After saying that, he thought for a moment. "Actually, I don't need 150. 130 will do. I still have twenty yuan I've saved up lately."
Ye Yaodong turned to A Qing, signaling for her to get it.
If it were him, like hell would he give them any money!
The honest feared the tough, and the tough feared those with nothing to lose. You had nothing to lose? Neither did I! Who was scared of whom? I wouldn't marry her. I didn't want her anymore. Could they force him to bring her home as his wife?
If he'd slept with her, there'd be no getting around it-he'd have to pay what he owed. But now he hadn't even caught a whiff of pussy, and they wanted 200 yuan? Why didn't they just go rob someone?
(P.S. I copied that from the comments. I'm not the one saying it. I'm a civilized person!!!)
Ultimately, his second uncle and aunt were simply too cowardly. They only bullied their own family, only treated their own relatives badly, and their family wasn't even united. The moment someone made a few threats, they backed down.
Sure enough, kind people got bullied just as gentle horses got ridden. Being a bad guy was better!
Still, this wasn't his business, and Brother A-Sheng was willing to take the beating and settle it this way. He had no grounds to say anything. All he could do was lend a hand when asked.
This cousin of his was a decent man. He'd already been planning to lend him some money to get a small boat and work his way up. Resolving things with the family dragging him down was good, too.
Once his big boat arrived, he'd need to hire people. Or, when his father got older and no