Chapter 12: Money in hand, conflict shifted

“We got a lot of gold and silver jewelry when we fought those people before. Selling those should be enough,” Zhang Cuilan said, slapping her thighs and crying, “Oh my god, that devil Yang Mumu, did she calculate exactly how much money we have? She forced us to empty everything to make up the amount!

 Those things were hard-earned, and I haven’t even had a chance to wear them!” “Keep your voice down, shut up, do you want everyone to hear? Go get it, the sooner we get the money together, the sooner we get the things back.

 We’ll always find the time and opportunity to get everything back,” Zhao Bing narrowed his eyes, staring coldly ahead. “Okay, I’ll listen to you.” Zhang Cuilan wiped away her tears and ran to the inner room.

 A minute later, she came out carrying a box. She opened the box, reluctantly touched the jewelry and gold inside before placing it in front of Zhao Bing. Her eyes lingered on the contents of the box.

 “Should we keep one or two pieces? Forget it, we’re still short a lot of money. We need to raise the money quickly, take it all.” “Okay, I’ll go to the black market to get rid of it and collect my salary. You get the money from home and wait for me to come back.” After Zhao Bing gave his instructions, he packed the box into a sack and carried it out.

 Three hours later, Zhao Bing returned with a grim face. Zhang Cuilan ran over when she saw him. “How much did you sell it for?” “590. Those bastards at the black market are as black-hearted as Yang Mumu.

I wore my mouth out before they gave me that little. If I didn’t want to sell it, they were going to rob me, shameless.” Zhao Bing kicked a stool in anger and took the money from his pocket to give to Zhang Cuilan to count.

 Zhang Cuilan took out the money from home and counted it together, stomping her feet anxiously as she counted. “What do we do now? We’re still short 249.”

 Zhao Bing was silent for a while, sighing at the house, “What else can we do? Everything in the house that can be sold has been sold. We’ll temporarily move back to the team and live in the dilapidated grass houses that no one lives in.

 We’ll move back after we get everything back.” Zhang Cuilan gasped, almost unable to stand, she supported herself on a chair to prevent herself from falling, covering her face and sobbing sadly. “Wuwu, how could this happen? Nothing is left.

 Yang Mumu really calculated every penny from our family. Oh, God, you didn’t even open your eyes to see, how could you tolerate such a devil in this world? Lao Zhao, can we really get it back?” “We will definitely get it back, don’t worry, we must get it back.”

 Zhao Bing couldn’t give up everything, he patted her shoulder to comfort her, “Rest first, I’ll take the things from home to sell them.

For now, we have to endure that bitch Yang Mumu.” Zhao Bing sold everything in his house and finally raised 3200 yuan. **At 5 am the next morning, Yang Mumu stretched, full of energy, and came out of the space.

 She held a large stack of photos that she had rushed to wash the previous afternoon, very satisfied with her masterpiece. “The photos are so good, they’re guaranteed to amaze the whole district.” 5:20 was the agreed time, and those people must have raised the money.

 Yang Mumu put away the photos, drank malt milk essence, ate boiled eggs, and took the time to check the surveillance footage of the five people on the turntable.

 Seeing that the three men had raised the money and had nothing left, she nodded in satisfaction. It was worth her carefully assessing the assets of the three before letting them sign the ransom. It was so accurate, she gave herself a five-star rating and asked God for a good review, more money to come.

At this time, the five people all walked to her door at the same time, furtively, covering themselves tightly, looking around, full of guilt. The money deliverers had arrived. Yang Mumu opened the door with a smile, welcoming the five gloomy people.

The room was not lit, only a nearly burnt-out candle was lit, the candlelight flickered, making the room extremely dark.

As soon as they sat down, the five couldn’t help themselves. Yang Zhong was the first to stand up and say, “We’ve brought the money, can you take out what you have? Let’s finish it quickly so everyone can feel relieved.”

 “Second Uncle is still so anxious, if you don’t show your sincerity, your niece’s brain is a little muddled, and her memory is a little bad, she can’t remember where those things are. Oh, I can’t remember where the film is at all.

” Yang Mumu covered her head, didn’t even bother to pretend, and looked at them with a smile. Yang Zhong was furious, suppressing the urge to change his face, and took out a stack of money from his bag.

“My 2500 yuan is here, count it yourself, don’t say I didn’t give you enough.” Zhao Bing suppressed his anger and reluctance and put all his belongings on the table. “My 3200, it’s counted clearly, not a penny less.

” Finally, Xu Qiang, with a bruised face, stepped forward and took out his share of money from his inner lining. “1800, as promised, you can take out what you have now.” All five shifted their gaze from the money to Yang Mumu.

 Seeing her familiar rolling pin tossing in her hand, and smiling brightly at them, their nerves twitched. They remembered yesterday’s encounter, their expressions subsided, and they obediently sat down without speaking, waiting for her to act.

Yang Mumu knocked the rolling pin on the table, checked the money, put it all in her bag, and then took out three rolls of film, a confession, and an IOU.

 The five were excited, especially when they saw the film, their eyes turned red. They didn’t doubt that Yang Mumu had taken the film to be developed and kept the photos privately, after all, there was no time, although they were raising money yesterday, they were also secretly watching Yang Mumu, and didn’t see her go out.

“Everything you want is here. There are only three rolls of film, but five of you.  I’ll give them to three of you, but two will always be left out and threatened by the other three. I’m sure you wouldn’t feel safe with it in anyone’s hands.

After all, this is evidence that could cost lives. For your safety, I’ll eliminate this hidden danger. I’ll check them and burn them right in front of everyone. Any objections?”  For the first time, the five found her words reasonable.

 It was best to burn them; there would be no more evidence. Besides, they didn’t dare to openly defy Yang Mumu.

The way she kept swinging the rolling pin was a clear threat and warning. The five shook their heads in unison: “No objections.” “Okay, to prevent any of you five from being sneaky and secretly switching things during inspection, I’ll hold the items while you check them. Let’s be clear, to prevent you from being dishonest again and harming me, I’ll keep the IOUs for my own protection.

The rest will be burned.” This also made sense. The IOUs were insignificant; they wouldn’t cost lives and wouldn’t threaten them.

Only the other two things needed to be dealt with. The five eyed each other warily, their suspicion of Yang Mumu lessened. They nodded again.

 “Okay.” “Now line up, I’ll walk past each of you, and you need to keep an eye on each other to prevent anyone from secretly switching things.

 If anything goes wrong, don’t blame me.” Yang Mumu used psychological suggestion to shift the conflict again, successfully leading the five people by the nose, making them suspiciously eye each other.