Chapter 1352: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1352: Borrowing Money Yet Still Deceiving You

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Seeing Wang Yaohua's embarrassed expression, Wang Dashan felt a bit sorry for him.

Although Wang Yaohua had cheated Wang Dashan back when they were at Shanhai Real Estate, no matter what, they were still clan relatives.

On top of that, Wang Dashan was indeed quite well-off right now.

So he thought, if he could help, he would; he simply couldn't be as ruthless as Du Xiaojuan.

"How much is the final payment short on the banquet side?"

Wang Dashan asked.

Wang Yaohua said:

"Still short fifty thousand."

Wang Dashan didn't think much about it and directly transferred fifty thousand yuan to Wang Yaohua on WeChat.

After all, fifty thousand yuan, to him now, was practically a drop in the bucket.

Wang Yaohua took the money, his eyes red, face full of gratitude:

"Younger Cousin, thank you so much! When I have money later, I'll definitely pay you back at the first opportunity!"

Wang Dashan patted Wang Yaohua's shoulder:

"Older Cousin, I believe you'll definitely make it big in the future; this bit of money of mine, I'm in no rush to get back!"

A smile appeared on Wang Yaohua's face; amid his delight, he also felt some regret in his heart.

He also hadn't expected that Wang Dashan would lend him fifty thousand so readily!

In fact, the matter of him cheating Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai at Shanhai Real Estate years ago, he had always remembered, and felt very guilty about it in his heart, felt he had no face to see Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai, and was also afraid they still held a grudge, so these years he had rarely taken the initiative to contact Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai.

This time opening his mouth to borrow money, he had done a great deal of mental preparation before he mustered the courage to take this step.

He had already prepared himself psychologically to be refused by Wang Dashan.

He never expected Wang Dashan would actually agree to lend him fifty thousand so readily!

One can only say, when a person has money, they become generous!

Since Wang Dashan was this generous, he should have opened his mouth to borrow a bit more, say eighty thousand or a hundred thousand, so that his financial situation could ease some pressure.

Outsiders might not know how much financial resources Wang Yaohua exhausted to marry Li Yuncui.

Before, his parents, to help him find a partner, bought him a car!

Buying this car already saddled him with a loan!

Later he forcibly scraped together another hundred thousand yuan as bride price for Li Yuncui!

His family's money was completely drained!

Anyone who's been married knows the expenses needed for a wedding are not just the bride price money alone.

Hosting the banquet also requires a large sum.

If one needs to arrange a slightly better wedding process, needs to take wedding photos and such, that also costs a lot of money!

Fortunately, Li Yuncui and her parents had no demands on this.

But to save face, Wang Yaohua still found a hotel in the county town to host the banquet, rather than hosting a flowing water banquet in Shanggou Village.

His family in Shanggou Village hadn't built a new house, and the old house had been unoccupied for a long time.

So if they were to host the banquet in Shanggou Village, they could only go to Li Yuncui's family to host it, or borrow his uncle Wang Zhanggen's villa to host it.

Whichever situation, it would make him, Wang Yaohua, look very incapable.

If the son is incapable, that shows the parents are also incapable.

So it wasn't just Wang Yaohua who didn't want to return to the village to host the banquet; Wang Zhangtian and Zhao Lifen, the couple, also didn't want their son to return to Shanggou Village to host the banquet.

But hosting the banquet in the county town, their small property rights house didn't have as spacious a place as the countryside for them to host the banquet.

So, gritting their teeth, they could only bite the bullet and go book a banquet at an outside hotel.

As for the money not being enough, they'd not think about it for now, take it one step at a time.

Wang Yaohua thought in his heart, if he couldn't borrow money from Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai, he'd have to go borrow from online lending.

He wasn't unaware that online lending is a bottomless pit.

But if it really came to that step, he could only do that.

Fortunately, Wang Dashan was straightforward enough, keeping him from stepping into that bottomless pit.

This is also why he was full of gratitude toward Wang Dashan.

On the way back, Wang Xiaohua drove, Gu Wenqing sat in the passenger seat, Wang Dashan and Li Xiulan sat in the back.

As for Zhang Yueran and Wang Erhai, they were in another car.

"Dashan, what did Wang Yaohua say to you just now?"

Li Xiulan suddenly asked this.

Wang Dashan didn't think much and truthfully said:

"Older Cousin borrowed fifty thousand from me; he said the final payment for the banquet is still short fifty thousand."

Li Xiulan's face immediately showed surprise:

"You lent it to him?"

Wang Dashan said:

"I lent it; after all, we're brothers, when there's difficulty we help each other out."

Li Xiulan was not too willing, and said coldly:

"When our family was in trouble back then, why didn't his parents help out?"

Li Xiulan had some misgivings toward her elder brother Wang Zhangtian and eldest sister-in-law Zhao Lifen.

In the past, she raised three children alone, suffering terribly; Wang Zhangtian and Zhao Lifen lived decently in County Town, but never came to ask after them.

Wang Dashan said instead:

"Mom, those are things of the past; why bring up the good stuff?"

Li Xiulan didn't want to bring it up either; she didn't want to recall those bitter days, only wanting to live the sweet days of the present.

"You mustn't lend Wang Yaohua money anymore; if he can't even scrape together the marriage money, then don't hold the wedding ceremony!"

Li Xiulan was reluctant to spend money on herself, so naturally she was even more unwilling to lend money to others to spend.

Wang Dashan gave a perfunctory laugh:

"I know, I know; I have my own sense of proportion."

Wang Xiaohua, who was driving, said at this moment:

"Big Brother, I'm afraid you haven't thought this matter through deeply; your cousin deceived you."

"What?" Wang Dashan was stunned.

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Let me do the math for you; your cousin booked twenty tables for the wedding feast, right?"

Wang Dashan nodded:

"Right, he said twenty tables."

Wang Xiaohua said:

"I remember your cousin mentioned it once; his wedding feast was 998 yuan per table, let's just call it one thousand per table; even at the most, that's only twenty thousand yuan, so how could the balance possibly be short fifty thousand?"

Hearing this, Wang Dashan was speechless for a moment.

Yeah, why hadn't he thought of this?

It could only be said that his mind was too straightforward.

Plus, he was never good at math.

And fifty thousand yuan really wasn't a large sum to him.

So under multiple factors, he didn't think much about it and just lent fifty thousand yuan to Wang Yaohua.

Actually, Wang Yaohua hadn't expected Wang Dashan to lend so much; he mentioned fifty thousand so he could negotiate the number down afterward, thinking Wang Dashan wouldn't lend fifty thousand, wouldn't lend fifty thousand, then forty thousand, thirty thousand, twenty thousand—he'd surely lend something.

He had left himself some room for negotiation, never expecting Wang Dashan to agree so readily.

"Big Brother, lending this bit of money to your cousin is no big deal, but him borrowing money from you and then deceiving you—that's a bit hard to evaluate."

Wang Dashan could only smile bitterly:

"Forget it, forget it; the money's already lent, we can't go ask for it back now, can we?"

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Just consider it buying a lesson; next time you run into something similar, don't agree so hastily."

Wang Dashan nodded:

"Mm, I know."

Being lectured by his own Third Brother, he couldn't quite save face.

Then he thought: if Du Xiaojuan found out about this, Du Xiaojuan would probably give him a good scolding again.

So he hurriedly said:

"You all mustn't tell Xiao Juan that I lent fifty thousand yuan to Wang Yaohua, or there'll be more arguing!"

Wang Xiaohua laughed:

"I know, Big Brother; I won't say anything."

Li Xiulan said instead:

"You should let Xiao Juan manage things more; otherwise, the money at home will all be squandered by you!"