A couple of days ago, Zhang Bo got up in the middle of the night to relieve himself. Passing beneath the window of the two female educated youths, he inadvertently overheard their conversation and thus discovered the whole situation.
The three male educated youths were furious. Once they received the money and coupons sent from home, they went to the county seat to purchase an iron pot and a water vat. Upon their return, they insisted on being reimbursed for their share of the house purchase.
They also deducted the money they had spent on the iron pot and the water vat from what they owed. Since they had bought their own iron pot, water vat, and wood-chopping knife, they no longer wanted the items purchased previously, leaving those for the women to use; naturally, their share of the cost for those original items had to be recouped.
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