Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s

56: Chapter 56 Why Don’t You Go Rob a Bank 56: Chapter 56 Why Don’t You Go Rob a Bank “What a fine mess your brother Bai Jianshe has made!

He got my daughter pregnant and then ran off!

He’s been hiding here for over a month!” The man blurted out the scandal as soon as he opened his mouth.

Such things are shameful to talk about.

If it weren’t handled carefully, his daughter might never get married.

In these parts, if there’s any gossip, the village gossips will spread it far and wide in less than a month.

Bai Xue was also shocked.

She had thought the girl’s family would keep it quiet out of fear of losing face and would discuss the matter with them privately, but the girl’s father didn’t seem to care about that at all and started shouting about it in her courtyard.

Now everyone in the village knew, and they crowded around her house, watching the commotion with their hands tucked in their sleeves, as if it was something rare to see.

“Big brother, I am Bai Jianshe’s sister, that’s right.

But he’s already left and isn’t here anymore, unfortunately!” Bai Xue tried to speak kindly with a smile.

She remembered Bai Jianshe had told her the girl’s name was Liu Xinghua.

“I don’t care!

My daughter was a pure and innocent girl until that beast Bai Jianshe spoiled her!

This can’t just be left at that!” Xinghua’s mother said angrily, her round, bead-like eyes looking fierce.

“But he’s already gone.

I don’t know where he’s gone to…” Bai Xue said helplessly, cursing her worthless brother inwardly for causing her trouble.

“If he’s gone, we’ll come to you!” shouted Xinghua’s relatives one after another, “Today, we must come up with a solution!

Otherwise, we’re not done here!”

“So what’s the solution?

You can’t expect Jianshe to marry her, can you?” Trouble had come knocking, and she couldn’t turn it away; since Bai Jianshe was her brother, she had to clean up his mess.

“Marry her?

As if that toad could eat swan meat!

Take a piss and look at himself, that Bai Jianshe.

He wants to marry my daughter?!” Xinghua’s father cursed angrily.

“Then you tell me, what’s the solution?

You can’t beat my uncle to death, right?” Bai Yanjiao chimed in from the side.

“Exactly, you need to give us a way to solve this,” Bai Xue agreed.

“Pay up!”

“How much!”

“Two hundred!”

“Two hundred!!!” Bai Xue’s eyes widened, “Are you robbing me?!”

“Are you paying or not?

If not, we’ll just move into your house and stay here!” Xinghua’s mother threatened shamelessly, signaling her relatives to push their way into the house.

“Stop making a scene!” An Shuchao couldn’t bear it any longer and yelled out loud, “Bai Jianshe slept with your daughter, go find him!

What are you doing in my house?!”

“Aren’t you his brother-in-law?

You should deal with it as his brother-in-law.

Either pay up or go to the police station!

I’ll report Bai Jianshe for indecency!” Xinghua’s mother was no easy opponent.

Seeing An Shuchao angry, Bai Xue quickly stepped forward to calm things down, “I’ll pay, all right?

Two hundred is too much.

You’ve seen the state of my house; two hundred is not a small sum, we really can’t afford it!”

Xinghua’s mother looked around and then peeked into An Hao’s room through the curtain, saw that they were indeed poor, and thought two hundred might be too much.

Considering the cost of their daughter’s abortion surgery was only a little over twenty, they needed some compensation for her wellbeing, “Just give eighty then.”

“We don’t even have eighty,” Bai Xue was in a real bind.

“Borrow it!” Xinghua’s father commanded, “With so many villagers here, can’t you borrow it?”

“Fifty!” An Shuchao gritted his teeth, “Fifty I can do, but any more than that, and you might as well kill me because I won’t be able to come up with it!”