farmer's wife

Chapter 57 Borrowing Money
How can you not give some gifts when you ask for help?
Cui Xinghua thought about the ten taels of silver, and finally gritted her teeth and agreed.

"Success! I'll buy two catties of meat later, and prepare tofu and a piece of fish. Is this enough?"

Xiao Qiang nodded, enough.

On the second day, Xiao Qiang went to Xiao Lie's house carrying a small basket with small gifts.

Xiao Lie was also a little surprised when he opened the door and saw Xiao Qiang.

The two of them met in the village on weekdays, and they were just acquaintances who simply nodded, and they seldom even spoke a few words.

As if a stranger.

Let Xiao Qiang into the room and sit down.

Fu Yan poured a bowl of boiled water and brought it over, said hello and left, leaving room for the two of them.

Xiao Qiang drank the water and didn't speak for a while.

He didn't take the initiative to speak, so Xiao Lie naturally remained silent.

The room was full of silence and embarrassment.

After drinking all the water, seeing that Xiao Lie still didn't take the initiative to speak, Xiao Qiang forced himself to greet and said, "Is everything all right at home?"

Xiao Lie: "It's okay."

After speaking, everyone was silent again...

Xiao Qiang reluctantly restarted the topic: "How is Ah Jian?"

Ah!Xiao Lie suppressed the irritability slowly rising in his heart: "After my wife came, she took good care of her."

The new daughter-in-law can take good care of the children, but when they were still a family, they quarreled and treated harshly everywhere, and Ah Jian failed to get good care.

Knowing that he was wrong, Xiao Qiang opened his mouth and closed it again.

Xiao Lie lowered his head and drank the water, but still did not initiate a conversation.

After a while, seeing that it was coming for a while, Xiao Qiang simply got straight to the point.

"Your brother Dabao is getting married."

"Oh, congratulations." Xiao Lie said calmly.

"Getting married is a good thing, but the woman asks for a bride price of twelve taels, and we..."

It was for money, Xiao Lie suddenly realized.

Xiao Qiang said slowly: "I heard that you have made more progress in hunting in the past two years, and the prices of wild animals in the city are also good. I don't know... can I lend your brother ten taels first, so that the marriage can be done decently in advance..."

Now that the words had been spoken, the rest of the speech flowed smoothly, Xiao Qiang pushed the basket brought over on the table towards Xiao Lie.

"Before I left, your aunt asked me to bring it here. We are all a family, and there is nothing wrong with anyone's family. Don't worry, we will pay back the silver we borrowed slowly in the future."

Xiao Lie was noncommittal.

family?When he married Fu Yan, the uncle and his cousins ​​didn't come to the door. It was fine for the so-called eldest aunt to come to eat empty-handed, and he regarded it as dismissing beggars.

But Aunt Zhang told him that in the new house that day, the eldest aunt was not polite to Fu Yan.

Not to mention the repeated finding of faults afterwards, as well as their neglect of Xiao Jian and their reluctance to save her.

He didn't take violent revenge, it was because of the relationship between his grandparents and his mother's family.

Xiao Qiang looked at Xiao Lie's expression anxiously.

Xiao Lie pushed the basket back to him again: "You take this gift home, I dare not accept it."

Xiao Lie: "I also know one thing about marriage. You can't force it. My uncle also knows that I am poor and white. After I get married, I have to support the family and provide for Ah Jian's health. I don't have any relatives to help me. , I really can’t help you.”

All his elders and relatives have passed away, and the eldest family after the separation is no longer relatives.

"You..." Xiao Qiang stood up angrily and shyly.

Although there were some contradictions in the past, but he thought of him as an elder, he took the initiative to bring gifts to the door and gave them down the steps, Xiao Lie, a bastard, didn't appreciate it!
Xiao Lie stood up indifferently: "Is Uncle leaving? Then I won't give it away. There are still a lot of things at home. Don't forget to take this gift back."

Seeing that he still dared to take the initiative to drive him away, it would be meaningless to stay any longer, Xiao Qiang blushed with swelling, his brows were tightly frowned, and he walked out of the yard after picking up the basket.

Walking to the door, Xiao Qiang turned around again and said coldly: "Xiao Lie, listen to the advice of the elders, stay on the front line in everything, and see you someday."

Xiao Lie's face was expressionless, it was only his fault that he left too many clues in the past, which made people keep bullying him.

"Don't dare to bother Uncle Xiao for advice, you should keep this precious persuasion to yourself. Go slowly."

After speaking, he closed the courtyard door.

Looking at the suddenly closed door, Xiao Qiang felt that his face was thrown to the ground and stepped on by a junior today, and there seemed to be many prying eyes around him watching him make jokes.

He suddenly kicked the door of Xiao Lie's house to vent his anger, then turned around and left quickly.

Xiao Lie went back to the room, Fu Yan had already put away the cups and bowls.

"Send away?"

"En." Xiao Lie sat down silently.

She stepped aside earlier, and heard the intermittent voice, and she heard clearly what was going on.

Fu Yan: "Don't think about it, let's just stay away from that family and let them go on their own."

"If you want ten taels for the betrothal gift, you can borrow ten taels. If you really want to borrow it, I'm afraid it's not meat buns that beat dogs and never return." Fu Yan laughed and said, "It's broad daylight, why are you dreaming?"

"That's all right, let's leave them alone! Go and try to see if the new shoes I made for you fit." Fu Yan pulled Xiao Lie up and went back to the east room to try on the shoes.

**
As the sun sets, only the yellow and orange sunset glow still lingers admiring the earth.

In the peaceful west corner of the village, there were sudden calls for help and the sound of beating sticks.

It was getting louder and noisier.

Hearing the sound, Xiao Lie ran out from the backyard carrying a bow and arrow and a long knife.

Passing by Fu Yan Ajian who also came out to stand in the yard, he hurriedly said: "I'll go and have a look. You guys lock the door."

Fu Yan nodded, and after he left, quickly locked the courtyard door, hugged Xiao Jian and sat back in the main room to wait for Xiao Lie to come back.

Follow the sound to find it, and you are still in Cui Erbo's field.

When he arrived, he only saw the wild boar break out of the encirclement of the villagers, walk away, and ran up the mountain again.

Cui Erbo fell to the ground, and a group of people surrounded him to check.

The men around were sweating at each other, and some people tried to blame each other: "It's all your fault, the wild boar ran away from you just now!"

"It's as if you didn't back away. Aren't you standing here too?"

"Isn't that a wild boar, good fellow, you are not afraid to see those fangs."

"Our body and hoe can't stop the wild boar from coming over."

"Okay, don't say a few words, as long as people have nothing to do."

Xiao Lie stepped forward and asked, "How is Erbo Cui? Are you injured?"

An aunt let him out of the way and replied: "It's nothing serious, it's just that I sprained my ankle while hiding from a wild boar."

Uncle Cui fell to the ground and his feet hurt. He patted the ground and cursed: "Damn it, why are these beasts here again? They only pick on my family's scourge, my newly replanted seedlings!"

At this time, the village chief also heard the sound, and rushed over to ask, "What happened?"

The men with sticks and hoes recounted what happened just now.

(End of this chapter)