The Age of Rebirth: Struggle of the Eldest Daughter

Chapter 4 The Father's Debt and the Son's Repayment
After discussing the store promotion plan with my mother in detail, it was getting dark.

"Mom~ sister~~ Grandpa and grandma are back, aunt said it's time to eat." Su Jinyang rushed into the room and called the two of them.

The mother and son locked the door and walked to the old house.After the beginning of winter, it gets dark early, and once it gets dark, every household has gone to dinner, no customers come to the door, and the small shop is closed.If someone wants to buy something temporarily, stand by the wall and shout, and you can rush over to welcome the guests from the east gate of the old house.

"Grandpa, you and grandma shouldn't go to sea so late in the future. It's dark and you're carrying such heavy oysters, it's not safe on the road." Su Manjin looked at his grandfather who was much younger than he remembered, holding back his nose sore He said hello and told me to arrive.

Su Jinshun is 59 years old this year, of course he is younger than Su Manjin remembers in his first life.

Su Manjin thought of her last life, when her father had an accident in 2013, and soon after, her grandfather was diagnosed with a liver problem. In less than a year, he could not bear the torture of liver cancer and passed away. At that time, his grandfather was only 76 years old.

Su Manjin had a good relationship with her grandfather since she was a child. Even if she boarded in a county school dormitory in high school, she would visit her grandparents every week when she came home from school to share about the school.Grandpa likes to hear her talk about interesting things in school life.

Su Jinshun is impatient, but he has always been patient with Su Manjin, his granddaughter.

When Su Manjin was 2 years old, Su Yuhui contracted a quarrying site, Zeng Meiyue went to the site to cook, and Su Jinshun also went down to help with small jobs.Every evening after work, Zeng Meiyue was busy cooking, and it was Su Jinshun who helped take Su Manjin.

Xiao Manjin babbled and babbled just when she was lively and active, she often crawled to the side of the bed and pulled the bed curtains to shake and stand up without stopping for a moment.Su Jinshun endured the fatigue from work, and stood by the bed every time, protecting his hands carefully.

Sometimes Xiao Manjin cried and wanted to find her mother, Su Jinshun would hold her in her arms, walk around the house, shaking her lightly, patting her lightly, and coaxing her gently: "Our Xiao Man is the most obedient, don't cry, mom The rice will be ready in a while."

"Don't cry, don't cry, grandpa will play peek-a-boo with you, okay?" Gently put his granddaughter on the couch, he, who has always been taciturn, covered his face with his hands, and then suddenly parted to both sides, with exaggeration The voice and expression made Xiao Manjin giggle in a short while, very cheerful.

Once I went down the mountain to buy tools on the street, and I saw a very beautiful rattle through the window of the gift shop.Su Jinshun thought of his lovely granddaughter, and bought it without saying a word.

At that time, Dagong’s daily salary was only 20 yuan, and a catty of pork was 6 yuan.He usually saves money on grocery shopping, but he spent 5 yuan on a toy to make his granddaughter happy without blinking his eyes.

Such a good grandfather, hardworking and able to endure hardships, but in the end he suffered from illness and passed away with regret.To the end of his life, he was still worried that his granddaughter had assumed so many debts left by his son, so don't affect her marriage.

Su Manjin remembers that after his father's accident, his family was surrounded by hundreds of members.They came from various villages, even villagers from the next town.

All eyes are on what the family is going to do with those mutual aid groups.The head of the family collapsed and is still living in the hospital. Everyone's money has been lost, and they don't know if they can get it back.

At that time, Su Xusheng accompanied her to calculate the accounts for three days, only to sort out the debt left by her father, which was nearly 200 million yuan. Among them, the members of the mutual aid association had a fund gap of 150 million yuan, the usury was 10,000+, and the debt of favor was 10,000+.

At that time, Su Manjin had just graduated and worked for more than a year, and her monthly salary was less than 5000 yuan. Faced with this high debt, she was desperate.

But when I think about the 150 million mutual aid funds, how many people have saved for several years, how many people are waiting for the money to do things, and how many innocent families will be affected if their family declares bankruptcy.

My father managed to save his life, and my mother is not in good health, so I will definitely live in my hometown in the future.Grandpa and grandma are also getting old and can't stand the toss.She didn't want her family to be called to collect debts every day in the future.

Repaying debts is a matter of course.It is useless to escape, only to face the problem.

Su Manjin and Zeng Meiyue discussed with Su Jinyang, who had just graduated from high school at the time, and announced three points in public:
1. My father owes you the money for the meeting, including the interest you deserved before, and our siblings will bear every penny.We will deal with this part of the debt first, but it may take several years, please understand.We will pay each person's payment in two installments. After the first installment is paid for everyone, we will pay the balance in turn.Later, please draw lots to decide the order of repayment.

2. Usury loans can only return the mother's money (principal), and cannot bear the interest.At present, we will give priority to dealing with the membership money, and there are also clubs in which you (the usury lenders) participate.The usury can only be dealt with after we pay off the meeting money.Of course, there are also people who owe my dad money. If you want, we can make a tripartite agreement. The money they owe my dad will be returned to you directly to offset the usury my dad owes you.

3. As for the gambling debts, please forgive us, my siblings, for not being able to bear them.How much my dad lost in the bet, every time you take money from him behind my mother's back, you know it well.He gambled most of his life on his own account, and those of you who made the game and helped him advance the betting money are also willing to gamble and admit defeat.If there is trouble, let's go to the police station to sort it out.

Su Manjin recalled later, she didn't know where she got the courage at that time.I only thought that this matter should be done in the right way, so I decided to do it.I didn't think about the completion of this matter. There are really too many difficulties and pains in the future.

At that time, my father had an accident and lost his support all at once, my mother almost collapsed, and my younger brother had just finished the college entrance examination.Su Manjin had to support the whole family.

In order to fulfill the promise she made to everyone, Su Manjin spent ten years.In the first five years, my mother worked day and night to make money and help pay off her debts until she collapsed from overwork.In the next five years, my younger brother, who graduated from university, also helped to repay the debt together.

The three of them, mother and son, have worked hard for 20 years and finally paid off all their debts. In exchange for everyone's respect, they are also worthy of their own conscience.

In the few years after my father's accident, other mutual aid associations also closed down. Most of them escaped with their families or hid by themselves. Members demanded repayment, but they had no money and no one to find.

Only a very small number of people are willing to admit debts, but there is nothing they can do if they don’t have money. I owe it first, and I will talk about it later when I have money.Many villagers came to collect debts, and they made a lot of noise a few times. They were tired of not being able to get the money, and most of them just let it go.

Only Su Manjin's family is special. On a regular basis every month, Zeng Meiyue will send the membership money payable to the member's home in person, and give a settlement statement to the other party for confirmation, which records the amount of the balance owed, and Su Manjin's signature was used as the basis for the IOU, and he told the family to keep it well, and to take back this document when repaying the balance in the future.

In those years, Su Manjin did not dare to stop for a moment. She worked crazily, constantly expanded her business, worked overtime, got promoted, and took home every month when she was paid salary and bonus. Together with the list of repayments for that month, she gave it to her mother to return to the members. .

Su Manjin clearly remembered that before his grandfather passed away, he patted her hand earnestly and said, "Your father went the wrong way and left you with this mess. However, at least one life has been taken back. You guys will go out in the future." When you come back from work or school, at least your parents are still at home. Grandparents will be old and will leave one day, and your father can also be your mother’s companion in the future. Meeting money is indeed the hard-earned money accumulated by many families. At that time, I was willing to hand over the money to your father. In addition to earning interest, it was also a trust in your father and our family. You were responsible for deciding to handle it like this before, and others will look up to your siblings. In the future Life is a long road, and debt repayment may be very difficult. But you stand between heaven and earth, and you are worthy of your heart, and God should see your efforts, and good fortune will be rewarded to you brothers and sisters."

Su Manjin thought: Maybe it is a reward from God that he can live a new life.

In her previous life, she often comforted herself: Everyone has their own homework in life, and you have to overcome your own disasters by yourself, and you can't blame others.Bad times will always pass, as long as you work hard, you will have a bright future of your own.So when she was confused and helpless, she never gave up hope.

In this life, she came back early, she was still young, and she still had time to experience life again.

The immediate task is to find a way to make more money so that the family can live a good life first.In addition, in the past few years, I have to save money as soon as possible so that my family can have a comprehensive physical examination.After all, in the previous life, the health problems of father, mother, and grandfather were not discovered until the outbreak, either too late or the treatment effect was not good.

The nine members of Su Jinshun's family sat around the wooden table and had dinner lively.Su Yumei cooked sweet potato porridge, fried dried pickles, a pile of sun-dried cooked peanuts, a little soy sauce on the side, and a plate of fried meat with cauliflower. There was not much meat, but the whole family ate happily, and the atmosphere was very good.

After eating, Su Manjin said to her aunt Su Yumei: "Auntie, let's go to the sea tomorrow. Let's go and see when the tide is low. Maybe we can find good things and sell them for money."

Su Jinyang hurried up: "Sister~ I'm going to go to the sea too, and I also want to pick up good things and sell them for money~ Sister~ Can you and aunt take me with you?"

Su Yuhui thought that Su Manjin and his brother wanted to go to the beach to play, so he seriously warned: "When the tide is low, you can't run to play in the water, or you will be dragged away by the waves and die, you know?" Zeng Meiyue heard What the husband said, he also told his daughter.

Su Yumei smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother and sister-in-law, I will watch them both, and I won't let them go into the water. We will be on the beach then, take the children to play with the sand and come back."

Su Jinyang leaned close to Su Manjin and asked softly, "Sister, what good things are we going to pick up?"

Su Manjin blinked at her younger brother, and replied in a low voice: "Tomorrow, I will ask Dahai for gifts, and what Dahai will give you are all good things."

　Difficult times will always pass.

　　Just keep being yourself,
　　Everything has its own best arrangement.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)