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Chapter 3 left

"That's right, I had nothing to do at home in the afternoon, so I just cleaned it up." Lu Feng's eyes fell on Jiang Xiaoyan's other hand.

The bag contained vegetables, soy sauce, and a small piece of pork. The white water noodles at noon were not nutritious, and Lu Feng was already dizzy from hunger.

Jiang Xiaoyan looked at the bag in her hand following Lu Feng's gaze, and said, "I borrowed [-] cents from Sister Li from the electronics factory to buy some vegetables and meat. You can help me carry it, and I will cook right away."

Lu Feng took the bag and said, "Look at the kid, I'll cook."

After speaking, she plunged into the kitchen, Jiang Xiaoyan put the sleeping Duoduo on the bed, looked at the clean and tidy home, and at the back of the busy kitchen, the whole person was like a dream.

is this real?
God thinks I'm too bitter, give me some sweets?

Jiang Xiaoyan never expected to be rich. Looking at the busy men in the kitchen, he only wished for a few more days, even a few more hours, and he was satisfied.

Lu Feng had never been so excited before ringing the bell for the company's first IPO. Now that he looked at the few pieces of meat, he couldn't calm down for a long time, and sighed, the price is really cheap now.

Eighty cents can buy such a big pile of things.

Food stamps are still used in some small places. Now the big white rabbit costs three yuan a penny, and the pork is less than fifty cents a catty. Jiang Xiaoyan is very hardworking. With her income, it is enough for the family to live comfortably.

The meat slices sizzled when they were put into the pot. The smell of the meat was mouth-watering. Lu Feng skillfully stir-fried the vegetables, and the smell of meat wafted out of the house and into the corridor.

In another rental house, a fat woman in her forties sniffed it, and asked the man beside her, "Whose meat smells like this?"

"You don't care who's family, let's eat."

"There are only a few restaurants in this corridor that can afford meat, and it's not a festival, and it's not a big deal. I have to take a look. What if it's Lu Feng's?"

"That Lu Feng is a gambler. He is so poor that he can't even drink Northwest Wind, and he still eats meat?"

"What if he wins? His wife borrowed a dollar and two dollars from me two months ago and then repaid the six cents, and there is still six cents left. Damn, she ran away when she saw me."

The woman opened the door and walked out as she spoke.

Lu Feng put the food on the table, looked at Jiang Xiaoyan and said, "Let's eat, don't disturb Duoduo, just leave some for her."

Jiang Xiaoyan nodded, and sat across from her. Looking at the table full of food, her eyes were a little moist, and she wanted to say something, tears fell from her mouth.

"What's the matter?" Lu Li picked up a steamed bun, stuffed it into his mouth and ate it, and asked, "Why are you crying?"

"It's okay, I'm just happy." Jiang Xiaoyan wiped her tears, choked with sobs and said, "You can find a job in a few days, and you will have a good life. Don't hang out with your gang of cronies, okay? I beg you."

"Well, we won't see each other anymore." Lu Li nodded. As for finding a job, he didn't agree. After this meal, he had to go back.

Lu Feng glanced at Duoduo who was soundly asleep, secretly wishing the mother and daughter a good future, and bowed his head to eat.

The woman wandered in the corridor for a while, and finally locked on to Lu Feng's house, reached out and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Jiang Xiaoyan asked.

"Me! Li Dafang." The voice outside the door was very low, as if with a trace of anger.

Jiang Xiaoyan was a little nervous when she heard the name. No one in the corridor knew that Li Dafang was difficult to mess with. If it wasn't because she couldn't make a living two months ago, she would not have borrowed money from Li Dafang.

Originally, she would pay back the salary, but as soon as the money was paid, Lu Feng took it away to eat and drink with those buddies, so she squeezed out [-] cents and paid back half of it.

"What's wrong?" Lu Feng sensed something was wrong with her.

"It's okay, but there is sixty cents that I haven't paid back. I'll go and tell her that the money has been paid this month, and I'll pay her back first." Jiang Xiaoyan stood up and opened the door as she spoke.

"I'll pack the bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen." Lu Feng picked up the bowls and chopsticks and walked into the kitchen.

The kitchen has already been filled with half a basin of water, and there are sockets and two wires next to it. Lu Feng looked at everything in front of him, took a deep breath, and started to fiddle with it. He silently prayed in his heart that he must succeed, and hoped that he would open his eyes again. At that time, become chairman Lu Feng!
Jiang Xiaoyan opened the door and saw Li Dafang's face darkened, she said with a smile, "Sister Li, it's so late, what's the matter?"

"Your family is doing well, you eat meat!" Li Dafang leaned on the door frame and said; "You still owe me [-] cents, when will you pay it? I, who borrows money, can't even eat meat. You have a thick skin, and you borrow money to eat meat." of."

With embarrassment on her face, Jiang Xiaoyan said, "Sister Li, my family is having a hard time. I borrowed [-] cents from someone today to improve the food. Please allow me a few more days and I will definitely pay you back when I get paid."

"Stop talking about those fucking nonsense, how long have you been delaying? I've given you shame, right? Now, pay back the money!" Li Dafang couldn't forgive anyone.

Jiang Xiaoyan fumbled in her pocket in a hurry, there was still [-] cents left in the [-] cents, wondering: "I will pay you back the [-] cents first, and I will definitely pay you back after the salary is paid."

Li Dafang snatched the [-] cents and said, "Where is the [-] cents left? If you don't pay back the money today, don't blame me for cursing."

"Sister Li, can you allow me a few days?" Jiang Xiaoyan's voice was full of pleading, and her eyes were already red. She finally saw hope in her life, and she believed that the future would definitely get better.

"I beg you!"

Li Dafang shook off Jiang Xiaoyan's hand, and said coldly: "Don't do this shit, pay back the money, just now, or don't blame me for being rude."

"Sister Li, can you allow me a few days? Just a few days! I'll kneel down for you." Jiang Xiaoyan burst into tears and fell to her knees with a plop.

It was only natural to pay off debts, and she really had no choice but to beg.

In the kitchen, Lu Feng had already plugged two wires into the socket, sparks came out, he heard all the conversations at the door, and told himself in his heart that everything had nothing to do with him, and he wanted to go back.

"Damn it!" Li Dafang shouted loudly in the corridor: "Come out and have a look, Jiang Xiaoyan won't pay back the money she owes!"

All households opened their doors to watch the excitement, muttering endlessly.

"This man is really shameless. He owes money to others with the cheek not to pay it back."

"You don't know, there are even more shameless ones."

"Someone saw her go out to sell!"

"Where did you see it?"

"Don't worry about where you saw it, it must be true. Her man is eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. Where did he get the money?"

"That's right, that's the only benefit of being pretty."

All kinds of humiliating words made Jiang Xiaoyan feel ashamed, stood up and closed the door, ran to the bed and cried.

"Open the door, what kind of coward are you hiding inside? Are you justified in not paying back the money you owe?" Li Dafang yelled outside the door, followed by a kick at the door.

"Who on this floor doesn't know that you are a cousin? If you don't have money, just sell it. If you borrow money and don't pay it back, why are you so thick-skinned?"

"Open the door!!"

"Is it useful to be beautiful? Is there a way to find a man to pay back the money?"

Jiang Xiaoyan hugged her knees and cried bitterly. She didn't dare to go out to argue. The other party's repayment would make her speechless. She could only bear it silently. I don't know how many times she has been scolded like this in the past few years.

Lu Feng watched the electric wires in the water basin smoldering, and his heart was in a mess. He kept telling himself, don't be soft-hearted, he must go back, and the success he earned after ten years of hard work will be gone before he can enjoy it.

But Jiang Xiaoyan's frail and helpless cries outside the kitchen made him a little painful. Taking a deep breath, he still decided to put his hand into the basin. If he went back, everything here would have nothing to do with him.

"Boom!"

"Show me! Open the door! Pay back the money!"

The loud slamming sound woke up Duoduo from his dream, and he burst into tears after waking up.

Jiang Xiaoyan hurriedly hugged Duoduo in her arms, and the mother and daughter curled up in the corner of the bed. She kept patting Duoduo's back and told her that she was fine.

"Dad! I'm afraid!"

"father!"

A lot of shouting is heart-piercing!
Just as Lu Feng's hand was about to touch the water in the basin, he suddenly retracted it when he heard Duoduo's screams, took a deep breath and said to himself: "God, you won!"

"If I don't let this mother and son live a good life, my surname is not Lu!"

(End of this chapter)