Chapter 15 Borrowing Money Love Becomes Resentment in Hesitation
A fist as big as a casserole grabbed his collar, his feet were hanging in the air, and roars and saliva hit his face. Li Jianye shuddered violently.
Only then did he remember that this seemed to be the case.
He had embezzled 200 yuan from the school and was going to borrow money from all over the village to pay it back, but then the adultery incident happened and Shi Meilan took all the money away. He stayed at home to recuperate and planned to go to school after the matter was settled. As a result, he forgot about it.
It doesn’t matter if he forgets, the students’ parents won’t forget.
Because of the 200 yuan tuition fee, only a part of it is the tuition for school students to attend classes, and the other large part is the money for high school students to buy textbooks.
As the college entrance examination approached, several teachers in other towns put out more than a dozen books of real exam questions, saying that they contained college entrance examination questions. They were sold specifically to some students' parents. The prices were very high, but for the sake of their children, the parents still gritted their teeth and paid for them, hoping that their children could make a good effort before the college entrance examination.
Since ancient times, parents have been the most willing to spend money on their children. In ancient times, Meng Mu moved three times, and now people still grit their teeth to buy books. As long as it involves children, even the stingiest parents can find a little money from their teeth.
As a result, the little money that they had worked so hard to earn was gone when it reached Li Jianye. Li Jianye even stopped going to school. How could his parents not be anxious?
"You, you are Liu Baogui's parent, right? The money, the money is with me!" Li Jianye's forehead was sweating, and he stammered, "But, but I don't have it on me now. It's not that I spent it, but it was robbed some time ago. I-"
"I don't care who robbed you!" the student's parent raised the stick in his hand and shouted, "I want tuition! Pay it now! If my son doesn't get into college because of this, I will break your son's legs, and your son will never be able to go to college!"
This roar almost resounded throughout the entire Lijia Village, and half of the villagers ran out to watch the excitement.
Why is there so much going on in Old Li’s house lately?
"You, don't worry, our family is rich." Seeing the thick stick in the student's parent's hand, Li Jianye suddenly became anxious and hurriedly turned around and shouted: "Yulian! Yulian, come out!"
At that time, Wang Yulian had already walked into the yard. When she saw that the person outside was not Shi Meilan, but a group of strong men, she slowed down her pace. She heard some words and knew that this group of people were here to collect debts. Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind.
Before, Li Jianye easily gave her two hundred yuan, but he never told her in detail where the money came from. He just vaguely said that he would figure it out himself.
It was not until today, when this group of people blocked her door, that Wang Yulian suddenly connected the two things.
She seemed to know where the money Li Jianye gave her came from.
"Yulian!" Li Jianye was caught by the strong man and couldn't run away. He could only turn around and shout at Wang Yulian: "Quick, take out the money from you!"
He knew that the Li family was now broke, but Wang Yulian had money, which he had given her personally.
He was not thinking about the money in Wang Yulian's hands. The main reason was that he had no money on hand. Besides, Wang Yulian had already entered his family and lived with him. Wasn't Wang Yulian's money his money?
It’s not that he doesn’t want to give it to Wang Yulian. He just wants to borrow it for a short period of time. Once he has recovered from this period, he will definitely return it to Wang Yulian.
He even brought Wang Yulian to the Li family, which was enough to show his sincerity towards Wang Yulian. He would not default on paying back the money he owed Wang Yulian.
So he hurriedly shouted to Wang Yulian: "We are in a hurry here, go to your house and get it!"
When Wang Yulian heard these words, the first image that flashed through her mind was Li Jianye running out of the door to greet Shi Meilan.
If today's incident had not happened, if Li Jianye was being chased and beaten for money, she would definitely take money from her home to pay Li Jianye back immediately. After all, she really liked Li Jianye, and Li Jianye also really liked her before and protected her. But after what happened today, she suddenly became uncertain.
Does Li Jianye like her more or Shi Meilan more?
If Shi Meilan had not insisted on divorce but forgave Li Jianye, would Li Jianye still be with her?
The answer is definitely no.
Wang Yulian knew that Li Jianye divorced Shi Meilan because he was helpless and angry at her. Otherwise, why would Li Jianye divorce her if they were living a good life together?
She was not Li Jianye's first choice.
When she thought of this, Wang Yulian's love for Li Jianye was no longer 100%.
Love is a very wonderful thing. It will be suddenly filled up by people at some point, but it is not full and plump all the time. It is a hypocritical luxury that needs to be maintained all the time. If you show a little indifference, it will give rise to resentment in hesitation, and resentment will breed calculating thoughts. Once people start to calculate, love will be like a tree that has lost water and will gradually wither. Love without nourishment will die slowly and painfully until it withers and regenerates all kinds of strange insects, which will chew a hole in the heart. When the wind blows, you can hear the heart crying.
The heart is the most important part of a person. Once the heart starts to cry, the eyes, mouth, and ears all begin to rebel.
Look, now Wang Yulian's mouth is not listening! She said to Li Jianye, "I have already paid the money, and now I don't have any more. Let's go out and borrow some."
In fact, she had never handed over the money. It was lying safely in her cabinet, but she refused to say it.
When the people who held Li Jianye heard "no money", they threw Li Jianye to the ground without saying a word, pulled out a stick and beat Li Jianye.
Li Jianye is a scholar. He has spent his life reading, writing and teaching. It was okay for him to beat Zhao Erjie before, but now he is surrounded by a group of strong men holding sticks. He has no strength to resist. He can only howl and then roll on the ground.
This "Ao" sound is almost as loud as that of Old Lady Li - which shows that it is inherited from ancestors.
"Stop! Stop!" Wang Yulian was anxious when she saw Li Jianye being beaten. She walked out quickly and said, "We'll lend you some money to pay it back."
Although she hated Li Jianye, she also had a place for him in her heart and didn't want to see him being beaten.
But she was unwilling to pay for it herself, so she simply hid her money and went out with Li Jianye to borrow money.
"Borrow money?" The big man holding Li Jianye pounded his stick against him and shouted, "Alright, I'll wait here. I'll hit him once a minute. When you can borrow money, I'll let him go! If you can't borrow money, I'll keep beating him until he's crippled."
Debt collection in rural areas has always been rough and simple. In one word, beat me and it's over. If you don't give me money, I will beat you to a pulp. Anyway, I am right and I have connections, so I am not afraid of you calling the police.
Backward villages have never abided by the law. They have their own logic of behavior. It is useless to call the police at this time. Only the smart ones can turn around and find the village chief.
All matters big or small in the village must be handled by the village chief. This is the village chief's responsibility.
Wang Yulian, who was standing by, quickly started borrowing money from people around her.
There are about a hundred households in Lijia Village. If each household contributes two yuan, wouldn't the bill be paid? As long as they can get through this period, the money will be paid back when Li Jianye starts working.
But unexpectedly, these people refused in twos and threes.
"We've borrowed from Old Li's before."
"Yes, I borrowed it once before."
"Not anymore."
"That money was taken away by Shi Meilan when she split up the family business." Wang Yulian had to explain to everyone in the group, "We, Old Li, will pay it back."
But if they say they will pay it back, when will it be paid back? It’s not certain!
Besides, the person who came to borrow money before was Shi Meilan. Shi Meilan has a tough temper and an even tougher character. She has her dignity and will not refuse to pay, but what about Wang Yulian?
Wang Yulian is a slut!
Everyone in this village knows her little bit of trouble. She can even do things like having an affair with a married man in someone else's house. What else can't she do? It's possible that she wouldn't pay back the money she borrowed!
So everyone in the village kept silent or made excuses not to lend the money.
"Oh, our family just borrowed it."
"We have no money."
"Why don't you ask the village chief?"
You and I were talking back and forth, and the minute was up. The strong man swung his stick without hesitation, and it came down with a dull thud. Li Jianye on the ground screamed "Ah" again.
In the chaos, the door of Li Laoer's yard was opened, and Li Tianci walked out and hurriedly asked what had happened.
When he learned that it was the debt owed by his father for the money he lost last time, Li Tianci shouted, "Go and borrow from my uncle's family."
Even if other families don’t have it, my uncle’s family will definitely have it.
My uncle actually makes a lot of money driving a truck. Although he's not at home for more than ten days, he can still earn dozens of dollars for each trip. Boss Li's family is extremely wealthy. If my aunt's family really has no money, grandma wouldn't have said she wanted to hold a birthday party. It's just that my aunt is particularly stingy and refuses to give any money. Now that she's at her wit's end, of course she has to ask my aunt for money.
When Zhao Erjie saw that the situation had developed to the point of "borrowing money", she quickly turned around and ran away, not daring to go home, and ran directly to the end of the village.
She has to go hide in the ancestral hall, don't borrow it from her again!
——
While Zhao Erjie was running towards the ancestral hall, Shi Meilan also returned to the old Hu family with Hu Honghua.
As expected, Hu Chengjun had not returned from the mountains yet.
During the conversation, Hu Honghua also said that she had saved a person yesterday, but when she woke up in the morning, the person was gone and no one knew where he had gone. Shi Meilan then carried Hu Honghua to the village chief's house, intending to tell the village chief.
This person couldn't have disappeared in their village for no apparent reason, right?
The village chief's house was at the head of the village, very far from the ancestral hall, about the distance between the east and west ends. She was riding her bicycle back when she saw from afar a group of people gathered in front of Li Laoer's house. Li Laoer was pressed to the ground by the crowd, his white shirt torn, and he looked extremely embarrassed and ashamed.
Shi Meilan slowly pressed the brake.
She remembered this day - it was also this day in her previous life when parents of students came to block Li Jianye.
At that time, she did not go to her parents' home to borrow money, so she was still short of the money. Just when she was at a loss, Hu Chengjun came to her aid, so she did not feel comfortable to cancel the marriage with Hu Honghua later.
Now it’s not her turn anymore.
Wang Yulian didn't take anything good from her, she only took away a dead man who was full of trouble.
Shi Meilan said to Hu Honghua behind her: "Honghua—look."
Before Hu Honghua could react, the inspector asked, "What are you looking at, auntie?"
Shi Meilan said, "It depends on karma."
She had deliberately chosen to come back today just to see the retribution.
——
At this time, the crowd was bustling with activity.
Wang Yulian spotted Zhao Erjie, who was about to flee from the crowd. Before she could get away, she called out, "Aunt Tianci, come and take a look! What should we do? You're Jianye's sister-in-law. You can't just ignore this!"
Zhao Erjie twisted her foot and almost fell backwards.
Damn it! Why didn't you mention "You're Jianye's sister-in-law" when you were arguing with her before? Now that it's time to use money, you're asking her?
But Zhao Erjie couldn't just ignore it.
The countryside is like this. Relatives are like grasshoppers on a vine. No matter how much they fight and scold each other, if something happens to them, she has to pay to take care of it.
Even though they don't like it, they still have to help when others are in trouble.
"But I don't have two hundred yuan." Zhao Erjie said reluctantly, "I only have fifty."
She had borrowed twenty before, and now she borrowed fifty more. Her son’s wife was almost lent out!
As she was speaking, Zhao Erjie suddenly saw Shi Meilan stopped on her bicycle not far away.
Zhao Erjie suddenly had an idea.
She took two steps towards Wang Yulian and said affectionately, "Oh, sister-in-law..."
When Zhao Erjie suddenly becomes affectionate, it means she is up to something bad.
Wang Yulian, who was standing by, had never seen Zhao Erjie so kind. She only remembered that Zhao Erjie called her a widow when she saw her, and even brought people to lift her bedding and slap her in the face. Now that Zhao Erjie smiled, she felt that there was some bad intention hidden under this smile.
"Isn't it easy for you to want money? I don't have it, but someone does." Zhao Erjie pointed to a place not far away. Wang Yulian looked up and saw Shi Meilan and Hu Honghua watching the fun.
"She took over 200 yuan with her when she divorced." Zhao Erjie whispered, "Go and ask her to borrow money. Jianye is her ex-husband after all. She can't just sit there and do nothing about him, right?"
Even Zhao Erjie could come up with the idea of asking a slut to ask her ex-wife to borrow money! If Wang Yulian really went, she would definitely be scolded by Shi Meilan.
Zhao Erjie really wanted them to fight.
But at the same time, what Zhao Erjie said also makes sense.
Who has the most spare money in this village now? Of course it's Shi Meilan.
Wang Yulian was no fool. She rolled her eyes and turned to Li Tianci behind her and said, "Tianci, go help your father and ask your mother to lend us some money. Your aunt can lend us fifty, and your mother can lend us one hundred and fifty. Don't worry, we will definitely pay her back."
Shi Meilan doesn’t care about Wang Yulian, but she has to take care of Li Tianci, right?
When Li Tianci heard this, he suddenly found his backbone.
That’s right, their family has no money, but mom has money.
Shi Meilan took so much money with her when she left. As a woman, she had no place to spend it, so she could lend it to them.
Li Tianci immediately walked quickly towards Shi Meilan who was not far away and shouted loudly: "Mom——"
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