The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 100: Short-sighted

When she heard someone calling her, Shiliu turned around and saw Chen Qicai walking out, one high and one low. His small steps were quite fast!

Pomegranate's impression of him was still that this person stole half of her kudzu root, and later snatched the kudzu root from her and pushed her second brother to the ground. If she didn't talk about other things, she couldn't get over it.

For an adult to hit a child, bully a child or something like that, is the most despising thing.

Seeing that it was him who called him, Shiliu rolled her eyes silently, but didn't show it on her face, "Uncle Cripple? You called me?"

Chen Qicai smiled shyly, revealing big yellow teeth that looked like pomegranates, "Pomegranate, what are you two siblings doing up the mountain so early in the morning?"

Even though I couldn't help but look into the pomegranate's basket, I felt strange when I saw that there was nothing inside.

I went up the mountain this early in the morning without bringing a hatchet or a sickle. I wasn't collecting firewood or digging wild vegetables. What was I doing?

This girl has a bright mind. She has heard rumors that she wants to go up the mountain to get something good and sell it for money, right? He would have to follow up later and take a look.

But now, borrowing money is still important.

As soon as he changed the topic, his face became sad, and he made a pitiful look, and sighed and said to Pomegranate, "Your grandma Chen's bones are not in good health. She is in so much pain that she can't sleep all night long, but I don't have money to give you medicine." Then he vaguely mentioned the matter of digging up kudzu roots and selling them for money——

Then he blinked a pair of gray eyes and said, "Well, uncle, can I borrow some money from you? It's not much. I'll just lend you two yuan to give you Grandma Chen some medicine. You're a good boy, too." Can’t bear to see your Grandma Chen being so painful that she can’t sleep well all night? Don’t worry, I will definitely pay back the money I borrowed, and I can establish a written record!”

Pomegranate just listened to his nagging a lot, and the more she listened, the more wrong she became. Why are you complaining about your family's suffering to a little girl like me?

Hearing these words again, I suddenly realized, strangely, this was the idea of ​​borrowing money from her!

I am a good boy, so I feel sorry for your family, so I should lend you money without saying a word?

Pomegranate is also numb. She has vaguely heard of Chen's mother-in-law's disease in the village. It was a disease caused by overwork during confinement when she was young. She has never stopped taking medicine now that she is old. Chen Qicai is filial and has never had such a disease. Just a complaint, I had to grab the medicine when it was windy or rainy. I heard that I had borrowed a lot of money just to get this medicine. The whole family was living a tight life, and there was no land. How much, just barely enough to make ends meet.

As the old saying goes, there is no filial son before someone who has been sick for a long time. As for Chen Qicai's filial piety, Shiliu also looked up to him, but borrowing money?

Twenty cents is still about the same, which is two cents of silver. He hasn't paid back the money he borrowed from outside. If she borrows it, who knows whether it will be like a meat bun beating a dog?

If someone really wanted to cheat, she wouldn't be able to force them to hang themselves and jump into the river.

When it comes to borrowing money, it's okay if you borrow well, but if you don't, you, the creditor, end up becoming a grandson.

Therefore, Pomegranate never lent money to others in her previous life because she did not want to be a grandson.

Instead of borrowing money, I thought I could help him out of his filial piety and recruit him to work in the carpentry workshop to earn money for medicine. But this Chen Qicai is too thoughtful and hard to guard against, so it’s better not to let him go!
Thoughts flashed through her mind, and Pomegranate blinked and said with an embarrassed look on her face: "Uncle Cripple, I'm afraid you've got the wrong person. I'm a child, so where can I get the money to lend you!"

Chen Qicai was about to say, "If you agree, go back to your parents and get it."

But Shiliu seemed to have guessed that he had something to say, so she pulled Li Rongzhang and ran away, saying quickly: "What, uncle lame, we are still busy going up the mountain! See you later!"

A large mouthful of cold wind was poured into Chen Qicai's open mouth, which made his stomach twitch after only drinking two meals yesterday. He quickly shut up, went back, grabbed a backpack, and followed secretly.

He wanted to go and see, what was Pomegranate doing?

——Li Jiren was paralyzed. This is a sad thing. When the family members learned the news, they all carried some things and went to visit him early this morning. This is a common practice in the world.

Li Ji had already separated from them, so naturally he had to visit like this. When he got up early in the morning, he heard the fourth child muttering that his eldest brother was feeling unwell and depressed. He didn't take any medicine for dinner last night and refused to drink it. Just thinking about the thousand-feuille cake made with pomegranate.

It tasted good, and there was such a rare thing as brown sugar. It was definitely good for the body, so he asked Song's Ma Liu to make a plate of it before carrying it out the door.

When we arrived at the old house, other clan members who had visited had already come and left.

In the east room, there was a sizzling coldness. I didn’t know what the smell was, but it made me feel uncomfortable.

"Brother, let me see you." Li Jihe shouted.

Li Jiren had his eyes closed on the bed, wondering if he had fallen asleep. Wu, who was sitting aside, waited for a while before taking over the words, "There are too many people coming to see you first. Your elder brother is tired, so he fell asleep." !”

Li Jihe listened and said it was okay. He put down the cake wrapped in oil paper and said he would see his elder brother later.

Mrs. Wu said: "You nobleman is busy, don't delay your business! Just come and see it! Don't be tired, you have to make an extra trip!"

"Sister-in-law, what did you say? I won't be tired or delayed!" Li Jihe honestly didn't hear the sarcasm in Wu's tone. He only thought that Wu was telling the truth, and he was indeed very busy. , the carving work cannot be postponed, but this is his own elder brother, so he will still take time to come and see him in the afternoon, talk to his elder brother, and comfort him.

Wu just smiled and said no more.

Li Jihe didn't want to stay too long, so he hurriedly said something and went out.

After he left, Li Jiren on the bed opened his eyes and said impatiently: "Throw away what he brought!"

Mrs. Wu had already opened the oil paper bag and saw that what was inside was exactly the kind of cake that Pomegranate had given to the two elders last time. She heard that it was made at home, so she glanced at it.

Hearing her husband's words, she quickly put away the oil paper bag: "What a pity it is to throw it away? This is a good thing. If you don't eat it, you won't eat it for free!"

The second wife originally owed them, so no matter how much they ate from him, it was just right!
Li Jiren didn't care about her, he just didn't want to see this thing.

After leaving the Shangdong room, Li Jihe turned around and went into the main room to see Mr. Li and Mr. Yuan. The two elders were a little depressed because of what happened to their eldest son. Li Jihe accompanied him and talked for a while. After saying that, the two of them urged him to go back quickly. They both knew that he was busy and refused to delay him.

Li Jihe asked the two elders to relax and come back to see them before leaving.

Mrs. Wu turned around and gave the cakes that Li Jiren didn't want to see, two pieces to each of her two sons, one piece to each of her two daughters. She also left three pieces for her younger son who was in school, and planned to keep the remaining three pieces. eat by yourself.

Li Rongsong got the pastry and knew that it was sent by his second uncle Gang. He had something in his mind and couldn't help but ask Mrs. Wu: "Mom, my father took us to carry wood just to earn money and return it to his second uncle. What's the half of it?" Months, the three of us have received two ounces of money in total, shall we pay it back to my second uncle first?"

Mrs. Wu's expression changed when she heard this. She knelt down in the ancestral hall and returned to her parents' home. However, as long as she got back two ounces of silver, she had no intention of returning it to her second wife because her husband and son had gone to carry wood.

Now that something happened to her husband, she didn't want to pay back the remaining money!
She didn't believe that the second wife could really go to the clan leader for the four ounces of money that had not been repaid!
She will have her own way to deal with it when the time comes!

Anyway, if she doesn't pay back the money, the six ounces of silver she has already taken out will be enough to stun her for the rest of her life.

At that moment, he couldn't help but stare at his son. Is he stupid for being so heartless? I don’t know who it looks like!
(End of this chapter)