Chapter 451: Yan Wanbin's Retribution

Chapter 451: Yan Wanbin's Retribution

Chapter 451: Yan Wanbin's Retribution
Time flies, and it's Friday again.

It's the end of the month, and the food coupons for next month were issued today. Everyone is keeping a close eye on them, fearing that they might be lost or stolen.

However, no matter how careful you are, there is always a loophole. As the quantity has been reduced again and again, some people have started to have evil intentions.

Just now, Yan Wanbin went home with a briefcase at noon and bought a newspaper on the way. It was just a moment when he put the briefcase down.

A black shadow flashed by and Yan Wanbin's briefcase was snatched away.

"Stop! Don't run! Catch the thief, catch the thief!"

Yan Wanbin shouted loudly, how dare the thief steal things in broad daylight, the bag contained food coupons for his whole family.

The crowd of onlookers saw the injustice and drew their swords to help, and immediately caught up with the thief.

However, this thief was not only cunning, but also very agile, and he repeatedly evaded capture by passers-by.

"Damn it, so many people are chasing us." The thief saw that the situation was not good. If he didn't run away, he would be caught. Then he would be in trouble.

As the thief ran, he reached into his briefcase and pulled out a stack of food coupons. "Hey, I found it."

Without taking the time to count, the thief put it in his pocket and threw the briefcase aside.

Without the briefcase, not many people were willing to catch the thief, so passers-by took the briefcase and went to find Yan Wanbin.

Soon, Yan Wanbin came running over, panting, "Comrade, can you check if there is anything missing from your bag?"

"Thank you." Yan Wanbin hurriedly opened it. None of the documents in the bag were missing, but his food coupons were less. There were only a dozen or so left, which was only enough for about ten kilograms of food coupons.

Yan Wanbin was shocked: "Food coupons, my food coupons, my family's food coupons!"

The onlookers looked at the food coupons in Yan Wanbin's hand and couldn't help but feel sympathy for him, but they were powerless to do anything.

They also have families, and even if they want to help, there’s nothing I can do to help them.

A passerby suggested: "Comrade, go call the police immediately and see if they can't help but arrest you."

"Yes, yes, yes, let's give it a try while it's still early."

Everyone said so, but they were not optimistic in their hearts. The thief was very cunning and his face was covered, so it was not easy to find him.

Even if they were found, the food coupons might have been gone long ago.

Yan Wanbin followed the advice and rushed to the police. The police only said that they would do their best to catch the thief and return his food coupons.

After leaving the police station, Yan Wanbin went home in a daze. He didn't know how to explain to his family.

That was the family's food ration, nearly 100 kilograms of food.

"Clap clap clap!!!"

"Why am I so cheap? Do I have to buy a newspaper?"

"Clap clap clap!!!"

"Now there's no food left. The whole family will starve to death!"

The more Yan Wanbin spoke, the angrier he became, and the more annoyed and remorseful he felt. But it was too late. His food coupons were lost, and he couldn't hide this. He had to tell his family.

As you can imagine, Yan Wanbin didn't know how to bring it up with his family.

When he returned home and saw his family eating, Yan Wanbin didn't know how to start the conversation.

"Old Yan, you're back. Come eat."

Seeing his wife Ban Yurou enthusiastically inviting him to dinner, Yan Wanbin felt even more guilty.

Even if food was placed in front of him, he had no appetite.

"Lao Yan, what's wrong with you? Are you okay? Don't scare me!"

Under questioning by his family, Yan Wanbin finally told them about the lost food coupons.

For a moment, the whole family fell silent and no one was in the mood to eat.

Although they called the police, they did not hold out any hope of catching the thief. Even if they caught him, what good would that do? The food coupons would certainly not be recovered.

"Lost? All lost?"

"No, there are still some left, about ten pounds." Yan Wanbin responded in a low voice.

Ten or so pounds of food are only enough to sustain for about five days.

Ban Yurou held on tight and said, "Since it's lost, our top priority now is to think of a way to get through the next month."

"I'll go to my mother's house and ask if they can give us a few kilograms of food."

Yan Wanbin's parents also said: "I will go to ask neighbors and friends and borrow some food first."

"I'll go to the street office and see if there are any odd jobs. I'll try them out and at least I can get some food."

The whole family was thinking of ways to help Yan Wanbin solve his problems and tried every means to borrow food from others.

Yan Wanbin felt deeply moved when he saw how much the family had sacrificed. If this happened to another family, they would probably blame him first.

Ban Yurou looked at Yan Wanbin and said, "Old Yan, don't you have many disciples? Go borrow some from them and give it a try."

"Yes, yes, yes. I will write to them now."

Yan Wanbin didn't even bother to eat, and hurried back to his study to start writing letters, "condescending" to ask for help from his former apprentices.

'Shi Yufan's disciple Ying Jian:'

"It's been a long time since we last met. I'm sure you're doing better than usual. I have an urgent matter and I beg for your help. I accidentally lost dozens of pounds of food coupons."

'I know that everyone is poor, but if we gather together, we can make a great quid, and if we gather together, we can make a great quid, and help me tide over the difficulties temporarily, so as to avoid any accidents.'

"The grain coupons I borrowed are one liang, two liang, one jin, two jin, whatever you can afford. Please send them by letter and indicate the date of repayment."

——The teacher is old.

After writing one heartfelt letter after another, Yan Wanbin didn't know how much food he could raise.

"I'll go mail the letter." The children couldn't help much, they could only do small things, such as taking the letters and money, buying stamps and delivering the letters.

However, it takes ten days or half a month for the letters to go back and forth. Distant water cannot quench a nearby fire. The most urgent task now is to get through the next few days.

Ban Yurou said again: "Old Yan, is the night school open today? Go and borrow some from the students tonight and try it, right?"

Yan Wanbin thought of the students at the night university. Even if he borrowed from all his relatives, friends, and neighbors, he still couldn't get enough food, so he had to borrow from them.

Yan Wanbin nodded: "Okay, I'll go borrow it tonight."

Ban Yurou suggested: "Let's eat first, and then think of a solution after dinner."

The family returned to the dining table, but since this incident had happened, there was naturally less food on the table and some leftovers.

The meal was tasteless and no one said anything.

After dinner, everyone went about their own business, some went back to their parents’ homes, some borrowed food.

We waited until dark and the night school classes began.

Yan Wanbin told Bai Jie about his situation and asked her to borrow some food from everyone first.

Seeing this, Bai Jie was at a loss for words and didn't know how to comfort Yan Wanbin, so she naturally agreed to Yan Wanbin's request.

For once, Yan Wanbin arrived in the classroom early, waiting for the students to arrive.

I don’t know how long it took, but everyone finally arrived. Not all of them were here, but that didn’t matter, as long as most of them were here.

Yan Wanbin stood up, looked at everyone and spoke slowly.

"You are my class today. I came here to ask for your help on something."

As he spoke, Yan Wanbin once again brought up the matter of food being stolen.

After an entire afternoon, the police failed to catch the thief. The thief was very good at disguise. He stole the food coupons, changed his clothes, and disappeared into the crowd.

Without surveillance, it is almost impossible to find the person.

"One or two ounces is not too little, one or two pounds is not too much. I will definitely pay back the food I borrowed from you. If you don't believe me, I can write you an IOU."

After saying that, Yan Wanbin looked at everyone pleadingly.

The students looked at each other in bewilderment. On the one hand, they did not expect that Yan Wanbin would encounter such a bad luck.

On the one hand, they don’t know how much to lend out, after all, they also have to consider the family conditions.

In fact, as Yan Wanbin was an engineer at the Second Machine Tool Factory, he didn't need to borrow from them. As the Second Machine Tool Factory valued him, as long as he told the factory director about his situation, the factory director would give him the food coupons without saying anything, but Yan Wanbin didn't want to do that.

After all, this was the result of his negligence. If he opened this loophole today, and someone came to the factory to borrow money tomorrow using the same excuse, the factory would not lend the money.

We cannot just give the money to Yan Wanbin without asking any questions just because he is an engineer. Ordinary workers do not even have the qualifications to borrow the money. Isn't this obviously discriminatory treatment?

Is this still the working class leading everything?

"What do you mean? How much do you want to borrow?"

"I don't know, let's see."

"Oh, what should I do? I don't have my food coupons with me."

"me too."

"Hey, this old guy, his food coupons must have been stolen! He deserves it!"

"Yes, isn't this revenge coming?"

A group of students were whispering, some were trying to help, some were gloating.

Those who are gloating, no need to guess, are those who said this from the people who fought on the first day of school last week.

After a long discussion, someone finally raised his hand and said, "Teacher, I'd like to borrow a pound."

"Okay, okay, thank you, thank you. The teacher didn't ask for you for nothing. The teacher will write you an IOU."

"Teacher, there's no need for an IOU. I believe in your character, but I didn't bring any food coupons with me."

"It's okay, as long as you can lend it to me. You can give it to me next week. The teacher can still hold on for a few days."

After hearing what Yan Wanbin said, everyone had originally thought about coming over on the weekend, but now it seems that it is not necessary.

"Teacher, I don't have as much as he does. I only have 5 taels."

Yan Wanbin was grateful: "Five taels is fine. It's not easy for everyone to give money to help the teacher. Any amount is fine. The teacher will never think it's too little."

"I am very grateful to you for helping me. This is all out of your kindness. How could I despise you?"

After hearing what Yan Wanbin said, more and more students responded, and everyone donated different amounts.

The least is 5 taels, the most is 2 jin. Don’t underestimate the small amount you borrow. It’s a time of famine now, and everyone’s rations are also reduced.

One catty of grain today is equivalent to two catties last year, and the year before last, it was three catties. Although it is actually only one catty of grain, its value is different.

Yu Xingmei, Jin Jianxian and Qi Mengru each donated 1 kilogram. Compared with the other groups' total of or kilograms, their group was very small.

"Teacher, I will donate 5 kilograms!" Li Kailang immediately donated a large amount.

When Li Kailang said this, everyone was stunned.

Yan Wanbin waved his hand and refused: "Student Li Kailang, 5 jin is not a small amount. The teacher doesn't want you to make a decision just to compete with others."

"The teacher will definitely not accept these 5 jin of food coupons."

The three people standing by tried their best to dissuade Li Kailang. After lending out so much food, Li Kailang would only have 15 kilograms of food left. How could he possibly have enough to eat?

Li Kailang waved his hand: "Teacher, you forget what I do. I am a driver. I have more than 30 kilograms of food a month. Even if I have 5 kilograms less, it is still much more than everyone else."

It's just 5 kilograms of food missing, it's not a big deal."

"Li Kailang, you're crazy." Qi Mengru wanted to persuade him again, but Yan Wanbin didn't dare to collect so much grain.

He knew the driver's job, which was heavy physical labor and required a lot of food every day.

"Teacher, please accept it without worry. These five kilograms of food are from February, not March. It's only a few days away from March now. I still have some food stored at home, which is enough."

Hearing this, Yan Wanbin gradually accepted it and said, "Okay, I will lend you 5 kilograms of food, and I will definitely return it to you later."

Li Kailang nodded and took out his pocket and said, "I just happened to have some food coupons with me. Teacher, you can take them first. You'd better buy food as soon as possible."

He then handed it to Yan Wanbin, who immediately wrote an IOU.

Suddenly, someone said, "Li Kailang, how come you have so many food coupons? Did you ask someone to steal the teacher's food coupons?"

"Bang!" Jin Jianxian slammed the table and glared at the person who spoke: "What do you mean? Do you suspect that Li Kailang deliberately asked someone to steal it so that you can pretend to be here and win the teacher's favor?"

Qu Yang was not afraid of Jin Jianxian's angry glare at all, and said nonchalantly: "Who knows? Otherwise, Li Kailang, you can explain why you carry food coupons with you."

"No one else brought it, but you did. How could it be such a coincidence?"

Qu Yang was the person who was beaten the worst by Li Kailang last week. No matter how he said it, he must be holding a grudge against Li Kailang.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Li Kailang was not afraid at all: "It's just a coincidence. I brought it today, not for several days."

"As for the reason? Last weekend, my house was robbed and my food coupons and money were stolen. Luckily, it was someone in the yard who stole them and they were found in time, otherwise I would have borrowed from everyone like the teacher did."

"This is true. If you don't believe me, go to the police station and ask. They have records. The thief has been sent to mine."

After explaining the reason, Li Kailang looked at Qu Yang and said, "I wonder if this explanation is okay?"

Seeing that Li Kailang was so sincere in his promise, Qu Yang believed it about 70% in his heart. Even though he was gritting his teeth in hatred, he could do nothing about it.

Li Kailang retorted: "I have already lent you 5 kilograms. I wonder how many kilograms you can lend me?"

Everyone looked at Qu Yang to see what he would do.

Being watched by everyone, Qu Yang stood up immediately. Everyone thought he was going to borrow it, but unexpectedly, he surprised everyone.

"Teacher, I also want to lend you food coupons, but as you know, my family's conditions are not good. But don't worry, I will go back and discuss it with my family."

"Even if I have to squeeze in, I can lend you half an ounce of money. Can you wait for me to go back and discuss it?"

Qu Yang also held a grudge against Yan Wanbin, so how could he lend him the money, even if he had it?

Yan Wanbin smiled: "That's troublesome."

I didn't have any expectations of him. He was the first one who refused to lend the money, so no matter how much I said, it would be useless.

It is normal that we cannot give more, but can't we give 5 taels of food coupons?

"Tsk, I thought you could borrow much." Li Kailang did not hide the contempt in his eyes.

Qu Yang was too lazy to refute. It was impossible for him to borrow it anyway.

"Where are the other students?" Yan Wanbin looked at the remaining people.

"Teacher, I also need to go home and discuss this."

With Qu Yang taking the lead, the excuses of those people were similar and no one was willing to lend.

These people had all been beaten by Li Kailang and lectured by Yan Wanbin.

Yan Wanbin didn't expect that they would hold a grudge and treat his kindness as insincerely.

"Okay, then you go back and discuss it and do what you can. Even if you don't lend it, the teacher won't say anything." Yan Wanbin nodded.

The importance of these people in his heart will naturally decrease, and he will no longer be enthusiastic about them. If he encounters any problems in the future, he will definitely solve them by himself.

Yan Wanbin would naturally pay a lot of attention to most of the people who helped him.

This is human nature, there is nothing to say.

"The teacher will not forget the food coupons you lent me, and I promise to pay them back as soon as possible. Thank you, classmates."

After saying this, Yan Wanbin bowed to everyone and expressed his gratitude.

A classroom could gather nearly 30 kilograms of food from scattered sources. This was beyond Yan Wanbin's expectations, but it also put him under great pressure.

It is not an easy task to pay back so many food coupons, and we will have to reduce our food intake in the next few months.

"I won't disturb you all from studying."

Yan Wanbin and Bai Jie nodded and went to the second shift to ask for food coupons.

Only about 30 kilograms of food is not enough to feed a family for a month.

The second shift lent out about the same amount of food as the first shift, with a few pounds more.
The shortfall of a few kilograms of food was mainly due to the fact that Group 5 did not borrow any food, and only with the help of Li Kailang, the big boss, who provided kilograms of food coupons, could we make up for it.

Li Kailang did this on the one hand to thank Yan Wanbin, and on the other hand to make him pay attention to their group.

Anyway, food coupons and the like are useless to Li Kailang. If he didn't know Yan Wanbin's address, Li Kailang would have wanted to send food directly over.

After class, other teachers learned about Yan Wanbin's situation, and each of them lent him a pound of food to help him get through the difficult times.

(End of this chapter)