"Grandma, don't worry. We just borrowed this money and got engaged yesterday. The girl definitely hasn't had time to spend the betrothal gift yet. Let's go and get it back first." This was the only solution Li Yutong could think of now.
It is obvious that the aunt and her grandfather have no money to pay back. They have no other choice but to take this step. The girl's family must be very angry.
There was no other way. The money was said to be borrowed by her grandfather, but it was directly transferred to her father. She had no choice but to ask for it back.
"How can I find it?" Chen Xiaoying worried.
The county town is neither big nor small, but it is still quite difficult to find someone.
"Grandma, do you know the girl's full name and where she lives?" Li Yutong asked. "Generally, banquets are usually held near the girl's home, so that relatives can sit at home and walk to the store."
Chen Xiaoying said, "I saw a red paper on the door saying her name is Wang Jingjing. Her home should be near the Yingbin Restaurant. I heard someone ask her if she was tired walking all the way here in high heels. So it should not be far."
Li Yutong understood: "Grandma, don't worry, I'll go out and find out."
Li Yutong didn't know many people in the county town, so she first went to the game hall that He Mingliang often went to. He Mingliang was not there, so she turned around and rode her bicycle to the vocational high school and asked someone to help call He Mingliang.
While the class was in progress, He Mingliang's classroom was in a mess. The teacher had asked for leave, there was no homework, and most of the students were talking.
He Mingliang and a few others were playing cards in the last row.
"Brother Liang, there is a girl looking for you at the school gate." The young man who delivered the message said with a grin.
He Mingliang listened, and an idea came to him. He handed the cards in his hand to the person watching the fun next to him: "You come."
He ran out of the classroom, which was on the third floor. From upstairs he saw a girl standing at the school gate. It was indeed Li Yutong.
The vocational high school is not big, with a total of three recessed buildings. Li Yutong was standing at the school gate and saw He Mingliang walking in the corridor.
He Mingliang ran out of the school and looked at Li Yutong expectantly: "Li Yutong, what do you want from me?"
Li Yutong asked: "I want to ask you about someone."
He Mingliang couldn't help feeling disappointed. He thought Li Yutong wanted to play with him, so he took her to the game hall.
No, he came to his senses immediately. Li Yutong was going to take the college entrance exam and couldn't go to the game hall.
"Her name is Wang Jingjing, her brother's name is Wang Changlong, and their home should be near the Yingbin Restaurant." There is not much information. In her previous life, she only knew that her cousin's wife Xiaojing was from the county town, but she didn't know where she lived.
He Mingliang thought for a moment and said, "I remember a friend of mine lives nearby. I'll go ask him."
Having said that, He Mingliang took her to the game room.
This game hall is the largest one in the county, and most of its players are young people from society. He Mingliang went in to ask and actually found out what it was.
"I'll take you there."
He Mingliang rode his bicycle and took Li Yutong to an alley not far from the Yingbin Restaurant.
The Kaiyuan County where he is now has not yet undergone large-scale demolition and reconstruction. Except for the storefronts on both sides of the street, which are newly decorated and look upscale, the bumpy brick and dirt roads are still there when you walk inside the alley. There are rows of old houses, some of which are still earthen houses with gray tiles, and some are brick and tile houses with blackened exterior walls. The electric wires overhead are tangled like spider webs, and no one cleans up the dog shit under the telephone poles.
There was an old lady with white hair who looked to be in her seventies or eighties, sewing insoles on the stone pier at the door.
"Grandma, do you know where Wang Changlong's home is?" He Mingliang asked the old lady.
The old lady was hard of hearing and pointed her ear at him: "Huh?"
"Where does Wang Changlong live?" He Mingliang shouted loudly.
The old lady heard it and pointed in a direction with her hand holding the needle and thread: "Over here, the one with the black wooden door is his house."
Only then did He Mingliang take Li Yutong there.
Sure enough, I saw a row of houses, some with broken iron doors, some with yellow wooden doors, and some with black painted wooden doors.
"I'll ask if this is the place first. You wait here for me." Li Yutong said. She was afraid there might be a dog, so she started knocking on the door: "Is Wang Jingjing home?"
In her previous life, she heard from her aunt Li Hongyan that her eldest daughter-in-law Xiaojing's mother was a businesswoman, but she didn't know if this was still the case.
"Who is it?"
A familiar voice, waiting for the door to open.
Li Yutong saw Wang Jingjing's face.
Wang Jingjing didn't recognize Li Yutong yet, and looked at her in confusion: "Are you looking for me? Who are you?"
Li Yutong found the door, but didn't know how to tell her: "Li Hongyan is my aunt, didn't you just get engaged yesterday?"
Wang Jingjing didn't know what to say: "Yes."
When he heard she was a relative, he thought it would be inappropriate for her to stand at the door, so he asked her to go inside: "Come in and sit down."
Li Yutong waved her hand: "No, I just want to talk to you about something. Are your parents home? My grandma will be here soon."
She now has a student-like face, and people think she is lying no matter what she says. Her grandmother Chen Xiaoying has to come over.
Wang Jingjing was confused. She hadn't even entered the Zhao family yet, and Pengfei's cousin and grandmother came to find her?
"My grandma wants to talk to your family about something. It has something to do with my aunt." Li Yutong knew that it was quite rash of her to come to your house.
But they had no choice because those loans were a burden on her father.
"Xiao Jing, who is it?"
At this time, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties and had a shrewd look came out.
"It's Pengfei's cousin. His grandmother will be here soon."
Li Yutong had already run to the alley entrance, and He Mingliang hurried over to her: "What's wrong?"
"Please go get my grandma, I'll wait for you here."
When He Mingliang heard this, he rode Li Yutong's bicycle to pick up her grandmother Chen Xiaoying.
Wang Jingjing's father felt something was wrong. Why did the grandparents and grandchildren come to his house out of the blue? Could something be wrong?
"Little girl, you and your sister Xiaojing eat melon seeds here. Uncle will be out for a while." He made an excuse and went to the entrance of the alley to make a phone call.
After the Zhaojia Village Office answered the call, they shouted through the loudspeaker, asking Li Hongyan to answer the phone.
Li Hongyan happened to be at home, and when she heard the noise, she went to answer it.
I don’t know who it is.
As a result, when I answered the phone, it turned out to be my father-in-law calling, and I hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what's the matter?"
Wang Jingjing's father said, "Your mother is coming to my house with her granddaughter to talk. Do you know what it's about?"
Nowadays, many unscrupulous people will go to someone's house to borrow money if they are even slightly related to that person.
Wang Jingjing's father was afraid of meeting such a person, so Li Hongyan reminded him so that he could send the person away.
Li Hongyan was dumbfounded when she heard this: "My mother found your house?"
From her tone, it seemed like there was something else going on, so Wang Jingjing's father quickly asked, "What's wrong?"
What happened?