445 Ruining the Environment

Of course, Yu Bing couldn’t let Yu Yan have her way. Otherwise, the punishment would be too light. She had to make her remember this humiliation and ruin her reputation among the intellectuals!

Yu Bing said solemnly, “Yu Yan, if you had revealed the truth to the few boys who lent you money, things wouldn’t have ended up like this! If we weren’t here now, perhaps we wouldn’t have been able to come up with a plan that both sides could accept in the end. If we couldn’t, when would this matter end? Do you want to ruin the harmony amongst the intellectuals?”

The country had been summoning intellectuals to build the countryside for so many years. It wasn’t that people had never borrowed money before, but the earliest batch of people knew that such an incident had never happened before.

There would definitely be small conflicts, but no conflict over money had arisen in the youth dormitory building in the He Mountain Village. The atmosphere had always been very good. Those who had been in the know for a long time looked at Yu Yan with even more hostility.

Yu Yan was very indignant when she saw Yu Bing say that she was the culprit. However, she knew that if she protested now, she would only attract everyone’s dissatisfaction.

She lowered her eyes to hide her hatred for Yu Bing.

When Yu Yan looked up again, she had an aggrieved look on her face as she looked at Qian Hao and the others with tears in her eyes. “I’ll get someone to sell those stamps in the next two days and distribute them to everyone according to the ratio of money everyone lent me.

Although everyone could only get one to two yuan after she sold the stamps, which was less than half of the money they lent, it wasn’t a problem if they used this money sparingly. If they didn’t fall sick, it would be enough to last them a month. No matter what, it was better than nothing.

A boy wearing black glasses asked, “If your parents don’t transfer money to you in the future, what about the rest of our money?”

Yu Yan had never thought that she would be without money one day, so when she heard the question, she was stumped.

A boy with ill intentions interrupted, “Didn’t you say that you have four cotton clothes? Sell three and keep one!”

Yu Yan felt that the voice was a little familiar, so she looked in the direction of the voice. The other party was short and had shifty eyes. His petite figure made him look very wretched.

Yu Yan recognized that the other party was a boy who had confessed to her a few times but was rejected. Because of this, he often badmouthed her to the other young people.

When the boy saw Yu Yan looking at him, a smug expression appeared in his eyes as he continued, “The two clothes without patches are quite new. Those three clothes are definitely worth more than ten yuan! Sell the remaining sweaters, pants, clothes without patches, porcelain basins, and so on!”

Moreover, most people were still very simple-minded these days. After all, they were not in the triads and loan sharks. They wouldn’t force people into bankruptcy over a few yuan.

Yu Bing rolled her eyes. A cornered dog would jump over a wall. A rabbit would bite when cornered. What a bad idea!

The reason Yu Bing called it a bad idea was that everyone would feel a little embarrassed.

In this era, they couldn’t earn much money like in the future, so they had to save stamps and money for everything. Then, they would buy them one by one. Ordinary families could only save up for one new cotton shirt for their families after an entire year.

Therefore, when Yu Yan heard this, her eyes turned red. “I do owe money, but there’s no need to force me into a dead end!”

Sure enough, some people began to whisper that this was a little too much.

After the boys who lent money discussed it among themselves, someone stood up and said, “Yu Yan, we don’t need you to sell everything in order to pay back the money. If it’s really too difficult, you can pay back some every month. As long as you work hard and the village pays the dividends at the end of the year, you should be able to pay it off in one go!”

When Yu Yan heard this, she gritted her teeth and remained silent.

Previously, when she went to borrow money, the accountant Mr. Wei said that her work points were not even 50 yuan at the moment. Who knew what would happen at the end of the year? She didn’t want to choose any option now.

Yu Bing wouldn’t let Yu Yan delay time. Thus, she stood up and exposed Yu Yan’s ability to earn work points. “The village said that Yu Yan borrowed 50 yuan previously. Because the amount was relatively large and Yu Yan often takes leave to slack off, her work points might not be able to be offset it. We are not certain how much of everyone’s dividends we can distribute to everyone before the end of the year, so we won’t include the dividends at the end of the year.”