Chapter 018 Debt forced, New Year's Eve! Sincerely ask for support
Ran Guangcai and Jiang Bin sat and chatted for a while, said goodbye and left one after another, and the house seemed quiet again.
Jiang Feng was reading and doing questions in his room, while his parents did a big cleaning in the house. The house was too large and few people went in many rooms a year. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so you must do some hygiene, otherwise it would be really unreasonable.
The whole family was doing their own things, and time passed very quickly. Before I knew it, it was one o'clock in the afternoon, and my mother went to the kitchen to cook lunch.
After lunch, it was almost two o'clock.
Just as the family was about to continue to work on their own affairs, two uninvited guests suddenly arrived.
Jiang Feng also has some impressions of these two people. They are husband and wife. Their family is not too far from Jiang Feng's house, which is only more than ten minutes away. Her husband is called Wang Zhongshan and her wife is called Fan Bicui.
Speaking of which, the couple and the Jiang Feng family are all roundabout and have some relatives, but they are very far apart and rarely walk around each other. They can only say that they are better than strangers.
Jiang Feng was a little surprised. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Why did the couple come to their home at this time?
Jiang Feng was too lazy to care about these things, so he greeted Wang Zhongshan and his wife and continued to go back to the room to read books and do questions. However, he brought a pair of ears and paid attention to the situation in the living room.
Wang Zhongshan and his wife first greeted Jiang Feng's parents for a while, said something unnutritional, and then they vaguely mentioned their purpose.
"This... Lao Jiang, Fourth Sister, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. We shouldn't have come to you at this time. However, we still have to solve some things first... Lao Jiang, Fourth Sister, look..." Wang Zhongshan said embarrassedly at first.
Seeing her husband being hesitant, Fan Bicui was a little dissatisfied and said, "Old Wang, saying things is talking about things, why are you hesitating?"
After saying that, she said to Jiang Feng’s parents again: “Lao Jiang, Fourth Sister, this is the case. I heard from Lao Wang that before returning from Xijiang, Lao Jiang once borrowed some money from him. This year’s matter is this year, and it’s not a big deal to delay until next year. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Do you think you have returned the money?”
Jiang Feng, who was reading a book in the room, couldn't sit still after hearing the couple's words.
Jiang Feng also has some memories of what Wang Zhongshan and his wife said.
It was at the beginning of this year. Because the New Year's school started, the family had no money to pay tuition for Jiang Feng and his second sister Jiang Fang, so his mother called his father. Because before the New Year, something happened to the coal mine in Xijiang, the workers could not start work, so they naturally had no salary and had no money, so they had to borrow money from the more familiar Wang Zhongshan.
Wang Zhongshan is quite good. After hearing Jiang Feng’s father talk about the situation, he lent 1,200 yuan to Jiang Feng’s father without saying a word, which was a solution to the Jiang family’s urgent need.
Originally, although Jiang Feng’s father didn’t make much money in the coal mine in Xijiang, he could still do it if he could repay more than a thousand yuan a year.
However, as the saying goes, things happen unexpectedly. Jiang Feng's father suddenly encountered a coal mine accident in September. Since then, he has been in the hospital and cannot go to work, so he naturally has no money. So until he returned home before the New Year, he has not paid back the money he borrowed from Wang Zhongshan.
Wang Zhongshan and Jiang Feng's father came back together. While on the way, Jiang Feng's father had already told Wang Zhongshan about the situation at home, saying that the money might be delayed until next year. At that time, Wang Zhongshan also agreed.
These situations were talked about by Jiang Feng's father last night, but unexpectedly, after only a dozen hours, the Wang couple came to collect debts.
At this time, Jiang Feng was also very clear about the situation at home. His father only brought 1,500 yuan to his home, and he had spent several hundred yuan in the past few days. It was the Chinese New Year. Although the family’s financial situation was not good, he still had to get some New Year’s goods. In addition, some scattered debts had to be paid back. After a while, and some money from the family’s production, there are only 1,000 yuan left.
Originally, Jiang Feng's parents used this money as Jiang Feng's tuition and living expenses for the beginning of the year, as well as the cost of buying various seeds and fertilizers in the fields for the next year.
However, this plan is not as good as change. Now, people are collecting debts. At the end of the year, people come to ask for debts, and you owe others money, so it is impossible not to pay it back.
The most important thing is that Jiang Feng heard that Wang Zhongshan, his wife, is very mean and very stingy. If they don’t pay back their family’s money, it will be impossible for the Jiang family to have a stable New Year.
When Jiang Feng was thinking this, Jiang Feng's mother's voice came from the living room: "The fourth brother, Jiang Feng's cousin, it was natural to pay back the debt. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and we want to pay back the money from your family. However, before that, Lao Jiang had already told Zhongshan about the situation at home, and he really had no money to pay back you. Zhongshan also knew that the money at home was all for Jiang Feng's tuition, and the other extra money was really not available. So, please forgive me. After the beginning of the New Year, Lao Jiang will go to the city to work. At that time, he will definitely pay it back. What do you think?"
Wang Zhongshan ranked fourth in their family, so everyone who is familiar with him called Wang Laosi.
Wang Zhongshan couldn't say anything after hearing Jiang Feng's mother's words. However, his wife Fan Bicui quit.
"Sister Four, I'll call you that. What you mean is that you don't want to pay back the money, right?" Fan Bicui said loudly.
"This... how could we not want to pay back the money? Although Lao Jiang and I are not big names, everyone knows the character and have never done anything to blame the debt." Jiang Feng's mother was also a little angry when she heard Fan Bicui's words.
"That's good. However, no matter how much you say, it's just a sentence, and I can't believe it. If you want me to believe it, then I will believe it if you pay back the money." Fan Bicui didn't let go at all and continued to press on.
Jiang Feng's parents continued to explain there, but Fan Bicui's words became increasingly unpleasant.
Jiang Feng couldn't bear to listen in his room, so he closed the book and got up and left the room.
When he arrived at the living room, Jiang Feng saw his parents still blushing and explained to Fan Bicui, and said, "Dad, mom, no matter how much you say, it's useless. Let's pay back the money."
Jiang Feng's mother looked at Jiang Feng and said with a puzzled look: "Xiaofeng, we also want to pay back the money, but isn't this family not rich? You also know that out of the 1,000 yuan, there are five hundred yuan for your tuition for books and one hundred yuan for your living expenses. The rest, the family always needs to buy seeds and fertilizers at the beginning of the year. Moreover, even if you take out that 1,000 yuan, isn't it enough?"
"Mom, I still have 200 yuan here. Add the money from my family, so I will pay back the other person's money first." Jiang Feng said. Jiang Feng saved up the 200 yuan, 100 yuan, and the other 100 yuan, which was given by the New Year's money just now by the cousin Ran Guangcai and his uncle Jiang Bin.
"But..." Jiang Feng's mother became anxious.
Jiang Feng’s mother had to hurry. What would the family do if she paid back all the money? Jiang Feng was not going to school anymore? No more food was bought at home?
In the countryside, there is no seed fertilizer, and nothing will be produced in the field except weeds. There is no production. Do you drink the northwest wind at home for a year?
At this time, Jiang Feng's father also spoke: "Fuck, let's just listen to Jiang Feng's. I have never heard of any living person being forced to death. I will talk about what happened in the future."
Jiang Feng's mother looked at Jiang Feng and his son, shook her head helplessly, got up and entered the room. Jiang Feng also took out the only 200 yuan he had on him.
Fan Bicui's face became better after getting the money, and she started chatting with Jiang Feng's parents again. However, Jiang Feng really couldn't stand her face and said, "Cousin, cousin, this matter has been resolved, so we won't leave you for dinner. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and everyone is busy."
Jiang Feng’s meaning is very obvious. He is giving the order to expel guests. You don’t give me any face at all, and I don’t need to take care of your face.
After hearing Jiang Feng's words, Wang Zhongshan and Fan Bicui stood up awkwardly and said goodbye. Jiang Feng's parents didn't want to say much to them, so they would not keep them.
After Wang Zhongshan and his wife left, Jiang Feng and their parents looked at each other.
I have paid back the money I owe to others, but what should I do with this family?
Finally, the mother said, "It seems that we can only talk to them when we come to pay New Year's greetings, and ask them to borrow Jiang Feng's tuition fees. As for seeds and expenses, we may have to go and say good things to someone and owe them credit first."
My father said, "Or, I'll take out the money for the surgery first. Anyway, I can't have surgery in a short period of time."
The mother shook her head and said, "No, you still have to do this surgery. Moreover, didn't Boss Han say that if you want to get the 1,000 yuan, you must get the surgery certificate. If you don't have the certificate, you can't get the money."
The father was silent.
Jiang Feng could not agree to his father's proposal. In his memory, his father did this. He talked to the boss and took out the money and paid Jiang Feng's tuition and purchased seed fertilizer. However, his surgery was delayed again and again, and it took ten years. It was not until Jiang Feng had the surgery for the first year of the accident that he had done, and took out the steel plate implanted in his ankle joint.
For ten years, there has been a steel plate inside the ankle joint, which is a great torture for my father. Every time I go home on holiday, when Jiang Feng sees his father staggering and sleeping in the middle of the night, he can hear his father's painful moans, and Jiang Feng's heart is like a knife cut.
Now, with the opportunity to start over, Jiang Feng does not allow such a situation to happen again.
But, what should I do?
Jiang Feng hesitated.
Chapter completed!