Chapter 28

There was cash in both small and large denominations, totaling over 100 yuan, and a gold ring.

That was from last year; after so long, Jia Jia Zhangshi must have saved quite a bit more.

Usually, Qin Qin Huairu paid for all the firewood, rice, oil, and salt for the family, and Jia Jia Zhangshi didn't spend a single cent.

Even the medicine Jia Jia Dongxu took was bought by Qin Qin Huairu with borrowed money.

"Qin Qin Huairu, if you dare to give Chen Tian money, I’ll break your legs!"

Jia Jia Dongxu lay on the bed like a dead dog, weak and powerless, yet still threatening Qin Qin Huairu.

Qin Qin Huairu sobbed; she knew that afterward, Jia Jia Zhangshi would definitely beat her.

For the sake of Bang Geng, she had no choice.

Her salary for this month hadn't been paid yet, and she didn't have a single cent on her.

Opening the drawer, Jia Jia Zhangshi’s private stash was indeed still there, and Qin Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief.

With this money, maybe Chen Tian wouldn't let Jia Jia Zhangshi go to jail, and Bang Geng wouldn't be pointed at by others in the future.

"Mom, there is 173 yuan and 40 cents here, and your gold necklace."

"Let’s compensate Chen Tian with this money, I beg you."

Qin Qin Huairu couldn't care less about how Jia Jia Zhangshi would beat her; as long as Bang Geng was fine, she was willing to do anything.

Xu Xu Damao had already revealed that Bang Geng stole things.

If Jia Jia Zhangshi refused to repent, who knew if Chen Tian would vent his anger on Bang Geng.

If Bang Geng was also arrested, his life would truly be ruined.

"Qin Qin Huairu, where did you find this?!"

"This is my retirement money, don't you even think about taking it!"

"You jinx, you’re trying to kill me!"

Jia Jia Zhangshi snatched back her coffin money and clutched it tightly in her hands.

Seeing this, Section Chief Wang lost his patience.

"Enough!"

"Jia Jia Zhangshi, since you refuse to compensate, then go to the police station!"

This farce had lasted for half a day; they couldn't drag it out any longer.

With so many people watching, the efficiency of their Security Section was truly too low.

Several people grabbed Jia Jia Zhangshi again, dragging her like a dead dog.

"If you don't pay, then go to jail."

"I can tell you clearly, for your situation, it’s at least one year to start."

Section Chief Wang wasn't scaring Jia Jia Zhangshi; slandering a national engineer was a major crime.

"Don't, please, don't take me to jail!"

"With my old arms and legs, if I go in, I’ll just be waiting to die!"

"Wuwuwu, I don't want to go to jail!"

Jia Jia Zhangshi was scared and began to cry loudly.

"Hey, I didn't expect this old thing Jia Jia Zhangshi to be so rich."

"See that? Over 170 yuan and a gold ring, that must add up to 300 yuan, right?"

"And with that, she still cries poor all day, saying her life is difficult."

"I remember, Jia Jia Zhangshi just compensated Chen Tian 200 yuan in coffin money yesterday, and she still has money now?"

"200 plus 300, that’s 500 yuan."

"Jia Jia Zhangshi has 500 yuan in coffin money!"

The crowd was extremely surprised; they never expected the Jia family, the poorest in the courtyard, to have so much savings.

Yan Yan Bugui’s eyes widened. He was calculating and frugal, living a tight life, yet he hadn't saved that much money. Jia Jia Zhangshi, who had no salary, actually had so much in savings.

"With so much money, she still asked us to donate. Jia Jia Zhangshi, you are truly shameless."

"I remember, our family alone donated to the Jia family three times, totaling 5 yuan!"

"Exactly, First Uncle also kept calling on us to help the Jia family and often organized fundraisers!"

"I think our donations were all pocketed by Jia Jia Zhangshi!"

"Old Yi is really something; did he collude with Jia Jia Zhangshi to scam us?"

"Look at how fat she and Bang Geng are; you can tell she eats meat often!"

Third Aunt and Second Aunt were furious.

Their families were also struggling, but they had donated several times.

Second Aunt had donated about 5 yuan in total.

Third Aunt had donated less, but still two yuan.

Now, everyone had finally seen the true face of the Jia family.

Along with it, they also felt dissatisfied with Yi Yi Zhonghai, accusing him of colluding with Jia Jia Zhangshi to cheat them of their money.

Yi Yi Zhonghai hadn't expected Jia Jia Zhangshi to be so rich; he had been deceived too.

"Section Chief Wang, I admit my mistake, I am willing to pay!"

Jia Jia Zhangshi finally caved; she didn't want to be taken to jail.

Watching Section Chief Wang take away her coffin money, Jia Jia Zhangshi’s heart was bleeding.

"It’s all Chen Tian’s fault, you bastard, I want to kill you."

Jia Jia Zhangshi hated Chen Tian to the core and wanted to pounce on him and bite him to death.

Chen Tian didn't expect Jia Jia Zhangshi to still have money, which surprised him.

"Yo, Jia Jia Zhangshi, I didn't expect you to be quite rich."

Chen Tian’s eyes were playful.

"However, I think you heard wrong; I said 800 yuan."

"This little bit of money, how much is it?"

"I think you should just go to jail." Chen Tian said lightly.

He didn't care for this little money; he just wanted Jia Jia Zhangshi to be punished.

Jia Jia Zhangshi’s face looked as ugly as if her father had died.

"Qin Qin Huairu, hurry and think of a way!"

"You useless thing, if you don't get the money, I’ll be taken to jail!" Jia Jia Zhangshi could only rely on Qin Qin Huairu.

Knowing Qin Qin Huairu had no money and still asking her to scrape it together meant she wanted her to go borrow it.

However, Jia Jia Zhangshi wouldn't be the one to ask.

She wouldn't be the one to pay it back.

Qin Qin Huairu was helpless and could only walk toward Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu didn't know when he had snuck up and hidden in the crowd.

"Brother Zhuzi, sister begs you, can you lend sister some money?"

Sha Zhu’s face was bitter; he knew Qin Qin Huairu would definitely ask him to borrow money.

In the past, every time Qin Qin Huairu borrowed money, he could take the opportunity to take advantage of her, touch her hands, hug her waist, and so on.

One was willing to give, and the other was willing to take.

However, he had lent Qin Qin Huairu quite a bit of money over the last two days, and he didn't expect to get it back.

Now Qin Qin Huairu was asking him to borrow money again; she was treating him like a sucker.

Sha Zhu was a bit unhappy.

Seeing Sha Zhu’s reluctance, Qin Qin Huairu gritted her teeth, leaned close to Sha Zhu, and whispered: "Brother Zhuzi, as long as you lend sister the money, sister will definitely repay you well in the future."

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu’s eyes lit up.

He had been craving Qin Qin Huairu for more than a day or two; hearing her say this, he was incredibly excited.

"Sister Qin, wait a moment."

Sha Zhu ran home, and after a while, brought out an envelope.

"Sister Qin, this is the money I saved to get a wife, I’ll lend it to you first." Sha Zhu took a large stack of bills from the envelope and counted them; it was 400 yuan in total. ===== CHAPTER 68 =====