What's more, the little girl of the An family is completely hopeless and her life is miserable just to watch her.
Lu Zhiye followed the address they gave him and went all the way to the west of the city. When he arrived at the place where the daughter of the An family was, he subconsciously disguised himself.
The houses here are completely different from those where Chen Dequan lives, and all kinds of smells waft through the alleys.
The most unpleasant smell was the smell of sewage on the road. There were several people sitting in front of every household, holding bowls, eating and chatting.
The noisy and harsh sounds seemed common in this small alley.
The sounds of a man beating and scolding and a woman crying coming from the innermost house were seemingly inaudible to the people around.
As soon as Lu Zhiye stepped into the alley, many people's eyes fell on him.
The aunts looked at this black boy curiously to see where he came from.
The alleys are always bustling, and they know exactly which relatives come to visit.
The young man was tall and had a cold and stern face. To be honest, they had never seen him before.
An auntie held the bowl with one hand, pushed the chopsticks onto her thumb, and looked at Lu Zhiye with a smile: "Whose family is this comrade from?
I haven't seen you before, are you here to visit your relatives?"
A smile appeared on Lu Zhiye's dark face, and the aunt's mouth twitched: My child, half of his body is buried in the earth, but I have never seen such a dark person, and when he smiles, you can see his teeth are shiny white.
"Aunt, I'm looking for Hu Ermaizi. He owes me a lot of money. My family members are asking for it, so I came here."
When the people around him heard that he was looking for Hu Ermaizi, they all lost interest.
When they heard that they were here to collect debts, some of the timid ones even put away their bowls and turned back home.
The aunt who spoke at the beginning put the bowl on the steps, walked to Lu Zhiye's side secretly, and whispered: "Are you here to collect the debt? Then you have to go quickly.
Several groups of people have come to collect debts in the past few days. I heard that he is about to pawn his wife off.
If you don’t go now, you won’t get anything.”
The aunt shook her head as she spoke: "Oh, what a sin! The one from Hu Ermaizi's family is usually very nimble.
It’s a pity that I was born in a poor family and had to have such a husband, alas…”
As his aunt sighed, Lu Zhiye walked towards the innermost house.
Before coming here, he had already inquired about Hu Ermaizi. Although his family was extremely poor, they still couldn't resist him and went to live in the alleys.
There have been gamblers in every era. Once addicted to this thing, they always think that they will turn the tables in the next hand. When they run out of money, they borrow money. In the end, they lose everything.
Whenever he lost money, he always thought that the woman in his family had brought bad luck upon him, and he would hit his wife.
So life is not easy for the daughter of the An family.
Watching Lu Zhiye walking forward, the aunt rolled her eyes and secretly followed him.
Many people quietly poked their heads out of their doorsteps. If they said they were not curious, that would be a lie.
But most people are afraid of bringing trouble upon themselves. Previously, a group of people came to collect debts, and Hu Ermaizi was so scared that he pushed his wife out and said that he would use his wife to pay off the debt.
There was an older sister who was on good terms with his wife. She couldn't stand it and stepped forward to say a few words.
I was pushed down by the debt collector and have been lying in bed unable to get up ever since.
Who would dare to join in the fun now?
As soon as Lu Zhiye walked to the door, he heard the man's angry scolding from inside: "Cry, cry, cry, you just cry every day, I lose every day because of you crying.
I raise a chicken and it lays eggs, but you, after all these years of marriage, can't even give birth to a child.
Bah, if I hadn’t pulled you over there, you would have died long ago.
Why are you pretending to be a chaste woman here?"
Along with the sound of a chair falling to the ground, Lu Zhiye kicked the door open.
He then closed the door to block the onlookers.
The aunt who followed closely behind was frustrated and went to climb over the wall cursing.
"Who are you?"
Hu Ermaizi looked over with a wary look on his face. Their yard was quite big, but there were many people living there.
There were five families living there, and the other four had their doors closed. From the dark shadows on the windows, it was not difficult to guess that they were all leaning against the windows to watch the fun.
"Who am I? Hu Ermaizi, you owe so much money, don't you even recognize your creditor?
Our eldest brother said that if you don’t pay back the money, he will destroy your house, and your hands…”
Lu Zhiye's gaze was fixed on Hu Ermazi's hand holding the wooden stick, and his meaning was very clear.
If you don’t pay me back, you can forget about my hand.
Hu Ermazi, who had been showing off in front of An Ping, was now like a cat seeing a mouse. He shrank his body and walked forward with a flattering smile.
"Brother, I will pay it back, I will definitely pay it back.
I don't know what your name is? Come, come, sit down and have a glass of water. "
As he laughed, he took out a cigarette from his pocket that he hadn't seen for who knows how long. The cigarette had a damp and disgusting smell.
Lu Zhiye waved his cigarette aside with some disgust, stretched out his long legs, and hooked a bench over.
Hu Ermaizi hurriedly pulled up his sleeves and wiped the bench vigorously.
"Please sit down, please sit down..."
Hu Ermaizi nodded and pointed at the stool.
Lu Zhiye lowered his eyes, sat down with an indifferent look on his face, and propped one foot on the bench: "What do you mean, where's the money?"
He glanced to the side and saw the woman huddled in a corner, her shoulders shaking.
Occasionally a few whimpering sounds made Hu Ermazi frown impatiently.
"Brother, the money has been taken away by others, but I am already trying to find a way to pay it back. Please give me two more days.
Just two days, I will definitely get the money in two days..."
He spoke with such confidence that not only Lu Zhiye, but even the people lying on the wall watching the fun were curious about where Hu Ermaizi got the money from.
Seeing Lu Zhiye's cold face and silence, Hu Ermaizi asked timidly, "I wonder which family you are here to collect the debt from."
Lu Zhiye sneered: "Which family? Do you know, Master Jiu? That's my eldest brother."
Hu Ermaizi's heart skipped a beat. Jiu Ye was the person in charge of the black market. How could the small amount of money he owed alarm him?
Seeing Hu Ermaizi's doubtful expression, Lu Zhiye kicked the stool impatiently: "Can you give me the money? Give me a definite answer.
I came alone today, but I won’t be here next time.”
When Hu Ermaizi heard what he said, he didn't bother to think about it. He turned his head to look at the woman in the corner, gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and said, "I'll give her to you."
After thinking for a while, he came close to Lu Zhiye and said, "Go back and talk to Master Jiu, we will give her to you as collateral, and our debt will be written off.
As for how much you can pry out of her mouth, that depends on your ability."
He spoke in a very low voice, and the aunts on the wall pricked up their ears but didn't hear a word, and were so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks.
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