Chapter 1508: Help in times of emergency, not in poverty (2)

So when she saw the Ruan family coming back today, she naturally started to instigate them. In her opinion, the Ruan family was rich anyway, and they wouldn't mind lending them the ten or a hundred yuan.

But Xu Jianlin didn't expect that it would be Grandpa Shu who opened the door.

Although Grandpa Shu had been to Xiahe Village six years ago, Xu Jianlin didn't have a deep impression of him. But she knew from the way he was dressed that he was not an ordinary person, and she immediately became a little timid and subconsciously stepped back.

But just after taking two steps back, she heard Ruan Lin's voice coming from the room: "Jiaojiao's grandfather, who's here?"

Old Master Shu stepped aside, and Ruan Lin saw Xu Jianlin. Although she often went back and forth, she had never met Xu Jianlin. Seeing the other person like this, she frowned immediately. It seemed that the last time she saw him was a few years ago. She felt that he had aged too fast and looked even worse than her!

"Jianlin, what's up? Come in, come in, the door is very drafty." She put down the small hoe and a basket of bamboo shoots in her hands, walked to the courtyard and shook some well water to wash her muddy hands. The well water was warm. After washing, she wiped her body and went back to the charcoal fire to warm her hands. Seeing that Xu Jianlin had not come in yet, she had to get up and walk over to pull him in. She

said, "What are you doing blocking the wind vent? Are you going to sell some dried goods? Where are you putting them?" As she spoke, her eyes swept over him, but she didn't see anything, and she immediately became suspicious.

Liu Mei has been ill since the beginning of autumn and cannot work in the fields. She is always a wretch, and being ill makes her even more wretched. Xu Jianlin has not been out to work for a long time, and even the crops in the fields have been abandoned, not to mention picking wild vegetables and drying them.

He came here purely to borrow money. Liu Mei said that the New Year was coming soon, so she asked him to borrow money from the Ruan family, preferably two or three hundred, because Xu Cheng is old, and he is a junior high school boy who doesn't have a decent set of clothes.

Although he really can't open the mouth, there is no other way. He is now at home and can't afford to eat. If he can't borrow money this time, his family will starve to death this winter.

But how could he know that the person he met was either Mr. Shu or Ruan Linshi? What kind of reputation did Ruan Linshi have in the village? How could he dare to borrow money from her? He subconsciously wanted to leave, but he was unwilling to do so. He wanted to wait and see if Ruan Jianguo would come over. Who knew that Ruan Linshi would directly pull him in and ask him about the goods? He felt his face was burning and he didn't dare to look at Ruan Linshi's face.

Ruan Linshi had lived for most of her life. She knew something was wrong when Xu Jianlin looked like this. Her eyes flashed, pretending to know nothing, and asked with a smile: "Are you here to find Jianguo?"

Xu Jianlin nodded immediately: "Yes, aunt... auntie, where is he?"

"Oh, he is digging bamboo shoots in the back mountain, you can go find him." Ruan Linshi pointed to the back mountain.

"Okay, then I'll go over there." Xu Jianlin immediately nodded with a smile and went to the back mountain. The smile on his face was as if he had gotten some great bargain.

Ruan Lin looked at his back and her eyes became even darker.

As soon as Xu Jianlin ran to the back mountain, he saw Ruan Jianguo as expected. He immediately trotted up to him. Because of his excitement, he didn't even pay attention to restraining his voice: "Brother Ruan, Brother Ruan."

Ruan Jianguo had just dug out a winter bamboo shoot. When he heard the voice, he looked over and saw Xu Jianlin running to him: "Brother Ruan, the New Year is almost here. Can you lend me two... no, three hundred yuan?!"

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Good night~