Jinhua's heart skipped a beat when she heard that.

She wanted to fool around like this for now, and then return the money to Chu Xia when she had collected it all.

After being asked by Chu Xia, she couldn't continue to play dumb.

"Um... Doctor Chu, can I pay you back the three hundred yuan in a few days?"

Jinhua stammered these words, and when she saw Chuxia's expression turn complicated, she hurried to explain.

"Doctor Chu, I'm sorry. I was really late yesterday. I received a letter from my parents yesterday saying that my eldest nephew is getting engaged and the girl wants 300 yuan as a gift. You know what 300 yuan means to rural people. They can't even afford 100 yuan, let alone 300 yuan.

Look, my brother wrote me a letter yesterday, but I was short of money, so I… I transferred the three hundred yuan you gave me to them first.”

Before Chu Xia could respond, Jin Hua hurriedly said, "Doctor Chu, don't worry. When my husband gets his salary this month, I will immediately pay you back the 300 yuan. Don't worry, I will keep my word."

"Sister-in-law." Chu Xia looked embarrassed.

"You also said that Captain Lu and his family don't have any children yet, so it won't cause them too much harm if they separate now. But if the woman surnamed Su gets pregnant after a while, it will be difficult to deal with. So I have to resolve this matter as soon as possible."

"I know, I know. As soon as Xiong Liang's salary comes in, I will immediately return your three hundred yuan."

"Sister-in-law, if I remember correctly, it will take more than 20 days for the army to pay me. You can't let me wait for more than 20 days. If you do that, the daylily will get cold."

Jinhua rubbed her hands in embarrassment, "Doctor Chu, how about this, I'll give you two hundred first, and you can let me take the remaining one hundred a little longer, is that ok with you?"

After Chu Xia thought about it, she finally agreed reluctantly.

Jin Hua was afraid that Chu Xia would regret it, so she hurriedly said to her, "Doctor Chu, why don't you wait here for a while, and I will go back and get it for you."

"Forget it, give it to me tomorrow. I have something to deal with right now and don't have time to wait for you here. I'll come here to wait for you at this time tomorrow."

"Okay, okay, Doctor Chu, you go ahead and do your work." Jinhua breathed a sigh of relief.

After watching Chu Xia walk away, she turned around and walked towards the farm.

In the evening, when Xiong Liang came back, he sat down on the sofa with a sigh, his brows so wrinkled that they could have pinched flies to death.

Jinhua put the rice on the table, but he didn't even pick up his chopsticks, so she urged him, "Eat quickly, or the noodles will get clumpy and won't taste good."

Xiong Liang pulled the bowl closer, picked up a piece of noodles with chopsticks and put it down again.

"Jinhua, how much money do we have left?"

Jinhua's hand holding the bowl shook violently. "What's wrong? Why are you asking this?"

"My brother just called me and said that mom was hospitalized again. After the examination, they said that the county hospital couldn't treat her and she had to be sent to the provincial hospital. You knew the situation at home, but you were counting on me to send money back.

The post office is closed today, so I have to send the money to them early tomorrow morning."

After hearing this, Jinhua slammed her chopsticks on the table.

"Your family is a bottomless pit. I've been thrifty for so many years trying to save some money, but look at how many years we've been married, and now I don't even have 300 yuan. I don't think anyone would believe me if I told them I would."

Xiong Liang sighed in embarrassment. His parents were in poor health, so what could he do? He couldn't just watch them die.

Thinking about how Jinhua had been giving a lot of money to her parents' home over the years, he couldn't help but say:

"You've been sending money to your parents' home for many years, haven't I ever said anything to you about it?"

When Jinhua was told about her mother's family, she immediately became silent. She knew that if the man wanted to pursue the matter, she would definitely not be in the right.

After all, every penny she gave to her parents' home was earned by Xiong Liang and had nothing to do with her.

She muttered quietly, "I didn't say I wouldn't let you give it to me. Why are you talking about my family?"

Seeing that Jinhua's arrogance had subsided, Xiong Liang did not pursue the matter any further.

After eating and washing up, Xiong Liang waited for Jinhua to return to the bedroom and asked Jinhua to bring the money. He would go to the post office to transfer the money early tomorrow morning.

Jinhua took the box of money and threw it to Xiong Liang in a bad mood.

Xiong Liang opened the box and counted the notes one by one.

Jinhua had been counting them secretly. Every time he took one more, her heart ached.

She had just agreed with Chu Xia this morning to return the 200 yuan to her first, and she agreed.

What if she can't get it tomorrow?

Finally, she watched Xiong Liang count out 20 of them and put them into the pocket of the pants he was going to wear tomorrow.

Jinhua finally couldn't hold it in any longer, "Xiong Liang, are you going to send all the two hundred back?"

Xiong Liang hummed, "Going to the provincial capital is not like going to a small county town. You have to take a bus back and forth, and you have to eat and drink. You know how much the hospital costs. I am a little worried that these two hundred yuan are not enough."

As he did so, he closed the box containing the money and gave it back to Jinhua.

"Okay, put it up."

"What else is there to put? You might as well take it all. All of us won't eat or drink. We'll just starve to death." Jinhua turned her back and said angrily.

Xiong Liang had no choice but to pick up the box and put it back into the cabinet, then sat down and patiently persuaded Jinhua.

"There are still a few dozen dollars in there, which is enough to support my spending. Don't worry, I will never go hungry for you three."

"But I..."

Jinhua wanted to say that her parents also needed money, but then she thought that if she said it now, it would be useless. If Xiong Liang asked her later, she would have already sent the 300 yuan back to her parents, and then the two of them would definitely have a fight.

That night, the couple lay down, each with their own thoughts.

Jinhua lay there, and when she thought about not being able to return the 200 yuan to Chuxia tomorrow, she was so anxious that she couldn't sleep.

She now feels a little regretful. She shouldn't have acted on her own and should at least have discussed it with Xiong Liang.

There is one good thing about Xiong Liang, that is, no matter how much he gives to his family, he will never hide it from her.

Whenever she gave money to her parents' home, she always felt that the money was not earned by her and that it was not legitimate.

So many times she would cut first and play later. When the number was small, she would sometimes not even play and would just hide it.

But now they are facing a gap of 300 yuan, not just 30 or 20 yuan. Such a large sum of money will be known to Xiong Liang sooner or later.

She wasn't too worried when Xiong Liang knew about this. The most important thing was that now that Xiong Liang had taken the two hundred yuan away, she had no money to pay Chu Xia back, which was the most terrible thing.

Jinhua tossed and turned in bed for a long time, finally falling asleep.

In her dream, she dreamed that Chu Xia gave her a bag.

She took it and looked inside. There were large bundles of food in the bag.

"Sister-in-law, as long as you are willing to help, not only will you not have to pay back the three hundred yuan, but all the money in this bag will be yours too."

Jinhua looked at the large bundles and counted them. There were six in total.

Oh my god! Six hundred yuan. I'm afraid she won't be able to save that much money in her lifetime.

If you add the three hundred, it will be nine hundred, not far from one thousand yuan.

All her life she had dreamed of having a savings of 1,000 yuan, and she never thought that it would finally come true.

"Mom, I need to pee."

Just when she was so happy that she didn't know what to do, the panda's cry suddenly woke her up from her dream.