Mixed in North Korea (210) lends money to North Korean women to pay off debts

Episode 210

I originally wanted the black car driver to send Li Huijuan back, and I took Kim Hyo-joo to the hospital to see her feet. Kim Hyo-joo said that the black car driver went out to deliver goods, so I had to send Li Huijuan home. I carried the goods and Li Huijuan to the outside of the commercial and trade city. Li Huijuan said with a smile, hard work, you go back quickly, I will contact a friend to help send the goods back.

I pointed to the bread lane next to it, my car is parked next to it, and it is convenient for me to take you back. I opened the door, put the back seat down, and stacked the cargo on it. Li Huijuan said, I am embarrassed that you help me like this. I said to Li Huijuan, everyone is friends, there is nothing embarrassing. Where does your family live? You sit in front and show the way.

After Li Huijuan sat down in the co-pilot, I said to her and fasten her seat belt. Li Huijuan said a little embarrassed, where is the seat belt? I smiled and moved to help her fasten her seatbelt. Li Huijuan said, you are really amazing, you bought a car at a young age. Many North Korean men have struggled all their lives and cannot afford to buy a motorcycle. I told Li Huijuan that what I bought was not a good car, and the main reason for buying a car was to facilitate delivery.

Li Huijuan said, such a new car, can fit so many people, is it not a good car? I've never been in such a good car since I was a kid? I smiled and asked, what kind of car have you been in? Li Huijuan thought about it and said, I have ridden ox carts, bicycles, and motorcycles. After a pause, he continued, I used to ride a tractor when I went to the countryside to support farmers.

I laughed and said that I had been on bicycles and motorcycles, but not tractors. Li Huijuan said that it is very fun to sit on a tractor, the tractor is very loud and smokes. Booming, very imposing. I smiled and said that I would definitely take a tractor ride once when I had the chance. Li Huijuan said, you are a Chinese businessman, I am afraid that you will not have the opportunity to ride a tractor in North Korea.

Li Huijuan and I drove towards the suburbs while chatting and drove for about 20 minutes. Coming to the junction of urban and rural areas of Roxian, there is a row of small wooden shingle houses on the seafront, each house is about forty or fifty square meters. As far as the eye can see, there are twenty or thirty similar houses. Li Huijuan pointed to the tile road ahead, where I live.

I asked curiously, do you live so far? How do you usually go to work at the barbershop? Li Huijuan said, in fact, it is not far, I ride a bicycle to work, and I can get there in an hour. I parked the van on the side of the road and walked home with Li Huijuan. Because where Li Huijuan lives, the road in front of the house is very narrow, and the van cannot pass.

Li Huijuan's place is a combination of urban and rural areas, which is cleaner than the urban area of Luoxian. The two of us carried snakeskin bags and walked down the narrow path. From time to time, people along the way looked at us curiously. Most of them knew Li Huijuan, and when they saw Li Huijuan leading a man back, many people would glance at me a few times when they greeted Li Huijuan.

Along the way, many women squatted in front of their houses to wash their clothes, some women squatted in front of their houses to wash their hair, and some people threw hogweed into pigsties. We walked for a few minutes and came to Li Huijuan's door. Li Huijuan's house is smaller than the others, less than 50 square meters. Li Huijuan put the goods in front of the door, took out the key from the bag, and after opening the door, said to me with a smile, the room is a little small, come in and sit.

I carried the goods and entered the house with Li Huijuan. Li Huijuan pointed to the corner road, and the goods were placed there. After dropping off the goods, I glanced inside the house. The house is small but lovely furnished. The mottled walls are covered with wallpaper, and in the middle of the room is a TV cabinet, and next to a black-and-white television set sits a desk calendar with a beautiful North Korean flight attendant on the cover. The house is not big in size, but there is a living room, and a room and kitchen.

The table in the living room is low with cushions on all sides. Li Huijuan pointed to the mat and said, you sit and rest, I'll go and pour you a glass of water. I told Li Huijuan that I was not thirsty, so I sat down and went back. Li Huijuan still went into the kitchen and brought me a glass of water. She put the water in front of me and said, "The conditions at home are limited, and there is nothing to entertain you."

I took a sip of the water, no need to be so polite. Li Huijuan said, you Chinese not used to living in such a house, right? I said to Li Huijuan, no, I think it's very good here, you can grow vegetables and raise pigs, how good. Li Huijuan sneered and said, you still grow vegetables and raise pigs?

I said to Li Huijuan, of course, I used to cut hogweed when I was a child. Li Huijuan said, I didn't expect that we had similar experiences when we were children, and I often cut hogweed when I was a child. I asked Li Huijuan, have you always lived here? Li Huijuan said, no, I used to live in the city, but then I got divorced and moved here.

I said to Li Huijuan, don't your parents live here? Li Huijuan said, my parents and my brother live together. I told Li Huijuan that it was okay to live in such a house alone. Li Huijuan said, I also think it's good to live here, that is, the roof is easy to leak on rainy days. I look at the tiled road of the house, maybe the roof is piling up too much debris and needs to be cleaned regularly.

Li Huijuan said, yes, other people's families do this kind of thing by men, and I can't do this work alone as a woman. I told Li Huijuan that you can let your brother help. Li Huijuan said with a smile, if only he didn't come to trouble me. After chatting with Li Huijuan for a few minutes, I got up to leave when a North Korean man in a Zhongshan suit came to the door.

The man had a pen hanging from his chest and a red notebook in his hand. Seeing the man in the jacket coming, Li Huijuan immediately greeted her enthusiastically and said, Elder Park, why are you here today? The man named Park Lao made a straight face, and did not pay attention to Li Huijuan. He went straight into the room, and when he saw me, his gaze lingered on my face and he sat down.

He opened the red notebook in his hand and said, Your brother has a lot of goods on credit from us, and he has not yet returned it. The man handed the ledger to Li Huijuan to see. Li Huijuan glanced at it and said, my brother has been a little difficult recently, he will definitely pay back when he has money.

The man said, I went to find your brother several times, he said that there was no money to pay back, let me come to you to help him pay back. Li Huijuan lowered her head, her eyes were red, and she said, my family has no money now. The man sighed and said seriously, he shouldn't have come to you for this matter, you helped your brother pay back a lot of money, and it was not easy for you to live alone.

Li Huijuan said, you give me a few days, and when I have money, I will definitely help my brother pay it back. The man said, I have long said that if you come to work in my shop, the salary you will give must be higher than that of you in the barbershop, don't you think about it anymore? The man looked Li Huijuan up and down, and his gaze fell on her chest.

Li Huijuan said that I am very happy working in the barbershop and do not want to change jobs. The man said, I don't force you, I just think that you are divorced, it is not easy to live alone, and I want to help you. Since you don't want to, just let me not say. After the man finished speaking, he turned to look at me and said, this little comrade is very faceless, which department are you?

As soon as the man named Park Lao entered the house, I saw him unpleasantly. He is in his fifties and looks like a cadre. I told the man that I didn't work in the workplace and started a small business on my own. The man said in the tone of an elder, self-employed? You young people's minds need to be improved. Now the mind is not thinking about entering the state unit and contributing to the country, and thinking all day long about exploiting loopholes to make money. In the long run, it is not necessary.

I rightly told men that we self-employed can also contribute to the country. The man said disdainfully, what can you contribute? You guys are full of money and have no spirit of serving the people at all. I asked rhetorically, have you always served the people and do not want to make money?

The man said, I have been in the People's Association for decades and have been serving the people conscientiously. I said with a smile, since you have always served the people and do not want to make money, why do you force a woman to pay her debts today. The man said, her brother does not owe me personal money, I owe money to the country, I am asking for money for the country.

The man was a little annoyed by me, and his voice was much louder. Li Huijuan immediately grabbed me and signaled me not to argue with him. I asked Li Huijuan, why do you want you to pay back the account your brother owes? Li Huijuan said that my parents and my brother live together, because of poor health, they spent a lot of money, and my brother's family has five children, which is not easy. So, my parents asked me to help him if I could.

I said to Li Huijuan, since the conditions are not good, why do you have so many children? Li Huijuan was just about to speak, the man rushed to answer, I just felt that this little comrade of yours has a problem with his thinking, and now I'm sure you have a big problem with your thinking, what's wrong with having more children? This is the best way to contribute to the country, and many people have great power. I also don't know what your parents do, maybe there is a lack of ideological education for you.

I didn't deal with the man, but said to Li Huijuan, if you really want to help your brother pay back, I can borrow money to help you pay it back. Li Huijuan didn't speak, the man interjected again, do you know how much her brother owes, and also help others pay back, are you rich? I see you have a cleaner pocket than I am.

I knew that the man named Park Lao deliberately provoked me, and he actually wanted me to take the money to pay the bill. I was really excited by him, took a few hundred dollars out of my bag, threw it on the table, and said, is this enough? The man was immediately dumbfounded, probably not expecting me to come up with so much money at once. Seeing that the man did not make a sound, I took out a large handful of Chao Yuan from my bag and threw it on the table, is this enough?

Seeing that I was really moving, real money smashed on the table. It took a while for the man to slow down, and his attitude changed. He said with a smile, young people should not be so angry, it is not good for the body, the body collapses, how can he contribute to the country in the future, you say?