The 37th day of being eavesdropped
The boy who stole the things ran very fast. It is estimated that he is also a gangster in this area. He has known the road conditions for a long time. He knows which road is easy to walk and where to jump.
The boy ran for a while and left Song Jianshe and others far behind. He looked back and could no longer see anyone. He whistled and felt happy.
He weighed the bag in his hand, "Are these the gold bars and money that Brother Zhao mentioned?"
The boy rolled his eyes and looked around. There was no one in sight.
He was immediately happy and didn't care about the code of conduct. After all, there were only a few gangsters with good character. Now the things were in his hands. He didn't dare to take the more, but would he dare to secretly take some money?
He walked to the bench at the door, put the bag down, opened the zipper, and the golden yellow croaker inside came into view. With the yellow croaker in front of him, all the banknotes were no longer noticeable.
"Damn, I'm rich!"
The boy was so happy that he rubbed his palms and was about to take the yellow croaker. At this time, a brick suddenly hit him on the back of his head. The boy felt a pain in the back of his head. He was panicked because he was being tricked, but then he completely lost consciousness.
Gu Jinshui spat out the dogtail grass in his mouth, "You are so slow, the master has been waiting for you here for a long time."
He pushed the man away and looked at the bag. There were small yellow croakers, big yellow croakers, and many gold jewelry in the bag, such as bracelets and hairpins of some age, with particularly fine workmanship. Even ordinary people can tell that they are good things at a glance.
Needless to say, this must be the inheritance left by Liang's father to Liang Ying that Liang Renyi took away.
Gu Jinshui quickly swapped the contents of the bag with his own. Time was running out. Just as he finished swapping the contents, he heard Song Jianshe's voice not far away: "Don't... run."
Gu Jinshui rolled his eyes and kicked the man on the ground to the side. He picked up the bag of fake gold bricks, put a handful of money in it, hid the real things, and pretended to run when Song Jianshe caught up with him. Song Jianshe saw
that the man was right in front of him. He was so tempted by the money that his legs stopped hurting and his heart stopped beating fast. He ran forward with all his strength. He stretched out his hand, but the other party somehow let him snatch the bag away.
The man had his back to him, wearing a hat, and looked like he had seen a ghost.
Song Jianshe was so proud.
He quickly put the things in his arms and ran out with all his strength. Gu Jinshui pretended to chase him, but actually he went back quietly to pick up the things he had hidden, and then went to meet Shanhu calmly.
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Shanhu squatted at the front door for a long time, and was bitten by mosquitoes several times, but there was no movement here, and he was so bored that he almost fell asleep.
"Okay." Gu Jinshui smiled and grabbed a handful of money, about two hundred yuan, and gave it to Shanhu, "This money is for you."
"No, I don't need so much. The money we make from trading is not small."
Shanhu was shocked when he saw how much money there was, and waved his hands quickly.
Gu Jinshui smiled and said, "Take it. I'm not just giving it to you. Your wedding is coming soon. You, as the man, have to prepare some gifts, right? I heard that they want four big items now."
Shanhu touched his head and laughed, "Brother, Zhenzhu said she doesn't want four big items. She just wants me to buy her a set of clothes."
The woolen coat and bell-bottom pants were indeed bought by Shanhu.
Gu Jinshui was not surprised at all.
He went out to mix in society when he was thirteen or fourteen years old. Although he had always been prudent and never associated with those big honeys, he was used to these things between men and women.
Pearl's family was so poor that they had to borrow even rice. How could they afford a woolen coat worth more than 200 yuan and those fashionable bell-bottom pants? The money was enough to cover the family expenses for several months. If they were frugal, it would be more than enough for a year.
"The girl said that because she was shy. You can't take it seriously."
Gu Jinshui said, "You should be kind. You can save money to buy a TV or a watch for the girl."
Shanhu was very ignorant about this matter. He thought carefully and realized that his brother was right. The girl was polite and he couldn't take advantage of her.
He took the money with a bit of embarrassment and said, "Brother, we'll have a wedding and invite you to the wedding."
"Sure, sure."
Gu Jinshui agreed with a smile. He asked Shanhu to go home, and he climbed over the wall in the backyard in the dark with his things in his hands. He quietly entered the room where he and his wife lived through the window.
Liang Ying didn't sleep all night, waiting for him to come back. When he saw him coming back, he quickly looked around and closed the window. When he turned around, Gu Jinshui took out a thick bag from his arms. The bag looked familiar, like a bag that He Chunlian's family had distributed in the school a few years ago.
"Come here, wife."
Gu Jinshui exhaled a breath of white air. He was so hot all the way here that he ran back by taking a shortcut, fearing that his wife would be worried if she waited too long.
Liang Ying stepped forward, "Is this Liang Renyi's stuff?"
Gu Jinshui nodded, and when he opened the bag, it was so bright with golden light.
Such a heavy yellow croaker, this one weighs one pound, and on the back it says "Cast by the Central Mint in the 25th year of the Republic of China".
This thing is quite old.
Liang Ying's eyes fell on a gold-inlaid kingfisher hairpin. She picked up the hairpin with trembling hands, "This was my mother's dowry."
Gu Jinshui saw that his wife's eyes were red, and hurriedly said, "Don't cry, aren't we taking all the things back?"
Liang Ying didn't say anything, and looked through them one by one. Sure enough, they were all her mother's dowry, so they were easy to recognize. Liang Ying pointed to the mark on the back of the hairpin and said with tears in her eyes, "The gold shops in the past would leave their own marks on the jewelry, My mother's dowry was made at a Hengfu gold shop. At that time, she had six sets of head ornaments, all made of gold."
Gu Jinshui was amazed, "My mother-in-law's family is a wealthy family."
Liang Ying burst into laughter and said, "What wealthy family? They have long been in decline. The money was secretly given by my grandfather. My grandfather took advantage of the fact that my mother's family used to be a high-ranking official and had some complicated in-law relationships with several princes."
After hearing this, Gu Jinshui understood.
Liang Ying sighed and then calmed down. After all, he had been gone for many years, so there was no time to feel sad. She asked, "Why did you bring this money?"
"It would be a waste if I didn't take it. Besides, Liang Renyi probably sold a lot of things in your family over the years. This money can be regarded as his supplement."
Gu Jinshui made the decision, "You can spend the money first, and we will keep the gold and give it to the children."
Liang Ying thought about it and decided that it was fine.
Even if we don't look at the things Liang Renyi sold from their house, Liang Renyi's family has borrowed a lot of money from the Gu family over the years. This money can be regarded as a supplement. We can buy some big items for the family and give some pocket money to the mother-in-law and sister-in-law. It
was almost dawn.
Xu Fenglai was sitting on a stool at the door of his house with his eyes wide open, and he heard a knock on the door outside. Xu Fenglai was startled and woke up from his dream.
Xu Fenglai hurried over, and when the door opened, it was Liang Renyi who was posing with a pale face.
Xu Fenglai's heart skipped a beat, thinking something serious might have happened. Before he could say anything, Liang Renyi collapsed on the ground as soon as he entered the room.
Xu Fenglai almost cried out.
Liang Renyi waved his hands quickly: "Don't shout, I, I..."
He fainted before he finished speaking.
A few days later, Xu Fenglai came to borrow money and told him that Liang Renyi was sick.
Gu Jinshui drank the porridge and wondered: "Why did he get sick? If he was sick and went to the hospital, wouldn't his medical expenses be reimbursed?"
Liang Renyi also had a job, saying he was a sanitation worker, but in fact he just swept the streets. But even if he was sweeping the streets, it was a regular job.
Xu Fenglai rubbed his sleeves awkwardly, "Well, weren't you going abroad before? You sold your job."
The Gu family looked up at Xu Fenglai as if they had agreed on it.
"Sold it? What about the money? It must be at least three hundred, isn't this enough for medical treatment?" He Chunlian smiled but didn't.
Xu Fenglai secretly complained in his heart, it wasn't that there was not enough money, his family sold their jobs, but relatives and friends around heard that Liang Renyi was sick and the date of going abroad was uncertain, so many of them came to ask for the money back, saying that they would give it back when he was going abroad.
Xu Fenglai couldn't not give it back, if he didn't, people might think that their family had run out of food.
In order to pay back the money, all the money in the family was taken out. Xu Fenglai even sold her jewelry and the TV that the family had secretly bought to make up for the loss.
Now the family is completely out of money.
"Auntie, we are just dealing with the emergency. We will pay you back when we have money. Please lend me one hundred, no, fifty will be enough."
Xu Fenglai said quickly.
He Chunlian looked at Gu Jinshui.
Gu Jinshui smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you really know how to make things difficult for me. When have you ever paid back the money you borrowed over the years? I see that you just come to our house to have fun. How can you be without money? Besides, don't you have an overseas Chinese relative? Just ask her to save money. All her inheritance will be given to you. You will be rich if you save a few hundred dollars."
Gu Jinshui's tone was very affectionate, but his words were very harsh. Xu Fenglai was so embarrassed that she almost lost face.
She had never been so frustrated before. She stood up in anger and said, "If you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me. I finally understand that your family has only this little bit of friendship for us. Liang Ying, you are so cruel to your only cousin."
Liang Ying said in a gentle voice, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. If my brother really dies of illness, I will definitely give him a big white bag when I come back."
"Ahem."
Gu Yinxing lowered her head to drink porridge and was almost choked to death.
Xu Fenglai stared at Liang Ying in disbelief for a long time, then stood up and left angrily. When he went out, he almost bumped into Huang Xirong who came back from buying breakfast outside and was scolded by Huang Xirong.
"Sister-in-law, you are awesome."
Gu Yinxing gave Liang Ying a thumbs up.
Liang Ying was somewhat helpless, "Don't flatter me, I said that because I think my cousin is not going to die."
She thought that Liang Renyi's illness was not serious, otherwise Xu Fenglai would not be so calm, and she would have cried and made a scene as soon as she entered the door.
Liang Ying saw through Xu Fenglai.
Liang Renyi was not seriously ill, he just caught a cold. He looked scary when he had a fever that night, but it was almost gone after the fever subsided.
However, all the family's belongings were lost, but Liang Renyi could not get up from the bed.
He sighed at home all day long. Xu Fenglai came home angrily and heard Liang Renyi muttering in the house: "My money."
"Money, money, money, can you get the money back or what?"
After selling her jewelry in the past few years, Xu Fenglai's attitude towards Liang Renyi has completely changed. She pulled a long face and kicked the stool on the ground when she came in.
Liang Renyi's face was full of bitterness. He sat up with a quilt covering his body, "Wife, did you get the money?"
"What do you want to get? Your cousin is really inhuman. She doesn't even think about it. She is just a daughter. She will rely on us Liangliang to support her in the future. I asked for fifty yuan and he refused to give it to me!" Xu Fenglai was so angry that his liver hurt.
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