Chapter 128 Forty Eggs
Liu Xinghe heard other people outside telling Li's parents about how she and Qin Shuyan saved Li Xiaoxia's life.
Liu Xinghe simply pulled Qin Shuyan to stop and wait for a while before going out.
After a short while, the outside became quiet and a familiar voice rang out. It was Aunt Yang who spoke in the loudest voice.
"Xu Chunhong, quickly take out your twenty-one eggs. Don't delay. In order to repay your family's life-saving favor, we have taken out all the eggs that we saved for the New Year. Hurry up, our team will kill the New Year pig and distribute the meat later. Don't delay the time for us to distribute the meat. Do you want to share the meat?"
This is nonsense. Who doesn't want to share the meat? All year round, I stare at the meat until my eyes turn green.
"Of course we have to share the meat, real meat." Xu Chunhong replied anxiously, fearing that something might happen to her family.
"If you want to, get this done quickly. After that, we'll go to the brigade to share the meat."
Li Xiaoxia's father tapped the cigarette holder in his hand and said to Xu Chunhong, "Her mother, go get it. We, the Li family, must be grateful for saving her life."
Xu Chunhong couldn't delay any longer, and turned into the kitchen with a heartache. She took the eggs out of the porcelain bowl with an extremely reluctant expression.
As she walked out of the kitchen, Xu Chunhong's heart was dripping with blood, as if she was walking on the tip of a knife with every step, and her feet were bleeding. She walked forward slowly, so slowly that even an earthworm on the ground could crawl a few steps faster than her.
Auntie Yang was impatient. Seeing that no one had come out, she shouted towards the kitchen: "Xu Chunhong, are you touching maggots? Do you want to go to the team to kill pigs and share the meat? Do you want me to come in and pick you up?"
After hearing this shout, Xu Chunhong shivered and ran out reluctantly with the eggs in her arms.
"Why are you in such a hurry? I'm going to the chicken coop to see if there are any eggs that were born today."
Xu Chunhong reluctantly handed over the basin in her hand: "Here, there are exactly 21, no more."
Her eggs, she had been saving for a long time, damn girl, she couldn't do anything but make some losses, Xu Chunhong held her heart and felt very distressed.
"It's okay. We have collected eggs for you. Please write down the number of eggs collected by each of you on this piece of paper and put your fingerprints on it."
"I calculated. It's cold in winter now. Your chicken lays an egg every two days. There are two chickens laying eggs, which means you can collect eggs every day. Ten of us can pay it back in about 20 days. Zhang Wazi's family is the first one. You can pay him back tomorrow. After that, when your chickens lay eggs, you can pay back the names on the list. It's very fast."
Aunt Yang took out a piece of paper with ten names written on it from her bag. Each family collected one or two eggs, and she collected 20 eggs for him.
She handed the paper directly to the old man Li, the pillar of the Li family, and took out a pen and a bottle of red ink from her pocket, opened the lid and placed them in front of the old man Li.
"Brother Li, just write your name on the back and put your fingerprints on it. It's OK."
Old man Li could write his own name. When he saw the things in front of him, he wrote his name with a pen with an expressionless face. He used a feather to stick red ink in the ink bottle and applied it on his thumb, and then honestly pressed the red fingerprint on his name.
Xu Chunhong, who was standing behind him, covered her chest and stepped back uncomfortably. Now, not only were her own 21 eggs gone, but she also owed 19 eggs everywhere. Oh my God, this is killing me!
Xu Chunhong was upset, but it was useless. The matter was a foregone conclusion. The ten people standing behind him saw that the order was settled, and they all took out the eggs they brought from their pockets and put them in the porcelain basin.
"Xu Chunhong, what are you doing? Go get two net bags or cloth bags, put the eggs in them, and get ready." Aunt Yang shouted while holding a basin of eggs.
Xu Chunhong: "..."
I have never been so speechless and upset.
I could only obey and turn around to go into the kitchen to find two bags.
Several people divided the 40 eggs in the basin into two bags and put them away.
At this point, Liu Xinghe and Qin Shuyan looked at each other, then turned back to look at Li Xiaoxia who was still taking a bath, and decided to go out. When they
walked out, they were right in front of Aunt Yang who was standing outside. They saw Aunt Yang running over happily, holding one person with one hand.
"Come, come, let's go and see the thank you gifts that the Li family wants to give you for saving their lives. They are all packed."
Liu Xinghe and Qin Shuyan did not struggle, but followed obediently.
Aunt Yang pulled people over and winked at Xu Chunhong.
Under the gaze of everyone in the team, especially under the stare of Aunt Yang, although Xu Chunhong was reluctant in her heart, she had to put on a fake smile on her face and walked in front of Liu Xinghe and Qin Shuyan with two bags of eggs. She handed the eggs to them with a stiff mouth and had to say words of thanks.
"Thank you two for saving my Xiaoxia. We have no other way to thank you. Here are 20 eggs. Take them to replenish your body." Say no quickly, say it quickly!
Liu Xinghe saw that Xu Chunhong's eyes were secretly hoping that she would not take it back at any time, so she smiled and reached out to take the egg.
Smiling, he said to Xu Chunhong:
"In order not to waste your special preparations, we feel embarrassed to accept these eggs. We are very happy to save Li Xiaoxia and see that she is okay. Don't worry, Li Xiaoxia is back safely. We escorted her all the way back home after rescuing her. It's nothing serious. She is changing in the house now, don't worry."
At the same time, feeling that the person opposite was still holding the bag of eggs tightly, Liu Xinghe used a little effort to safely take the two bags of eggs into his hands, and then stuffed one of the bags into Qin Shuyan's hands, keeping a grateful smile on his face.
"Then I'm relieved." Xu Chunhong's fake smile was about to break. She forced her mouth to nod, her heart bleeding. She didn't get any benefit from going to the fishing team, but suffered a heavy loss. Li Xiaoxia was really great.
"Thank you for saving Xiaoxia." Old man Li, who was sitting quietly on the side rolling a leaf cigarette, suddenly walked up to them and bowed.
Liu Xinghe and Qin Shuyan were so scared that they moved to the sides and shivered, saying, "Don't worry about it. I've taken your eggs."
"Okay, okay, Xiaoxia is fine." Auntie Yang took the lead in applauding, "Two kids, as the women's director of the team, I would like to thank you on behalf of the team for saving Xiaoxia. Thank you."
"Auntie, it's no big deal. It's what we should do. We won't bother you anymore. It gets dark early in winter. We have to go back." Liu Xinghe didn't want to stay here any longer, so he said goodbye.
Qin Shuyan, who seemed a little restrained, nodded hurriedly on the side.
"Okay, then we won't keep you here. Bye." Aunt Yang led a group of people, and the couple from the Li family all stood up to see them off.
At this time, Li Xiaoxia came out of the shower and shouted to Liu Xinghe's back, "Thank you."
"Go inside and lie down to rest." Liu Xinghe waved his hand, pulled Qin Shuyan out with the eggs.
After the two of them left, those who came to deliver eggs and join in the fun lost interest and left the Li family's yard to go to the brigade to wait for the big event of slaughtering the New Year pig and dividing the meat.
Aunt Yang stayed until the end, and when everyone else had left, the smile on her face disappeared instantly.
With a cold face, he turned around and looked at the five people of the Li family under the eaves, and his eyes stayed more on Li Xiaoxia and Xu Chunhong.
The penetrating eyes made the mother and daughter feel creepy, and they moved their seats unnaturally.