"Oh, it's still a golden hairpin!"
The ruffian leader held the golden hairpin in front of his eyes, looked at it carefully, and a hint of excitement appeared in the corner of his mouth.
His face suddenly darkened and he shouted loudly:
"Okay, since you are so rich, why have you been delaying and refusing to return the money to us?"
After hearing this, the expression on the woman's face changed again.
"My gold hairpin is worth dozens of taels of silver at least. Didn't you say that my husband-in-law owes you twenty taels of silver? The value of that gold hairpin is enough, right?"
Hearing this, the smile on the ruffian leader's face became even brighter.
"Brother, I am not an unreasonable person, but I still have to explain this matter to you clearly."
"Let's put it this way, your husband-in-law only lent us twenty taels of silver, but if you do the math, he hasn't been back for more than half a year."
"We are not philanthropists. If you want to find philanthropists, you can go to the temple to find the Buddha. We are borrowing money from others, and when we get it back, we will naturally have to pay with interest."
"The gold hairpin you have now is just interest at best. There are still twenty taels of silver in the principal, so take it out!"
"As long as you take it out, we promise not to bother you again."
Hearing this, a look of despair flashed across the woman's face.
"Can you...can you give me another three months of grace? I will find a way to pay back the money as soon as possible."
"Three months??"
The ruffian leader seemed to have heard something funny, and his eyes suddenly widened, like a toad squatting at the bottom of a well.
"Young lady, you are not being kind. I also collect debts for others. Now my boss wants to recover the capital. What do you think my brother can do?"
After hearing this, the woman's face became even more ugly.
When the ruffian leader saw this, he suddenly chuckled and said:
"But...this matter is not hopeless."
When the woman heard this, a look of hope appeared on her originally despairing face.
"Brother, please help me. We orphans and widowers are struggling to survive these days. Please give us some grace."
When the ruffian leader heard this, the smile on his face grew stronger.
"Okay, since you have spoken, little lady, then my brother is not an unreasonable person."
"Let's do this. Tonight, go home with your brother. He will take you to meet our boss. By then, the matter of money will not be a big deal."
"tonight?"
There was a look of hesitation on the woman's cheek.
"Brother, since we're talking about something, why don't we take advantage of the daylight? There's a curfew in the city at night, so it's hard to move around, right?"
"Hey, you can't say that about this."
The gangster leader waved his hand, with a look of helplessness on his cheeks.
"You also know that since we are asking for help now, we naturally need to show sincerity, right?"
"After the curfew in the evening, we will visit the boss's house in person. If you behave well then, the boss may be happy and may be able to forgive your principal."
Upon hearing this, the woman's face suddenly darkened.
She is not an inexperienced girl, so she cannot hear the hidden meaning in the other person's mouth.
Why do you want to show off? It's obvious that you want to make yourself...
Thinking of this, a look of despair appeared on the woman's cheek.
Forget it, what will happen to the path I chose in the first place?
It's just that... my own way of looking at people doesn't seem to be very good. That damn man just died outside, and he also incurred a lot of debt...
The woman sighed softly, but shook her head.
"Brother, I understand what you mean. I'm sorry, but I have no plans for the time being."
"Please give us some more time and let us think of a solution. Don't worry, regarding the money, I will find a way to get it together as soon as possible and then give it to you."
After saying that, she grabbed Su Su's arm and planned to turn around and leave this place of right and wrong.
However, the gangster leader finally seized this opportunity for her to go out, so how could he let her go so easily?
The leader of the gangsters just winked. The other gangsters all smiled evilly and surrounded the woman again.
"Little lady, you want to leave now!"
"Our boss hasn't said anything yet. Who allowed you to leave?"
"Tsk, tsk, the little lady is so hydrated. Look at her hydrated skin. If you pinch it, the water will leak out!"
As soon as these words came out, the smiles on the faces of the other gangsters became more and more unscrupulous.
People like them like to bully weak women from good families, and this young woman is so beautiful, like a ripe peach, it makes people drool.
I don’t know if the boss can make them happy too after enjoying it.
Thinking about it, it's probably not a big problem. After all, this little lady's husband does owe the boss some money.
With the boss's methods, this little lady has no ability to resist.
On the other side, listening to everyone's teasing, the woman's cheeks turned red with anger.
Once upon a time, she was also from a famous family.
Just because of some things, the family fell into decline.
She originally thought that she didn't want to be rich and powerful in this life, as long as she could marry a down-to-earth and stable person, she would have no regrets in her life.
However, fate seemed to play a joke on her.
He may appear to be a down-to-earth and honest man, but secretly he is a compulsive gambler.
In order to gamble, she spent all her remaining dowry and borrowed a lot of foreign debt.
Later, I don’t know who I offended, so I was thrown into the river to feed the fish.
Ten days later, the woman found the man's body.
The woman shook her head gently and put all the unpleasantness in her mind to the back of her mind.
She knew that since it was the path she chose, she had no regrets.
Besides, she at least gained a lovely daughter, right?
But in this troubled world, how can orphans and widowed mothers survive?
The woman sighed softly, but her eyes suddenly became calm.
She glanced at the gangster blocking her with cold eyes, and said coldly:
"Get out of the way quickly, otherwise I will report you to the police!"
"In broad daylight, everyone is watching! If you do this, will the Yamen let you go?"
As soon as these words came out, the smiles on the faces of the other gangsters froze slightly, and they subconsciously looked at their boss.
However, he saw that the ruffian leader's expression remained unchanged, and there was even a playful smile on his face.
"Little lady, it seems that it will do you no good to fight with me to the death."
"It's just a matter of taking off your pants. Does it have to go to this point?"
"Did you know that my brother-in-law is the head catcher of the Yamen?"
