Confrontation

Her eldest sister-in-law, Wang Liumei, was hosting them alone at home. Hearing this, she kept wringing her hands. How could she dare make a decision on such a major matter? Fortunately, just at that moment, Jiang Rang stepped into the courtyard.

Chen Aixiang was the mother of Jiang Fu and the grandmother of Jiang Mei.

Paying back one's debts was a matter of course, and Jiang Rang did not try to shirk it.

"Grandmother Chen, when your family lent us money to help treat my father, our whole family was extremely grateful. Now, you are taking advantage of our difficulties to demand the grocery store, and I don't even know what to say. So, let's do as you say. If our family cannot pay back the money within the next three days, we will sell the store to settle the debt. But you go back and tell my third aunt that even if I sell this store, I will absolutely not sell it to your family."

Jiang Rang even drew up a written pledge stating that if the debt was not paid in three days, she would sell the store to pay Chen Aixiang five hundred yuan, with Uncle Da as a witness.

Uncle Da's full name was Ye Da. Upon returning home, he immediately asked his wife to take out two hundred yuan of their savings. Ye Da's wife, Ji Caifeng, quickly asked her husband what he planned to do. She then listened as Ye Da recounted what had happened at the Jiang family home. It turned out that Jiang Rang had broken off her engagement with the Cheng family, so their marriage would have nothing to do with her in the future. Furthermore, the one Cheng Wennian had set his eyes on was actually Jiang Mei, Chen Aixiang's granddaughter.

Jiang Mei wanted to do business in Luocheng and had targeted Jiang Rang's plot of land, which was why Chen Aixiang's family was putting on pressure to buy it. In her anger, Jiang Rang declared that if she couldn't pay the debt after three days, she would sell the store.

Ji Caifeng handed the two hundred yuan to Ye Da and said, "This two hundred isn't enough."

Ye Da sighed, "As neighbors, we should help as much as we can."