Seeing the old lady so happy, Lin Xiujuan couldn't help but laugh, "Mom, what's wrong? Did something good happen to you?"
"That's right! Last night, Jianlin, my two kids and I went to catch snails. We caught dozens of kilograms of snails, as well as dozens of kilograms of eels and loaches. We sold them for more than 50 yuan today, and we can hold our daughter's full-month banquet!"
"Really?" Lin Xiujuan was overjoyed. She originally thought that it would be a great achievement to be able to touch ten kilograms, but she didn't expect there would be so much!
More than fifty yuan is not a small amount.
"Nannan, you must be the blessing that you bring to me, my sweetheart!" Old Mrs. Shen kissed the little girl in her arms again.
Fubao smiled at her, revealing his pink and tender gums without any teeth.
Seeing her smile, Old Lady Shen's heart melted and she became even happier. Once she, the backbone of the family, was in a good mood, the whole family returned to laughter and joy.
Mrs. Shen held Fubao for a long time before she was willing to let go and went to prepare lunch for the family. After lunch, she went out in a hurry to find the village tailor and asked him to make a nice set of clothes for Fubao to wear during the full moon banquet.
Old Mrs. Shen thought she was lucky enough, but she didn't expect that near dusk, two people in uniform came and said they were here to return something.
Old Lady Shen welcomed the people into the yard and asked in surprise, "You just said you wanted to return something? Nothing was lost in our house."
A man took out a small blue cloth bag, handed it to me and said, "Old lady, do you think this is something from your family?"
When Old Mrs. Shen saw it, she was completely stunned and speechless for a moment.
This...isn't this her purse?
She quickly took it, opened it and took a look. There was thirty yuan inside, not a cent less.
The man explained, "Old lady, your money was stolen, right? The thief wanted to steal other people's money, but we caught him. Your old man used to sell medicinal herbs on the street, and the thief knew him. When I asked him whose money he stole, he said it was yours, so we returned the money to you."
Another man said indignantly, "That thief is so wicked! He knew your family was in trouble, but he still stole money. We will not let such a man go, and we will definitely put him in jail. You can rest assured, old lady."
Old Mrs. Shen's eyes suddenly became red. She never thought that the stolen money would come back to her!
"Thank you, thank you so much..." Her voice trembled with excitement.
This is Shen Jianlin’s monthly salary. The family won’t have to worry about food from now on!
To express her gratitude, Old Lady Shen took out five dollars to give to the two men, but they refused to accept it, fearing that the old lady would force them to accept it, so they simply turned around and ran away.
When she returned to the house, Old Mrs. Shen couldn't hold back her tears again.
Shen Jianlin was playing with Fubao in the inner room. When he heard the old lady sobbing, he thought something had happened again. He became nervous and hurried out to ask, "Mom, what's wrong? What were those two people doing here?"
"It's okay! I'm just happy!" Old Mrs. Shen wiped away her tears and took out the small cloth bag. "Look, our money is back!"
"What?" Shen Jianlin's eyes widened in surprise. "He's back! Oh my God! Our family is so lucky!"
Fubao lay in Lin Xiujuan's arms with his eyes closed quietly, feeling very happy.
With the money, Old Mrs. Shen did not stop for a moment. She immediately took Shen Jianlin and the two older children to go to town to buy meat and vegetables. She also invited two people to prepare for the full moon banquet tomorrow.
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