Chapter 12 Qin Yiran's Generosity

After finishing his noodles, Qin Yiran asked the waiter to pay.

"Big brother, three bowls cost thirty-six coins in total."

Qin Yiran took out a handful of coins and placed them on the table.

The waiter counted out thirty-six coins, took them with a smile, and said, "Welcome to come again next time, big brother."

Liu Yingyue looked at the empty bowl of noodles and thought to herself, this noodle soup is so expensive!

The beef was only five or six thin slices, but it cost twelve cents a bowl.

But then again, Qin Yiran was really generous today as he actually treated her to such expensive noodles.

You know, his family still owes a lot of foreign debts.

In their daily life, the Qin family would like to break every penny into two.

Yang Yongcui bit her lip in jealousy as she listened to the waiter quoting the price.

Qin Yiran treated me to a bowl of noodles for twelve cents without even blinking an eye.

"Wow, I'm so full. The noodle soup here is so delicious. Brother, let's come back next time?" Qin Xiuzhu said while holding the empty bowl and smacking her lips.

Qin Yiran didn't say anything. He looked at her coldly and walked out of the noodle shop with his crutches.

"Okay, okay, I won't eat it next time. I was just saying it casually, don't take it to heart." Qin Xiuzhu also knew that her elder brother was worried about the money.

It’s good enough to eat it once, how can you eat it every day?

Qin Xiuzhu sighed and chased after him with the things.

Liu Yingyue also took her belongings and left the noodle shop.

Seeing that no one paid attention to her, Yang Yongcui had to follow silently.

Everyone bought what they needed for their families on the street. Liu Yingyue took Qin Xiuzhu to visit the cloth shop for a while and then went back to the village.

Yang Yongcui's home is nearby, so she went back first.

Liu Yingyue did not go home, but went to Qin's house with the Qin brothers and sisters first.

"Are you back? Wow, you bought so many things?" Madam Qin was sitting at the door of the main house, watching everyone moving things and said with a smile.

Qin Yiran's legs were inconvenient, but he still insisted on carrying the big bags of rice and flour.

Liu Yingyue shook her head. "You don't take care of your legs. Do you want to be disabled forever? You're still showing off your ability even with a cane."

She walked over, took the bag and started to carry it.

Unexpectedly, the light bag in Qin Yiran's hand weighed down Liu Yingyue so much that she couldn't straighten her back when she lifted it.

Liu Yingyue's legs shook and she fell to the ground.

Qin Xiuzhu burst into laughter, "Yingyue, you laugh at my brother for showing off, aren't you the same?"

Liu Yingyue looked embarrassed and said, "I thought it wasn't heavy..."

Her butt was hurt from the fall, and she couldn't catch her breath for a long time. She sat on the ground and grimaced.

"Stop laughing and go help!" Madam Qin waved her hand at Qin Xiuzhu and scolded with a smile, then blamed Qin Yiran for just standing there and not going to help Liu Yingyue.

"It's okay, I can get up by myself." But when Liu Yingyue moved, the pain in her buttocks came back, and she sat back on the ground.

"Get up." A big hand reached out in front of her, and without saying a word, grabbed her arm and lifted her up easily like a chicken, "The ground is cold, don't sit there all the time."

Liu Yingyue was slightly stunned. Qin Yiran actually took the initiative to care about her?

But when she came to her senses, Qin Yiran had already turned around.

"Xiuzhu, find some small bags, put the rice and flour separately, and carry the small bags into the house." Liu Yingyue gave Qin Xiuzhu some advice.

"This is a good idea." Qin Xiuzhu happily ran into the house and went to look for the bag.

If you pack them separately, the portion will be lighter.

Liu Yingyue and Qin Xiuzhu worked together to move two large bags of rice and flour weighing 100 kilograms from the ox cart into the house in the manner of ants moving. Madam Qin said distressedly, "Yingyue, take a break and let Xiuzhu move. She is stronger than you."

"I'll just move less." Liu Yingyue waved her hand and said.

Qin Yiran looked at Liu Yingyue who was running in and out in a hurry, his eyes were gloomy and he was lost in thought.

After moving the items, Liu Yingyue checked the legs of Qin Yiran and Mrs. Qin respectively.

"I come to check it every morning. Although I don't have to bandage it every day, I have to check if it's loose or misaligned."

Normally, if you have a broken leg, even if it is bandaged, you have to stay in bed to rest, but I am sitting still to rest.

But the Qin family was poor, and Qin Yiran and Mrs. Qin were absolutely unwilling to sit back and enjoy their life.

Then you can only check it every day.

"Thank you for your hard work, Yingyue." Madam Qin said embarrassedly.

"It's just a quick check. It won't delay anything." Liu Yingyue said with a smile.

Then, she checked on Madam Qin and found out that after two days of taking medicine, she had gotten much better.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Liu Yingyue declined Madam Qin's invitation to have lunch and rode her donkey back home.

"Why didn't you see me off?" Mrs. Qin complained to her son, who was standing silently at the door.

Qin Yiran was leaning on a crutch, looking in the direction Liu Yingyue left, deep in thought.

Hearing Madam Qin's words, he turned around and said, "My legs are not convenient for walking."

"You are such a dull person. Fortunately, Mr. Liu is considerate of you and is willing to marry into our family. Otherwise, you would be single forever." Madam Qin snorted coldly. "By the way, have you written a letter to your father?"

Qin Yiran pinched the letter that had already been written in his sleeve and said, "No."

"If you don't write, I will! Xiuzhu, let's go to Yang's house and ask Yongcui's father, Yang Xiucai, to write a letter." Madam Qin snorted coldly, patted her legs and stood up.

But she didn't stand firmly, swayed and almost fell.

Qin Xiuzhu hurriedly supported her, "Mom, your leg is still injured, and you are not used to using crutches, how are you going to go?"

"Then you go and tell your father to come back soon and ask about the date of the engagement." Madam Qin pushed Qin Xiuzhu.

"Ah, what should I say?" Qin Xiuzhu scratched his scalp.

"I'll go, you guys rest at home. By the way, I'll go return the ox cart." Qin Yiran looked at his mother and sister, nodded, and walked out of the courtyard gate with a cane.

"Then hurry up!" Mrs. Qin urged again.

Qin Yiran got on the ox cart and drove to a family in the village who specialized in doing business in the county town.

He gave twenty cents as errand fee and handed over the written letter.

This family brews wine at home and sends it to the county town every three days.

If there were people in the village who worked as odd jobs in the county town, as shop assistants, as maids, or as constables, or who did small business and had no time to return to the village often, they would write letters or bring some items and ask his family to bring them back or take them there.

The charge is twenty cents per time.

The price is not cheap, but this family will deliver the items to the other party on time, so they have a very good reputation in the village and everyone is happy to entrust them to deliver letters and items.

"Qin Dalang, your family just sent a letter the day before yesterday, and you sent another letter today. What big happy event is going on at home that you are in a hurry to tell your father?"

Happy event?

There is one thing.

Qin Yiran said calmly, "Nothing. I asked my father when he would be home and asked him to bring back some good seeds from the county farm store. The fields are waiting for spring planting."

"You and your mother's legs are injured. I'm afraid the spring planting will be delayed. Your father has to come back to help."

After delivering the letter, Qin Yiran drove the ox cart home. At a fork in the road, he met Luo Si'an.

"Qin Dalang, give me a ride on your ox cart." Luo Si'an limped and waved at Qin Yiran.

(End of this chapter)

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