Crossing the Homeland

Chapter 20

Xia Junyan led Xiaoyu back to the mountain temporarily.The strong man repaired the fence in the yard and the firewood gate firmly, Xia Junyan closed it firmly, and took the hatchet leaning against the corner into the house, and then she felt a little relieved.

These days, she has been struggling with food and clothing, and finally found a job as a cook to fill her stomach. A few days after An's birthday, she actually had to clean up these rotten baskets.In the whole village, she is also familiar with Aunt An's family, but Aunt An will not talk about this kind of scandal in Xia's family all day long to Xia Junyan.

Xia Junyan didn't think of any good way to solve the current predicament.

"How much money does my father owe them!" Xia Junyan looked sad.

"I don't know." Xiaoyu came to the strong man's place for the first time, and was wandering around the house curiously, "A Xia, don't you know?"

"How could my father tell me such a thing?" Xia Junyan was full of worries.The Cheng family was involved again, and I don't know what role the Cheng family played in this matter.

In the final analysis, there is still one word - money!

Although Xia Junyan has never been to a gambling house, she also knows that anyone who owes money in a gambling house is definitely a usury, and there were no restrictions on usury in ancient times, because many officials also made profits from it. The phrase "repaying debts and repaying money is justified" has been thoroughly implemented in this era.

It is impossible for the people in the gambling shop to come all the way just because of a few taels of silver, but the people in the gambling shop should also know that the Xia family is out of money, and there is no one else except a little girl with few taels of meat.

"Those people are the most heartless!" Xiaoyu said angrily, "Ah Xia, don't go back these days, those people have no good intentions. My mother said that a girl from the next village used to owe money to the gambling house because of me. Being sold by the people in the gambling shop into a building, it will be ruined for the rest of my life! That’s why I’m still here!”

Presumably the previous Miss Xia also thought of this link, had no way out, and finally chose to commit suicide by throwing herself into the water.

Xia Junyan doesn't want to die!
Although she came here by accident, she also wanted to live a good life.Once it comes, it will be safe, and everything must look forward. Since it is a problem, there is always a way to solve it.At least she's doing better now than she started.

Xia Junyan quickly calculated that since the other party already knew that the Xia family could not afford the money, it was very likely that they would sell her to a brothel or directly to a matchmaker like the village next door, and at least they could get back a few taels of money. It's better than procrastinating like this and not being able to get a penny back.

Thinking about it carefully, the situation she encounters now is somewhat similar to the bankruptcy and liquidation of modern enterprises.

Xia's family is the company that is about to go bankrupt with heavy debts, and the gambling house is the creditor.Generally speaking, creditors do not want the company to go bankrupt unless it is a last resort. After all, once the company goes bankrupt, it will no longer be profitable.The money from bankruptcy liquidation and the money that should really be repaid are nothing.

As long as the company exists, there will be a hen that can lay eggs, giving people a hope that the debt will be paid off.So now she has to quickly transform herself into the hen that can only lay eggs, so that the people in the gambling shop don't press every step of the way, lest the eggs fly away in the end, and everyone will be in trouble!
Amitabha, fortunately, the strong man left behind more than a dozen taels of silver before he left, and there is still a chance for the whole matter to turn around.

(End of this chapter)