Now that you've put it that way, how could the sisters refuse to lend the money? This move came out of nowhere, without the slightest warning. It all just happened in an instant.
He had originally planned to visit Mr. Qian with Changqing tonight as an excuse to borrow money. He had even converted ration coupons and small gold bars into cash to cover the remaining balance for that small courtyard house.
But now, after this maneuver from Brother He Ping, they openly had five small gold bars and a ten-thousand-yuan deposit slip. And that was on top of the cash he and his wife currently had on hand?
'Well, then!'
'That's over twenty thousand right there.'
'Add in the value of the gold bars and ration coupons, and roughly speaking... twenty-eight thousand plus forty-five hundred... They wouldn't need an excuse to borrow the thirty-two thousand five hundred for the house payment from Mr. Qian anymore.'
