Chapter 373 Heartless
Lin Xiaoxia gave her another bottle of Wahaha: "Don't be so restrained, our family is very easy-going. By the way, didn't you take the high school entrance examination?" Lin Xiaoxia didn't see this girl during the two days of the exam.
Duan Xiuxiu took the Wahaha and said, "I was unlucky. I had acute appendicitis two days before the exam and had surgery, so I can only take the exam next year."
"No wonder, but you can study for an extra year if you take the exam next year. I hope you can get good grades next year."
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
While they were talking, Lu Jingyuan came back. He was surprised to see Duan Xiuxiu when he entered the room. "What are you doing here?"
Now Lu Jingyuan is like a monkey coming down the mountain. He is completely free after the exam and walks with the wind. He entered the house very suddenly.
There was not much work to do at the housing yard, so Lu Guojiu asked Lu Jingyuan to come back first, and he and Lu Jingshen sorted it out and finished it.
Duan Xiuxiu saw Lu Jingyuan coming back and stood up: "I'm here to return your book."
Lu Jingyuan scratched his head: "What book?"
Duan Xiuxiu handed Lu Jingyuan a collection of essays: "Here."
Lu Jingyuan took the book and looked at it: "Didn't I tell you I gave it to you? Why did you send it to me?"
Duan Xiuxiu's face turned red. "I, I just wanted to ask if you did well on the exam."
Lu Jingyuan smiled and said, "That's good. You should be able to pass the exam." After that, he looked at the box of snacks next to Duan Xiuxiu, and then looked at the shrimp crackers in Duan Xiuxiu's hand.
He went over and said, "Duan Xiuxiu, I only have one bag of shrimp crackers left. Can you trade them for something else? Jelly."
Duan Xiuxiu nodded: "I'll give it all to you. I won't eat it."
Lu Jingyuan generously gave Duan Xiuxiu a bag of jelly and a bag of plums: "Two for one, you don't have to pay."
Duan Xiuxiu didn't take the food. She looked at the clock and said, "It's getting late. My family is going to have dinner. I'll go back now."
Lu Jingyuan said, "It's getting late. My family will be having dinner soon."
Watching Duan Xiuxiu leave, Lin Xiaoxia said to Lu Jingyuan, "Go see your classmates off."
Lu Jingyuan sent Duan Xiuxiu out.
Lin Xiaoxia saw that it was almost time for dinner, so she tidied up the things along the edge of the kang. When she was holding the book that Duan Xiuxiu had just given her, a bookmark fell off. There was a picture of an arrow piercing the heart on the bookmark.
Lin Xiaoxia seemed to understand something. When Lu Jingyuan came back, she handed the book to him and said, "I think there's a nice bookmark in the book."
Lu Jingyuan pulled out the bookmark: "This doesn't look good either, the drawings are all messed up."
Lin Xiaoxia looked at Lu Jingyuan and tried to suppress her laughter. This kid really was too young mentally. Wasn't the girl's meaning obvious? He didn't understand at all, and he had just exchanged food with her. This kid must be missing something. But this made her feel relieved that he wouldn't fall in love too early and affect his studies.
After a while, Lu Jingshen and Lu Guojiu also came back. The family sat down to eat dinner and talked about the house.
However, just after they finished eating and before they cleared the table, a guest came to the house. It was Lu Guojiu's cousin, Lu Yahong.
She came in with red eyes, looked at their family eating, and said apologetically: "I, you see, I came at the wrong time and delayed your meal."
Lu Guojiu stood up and said, "Sister Erhong, it's been a while since we last met. Come and sit down." He called Lu Yahong that because she was the second child in the family.
Li Shaofen went over and said, "Sister Erhong, have you eaten yet? If not, have a bite here. I'll go make two more dishes."
Lu Yahong quickly waved her hands and said, "I came here after I finished eating. Please stop rushing around. I'm embarrassed."
Lu Jingshen and Lu Jingyuan called Lu Yahong "Erhonggu".
Lin Xiaoxia naturally followed suit and called her Er Honggu.
Li Shaofen said to Lu Yahong, "Sister Erhong, please sit down and talk. I'll clear the dishes away first."
Lin Xiaoxia said to Li Shaofen, "Mom, you chat with Erhonggu, I'll clean up."
Lu Jingshen and Lu Jingyuan also came over, and the three of them took all the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen.
Lu Jingyuan was still very sensible and rushed to wash the dishes.
Lu Jingshen wiped the table, Lin Xiaoxia made tea and brought it in, and they all sat beside it, listening to the elders talk.
It is probably known that Lu Yahong's husband drove a cart for the production team when he was young. He often drove the cart in the winter and suffered from severe rheumatism in his legs. He could barely get off the bed in the past two years, but this year his condition was so serious that he couldn't even walk, but he had no money to go to the hospital.
Originally, their family was not doing badly, but two years ago, their son was diagnosed with asthma. The treatment and medicine, as well as the need to keep the spray on hand all year round, left the family with very little savings. In addition, both men in the family were unable to do heavy work, so their lives became increasingly difficult.
As she spoke, Lu Yahong couldn't help but burst into tears: "I'm really embarrassed to come and talk to you, but I really have no other choice."
Lu Guojiu said, "Sister Erhong, aren't you being too formal? Have you not helped us enough in the past? We were busy building a house this year, so I didn't go to your house to see you. I was wrong. If I had known your family was in trouble, I should have gone there earlier."
Li Shaofen said, "That's right. This is our fault. Sister Erhong, please don't be polite to us. I'll see how much money we have at home and give it all to you."
Li Shaofen got on the kang, opened the kang cabinet, took out the money bag, poured out all the money and counted it: "There are only two hundred in cash at home. Sister Erhong, take it first. I will go to the credit union to get some for you tomorrow."
Lin Xiaoxia listened to what her parents-in-law had just said and knew that they had helped her family before, so she stood up, took out the two hundred yuan from her bag, gave it to Li Shaofen and said, "Mom, give this to Erhonggu first."
Li Shaofen took them and handed them to Lu Yahong: "Sister Erhong, take these."
Lu Yahong sniffed and said, "I won't be polite to you. I can't be polite anymore. My family is really short of money, and I can't talk about face anymore. But Shaofen, you know me. I promise to pay back what I owe you."
Li Shaofen said, "We're all family. Talking about that is outrageous. It's getting dark. Sister Erhong, what brought you here?"
Lu Yahong said, "I walked here. I can't ride a bike, and I don't have time during the day. There are too many things to do at home. My grandson is young, and your brother-in-law can't get off the kang. There are too many things to do."
Lu Jingshen said, "Erhonggu's home is in Xiasanjiazi. It takes about an hour to walk back. It's almost dark now. I'll drive Erhonggu back later."
Lu Guojiu said, "Okay, since you're driving, let your mother pack some noodles and oil so they don't have to go to the village to buy them."
Li Shaofen said, "I happen to have a jar of pickled bacon. I'll give it to you. You have a child at home, so you can't be short of oil and water, otherwise the child won't grow taller."
Lu Yahong stood up embarrassedly and stopped Li Shaofen from going to the kitchen: "Shaofen, no, I'm just borrowing money, what's the point of taking everything?"
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