If, if Qin San hadn't come running over in his rubber-less black sandals, wiping his snot on his face with his fist, shouting, "Brother, remember to buy me some candy with the New Year's money you lent me, we agreed on that."

"And mine."

"Mine!" A large group of young men and women from the Qin, Bai, and Zhou families

responded. Qin Jiangke protected her behind him and raised his hands in surrender, saying repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I'll definitely pay you back. I'll write you an IOU, okay? Do you have a pen with you?" He turned around and asked Xia Lu. Xia Lu looked over his shoulder at the group of little idiots in confusion, and didn't know why the topic changed so quickly, but she did have a pen with her, so she handed it to him. Qin Jiangke bit off the cap of the pen, and then wrote IOUs one by one. He borrowed a few dimes or a few dollars from someone, and then had to pay back so many candies. Xia Lu glanced at him casually, then grabbed his collar and said fiercely, "You took two dollars from someone, and then gave him three candies? How can you cheat children like this?" Qin Jiangke said, "How can this be considered cheating? It's a transaction between two parties." Xia Lu was shocked and said that this is not a good thing. Sure enough, it's just nice to talk, some priceless treasure... Xia Lu thought how could I be a priceless treasure? In the eyes of her parents, she is not even worth ten dollars, no... she should not be worth even one dollar. Qin Jiangke wrote a lot of IOUs, and some of them took the initiative to ask him to write - a large group of children, really, there were a lot of them. A few cents, a few dimes, a few dollars. There were also huge sums of more than ten dollars. These were borrowed by the three brothers from the Zhou family. The Zhou family, the father of the Zhou family was the captain of the Qinhuai Street Brigade. Xia Lu thought it was amazing that Qin Jiangke was not beaten to death for cheating people out of money. Zhou Datu folded the IOU in half and put it in his pocket. Xia Lu couldn't bear it anymore, turned around to leave, and as soon as she turned around, her wrist was grabbed. Qin Jiangke took off the pen cap that he was biting in his mouth and said, "Hey, where are you going?" Xia Lu frowned and said, "Idiot, I'm going to get the money back." Qin Jiangke said proudly, "I knew it, luckily I caught you." Xia Lu wanted to hit him again: "Are you an idiot? You cheated kids out of so much money and gave them two thousand yuan. They won't be grateful to you, and neither will I." Qin Jiangke pinched his face with his fingertips and said something unrelated, "You're angry with me." Xia Lu was stunned. What are you talking about? Qin Jiangke said with a smile, "Does it mean that you also treat me as a friend?" Xia Lu's face changed, and she turned to leave. At this time, Zhou Datu understood something and said, "Xia Lu, you misunderstood, he didn't cheat us of money." Xia Lu thought, if this is not cheating, then what is? Seeing that she didn't believe him, Zhou Datu said, "We took the initiative to give him the money." Qin Songguo nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes, yes, "We gave it to Big Brother, right everyone." "Yes." Qin Jiangke smiled and said, "You bunch of little brats, you are ruining my reputation. I still want to show that I am very popular in front of my sweetheart." What sweetheart? Xia Lu blushed. At this time, Qin Qin came over and said, "Sister Xia, we gave the money to our brother voluntarily." The boy from the Bai family raised his hands and said, "That's right, Sister Xia, I was the one who told Xiao Qin that your parents were going to sell you, and that Brother Qin was going to save you. We knew he needed money, so we gave it to him voluntarily, right, everyone." "Yes, yes, voluntarily, hehe." "Xiao Qin's friends are everyone's friends." "Xiao Qin's sweetheart is the person we all want to protect." Qin Jiangke was pursuing Xia Lu, and he brought Xia Lu into his circle in recent years, so everyone knew Xia Lu. As soon as Xia Lu got into trouble, Little Radish ran to Qin Jiangke to inform him. Then they took the initiative to give money, a few cents here, a few cents there - everyone took out their pocket money, and those who had no money went home to ask their parents for it. Qin Jiangke was well-known for his good relationships in Qinhuai Street, so, knowing that he needed money, the adults at home, no matter how urgent it was, more or less gave a little thought, like the Bai family wanted to give their wedding jewelry. "Xia Lu, you don't have to go home in the future." "Yes, you can stay with us, don't be afraid of your parents, hehe." A large group of children, talking and dancing, then surrounded Qin Jiangke, hugged his legs, or tried to climb on him, or hugged his neck like a swing and swung, Qin Jiangke couldn't write an IOU properly. Some girls also rushed to Xia Lu. Xia Lu was a little bit at a loss, she had never expected that the two thousand yuan was obtained in this way. Obviously, she did not have a very good relationship with these people, even her own parents were unwilling to give her money, but these people gave her money to rescue her from home. Then she looked at the little girl who rushed over - she was laughing innocently. Her eyes could not help but turn red, and two words came out of her throat: "Thank you." Qin Qin giggled and rubbed into her arms. Several little girls also pulled her hands and asked her to play with them. Xia Lu was soon dragged into the circle by them - she didn't know whether it was out of gratitude or envy, or some other emotion, she gradually let go of her prejudice. "Ahhh..." Qin Jiangke couldn't help but said, "Xia Lu." "We all pooled together three hundred..." Xia Lu: "I've noted it down. I'll pay you back later." Qin Jiangke: "No, I wanted to say that I paid the most. If you want to be grateful, you can thank me. You don't have to thank these little guys too much." Xia Lu: "???" Are you talking human language?

Qin Qin giggled and shook her hand, "Sister Xia."

Xia Lu lowered her head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Qin Qin asked curiously, "Will you marry my eldest brother?"

Zhou Daqi also said curiously, "She will marry, right? Xiao Qin has gone bankrupt just to get the money. If she doesn't marry, she will lose everything and be single."

Xia Lu: "…………"

She couldn't help but ask, "You took out the money to help me, what if you can't pay it back?"

The child of the Bai family replied, "If you can't pay it back, then you can't pay it back."

Zhou Daqi, "That's right."

"Xiao Qin's wish is our wish. Xiao Qin hopes that Xia Lu will be happy, and we hope you will be happy too."

Everyone was laughing and didn't take the huge sum of money seriously at all.

Then,