Yu Jun

Wu Yi slept until dawn, and when she heard the sound of firecrackers outside, she opened her eyes numbly, and then remembered that today is New Year's Eve.

Firecrackers sounded one after another, firecracker paper was bouncing everywhere, even the roof tiles occasionally made slight noises, and gunpowder smoke rose with the wind, pervasive, non-stop, and it was sure to make the dejected people in the room smell festive.

Wu Yi lay in a daze for a while, and then smelled the smell of oil mixed with the smell of firecrackers—the shop is not open today, and Wu's mother is not idle for a moment. busy.

There was a long growl in his stomach, urging him to get up, get dressed and go out.

As soon as the door was opened, the clouds cleared and the fog cleared, the sky cleared after the snow, and a round of red sun burst out of the sky. The golden light was shining brightly, the cold wind brought warmth, and the aquatic patterns were full of brilliance, which was very beautiful.

The sky and the crackling firecrackers outside complemented each other, it was very festive, and Wu Yi's sorrow and sorrow in his heart were also diluted a lot.

There were a lot of clothes drying in the yard. Father Wu was sitting on the BMX and kept flattening the corners of his clothes. When he saw Wu Yi coming out, he said with a serious face, "Today is the Chinese New Year, so I don't care about you. Go ask your brother to have breakfast."

Wu Yi's heart suddenly relaxed, she decided that Wu Jin had committed the crime for herself last night, and she took these debts on her own.

Since I was young, my brother has always been like this. I can carry everything I can carry on my shoulders. I must have figured out a way for more than 1 pennies. Cheng Sanye and Ms. Mo are both rich, and Ms. Mo wears it on her neck. The gold collar I heard is solid.

Wu Jin didn't need him to call, she opened the door and came out by herself: "Father, I'll push you."

He pushed his father to the main room compartment, pulled out the chair, carried Wu's father up, and went to the kitchen to help serve breakfast.

Wu Yi followed closely behind him, called "brother" in a low voice, and lowered his head to help, Wu's mother didn't know how much money Wu Yi owed, seeing his cautious appearance, he guessed at least a few dozen taels, hated His teeth were itchy, but it was because of the New Year's Eve, and it was inconvenient to do anything, so he could only stare at him fiercely and let him eat first.

The breakfast was sumptuous, and the leg of lamb that Cheng Ting gave was frozen until today, when Wu's mother was willing to cut it open. Early in the morning, she stewed a pot of mutton soup, steamed steamed buns with stuffing, and boiled lamb haggis.

The family of four ate and drank. After breakfast, Wu Jin saw that the sun was good and there was no strong wind, so she pushed Father Wu out to bask in the sun. Mother Wu washed the whole donkey intestine with vinegar water at the kitchen door, and waited for it to be washed and scraped. , Just make braised donkey sausage.

Wu Yi still followed Wu Jin closely. Wu Jin was reading a book under the sun, and he also went to move a stool. Before his buttocks could sit down, there was a loud noise outside the door.

As soon as the door slammed, Wu Yi's heart pounded, and the corners of her mouth twitched. Looking at Wu Jin again, Wu Jin had already got up to open the door.

Outside the door were two servants of the Liu family, working together to lift a half-person-high camphor wood box. Seeing the door open, they lifted the box up again and put it directly in the yard.

One of the servants bowed his hand to Wu Jin: "Wu Jieyuan, this is the bill from my uncle. The accountant has carefully calculated it, and it is 860 taels of silver. The uncle said, please do the calculation again carefully. If there is a little In and out, after the new year, you can go to our house to count."

He cupped his hands to Wu Yi again: "The uncle also explained that there is still a rubbing book at home, so it doesn't matter if you burn it."

After all, he led the other servant to say goodbye and went out. Wu Jinfu closed the door. When he turned around, he saw Wu's mother standing beside the box with her hands dripping, dumbfounded. Wu's father also looked at Wu Yi in disbelief.

Mother Wu was afraid that she might hear it wrong, and asked tremblingly, "Is this a debt owed by my second child? More than 1 taels?"

Only then did Wu Yi know that her parents didn't know.

He looked at Wu Jin in horror, and Wu Jin nodded: "Yes, but the number may not be correct. I have to check each one to know how many there are."

There was a "boom" in Wu's mother's mind, her whole body was blocked and stagnant, her withered face turned into dead gray in an instant, one hand hurriedly put on Wu's father's BMX, so as not to faint, two But my legs couldn't stand anymore, and they went limp.

Wu Jin hurriedly stepped forward to help her, seeing her father was also dumbfounded, the melon seeds and peanuts in her hand were overturned on the ground, her hands were tightly clenched on the handrail of the BMX.

The two of them crawled out of bitter waters, but they had never heard of such a huge number. Even their spirits became cold, and their front and back were blank.

Wu's mother broke away from Wu Jin's hand, and walked to Wu Yi's side desperately: "You borrowed this all?"

Wu Yi shook his head: "Aniang, I didn't borrow any money, it was Liu Bowen who tricked me, he took the bill and asked me to sign it, and everyone who said he would have to sign it"

Before she finished speaking, Mother Wu had already raised her hand and slapped him on the face with all her strength: "Beast!"

Wu Yi's head was tilted to the side along with the strength, his ears were buzzing, a red fingerprint appeared on his face, and all the hot blood rushed to his face.

"You bastard!" Wu's mother stepped forward and pulled him, holding his arm and making him kneel down. Wu Yi fell to her knees, the loess under her knees had become soft and damp after many days of snow accumulation, and the clothes on her knees soaked in an instant. Wet, the dampness is still spreading, from the feet and knees to the thighs, waist, lower abdomen, and heart.

He lowered his face to look at Huang Tu, Wu Mu's slap hit his head and face, he felt pain and remorse, and couldn't help sobbing.

"Mother," Wu Jin stepped forward to support Wu's mother, "Don't worry, there is always a way for everything."

Muddy Wu's sunken eye sockets shed muddy tears, she turned to look at Wu Jin, endured for a moment, and couldn't hold it any longer, grabbed Wu Jin's arm with both hands, and cried out with an "ah", "Boss, 1 Two more!"

She cried so hard that she suddenly couldn't breathe and passed out.

"Mother!" Wu Jin hurriedly hugged Mother Wu, caressed her heart with one hand, and went to pinch her again, "Mother!"

"Damn it!" Wu's father burst into tears, and hurriedly stretched out his hand, completely forgetting that he had lost his legs, and threw himself on the ground.

Wu Yi knelt on the ground, watching Wu Jin pick up Wu's mother and enter the house, then turned around to hug Wu's father, and went to the kitchen to pour hot water in, feeling strange in his heart, as if this family no longer had him.

Firecrackers sounded outside again, and thousands of households were filled with laughter, but the Wu family was silent.

Wu's mother slowly woke up, she burst into tears facing Wu Jin, but Wu Jin said: "Mother, I want to pay the bill, this New Year's Eve dinner is all up to you, ask the second child to come in, it's wet and cold outside , Kneeling on the knees for a long time, the root cause of the disease will remain for the rest of your life.”

Mother Wu's heart was terrified: "That bastard, whatever he does, let him die."

Wu Jin said to Father Wu again: "Father, there are too many bills. You know the name of the second child. You can help me by picking out those who don't have the second name. We can't just do what others say. We You have to know it in your heart."

Wu's father and mother got arrangements, and gradually stopped their tears, suppressing their grief and getting busy.

There were too many bills, and they were very trivial. Even with the help of Wu's father, the bills were handled very slowly. After the New Year's Eve dinner in a heavy atmosphere, Wu Jin continued to settle the accounts, and did not understand until midnight.

After excluding the bills of unknown origin, there are still 970 taels.