After the seventh or eighth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone gradually returned to work.
Song Xinfu and Xu Guiying also returned to work, but Song Jianmin was still preoccupied with the eighty yuan that Zhang Qingli owed him.
That's eighty yuan!
That's enough to cover more than three months of his salary!
Back in October, the old man was unexpectedly hospitalized, and then his second son had an accident. Song Jianmin lost interest in asking for money, and before he knew it, the New Year was over.
Song Jianmin felt he had already given that damned woman Zhang Qingli enough face!
They're all asking for the money after the New Year.
On the eighth day of the lunar new year, Song Jianmin went straight to the Zhang family's house after getting off work.
The Zhang family is now notorious in this area. Everyone in the alley knows that the Zhang family owes money and refuses to pay it back, but they are shameless and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
Che Xiuwen still stubbornly refused to get married and refused to give Zhang Qingli a bride price. Zhang Qingli, heavily pregnant, went to Che Xiuwen's hometown in the countryside to find his parents. His parents didn't care and just said they would listen to Che Xiuwen.
The Che family would rather not give a bride price.
Anyway, Zhang Qingli's belly was already big, and it was impossible for her to abort the child.
Zhang Qingli could only recuperate at home.
With Zhang Hongwei gone, the elderly couple could only keep an eye on Zhang Qingli.
"Zhang Qingli, pay me back!"
"Paying back debts is a matter of course. If you don't pay back your money, I'll come in and take the furniture!"
Song Jianmin called out several times, but no one inside responded. Some people even came from the alley to watch the commotion.
"Young man, you can't call him Zhang's father? He owes me two yuan from the last time we played cards, and he still hasn't paid it back! Do you really expect them to pay you back eighty yuan?!"
"That's right, why don't you just call the police and get the officers to handle it?"
Song Jianmin looked annoyed. He had already asked the police. These were expenses incurred during his relationship with Zhang Qingli. Zhang Qingli hadn't forced Song Jianmin to pay. There was no theft or robbery, so legally he couldn't demand that Zhang Qingli return the money.
However, Song Jianmin was able to resolve the matter privately.
A fire ignited in Song Jianmin's heart, and he kicked open the Zhang family's door.
The people inside were having dinner and were startled.
When the three of them saw Song Jianmin looking like a demon, their hearts skipped a beat. "Song Jianmin, what are you going to do?"
Song Jianmin narrowed his eyes, rushed into the house, and glared fiercely at Old Man Zhang, Old Man Zhang, and Zhang Qingli.
Zhang Qingli's short hair had grown longer, reaching below her earlobes, and her belly had also started to swell.
"Song Jianmin, this is my home, get out of here!"
"Song Jianmin, what's wrong with you?!"
Just then, Song Jianmin suddenly slammed his hand on their dining table, causing the bowls and plates on the table to shake.
"Fine, you three owe me money, yet you're hiding at home eating and drinking like madmen. What's this? Stewed chicken and stewed ribs! When are you going to pay me back?!"
Zhang Qingli's face turned pale. "I have no money, I can't pay it back!"
Song Jianmin sneered, "Fine, if you can't pay back the money, I'll move the furniture and sell it for cash!"
After saying that, Song Jianmin picked up a stool and a radio from the main room, strode out and placed them outside the Zhang family's gate, with Old Man Zhang following behind him with a carrying pole in his hand.
"I'll beat you to death!"
Song Jianmin quickly turned around, raised his hand and grabbed Old Man Zhang's carrying pole. Song Jianmin was tall, strong and powerful. He held the carrying pole and walked towards Old Man Zhang.
Suddenly, Old Man Zhang's eyes lit up.
Song Jianmin knew something was wrong and quickly fell to the ground, crying out, "Help! The Zhang family is beating people! Someone, please help me! Call the police! I'm so scared! Waaaaaah! Please come and help me! My home is in Heping Lane. My name is Song Jianmin, my dad is Song Xinfu, and my mom is Xu Guiying. Please come to my house and call them!"
Old Man Zhang was stunned.
Song Jianmin lay on the ground, still crawling out, with his head sticking out of the Zhang family's gate, as if he had really been seriously injured.
"The Zhang family has truly committed a heinous crime! Quickly, go and save them!"
“Zhang Chengfu, we’ve been neighbors for so many years, and we can’t stand it anymore. This young man has come here so many times asking for money. If you have the money, just give it to him. Why did you have to hit him?”
Old Lady Zhang and Zhang Qingli rushed out of the house.
"Nobody hit him; he just lay down and tried to extort money from people!"
Song Jianmin weakly murmured, "Save me..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Song Jianmin fainted.
"Call the police! Call the police!"
Old Man Zhang couldn't explain himself, and he was about to faint as well. A quick-thinking neighbor exclaimed, "Look, Zhang Chengfu is faking it!"
Zhang Qingli was so angry she wanted to drag Song Jianmin up and beat him up!
"Song Jianmin, you despicable man!"
Before long, the police arrived, and their first words were, "Why is it the Zhang family again?"
Last year, the Zhang family made outstanding contributions to the public security department, so why is it that at the beginning of the new year, the Zhang family is causing trouble again!
Song Jianmin, barely holding on, grabbed the policeman's foot.
"They owe me money and won't pay it back. They even tried to beat me to death. Luckily, I ran fast and only took one blow. Please help me!"
The police officer quickly said, "Help him up!"
"Zhang Chengfu, your family is going too far! Last year, your eldest son bullied Song Jianmin's sister, and now you want to start a fight! It's only February, what are you planning to do next?!"
Zhang Qingli, clutching her stomach, exclaimed, "Oh dear, officer! Song Jianmin came to our house to move some things earlier, but we didn't hit him. He just pretended to faint!"
"Officer, we can testify that what they said is all false!"
“Song Jianmin has been asking for money since last year, and the Zhang family refused to pay, so they went in to move their things.”
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