Chapter 504

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

"Don't you know what kind of thing Sha Zhu is? If he knew how to repay kindness, it would be a ghost in the courtyard!"

Clearly, after Yi Zhonghai returned, he had been nagging about Sha Zhu in front of the First Aunt.

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 the First Aunt couldn't listen to such words. Now that their family was almost unable to put food on the table, how could she spare the energy to save Sha Zhu?

"Why are you so angry? I'm just thinking of a way, that's why I'm talking about Sha Zhu's matter!"

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

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

Yi Zhonghai was clearly unwilling to give up; he had spent that 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 little more sober, Yi Zhonghai? Do you think that if you save someone like Sha Zhu, he will be grateful to you?"

"You couldn't even see his shadow for ten years. Do you know what he did in those ten years!"

"If you have the leisure 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 can talk about old-age support later. Now we can't even eat. Can you think clearly about the things in your brain!"

The First Aunt was really about to collapse. She didn't know which nerve Yi Zhonghai had misplaced; now he was still thinking about saving Sha Zhu.

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

It had already come to this, and Yi Zhonghai couldn't find the point at all!

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

"I'm not going to the Pigeon Market to pay for Sha Zhu, where would we have 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 the only hope for old-age support be destroyed!"

Yi Zhonghai was also stubborn. Seeing that the First Aunt was unwilling to take out the money, Yi Zhonghai could only give up this idea.

But Yi Zhonghai still thought about going to the Pigeon Market. Although he couldn't take out the money, he still had to do the favor!

But fortunately, Yi Zhonghai went, otherwise, Sha Zhu, who was unconscious in the trash heap by the Pigeon Market, didn't know if he could survive!

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

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

Now he hadn't made a single cent back, and all the valuable things on him had been pawned!

He had now found out clearly that this private boat route 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 coming forward behind the scenes!

And that person was the most mysterious character in Sijiu City 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, so all of Xu Xu Damao's things had been confiscated.

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

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

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

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

He couldn't figure out why Chen Tian was targeting him for no reason.

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

Lou Lou Xiaoe had also reminded him, telling him that it would be useless to regret it later. Now it seemed to have completely verified this sentence!

"Damned Lou Lou Xiaoe, it must be you who caused trouble inside. Your family is already so powerful, and you're fawning over 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. Your Lou family has so many boats, and none of them have problems? I don't believe there's anyone who is clean in doing business these days!"

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

Wanting to continue, Xu Xu Damao actually wanted to start from the Lou family's boats.

In this day and age, the economy is taking off, and the country is vigorously supporting the individual economy, so those selfish people have made no small use of the loopholes in the rules to make money.

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

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

At that time, he might still have a chance to get his batch of goods back, otherwise, he would probably never be able to stand up again!

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

Xu Xu Damao's down-and-out appearance was completely a case of everyone pushing a falling wall; it was impossible for anyone to lend him money to do business again!

However, he had this idea, which was entirely his own doing. Now he was running to Lou Lou Xiaoe's house to cause trouble, which was truly having water in his brain!

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

Night.

There were quite a few people in the courtyard chatting, as there had been quite a few things happening in the past two days!

Ever since Sha Zhu, Liu Haizhong, and Jia Zhangshi returned to the courtyard, the courtyard had never had peaceful days like before!

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

Now there were even so many unidentified Pigeon Market personnel, and they had even carried Sha Zhu away!

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

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

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

"Yes, I remember that there were people in our neighborhood who had seen usury in the Pigeon Market. If they couldn't pay back the money, at most someone would come to the house to ask, and then ask for some interest. After all, the house is here and they can't run!"

"The money he borrowed wasn't any less than Sha Zhu's, right? Why is it that when it comes to Sha Zhu, they have to chop off fingers?"

The crowd was also 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 scary!

"Who knows what Sha Zhu did himself? Maybe he didn't just owe this 200 yuan in the Pigeon Market!"

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

And while the crowd was discussing, Yi Zhonghai also helped Sha Zhu back to the courtyard.

When Yi Zhonghai went, he was still unconscious, and Yi Zhonghai spent a while before Sha Zhu was woken up.

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

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

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

"How could he give money? 300 yuan is not a small amount. Now 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?

"Yes, look at the wound on Sha Zhu's hand, his fingers must have been chopped off. Their guts are really big, they actually dared to take action!"

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

Hearing these words, Sha Zhu felt even more uncomfortable inside. He hadn't made any money, and he had even lost his fingers!

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

Not to mention, no one else had seen him having his fingers chopped off besides those thugs in the Pigeon Market!

Even if he went to call the police, honestly, there wouldn't be anyone willing to risk offending others to testify for him.

And just as Yi Zhonghai wanted to speak, 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 to eat.

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

Things that could still be eaten were usually left for the second meal and eaten up completely. How could Liu Haizhong pick up any leaks!

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

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

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

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

"You must go and see! These two are not human. You gave them food and shelter before, and now they are actually kicking you while you're down. They don't know how much good stuff they've eaten today!"

Liu Haizhong hadn't eaten meat today, so he had long held a grudge against 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, but couldn't he hold his head up in front of this Jia Zhangshi grandson and grandmother?