Pressured for Debt

Hearing his son recount what happened at the Cheng family home today, Father Jiang could only sigh.

Taking advantage of Jiang Rang being out, he instructed his son not to rush into finding a husband for his sister. Jiang Weimin also felt immense pity for his sister today; his eyes reddened as he nodded in obedience to his father.

Jiang Rang pulled her mother to a corner and handed over all the remaining money on her person, keeping only ten yuan for living expenses.

"Mom, rest assured and take good care of Dad. Once I earn enough money for the surgery, we will take him to a big hospital in Luocheng."

Only at this moment did Bai Huilan realize that since breaking off the engagement, her youngest daughter had suddenly grown up.

Leaving the hospital with her brother, Jiang Rang passed by the vegetable market and wanted to buy some pork belly. After buying the meat, she also planned to buy a fish to change up the family's meal.

Seeing his sister buy meat had already made him anxious, and now seeing her plan to buy fish, Jiang Weimin hurriedly stopped her. If his sister wanted to eat fish, he could catch some in the river; there was no need to waste money. Right now, their family had to pinch every penny.

Just as the siblings reached the gate, they heard the noisy clamor of Chen Aixiang, a relative from their clan. Today, she had come to their doorstep to demand a debt.

She raised her voice, saying, "Last time, our family lent your family five hundred yuan. We need it for something urgent now. Can you return it within three days?"

To pressure the Jiang family to pay, she had even brought the village party secretary along.

Uncle Da, another relative, couldn't stand listening to this and spoke up, "Chen Aixiang, your father and Weimin's father are cousins. His father fell and injured his waist, and has been in treatment for over a month. The Jiang family has borrowed money from the whole village, but no one is like you, coming right to their door to harass them. This isn't demanding a debt; this is taking advantage of a house on fire to loot it."

It turned out that Chen Aixiang had her eyes on Jiang Rang's dilapidated grocery store in Luocheng. She wanted to buy it and renovate it for her granddaughter to open a business. That was why she came to the Jiang family today to set an ultimatum. If the Jiang family didn't have the money within three days, they would have to sell the store to her.