The stolen items were not recovered so quickly, and the family had no money or food. Li Jianping had no choice but to shamelessly go to the village chief to sign a receipt and borrow some money, and then go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some vegetables.
We also relied on the village chief for help yesterday, but we can’t go on like this forever.
It seems that I have to wait for He Beichen to come back after paying homage to his parents and get some money from him.
Otherwise, the family will really have trouble making ends meet!
"Dad, where...where did you get these vegetables?" Li Xueping saw Li Jianping coming back from outside and hurried to meet him. She saw what he was holding in his hand at a glance.
Li Jianping handed the dish to her: "I bought it."
She looked at the vegetables, cabbage, potatoes and sweet potatoes, no meat, just some cheap and filling vegetables.
All the money in the house was stolen, even her money was not spared, but Li Jianping said that these vegetables were bought, which means that he still had money on him for some reason?
Li Xueping's eyes lit up, but she didn't ask where he got the money from. Instead, she said carefully, "Dad, can you lend me some money? I'll definitely pay you back when I make money later."
"What do you want the money for?" Li Jianping asked with a frown.
"That's right, my college entrance examination review materials were also stolen by a thief, so I thought..." She went to buy another one. She couldn't miss the college entrance examination next year!
"Where can I get the money to buy you those review materials? You can't take the college entrance exam now, so what's the point of reading those books?" Li Jianping was already angry, and now he heard Li Xueping's words, which made him even angrier. He interrupted her before she finished speaking, "We can't even eat enough now, and you're still thinking about your crappy books!"
He glared at Li Xueping, thinking that she was not sensible at all. There was not even food to eat at home, but she only knew how to study.
"You are not young anymore. I think you should find someone to marry as soon as possible. If you can find a leader or commander like Li Xin, you can help your family." A deputy regiment commander can give a betrothal gift of 1,800 yuan. If the position is higher, wouldn't he be able to give tens of thousands of yuan?
As expected, women are most valuable when they are married!
"I……"
"Put these dishes in the kitchen." Li Jianping interrupted his daughter and went back to his room first.
Li Xueping's fingers, which were holding the basket, were scratched white from scratching. She stood in the yard for a long time. No, she would never marry that scumbag in this life!
Zhang Hongmei was beaten in the afternoon and cooked for her family in silence at night.
Since there was no rice, she made a cabbage soup without even any oil, and steamed the potatoes as the staple food.
"Slurp..." Li Zhisen couldn't help sniffing as soon as he took a bite of the potato.
Clear mucus was flowing from under his nose. Li Zhisen raised his sleeve to wipe it off and continued to chew potatoes.
"Son, eat more. Eat while it's hot. You'll be fine once you're full." Zhang Hongmei looked at him with such heartache. Although she was still hungry, she still gave the potatoes in her hand to Li Zhisen.
In the evening, Zhang Hongmei took out all the remaining clothes at home and covered Li Zhisen with them, and they spent another night like this.
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next day
"Hey, isn't that Zhang Hongmei? Why are you so dusty now? Before, you always walked with your back straight and your head held high, but why are you lowering your head now?"
A few idle aunties in the village saw Zhang Hongmei and Li Jianping going out to work with gloomy faces. After they passed by, they mocked them from behind.
"Didn't your house get robbed? I heard that all the betrothal gifts worth more than a thousand yuan were stolen." Another aunt responded with a smile.
Several aunts looked at each other, laughed, and gloated over the other's misfortune.
They seemed to be deliberately trying to disgust Zhang Hongmei. Their laughter did not subside at all, and they even laughed very loudly on purpose.
"You are a bunch of annoying chatterboxes! You are gossipy bitches, are you looking for a beating..." Talking about the house being robbed was like rubbing salt in Zhang Hongmei's wounds, and Zhang Hongmei exploded in a second!
She turned around, rolled up her sleeves and wanted to tear their mouths apart.
But just as she was about to move, she was stopped by Li Jianping beside her. Seeing his glare, Zhang Hongmei's momentum disappeared.
"Don't you think it's embarrassing enough now?" Li Jianping said with a sullen face.
"..." Zhang Hongmei calmed down instantly. She didn't want to be slapped again by Li Jianping in front of so many people.
The Li family has been busy these past two days, but Li Xin has had two days of quiet time, eating and sleeping in the space, which couldn't be more comfortable.
"Hurry up and finish this and go eat." Seeing that it was almost noon, Li Xin increased the speed of bundling firewood.
Put the chopped firewood together, take a hemp rope, tie it into a large bundle that can be hugged, and then stuff it into the backpack.
As Li Xin was doing this, he felt a darkness in front of him.
Eh?
Has the world changed?
Li Xin was confused, still holding the hemp rope in his hand, and looked up.
A long-lost figure stood in front of her. Although they were still strangers, they had already done the most intimate things.
His tall figure completely enveloped her as she squatted.
"You're back." Li Xin looked at He Beichen and smiled brightly.
Since He Beichen is back, it means that she will set off with him to the southern border and completely get rid of the Li family, this extremely evil family.
"Yeah, I'm back." When He Beichen came back, he went to the Li family first, but there was no one there. He asked around and found out that Li Xin was working at the forest farm, so he came straight here.
But now he was facing the sun and surrounded by trees, but he seemed to be dazzled by Li Xin's smile just now.
"When did you arrive?" Li Xin asked as he lowered his head and continued to bundle the firewood.
"I just came back." He Beichen squatted down, took the hemp rope from Li Xin's hand, and quickly tied up the small firewood that was no thicker than a thumb.
He was very strong and tied the rope very tightly, so it didn't shake at all when he lifted it up. It was much better than what Li Xin had done just now.
He Beichen put the bundled firewood into the backpack, then tied two more bundles and put them into the backpack. The originally empty backpack was now full.
He tied another big bundle and put the full basket on his back. He held the big bundle of firewood in one hand and stretched out the other hand towards Li Xin.
Ever since He Beichen appeared, he has been helping Li Xin with things. His movements were very efficient, but he didn't say a single unnecessary word.
Li Xin: I like men who take action instead of just making empty promises!
Li Xin smiled and put her hand on He Beichen's outstretched hand, letting him lead the way down the mountain.
"Oh my God... This man is so strong, and looks cold and fierce. He's so scary!" A female educated youth patted her chest.
After seeing the two people leave, the young girls who had been looking at them dared to gather together and talk.
"But he's so strong that he lifted such a big bundle of firewood without any effort."
"Although he looks fierce, he is very kind to his wife..."
The other two little girls looked at the two people who were still holding hands as they walked down the mountain. Needless to say, they were quite envious.
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