Chapter 887: Look Differently
Looking at the woman blocking the door, acting as if she would not give up until she was paid, the old lady sighed helplessly, and then looked at Chu Heng who was wearing smooth and slippery clothes. , after hesitating for a moment, he asked: "Little Guy... look... can you help me pay back the money first? When I see my sister, I will ask her to pay it back to you."
To be honest, the old lady actually doesn't want to trouble Chu Heng. She didn't even want to cause trouble to the deaf old lady.
She is over eighty years old, her health is getting worse day by day, and she doesn’t have much to live for anymore. She just wants to see her sister before she dies, and then come back and wait for death quietly without giving anything to anyone. Add burden.
But the current situation does not allow it.
The woman in front of her is her old neighbor, and the man is the captain of the second team. He is famous for being tough and aggressive. If she doesn't pay back the money today, she may not be able to leave.
So, she could only ask Chu Heng for help.
“Hey, this is all a trivial matter.”
Chu Heng met the old man’s hopeful gaze and smiled nonchalantly. He didn’t say anything about not having to pay it back, so as not to break up with him. He took out a stack of zero tickets directly from his pocket, smiled and asked the woman whose eyes were shining: " Auntie, please calculate how much I owe you.”
The woman had already figured it out and immediately said, “No need to calculate, Grandma Hu has borrowed it from my family twice in the past few years. Money, one and a half yuan at a time, eighty cents at a time, a total of two and three yuan.”
"Okay!"
Chu Heng didn't laugh at the woman for blocking the door and asking for a debt just because of the small amount of money. After all, repaying debt is a matter of course, and people in rural areas don't do it now. Easy, one or two dollars is not too much for them.
Without saying anything, he directly took out two yuan and fifty cents and handed it over, smiling: "Take it, and the excess will be considered as interest. Thank you for taking care of our old lady these years."
In his opinion, this woman is not a bad person. It is quite interesting that she can borrow money from a lonely old man who has no ability to work, and the loan lasts for so many years.
"You are so generous." When the woman got the money, she immediately beamed.
But what surprised Chu Heng was that this woman, who had been demanding money just now, was not greedy for this advantage at all.
After she quickly counted the money, she put her hand into her trouser pocket, took out a folded square handkerchief, opened it to reveal the loose change inside, and then carefully Carefully count out the three hairs from inside and stuff them into Chu Heng held her hand and said with a smile: "We should take as much as we should, and I don't want any of the things we shouldn't."
Soon, she said a few more words to the old lady, then twisted her bloated body Zi left this shabby thatched house that seemed to collapse at any time.
It made him look at him differently.
“Hey, I’ve caused you trouble, young man.”
The old lady sighed at Chu Heng with an apologetic look, turned around, took the clothes and put them on the edge of the kang, and continued to put them on.
Chu Heng looked at her thoughtfully and did not stop her, but suddenly asked: "Old lady, do you still owe others money?"
"What's wrong?" The old man asked subconsciously, and immediately understood what he was going to do. He shook his head hastily and said, "You don't have to worry about this. I will pay it back slowly when I come back."
"What are you replying to?" Come back." Chu Heng was funny. He held her hand and said: "You have nothing to worry about here anymore, so why are you coming back? And do you think your sister will let you come back and suffer? So, let's quickly pay back all the favors we owe. , don't wait until people come to the capital for this little money, it will be embarrassing."
"This..." The old lady hesitated, she owed people more than ten yuan, no. A small amount of money. Chu Heng also noticed her concerns, smiled and said warmly: "Don't worry about money, your sister is not short of money now, a thousand dollars is nothing to her!"
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"Where did she get so much money?"
The old man's eyes widened in shock. She had only heard of a thousand dollars.
"Hey, why do you care where it comes from? As long as you know that she has money and is not short of money, that's all." Chu Heng stood up with a smile and picked up the old lady's handbag. Put the shabby coat aside and give it to She put it on her body and said: "Let's hold on tight and pay back everything we owe to others. After that, you can leave with ease."
"...Then I'll trouble you."
The old lady was silent for a moment, and finally agreed. She quickly got up and went to the kang cabinet, and pulled out a small wooden box. There were a lot of things in it, including some change, some food stamps, cloth stamps, and some needles and thread. , a small thread-bound book she made herself.
This book is the old lady’s account book. In recent years, when she was forced to do so, she recorded all the money and food she borrowed from the villagers.
She took out the notebook, squinted her eyes, opened it and looked at it carefully, and then handed it to Chu Heng.
“The debts owed are all on this.”
Chu Heng took it and looked at it. He remembered every word on it clearly, and some of them had been crossed out. , it seems that they should have been returned. Among those that have not been crossed out, the longest one was more than four years ago, when they borrowed three kilograms of sweet potatoes from Zhang Cheng's family in the west of the village.
He calculated it in one stroke and found out that the food, supplies, flowers, and other bits and pieces together amounted to about ten yuan.
This is not enough for him to treat people to a meal, but it is a debt that the old lady will have to spend the rest of her life to repay!
“Hey!”
Chu Heng, who once again witnessed the suffering in the world, let out a breath, then took the notebook and went outside, and rushed to Yang who was standing by the car bragging to others. Clearing her throat and shouting: "Yang Qing, get here!"
The little brother who was happily sharing what he had seen and heard in Sijiu City with the older girl and daughter-in-law beside him suddenly trembled, hurriedly ran to the door, and looked at the dark-faced old man with a smile on his face. Brother, he asked cautiously: "What's wrong, brother?"
"If you can't control your bad mouth, sew it up! Why are you so stupid?" Chu Heng slapped him on the back of the head, and then handed him fifteen yuan and the book. , said angrily: "This book contains debts owed by the old lady. , you take the money and pay it back, I will take the old lady and leave first.”
“Ah? Are you in such a hurry? Why don’t you stay for a few days before leaving? I just discussed it with Brother Chunlai and the others. Let's go hunting together in the mountains." Yang Qing took the book with some disappointment.
"How can I have time now? Let's do it next time. I'll come back in a while. Okay, let's go quickly." Chu Heng waved his hand to drive the person away and returned to the house.
At this time, the old lady was already dressed. Because of the incident where she asked her sister to pay off her debt, she had given up the idea of pretending to be rich and put on the shabby coat, carrying a small bag on her thin shoulders. The big baggage is like a moving ant.
"Let's go." Chu Heng stepped forward with a smile and took the baggage. He dropped his hand unexpectedly. He bumped it curiously, and there was a loud rattling inside. He said without any doubts: "What's going on here?" What are you pretending to be?”
"Lizi, my sister used to like chestnut stewed chicken the most." The old man smiled kindly.
(End of this chapter)