Chapter 54 The Fate of Zhang Meili's Family
Everyone was stunned. How could Jiang Ruzhen still be so innocent and naive? She was too easy to fool.
She's also stubborn; once she's made up her mind, nothing can change it.
Looking at Jiang Ruzhen's expression, Xiao Changgeng felt that something was not right. In his memory, Jiang Ruzhen was brave and resourceful. The last time she avenged Lao Shen, the whole process was logical and clear.
"She must have her own plans," he said, stepping forward.
"Fine, we'll all be your witnesses, this is a one-time thing. If there's a next time, you won't even need to say a word, we'll just throw them out."
With everyone present as witnesses, Xiao Changgeng wrote a guarantee on behalf of the Zhang family, which was signed and fingerprinted by all members of the Zhang family.
In front of everyone, Jiang Ruzhen took out three hundred yuan in bills from her home, including new bills, old bills, and bills with torn corners.
They then pulled money out from various holes in the courtyard wall; it was all in small amounts, including a few yuan, a few cents, and coins pieced together.
After counting, Jiang Ruzhen realized she was still a few cents short, and her face turned pale.
That's all.
Everyone looked at the money on the ground, wrinkled and greasy, clearly hard-earned money, and felt a pang of pity.
Mr. Zhang stuffed all the money into his pocket and said with a smile.
"It's alright, it's alright, I, Old Zhang, am easy to talk to. I'll keep the few cents you have to buy you some candy."
After saying that, he swaggered away, and Zhang's mother quickly followed him, pulling her younger brother along with her.
Zhang Meili remained silent from head to toe, and even glanced at Jiang Ruzhen with surprise before leaving.
She never expected that Jiang Ruzhen, who had always been arrogant and domineering in front of her, would be so obedient like a little lamb in front of her family.
Does she really think that taking the money will solve everything?
Jiang Ruzhen lowered her head and wiped away her tears, but inwardly she sneered.
Who says money can't avert disaster?
They've taken her money; they'll see if the Zhang family members live to spend it.
The crowd shook their heads and sighed as they dispersed. Jiang Ruzhen looked around to make sure no one was there before quietly leaving the village.
After entering the space, he disguised himself and went to Lizi Village. He mingled with the women under the big willow tree at the east end of the village, who were gathering to gossip. He spread the word everywhere that the Zhang family had extorted five hundred yuan from the Jiang family that day.
Soon the whole village knew.
The next day, early in the morning, just as Jiang Ruzhen was preparing to leave for the city with the children, Liu Guihua came running up breathlessly to deliver the news.
"This is terrible, Sister Jiang! Someone has died in Lizicun! Can you guess whose family it is?"
Whose house is it?
"It's the Zhang family who came to extort you yesterday! That old Zhang took the money and went gambling last night, but he was robbed on the way. He was strangled to death and his body was found at the foot of the mountain."
And his wife, her leg was broken, and she went insane. The worst off was his wife, Zhang Meili, who was disfigured and then... oh dear, I'm too embarrassed to even mention it.
In short, it was a horrific scene. In the end, those people took her away, and nobody knows where they took her. Only her younger brother is still alive, but I heard he was traumatized and covered in excrement and urine.
Liu Guihua fired off like a machine gun, leaving all the Shen family children stunned.
It took the eldest son a long time to regain his senses, and he turned to look at Jiang Ruzhen.
"Mom, did the Zhang family come and bully you yesterday?"
"Damn it, how dare the Zhang family? If I were here, I would have beaten them to a pulp." The second brother pounded his fist against the wall.
"No, Mom, why didn't you tell us about the Zhang family bullying you?" The fourth son's eyes were red, and he looked at Jiang Ruzhen with heartache.
Shen Shuxin stepped forward and hugged Jiang Ruzhen, sobbing softly. It was all their fault for letting their mother go back to the village alone yesterday.
If anything goes wrong, they'll regret it to death.
Mom is so pitiful!
Jiang Ruzhen rolled her eyes inwardly at everyone's reactions.
If we let them all come back, what's the point of playing?
"It's alright, it's alright, just consider it a loss to avoid further trouble. From now on, their family's affairs are none of our business."
Jiang Ruzhen stroked Shen Shuxin's head and offered words of comfort.
"What? They really extorted money from us? How much?" the second son asked angrily.
Just as Jiang Ruzhen was about to speak, Liu Guihua started firing her machine gun again.
"Five hundred yuan, a full five hundred yuan! We all saw it. It was your mother's hard-earned money, saved up pennies and cents. In the end, she was still a few cents short of the full amount."
That Zhang family is really ruthless; they extorted all your family's wealth. If you ask me, this is karma!
Even God couldn't stand it anymore and sent people to punish this family; they absolutely deserved it..."
The children blinked. Five hundred yuan? Their entire savings?
Still need to split it into cents? A few cents short?
Several people simultaneously touched the bags on their waists; each of them now had more than a hundred yuan in change.
What kind of bewildering scheme is his mother setting up?
When the group arrived in the city, everyone was cheerfully recounting the Zhang family's tragic fate, except for the eldest son, who seemed preoccupied.
Meanwhile, Lu Mingzheng, who was hundreds of kilometers away, also received a phone call.
"Ah Zheng, this is how the Zhang family ends up. We've investigated, and this matter has absolutely nothing to do with Jiang Ruzhen. You can rest assured."
"Have you investigated the scene? Was it truly an accidental encounter with robbers?"
"Yes, we've confirmed it. Ah Zheng, aren't you being a little paranoid? Jiang Ruzhen is such a good mother; we all envy her children."
She was willing to risk her life to save her child, and she could endure being bullied and settle things with money, without being blinded by anger.
She's definitely someone who can get things done; I think you two are a perfect match.
Lu Mingzheng's eyelids twitched, and he gently hung up the phone.
His comrade-in-arms was really simple-minded, but to his surprise, Jiang Ruzhen handled the whole thing really well.
He got his revenge without getting a single drop of blood on him.
He thought he would need to do some cleanup work for her, but unfortunately, he couldn't help much.
But then I thought, even if he did help, people would probably misunderstand him as having ulterior motives.
What else could he possibly want besides her?
I wonder what Jiang Ruzhen has been through in the past, why she is so wary of outsiders?
Even now, that woman still excludes him and shows no sign of getting close to him.
He left in anger, and after all this time, she hasn't even called him to coax this money god.
I don't know when we'll meet again.
Five days later.
The second brother's downstream sales network is already taking shape, and most of the clothes have been sold.
Jiang Ruzhen calculated the total and realized she had earned over ten thousand yuan this time.
I've almost earned back the money I spent on the house.
She needs to go buy more stock, but the shop isn't finished being renovated yet, and Xin Xin is starting school soon, so she has to take her there.
Pack everything up in advance, and leave the shop to the boss.
As for sourcing goods, this time she'll let the second daughter go to Yangcheng alone to try her luck; she won't go see that unlucky person.
But no matter how much she planned, she never expected that she would always run into the people she least wanted to see.
When Jiang Ruzhen and Shen Shuxin were registering at the Capital University, they heard someone calling her from behind.
"Jiang Ruzhen! What a coincidence, you're here to drop your child off at school too?"
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