Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

He Yuzhu did not immediately refute this time, but instead showed a hesitant expression.

Qin Huairu's eyes lit up, realizing that her chance to get He Yuzhu to let her go had come, and she quickly replied, "Zhuzi..."

"Sister Qin is willing to compensate you fifty yuan for your emotional distress..."

"As long as you forgive Sister Qin, Sister Qin will give you the money right now and never appear in front of you again."

He Yuzhu almost burst out laughing after hearing this, then frowned and asked, "Qin Huairu... are you treating me like a beggar?"

"Fifty yuan..."

Do you think I, He Yuzhu, am someone who's short of fifty yuan?

"I was originally going to give you a chance to change your ways, but since you're not sincere, then forget it..."

"One hundred yuan..." Qin Huairu said through gritted teeth, her face full of heartache.

“Zhu Zi, you know the Jia family’s current situation. I can only earn forty yuan a month. After deducting living expenses and the ten yuan subsidy for Bang Geng, I can only save ten yuan a month at most.”

"One hundred yuan is the most I can afford, any more than that..."

"Sister Qin, please..."

He Yuzhu continued to shake his head, then snorted coldly, "Qin Huairu... you really won't give up until you're completely cornered..."

“What you just said is right. Given the Jia family’s current situation, you can only save ten yuan a month…”

"But there's one thing you're not telling the truth about: the Jia family's assets are definitely more than a hundred yuan."

“If I remember correctly, when Bang Geng was arrested for smuggling, you raised several hundred dollars to pay Bang Geng’s fine.”

“After deducting the money that must be returned to others, you will have at least four hundred yuan left.”

"If nothing unexpected happens, all that money should have been saved, right?"

"You were just trying to force me to transfer the house to the Jia family, you were practically driving me to the brink of despair..."

“I am a kind-hearted person and do not intend to drive you and the Jia family to a dead end, but I must make you remember today’s lesson so that you will never forget it.”

“You’re a money-grubber, so I’ll start with money.”

"If you give me five hundred yuan in compensation as compensation for my emotional distress in this matter, I will not pursue the charges of defamation and extortion against me..."

Seeing Qin Huai immediately about to shake his head and beg for mercy, He Yuzhu didn't give him a chance to speak and interrupted him directly: "Not a single penny less, otherwise there's no point in us talking..."

"I will now ask the police to uphold justice for me."

Qin Huairu's eyes immediately turned ruthless as she stared at He Yuzhu with murderous intent, saying, "Zhuzi... are you trying to force Sister Qin to her death...?"

Unfazed by Qin Huairu's threat, He Yuzhu retorted, "Qin Huairu..."

"Compared to how you just forced me, I was too kind."

"If you want, you can get five hundred dollars right away, and you won't have to go to jail. What a great deal..."

Madam Jia was well aware of Qin Huairu's current importance to the Jia family.

If Qin Huairu is arrested by the police, the Jia family is finished.

Yi Zhonghai can support himself by sweeping the streets, but even if Jia Zhangshi wanted to sweep the streets, no one would want her.

The Wang family will take the house back before the end of the year.

Jia Zhangshi not only had no food in the capital, but she didn't even have a place to stay, which was a terrible situation.

Seeing that He Yuzhu showed no sign of backing down and clearly wanted to empty the Jia family's coffers all at once, Jia Zhangshi could only sigh and advise Qin Huairu.

"Huairu..."

“Give it to him…” “For the sake of Bang Geng, for the sake of the Jia family, you absolutely cannot arrest him.”

"Otherwise, our Jia family would have two people who have been to prison..."

"It's already hard for Banggeng to find a wife, and if he has a mother who has been to prison, it will definitely be even harder for him to find one in the future."

“You only have one son, Banggeng, and you’ll have to rely on him to support you in your old age… Even if you don’t think about yourself, you should think about Banggeng…”

Qin Huai felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife; he felt nothing but pain.

Seeing her neighbors and the police all watching her intently, she knew that she had no other way out but to spend money to avoid further trouble. She could only force herself to answer, her heart aching.

"Okay... five hundred yuan it is, I'll go back and get the money now..."

For Qin Huairu, the five hundred yuan that He Yuzhu asked for was indeed the last of the Jia family's savings.

One or two hundred yuan of it was swindled from Kuihua, another two hundred or so yuan was obtained by Qin Huairu from selling her sewing machine and Jia Zhangshi's gold ring, and the remaining hundred or so yuan was what she had saved up one by one over this period of time.

Without these five hundred yuan, the Jia family would be completely destitute.

She couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

But compared to going to jail, Qin Huairu ultimately chose to give up the five hundred yuan.

Because the impact of going to jail is simply too great.

Not only will she lose her current job, but it will also affect her son Banggeng's future marriage prospects.

Even if I get out of prison in the future, I will find it difficult to find a job because of my past criminal record.

More importantly, after failing to seduce He Yuzhu's house today, the house where Yi Zhonghai now lives has become the Jia family's only hope.

If I were arrested and imprisoned, given Yi Zhonghai's cunning and calculating nature, he certainly wouldn't wait for me to be released.

He might divorce me in front of the police, and then use the house as bait to find someone else to take care of him in his old age.

At that time, the house where Yi Zhonghai is currently living will have absolutely no connection with the Jia family.

Even if he and Bang Geng are released in the future, they will not be able to continue to live in Beijing because they will not have a house.

Taking all these issues into consideration, Qin Huairu finally decided to give up the five hundred yuan.

As long as Jia Jia still has his job and Yi Zhonghai still has his house, there is still hope for the Jia family.

If the Jia family loses both their jobs and their house, they will lose all hope. Even if they manage to keep the five hundred yuan, it will be of no use.

Because with 500 yuan these days, you can't even buy a decent apartment in Beijing, let alone a small side room.

Under the watch of two police officers, Qin Huairu quickly took out five hundred yuan from her home.

Fifty large banknotes, a thick stack in my hand, made many of my neighbors green with envy.

But all this money belonged to He Yuzhu, and no matter how envious he was, there was nothing he could do.

Just when everyone thought that the farce was about to end, Qin Huai handed five hundred yuan to He Yuzhu and was about to turn around and leave when the police officer who was a witness suddenly spoke up.

"Comrade Qin Huairu, you still need to come with us to the police station..."

"Although the issue of your slander and extortion of He Yuzhu has been resolved, the issue of your fabrication of evidence and deception of our police force has not been resolved..."

The police officer's expression was very unpleasant when he said those words.

Being called to respond to the call in the middle of the night, the police initially thought something serious had happened at the courtyard, only to find out it was a farce orchestrated by Qin Huairu to deceive everyone. One can imagine the anger of the police officers.

Qin Huairu, as the mastermind, will not be let off easily. (End of Chapter)