Rebirth: Start Awakening Extraction Card System

"Boss Xia, you're having difficulties. Everyone has. This month's payday is already several days overdue. Just tell me when you'll get paid."

"It's only natural to pay back debts, and migrant workers' wages cannot be delayed! You don't care where they go!"

"Yes, it's been over three months, and we haven't received a single cent. You've deceived us time and again. If it weren't for your honesty and the fact that we've all been your employees for three years, we would have cleared out your store long ago."

"If you don't pay me today, I'll move the tables, chairs, benches, and kitchen equipment!"

"Yes! Empty it out for him!"

"..."

"You can't just empty the store. He closed down the fish restaurant and still owes me rent for a year. He gave me all the money in the store as interest." The landlord, with a big belly, said, blocking the door.

My brother-in-law Xia Fan was squatting in front of the door with a sad face and his head down. The landlord had locked the door with a large U-shaped lock.

"Everyone, please be quiet. Boss Xia really has no money. He has been in a special situation in recent years and has been losing money every year. He just had a child, and the child has been in poor health. Everyone knows this situation, right?

This fish restaurant has been open for almost four years, and everyone knows Boss Xia's character. He is not the kind of deadbeat who refuses to pay back his money. If he were that kind of person, he would have run away long ago.

Why can't we give him a little more time to pool his money? Maybe he can get the money together for everyone."

A handsome young man stood in front of Xia Fan and spoke loudly to everyone.

"Guo Mingyu! What are you doing here? Did you get your salary?!"

"What are you talking about? He's just a lackey! Ever since Xia Fan gave him a bite to eat three years ago, he has been willing to be Xia Fan's dog!"

"Xiao Guo, go cool off over there! You're different from us. If you eat well, your whole family won't be hungry. We, with our families, have to rely on this ten thousand yuan to live."

"..."

"Xiao Guo, thank you." Xia Fan stood up and pulled Guo Mingyu behind him.

"It's my fault for not paying everyone, and I've never shied away from that. Although I've had a lot of family troubles lately, I promise I'll pay everyone as soon as I have money.

My wife has gone to her parents' home to borrow money. Can you all go back first and give me some time? "

Xia Fan bowed several times in a row.

"Don't listen to him. His mother-in-law's family has no money. His brother-in-law Ma Dongsheng has already squandered all the money."

"Yeah! I can testify to that! His brother-in-law is the recently popular Ba Gejiu in Glory. That guy is a spendthrift. He either spends all the family money on gaming equipment or donates it to the Jia Dynasty Guild."

"That kid ruined all the money at their Hongtai Internet Cafe. Ma Dongsheng is now working as a network administrator at Happy. How could his family possibly have any money?!"

"..."

Xia Fan continued to explain, but they refused to listen. They surrounded Xia Fan and demanded that he pay back the money.

"Please give me a few more days. I...I kneel down before you!"

Xia Fan knelt down and kowtowed to everyone.

"Xia Fan, stand up straight!"

Ma Dongmei shouted.

Two strong arms, one on the left and one on the right, held Xia Fan's arms, preventing him from bending his knees. They turned out to be Ma Dongsheng and Guo Mingyu.

Ma Dongmei pushed a few people away and came to Xia Fan.

"Xiao Zhang, your family is in financial difficulty. Xia Fan and I saw the help request you sent us online and decided to sponsor you. If it weren't for me and Xia Fan, would you have been able to get a bachelor's degree?

Whenever you come to my fish restaurant to do odd jobs in your spare time, I always pay you a full attendance salary every month!

How did you repay us?!

Not only have you not said a word of thanks in all these years, but you were the one who made the most noise just now!"

"Mrs. Liu, you pack up the leftover ingredients from the store and take them away. You said you have many children at home and the elderly are all living in your house, so you asked us to pity you. Xia Fan and I didn't say anything.

What about you? You just said you wanted to clear out the store?!

"Uncle Zhang, you're the oldest here. After you retired, your children left you alone. You were left alone and you begged us many times before we kept you. We assigned you the easiest work every day, but let you get the same salary as everyone else.

You just called Guo Mingyu a dog?! What about you? If we hadn't taken you in, wouldn't you be living a life worse than a dog?!

"..."

Ma Dongmei called out their names one by one, and they remained silent as she scolded them.

Some people are like this, they never know what satisfaction is, and never understand what gratitude is.

You give him an apple, and he blames you for not peeling it for him, cutting it into small pieces, and feeding it to him.

"What are you doing here?"

The landlord with a big belly came over with the leaders of the street office and the police.

"Ma Dongmei, I can hear your loud voice from so far away. What's the matter? Can't you just talk it over nicely? Even if the business is closed due to special reasons, employees still need to be paid, right?"

"And you all, don't want Ma Dongmei to say anything about you. Xia Fan and his wife have been really bad to all of you these past few years. They don't make any money themselves and they even borrow money to pay you. Such bosses are hard to find in the world! They didn't say they wouldn't pay you, so what are you forcing them like this?!"

Director Wang of the street first gave each of them fifty lashes to calm the situation down, and then called Ma Dongmei aside.

He said, "Can we give them some money today? If you really can't borrow money, I can take you to the bank to borrow some money. 100,000 or 80,000 yuan is no problem."

"Director Wang, thank you. I've borrowed the money, and I've seen through these people's true colors. Let's settle everything here today, and I won't cause you any more trouble in the future."

"That's the best! I can be a witness for you." Director Wang smiled happily.

After all the debts were settled, it was already afternoon. Ma Dongsheng took Guo Mingyu and Xia Fan away from this sad place and came to the restaurant across from Xingxin Internet Cafe.

The other three people didn't drink, so Xia Fan ordered a bottle of wine for himself and started drinking before the dishes were served.

After three glasses of wine, Xia Fan sighed, "Dongsheng, thank you for coming today! If it weren't for you, I really don't know how this would end."

"Brother-in-law, we're family, so it's a bit strange for you to say that. Don't just drink, it's bad for your health on an empty stomach."

"Dongsheng, I'm such a failure! Not only did I lose money running the fish restaurant, but I can't even recognize people. All these years have been wasted!"

"Brother-in-law, you are kind-hearted. My sister, I, our parents are all like this. We are not from the same family. Things like this, we learn from our mistakes and we just need to not make the same mistakes again in the future."

Ma Dongmei: "Dongsheng is right, society is simple, it's people who are complicated. Xia Fan, we can't be so stupid in the future! By the way, Dongsheng, didn't you say you found a job for your brother-in-law that pays over 10,000 yuan a month? What kind of job is it?"