the next day
He Beichen and the twins were used to getting up early, so they got up at daybreak, went outside to collect firewood and coal, boiled water, washed up and prepared breakfast.
"Beichen." Su Jinrong saw He Beichen chopping wood in the front yard, thought for a moment and said, "You go prepare breakfast, I'll take care of this."
"good."
He Beichen's craftsmanship is now unanimously recognized by everyone in the Li family.
Su Minghao really wanted to eat the pancakes he made. He Beichen thought about it and went to the kitchen to knead the dough.
When Li Xin woke up in the morning, there was already boiled hot water. She first took out a bag of health tea from the space and brewed it in the teacup.
For breakfast, He Beichen made pancakes and cooked a pot of noodles. He blanched some vegetables in the noodles and put a poached egg on top.
"Xinxin, eat more." He Beichen placed the fried pancake in front of Li Xin.
"You don't need so much." Li Xin saw He Beichen placing the food in front of him one by one.
He cooked a pot of noodles and everyone got a big bowl.
Li Xin saw the twins holding the bowls and starting to slurp noodles. The big bowl was soon broken into one third, which looked really scary.
It can be seen that these two are really hungry!
"Dad, Li Jianping is here."
After dinner, the twins played rock-paper-scissors, and the loser had to wash the dishes.
Su Minghao went out to fetch water with a pile of bowls in his hands, and then he saw Li Jianping coming here with his wife.
The two of them stood at the door, seemingly hesitating whether to knock.
As if he heard Su Minghao's voice, Li Jianping knocked on the door directly.
"I'll go." Li Jiuyuan said as he stood up.
Li Xin frowned. They had such a big fight last night, but he didn't expect Li Jianping to take the initiative to come to them today. It was really hard not to think too much. Did he have any other purpose?
"Brother." Li Jianping called out to Li Jiuyuan when he saw him open the door. "I've thought about it carefully since I got home. We were wrong about what happened before. I brought my wife here today to apologize to you."
Apologize?
Are you sincere?
Li Jiuyuan paused, "Are you apologizing to me?"
"No, no, no, of course it's not just that. There's also Xinxin..." Li Jianping nudged Zhang Hongmei's arm with his elbow and said, "Speak!"
"Yes, I'm sorry..." Zhang Hongmei apologized to them awkwardly.
From childhood to adulthood, Zhang Hongmei has always been strong in front of Li Xin and never gives in. Even if she does something wrong, she will never apologize to Li Xin.
She felt uncomfortable all over when she suddenly had to apologize to Li Xin.
Li Jiuyuan simply curled the corners of his lips slightly, without ignoring the humiliation on Zhang Hongmei's face.
"For what you did, do you think an apology is enough?" Li Jiuyuan said, "Since you haven't done what you promised me, then return the money."
Pay back the money...
Li Jianping and Zhang Hongmei looked at each other and saw a hint of nervousness in each other's eyes.
"I, we have no money." Li Jianping shook his head.
“Where are the flowers?”
Li Jianping's house hadn't been renovated, and the clothes they wore looked very old...
So where did they spend their money?
It can't be saved, right?
"Brother, our house was robbed!" Li Jianping did not say what he spent, but just changed the subject.
"What?"
Li Jiuyuan felt a little strange when he heard such a jumpy topic. The topic change could be said to be quite abrupt.
"Last year... our house was robbed. Everything we had was stolen. There was nothing left!" Li Jianping said pitifully. "Brother, actually... we had saved some money, but that damn thief... stole it all!"
They indeed had not yet spent all the money that Li Jiuyuan had given them. After all, it was a considerable amount, and they had not spent it on Li Xin.
In addition to spending money on themselves and their two children, they also saved some money, intending to use it for their son to get married in the future.
"So? You want to say you have no money?" Li Jiuyuan was unmoved. "That's fine. Just write me an IOU."
Li Jianping: “…”
No, he just said his house was robbed!
"Brother, the thief even stole our pots and pans. We only just made new quilts for this winter last month... Our two children are freezing."
"What kind of thief actually wants this?"
Li Jianping: “…”
Damn, he wanted to know too!
How come my house was ransacked just when I went out to work?
"Brother, we are having a really hard time this year... Can you lend us some money for the sake of our brotherhood?" Li Jianping finally said it shamelessly.
"This has nothing to do with me." It can only be said that even God couldn't bear it anymore. "I won't lend it to you, and you have to pay me back. If you don't know how to write an IOU, then I will help you write it."
"No... Big Brother, are you really just going to watch me die without helping me?" Li Jianping was a little anxious and reached out to grab Li Jiuyuan's clothes. "Big Brother, I beg you, we still have children at home..."
"Yes, big brother." Zhang Hongmei also begged, "Zhisen is still young. He can't sleep at night because of the cold. He cries every day."
"From the moment you sold my daughter, you are no longer worthy of being my brother. And you..." Li Jiuyuan looked at Zhang Hongmei, "You even wanted to beat my wife yesterday."
Zhang Hongmei: “…”
Wasn’t it Su Miao who took action first?
Li Xin and the twins were eavesdropping from behind. After hearing what they heard, they began to look at Li Jiuyuan's act of sacrificing his own relatives for the sake of justice with a new appreciation.
Dad really puts them first.
"I'll give you the IOU later." Li Jiuyuan said as he closed the door.
The couple was locked outside the door. They stared at each other for a moment, and Zhang Hongmei was the first to speak out, "Look at your good brother. He doesn't even want you, his own brother!"
“…”
"Now, not only can we not get the money back, but we also owe others a lot of money!"
What bad luck!
How did she find such a man?
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