Yang Lina paused for a moment, either walking or not walking. She bent down and stretched out her hand to help the woman up.
When the woman raised her head, Yang Lina looked at this familiar face with a surprised look on her face, and her outstretched hand froze in mid-air.
Zhang Xiaoxia probably didn't expect that she would meet Yang Lina when she was in such a mess.
Thinking of ignoring Yang Lina's instructions before, Zhang Xiaoxia suddenly became a little flustered, fearing that Yang Lina would use this opportunity to humiliate her.
Yang Lina reacted, stretched her hand in front of Zhang Xiaoxia, and pulled her up from the floor.
Suddenly two middle-aged men burst out of the crowd.
There were two people, a man and a woman. The woman was cursing, her face was distorted, she pushed away the crowd, and reached out to pull Zhang Xiaoxia's hair.
"What are you doing, in broad daylight, why are you beating someone?"
Yang Lina saw a glimmer of hope in Zhang Xiaoxia's eyes.
Last year, she was bullied because she was isolated and helpless.
Now, seeing the people under her command being bullied, Yang Lina felt inexplicably angry.
Facing the menacing two men, she protected Zhang Xiaoxia behind her and questioned them.
"Where did you come from here? We are teaching my daughter-in-law a lesson. What does it have to do with you?"
Daughter-in-law?
Yang Lina turned her head in astonishment and looked at Zhang Xiaoxia with eyes filled with hatred.
"you are married?"
"Mr. Yang, I don't. His son is a fool. How can I marry him?"
Zhang Xiaoxia hurriedly explained, covering her beaten red and swollen face with one hand, with unwillingness and anger in her eyes.
"It's not true if you say it's not true. Your parents still haven't paid the money, but they themselves said that they want to use you as my daughter-in-law to pay off the debt."
The middle-aged woman drooled and took two steps forward to pull Zhang Xiaoxia's hair.
"I don't agree. Even if you beat me to death today, I still won't agree."
Zhang Xiaoxia had a tough mouth and a stubborn look on her face.
Inexplicably, Yang Lina thought of herself and felt sorry for Zhang Xiaoxia in front of her from the bottom of her heart.
"The words of your parents or the fate of your matchmaker are not up to you."
The woman had a sinister look on her face and a ferocious look on her face. She was not someone to be trifled with, and she had the aura of not giving up until she took someone away.
"I said, I will pay you back. I will pay you back at the end of this year."
After Zhang Xiaoxia finished speaking, Yang Lina suddenly remembered that Zhang Xiaoxia asked her if she would get a salary increase as a team leader.
It turns out that she also has something to hide.
Suddenly, she was curious about how much money it would cost to use a living person as goods to pay off debts.
"Just pay it back as you say. That's not a small amount. It's three hundred yuan. What do you want to pay back?
Besides, the agreed repayment time has passed, now we don’t want money, we just want people.”
When the woman finished speaking, the onlookers just thought they were watching a joke.
These days, there are so many people who owe money to others and use their own daughters to pay off the debt. They are no longer surprised.
"Yes, we are not short of money now, but we are short of a daughter-in-law."
The middle-aged man stared at Zhang Xiaoxia's every move fiercely, as if he was afraid that she would run away.
"I have saved more than 100, and I will be able to pay it off in four months."
Zhang Xiaoxia looked at the crowd of onlookers at this moment, holding onto Yang Lina's sleeves with both hands, trying to give herself a little courage.
If even Yang Lina left, she was really afraid that she would be taken away now.
Yang Lina felt that everything in front of her was a great irony, as if the scene that happened to her was happening again.
Three hundred yuan is nothing to a rich person, but to a poor family, it is an astronomical figure.
For Zhang Xiaoxia, she can earn these 300 yuan, but it will take time.
When the woman heard that Zhang Xiaoxia had already collected more than 100 yuan, she thought it was a big joke.
Their family has the most land in the village, and they can earn 200 yuan by living frugally all year round. How can a young girl like her be so capable, and earn more than 100 yuan in just a few months?
The bill of three hundred yuan is a huge amount of money. How can it be paid off so easily?
Could it be that she has done something shameful?
If this is the case, a person with unclean hands and feet will not be able to marry into the family as a daughter-in-law.
"You're treating us like three-year-olds, right?
If you were able to make money so much, your Zhang family would have become rich already. Why do you still need us to come all the way to take you back?
Your parents are so poor right now that they can’t take the blame, so let’s take you directly to our home.”
When the woman saw Zhang Xiaoxia hiding behind a yellow-haired girl, she felt that they were both helpless and that she could take him away no matter what.
Yang Lina thought the woman's words were very funny and couldn't help but laugh out loud. Everyone on the side looked like they were watching a good show.
"Auntie, you are too poor. How can the countryside compare with the county?
I'm afraid you don't know Zhang Xiaoxia's current monthly salary, right?
She pays sixty yuan a month, do you think I can pay you back?"
After Yang Lina finished speaking, she patted Zhang Xiaoxia's arm gently, smiled slightly, and told her not to be afraid.
Zhang Xiaoxia felt aggrieved for a moment, her eyes were red, she couldn't help but sniff, and hesitated to speak.
"What did you say? Sixty?"
The woman was very surprised and counted with her fingers, "I'm a good boy, so much money?"
If a month is sixty, doesn’t that mean the year is six to seven hundred?
The woman thought about it and felt it was even more impossible. She covered her mouth and laughed for a long time.
"That's a great relationship. If you become my daughter-in-law, our family will become rich."
The corner of Yang Lina's mouth suddenly twitched, this logic is simply amazing.
She glanced at the woman with a mocking look on her face. Seeing that she seemed to be in a good mood at the moment, she didn't bother to get along with such a person, so it would be better to resolve the matter as soon as possible.
"Auntie, Xiaoxia is my subordinate. You said that their family owes money to your family. Is there an IOU?"
Yang Lina looked calm, with no fear at all on her delicate and small face.
"Who are you? Why should I show you this?"
The woman rolled up her sleeves, put her hands on her hips, and looked defensive.
"I said, Xiaoxia is mine. To tell you the truth, I just came here with my friend, and now she has gone to the police station to call the police. If you want money, use an IOU.
If you want to take someone away by force, then I'm sorry, let's go to the police station and talk."
After Yang Lina finished speaking, she raised her slender white fingers to push the bangs on her forehead behind her ears, with a condescending and provocative look.
Last year, she was soft-hearted and did not let anyone call the police at the critical moment, putting herself in danger.
Nowadays, the people around her are different, but the situation is surprisingly similar. However, Yang Lina, who has experienced hardships, is no longer what she used to be.
At this critical moment, she knows better how to use power and reason to protect herself.
In her last life, even though she was a powerful figure in the business world, she was still under the aura of Anjia.
In this life, the difficulties he faced made her truly grow.
When the people watching the joke heard that someone had called the police, they all started talking like mice and left quickly.