Business at the shop has been slow lately, so Li Shuixian falsified several accounts to save fifty yuan.
Adding to the 100 yuan I had saved up last month, which I had originally planned to use to go shopping and buy new clothes with Zhou Jiayi next time, I've now spent it all.
With a pained expression, she reluctantly gave it to Bailu.
She had to painfully explain to the crowd who wanted to send her to the police station: "It's not that I didn't bring anything to see Bailu, I just didn't know what she liked and was afraid that if I bought something she wouldn't like, so I brought money so she could buy it herself."
Bai Lu took the money, but Li Shuixian gripped the edge of the money tightly, even more forcefully than when she tried to break free.
Bai Lu smiled broadly, then subtly squeezed her hand.
Li Shuixian suddenly felt a sharp pain in her wrist, as if she had been pinched hard by pliers, and she immediately pulled her hand back.
If you don't stop now, you'll be ruined.
After receiving the money, Bai Lu smiled and said, "So you really did bring a gift to see me. Look at me... I even accidentally got splashed with your chili water. I was so careless."
Li Shuixian glared fiercely at Bai Lu, her eyes burning red with rage, yet she had no choice but to force a smile.
"It's nothing, it was an accident. I was too anxious. I knocked twice but no one answered. I thought you were probably roasting chestnuts and didn't hear me, so I climbed over the wall myself. I just wanted to check on you, but I never expected this to happen... I'm relieved to see you're doing well. Your eyes are fine, so I'll go home now."
Who knows if I knocked or not?
After the incident where she bribed a stubble-faced man to overturn Aunt Wu's fruit stand, the neighbors had no good feelings towards Li Shuixian.
They were even less convinced by Li Shuixian's words.
But since Bai Lu had already released the person, no one said anything more. In any case, no one would ever buy anything from Li Shuixian's general store again, not even if they were beaten to death.
After receiving the money, Bai Lu didn't forget to arrange for Li Shuixian to go with her. "Is there any auntie or sister-in-law who needs to buy something from Li Shuixian's general store? Could you please give her a ride? Her eyesight isn't very good, and she might not be able to walk back by herself. It wouldn't be good if she got lost and wandered into someone else's house."
"No, no!"
"We're not going to the other end of the street if it's not on our way!"
The neighbors shook their heads and stepped back in refusal.
Li Shuixian had already taken three steps. Although she couldn't open her eyes wide, she could still see the way by opening them slightly. But after Bai Lu's words, everyone instantly avoided her like the plague. They were so angry that they trembled all over, and their faces turned pale and red.
A little girl who often went to Li Shuixian's shop thought that Li Shuixian really couldn't see the road and was afraid that she would fall into the ditch, so she couldn't bear it and went up to help her back.
At this moment, Bai Lu smiled and said to everyone, "There are some chestnuts at home that were just roasted. If you don't mind, uncles, aunts and sisters-in-law, wait for me a moment, I'll go back and get some for you to try."
"I don't mind at all!"
"Freshly roasted chestnuts, you have to wait for them, you have to try them! Every time I go to the market to buy groceries, when I pass by Aunt Wu's fruit stall, I can't help but smell the sweet and caramelized aroma of the roasted chestnuts. I wish I could bury my mouth in the pile of roasted chestnuts and eat them."
"Everyone's in for a treat today!"
When the little girl who was helping Li Shuixian saw that Bailu had really gone back to get roasted chestnuts, she decisively stopped helping her.
"Go back by yourself, I want to eat roasted chestnuts."
Li Shuixian wanted to slap her back, but in her squinting eyes, the little girl had already run far away.
A large area around her had been cleared, as everyone had gone to Bailu's house to wait for chestnuts.
Nobody paid any attention to her.
Li Shuixian gritted her teeth and glared hatefully at Bai Lu, who was distributing roasted chestnuts to the neighbors. She then turned her head, opened her eyes slightly, and could barely see the road.
A familiar figure suddenly came into view.
"Zhihai, you've finally arrived! That treacherous Bailu dared to splash me with chili water..."
Before Li Shuixian could finish speaking, Xiao Zhihai, with a gloomy expression, interrupted her: "Where did you get that 150 yuan?"
"Yesterday you told me you had no money and asked me to give you money to buy clothes and other things. How come you have money now? You just casually pulled out 150 yuan from your pocket. How much money do you have hidden that I don't know about?"
"Zhihai, let me explain..."
I'll settle the score with you when we get home!
As the saying goes, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. As can be seen from the incident just now, Bai Lu was able to get 150 yuan in compensation from Li Shuixian for peeping, thanks in no small part to the support of her neighbors and the overwhelming support she received.
Everyone deserves credit, and only with support can we move forward together, and only then can neighbors live in greater harmony.
Bai Lu received money, and the neighbors received roasted chestnuts; everyone was happy, and in the future, they would readily respond to any request.
Relationships between people are inherently based on mutual benefit.
When Yu Fugui and Wen Xiuyun came to pick up the goods, they heard about this and praised Bailu for handling things well. They also reminded her to be careful when she was home alone and to keep the doors and windows closed.
Xiao Weicai is seven years old and usually goes to school. This time it was Li Shuixian, but who knows who it will be next time? There is no man at home, so his safety and privacy are not guaranteed.
Wen Xiuyun told Bai Lu to come to her or Yu Fugui's house if she needed anything. They had already moved into a new house, and although the two families lived far apart, they could still look after each other.
Bai Lu smiled and agreed, not forgetting to let out the news that Xiao Cheng and his brothers hadn't gone far and were still in town.
The news spread like wildfire, and naturally some people stopped in their tracks.
Xiao Wei was having lunch today when he looked at Bai Lu, who was eating elegantly across from him, and hesitated again and again.
She finally spoke up: "Are you leaving here after your exams?"
Some things need to be said.
Bai Lu nodded: "After I finish my exams, I should go to school in a place further away."
"Are you going to separate from your older brother?" Xiao Wei vaguely sensed that what Bai Lu said to her older brother on the phone yesterday didn't seem like the family would stay together in the future.
Bai Lu said that she would leave after the exam, and ask her older brother to come back and take care of him, or take him away alone.
I didn't take her to her school or stay with her, and she didn't say she would come back.
Bai Lu saw that the little guy had put down his chopsticks and looked a little listless, as if he had thought of something bad.
She smiled, picked up a piece of meat and put it in his bowl: "Your brother's cooking is also very delicious."
Xiao Wei stared at the braised pork in the bowl for a while, not understanding why the adults always had to separate it.
Isn't it good as it is now?
In the future, when we go to more distant places, we can all go together. It doesn't matter who goes to whose place, right?
As long as everyone is together, that's fine.
Xiao Wei didn't want his older brother and sister-in-law to end up like his parents, separated and never coming back together.
"Don't you like it here?" Xiao Wei looked up at Bai Lu, his eyes filled with confusion and barely concealed sadness.
Bai Lu paused for a moment: "It's not that I don't like it..."
The sadness in the little boy's eyes froze instantly, and he immediately asked again, "Don't you like my brother?"
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