As soon as Lin Qingqing went to the provincial capital, Xue Guibao came to her house to borrow money, as if he had calculated that Xue Guixiang had money.
Xue Guibao, wearing a patched shirt and pulling at his open-toed shoes, said with a lecherous look, "Sister, please have pity on me, your younger brother. We haven't had enough to eat at home for days, the children are crying from hunger, and that old woman Sun Junqiao quarrels with me every day."
Xue Guixiang was disgusted by Xue Guibao's incompetent appearance. The land in Xiaoma Village was contracted to households a year earlier than the land in Zhoujiazhuang. If Xue Guibao was a hard-working person, his family would not have ended up in such a situation.
This year, all the pear farmers in Xiaoma have an extra income, and Xue Guibao's family also has pear trees.
But he thought it was too tiring to take care of the pear trees, so he cut down all the trees in the first year. Now the field is overgrown with weeds. He is extremely jealous of others who are making money.
Xue Guixiang peeled corncobs in her hands and said with a sullen face, "I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're already in your thirties, can't you do something serious? If you two work hard and take good care of those acres of land, the children won't starve!"
"Big sister, you're right. I'll definitely work hard on the fields this year and strive for a good harvest next year. But you must help me out in this difficult time."
Xue Guibao's words were sincere and heartfelt, as if they were true. Even if Xue Guixiang didn't believe him, her nephew and niece were members of the Xue family, and she couldn't bear to see the children starve.
There are three siblings in the Xue family. She is the eldest, Xue Guiqin is the second, and Xue Guibao is the third.
The second sister, Xue Guiqin, rarely came home since she married an oil worker. She didn't even come back for Zhou Zhuo's wedding. Xue Guixiang only received ten yuan and a letter from her a few days ago.
The letter said that she had just moved to a new house and didn't have much money on hand, so the ten dollars would be considered a gift for Zhou Zhuo to get married, and asked her elder sister to accept it.
What else could Xue Guixiang say? She had asked the girl for help because she was too poor. She had borrowed a hundred yuan, but only received ten yuan.
Fortunately, my daughter-in-law made money after she got married, otherwise Du Laosi’s hole alone would have driven her to death.
So in her heart, it doesn't matter whether this girl exists or not. Xue Guibao and her nephews and nieces are her only family members.
Xue Guibao also thought so. He also borrowed money from his second sister, but in the end, all the money went to waste. The family relationship was broken bit by bit.
Now he is only close to Xue Guixiang and feels that his elder sister is the person closest to him.
But Xue Guixiang had no money either. She only had the ten yuan gift from Xue Guiqin and the three hundred yuan compensation from the Lin family. As for the five hundred yuan that Lin Qingqing gave her when she left, she absolutely could not touch it.
This money was earned by her daughter-in-law with great difficulty, and she couldn't let Xue Guibao squander it.
The three hundred yuan compensation paid by the Lin family cannot be touched, as it will be used for their son and daughter-in-law in the future.
Xue Guixiang thought for a moment, then turned back to the house and took out the ten yuan: "This is the gift money your second sister gave to Zhou Zhuo for his wedding. You can keep it for now and buy some food for the children."
Xue Guibao shouted anxiously: "Sister, my nephew's wife has made a lot of money, can you lend me ten yuan?"
Xue Guixiang said in a deep voice: "Ten yuan is not enough. Go ask on the street if anyone is willing to lend you ten yuan for free."
Xue Guibao hurriedly explained: "Sister, that's not what I meant. I meant that my second sister is too ignorant. She only gave a ten-yuan gift to my nephew when he got married?"
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