Just as I was feeling depressed, I heard Xiaohua's kind voice calling me.
"Sister Jiaying, you're here? My dad is cooking, it's almost ready. You can have dinner at my house today!"
Shu Jiaying smiled at Xiaohua who was standing at the door.
"Thank you for your invitation. Let's do it another day. I have to go back and cook for Grandma Xu. Her legs and feet are not very convenient right now."
"Oh... Did Sister Jiaying come here specifically to see my dad?"
"Yes, Xiaohua, your father is in the kitchen now?"
"Well, come with me, I'll take you to find my dad."
Following Xiaohua, Shu Jiaying walked into a thatched house made of earthen bricks behind the main hall.
The thatched house looked a bit old. Looking inside, the inner walls had long been covered with a layer of black smoke from the firewood.
Erlang, who was adding firewood to the stove, stopped what he was doing when he saw Shu Jiaying coming.
After brushing off the cigarette ash on his clothes, Erlang stood up from in front of the earthen stove.
"Hey, Jiaying, why are you here? Xiaohua, go to the main room and get me a glass of water."
"Okay, Dad, I'll go right away. Sister Jiaying, please wait for me!"
Shu Jiaying originally wanted to get Xiaohua away, and now that Xiaohua went to pour her some water, she took this opportunity to talk to Erlang alone.
Clearing her throat, Shu Jiaying first explained the reason why she came to see Erlang.
"Uncle Erleng, it's like this. Grandma Xu wanted to eat some fish today, so she asked me to come to your place and buy two."
"Hey, why are you being so reserved about whether to buy or not? I can't say anything else about your Uncle Erlang's family, but they really do have fish every day. To be honest, I went straight to the river to collect traps as soon as I got back from Fengyun Town today. I caught another full trap of fish tonight. When I came back, I put them all in a tank to feed the pigs later."
Feeding the pigs again...
Shu Jiaying was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
But since Erlang mentioned Fengyun Town, Shu Jiaying followed his lead and asked, "Uncle, when I was coming back from Boss Zhu's boat today, I thought I heard someone say they saw you lend 500 coins to Aunt Gu. I wonder if this is true?"
"this……"
Erlang hesitated and lowered his head, then he changed the subject and said, "Jiaying girl, are you a god? Why can you predict everything so accurately?
How about this, you tell me which way I should go tomorrow to pick up some money, and then your uncle Erleng will really get rich, hehe..."
"Uncle Erleng..."
Facing Erlang's playful smile, Shu Jiaying's expression was very serious. She was in no mood to joke. She said seriously, "You haven't answered my question yet. What's the matter with Aunt Gu borrowing money from you?"
"Alas... you're still an unmarried girl, so I think it's best to stay out of your business. Anyway, I have my reasons for borrowing money, and we're all from the same village. I believe in the character of Aunt Gu, she wouldn't lend money and not pay it back."
It would be strange if he would pay back the money.
However, Erlang insisted on not saying anything, and Shu Jiaying didn't want to force him. She took a look at the black energy that was still lingering on Erlang's forehead, and the pimple on the tip of his nose that was almost filled with pus, and she had to remind him again.
"Uncle, Xiaohua is still young, and she doesn't have a mother to take care of her, so you have to be more careful about everything. If it doesn't concern you, you'd better not..."
"Okay, I know you're saying this because you care about Uncle Erlang. Anyway, I promise you, no matter who asks me to borrow money from now on, I won't lend them a penny, okay?"
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