He forced me to sever ties with my family and sleep on a dilapidated boat, then turned around and be

Chen Dagui shouted fiercely, "I don't believe it! How could he have run off to the county like that? He must be hiding in a house! Everyone, charge! Rush in and search! Catch Niu Bayi!"

"I'm forcing him to pay me ten thousand yuan tonight!"

Niu Dazhuang also shouted, "What are you standing there for? Listen to my son, go into the He family's house and search it thoroughly!"

He pointed at He Rong.

"Old He, don't blame me for being ruthless. Niu Ba beat my son up like this, I'm going to drag him out and teach him a lesson! If you try to stop me, I'll charge you with... um! harboring a criminal!"

That's as if he's a police officer.

A group of people were about to rush in.

He Laifu was so angry that his face turned ashen. Suddenly, he turned around, grabbed an iron hoe from beside the door, and raised it high.

"Niu Bayi is definitely not in my house. You're not the police, what right do you have to search my house! Anyone who dares to take a step inside, I won't hesitate to chop their head off with this hoe!"

The group of fishermen who were about to rush in were so frightened that they stopped in their tracks.

Ma Chunhua rolled her eyes and shouted, "Fine, you won't let us in to search, huh? Then call the police right now and get the officers from the police station here! Let's see if you dare to stop us now!"

Chen Meifeng then shouted, "Let me make this clear: if you call the police, it won't just be a matter of paying ten thousand yuan in compensation. Niu Bayi will also be in trouble; he will definitely be arrested."

"First imprison him, then execute him!"

He Zhenzhen panicked as soon as she heard that.

"Dad, what should we do?"

He Rong gritted his teeth: "All of you, shut up and listen to me!"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, He Rongcai began to speak slowly and deliberately.

"Ba Yi did go to the county. He retrieved some valuable items from the sea, hoping to sell them for some money and then buy a fishing boat, since my family's fishing boat was destroyed."

"How can we go out to sea to fish without fishing boats? This is of paramount importance!"

"So he left at noon and hasn't come back yet. In that case, I don't have that much money. I'll give you 1000 yuan first, and we'll talk about the remaining 9,000 yuan when he comes back on August 1st."

"You can run away, but you can't hide, so why the rush?"

The Niu family members stared at each other blankly.

Niu Dazhuang asked, "Old He, you're not lying to me, Niu Bayi really went to the county town?"

He Rong didn't speak, but nodded heavily.

Niu Dazhuang glanced at Ma Chunhua, signaling her to make the decision.

Ma Chunhua is not only a shrew, but also quite clever.

Judging from the current situation, Niu Bayi is probably not at the He family's house.

We can't completely break ties with the He family.

She said, "Okay, He Rong, I'll give you face! Take out a thousand yuan first. I don't care where Niu Bayi is, just tell him to get the remaining nine thousand yuan ready by noon tomorrow."

"Come back then, everyone."

"If Niu Bayi doesn't pay back this ten thousand yuan, we're not done with him!"

Chen Dagui shouted in a hoarse voice, "He beat me up so badly, paying him ten thousand yuan is too lenient. If he can't come up with that much money, I'll send him to jail!"

Chen Meifeng nodded firmly: "Send him to jail!"

He Rong sighed, looked at Zhang Xiuli and her son, and asked everyone to chip in some money.

Let's scrape together a thousand yuan and get rid of these people first.

Zhang Xiuli was still a little unwilling, her eyes were red, and she felt very wronged.

"Old He, our boat has already been destroyed, and now they want to..."

He Rong interrupted her.

"Stop arguing, give me the money first, and we'll talk about this after we've settled this matter."

There was no other way, so the family of four scraped together the money they could.

Although it was 1984, the people in the small fishing village were not used to depositing their money in the bank.

I always felt that once the money was sent to the bank, it belonged to the bank, not to me.

So I always keep some money at the foot of the bedside table.

Although Da Tou had already lent Niu Bayi 5000 yuan, he managed to scrape together 1000 yuan and handed it over.

Ma Chunhua couldn't wait to snatch the stack of banknotes, and counted them over and over again, her mouth watering.

He smiled with slight satisfaction after confirming it was 1000 yuan.

Then, she suddenly looked up, staring with her triangular eyes.

"He Rong, listen up! By noon tomorrow, Niu Bayi must pay us another nine thousand yuan!"

"If he's finished, you guys won't be happy either!"

Chen Dagui said angrily, "Who told you to be so foolish as to marry He Zhenzhen to Niu Bayi, bringing trouble upon yourselves and causing such a good fishing boat to be sunk!"

"Now, we still have to pay him 1000 yuan in compensation! You guys deserve your bad luck; he's ruined your lives!"

"He Zhenzhen, I can still give you a chance. As long as you become my wife, I guarantee the He family will have a smooth and prosperous future. Otherwise, you'll suffer along with Niu Bayi, and might even die with him!"

That's incredibly malicious.

He Zhenzhen, who was already furious, could no longer hold back upon hearing this!

She suddenly rushed over, raised one small foot, and kicked Chen Dagui hard in the chest.

It was about to hit!

Fortunately, He Laifu was nearby and quickly grabbed his sister's arm and pulled her over.

These little feet were less than ten centimeters away from Chen Dagui's heart.

I had no choice but to take it back.

Chen Dagui was startled, then burst into laughter and straightened his chest.

"Come on, kick me! He Zhenzhen, if you've got the guts, kick me here. I'll make sure your family pays me ten thousand yuan. Or you can marry me, and I won't pay a single penny of dowry!"

He Zhenzhen was furious!

"Chen Dagui, don't be so smug! When August 1st comes back, we'll have plenty of ways to deal with you. Your Niu family won't get a single penny, and you'll have to return the 1000 yuan you just took. Just you wait and see!"

Ma Chunhua chuckled coldly.

"What's the use of just talking nonsense? I'm taking Niu Bayi and your whole family. Ten thousand yuan, not a penny less! Dazhuang, let's go. We'll come back tomorrow at noon!"

"Let's see what Niu Bayi can do to us. Now it's his turn to be the fish on the chopping block."

The group left triumphantly.

Staring intently at their retreating figures, He Zhenzhen was so angry she almost cried.

He Rong gently patted her on the shoulder.

"Alright, don't be so impulsive. You're a grown woman. If you could win a fight, would the world need the police? For now, let's wait for August 1st to come back and handle it."

He Zhenzhen nodded silently, her voice trembling with tears, "Dad, I'm sorry, we had to scrape together 1000 yuan to pay those thugs!"

He Rong waved his hand.

"There's nothing to apologize for. Although I didn't approve of your relationship with Bayi before, now that you've accepted the betrothal gifts and agreed to this marriage, we have to face it together no matter what."

"This 1000 yuan is also a loan I gave to Bayi. I believe he has the ability to pay it back; it's just a matter of time."

Indeed, Niu Bayi went out to sea to fish twice and earned about 3000 yuan each time.

Even though the fishing boat was destroyed, He Rong still had a lot of confidence in him.

He Laifu comforted him, "Dad's right. Bayi is no ordinary man now; he's the Dragon King's godson. I think even if we suffer a little loss, we'll be able to resolve this quickly. At worst, we can start over!"