Chapter 280

"You're already at such an old age, and you've squandered all your money. You don't think about how to live your life, and you still want to bother with Sha Zhu's business!"

"Don't you know what kind of person Sha Zhu is? If he knew how to be grateful, it would be a miracle in the courtyard!"

Clearly, after Yi Yi Zhonghai returned, he had been nagging about Sha Zhu in front of his wife.

Yi Yi Zhonghai was still thinking about letting Sha Zhu support him in his old age, hesitating whether he should help Sha Zhu find a way.

But how could his wife listen to such words? Now that their own house was almost unable to make ends meet, how could she spare the energy to save Sha Zhu?

"Why are you so angry? I'm just trying to find a way, that's why I'm talking about Sha Zhu's business!"

"Yes, if he is the only person in the courtyard who has hope of supporting us in our old age, and it's already come to this point!"

"I've already spent over 1,000 yuan, and my relationship with Sha Zhu has finally eased up a bit. I can't let that 1,000 yuan go to waste!"

Yi Yi Zhonghai was clearly unwilling to give up. He had spent over 1,000 yuan, originally thinking that after his relationship with Sha Zhu improved, he would be willing to support him in his old age.

"Can you be a bit more clear-headed, Yi Yi Zhonghai? Do you think that if you save someone like Sha Zhu, he will be grateful to you?"

"You couldn't even see a shadow of him for ten years. Do you know what he did during those ten years!"

"If you have the spare time to manage Sha Zhu, you might as well think about how to get some money back from Xu Xu Damao!"

"Stop nagging about Sha Zhu every day. We'll talk about old age later. Now we can't even eat. Can you think clearly about the things in your head!"

His wife was truly on the verge of a breakdown. She didn't know which nerve Yi Yi Zhonghai had misfired, but he was actually still thinking about saving Sha Zhu.

Their own lives were a mess, and they didn't even know where tomorrow's meal would come from!

It had already reached this point, yet Yi Yi Zhonghai couldn't find the point at all!

"I didn't mean it that way. I didn't say I wouldn't get the money back. I'm also thinking of a way!"

"I'm not going to the Pigeon Market to pay for Sha Zhu. Where would we get the money to help him pay!"

"I'm just going to do a favor, let Sha Zhu remember our kindness. The money has already been spent, you can't let this little hope for old age be destroyed!"

Yi Yi Zhonghai was also stubborn. Seeing that his wife was unwilling to give money, Yi Yi Zhonghai could only give up this idea.

However, Yi Yi Zhonghai still thought about going to the Pigeon Market. Although he couldn't come up with money, he still had to do the favor!

But it was fortunate that Yi Yi Zhonghai went, otherwise, Sha Zhu, who was now unconscious in the trash heap next to the Pigeon Market, didn't know if he would be able to hold on.

And Xu Xu Damao was now in a state of anxiety. From yesterday until now, he truly couldn't eat or sleep.

He had invested all the money he had earned over the years, especially his gold watch and leather bag, all wasted on Sha Zhu and Yi Yi Zhonghai.

Now that he hadn't earned a single cent back, all his valuable things had been pawned!

He had now found out clearly that originally, this private boat shouldn't have had any problems.

After all, although the investigation was strict now, it hadn't been implemented in a specific direction, so everyone usually avoided it here.

But this time, his boat was investigated entirely because someone was behind it!

And that person was the most mysterious character in Sijiucheng now, Chen Tian.

Xu Xu Damao had spent a lot of favors and costs to find out that it was Chen Tian who had taken action, which was why all of Xu Xu Damao's things had been confiscated.

"That damn Chen Tian! Why did he hand over all my things? I clearly haven't offended him at all over the years!"

"What is going on? After that incident ten years ago, I lived in fear every day. Even as my business grew bigger and bigger, I never went to find him!"

"Why does he look at me with displeasure? Where did I offend him!"

Xu Xu Damao was so angry inside, knowing that he was now absolutely no match for Chen Tian!

He also couldn't figure out why Chen Tian would target him for no reason.

However, he seemed to remember the sentence Lou Lou Xiaoe said when he went to find her before.

Lou Lou Xiaoe had also warned him, telling him it would be useless to regret it later. Now it seemed to have been completely verified!

"Damn Lou Lou Xiaoe, it must be you who caused trouble inside. Your family is already so powerful, and you've even curried favor with Chen Tian!"

"I just asked you to do me a favor, and you actually thought about taking revenge like this. Just wait for me, this matter won't end like this!"

"I don't believe it. None of the Lou family's boats have any problems. I don't believe there is anyone in this day and age who is clean when doing business!"

Xu Xu Damao didn't dare to go find Chen Tian to say anything, knowing that with his current appearance, Chen Tian wouldn't even see him...

Thinking about continuing, Xu Xu Damao actually wanted to start from the Lou family's boat.

Now that the economy was taking off and the country was vigorously supporting the individual economy, those with selfish motives had made no small amount of money by exploiting loopholes in the rules.

Xu Xu Damao truly didn't believe that the Lou family, relying on such a big tree as Chen Tian, wouldn't use special privileges to seek benefits for themselves.

Xu Xu Damao was also prepared to start from the Lou family in the next few days, determined to get hold of Lou Lou Xiaoe's handle.

By then, he might still have a chance to get this batch of goods back, otherwise, he would never be able to stand up again in his life!

After all, the news of Xu Xu Damao's private boat being investigated had already spread throughout Sijiucheng.

Xu Xu Damao's down-and-out appearance was completely a case of "when the wall falls, everyone pushes it." It was impossible for anyone to lend him money to do business again!

However, the idea he had was entirely his own death wish. Now running to Lou Lou Xiaoe's house to cause trouble was truly brain-dead!

If he didn't find anything on the Lou family's boat and dared to use some poisonous schemes, he would truly have no way to survive.

Night.

There were quite a few people in the courtyard who came out to chat; there had truly been quite a few things happening in the last two days!

Ever since Sha Zhu, Liu Liu Haizhong, and Jia Jia Zhangshi returned to the courtyard, there had been no more peaceful days in the courtyard!

Every day, it was either Xu Xu Damao shouting and telling others to do business with him, or Yi Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu daydreaming there!

Now, so many unidentified Pigeon Market personnel had come, and they had even dragged Sha Zhu away!

Even the warehouse where Sha Zhu lived had been occupied by Jia Jia Zhangshi's family!

"Sha Zhu only owed 200 yuan, right? Do they really want to take Sha Zhu and chop off his fingers?"

"Logically speaking, I remember that although usury rolls over and owes a lot, it's impossible to be so heavy-handed all of a sudden!"

"Yes, I remember that there are people nearby who have seen usury in the Pigeon Market. If you can't pay back the money, at most someone will come to your house to ask, and then ask for some interest. After all, your home is here and you can't run away!"

"The money he borrowed is no less than Sha Zhu's, so why is it that when it comes to Sha Zhu, they have to chop off his fingers?"

The crowd was also a bit confused as to why the people in the Pigeon Market were so strict with Sha Zhu.

After all, chopping off fingers at every turn was truly a bit scary!

"Who knows what Sha Zhu did himself? Maybe he owes more than just this 200 yuan in the Pigeon Market!"

"With Sha Zhu's brain being short of a string, he probably offended someone and doesn't even know it!"

While the crowd was still discussing, Yi Yi Zhonghai was also supporting Sha Zhu back to the courtyard.

When Yi Yi Zhonghai went, he was still unconscious, and Yi Yi Zhonghai spent quite a while before Sha Zhu was called awake.

At this moment, Sha Zhu's face was pale, and clearly, the bandaged wound hadn't completely stopped the bleeding!

If Yi Yi Zhonghai had gone half an hour later, even if Sha Zhu didn't lose his life, he would have gone into shock!

"Yi Yi Zhonghai, you actually really ran to the Pigeon Market to save Sha Zhu? You didn't pay the money for Sha Zhu, did you? I remember you also invested over 1,000 yuan before!"

"How could he give money? 300 yuan is not a small amount. Now, Yi Yi Zhonghai's retirement salary as an 8th-grade machinist is honestly about the same as an ordinary machinist?"

Where would he have such a large sum of money to give to Sha Zhu again?

"That's right, look at the wound on Sha Zhu's hand. It should be that his fingers have already been chopped off. Their guts are truly big; they actually really dared to take action!"

For a moment, seeing Sha Zhu's miserable appearance, the crowd still felt some sympathy; after all, this Sha Zhu was truly a bit unlucky!

Hearing these words, Sha Zhu felt even more distressed inside. He hadn't earned anything, and his fingers were gone!

But he didn't dare to report it to the police; after all, he knew how terrifying the influence in the Pigeon Market was!

What's more, besides those thugs in the Pigeon Market, no second person had seen him having his fingers chopped off!

Even if he reported it to the police, I'm afraid no one would be willing to risk offending others to testify for him.

And just as Yi Yi Zhonghai wanted to speak, Liu Liu Haizhong hurriedly ran out from the corner of the courtyard.

From this morning until now, he hadn't eaten anything.

He stared eagerly at the swill buckets at the doors of each household in the courtyard, but besides some soup and water, there was nothing edible at all.

Although the economy had improved a lot in this day and age, the habit of thrift in the courtyard hadn't changed.

Generally, things that could still be eaten were kept until the second meal and finished, so how could there be any leftovers for Liu Liu Haizhong to pick up!

So when Liu Liu Haizhong saw Sha Zhu return, he was also extremely happy. He had thought about it all day, and only Sha Zhu could give him food.

"Brother Zhuzi, you've finally returned! If you had returned any later, everything in your house would have been eaten by Jia Jia Zhangshi and Bang Geng!"

"You don't know, after you were taken away by those people, these two people moved directly into your house and threw away all the things you used!"

"I went to look at your house later, and they actually boiled all the fish and pork in your house at once, and even if they couldn't finish it, they stuffed it into their stomachs!"

"You definitely have to go and see. These two people are not human at all. You gave them food and a place to stay before, and now they are actually kicking you when you're down. They don't know how many good things they've eaten today!"

Liu Liu Haizhong hadn't eaten meat today, so he had long held a grudge against Jia Jia Zhangshi and Bang Geng, and he didn't want to see these two living a good life in front of him.

And hearing that his house had been occupied by others, Sha Zhu was also angry to death!

He couldn't hold his head up in front of those people in the Pigeon Market, so could he not hold his head up in front of these two beastly grandparents?