The next morning, He Guihua and Shi Na came to the courtyard where Liu Xiaoli lived.
He Guihua saw a young man coming out and asked, "Comrade, do you know which house Liu Xiaoli lives in? I have something to talk to her about."
The man looked He Guihua up and down and asked, "Are you here to collect a debt?"
"Why do you ask that?"
The man smiled and said, "I guessed that although there have been people coming to Liu Xiaoli's house to collect debts in recent days.
But it's useless for you to ask for it. Liu Xiaoli only has an old mother at home and nothing else.
And if you get too impatient and make the elderly sick, you'll have to send them to the hospital for treatment."
"I'm not here to collect a debt from her. I'm her friend. I heard she had something to eat, so I came to see her."
The man looked at her suspiciously, "Since you are her friend, how come you don't know where she lives?"
"I...I haven't been here for a long time, I forgot about it."
Shi Na echoed, "We are from South City. We haven't been to South City for a long time, so we don't remember it."
The man looked at He Guihua and then at Shi Na, then turned and pointed to the back of the courtyard and said, "Liu Xiaoli lives in the south wing of the backyard."
"Thank you, comrade."
After separating from the man, He Guihua and Shi Na came to the backyard of the courtyard.
The door to the south wing of Shi Na's room was closed tightly. He frowned and said, "Mom, it seems like no one is there."
He He Gui Hua went forward and knocked on the door twice and called out, "Auntie, are you home? I'm Xiao Li's friend."
But after she shouted, there was no movement inside.
Shi Na, "Are you not at home?"
He Guihua raised her arm to knock again.
At this moment, the door opened a crack, and an old lady in her sixties leaned out from inside, "Are you Xiaoli's friends? Why haven't I seen you before?"
"Xiao Li and I met when we were selling clothes together, but not long after that I moved to South City and we had less contact.
This time, my daughter and I came to visit relatives in Beicheng, and I wanted to come and see her, but I didn’t expect…”
At this point the old lady also became sad and opened the door to let them in to talk.
You can't talk business right away, you have to get close to them first.
He Guihua asked about Liu Xiaoli, "Auntie, why was Xiaoli imprisoned?"
Talking about this, the old lady was both sad and angry. "The police said Xiaoli instigated others to steal and set fires. How could such a good child like Xiaoli do such a thing? She must have been framed."
He Guihua didn't care about these things and said perfunctorily, "Don't worry, we will find out when the time comes, Xiaoli will be fine.
By the way, Auntie, when I came here just now, I heard that recently people have been coming to you to collect debts frequently?"
The old lady sighed, "Xiao Li borrowed money from others for her business before, and now she's been arrested. They're afraid she can't pay it back, so they came to ask for it.
Xiaoli was so nice to them before, but now that she's in jail, they're all kicking her when she's down. What a bunch of bastards who can't even give birth."
He Guihua cursed a few times and then said, "Auntie, there's nothing I can do to help you right now. If I were in South City, I could find a friend to help Xiaoli.
But I was also unfamiliar with the place in North City.
But I am also in the clothing business now, and I will buy all the inventory that Xiaoli has in her store. Just give me the purchase price."
"This... this is so embarrassing."
To be honest, the old lady was really worried about what to do with the clothes in the store.
The debt collector had said before that he wanted to use the clothes as payment, but he wanted to pay half of the purchase price.
She thought it was too uneconomical and did not agree.
He Guihua waved her hand nonchalantly, "Auntie, Xiaoli is my friend, and these are things I should do."
Shi Na agreed, "Yes, grandma, please fulfill my mother's wish, otherwise she will not be at ease."
The old lady smiled and shook He Guihua's hand. "Okay, okay, I agree. I agree."
"When are we going to the store, ma'am?"
The old lady was afraid that He Guihua would change her mind, so she stood up and said, "Let's go now. I have time."
"Okay, let's go now."
He Guihua thought so too, the sooner the better.
What if the old lady knew that she was not actually Liu Xiaoli's friend and refused to sell it to her?
When they were almost at the door of the store and only one alley away, Shi Na suddenly said, "I want to go to the bathroom."
He Guihua glanced around and said, "There's no public restroom nearby. Why don't you hold it in for a while and go back later."
Shi Na took He Guihua's hand and said, "I saw a public toilet when I came here just now. Come with me."
"You can go by yourself, why are you dragging me along?"
Shi Na, "That place is a bit remote, I'm scared."
Then he looked at the old lady and said, "Grandma, I'll ask my mother to accompany me to the bathroom. You go and open the door first, we'll be there soon."
"good."
The old lady took the key and left.
After the old lady left, He Guihua saw Shi Na standing there motionless and glared at her, "Come on, don't you want to go to the toilet?"
It's really like a lazy donkey grinding away more shit and piss.
Shi Na pulled He Guihua to a corner, looking very disappointed, "Mom, have you forgotten that Ye Qing's stall is right next to Liu Xiaoli's shop?
What if the two of us walk into Liu Xiaoli's shop openly and are seen by Ye Qing or someone in Ye Qing's shop?"
He Guihua slapped her forehead and said, "Oh, how could I have forgotten about this?"
Fortunately, Shi Na remembered it, otherwise how would she explain it to Ye Qing?
"Xiao Na, Xiao Na, thank goodness you thought of it this time."
The two walked to the entrance of the alley and checked the situation at Ye Qing's stall.
Seeing that there was only one clerk watching and the rest were all there to buy clothes, I felt a lot more relaxed.
If he were alone, he would be busy greeting guests and would definitely not have time to pay attention to them.
The two men seized the opportunity and while the clerk was checking out the customer, they carefully walked out of the alley and quickly walked into Liu Xiaoli's store.
As soon as she entered, Shi Na closed the shop door.
The old lady came over and said, "Why did you close the door?" She wanted to get rid of the smell.
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