Era: Seven money-losing girls? They're trying to trick me into having a daughter again!

"..."

When Director Lin heard Xu Rui mention the county, his eyebrows twitched slightly.

He glanced at Fang Wei and the skinny little girl again, and remained silent for half a minute.

"Alright, since you've said so, Officer Xu..."

Director Lin took out a stack of forms from the drawer, sighed, and said, "Then let him fill out an application form. You should have a general idea of ​​the maximum loan amount he can get in this situation."

"Thank you, thank you! Three hundred and fifty yuan is enough for me!"

Seeing that Director Lin had relented, Xu Rui immediately shouted at Fang Wei, "Fang Wei, hurry up and thank Director Lin!"

Three hundred and fifty yuan.

Fang Wei's breath hitched when he heard the number Xu Rui uttered.

Even when he first handled a business worth hundreds of millions in his past life, his heart had never raced like this!

Daya froze completely.

She didn't really understand what 350 yuan meant, but when she thought about how her mother would argue with Fang Wei over a few yuan, she guessed that it was probably a lot of money!

If this man can't pay back such a large sum of money...

When Da Ya thought about how the villagers always said that Fang Wei would lose so much gambling that he would sell her and her daughters to pay off his debts, her little body suddenly went limp.

Well, now not only might she be sold, but her mother and several sisters might also be sold.

……

Fill out the form, sign, and stamp.

Xu Rui was like a man possessed, running around personally to help Fang Wei complete all the formalities, just so that the gambling addict would be burdened with this huge debt!

When Director Lin handed over that stack of ten-yuan notes, Fang Wei's heart skipped a beat.

"Thank you, Director Lin."

He cleared his throat somewhat awkwardly before taking the money and counting it: one, two, three... a solid thirty-five ten-yuan bills.

Under Xu Rui's excited gaze, Fang Wei carefully put his wallet into a piece of cloth and tucked it into his pocket.

"Let's go, Dad will take you to buy two steamed buns first."

He held Daya's slightly cold little hand and said with a smile, "If you see anything you want to eat, you can tell Daddy, and Daddy will buy it for you."

"..."

Da Ya shook her head blankly, still trying to estimate how much money she could get for it.

Xu Rui took another day off today and shamelessly followed Fang Wei around, both afraid that the gambler would run away with the money and desperately urging him to hurry back to the village to sign the contract.

As soon as he returned to Laotang Village, Xu Rui immediately shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Quick! Quick! Go and call Village Chief Zhou! Tell him we'll come to Fang Wei's house to sign the contract!"

Some busybodies immediately ran to find Village Chief Zhou.

The villagers who heard this followed Xu Rui and Fang Wei one after another, their faces filled with excitement, whispering amongst themselves.

Before long, Fang Wei's yard was packed with people.

Village Chief Zhou walked in surrounded by several young men. When he saw Xu Rui's smug look, his face immediately darkened.

"Fang Wei, did you really apply for a loan?"

He stared at Fang Wei, his tone heavy and urgent: "Have you thought this through? This contract is for fifteen years!"

Fang Wei took out the cloth bag from his arms and placed the money on the table in the yard.

The villagers who had been watching the commotion fell silent for a moment, then the chatter grew louder.

"My God, it really is money!"

"Fang Wei is really fearless! He actually dared to borrow such a large sum of money! How will he ever be able to pay it back?"

"How did Fang Wei, that gambling addict, manage to borrow so much money?"

"Didn't you see that Officer Xu was always following him around? He has connections."

When Wu Shaoli saw that pile of money, her legs began to go weak.

"Mother!"

Daya quickly ran over to support him, her little face tense.

"Fang Wei!"

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Xu Rui immediately shouted, "You'd better keep your word in front of this elder and so many villagers!"

"The loan has been approved for you. You're not going to renege on the contract for the old forest farm, are you?!"

Fang Wei glanced at him but didn't say anything.

Xu Rui felt a little uneasy, but he was certain that this gambler wouldn't dare to back down in front of so many people.

"This is the contract."

Village Chief Zhou sighed and took a document that had been prepared long ago from Uncle Sun.

"The contract fee for the old forest farm is 200 yuan per year, and the contract period is 15 years. If you want to sign, you have to pay this year's contract fee in full now."

Wu Shaoli was a little stunned at first, but when she met Fang Wei's eyes, she remembered what he had said yesterday and realized that she was supposed to cooperate.

"Fang Wei! You absolutely mustn't make a foolish mistake!"

She threw herself at Fang Wei, wailing, "That's two hundred yuan! Even if you sold all of us, you couldn't get that much money!"

"If you sign this contract, how will our family survive?"

Fang Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at his wife, who was sobbing so earnestly against him.

Thank goodness! His wife is quite smart; she remembered to cooperate!

"I...I...you!"

He wore a gritted-teeth expression, as if he had been driven to the brink of despair, staring intently at Xu Rui.

"You bastard, you forced me to this! It's just contracting wasteland, right? I, Fang Wei, will show you how!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Rui was overjoyed.

That gambling addict finally took the bait!

"Okay, okay! You're a man!"

Fearing he might change his mind again, Xu Rui hurriedly shouted to Village Chief Zhou, "Village Chief Zhou, Fang Wei himself said he wanted to contract the old forest farm, why don't you give him the contract right away!"

"..."

Village Chief Zhou looked at Fang Wei, his eyes filled with both disappointment and sympathy. He still wanted to persuade him further: "Fang Wei, your father used to live in this village too..."

"Village chief, please stop trying to persuade me!"

Fang Wei simply counted out two hundred yuan and slapped it in front of Village Chief Zhou. "Give me the contract! If I even flinch today, I'm not Fang Wei!"

"Ugh—"

Seeing her mother clinging to Fang Wei and crying, Daya finally couldn't hold back her fear any longer and burst into tears.

"Mom—Sister—"

She and her sisters were going to be sold, and they would never see each other again!

The girls who had been hiding by the threshold, not daring to come closer, all started crying loudly when they saw their eldest sister and mother crying so sadly.

"Waaah—"

"Wow—wow—"

"Mommy—I want my mommy—"

"Big sister—"

In an instant, the entire Fang family seemed to have turned into the scene of some kind of human tragedy. Except for that heartless patriarch, everyone else was crying their hearts out.

When Wu Shaoli saw her beloved daughters crying, she felt terrible, but she couldn't comfort them right now, so she cried even louder!

If Fang Wei can't make money, his whole family might as well die together!