Chapter 129: Did your eldest sister ever pay back the money she borrowed that time?
Zhou Yong stared at his young wife: "You didn't sleep all night?"
Li Caiyun looked sad: "My second brother is gone just like that, how can I sleep?"
Zhang Guifang smiled and continued, "Your second brother is not dead. He is in the clinic!"
Li Caiyun stood there in shock, and hurriedly asked what was going on. When she learned what had happened, she secretly cursed her cousin Li Laojiu for being unreliable.
Li Baotian echoed a few words, and Zhang Guifang yawned and went to make breakfast.
After dinner Zhou Yong went to the brigade. Originally he just wanted to take a walk and go home to sleep, but he was pestered by Guo Xiangqian and couldn't get away.
Zhou Yong felt his eyelids heavy and he almost wanted to fight. He stared at Guo Xiangqian and thought silently: This guy is really energetic. This is not a solution. I have to find a way to make him leave.
Guo Xiangqian was speaking excitedly when Zhou Yong interrupted him with an idea.
"Brother Guo, I understand what you mean, but this is difficult. Every household has many children, and it is unrealistic to expect every child to have an education. Unless you go door to door to do ideological work for them..."
After listening to Zhou Yong's words, Guo Xiangqian fell into deep thought: "Brother Zhou, you are right. If we want children to have books to read, we really need to do a good job of their ideological work. Don't worry, I will do my best to accomplish this..."
Zhou Yong secretly raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "I have confidence in you."
Guo Xiangqian was full of energy and suddenly stood up: "Brother Zhou, wait for my good news."
He is also a decisive person. Once he has a goal, he will take action immediately.
Zhou Yong stopped him and said, "Wait, I'll find someone to accompany you."
Sun Qing accompanied Guo Xiangqian and left the team. Zhou Yong turned around with a smile in his eyes and went home to sleep.
For the following period of time, Guo Xiangqian seldom went to the brigade, and visited every household every day to do ideological work for the villagers.
What's more, through Guo Xiangqian's efforts, more than ten families agreed to send their children to school.
However, there were also some families who were difficult to talk to. When they learned the purpose of Guo Xiangqian's visit, they simply kicked them out of their home.
A year ago, Zhou Yong lived a very comfortable life. On the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, the village cadres had a holiday, and Guo Xiangqian returned to the county town that day.
The next day was Little New Year’s Day. Before daybreak, the sound of chopping dumpling stuffing could be heard from the outer room.
Zhou Yong slowly opened his eyes. Li Caiyun, who was sleeping in his arms, looked up at the time on the wall clock. Seeing that it was only five o'clock, she pulled up the quilt and covered her head.
He sat up, picked up his clothes and put them on. Li Caiyun poked her head out from under the quilt and said coquettishly, "I'm thirsty."
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go get you some water."
Li Caiyun retracted her little head back into the quilt. Zhou Yong put on his clothes and went downstairs to pour her a glass of warm water.
After drinking the water, Li Caiyun lay back down. Zhou Yong went to the bathroom and went back to the west room to light the stove.
The temperature in the room gradually rose, and Li Caiyun slowly got up and put on her clothes.
With a creaking sound——
The door of the west room was opened. Li Caiyun was startled and turned around hurriedly to button her clothes. Zhou Yong looked at the door with an unhappy look on his face.
Normally, whether it is Li Baotian or Zhang Guifang, the couple rarely come to the west room so early. Even if they come to the west room, they will give a reminder at the door.
What Zhou Yong didn't expect was that the person who came was actually Li Caiyun's cousin Tang Yulian.
"Sister Caiyun, have you ever thought about me?"
When Li Caiyun heard Tang Yulian's voice, a look of surprise appeared on her face.
She turned to look at her cousin: "Yulian, who did you come back with?"
Tang Yulian came back with her mother yesterday evening, and the mother and daughter went directly to Li Baoshan's house.
The two sisters hadn't seen each other for a long time, so Zhou Yong tactfully went to the east room.
"My aunt is here."
Li Fengzhi responded with a smile, Zhou Yong said hello and took the shoulder pole to fetch water.
Zhang Guifang chatted with her elder sister-in-law for a while, then turned around and went to the outer room to make breakfast.
"Sister, why did you come back suddenly?"
Today is the Little New Year, and under normal circumstances Li Fengzhi should not go back to her parents' home.
The smile on Li Fengzhi's face gradually disappeared, and she sighed: "Third brother, my elder sister encountered a difficult matter, so I had to come back to ask you for help..."
Li Baotian frowned: "No food at home?"
Li Fengzhi had food at home, and she came here to borrow money.
Li Baotian looked embarrassed when he heard this. He hadn't received his salary for several months and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.
When Li Fengzhi saw this, her eyes turned red and she started to wipe away tears. Li Baotian squinted his eyes and raised his hand to pinch his eyebrows.
"Sister, don't cry."
Li Fengzhi sniffed: "Third brother, you have to help eldest sister."
Her son's wedding date had been set, but her husband lost all the betrothal money in gambling and was arrested by the police station.
Li Baotian secretly cursed his elder brother-in-law for not doing his job properly. He said, "Sister, please sit down for a while. I will go ask Guifang to see how much money is left at home..."
Li Fengzhi nodded, and Li Baotian went to the outer room.
Zhang Guifang was unhappy when she heard the story. She said thoughtfully, "You haven't received your salary for four months. Don't you know whether there is money at home?"
Li Baotian pursed his lips and lowered his voice: "Don't make any noise."
Zhang Guifang glared at Li Baotian and said, "I don't have any money, you have to find a way. Besides, my elder sister hasn't paid back the money she borrowed last time, how can she have the nerve to ask us for money again..."
Li Baotian's face froze: "Don't be like this, isn't my eldest sister's family in financial difficulty? Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked us to borrow money."
Zhang Guifang was so angry that she laughed. She threw the rag in her hand fiercely on the stove: "Her family is poor, and our family is rich?"
Li Baotian smiled bitterly and said, "I know our family is not rich, but you have to understand that she is my eldest sister after all. I can't just stand by and watch, right?"
Zhang Guifang sneered repeatedly: "Li Baotian, let me tell you, you don't have money but you have your life."
Li Baotian was about to speak when Zhou Yong came into the house carrying a load of water.
When he saw his son-in-law, Li Baotian's eyes lit up. After Zhou Yong poured the water into the water tank, he pulled his son-in-law aside.
Zhang Guifang was so angry that she came to them and said, "Li Baotian, do you still have any shame? You dare to ask Zhou Yong for money, wait and see how I will fight with you."
Li Baotian smiled bitterly with some helplessness. He looked at his son-in-law and said, "Zhou Yong, something happened at your aunt's home and they urgently need money. I told your mother, but she refused to give me any money..."
Zhou Yong frowned. He looked at Zhang Guifang who was angry, then at Li Baotian, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Zhang Guifang was so angry that she glared at him: "Li Baotian, do you have any conscience when you speak? Is it not okay for me, Zhang Guifang? It's because our family has no money. Are you trying to borrow money from the children to pretend you have money?"
Li Baotian got angry when he heard this: "Zhang Guifang, how can you talk like that? What do you mean I'm pretending to be rich? She's my biological sister after all, and I'm not refusing to pay you back for borrowing money. Why are you so mean?"
Zhang Guifang was even more furious when she heard this, and raised her voice a few syllables: "Li Baotian, you still have the nerve to say this to me, did your elder sister ever pay back the money she borrowed?"
With a creaking sound——
The door to the east room was pushed open, and Li Fengzhi walked out with a grim face.
"Zhang Guifang, if I hadn't spoken well for you back then, you would have been driven back to your mother by my parents. What's the matter? Are you turning your back on me now? I admit that I spent a lot of money from your family, but I never said I wouldn't pay it back. Why are you making such a fuss with my brother..."
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