afraid that Wu Jianguo would go crazy, so some tried to persuade him and some tried to take the knife away. Zhang's mother also came out to persuade him, fearing something might happen. Finally, everyone persuaded him to go home.
When Zhang A'mei came home from get off work, she saw Wu Jianguo's neck covered in blood. Zhang's mother stayed by his side, wiping her tears and not daring to leave.
"Amei, Jianguo, I am sorry for you. I will pay you with my life, okay? You are still young, you can't be so depressed! I deserve to die!" Zhang's mother beat her chest and cried.
Wu Jianguo stared at her blankly and said, "That's fine. Then go die! I can still live better."
"You..." Zhang's mother was just pretending to cry, and she felt creepy when she heard Wu Jianguo say that.
She pulled Zhang A-mei outside and told her what happened today:
"There's something wrong with Wu Jianguo! Is he crazy? I'll ask your brother to find a way to get the money. Please try to comfort him! Try to comfort him!"
When Zhang A'mei saw this scene, she was also frightened and nodded.
She didn't expect Wu Jianguo to ask for debts in this way.
After Zhang's mother left, Zhang A'mei nervously wrung out a handkerchief and wiped the blood off Wu Jianguo's neck.
"Go to the hospital and don't get infected." She advised again.
Wu Jianguo shook his head.
Zhang A'mei went to knock on Song Ying's door crying.
"Sister Song Ying, please help persuade Old Wu. He cut his throat with a kitchen knife and refused to go to the hospital..."
Hearing this, Song Ying let out a cry. Fortunately, the next day was a day off, and Lin Wufeng came back early. He and Dongzhe, who came out to watch the fun, pulled Song Ying back.
"Dongzhe, go back to the house with your mother, I'll go take a look." Lin Wufeng ordered.
Dongzhe hurriedly pushed Song Ying into the house.
Yiming arrived at the gate of the yard at this time. He handed the bag to Yang Qiuyan, who stuck her head out to look but was pulled back by Dongzhe.
"Xiaoyan, you go back to the house too."
The two followed Zhang A-mei into the Wu family.
Fortunately, it’s not what they thought.
The two men saw that the injury was not serious, so they carried him to the factory clinic to treat the wound. After listening to Wu Jianguo's explanation of the whole situation, they took turns to persuade him along the way.
"Mr. Lin, tell me, why has life become like this?" Wu Jianguo asked Lin Wufeng.
Lin Wufeng sighed lightly and said:
"Old Wu, you are the head of the family, so you should take on the responsibilities of a head of the family. Now that there are only three of you, just live well. Things will get better and better. You two are not lazy people."
Wu Jianguo understood what Lin Wufeng meant, but it was so difficult to put it into practice.
"Thank you, Mr. Lin, Yiming, thank you..." Wu Jianguo thanked them and went home.
A few days later, Zhang's mother sent fifty yuan and promised to pay back the three hundred yuan before the New Year.
Wu Jianguo nodded: "Then if I don't see the money on New Year's Eve, I will go to your house again."
These days, Zhang A'mei has been very nice to Wu Jianguo, fearing that he would cause trouble for the Zhang family in that way again.
In addition to working, Zhang A-mei also took on manual work, often working until late at night.
After get off work, Wu Jianguo went to work at the sawmill. He did delicate work when there was fine work, and if there was no fine work, he would just do some moving and lifting. In order to make money, he only asked for half of the salary of others, and he worked until midnight.
The two worked desperately to pay back the debt, and had no time or energy to make trouble anymore. On the surface, the family became peaceful.
But even with this superficial calm, Wu Jianguo was already satisfied.
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