AWB Chapter 429 The Village Woman Who Raises Others' Children 5
Chapter 429 The Village Woman Who Raises Others' Children 5
Qin Yu's face flushed red. Facing the villagers pointing and whispering around him, he felt both anxious and angry.
"Meng Jiaojiao, don't go too far. You insisted on giving me those things. I didn't ask you to give them to me."
Qingmo crossed her arms and looked at him with disdain: "Oh, look at this educated youth from the city, folks."
“They all act high and mighty, looking down on us for our livelihood while they spend our money and then deny it.”
Qin Yu took a deep breath, trying to suppress the anger in his chest. "Jiaojiao, stop making a scene. Do you still want to marry me? If you keep this up, I'll really get angry."
Qin Yu honestly couldn't remember how much money he had spent on Meng Jiaojiao, and he had no money to pay her back.
His family was not well-off; he had two older brothers, a younger brother, and a younger sister.
He was the third son and the least favored, which is why he was sent to the countryside.
If he hadn't met Meng Jiaojiao, he probably would have ended up like other educated youth, toiling away in the countryside.
It was precisely because of Meng Jiaojiao's affection that he developed the arrogance of a city dweller, completely forgetting his own worth.
His family in the city, a total of ten people, are still crammed into a dilapidated tenement building.
"Oh, so Qin Zhiqing doesn't want to pay back the money?! I have witnesses and IOUs. How about I take you to the police station to settle this?"
Faced with Qingmo's aggressive questioning, Qin Yu also lost his temper.
He gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Fine, Meng Jiaojiao, you're ruthless. I'll pay you back, but don't regret it."
Qingmo smiled nonchalantly: "Then I'll wait and see. I hope you can keep your word."
“那现在我一一报下账，我们核对一下哈！73年9月8号一斤糕点......10月2号......棉花票...”
When Qingmo finished reciting the long list of accounts, the surrounding villagers were all stunned.
"I told you this girl was a money pit! Tsk tsk tsk! If she were my daughter, I'd beat her to death. So much money! She could buy so many things with that."
"Hey, who says otherwise? That Qin Zhiqing is really a scoundrel. He actually dared to take it."
"Yes, city people are heartless."
Qin Yu listened to the surrounding villagers' discussions, his face turning pale and then red.
He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms, yet he felt no pain whatsoever.
"Meng Jiaojiao!" he suddenly roared, his voice trembling slightly, "Do you really have to humiliate me like this in public?"
Qingmo raised an eyebrow and slowly put the ledger into her pocket: "Qin Zhiqing, this is not an insult. Paying back debts is a matter of course."
"If you have the ability to spend my money, you naturally have the ability to pay it back. Once you pay it back, no one will say anything to you."
"It's a total of seventy-eight yuan and sixty-three cents. Also, you haven't worked many days since you came to the countryside, so you have to return those work points to me."
"If you can't pay me back, you can pay me back with money. If you still can't pay me back, you'll have to do ten work points every day to pay me back."
"And stop staring at me with those dog eyes. We're breaking off our engagement. We're not related now. I'm not blind to someone like you who can just bring a child home from outside."
Qin Yu stared at her, fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.
He knew, of course, that the calculations were correct—
Back then, Meng Jiaojiao was very obedient to him, giving him whatever he wanted, so he accepted it without a second thought.
But when it came time to repay the money, he really had no money.
"I...I don't have that much money right now." His voice lowered. "I'll pay you back when I have the money."
"No money? You think you can just say you have no money and call it a day? You're probably trying to renege on your debt."
Qin Yu bit his lip, and after a long while, he managed to squeeze out a sentence through gritted teeth: "I...I'll write you an IOU."
Qingmo was prepared; she pulled out paper and pen from another pocket: "Here, I'll say it, you write it down. The total amount owed to Comrade Meng Jiaojiao is..."
When Qin Yu pressed his handprint with trembling hands, a chorus of sighs arose from the surrounding crowd.
Someone muttered quietly, "This Meng girl, she's suddenly like a completely different person..."
Qingmo carefully put away the IOU and clapped her hands.
"Alright, now everyone come with me to search Qin Zhiqing's body and residence. Who knows if he has hidden the money?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yu's face turned deathly pale, and he abruptly took a step back: "Meng Jiaojiao! Don't push your luck!"
Qingmo sneered, "What? Feeling guilty?"
She turned to the villagers who had gathered around, "Folks, did you all hear that? He owes me so much money, but he doesn't want to pay back a single penny. I suspect he's hiding money. Is that too much to ask?"
Several young men who usually disliked Qin Yu immediately started jeering: "That's right! Search him! Make him spit out all his money!"
Seeing that things were not going well, Qin Yu turned around and was about to run away, but was stopped by several strong villagers.
"Trying to run away?" Qingmo slowly walked up to him, reached into his pocket—
With a "whoosh," five yuan and several grain coupons fell out.
"Hey, isn't this money?" Qingmo bent down, picked it up, and waved it in front of everyone.
"Qin Zhiqing, didn't you say you had no money? Then what are these?"
Qin Yu's face was ashen, and his lips trembled as he couldn't speak.
The surrounding villagers immediately erupted in uproar:
"That Qin educated youth is so shameless!"
"Exactly! He owes money and doesn't pay it back, and he thinks he's in the right!"
None of the educated youth in the educated youth compound spoke up for Qin Yu, after all, they also felt ashamed of him.
He's trying to have his cake and eat it too. He took so many things from the girl, but he didn't treat Meng Jiaojiao any better.
Before Qin Yu could stop her, Qingmo had already led her people to search Qin Yu's bed.
A brand-new polyester shirt in the closet, malted milk powder and white sugar in the drawer... were taken out one by one and placed on the table, along with twenty yuan.
"Qin Zhiqing, you really know how to manage your money," Qingmo said sarcastically.
"They dress well, eat well, and don't pay their debts; their skin is thicker than a city wall."
Qin Yu covered his face with his hands, feeling incredibly embarrassed.
Qingmo packed up everything she had found and said coldly, "Consider this payment for the debt. You'd better return the rest as soon as possible, otherwise..."
She waved the IOU in her hand, "See you at the police station!"
After saying that, she turned and left, followed by Qin Yu's hysterical roar: "Meng Jiaojiao, we're finished!"
Qingmo didn't even turn her head, too lazy to pay him any attention.
The villagers watching her retreating figure whispered among themselves:
"This girl has really changed. She actually doesn't like Qin Zhiqing anymore. Qin Zhiqing is so handsome..."
"It's good that things have changed! It's better than being completely fooled!"
"Hehehe! Aunt Huaihua, you said Qin Zhiqing is handsome, why don't you let your daughter date him?! Your family can support him?"
Aunt Huaihua spat at the speaker: "Pah! What a piece of trash! Being handsome doesn't put food on the table."
Qingmo listened to the discussions behind her, and the corners of her mouth slightly lifted.
This is just the beginning.
Qin Yu, we'll settle our score later.