If, if Qin San hadn't come running over in his untied black sandals, wiping the snot off his face with his fists, and yelling, "Brother, remember to buy me candy with the New Year's money you lent me, we agreed on that."
"And mine."
"mine!"
A chorus of responses rang out.
There were a large number of little ones from the Qin family, the Bai family, and the Zhou family, both men and women.
Qin Jiangke protected her behind him and raised his hands in surrender, saying repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I will pay you back. Can I write you an IOU right away? Do you have a pen with you?" Xia Lu turned around and asked.
Xia Lu looked over his shoulder at the group of little rascals in confusion, and didn't know why the topic changed so quickly, but she did bring a pen, so she handed it to him.
Qin Jiangke bit off the pen cap and then wrote IOUs one by one.
Borrow a few cents or dollars from someone - and then ask for so much candy in return.
Xia Lu glanced at him unintentionally, then grabbed his collar and said fiercely, "You took two pieces of candy from him and gave him three? How can you cheat a child like this?"
...
...
Qin Jiangke said, "How can this be considered a scam? The transaction was consensual."
Xia Lu was shocked and said that this was not a good thing.
It really is just nice words, what a priceless treasure...
Xia Lu wondered how I could be a priceless treasure. In her parents' eyes, she was not even worth ten dollars, no... probably not even one dollar.
Qin Jiangke wrote a lot of IOUs, and some even came to him to write.
A large class of children, really, a lot of them.
A few cents, a few dimes, a few dollars.
There are also huge sums of more than ten yuan.
This was borrowed by the three brothers from the Zhou family.
Zhou family, Zhou family’s father is also the captain of Qinhuai Street Brigade. Xia Lu thinks it’s amazing that Qin Jiangke was not beaten to death for cheating people out of their money.
Zhou Datu folded the IOU in half and put it in his pocket.
Xia Lu couldn't bear it anymore and turned to leave, but 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 said with a stern face, "Idiot, I'll go get the money back."
Qin Jiangke said proudly, "I knew it. Fortunately, I caught you."
Xia Lu wanted to hit him again: "Are you an idiot? You cheated the kids out of so much money to collect 2,000 yuan and gave it to them. They won't be grateful to you, and neither will I."
Qin Jiangke scratched his face with his fingertips and said something completely unrelated, "You got angry at me."
Xia Lu was stunned. What are you talking about?
Qin Jiangke smiled and said, "Does this mean that you also seriously regard me as a friend?"
Xia Lu changed her expression and turned to leave——
At this time, Zhou Datu understood something and said, "Xia Lu, you misunderstood. He didn't cheat us of our money."
Xia Lu thought, if this isn't considered scamming, 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, "We gave it to Big Brother, right everyone."
"right."
One call brings a hundred responses.
Qin Jiangke laughed and said, "You little brats keep trying to ruin my reputation. I want to show that I am very popular in front of my sweetheart."
What sweetheart? Xia Lu blushed.
At this time, Qin Qin rushed over and said, "Sister Xia, we gave the money to my brother voluntarily."
The young man 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 wanted to sell you, and that Brother Qin wanted to save you. We knew he needed the money, so we gave it to him voluntarily, right, everyone?"
"Yes, yes, it's voluntary, hehe."
"Xiao Qin's friends are everyone's friends."
"Xiao Qin's sweetheart is the one we all need to protect."
Qin Jiangke has been pursuing Xia Lu, and has brought Xia Lu into his own circle over the years, so everyone knows Xia Lu.
As soon as Xia Lu got into trouble, Little Radish Head ran to inform Qin Jiangke.
Then he took the initiative to pay, a few cents here, a few dimes there—
Everyone took out their pocket money, and those who had no money went home to ask their parents for it. Qin Jiangke was famous for his good popularity in Qinhuai Street, so, knowing that he needed money, the adults in the family, no matter how anxious they were, would give him some money as a token of their appreciation. For example, the Bai family even wanted to take out their wedding jewelry.
"Xia Lu, you don't have to go home anymore."
"Yes, you can stay with us and don't have to be afraid of your parents, hehe."
A large group of children, talking in a flurry and dancing with their hands and feet, surrounded Qin Jiangke, hugged his legs, tried to climb on him, or hugged his neck and swung like a swing. Qin Jiangke was so shaken that he couldn't write the IOU properly.
Other girls also pounced on Xia Lu.
Xia Lu was a little at a loss. She had never expected that this was how the two thousand yuan came from.
Obviously, she didn't 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 look at the little girl who rushed over - she was smiling innocently.
Her eyes turned red, and two words came out of her throat: "Thank you."
Qin Qin giggled and rubbed against her arms.
Several little girls also pulled her hand and asked her to play with them.
Xia Lu was quickly dragged into the circle by them - whether out of gratitude, envy, or some other emotion, she gradually let go of her prejudice.
"Ahhh..." Qin Jiangke couldn't help but say, "Xia Lu."
"The money we collected together is three hundred..."
Xia Lu: "I've made a note of it. I'll pay it back later."
Qin Jiangke: "No, I mean I paid the lion's share. If you want to be grateful, you can thank me instead of thanking these little guys too much."
Xia Lu: “???”
Are you speaking 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 was also curious and asked, "She will get married, right? Xiao Qin has spent all her money to get the money. If she doesn't get married, she will lose money and will be single forever."
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 Bai family's child replied, "If you can't pay it back, then don't pay it back."
Zhou Daqi: "That's right."
"Xiao Qin's wish is our wish. Xiao Qin hopes that you are happy, Xia Lu, and we also hope that you are happy."
Everybody was laughing and joking, not taking that huge sum of money seriously at all.
Then--
Naturally, Xia Lu, who was bought, would not return to the Xia family. Qin Jiangke took her to find Mr. Zhou, who was the team leader at that time, and arranged a place for Xia Lu to live in the town, in the home of a widow. The widow had a daughter, and Xia Lu could tutor her daughter in her studies. It was safe and would not cause rumors.
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