When Meng Xiangshun heard her say this, he was very excited. He stood up and bowed to him repeatedly to express his gratitude.
Seeing him like this, Fang Zhiyi quickly stood up to stop him. After all, he was still his elder.
Seeing him like this, Fang Zhiyi felt very sad. After all, he was in such a difficult situation for such a small amount of money and looked so humble.
Looking at him like this, Fang Zhiyi knew that he might not do such things often, otherwise he would not be so embarrassed.
Moreover, he should feel embarrassed that someone, a junior like him, was borrowing money, considering his family was in such a state.
"Uncle, what are you doing? Please sit down. It's only because my uncle is not at home. If he were at home, he would definitely lend you the money without hesitation."
"Besides, if you can help me when I'm in trouble, then I can help you. I might need your help in the future."
"We are all relatives. I can't just stand by and watch your family get into trouble. Fortunately, I still have some money."
Fang Zhiyi knew that life in the village was not easy for them, especially in the summer when they had to endure such scorching sun and the food they earned from working in the fields was not very oily.
The family only gets that little bit of white flour throughout the year, and the rest is cornmeal, dried sweet potato flour, and other coarse grains.
Some families are reluctant to even eat white flour and exchange it for coarse grains, after all, there are so many people in the family who need to feed themselves.
That amount of food was not enough to fill the family. The family had to eat two meals a day during the slack season. Otherwise, they would not be able to eat until the food was distributed.
You can't be lazy when doing so much work every day, because even if you get full work points, you won't get much money, let alone being lazy.
Under such circumstances, no one dared to do business, and all income depended on work points.
Therefore, it is normal that they cannot come up with money immediately if they encounter problems. After all, they are in the countryside, and although there are not many places to spend money, there is still some money.
After all, there is land in their village, and there are a few private plots in the village where they can grow vegetables. They don’t have to spend money on vegetables, but what about meat?
Although we can only eat meat a few times a year, we must eat meat during the busy farming season, otherwise we will be in trouble without oil and water.
They work the hardest during the summer harvest season. They have to go to the fields before dawn every day and work until nightfall. Even at night they cannot rest and have to go back to the drying and selling fields to continue working.
So it is necessary to make up for it. Even the most frugal people will not suffer at that time.
If someone gets exhausted and collapses, I don’t know how much the medical expenses will be. It’s better to cut some meat for the family.
I live a hard life all year round and can hardly make any money, not to mention that I have children who need to get married.
Children are the place where you need to spend the most money. In the village, most people have not learned to ask for four like in the city. Everyone just needs to ask for a betrothal gift, a sewing machine, and 36 legs.
Most families in the village now have many children. After all, in their minds, more children are better.
So every family has three, four, five children, and their marriage is the biggest event in the family, and also the biggest expense in the family.
Some families have no more room to live in their existing homes, so they have to split up and build new houses. Building a house costs a lot of money, so after all the calculations, they can't save any money at all.
After all, the prerequisite for saving money is to make money. They only have a few opportunities to make money, and they don’t earn much. How can they have the opportunity to save money?
Even if they save money, they can't save much, after all, they don't earn much in the first place.
This is also the reason why many people in the village do not like to go to the hospital when they are sick or give birth.
In their hearts, they still believe in the local doctors in the village, or many people still use midwives.
Regardless of whether it works or not, at least it saves money. It costs much less than going to the hospital. Besides, they have to travel so far to come to the hospital, not only do they have to pay for hospitalization fees, but also for transportation fees.
All in all, it's just a matter of money. Meng Xiangshun and his family are quite filial. Even though the old man is so old, they still sent him to the hospital.
After all, for someone as old as Fang Zhiyi's great-grandfather, it wouldn't matter if he stayed at home. After all, he was old enough and had lived long enough.
Many families don’t want to spend that penny anymore. After all, even if the child survives, he won’t live for many years. But that money can do so many things for the family.
Just like Fang Zhiyi lent them money, it might take them several years to pay it back.
Moreover, if he has to pay back the money, his little darlings will not be able to get married. After all, they can't even afford the bride price, so where will they get the money to get married?
It has delayed my child's marriage and implicated everyone. Even the elderly would feel uneasy if they knew about it.
The money has already been spent on him, and we don’t know how many years he can live. It’s better to leave it for the children.
Anyway, I looked at him and thought, if only this were the 1980s, I could easily start a small business and change their current lives.
But it was the 1970s, and we couldn't even mention doing business.
It would be great if their children had an academic degree. When the factory is recruiting, they can let them sign up for the exam and they might even get selected.
After being selected, you can move your household registration here and it will be considered a city household registration, so you can eat commercial grain.
Then you can earn more than 30 yuan a month in the countryside, which is a huge amount of money. You can pay it back in a few years and live a good life.
But the people in the village have been making a living by farming for generations, and especially in today's turbulent society, they are less likely to send their children to school.
After all, what’s the use of studying? There’s no way to take the college entrance examination and go to university.
Although you can find a good job after graduating from high school, it costs a lot of money.
More importantly, the schools in their village simply don't have that kind of atmosphere, and the children in the village are used to being wild and can't continue studying at all.
So it's like this: even if they are sent to school, they won't learn, so parents will definitely not let them go to school, because they won't learn anything good anyway.
"And I also know the difficulties involved. How much money do you need? You said I'd go get the money for you. You can have dinner with me later and then go back."
"I don't know if the others have eaten yet. Can you bring them some hot meals from my place? I'm sure you haven't had enough to eat these past few days."
Fang Zhiyi knew without even thinking that they had come from the village and had spent so much money that they must have been frugal and reluctant to eat this or that.
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