After seeing off the unreasonable old lady Zhou, the villagers also lost their enthusiasm for chatting.
After the excitement was over, everyone dispersed.
Zhou Xiaohu, who had not shown up just now, finally came out and said, "When I went home, I said that nothing good would happen if I came back. It's better not to come back to this family."
"I just walked into the house and they're asking for money. Twenty a month isn't enough this time. I need three hundred a year."
Zhou Xiaohu's wife Xiong Mai Niu said: "You can't abandon your roots just because of one or two annoying people."
"No matter whether you make money outside or not, you still have to keep your roots in the countryside. When you get old, you still have to come back. This is called returning to your roots."
"Before you return to your roots, you have to come back from time to time to maintain and check on these roots."
"You haven't been back for a long time. No one will come forward when something happens in the village. Will no one take care of you when you come back? Look at Sister Xia Zhi and the others? Don't say such angry words again in the future."
Zhou Bing also stood up and spoke up: "Xiaohu's wife is right. This is the root of our family. We must return here."
"Okay, that's not someone else, it's your grandparents, three hundred a year is fine."
Zhou Xiaohu was not happy when he heard this, and said, "Dad, I am not happy with what you said. You said it was easy, three hundred a year is fine."
"But with these three hundred yuan, how many buns should we make? How many buns should we sell?"
"What kind of life did our family live before the family split up? Before the family split up, she was in charge of all the money in the family. I have never seen her spend even three cents in my life."
"Other children can go to school, but what about me and my brother? We have never been to school."
"If mom hadn't taught me and my brother to read, and if sister Xia Zhi hadn't taken us out for mom's sake, our family would still be sitting here worrying about ten or five yuan? You're telling us now that they are our grandparents?"
"If it weren't for you, would I give you three dollars, not to mention three hundred?"
Just now his father came out of the toilet. Zhou Xiaohu was afraid that his father might do something bad, so he held his father back and wouldn't let him come out, leaving everything to his eldest brother.
It’s really a good thing that I didn’t let him out, otherwise he would have agreed to the five hundred offer right away.
His father is the kind of person who will easily forget the pain once the wound heals without anyone criticizing him.
But the good thing is that he can only hear the knocking. Apart from this, everything else is convenient. He still loves his own children and grandchildren very much.
I have always worked hard for this family.
When I was out making money, I would get up early and work late with them every day, and buy some delicious food for the children from time to time.
So for the sake of his father, he and her elder brother were willing to give him 300 yuan a year.
Looking at the entire brigade, or even the entire town, apart from their family, which other son could achieve this?
Now no one will say that his father is unfilial anymore.
And he said it in front of so many fellow villagers in the brigade.
Seeing that his son was angry, Zhou Bing quickly shut up and stopped talking.
Zhou Bing naturally knew his own temper, and sometimes he tended to be soft-tempered when facing them.
Now that the family is finally getting better, he should take care of himself.
The next morning, the captain was invited to come and bear witness for them.
In addition, we also invited several elders who had influence in the village to join us.
I’m afraid that Mrs. Zhou’s eldest son will cheat on me.
Anyway, it's safer to put everything out in the open.
When they were about to sign, Ma Juan said, "Da Hu, it was dark yesterday, and I didn't see the IOU you showed me clearly."
"Why don't you take it out and have a look at it in front of so many people today?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Dahu took it out since there was nothing to hide and handed it directly to the team leader.
When the captain saw it, his face turned pale instantly.
"What are you doing?"
Zhou Dahu explained: "We were doing business there, and for convenience, we borrowed some money from the bank and bought a shop."
After listening to Zhou Dahu's explanation, the team leader nodded and then carefully read the entire IOU.
Then I felt relieved.
Ten thousand yuan scared him quite a bit, but it seemed like he used it to buy a shop.
"What's wrong, Captain? Is there any problem with this IOU?" Ma Juan asked quickly.
Captain Zhou said, "There's nothing wrong with the IOU. But you don't have to worry. Da Hu and Xiao Hu borrowed money from the bank to buy the shop. As long as they can pay back the money, everything will be fine."
Ma Juan: "What if you can't pay it back?"
Captain Zhou: "If you can't pay it back, the bank will close the store."
Ma Juan: "How can we continue to do business if we close it?"
Captain Zhou: "This is very simple. Some places outside are like this now."
"First, you need to borrow money from a bank to buy a shop and do business. If the business is not good and you cannot pay back the money, the bank can take back the shop and sell it to someone else. The money collected is equivalent to paying off the debt."
"If there's no shop left, then just go home. We still have this house. If things get worse, we can just come back."
After that, the captain looked at Da Hu and Xiao Hu and said, "Da Hu, Xiao Hu, don't put too much pressure on yourselves. If you can't make it, just come back. The brigade is your root. You will have to come back even when you are old."
After hearing this, Ma Juan whispered to Old Lady Zhou: "Mom, then this IOU is real."
"But fortunately, even if he can't pay it back, it won't cause us any trouble."
Mrs. Zhou: "Who cares if they owe us money or not? We just need them to send us the three hundred yuan we want every year."
Zhou Qiang, who was standing by, asked curiously, "When do you have to pay back the 10,000 yuan?"
The captain of the brigade said: "It's hard to say. I don't know the details, but I heard that there is such a thing."
"But if you do some math, you can get a rough idea of how much you can earn in a month and how much you can pay back."
Zhou Danniu said at this time: "Don't calculate, at least ten years. My family's steamed bun shop is doing average business at the moment. After deducting all costs, I can make about two thousand yuan a year."
Upon hearing the 2,000 yuan, Zhou Qiang's son Zhou Xiaodong immediately said, "You guys are really calculating. You make 2,000 yuan a year, and my family takes care of my grandparents. They also need medicine and medical treatment every year. I asked you to give me 500 yuan, but you didn't even give me that."
Zhou Da Niu: "Uncle, can you please listen to what I have to say?"
"Yes, we can earn two thousand a year, but will my family have to eat and drink? What doesn't cost money to buy outside?"
"I pay 1,200 yuan back to the bank every year, and give my mother-in-law and her family 300 yuan. My brother and I have to pay more than 100 yuan for tuition every year, and we also have to buy school supplies and other things."
"So, if we calculate it, my whole family can only use these 300 yuan if we don't get sick."
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