As soon as the bank exchanged the money, Xiao Aimin paid off 130,000 yuan of debt on the spot.
Quite a few people saw it. Though they were still intensely jealous, it did not have much impact.
After all, the mine owners who dug tunnels came to the bank every month. Some deposited only tens of thousands, while others deposited as much as five or six hundred thousand.
Of course, 70,000 yuan was still an enormous fortune for a small town or village.
Although there was gold in this area and quite a few people had become wealthy first, this was still the 1980s.
For ordinary villagers, 70,000 yuan was already a colossal sum.
The news that Xiao Aimin had dug up Dog-head Gold quickly spread. The entire village, along with several nearby villages, was in an uproar.
Many people in the village regretted it so much that their guts turned green. Su Guofu regretted it most of all.
The entire Su family sank into a deathly silence. Afterward, an enormous argument broke out.
Su Guofu, who had always been lazy, greedy, and idle, felt that his good fortune had all been blocked by his family. After returning home, he smashed everything in the main room.
Unable to take his anger out on his mother, he vented it all on his wife and Su Baozhu.
"Look, look! What did I say back then?"
"I said Erya had good fortune. With her around, we were sure to dig up gold. I said we should take a share, but you all refused.
"All of you are narrow-minded and short-sighted. You actually stopped Mom from giving us the money.
"Now look at us! They've struck it rich, while all we can do is watch, just stand there and watch with our eyes wide