Chapter 53 The Zhang Family Came to Extort Money
For two consecutive days, the whole family was full of energy. The sales skills of the fourth brother and Xin Xin steadily improved. Even without the eldest and second brothers by their side, the two of them could handle things on their own.
The eldest brother appears at the renovation site every day full of energy, working alongside the construction workers like he's on steroids.
The second son shuttled between the two places, selling clothes and occasionally visiting the site to remind his friends in the renovation team to do a good job.
The renovation team's friend was also seeing such a high-end shop design for the first time. He could tell at a glance that the designer had good taste, so he dared not cut corners.
After running around for several days, the second son felt he couldn't take it anymore, so he discussed it with Jiang Ruzhen.
"Mom, I have some friends who are just sitting at home with nothing to do. Could I wholesale our clothes to them and let them resell them?"
Jiang Ruzhen's eyes lit up upon hearing this, "Sure, but you must guarantee that it's cash on delivery. Even if the King of Heaven himself came, he couldn't break this rule."
"Okay, thank you, Mom!" The second son happily agreed. His friends might seem a bit unreliable on the surface, but they were actually very loyal.
The second son was put in charge of market expansion and developing downstream distributors.
Jiang Ruzhen wasn't idle either. As soon as she returned to the village, she was blocked at her doorstep by the entire Zhang family.
"Widow Jiang, look what you've done to my beautiful daughter! You've disfigured her! You have to pay me back!" Zhang's mother cried out pitifully, clutching her chest.
"Yes, you wretched woman, you dared to hurt my precious daughter. I won't let you get away with this today!" Zhang's father looked like he wanted to devour someone.
"You bitch, you dare hurt my sister! You have to give us money, or I'll live in your house and eat and drink your food!" Zhang Meili's younger brother clenched his fists, his face full of hatred.
The greedy faces of the Zhang family members were laid bare, even the youngest child wore an expression of entitlement, viciousness, and jealousy.
They saw that Jiang Ruzhen was dressed fashionably and beautifully, and they heard that her family was in business, so they must have become rich.
Instead of taking advantage of the opportunity to bite off a piece of Jiang Ruzhen's flesh, they wrote the character "Zhang" upside down.
Jiang Ruzhen seemed startled and took a few steps back.
What are you trying to do?
"What are you doing? Don't play dumb. You got my daughter arrested and ruined her reputation. How will she ever get married? You'd better pay up right now, or I'll beat you to death today."
Mr. Zhang waved his fists, each the size of a sandbag, wildly to scare Jiang Ruzhen, while Mrs. Zhang bumped her head into Jiang Ruzhen's stomach and then sat on the ground, throwing a tantrum.
"Oh dear, this is outrageous! My poor daughter is married to your useless eldest son and is forced to live a life of widowhood."
After finally getting away from this, you encouraged your eldest son to seduce my daughter, and then you turned around and sent my perfectly good daughter to jail!
Your Shen family is truly heartless and vicious. You owe my daughter medical expenses and compensation for her emotional distress.
"If you dare not pay me back, I'll hang myself on your doorstep..."
Zhang Meili's younger brother rushed up with his little fists raised, punching Jiang Ruzhen with his left fist and kicking her with his right, shoving her to sit on the ground, her hair disheveled, her body dirty, and looking quite pathetic.
At this moment, the villagers of the small fishing village surrounded Jiang Ruzhen in layers, and they were all furious and cursed when they saw the Zhang family besieging her.
"What kind of trash is your Zhang family? How dare you cause trouble here? Do you think everyone in our village is dead?"
"That's right. Widow Jiang was tricked into marriage and swindled out of money by your family. She's already not going to pursue the matter, but you still come here to bully her. Fellow villagers, we can't just stand by and watch people from other villages bully the people of our village."
"Yes, let's all go for it and beat this family of thugs to death..."
"Kill them! Kill them!"
The crowd was in a frenzy, and a powerful momentum was about to erupt.
The Zhang family of four shrank back in fear of the villagers' imposing manner, never expecting that Widow Jiang would be so popular in the village.
Didn't everyone look down on his family before?
The villagers used to look down on Widow Jiang's family because they mistakenly believed that Old Shen had really killed someone. But since the misunderstanding was cleared up last time, they have seen that Widow Jiang has been wronged and suffered for more than ten years.
The whole village's opinion changed, and everyone felt great sympathy for Jiang Ruzhen.
They were so angry that the Zhang family was trying to extort them. Just as everyone was about to attack them, Jiang Ruzhen stood up unsteadily.
With tears in her eyes, she bowed to the villagers around her, thanking them repeatedly, but she also told them not to use violence.
“Fellow villagers, I thank you for standing up for me, but I cannot let you commit crimes for me.”
You can kill them, but the lives of the Zhang family are worthless. Your lives are valuable, so it's not worth it, really not worth it.
I'll pay them back; I'll give them the money.
Jiang Ruzhen's words silenced the surrounding villagers. The brigade leader, Xiao Changgeng, stepped out of the crowd, coldly glanced at the Zhang family, and said to Jiang Ruzhen with a serious expression.
“Sister Jiang, don’t be afraid. With me, the brigade leader, here, I won’t let people from other villages bully our villagers.”
"Yes, we disagree!" the crowd shouted in unison.
Seeing this situation, the Zhang family realized they wouldn't gain any advantage, so they began to consider leaving and secretly preparing to slip away.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ruzhen changed her tune and then said tearfully.
"Fellow villagers, you don't know this, but Zhang Meili from the Zhang family has been trying to seduce my eldest son recently. You all know my eldest son's personality; he's just too kind and too considerate of others."
He unwittingly fell into Zhang Meili's trap, and even nearly died at sea while secretly going out to fish to pay off the Zhang family's gambling debts.
Everyone was shocked to hear this, as they knew that the eldest son of the Shen family had almost gotten into trouble while fishing at sea a couple of days ago, and that Jiang Ruzhen had saved him in the end.
But what they didn't know was that it was Zhang Meili from the Zhang family who was stirring things up. How could Zhang Meili be a vixen?
This is clearly a demon, the kind that eats people without spitting out the bones; it almost killed two people.
They actually dared to come here and extort money with such righteous indignation. Everyone was furious at the shamelessness of this family, and their eyes were filled with hatred as if they wanted to devour the entire Zhang family alive.
"There's no such thing as being able to guard against thieves for a thousand days if you're a thief for a thousand days. For the sake of my eldest son's future, I'll accept it."
"As long as Zhang Meili writes a guarantee promising never to seduce my eldest son again or encourage him to do dangerous things, I'll accept any compensation your Zhang family demands."
Upon hearing this, Zhang's father exclaimed, "Such a good thing is possible?"
It's just writing a guarantee; he's written that thing countless times, he's very familiar with it.
It has no legal effect, and he'll come back to Widow Jiang for money when he's broke again.
"Okay, I agree. As long as you give our family five hundred yuan, I promise my daughter will never see your eldest son again."
Upon hearing this, everyone gritted their teeth in hatred.
"Sister Jiang, you can't trust them!"
"Yeah, with so much money, how long would it take you to save it all?"
"Your family has only just started to see some returns, so don't get scammed again."
Hearing everyone's advice, Jiang Ruzhen repeatedly thanked them, "Thank you all, but I've made up my mind. I'll take the money to avoid trouble."
I ask the captain and everyone else to be my witnesses.
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