Chapter 67

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

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

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

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

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

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

Qin Huairu sobbed; she knew that afterward, Mrs. Jia 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, Mrs. Jia's private stash was indeed still there, and Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief.

With this money, perhaps Chen Tian wouldn't let Mrs. Jia 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 Huairu couldn't care less about how Mrs. Jia would beat her now; as long as Bang Geng was fine, she was willing to do anything.

Xu Damao had already brought up the matter of Bang Geng stealing.

If Mrs. Jia remained unrepentant, who knew if Chen Tian would vent his anger on Bang Geng.

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

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

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

"You jinx, you're trying to kill me!"

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

Seeing this, Section Chief Wang lost his patience.

"Enough!"

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

This farce had lasted for most of the day; they couldn't keep dragging it out.

With so many people watching, their Security Section's efficiency was truly too low.

Several people grabbed Mrs. Jia 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 Mrs. Jia; slandering a national engineer was a major crime.

"Don't, I beg you, 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!"

Mrs. Jia was terrified and began to cry loudly.

"Hey, I didn't expect this old thing Mrs. Jia to be quite wealthy."

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

"And even then, she cries poor all day, saying her life is difficult."

"I remember, Mrs. Jia just compensated Chen Tian 200 yuan of coffin money yesterday; she still has money now?"

"200 plus 300 is 500 yuan."

"Mrs. Jia has 500 yuan in coffin money!"

Everyone was extremely surprised; they hadn't expected the Jia family, the poorest in the courtyard, to have so much savings.

Yan Bugui's eyes widened; he was meticulous and frugal, living a tight life, yet he hadn't saved up that much money, and Mrs. Jia, that old thing, had no salary, yet she had so much old capital.

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

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

"Exactly, First Uncle also kept calling on us to help the Jia family, often organizing donations!"

"I think all our donations were embezzled by Mrs. Jia!"

"Old Yi is really something; is he colluding with Mrs. Jia 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 very poor, but they had also donated several times.

Second Aunt had donated about 5 yuan in total.

Third Aunt had donated less, but still two yuan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mrs. Jia hated Chen Tian to the core; she wished she could pounce on him and bite him to death.

Chen Tian hadn't expected Mrs. Jia to still have money, which surprised him.

"Yo, Mrs. Jia, I didn't expect you to be quite wealthy."

Chen Tian's eyes were playful.

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

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

"I think you'd better go to jail," Chen Tian said lightly.

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

Mrs. Jia's face looked as ugly as if her father had died.

"Qin Huairu, hurry and find a way!"

"You loser, if you don't get the money, I'm going to be taken to jail!" Mrs. Jia could only rely on Qin Huairu.

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

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

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

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

Sha Zhu didn't know when he had sneakily crawled 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 Huairu would definitely ask him to borrow money.

In the past, every time 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 hit, and the other was willing to be hit.

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

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

Sha Zhu was a bit unhappy.

Seeing Sha Zhu's reluctance, 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."

Sha Zhu's eyes lit up when he heard this.

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

"Sister Qin, wait a moment."

Sha Zhu ran home, and before long, he brought out an envelope.

"Sister Qin, this is the money I saved to marry a wife; I'll lend it to you first." Sha Zhu took a large stack of bills from the envelope and counted them—a total of 400 yuan.