chapter 1 Ask for an explanation!

July 1999.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, it was downstairs in the dormitory of a fertilizer factory in Wuxi City in the south.

Lirian Hall held up a worn-out mobile phone bought from an Erdao dealer and asked with astonished eyes:

"Mom, what happened to Dad? You did it again!!"

On the phone, Lirian's mother voice was filled with tears:

"Your father was beaten! Your brother is still in jail, you are the only boy in the family, and your sister is out of town, too far away to get over!"

"Mom, don't worry, what's going on? Why did dad get into a fight?"

"Isn't it because I borrowed 30,000 yuan from Shen Kun?"

Lirian Hall frowned: "Didn't I give him one thousand and eighty yuan last month? Here you go again?"

Lirian Hall was quite impressed by Mervyn Hall .

About three years ago, Lirian Hall's brother was also sentenced to three years for manslaughter and had to pay the other party 60,000 in civil compensation.

In 1996, the monthly salary of workers in Wuxi City was less than 500 yuan, and 60,000 yuan was not a sum.

Tarnan Hall was so anxious that he borrowed money from everywhere. Even after borrowing from relatives, he could not collect the medical expenses and compensation.

In desperation, he asked an acquaintance to borrow Shen Kun's 30,000 yuan donkey for rolling.

At that time, when I was borrowing money, an acquaintance contacted me. I didn't know it was a donkey rolling. Later, after I wrote an IOU and took root, I realized how scary this thing is.

Lirian Hall and his mother had many chronic illnesses and were unable to do big jobs, so they set up a tailor shop in front of their home, and each group of people made some money by mending clothes.

Tarnan Hall went out day and night to help people build houses and work.

After Lirian Hall He served as a conscript for three years, he worked in a fertilizer factory and worked as a security guard at night.

The family of three kept running around, risking their lives, just thinking of paying off the money as soon as possible.

Even so, it still failed to fill the hole where the donkey wallowed.

If the money is not paid, Mervyn Hall will definitely have to hurry.

This is understandable, but at that time, private lending was already a gray area, and debt collection methods were also quite rough.

For example, they poured paint and dog blood on the door of the house, and painted big characters on the courtyard wall in the village.

Or they would roar in the village with a loudspeaker. Even once when Lirian's mother was sleeping at night, the window was smashed and a bloody dead cat was thrown in from the outside.

At that time, the dead cat was thrown directly onto Lirian's mother bed, scaring Lirian's mother so much that she was hospitalized...

All this trouble made it impossible for Lirian Hall and his family to behave in the village. When relatives saw Lirian Hall and his family, they walked around as if they were seeing shit.

"One thousand and eighty is not enough! Mervyn Hall brought more than ten people over and started smashing them when they entered the house. Your father argued with them and started a fight! More than ten of them beat your father..."

Shen He's eyes turned slightly red when he heard this, and he asked in a trembling voice, "How is Dad?"

"It's not good. I went to the hospital for a X-ray. Two ribs were broken. The doctor has blood congestion in his head and is doing surgery. He's at the Third People's Hospital. Come here quickly!"

"I'll be there soon!"

Shen He took a deep breath and hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Shen He was about to go back to the workshop to ask for leave. When he turned around, he saw a young man walking over.

This man was twenty years old, wearing the popular wide-leg bell-bottom trousers, with a cow-lick hairstyle, and was as thin as a bamboo pole.

His name is Liyr Green, he is Lirian Hall's father and he also works in the fertilizer factory.

This guy is out of tune. He misses work every now and then and asks for leave. He is too addicted to being a young and dangerous boy, and he hangs out with the street kids in society.

"What's wrong? Something happened to my uncle?" Zhou Li asked.

"My dad was beaten and is currently being treated in the Third Hospital! crafty Doggy, please ask for leave for me, I have to go to the hospital!"

Lirian Hall spoke urgently, turned around and left.

"Hold the grass? Who did it? Who is so bold? Brother, tell me the name of the enemy! I will immediately call two hundred brothers over and chop him to death! Grandma's!"

Zhou Li spat at the roadside, fiercely, while holding Lirian Hall's arm:

"Let's go! Which hospital is uncle at? I'll go with you!"

"Thanks, just go back to the workshop and ask for leave for me. I can handle it myself..."

"What are you talking about? You don't treat me as a brother, do you?"

Before Lirian Hall could finish, Liyr Green interrupted.

Next, holding Lirian Hall's shoulders, the two came to the intersection and stopped a motorcycle.

The fertilizer factory where Lirian Hall He works is on the outskirts of the city, less than five kilometers away from the Third Hospital.

In about ten minutes, the two of them arrived at the Third Hospital.

Tarnan Hall stayed in the hospital until late in the evening before he finished the operation and woke up.

In the ward.

Tarnan Hall face was pale, his head was wrapped in bloody gauze, and the bruises on his nose and face had not faded.

According to the doctor's opinion, Tarnan Hall cerebral hemorrhage was quite serious, and he may have sequelae such as hemiplegia and epilepsy in the future.

Lirian Hall sat on the edge of the bed, held his father's hand, and asked with slightly red eyes: "Dad, how do you feel?"

Tarnan Hall anesthetic had not worn off yet, and his thinking was a little slow. He looked at his son blankly, looking very remorseful:

"I don't have anything serious to do. This beast like Mervyn Hall can really do anything! Oh, if I had known this would be the result, I wouldn't have borrowed the money even if I had to cut my kidneys and sell my blood!"

Lirian Hall He asked with a sullen face, "If not, what about Mervyn Hall?"

"I want money! Mervyn Hall pointed at my nose. I must pay back the 50,000 yuan before the end of the month, otherwise I will take off my legs..."Tarnan Hall said with a worried look on his face: "Where can I get the 50,000 yuan? Even if we demolish the house, we won’t be able to raise 50,000 yuan!”

Tarnan Hall was born in the late 1940s. He suffered from hunger and experienced turbulent times.

He has the unique simplicity and hard work of people of that era, which is his advantage.

But he never thought about whether it was reasonable to borrow 30,000 yuan, repay more than 30,000 yuan, and still have to pay back 50,000 yuan. After being beaten, his first thought was not to protect his rights, but to collect money to pay off the debt.

This kind of kindness is a disease and must be cured!

"You should worry more about when your injury will heal!"Lirian Hall was silent for a while, then stood up and looked at his parents: "Dad, Mom, I'm going out and I'll be back later!"

Seeing that Lirian Hall was about to leave, Tarnan Hall quickly asked, "What are you doing?"

"I want a solution for Mervyn Hall!"

"What method? Are you going to fight again?"Tarnan Hall shouted.

Shen He, who had just reached the door of the ward, turned around when he heard the sound and replied with a tight face:

"Dad, look at how you were beaten. Was the beating in vain?"

Lirian's mother, who was making medicine for Tarnan Hall in warm water, frowned and glared at Lirian Hall He:

"He, why did you talk to your dad?"

"You're already twenty-three! Can you be more steady?"Tarnan Hall sat up with his hands on his hands and yelled with his eyes widened:

"I don't have any money in my hand, so I'm going to argue with Mervyn Hall. What's going to happen?"

Lirian Hall sneered: "Then according to your opinion, you should kneel down to him and beg him for more time?"

"What did you say? Did you take some gun medicine?"Tarnan Hall scolded angrily:

"You've never given up on defeat! I sent you to serve as a soldier for three years but it didn't soften your character! Don't worry about this. Go back to your class. You don't have to worry about it. I'll be better after a while. See if we can find a middleman, Lao Huangqing..."

"Why are you so nice? Are you addicted to being beaten or something?"

Lirian Hall retorted, then pointed at Tarnan Hall and said in a loud and authentic voice:

"Don't you understand yet? This is not a matter of paying back the money! Mervyn Hall has already taken the golden chicken that laid the eggs for us!

What did you get in exchange for giving in step by step? As a result, our whole family can’t hold our heads high in the village!

In exchange for window glass that can never be repaired and dead cats thrown in at midnight! Dad, I tell you! If you can endure being beaten today, Mervyn Hall will come and burn down our house! "

After finishing his words, Lirian Hall turned around and left the ward without hesitation.