LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 28: Chapter 28: Melee
Zhao Yonglan couldn't believe her ears.
She asked in disbelief: "You mean you want me to leave here, right?"
Zhu Yuemei was not after Zhao Yonglan's few kilograms of grains, she was after Zhao Yonglan's money and bills. Ever since Zhao Yonglan came to her house, she had been borrowing money from Zhao Yonglan under various pretexts.
She first borrowed a few yuan, but later she realized that Zhao Yonglan was so easy to cheat, and she felt sorry for herself if she didn't lend her more. So her appetite grew bigger and bigger, and she borrowed more and more, and in one month she borrowed about 200 yuan. Later, she borrowed from Zhao Yonglan twice, but Zhao Yonglan didn't lend her money back. Zhu Yuemei was basically sure that she had taken all of Zhao Yonglan's money.
Zhu Yuemei was particularly proud. Two hundred yuan, not counting the candies and tickets that Zhao Yonglan gave her in bits and pieces. These precious things were the only time in Zhu Yuemei's life that she had held them in her hands.
With these two hundred yuan, Zhu Yuemei's status in the family has been particularly high recently, and her daughter-in-law Sun Xiaojuan no longer dares to argue with her.
Zhu Yuemei lived a very comfortable life, so comfortable that she no longer wanted to serve Zhao Yonglan, a bad-tempered and spoiled educated youth.
"You said that yourself, I didn't say that."
Zhao Yonglan looked at Zhu Yuemei's shameless appearance and was furious: "Then you return the money I lent you, and also give me back the food I brought and the bills I lent you."
Zhao Yonglan was not happy during the days she lived with Zhu Yuemei. Zhu Yuemei's family was large, with a lot of sons, grandchildren and daughters. Zhu Yuemei was stingy and cooked just the right amount of food, so no one could eat more. As an educated youth living with her, she didn't have to fight with others for food, but she had to order the dishes.
Sometimes she snatched too much and was mocked openly or secretly by Sun Xiaojuan's youngest daughter Su Guixiang. Zhao Yonglan was never one to tolerate insults. When Su Guixiang mocked her, she would get angry and curse back on the spot. As a result, her popularity in the Su family was basically gone.
Zhu Yuemei was the only one in the Su family who treated her well. Every time she had a dispute with someone from the Su family, Zhu Yuemei stood on her side. Zhao Yonglan was very grateful to her, so gradually, she began to listen to Zhu Yuemei's words.
But her attitude changed since Zhu Yuemei failed to borrow money from her three days ago. When Su Xi's family mocked her, she stopped helping her and even stood on the Su family's side to accuse her.
Zhao Yonglan had never thought of herself as stupid, but after experiencing all that happened with the Su family, Zhao Yonglan felt like a big fool. She believed Zhu Yuemei's nice words and thought that living with her family was a very good choice.
Because the Su family isolated her, Zhu Yuemei just tried to win her over a little, and she was grateful to Zhu Yuemei.
Zhao Yonglan had never suffered such a big loss before, except from Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei.
She would not live with the village party secretary's family, but the village party secretary's family must return her things if they took them from her. She was the only one who took advantage of others and borrowed money from others without paying it back. When had she ever suffered such a loss?
There is no reason to let the duck fly away after it is in hand. Zhu Yuemei is a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water. Zhao Yonglan is a yellow-haired girl in her teens who has no relatives or friends in Liushugou. Isn't it easy for her to control her?
Besides, she had no intention of paying back the money she borrowed from Zhao Yonglan from the moment she borrowed it. Why should she pay back the money she borrowed with her own ability? If she wanted to blame someone, she should blame Zhao Yonglan's parents for giving her so much money, and also blame Zhao Yonglan herself for being stupid and believing whatever she said.
She is kind-hearted. She taught Zhao Yonglan a lesson today. So that she will not be so stupid when encountering problems in the future.
"Xiao Zhao, we agreed on this when we borrowed the money. Now I don't have the money. You have to wait until after the autumn harvest to pay you back. I have spent all the money I borrowed from you before. Now you come to ask me for it. Isn't that asking for my life?"
"Xiao Zhao, I don't believe in people like you. Why don't you say anything that's reliable? We agreed to return it after the autumn harvest, but you suddenly did this. Aren't you asking me to be separated from you?"
The Su family was going to hold a wedding, especially for Su Yang, the most promising eldest grandson, so the Su family wanted to make it a big one. Not only did they book a good table, but they also gave the best gifts of the era, after all, the grandson's wife's family background was really good. If Su Yang hadn't been a classmate of hers, this golden phoenix would never have landed on the windowsill of the Su family.
The wedding arrangements had used up all of the Su family's savings. Zhu Yuemei had not yet touched the money she had borrowed from Zhao Yonglan. This was the only money left in her Su family, and she had to keep it for emergencies. Besides, her youngest son hadn't gotten married yet, so he would need a dowry to find a wife. What would her youngest son use to marry a wife if she paid back the money?
"Then let's go find the team leader and ask for an advance. Pay me back the money you owe me first, and then your family can settle the accounts with the team leader after the autumn harvest." Zhao Yonglan refused to give in. Zhu Yuemei's attitude made her realize that if she couldn't get the money back today, then in the future the money would be like throwing meat buns at a dog, and it would never come back once it was gone.
Zhao Yonglan had never been so clear-headed.
Zhu Yuemei's expression changed immediately: "Xiao Zhao, how can you be so vicious? I borrowed your money and I'm going to return it to you. Is it necessary to make a scene in front of the team leader? Your uncle is still the village secretary. He said he would return the money to you after the autumn harvest. Why are you so persistent?"
Zhu Yuemei had a shrill voice, and her high pitch attracted the attention of all the neighbors.
The lack of entertainment made everyone smell the scent of gossip, and one by one they ran out of their rooms and came to Zhao Yonglan's house, telling each other the story, each more excited than the other.
Xu Dazui also heard about it. Seeing Zhao Yonglan, a female educated youth, standing in the yard confronting Zhu Yuemei, she turned around and went to the educated youth site.
The atmosphere at the educated youth site was very harmonious.
They haven't had a good meal for a long time.
Jiang Youtao and Li Yunying are good cooks. Jiang Youtao fried peppers and potatoes with pork, and Li Yunying stewed two fish with soybean paste.
Zhao Rongguang contributed a bottle of wine that he had kept for a long time. During the meal, he ate meat and drank wine, and he was sweating all over.
Xu Dazui arrived at this time. When he saw the fish and meat on the table, he subconsciously swallowed his saliva.
No wonder the stingy Zhu Yuemei wanted to live with Zhao Yonglan. These educated youth were rich and had a good life.
"Hey, don't eat anymore, hurry to the Village Secretary's house. Zhao Yonglan and Zhu Yuemei are arguing. Zhu Yuemei is not a good woman. Zhao Yonglan will definitely get beaten soon."
The festive atmosphere was swept away, and everyone looked at each other. Finally, Wang Shanxi stood up first and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Wang Shanxi had some appeal among the educated youth, and after he said that, everyone decided to go.
They had only eaten the bellies of the two fish and had not yet turned the other side over. They had only eaten half of the stir-fried pork with chili and the meat-and-potato chips, and there were still a few sips of white wine left in their respective teacups.
Wang Shanxi said: "Jiang Youtao, Gu Nianwei, we will make up for your happy housewarming when we come back."
"It's okay. We don't care about this. Let's go." Jiang Youtao had the best relationship with Xu Dazui. She walked to Xu Dazui and asked as she walked out with him, "Aunt Xu, what's going on? Why are they arguing?"
Although Xu Dazui was not present at the scene of the quarrel between Zhu Yuemei and Zhao Yonglan, he could guess the reason for the quarrel: "What else could it be? Zhu Yuemei took all of Comrade Zhao's money and wanted to kick her out of the house."
Zhu Yuemei is particularly good at crossing a river and then destroying the bridge.
The educated youth didn't know about her borrowing money from Zhao Yonglan, but the people in the village had heard about it.
"The Su family's brats are not careful with their mouths. The news that Comrade Zhao lent money to their family has long been spread everywhere. Zhao Yonglan's teammate, Zhao Si's wife, tried to persuade her, but she didn't listen. She even scolded Zhao Si's wife, who was so angry that she didn't want to talk to her anymore."
The villagers discussed the gossip about the educated youth behind their backs. Seeing that Jiang Youtao and Zhao Yonglan did not have a good relationship, Xu Dazui and the others did not discuss it in front of her.
Jiang Youtao and others looked at each other. They knew that Zhao Yonglan was not very happy eating at the Su's house, and they also knew that she had conflicts with the Su's family, but they had never thought that she would lend money to Zhu Yuemei's family.
Li Yunying asked Zhang Huihui: "Do you know about Zhao Yonglan lending money?"
Zhang Huihui nodded: "I know. She asked me to lend her money a few days ago, and she told me after I asked her."
Ever since Zhang Huihui was unwilling to lend money to Zhao Yonglan, Zhao Yonglan has ignored her for several days.
Zhang Huihui was too lazy to publicize the fact that she borrowed money.
"Then do you know how much it is?" Li Yunying thought, if it's a thirty or forty yuan, she can just ask Secretary Su directly. Secretary Su has a salary and can always pay her back. Borrowing thirty or fifty yuan is also okay. When the time comes, she can go to the brigade and the brigade will advance the Su family's public cents. After the autumn harvest, she can reconcile with Secretary Su's family.
"She brought more than 200 yuan with her when she went to the countryside, and she lent it all out." Zhang Huihui's words made everyone stop and Xu Dazui couldn't even close his mouth.
"More than two hundred! Oh my God, I've never seen so much money in my life." One pound of work is only a few cents, and farmers can only earn a little over ten cents after a hard day's work in the fields. In their eyes, those who can have more than 20 yuan left after calculating work points at the end of the year are considered wealthy families.
More than two hundred yuan, they have to save it for several years! Xu Dazui is already 52 years old and has never seen so much money.
Zhu Yuemei is really brave. She really dares to accept so much money.
Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei got to know Zhao Yonglan better: "Is she a fool? How dare she lend so much money?"
The salary of a temporary worker is 18.5 yuan, and 200 yuan is a temporary worker's annual salary.
Gu Nianwei rubbed her head and said, "It's over. It will be hard to get this money back."
With so much money in hand, anyone who is not stupid will not return the money as soon as possible.
Li Yunying and Wang Shanxi looked at each other, both of them looked very serious. Liu Yingjun walked a few steps forward to Zhang Huihui's side and said to her in a very low voice: "In the future, if Zhao Yonglan asks you to lend her money, don't lend it to her, not even a penny."
Zhang Huihui hadn't planned to lend it in the first place: "I know."
Liu Yingjun nodded, and as he was speaking, a group of people arrived at Secretary Su's house.
As expected, Zhao Yonglan and Zhu Yuemei started fighting. She was no match for Zhu Yuemei, and Zhu Yuemei rode on her and pinned her to the ground, pulling her hair and pinching her.
Zhao Yonglan changed her crying personality. She didn't cry even though her eyes were red from the pain. Instead, she took advantage of every opportunity to fight Zhu Yuemei. Some of the onlookers wanted to stop the fight, but were stopped by Zhu Yuemei's daughter-in-law, Sun Xiaojuan.
Jiang Youtao and others looked at Zhao Yonglan being slapped in the face again, and they became angry.
Li Yunying pushed through the crowd and rushed forward. Sun Xiaojuan's daughter Su Guixiang rushed over to stop her, but she slapped her aside.
Su Guixiang screamed, and Sun Xiaojuan was also unhappy to see her daughter being beaten.
"You little bitch, how dare you hit my daughter." As she said that, she rushed over. Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei rushed to the battlefield, and the two sides fought together.
Gu Nianwei and Li Yunying are both skilled in martial arts, and Sun Xiaojuan, Su Guixiang and their brothers and sisters are no match for them.
Jiang Youtao looked left and right, ran behind Zhu Yuemei who was riding on Zhao Yonglan, grabbed the bun on her head and pulled it back. Zhu Yuemei screamed in pain and her hands uncontrollably let go of Zhao Yonglan's hair.
Zhao Yonglan was free. She looked at Jiang Youtao twice, blinked back the tears that welled up in her eyes, and with an effort, she flipped Zhu Yuemei over. She then rode on Zhu Yuemei's body and slapped her twice with both hands.
"You fucking owe me money, not me fucking owe you money! Why are you so fucking arrogant? Huh? You beat me up just because I said I was going to the commune to file a complaint?"
"I'm telling you, you old bitch, this matter is not over today. I must sue this case. If the commune doesn't care, I'll sue the county. If the county doesn't care, I'll sue the city. If the city doesn't care, I'll go to the provincial capital. If the provincial capital still doesn't care, I'll go to the capital. I don't believe that there is no place for reason in this world."
The more Zhao Yonglan spoke, the more aggrieved she felt. She had never been beaten by an outsider since she was a child, but she had been beaten twice in less than two months in the countryside! Last time, she was in the wrong and she was mean, so she accepted when Gu Nianwei had beaten her. But what did she do wrong this time?
She lived with Zhu Yuemei's family, but Zhu Yuemei didn't leave any food for her and even said she wanted her to leave.
It's fine to leave. Zhao Yonglan wasn't bother. Anyway, the food she ate at Su's house wasn't that good. Except for the first few meals that fooled her, it was worse than the food at the educated youth camp.
But they wanter her to leave and didn't return the food she had brought or the money they had taken from her. She got so angry that she said she would complain and beat her. What? The Su family in Liushugou has the final say? The Su family also has the final say in the commune? Zhao Yonglan really didn't believe it.
The villagers who were gossiping and talking just now quieted down after hearing what Zhao Yonglan said.
Over the years, no educated youth in Liushugou has ever said they wanted to file a complaint. When encountering problems, everyone likes to solve them privately and no one would go to the government for help.
Sun Xiaojuan and Su Guixiang stopped after hearing this. Gu Nianwei and Li Yunying took advantage of this opportunity to hit them twice before stopping.
It is said that the police were the last to arrive after the incident. It was the same in Liushugou. The captain and his team arrived only late after the incident had become so chaotic.
Secretary Su was also among them. When he saw the mess in the house, his face turned black.
"What is going on!"
Secretary Su never expected that such a big thing would happen at home just when he was just holding a meeting at the team headquarters.
The captain's face was so dark that it looked like water was about to drip. He said nothing, waiting for everyone to tell him what had happened.
Xu Dazui was the quickest talker, and he told the story in a few words. Especially when she said that Zhu Yuemei had borrowed about 200 yuan from Zhao Yonglan, the onlookers cried out in surprise, looking at Zhao Yonglan as if she were a great idiot, and some greedy people looked at Zhao Yonglan as if they were looking at a shining treasure.
Zhao Yonglan had never felt as ashamed as she did today. The gazes that fell on her were like knives, making her feel extremely suffocated every time.
Secretary Su felt dizzy after Xu Dazui finished speaking: "How much money did you borrow?"
Secretary Su felt that he was getting old and his ears were no longer able to hear clearly. He heard 20 yuan as 200 yuan!
"More than two hundred." Xu Dazui, who was watching the fun, repeated it again.
Secretary Su was sure he had heard correctly this time. He looked at Zhu Yuemei with gritted teeth and said, "Zhu Yuemei!!! You are so brave! Ah! Two hundred yuan, even if you were sold, you wouldn't be worth that much money. How dare you borrow it?!"
Secretary Su knew that Zhu Yuemei had borrowed money from Zhao Yonglan. He thought that with Zhu Yuemei's personality, she would only borrow three or five yuan at most. It wouldn't be a big deal if she borrowed ten or eight yuan, he could pay it back. He really didn't expect Zhu Yuemei's appetite to be so big. More than two hundred yuan, how dare she! And Zhao Yonglan, what kind of a fool is she? How dare she lend two hundred yuan?!
Thinking back to what Xu Dazui said just now, Zhu Yuemei didn't want to serve the educated youth anymore after she emptied their pockets. She wanted to kick them out and not only that, she didn't want to return the money and she didn't even plan to give Zhao Yonglan a food. When Zhao Yonglan said she were going to complain, they beat her up.
Secretary Su felt cold sweat coming out of his back.
He knew that he was finished. He could not continue to sit in the position of village secretary. If Zhao Yonglan was more powerful, he might end up in jail.
Secretary Su is an official-obsessed person who is most proud of his official position. Now that his position is about to be lost, he feels like he has aged ten years in an instant.
His gaze passed over Zhu Yuemei, who was keeping her head down and saying nothing, and looked at his disheveled daughter-in-law, Sun Xiaojuan, then looked at Su Guixiang and her sister beside her, and closed his eyes in grief.
"Comrade Zhao, my family was wrong in this matter. Don't worry, I will return all your money and food tickets to you without missing a cent." He looked at Zhu Yuemei and said, "Zhu Yuemei, I have told you long ago that if I find you trying to take advantage of others, you should go home by yourself. You have caused a big disaster today. Our Su family can no longer tolerate you. You pack up and I will ask the eldest brother to send you back later."
Zhu Yuemei didn't care at first. Her years of experience in making trouble told her that at most she would just be scolded a few times, which was not a big deal. The most beneficial thing was to get all the benefits.
When she heard Secretary Su say that she had gotten into trouble, she raised her head abruptly. When she heard Secretary Su say that he would ask her eldest son to send her home, Zhu Yuemei's face changed. She jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on: "Su Changshan, I knew that you looked down on me since you married me. You wanted to divorce me and let your wild woman take my place, right? I tell you, as long as I am still breathing, you and Zhao Chunhua will never have an open relationship."