"I promise I can pay you back. I can even add interest. Your money won't appreciate if you just leave it at home. If you lend it to me, you can even make a little money."
"You guarantee it? What guarantees do you have? I'm afraid that not only will I not get the interest, but I'll also lose the principal."
Ning Hongze's second sister-in-law, Fang Cuifang, said.
"That means whoever wants to make this money can go ahead and make it. Anyway, I've already told you, we don't have any money. Don't come to me if you need any money."
This is what my sister-in-law, Zhou Hong, said.
"I think it would be better to marry Xiaoshuang off; she's old enough anyway."
Hearing her two sisters-in-law's words, Ning Xiaoshuang felt a bit disgusted.
"Big brother, does second brother think the same way?"
"Xiao Shuang, I think you should just leave your third brother alone. Look at you, you've been protecting him since you were little, but you haven't gotten any benefits from it. You even have to sell yourself to pay off his debts."
"Exactly, marrying that cripple is not as good as marrying my nephew. Let me tell you, my nephew is very handsome, still a high school student, and now working at a meat processing plant. His future is limitless. The dowry may not be much, but when people get married, they usually look at the man himself, not the dowry."
Zhou Hong said earnestly.
“Sister-in-law, I remember you also asked for two hundred yuan as a bride price back then.” Ning Hong sneered, “Your nephew is a good-for-nothing.”
Marrying him means you'll never have your own children. But this man is so proud that he refuses to tell the truth. He remembers the woman who married him in his past life, who cried her whole life and was misunderstood her her whole life. Even though he couldn't have children, he insisted on blaming that woman.
This caused her to suffer endless scorn.
This same man, too, would beat him every now and then because of the pressure.
In short, if Yuan Shuisheng is a scumbag, then this man is the ultimate scumbag, utterly despicable.
"It's because my family is poor. They're in such dire straits that they need my help."
When the topic of this matter came up, Zhou Hong also felt somewhat guilty.
At the time, her family insisted on a dowry of 200 yuan.
They didn't even give her a dowry.
She packed a few old clothes and two washbasins and married him.
Fang Cuifang, on the other hand, is much better.
Her family was well-off; not only was the bride price not high, but they also provided a considerable dowry. As a result, Zhou Hong always felt somewhat inferior to Fang Cuifang.
"Are you implying that you look down on me by bringing this up?" Zhou Hong said unhappily.
"That's not what I meant, it just came up in the heat of the moment."
Of course, even if he had this intention, he couldn't say it out loud.
He didn't actually expect to borrow money from them.
He looked at Ning Da and Ning Er again.
"I'm just asking you, is that what you mean too?"
"We have no money," Brother Ning waved his hand.
"Me too." Ning Erge nodded in agreement. Even if he had the money, he wouldn't lend it to him.
“Hongze, Mom has some more here, I’ll go borrow some for you.”
Ning's mother happened to walk in.
I just happened to hear that last sentence.
Looking at the table full of food and the awkward expressions on her two daughters-in-law's faces, her expression immediately turned sour.
"Well, you two, you actually dared to steal food? You're always complaining about having no money, being poor, and having nothing to eat, and now look what's on this table!"
"Mom, it's because the eldest son has been working too hard lately. The children haven't had anything good to eat for so long, and they've all lost weight. I was thinking of giving them something to eat. Please sit down and eat with us."
"No need, I don't care for your taste, old woman."
"I said angrily. Just as I was about to say something more, Ning Jianxin, the son of the Ning family, stepped forward and shoved Ning's mother hard."
"Get out of here."
"Jianxin?" Zhou Hong's entire face changed. "What are you doing?"
"Mom, don't worry about me. I hate them the most. Because of you, we have to eat secretly. Why can't we eat openly and honestly?"
"Ning Jianxin, what nonsense are you spouting?"
"Didn't you say that, Mom? Grandpa and Grandma are the worst. They always favor my uncle, and he's a good-for-nothing. Only people as blind as Grandpa and Grandma would like him."
"Yeah, I hate you guys too."
The eldest son's family had two children, and the second son's family had three children; they all called out to them.
Ning's mother was so angry she almost fell over. She never imagined that her child would think of her that way.
She admitted that she did favor Hongze, but that it wasn't that she didn't love them.
She felt the pain in her heart, regardless of whether it was a man or a woman.
All the delicious food and drinks were sent over.
It has produced such a group of ungrateful people.
"Good, very good. It seems you've been talking badly about me behind my back."
"Mom, this is just a misunderstanding. What does a child know?"
Fang Cuifang also said awkwardly.
"Since you say it's a misunderstanding, then let's just say it's a misunderstanding. What I want to ask now is whether you're willing to give money to help your brother."
Both households fell silent.
Ning's mother was so angry that her eyes turned red.
"You..." She wanted to say something more.
But Ning Hong stopped her.
"never mind."
"Hongze, why are you pulling me like this?"
"It's alright, if they're unwilling, then forget it. I'll think of another way." Ning Hong then pulled her mother away, saying, "Please remember this day, I gave you a chance."
"Pfft, this guy, the person who came to borrow money is actually so arrogant."
"That's exactly what we're saying. We're not going to lend him the money. How could we dare to lend it to someone like that? If we did, it would be a complete waste of money."
Ning Hong then wandered around the village again, but his reputation was so bad that no one was willing to believe him from beginning to end.
Only Dahu, with whom he had grown up, was willing to lend him the money.
His starting point was far too low.
Ning Hong then carried a stack of money to Zhang Wei's house.
Zhang Wei was pulling garlic sprouts in the yard when she saw Ning Hongze, and her expression froze instantly.
"You're Zhang Wei?"
“What are you doing at my house? And you’re pretending not to know me.” Although not many people knew about her contact with Ning Hongze.
But how could he not know her when they lived in the same village? He was just being deliberately mysterious!
"I only came here to pay off my debts."
Ning Hong waved the money in her hand, "Call your family out, and we'll have a proper discussion."
"You got the money? Where did you get the money?"
"What's it to you?" Ning Hong said irritably.
“You know perfectly well what this compensation is all about, so why are you putting on such a face?”
Even if she had only a sliver of affection for him, she wouldn't do something like this to blackmail him.
Zhang Wei remained silent.
Since things have already turned ugly, there's no point in saying anything more.
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