Upon hearing this, the police officer's face instantly darkened, and he said sternly, "You are Su Xiangbei's family member? He has been arrested and is being held in the police station. He needs to pay a fine of two thousand yuan. If he cannot pay within three days, we will confiscate his property according to the law."
Upon hearing this, everyone was so shocked that they stood frozen in place, as if they had been frozen in place by a spell.
"Oh my god, what did Su Xiangbei do to deserve this? The police are coming to our door! Could it be murder or arson?!"
"Now that you mention it, could it be that Su Xiangbei set fire to Aunt Meng's house?"
The men working stopped what they were doing and started discussing it, and the topic became more and more outrageous.
"Impossible! Su Xiangbei usually seems quite honest, how could he do something illegal?" Jiang Xue was so frightened that she took several steps back, and the child in her arms cried even harder, but she didn't have time to comfort him.
Mao Xiaoli, her two sons, and her husband exchanged glances, all of them seeing doubt and inquiry in each other's eyes.
Mustering his courage, Jiang Jinbiao walked up to the two police officers and asked nervously, "Officers, are you sure you haven't made a mistake? What exactly did Su Xiangbei do? Why does he have to pay a fine?"
The two police officers patiently explained the whole story, and finally urged, "Remember to pay the fine on time. We've delivered the message, so don't delay!"
No sooner had the two police officers left than Hu Tao stopped the Jiang family members who were about to leave.
"Take all your things and don't make a mess of my house. I don't want to rent to someone who's committed a crime!" Hu Tao's attitude was firm, leaving no room for negotiation.
Jiang Xue's face instantly turned bright red, like a boiled shrimp, and she roared angrily, "Hmph, who wants to live in your shabby house! What's the use of you coming to me? I'm not paying for the rent, and I'm not going to pay it!"
Anyway, there wasn't anything valuable in that room, just two tattered, patched old clothes.
Jiang Xue thought to herself, "If I don't want it, I don't want it. It's no big deal."
She was furious, hugging her child tightly, and turned to leave in a hurry, as if she would feel disgusted if she stayed even a second longer.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Jiang Xue's two sisters-in-law quickly added fuel to the fire and tried to sow discord between Mao Xiaoli and others.
"Mother!" the eldest sister-in-law shouted, "Is Jiang Xue planning to stay at her parents' house forever? She's a married daughter, there's no way she's doing this!"
Second Sister-in-law quickly chimed in, "That's right, that's right! Now that Su Xiangbei has gotten into trouble and is in jail, if she stays at our house, we'll have to feed two more mouths, and it'll consume so much food!"
The elder sister-in-law continued, "Anyway, we are firmly against her living in our house. As the old saying goes, a married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl. If she moves in, how will we live our lives!"
Second Sister-in-law's eyes darted around, and she added, "The police just said that Su Xiangbei still has to pay a 2,000 yuan fine for that matter! If Jiang Xue really lives at home, does that mean we have to pay the fine for her?"
In the past, whenever there was a benefit, these people would rush to care for Jiang Xue like hungry wolves fighting over food.
Jiang Xue is like a hot potato now; anyone who touches her is afraid of getting burned and can't even get away from her.
Meng Shuyun stood to the side, watching the family chatter and scheme against each other like dogs fighting, and felt incredibly pleased.
That was a good bite! Serves you right!
Now, Su Xiangbei is like a stinky rock in a latrine, smelly and hard, and everyone who sees him can't help but feel disgusted.
Seeing Meng Shuyun's smug look, Mao Xiaoli felt a surge of anger. She glared at her fiercely and turned to Hu Tao, saying, "It's not like Jiang Xue rented this house. If you want to find someone, go find Meng Shuyun! She's Su Xiangbei's mother. What are you doing here? It's a shabby house, and you're acting all high and mighty. If you don't want to rent it, then don't! Bah!"
Mao Xiaoli let out a fierce sigh, quickly catching up with Jiang Jinbiao, her face full of worry. She spoke of her concerns: "Honey, what are we going to do? Now that Su Xiangbei has been arrested, Jiang Xue can't just stay at home forever!"
Jiang Jinbiao also frowned, looking worried. He took a puff of his pipe and replied irritably, "It's all your fault for meddling in this. Otherwise, our family wouldn't have been dragged into this!"
"Doesn't Su Dahai have a lover? Just send Jiang Xue to her house!"
Upon hearing this, Mao Xiaolan realized that it made sense, and hurriedly caught up with the angry Jiang Xue, earnestly persuading her: "Xiao Xue, you have seen the situation at home. It's not that your mother doesn't want to take you in."
Although Su Xiangbei has been arrested, Su Dahai hasn't been arrested yet!
I heard that he married Qin Hongmei as his second wife. You gave birth to a big, healthy grandson for them, so isn't it only natural that she would take care of you during your postpartum period? Besides, they live in town. If you went there, you would be living a life of luxury.
If Su Dahai gives his job to Qin Hongying's daughter, you'll be the one who suffers.
Once you're there, someone will help you take care of the baby, so it's not unreasonable to ask him for a job. You can go back to work after your postpartum period.
What a wonderful thing.
Jiang Xue was swayed by Mao Xiaoli's words and hesitated, saying, "Would Qin Hongying agree to let me stay at her house? Mother, what you said makes sense, but I don't have the money to go to town right now."
Upon hearing that there was hope, Mao Xiaoli hurriedly rummaged through her pockets and said, "I'll give you five yuan, just enough for your travel expenses. She can't do anything to you when you get there. You're holding the Su family's eldest grandson."
With her pockets empty, she realized that she had lost 5 yuan!
Mao Xiaoli cursed heaven and earth, spewing profanities, but in the end she still had to get 5 yuan from Jiang Jinbiao to send Jiang Xue away.
The Jiang family members, each with their own ulterior motives, rushed over hoping to gain some benefits, but instead of any advantage, they ended up with a lot of trouble and could only slink back home.
Hu Tao was furious, his lungs were about to explode. He stormed into the house and threw all of Jiang Xue and the others' remaining clothes and belongings out, cursing under his breath: "What bad luck! Why did we have to run into a family like them? If I had known, I would never have rented to them!"
Seeing this, Meng Shuyun stepped forward and spoke to Hu Tao: "Your house is just sitting empty anyway. My family is building a house and we don't have anywhere to live right now. Why don't you rent the house to me?"
This was a decision Meng Shuyun made after careful consideration.
She knew in her heart that this house could not be built overnight.
I feel really bad about constantly troubling Zhang Laidi's family.
Although the other person didn't say anything, he couldn't pretend not to hear the sarcastic remarks his wife made behind his back.
"Meng, are you serious? If you want to rent this place, I'll give you a discount, and I won't even take the deposit. It'll be 12 yuan a month, how about that?"
Meng Shuyun was discussing rent with Hu Tao when Su Xiumei arrived with her child.
Su Xiumei pulled Meng Shuyun aside, carefully took out six yuan from her pocket, stuffed it into her hand, and whispered, "Mom, here's six yuan for you. Take it to pay the rent."
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