90s Little Struggle

Chapter 54
The kitchen is not small either, with an earthen stove, a cupboard, three coal pellet stoves of different sizes, two wooden buckets, and a small square table, making the kitchen seem a bit crowded.

There was also a plate of fried chili fried meat and steaming tomato and egg soup on the small square table.

The fish is still stewed in the small pot of the earthen stove, and the smell of fish is tangy.

With fish and meat, this dish is really good.

But it made them look very dazzling, and felt particularly piercing. What about the poor people who agreed?The food is better than theirs.

But it is also full of color and fragrance, which makes Xiao Jianhua sing empty city tricks in his stomach.

"Dad, auntie, sit down quickly." Xiao Fang brought in two stools from the outside, and warmly greeted them to sit down. He also found two enamel mugs and poured them two cups of tea.

Xiao Jianhua was also deeply afraid that Wu Julan and the others would come in, so he stared at her with a sullen face and began to cheat: "Xiao Hong, how could you bring out the gold and silver at home without distinguishing between the inside and the outside?"

Xiao Hong rolled her eyes and was very angry: "Dad, are you sick? What gold and silver can our family have?"

"It is said that if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepdad. When I was in Xiao's house, can I get a penny from you?"

After finishing speaking, he patted himself on the head again, looked at Liu Meijuan with malicious intentions and said, "I was wrong. When I left before, you did give me 100 yuan."

Seeing her expression and manner of speaking, Xiao Jianhua did not feel guilty at all, which made him wonder if he was thinking too much.

"What?" Liu Meijuan gasped and looked at him in disbelief: "Why did you give her so much money?"

Xiao Hong obviously wanted to provoke the relationship between them, and was deeply afraid that they would not be able to quarrel, so she quickly added: "Not only did I give me 100 yuan, but I also gave Xiao Fang 100 yuan. What's the matter, do you dare to have an opinion?"

"No, you are father and daughter, that's what you should do." Liu Meijuan must have some objections in her heart, but she didn't dare to quarrel with him outside. If she was beaten by Xiao Jianhua in front of Wu Julan, it would be like being skinned. Embarrassed.

She pointed to the things the two of them had brought: "Your dad has always been thinking about you, and even bought some food to see you."

He sighed again: "Our family is going to build a house now, and the family is short of money. You are living well now, why don't you lend us a loan first? No matter how much it is, it is your wish, right?"

Xiao Hong admired Liu Meijuan's ability to bend and stretch, she was ashamed to cry poor, and she could ask herself to borrow money.

But the fool also knows that if the money is lent out, it will be a meat bun beating a dog and never returning.

But she will cry poor too.

She pointed to the clothes on her body: "The money has been spent, we are going to high school, we can't dress too sloppily."

Seeing that their sisters were covered with new clothes and new pull-back shoes, Liu Meijuan's face became distorted with anger.

At this time, Wu Julan, who was worried, also stepped in quickly, looked at them and said angrily, "Why are you here?"

"Don't play dumb for me." Xiao Jianhua stood up abruptly and walked to her side, holding back his anger and smiling: "Now that the gold is in your hands, I don't want to take it all back, but don't be too greedy." , we are half of each other, okay!"

But Wu Julan really didn't know Jin Zi, and said angrily: "You are crazy, what are you talking about?"

"Don't try to quibble." Xiao Jianhua thought he knew everything: "If you didn't take my things, how could you have money to do business?"

He himself drives a tractor and often helps others transport goods, and he has heard people say that he can make money by doing business now.

But doing business also costs money.

Even if many people have that idea, when they think of the huge capital, they are worried that they will lose money in business and owe a lot of debt.

He calculated that the dumpling shop they opened would cost at least 500 yuan from rent to decoration.

But according to what he knew before, Wu Julan and the others can only live on food and clothing.

To be able to open a shop now must have stolen their own gold as capital.

Fortunately, Xiao Hong was well prepared: "Dad, you misunderstood. I saved a drowning man two months ago, and they lent us money. The rent has not been paid yet?"

"How is it possible?" Xiao Jianhua looked at her incredulously: "You must have lied to me, right? Who would be so generous? Borrowing a house and money?"

Xiao Hong pretended to be shy: "Go out and find out, Xu Xinning is the son of the director of the towel factory, and his life is expensive? What is this money?"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Wu Julan and said, "Mom, go and show him the IOU, so that they won't think about it."

This rhetoric has already been said.

But it's not to guard against them, but to worry that Uncle Zhao's parents and brothers want to take the opportunity to borrow money.

Who would have expected that Xiao Jianhua and his wife would use it first?

Wu Julan pulled her face and went upstairs, and quickly came down with an IOU, which clearly stated that she owed Xu Xinning 1000 yuan.

The IOU was real, but it was borrowed to buy the house.

After Xiao Jianhua saw it, the corners of his mouth twitched, secretly spitting at them for swollen faces, but the suspicion in his heart was dispelled.

At this time, Zhao Laosi also came in, and smiled politely at them: "Rare guest, why don't you stay and have lunch together?"

Xiao Jianhua really didn't like him.

Even if he and Wu Julan divorced, in his heart, Wu Julan was still his wife and should guard for him.

Who would have expected that Wu Julan would be willing to marry into the mountains?
He pulled his face and got up: "No need, I just came to see if Xiao Hong and Xiao Fang are doing well."

Then he looked at his two daughters with a gentle and loving face: "When the new house is built, a room will be reserved for you. Dad will wait for you at home. When the time comes, I will buy you whatever you want."

Anyway, it's just empty talk, and he said it very beautifully.

Xiao Hong didn't want to see him like this, and smiled a little bit thiefly: "Dad, it's getting colder and colder, my sister and I want to buy a coat and thicker pants, why don't we go buy it now?"

Xiao Fang also nodded cooperatively: "We have good food these days, so we have grown a bit. Last year, our clothes and pants were all short."

When Liu Meijuan heard this, her whole body was in a bad mood, and her face was as green as the green loofah.

She came here to ask for money, not to be a good fortune boy.

She said in a hurry: "Jianhua, we have to go back quickly, we will be in trouble if we can't catch the car later."

As expected, Xiao Jianhua has been husband and wife with her for many years, and instantly understood what she meant, and nodded cooperatively: "Yes, I also want to help people transport stones, and they are waiting to lay the foundation."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the two pretty daughters with an apologetic expression: "It's really too late today, if you go home and stay for a few days before you are on vacation, I will definitely buy it for you then."

(End of this chapter)