It was three days later when Zhang Dagen came out of the house!
He was still feeling dizzy when he walked outside, and the sunlight made him instinctively raise his arm to shield his head.
The glare made Zhang Dagen blink hard, and then a string of tears slid down his cheeks.
A look of fear finally appeared on his previously numb face.
He... he not only lost all the 40 yuan the He family was supposed to give him, but also incurred gambling debts of over 100 yuan.
Not counting the 40 yuan, he still lost 130 yuan.
That's a total of 170 yuan, so much money...
Zhang Dagen gasped for breath, but it didn't feel smooth at all.
what to do?
what to do?
Where did he get so much money?
The 40 yuan that the He family is giving us is a drop in the bucket.
Unless... unless we get our hands on the 200 yuan dowry from the He family.
As long as I get that 200 yuan dowry, I won't have to worry about not being able to pay off this gambling debt!
He had known these gamblers for quite some time.
The reason he had been holding back from borrowing money to gamble was because he had seen how they dealt with people who owed money and didn't pay it back.
Hold it down and chop the handle off with an axe.
The thought of that bloody scene made Zhang Dagen shudder.
No, he didn't want to become disabled; he didn't want to lose his hands!
Anyway, he's Fu Xiuhua's brother-in-law, and Fu Xiuye is her own sister.
She couldn't just stand by and watch her brother-in-law have his hands and feet chopped off, could she?
As for whether Fu Hongxing would agree, Zhang Dagen was breathing rapidly and had completely forgotten about him subconsciously!
He went to Xiuhua and begged her to agree to lend him the betrothal money first.
As for whether or not to repay, we'll talk about that after things are settled here.
Zhang Dagen stumbled and ran towards the county town, but unfortunately, he overestimated his physical strength.
I stayed in that room for three days without ever getting off the table.
Now that I'm out here, I'm exhausted and hungry. And with the sun shining on me, I haven't even walked a few dozen meters before my eyes roll back and I collapse to the ground with a thud.
Meanwhile, at the Zhang family home, because Zhang Dagen had taken all of her private savings, Old Mrs. Zhang went completely mad.
"My coffin money! You heartless bastard! I'm a widow, I raised him from infancy, and this scoundrel stole my coffin money!"
"I'm so old, how am I supposed to live?"
Old Mrs. Zhang sat down on the ground, pinched her nose with one hand, and snorted loudly, spitting out a handful of snot, which she then casually flicked onto the ground beside her.
With his other hand, he slapped his thigh and cried out that Zhang Dagen had done such an unfilial thing.
Fu Xiuye stood aside, her hands, feet, and head tucked in, unsure how to comfort her.
After all, it's a fact that Zhang Dagen took flour and eggs from his mother-in-law's room earlier.
At first, Old Mrs. Zhang didn't realize that her secret stash of money had been stolen. After entering the kitchen, she circled the stove like a hunting dog and then saw a small piece of eggshell lying on the ground.
Her face twitched instantly, and she ran quickly to her room. With trembling hands, she used the key to open the box and repeatedly counted the grain inside. She found that not only were the eggs missing, but the flour was also gone.
What she found even more unacceptable was that her secret savings were not left with a single penny.
At that moment, her legs went weak and she burst into tears.
Hearing Old Lady Zhang's wailing, Fu Xiuye, who had just returned from washing clothes, rushed forward to help her, only to be slapped hard across the face.
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