Chapter 103: Ji Qingqing’s Anxiety

Chapter 103: Ji Qingqing's Anxiety

Although Zhao Daxing and Xiao Jiliang's visit did not result in a fight with the Su family, they left empty-handed.

The Su family were clueless about where Su An had gone.

After Ji Qingqing and Su Jianjun shooed away Zhao Daxing and his mother, Su Jianjun hurriedly headed towards Wuzhen.

He urgently needed to go to the mine to find Su Ping. The situation was now out of his control, and he was extremely agitated along the way. Su Ping and Su An were not the same.

Su An was just a financial drain, destined to become someone else's family member, and her greatest use was to bring some benefit to the family.

But Su Ping was a boy he had raised for years, turning him into a strong and capable young man. After investing so much, it was now time to cash in and receive filial piety from him.

Su Jianjun was already 45 this year. In a few more years, he might be too old to work. By then, Su Lei would still be young and needing financial support, and Ji Qingqing had no income. Therefore, Su Ping should naturally be the main breadwinner of the family!

Although he usually disdained this son, he had to admit that the family's relatively comfortable life in recent years was largely due to Su Ping's monthly salary, which gave him a lot of confidence.

A flash of determination crossed Su Jianjun's eyes. Su Ping had no way of escaping his control!

If he dared to be so ungrateful, Su Jianjun would not hesitate to cut ties with him!

Meanwhile, after seeing Su Jianjun off, Ji Qingqing, grim-faced, grabbed some things and headed to the hospital.

Life was getting harder and harder. The older generation was being a headache, and the younger generation was also restless.

If she had known how the Su family would turn out, would she have bothered marrying into it?

Wouldn't it have been better to stick with her job at the ceramic factory and live with Su Jiao?

The thought of losing the fifty yuan every month was killing her.

She had scrimped and saved, finally marrying off Su An and getting a dowry. Zhao Daxing had even promised a job, and Su Ping sent home money every month. It seemed like better times were just around the corner.

But now, Su Lei, influenced by the second branch, had coaxed away the family's savings.

Later, the Zhao family threatened to reclaim the six hundred yuan dowry over Su Jiao's school enrollment.

Most of that six hundred yuan had been borrowed from her relatives. When borrowing the money, she had confidently promised her brother and sister-in-law to repay fifty yuan monthly, clearing the debt in six months. What should she do now?

The whole family's livelihood depended on Su Jianjun's small paycheck. When would she be able to repay her brother and sister-in-law?

Her brother and sister-in-law were not to be trifled with!

What would happen then...

Ji Qingqing grew more and more anxious. Now she even had to go to the hospital to take care of that old fool!

She remembered the warning from the factory leaders about her family. At this point, Su Jianjun's job absolutely could not be jeopardized, or else the whole family would be left with nothing.

Ji Qingqing smacked her forehead in frustration, "This is so frustrating, what a disaster!"

Su An had originally planned to visit the Zhao family today.

But Huang Ximei, who had been taken away with Liu Shuanglu and Cui Yuanfeng, returned and even brought gifts to the Su family to express her gratitude, so Su An didn't leave.

Huang Ximei did not hide her joy, as she had received news from the police that Liu Shuanglu was unlikely to return.

From now on, she and her children could finally live a stable life.

The first thing she did when she got home was to buy a roll of firecrackers and set them off at the door, sending a clear message to the whole street that she and her children were not on the same side as Liu Shuanglu.

Then she went out and bought a lot of things, visiting every household Liu Shuanglu had bullied and those who had "kicked them while they were down" this time.

Huang Ximei made sure to especially thank the Su family.

In the past, no matter how ugly things got, few people reported to the police, because deep down, everyone believed that only matters of life and death warranted police involvement. Calling the police meant turning into mortal enemies, feuds that could last generations.

After all, since they all lived on the same street, everyone had their reservations, so despite the fights and disputes, over the years, only Li Hongmei's family had reported to the police.

But after Li Hongmei's family reported to the police, they voluntarily withdrew the case, and the Liu family just spent some money to smooth things over. Nothing happened to them, but Li Hongmei's family couldn't stay on Fuqing Street anymore.

With nothing better to do, Da Bao’s grandma tagged along with Huang Ximei, eager for gossip, "Ximei, Ximei, that shrew Cui Yuanfeng should be facing execution too, right?"

"And those Liu family brats? What sentences did they get? They've done plenty of bad things with Cui Yuanfeng over the years!"

"And what about those two troublemakers?"

Huang Ximei gave a soft smile, "We don't know yet, but we have to trust the Party and the government. They won't let a bad person go unpunished, nor will they wrong a good person."

Her gentle nature kept her from gloating, even now.

But Cui Yuanfeng, Liu Shuanglu, and Liu Guohua were definitely not coming back.

The year after Liu Shuangxi died, Cui Yuanfeng lost a child, and Liu Shuanglu forced her to go to the hospital to take care of Cui Yuanfeng.

She had held onto those receipts, just in case they ever came in handy. Who would have thought they would come in handy after so long?

As for Liu Guohua...

Huang Ximei thought of her niece who never came to visit her again, a shadow flickered across her eyes.

Liu Guohua wouldn't be coming back either.

During the height of the crackdown two years ago, two young people were sentenced to death and life imprisonment just for kissing.

In her hometown, a street thug who catcalled a woman in public got 15 years.

In the north, a young man was executed for flirting with a shop assistant.

In the suburbs, a man, half-asleep at 5 a.m., stumbled into the wrong house to use the bathroom and was executed.

Another man got 10 years for accidentally slapping a woman's bottom at the market.

Even the children of high-ranking officials weren't spared. Liu Guohua only survived the past two years because no one turned him in.

Now, even with the policies loosened, it's more than enough for him.

Huang Ximei admitted she was a timid woman. If her daughter hadn't been in such dire straits, she might never have risked her life.

She didn't ask for much. She just wanted to live, to survive with her children.