Huang Xiaojuan originally felt quite comfortable living in the Huang family, since the Huang family highly favors boys over girls.
Since Huang's father returned to the city from the countryside, he and Grandpa Huang, Grandma Huang, and Uncle Huang's family have been living in a tube-shaped building.
When his family of three became a family of four, Uncle Huang couldn't stand it anymore and found a way to move out. As a result, the house that should have belonged to Uncle Huang was completely occupied by Huang's father and his family.
Later, when the Huang family of four grew into seven, they were still squeezed into this tube-shaped building of more than 40 square meters. After the eldest brother Huang Xiaojun got married, the spacious room was given to Huang Xiaojun's family. The youngest brother Huang Xiaobing lived with his parents in the small room. The three sisters of the Huang family were squeezed into the three or four square meters partitioned off on the balcony. They felt too crowded to even turn over.
This is also the reason why the Huang sisters desperately want to leave home. Of course, the more important thing is that Huang Xiaojuan and Huang Xiaoxia witnessed the end of their eldest sister Huang Xiaohong. In order to find a wife for Huang Xiaojun, Huang Xiaohong, who had just turned 20, was sold to an old widower whose wife had died. Because the other party was a truck driver, the bride price was high.
When Huang Xiaojuan married Zhang Qiming, the Huang family also raised the price and made unreasonable demands. Zhang Qiming kept her by promising to find a job for Huang Xiaobing.
Later, he did see Zhang Qiming's ability. Zhang Qiming was different from his eldest son-in-law. He was a worker at Huagang Factory. He had connections and money. After Huang Xiaoxia was sent to the People's Hospital, the Huang family was basically obedient. Going to the hospital was not an easy thing. Now the salary Huang Xiaoxia handed in every month was secondary. The key was that he could definitely catch a rich son-in-law there.
The Huang family also expected him to help their younger son and eldest grandson in the future, so they seemed particularly reasonable.
Of course, the reason Huang Xiaojuan could live such a comfortable life was also because she gave 5,000 yuan to Huang Xiaojun to invest in stocks some time ago, so the whole family was very enthusiastic when he came back this time.
She enjoyed her parents' flattery and praise, and she enjoyed the feeling of being high and mighty, commanding her brother and sister-in-law to serve tea and water, and even to do laundry, so even though she lived on a small balcony of 3 or 4 square meters, she was in a very good mood. Especially when she thought that she would not only be able to hold her head high when she returned home in a few days, but would also earn another 25,000 yuan, she felt even more proud.
So her parents specially prepared a table of dishes that she and Xuanxuan liked, and they chatted lively about the Wang family next door who made tens of thousands of dollars from the stock surge. When Huang Xiaojun mentioned that the stocks he bought had just fallen and he needed to cover his position, Huang Xiaojuan blushed and promised to give her elder brother another 5,000 yuan.
But after saying that, she felt a little regretful and said hurriedly, "But you have to pay me back everything you owe me by the end of the month. I can't hide the money until the end of the month, otherwise I won't be able to explain to Qiming. You know Qiming well. If he's unhappy, he can even take Xiaoxia's job back. If she sells her job for 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, there will definitely be people who will buy it."
"Don't worry," Huang Xiaojun said confidently, "If the stock price rises five times, 10,000 yuan can turn into 30,000 yuan. At that time, I will not only pay you back 10,000 yuan, but also give you 2,000 yuan in interest as private money. How about that?"
Huang Xiaojuan had recently heard about many people getting rich overnight by buying stocks, and she was immediately happy. Her eldest brother had made a lot of money, and Zhang Qiming would also have a better impression of her family.
Huang Xiaojuan thought that she could stay at her parents' home for seven or eight days, and then Zhang Qiming would come to pick her up in person.
However, when she was taking Xuanxuan to visit her former "good" friend's house, Huang's mother suddenly called her back home with a sullen face.
"Have you broken the law?" Huang's mother asked. Huang Xiaojun and Huang's eldest sister-in-law looked at her strangely, as if they were looking at a prisoner in a labor camp, with contempt and disgust.
Huang Xiaojuan's heart skipped a beat. "What? What's illegal? I didn't break any law!"
"Just now someone called me and said that someone has sued you and the police are looking for you." Huang Xiaojun frowned.
"No way!" Huang Xiaojuan said, "Qiming asked someone to contact the police station, and the police released me! They said I was not guilty!"
"You've really been to the police station?!" Huang's mother was shocked. "You, you, you hurry up and leave. We don't have a daughter like you in the Huang family!"
"Mom," Huang Xiaojun calmed down and stopped her, "You have to find out the situation clearly, so that I won't be implicated."
Then he turned to Huang Xiaojuan and asked, "I just received a phone call from someone saying that you embezzled other people's property and took their savings book with tens of thousands of yuan and refused to return it. They said that taking tens of thousands of yuan is a serious crime and you will be sentenced to more than ten years in prison."
Huang Xiaojuan immediately thought of Xia Mian and said angrily, "How is that possible? She gave me the passbook on her own initiative. I told her to leave it at school, but I just didn't have time to give it to her yet."
But she was still a little panicked. She had been to the police station once, and although Zhang Qiming found someone to get her out, it had happened again and again. How could she face people in the future
Huang Ma said, "I don't care, just leave now, don't stay at home and cause trouble for us, our family still has to keep its dignity."
"Mom, even if she's gone, it'll still be a burden." Mrs. Huang said dissatisfiedly.
Huang Xiaojun frowned, "Can you tell me exactly what happened? If you can avoid going to jail, I will definitely help you. We can't have any labor camp prisoners in the Huang family."
Huang Xiaojuan was still panicked. Her parents' home was indeed her only support, so she told the whole story in detail.
Finally, he said, "Brother, the five thousand I gave you was taken from her passbook. Why don't you return it to me and I'll deposit it back for her. When the time comes, once I take out the passbook, everything will be fine."
Huang Xiaojun glared, "I've already used the money to buy stocks, and now I'm holding onto it. If I sell it now, I'll only have 2,000 left. If I keep it for a few more days, I'll have 6,000 or 7,000 left. Don't be silly."
"Yes..." Huang Xiaojuan was anxious.
"Either you find a way to fill the hole yourself, or you just drag it out." Huang Xiaojun said, "I think it's nothing, just a little girl."
"If you ask me, that girl is probably making excuses. You found a school for her, she gave you the passbook, and she also told you the password. How could she steal it?" Huang Xiaojun said, "I think she might be eyeing her sister's 40,000 yuan compensation! A little girl, but she has big ambitions."
Huang Xiaojuan suddenly thought of something. Has that girl been taken advantage of by those hooligans and is being blackmailed? !
The more I think about it, the more I feel that this is the case. Otherwise, why was she fine after coming back for several days, but suddenly called the police today
It must be that Xia Mian was in urgent need of money and couldn't find an adult to support her, so she tried every possible means and called the police to ask for the passbook.
Thinking of this, Huang Xiaojuan smiled, "Brother, if what you said is true, then she will definitely not succeed. There is no compensation at all."
Even when she was in trouble, Huang Xiaojuan would not acknowledge Xia Chun's compensation.
Huang Xiaojun smiled and said, "Yes, you don't have any compensation. Didn't you tell everyone that you borrowed the money from your family? That little girl is just messing around."
Huang's mother's eyes lit up, and after Huang Xiaojun glared at her, she suppressed her impatient tone and said, "The police will be able to find out if they want to. How can we lend her so much money? Don't let them catch us with the compensation issue even though the passbook issue is fine."
These words touched Huang Xiaojuan's heart. She was not afraid of the passbook issue, but if she were to investigate the compensation issue, Zhang Qiming would definitely beat her to death.
She looked at Huang's mother and said, "Mom, the compensation is a non-existent thing. What can you do if you just say that I borrowed it from my family?"
"What can you say?" Huang Ma glared. "This is perjury. If you don't go to jail, your brother will be implicated as well. Don't even think about it."
Huang Xiaojun frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Even if Xiaojuan goes to jail, our family can't afford to lose that person."
At this point he sighed and said, "Xiaojuan, we have to do this right. No one can make any mistakes. If you are really caught, don't blame me for not caring about you."
Huang Xiaojuan nodded hurriedly, and the family carefully imagined what the police would say if they came to investigate and question them.
The details of the loan, when and where, where it was borrowed, how much money was borrowed...
Huang Ma said, "Just write another IOU. No one, not to mention the police, will be able to find out. The IOU can't be fake."
Huang Xiaojuan's first reaction was to object. Brother Huang frowned and said, "Why write an IOU? We are siblings. It's normal to borrow money, right?"
Huang Ma said, "For such a large sum of money, if you don't write an IOU, people will think it's fake."
Huang's mother glanced at Huang Xiaojuan and sneered, "The money you borrowed from Qiming before was only a few hundred yuan. When did he not ask you to write an IOU?"
Huang Xiaojuan's face turned red when Huang's mother looked at her, and she felt inexplicably embarrassed.
"Why not? This is collusion and perjury. The police are very powerful. If they catch you with a little suspicion, they will arrest you and interrogate you. In the end, you will have to go to jail."
Huang Da Ge also began to hesitate, but Huang Da Sao said firmly, "Forget it, forget it. They said it was about reporting the passbook to the police, and they didn't mention compensation. What if that girl doesn't mention compensation? Xiao Juan won't make a fuss."
Huang Xiaojuan was anxious. When Xia Mian was fine, she was still harping on the issue of compensation. Now that she was even more short of money, how could she let go of the compensation? The police must not be allowed to intervene in the matter of compensation!
"Just write an IOU." Huang Xiaojuan weighed the pros and cons for a long time and said through gritted teeth.
After the matter was settled, the Huang family couldn't wait to kick the mother and son out, under the pretext of showing a more positive attitude and leaving a good impression on the police.
Huang Xiaojuan had no choice but to take Xuanxuan to take two buses, and it took nearly three hours to get back to the Huagang staff housing compound.
She was thinking about how to tell the police what happened, and how to deal with Xia Mian after dealing with the police. She was serious at times and smiling at others. Xuanxuan sat in her arms and said, "Mom, you are crazy!"
There is a crazy woman downstairs in my grandma's house. She is like this, sometimes crying and sometimes laughing.
Huang Xiaojuan glared at him, "You're crazy. Mom is thinking about something!"
But overall, she was in a good mood.
"Don't worry, I will definitely cooperate with you. After the IOU is paid, we will be able to do this perfectly. Maybe we can even sue that girl for framing her."
"Not only will the bankbook be yours, but you can also take care of the girl. After all, once she goes to jail, she will lose her parents, so who would want to take care of her?"
Although her elder brother was not quite clear about the exact situation, his words reminded Huang Xiaojuan.
Even if she has evidence against Xia Mian and has obtained the passbook, it won't stop her from sending the person to jail.
Since Xia Mian likes to call the police so much, let her have a taste of what she has sown.
Although she won't be able to go to jail because of her age, if she goes to a juvenile detention center, people will stay away from her and no one will believe what she says in the future.
With a clear mind, Huang Xiaojuan was no longer afraid to go home when things were busy. It was a good opportunity for her to learn from her neighbors about what that wild girl Xia Mian had been doing in the past few days. She could also take the opportunity to change her image.
However, Huang Xiaojuan entered the family quarters with an expression of fear and headache, but did not receive the sympathy she had imagined.
It is true that people mention summer hibernation quite frequently, but they do not express contempt or disgust for it. Instead, they praise it, as if the other party had saved some important person.
Huang Xiaojuan's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but ask to understand the situation, "Who did Xia Mian save?"
"Oh, isn't this Huang Xiaojuan..." Sister Wang said with a smile, "Your daughter Xia Mian has made great progress. She saved Dr. Ning's little nephew!"
"Oh, by the way, if you weren't here, you might not know that a few days ago, Dr. Ning's stepmother sent someone to kill him for the family property. Do you know how rich Dr. Ning's family is? - Tens of millions of assets!"
"Doctor Ning's sister married a man of equal status, so she also gave him a lot of money," the man said excitedly, "Doctor Ning's sister said that Xia Mian was her lifesaver, and she doesn't know how to repay her. Do you think she will give her a lot of money?"
"I guess so." The man glanced at Huang Xiaojuan and said with a smile, "But Sister Wang, you are wrong. Xia Mian is not from the Zhang family. The two families have a big grudge against each other."
She turned around and said to Huang Xiaojuan with a gloating look, "You, don't even think about taking advantage of this!"
"Take advantage of others?" The country daughter-in-law of Mr. Li sneered, "He still wants to take advantage of others. Not to mention that Xia Mian doesn't agree, I won't agree either. He wants to benefit from others after harming them..."
As he thought of something that made him angry, he spat at Huang Xiaojuan and said, "I can't stand living in the same yard with this kind of beast."
As he was talking, a small black car drove past him. The car was a little different from the Santana he usually saw.
Everyone immediately got excited. "Oh my, that's a Mercedes-Benz! I've only heard of it but never seen it. I heard it's an imported car worth millions!"
"That's Mr. Mi's grandson-in-law! Oh, forget about it." The man said, "Hurry up, I heard he's a very impressive person, I have to see how impressive he is."
A group of people went up to the 18th floor in a mighty manner. Huang Xiaojuan's mind was in a mess, but she hurried to follow them.
As soon as I got downstairs, I saw the imported car start to drive away. A tall man got out from the driver's seat. He had a neat and slicked-back hair with a 3:7 split part, and wore a straight shirt without a wrinkle. He gave off an inexplicable aura.
The neighbors who were watching the scene lowered their voices, and then saw Dr. Ning get out of the back seat.
In the past, I felt that Dr. Ning was someone people were afraid to approach, but now it seems that he has restrained himself. Now standing next to this brother-in-law, he is not only not inferior to him, but his appearance and temperament are even better.
When Dr. Ning's sister and child got off the car, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in amazement at how well-looking this family was.
If Xia Mian were here, she would probably understand his feelings. This is just like the little girls in later generations seeing idol groups, even if they are not busy, just looking at their looks makes people happy.
Huang Xiaojuan, who was confused at first, now understood clearly that if she could establish a relationship with this family, it would definitely bring her huge benefits.
However, facing such a family, she did not dare to act rashly, at least she had to find out what that girl Xia Mian had done.
Looking around, it was obvious that there were many people who wanted to curry favor with Dr. Ning, but these people looked down on her. If she stepped forward rashly, she would definitely be bullied.
Huang Xiaojuan didn't believe that Xia Mian, a little gangster, could save anyone, let alone something bad. So she would definitely stop that girl from "repaying a favor" by taking advantage of the situation.
But her younger sister Huang Xiaoxia is more reliable.
After Teacher Mi's idol group entered the house one after another, everyone finally had time to "care" about Huang Xiaojuan.
"Hey, Xiao Huang is back so soon!" Mrs. Zhao upstairs said sarcastically, "Why aren't you afraid of the gangsters?"
"What are you afraid of? Those hooligans all obey his orders."
Huang Xiaojuan's heart skipped a beat, and then she heard Li Mei laugh and say, "This is someone else's home, why can't you come back? Xiaojuan, you must be exhausted on the way, go back and rest!"
Many people laughed after hearing this. Huang Xiaojuan looked at his knowing eyes and felt that he was hiding something from her.
She didn't want to be ridiculed here, so she quickly picked up her luggage and took Xuanxuan upstairs.
As a result, I couldn’t open it for a long time!
She couldn't help but confirm that the house downstairs was Teacher Mi's. This was definitely her home, so why didn't the door open
"Oh, by the way," Li Meimei shouted up from downstairs, "Xiaojuan, the lock of your house has been changed! I'm afraid you can't open it with the old key."
Huang Xiaojuan was feeling impatient, and when she heard that the locks had been changed, she couldn't help but ask, "Why would they change the locks when everything was fine?!"
There was a burst of ridicule from the people downstairs, "How come you didn't know about changing the locks?"
"You are so mean. You left the two children behind without giving them the keys. How are the children going to get home if you don't change the locks?"
"He really has a vicious mind," Mr. Li's daughter-in-law said with a spit, "He is afraid that people will say that sleeping in a small dark room is abuse, so he deliberately makes the child sleep on the street!"
Huang Xiaojuan was so angry that she almost lost her mind and blurted out, "Xia Mian has so many friends, how can she have nowhere to go!"
She thought that saying this would arouse everyone's disgust towards Xia Mian, but, it seemed that everyone disliked her even more.
"Bah! You're new here, so where are you from? I guess I don't know what you're thinking!"
"You still take me for a fool!"
"Forget it, she's a disgusting thing. She always uses foul language when talking to her. Let her do whatever she wants!"
Huang Xiaojuan was both angry and anxious. What kind of magic potion did that damn girl Xia Mian use to trick these people
Thinking of this, she turned around and started banging the door. She thought Xia Mian was deliberately keeping the door closed in revenge for her, so she held back her anger and shouted, "Xia Mian, open the door for me! Why did you call the police again when you were fine!"
Ning Shaoyun came out to take a look after hearing the voice and asked, "Is this Huang Xiaojuan who abused Xiaofeng and framed Xia Mian?"
"Isn't it..."
Everyone started chattering again. Doctor Ning's sister rarely talked to him, and she was in a good mood right now. As for Huang Xiaojuan's matter, let her call her whatever she wanted.
Huang Xiaojuan had been walking with Xuanxuan and carrying the luggage for most of the day and was now tired and hungry. Xuanxuan started crying when he saw that he couldn't get into the house when he arrived.
Finally, Mrs. Liu, who was in front of him, was so annoyed that she said, "Stop shouting, Xia Mian is not here!"
Why not tell me now?!
Huang Xiaojuan gritted her teeth when she heard this. This damn old woman must have done it on purpose, but she still held back her anger and said, "Where did she go?!"
Old Mrs. Liu looked at her in surprise. "Since you've chased her away like this, of course she'll go back to her hometown. Could it be that she's still shamelessly staying at home, waiting for you to lock her out every day?"
"What about the lock?!" Huang Xiaojuan clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, "Did she leave the key?"
Old Lady Liu said, "I don't know. Back then, Xia Mian, a little girl, couldn't help Xiao Feng. There's no reason why you, an adult, can't do anything about it, right?"
Revenge, this is definitely the revenge of summer sleep! Huang Xiaojuan was so angry that she felt dizzy, but Xuanxuan kept shouting that he was hungry and had already started crying loudly.
Huang Xiaojuan had no choice but to pick up her luggage and hold her to find the lock changer. But because the time was up, the lock changer had just closed up and left.
Huang Xiaojuan was about to collapse. She kicked Xuanxuan who was crying and said, "Shut up!"
After Xuanxuan shut up for a short while, he cried even louder...
In the end, Huang Xiaojuan had no choice but to take Xuanxuan to stay in a hotel. She spent a lot of the 1,000 yuan that Xia Mian had left in her savings book. This time, when she returned to her parents' home, it was all taken away. Now she was using her own money, so she was naturally very distressed.
When she arrived at the hotel, she contacted Zhang Qiming in a rage and told him that Xia Mian had called the police to arrest her, had picked the lock and left, and the neighbors' speculation about the gangster.
She was full of worry, but Zhang Qiming listened and said, "Did anyone in the courtyard hear that the police were looking for you?"
Huang Xiaojuan was stunned. This was really not possible.
"That phone call was most likely made by Xia Mian herself." Zhang Qiming said in a relaxed tone, "Maybe your Huang family is ignorant, otherwise you wouldn't have called to arrest someone, you would have just gone there in a police car to arrest them."
Huang Xiaojuan also reacted, isn't it? If Xia Mian called the police, she would definitely want everyone in the family compound to know about it, but now no one has mentioned it, so...
"So she must have had some problems and was in a hurry to find you, but the little girl couldn't handle the situation and ran away in fear before she could wait."
Zhang Qiming seemed to be in a good mood. "As for those gangsters, let her say whatever she wants. From now on, she will have to eat her own words."
Isn't it?! Huang Xiaojuan's eyes lit up. That girl must have gotten into a "big disaster". Otherwise, she would have been the lifesaver of Dr. Ning's nephew. Why would she run away
Once they had the evidence against her and held her in their hands, wouldn't they let her say whatever she wanted? Huang Xiaojuan's mood finally brightened.
Unfortunately, it didn’t last long.
The next day, Huang Xiaojuan went to find someone to change the locks of the stall.
The locksmith was very honest. "What's wrong with your house? I haven't changed my locks for two months, but you change them twice in less than a week."
Huang Xiaojuan was about to nag Xia Mian, when Mrs. Liu, who was sitting opposite her, came out and heard what she was saying. She smiled and said, "Well, this family is kind-hearted and is dedicated to generating income for you."
Huang Xiaojuan didn't dare to say anything bad about Xia Mian in front of Old Lady Liu. She paid the money with a heavy heart, then slammed the door shut to express her dissatisfaction with her actions.
Old Madam Liu sneered and said to her daughter-in-law, "We are just getting started. She is still very angry. Just wait and see. She will come to me soon."
"Then just ignore her," Li Meimei couldn't help laughing, "Xia Mian is really amazing."
"You better be more aggressive, otherwise you won't be able to escape if you meet such a beast." Old Mrs. Liu said, "You still have to reason with her." When she said this, her eyes were full of fun, "I want to see her when she gets mad!"
Li Mei laughed.
Sure enough, a dozen seconds later, Huang Xiaojuan rushed out anxiously, forgetting to argue with the person opposite her. She said anxiously, "Aunt Liu, my house seems to have been robbed. Both the color TV and sewing machine are gone."
"I don't know whether there were thieves or not," said Old Lady Liu, "but Xia Mian pawned the color TV and sewing machine."
"It was pawned?!" Huang Xiaojuan's first reaction was that Xia Mian sold the TV as second-hand goods, and she couldn't help but shouting, "How dare she?!"
"What are you yelling about?" Old Madam Liu asked in confusion, "Didn't your little Zhang say that himself? Let Xia Mian figure it out, and he can come back to deal with it after it's done. I'm listening to you all the time."
"Besides, the summer sleeper has already been pawned. If you redeem it within a month, you will only have to pay an extra ten yuan in interest." Old Mrs. Liu said, "Are you going to let your two children starve to death?"
Sister Wang from upstairs poked her head out and said, "Yes, if you want to blame someone, you can only blame you and Xiao Zhang for not thinking things through. We are neighbors upstairs and downstairs. If you left a key and some money to me, how could I cheat you?"
Old Lady Liu continued, "Isn't it? Fortunately, Xia Mian is a capable girl. If she was inexperienced, how would this child survive..."
As the two of them talked, they began to praise Xia Mian.
Huang Xiaojuan turned back with a grim face. Old Mrs. Liu and Sister Zhao looked at each other and smiled, both feeling relieved.
Huang Xiaojuan was so angry that she looked for the ransom note. She was afraid that the note would be lost because of something the girl had done to ruin it. Fortunately, Xia Mian didn't seem to have the courage to do that.
Huang Xiaojuan found a very conspicuous blue ransom note next to the phone, but after finding it, her mood did not improve much:
The words written on the white paper were as arrogant as the other party:
Are you surprised? Are you surprised
You can look forward to more!
Looking forward to nmb!
Huang Xiaojuan looked at the redemption slip that required 1,400 yuan and was so angry that she trembled all over: Xia Mian!!!