Jiang Tao eventually went to borrow a loan shark.

The lender's name is He Junwu, and his only son is named He Bin, who is a classmate of Jiang Tao in elementary school.

He Junwu heard that Jiang Tao had always been the first in school when he was in school, and this good student had never looked down on He Bin, who was the first from the bottom, and immediately felt that Jiang Tao was pleasing to the eye, and for He Bin's sake, he took three points of profit from others, and only charged Jiang Tao one and a half points.

A total of 20,000 yuan was borrowed, Jiang Tao calculated, the monthly interest rate was 1.5 percent, and the annual interest was 3,600 yuan, although it was half cheaper, this was still a lot of money.

The interest rate of usury is high, and the advantage is that the procedures are less and the money is faster.

Jiang Tao wrote an IOU on the spot, and He Bin rode directly on a motorcycle to take him to the bank, there were few people at the counter, and the two quickly got the money.

When He Bin was in elementary school, his father was still in prison, and the whole school knew that he had a father in prison with Jiang Tao, and it was easy to get closer to each other, but it was a pity that Jiang Tao studied hard every day, and he was not a person at all, one of them was the first, one was the first, the other was the first, and the classmates had no intersection for five years, and the only thing that was the same was that they had no friends.

But who would have thought that today, his father came out of prison to earn him a solid family foundation, and because there are people on his father's road, no one usually dares to offend him, and the most important thing is friends.

Especially like Jiang Tao, who has a good brain and can still be ruthless to himself, maybe when he really soars to the sky, He Bin feels the need to make a good relationship first.

"I said that I am the first in age, we are good classmates, I will tell you the bottom, the one you borrowed is a loan shark, the interest is a little higher than the bank, we eat this bowl of rice, life is not easy, I hope you can understand." ”

Jiang Tao naturally understood, but he didn't understand why He Bin, a loan shark, was a chatter, nagging and talking a lot of gossip with him, who is that, we don't know each other well, you don't need to tell me about your father's private life, right?

He Bin didn't realize it, he danced and said it was quite energetic, his fox friends and dog friends were either illiterate or semi-literate, or he was a master like him who didn't learn anything and returned it all to the teacher, he only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, and he didn't have any knowledge when he spoke, he couldn't communicate, or Jiang Taoxing, in the end, he was the first brain to be good, there were a few words in his heart, and finally someone could understand him!

As soon as he was happy, he mentioned that he was drinking with Jiang Tao, but Jiang Tao made an excuse to push it away.

He Bincai said regretfully: "Fortunately, you met me, I am the most important friendship, I think you were the only one in the class who didn't bully me, and only I didn't laugh at you, we are a pair of difficult brothers, you are now in difficulty I can't help you, so let's do it, if you pay off 20,000 yuan within two years, I will do a personal favor and not charge you interest, if you don't pay it back within two years, the interest will be collected, but it will definitely not give you interest." ”

As He Junwu's only son, He Bin can still do this, he left his home phone number to Jiang Tao, packed the ticket and said: "Old classmate, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can say hello to me, my brother has always been there!"

The icing on the cake is easy, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow, Jiang Tao thanked him, and hurried home with the money after saying goodbye.

Those who ask for accounts come to make a fuss every day, and they are naturally here today.

Jiang Tao came home, without saying a word, spread the money on the table, collect an IOU to pay back a money, some people originally only planned to make trouble, but they didn't bring an IOU at all, and ran home to get it in a panic, Jiang Tao sat there and saw it, and smiled a little distant.

All the IOUs were collected, Jiang Tao found an intermediary to witness, and burned all the IOUs, Grandma Jiang looked at the paper in the basin that was gradually burning to ashes, leaning against the door frame and crying.

Few people can understand her suffering over the years.

Jiang Tao stepped forward and hugged Grandma Jiang, standing quietly next to her, looking at the brazier with a complicated expression.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Jiang Tao cleaned the house, washed Grandma Jiang's hair, cut her nails, and washed everything that could be washed, and dried everything she could, because he had to go out to earn money, and he was very sorry for Grandma and let her stay at home alone.

Zhang Yan went out angrily that day, and did not go far, but went to her grandmother's house with her clothes.

Jiang Tao didn't persuade either, he ran to Zhang Chuanqing's by himself, straightened out Zhang Chuanqing's hair, and when he came out, Li Shuangfeng cried a lot, crying for her daughter, I don't know what's wrong, I always sing against them and the two of them, and there is no son-in-law who is intimate with them.

Speaking of his son-in-law, he thought of the loan shark of 20,000 yuan he borrowed, how can it be done, Jiang Tao has no relatives there, so the lender will not come to his own house at that time? Xiaonan and Xiaobei are still young, and the family can't spare extra hands to help, and then Yanzi should blame me for being partial, and I don't want to, the more Li Shuangfeng thinks about it, the more painful it becomes, and the more he cries.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Yan and Jiang Tao went to Nanjing together, along with Zhang Mei and Zhang Zhiqiang.

Zhang Mei's family originally planned to let her get married early, she should get married, she should have children, and when she is old, she will go to the testimony.

But Zhang Mei was unwilling, she wanted to go out with Zhang Yan and make more money, because there was no loss of money, Zhang Aiguo and Gao Meixia did not particularly insist, and they were willing to follow Zhang Mei.

Zhang Yan took out the clothes and quilts she took home again, and there was an extra bag of boiled eggs in her hand, which was stuffed for her by Li Shuangfeng when she got up in the morning.

Zhang Yan found that she had swollen eyes and bubbles, knowing that she had secretly cried, she sighed heavily in her heart, and finally said a few soft words to her, which caused Li Shuangfeng to cry again.

can cry and cry, she didn't say that she wanted to give Zhang Yan money from beginning to end, she received more than 6,000 bride prices, and she could not pull out a dime for her own daughter who was going to go away, Zhang Yan felt that she should learn not to care, so that she could not be painful.

Zhang Yan and Zhang Zhiqiang, brother and sister, took a bus from the road in front of Zhangjiacun Village to the county seat, met Jiang Tao who was waiting there, and then took a bus from the bus station in the county seat to the railway station in Futian City.

Jiang Tao and Zhang Yan looked at each other and smiled, if they hadn't met at this train station, the two might not have had a chance to be together.

The train station was crowded, and the four of them didn't take the train until 10 o'clock in the morning to reach Nanjing.

"Brother, do Meizi and I really want to work separately from you? Zhang Yan shouted Jiang Tao and called Brother directly, this is a local custom.

"No!" Jiang Tao and Zhang Zhiqiang refused at the same time.

Jiang Tao asked someone to help find a job, he and Zhang Zhiqiang went to the construction site to build a house, the two of them were brick knives, including food and lodging, 25 yuan a day.

Jiang Tao won't say anything about the situation, Zhang Zhiqiang is also difficult, he just gave birth to a son, half a year old, his daughter-in-law can't go out with the child at home, he has to suffer anything in order to pay the fine, but Zhang Mei and Zhang Yan can't go to the construction site, the construction site is too bitter, chaotic and unsafe, Jiang Tao has already asked the person who helped him find a job, and asked him to find a job in a garment factory for Zhang Yan and Zhang Mei by the way.

Zhang Yan asked Jiang Tao again: "Is the construction site far from the garment factory?

"We follow the construction team, the place is not fixed, and now the construction site is not far from the garment factory, you two have time to come to see us, and we have time to see you. ”

There is no willful qualification to go out, Zhang Yan and Zhang Mei obey the arrangement.

Zhang Zhiqiang and Jiang Tao went to the construction site, they worked outside for more than ten years, naturally there are many workers, this time the introducer is the foreman who worked before, and now helps the construction site here to recruit workers from the countryside, seeing Jiang Tao and Zhang Chuanqing coming, they are very enthusiastic, arrange accommodation for them, and order a few dishes in the restaurant to invite them to a meal.

After the meal, Jiang Tao and Zhang Zhiqiang took their two sisters to find them according to the address given by the foreman.

"Name, age, work experience or not, fill in by yourself. ”

The recruiter was a middle-aged woman, and the tone of her voice was a bit condescending, after reading the recruitment form filled out by the two of them, and checking the ID cards of the two people, she told them that they could be hired, but they had to deposit a month's salary, and they would return it after a year, and if they worked for less than a year, the deposit would be confiscated.

This clause is a bit overlord, but the salary is twenty a day, which is higher than last year's, Zhang Yan went through the formalities with Zhang Mei, thinking that it would not be easy to survive for a year.