Chapter 5 Debt Collection
"No, you're overthinking it, it's just the male educated youth who are asking if the meal is ready.
That's why I came to urge you. You can't let me be blamed."
Fortunately, she reacted quickly.
"It will be done in no time. Don't worry about me doing the job. Don't forget to give me the money before you go to bed."
Wang Chunya was afraid that she would forget, so she took the initiative to remind her that it would be better to pay the bill on the same day.
Li Cui thought about the incident of jumping into the river that they had heard about in the afternoon and was a little worried. "Comrade Lin Yiyi, are you okay?"
Lin Zhiqing looks like a flower, but she has a very quick temper and gets easily irritated. She believes everything Wang Rulan says and uses her as a gun. She is really stupid.
Thinking about their good sisterly relationship, Li Cui didn't want to be a nobody, so she reminded him implicitly: "Not everyone around you is a good person. Don't listen to others too much in the future."
The one who kindly reminded her must be Li Cui, a person who writes little in the book and has a very low sense of presence. Unexpectedly, she was the one who was sober and watched the show.
Mind your own business and stay out of everything.
Lin Yiyi appreciated the kindness of others, and a sweet smile appeared on her beautiful face.
"Okay, I understand. Thank you for your reminder."
Li Cui then stuffed two handfuls of dry firewood into the stove, hoping that Lin Yiyi really understood what she was saying, otherwise she would be acting like a mean person.
Lin Yiyi stood by and watched them busy making dinner.
When two large bowls of food were brought to the two small broken tables in the yard.
Lin Yiyi was dumbfounded.
The square table was worn and patinated, and one of the legs was balanced with stones. More than a dozen people were holding aluminum lunch boxes and surrounding the "porridge table".
Is the dinner "porridge"?
Yellow and black sand and gravel particles plus unknown lumps, the color is very poisonous and blue-green, and various unknown vegetable rotten leaves are floating on it.
Is this dinner?
Lin Yiyi frowned as she watched. He spit out the pebbles after taking a sip?
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
To put it bluntly, pig food is better than this.
Li Cui looked at Lin Yiyi who was standing there in a daze, and knew that she was probably having a problem again and was picky about food.
She took leave from work every now and then, and had to pretend to be sick to go to town and spend money to buy food.
When food is distributed according to work points at the end of the year, she will probably have nothing to eat every day.
Even an outsider like her couldn't help but worry about her.
The money and notes will eventually run out, and the days of suffering in the countryside will be long.
"Lin Yiyi, don't just stand there and watch. This is your dinner. Eat it quickly. If you eat slowly, you won't have a chance to get a second bowl."
Li Cui pulled Lin Yiyi to sit on a long bench, put the lunch box in front of her, and then started to eat dinner.
"The sorghum rice and wild vegetable paste is really delicious. It's still quite thick today."
Liu Bing drank with a slurping sound, the food tasted so delicious. After a whole day's work, he had to work faster so that he could get another half bowl.
"It's thick, but there are still more than two months before the food distribution. Those who cook tomorrow should cook it thinner, otherwise we will be short of food."
"It seems that the one who cooked today is Lin Yiyi, she is not very good at cooking.
It's normal to put too much food, you won't blame her, right?"
Wang Rulan took the opportunity to put on some eye drops and finally found a chance to make up for it.
Everyone's eyes turned to the graceful beauty. Even though they had been together for nearly half a year, they were still amazed by Lin Yiyi's beauty. She had a bad temper, but she was very beautiful.
The male educated youth were relatively more tolerant of her.
As long as she cooks,
Just don't overcook it.
So they didn't say anything more.
The female educated youth all had their own thoughts and rarely tried to cause trouble.
Okay!
Plastic Flower King Rulan has started to imply things again.
The original owner might not be able to understand the meaning of her words, but Lin Yiyi knew it all.
Stirring the porridge in the lunch box with chopsticks, Lin Yiyi was thinking about other things.
After dinner, she would go to Wang Rulan to settle the accounts.
"The daily ration for each meal is two bowls of sorghum rice. No more. Everyone please pay attention."
Thinking that the meal was already cooked, Wang Wen couldn't say anything more to Lin Yiyi. She was young and a little ignorant, so he could only hint at it.
To avoid one crisis after another.
It’s better to keep quiet.
Holding back her disgust, Lin Yiyi waited until the porridge was completely cooled, then drank it in a few big gulps, treating it as if she were practicing in a temple, drinking whole grains to nourish her body.
If you don’t eat, you’ll just be hungry.
There is no takeaway here, no supermarket, nothing.
She missed the No. 2 Canteen in her old school and the stir-fried and crayfish suppers.
After finishing the meal and washing the lunch box, Lin Yiyi followed him into the house.
Seeing that everyone was there, she felt comfortable talking. "Lanlan, I fell into the water this afternoon and feel a little uncomfortable. I want to go to town to see a doctor tomorrow. When can you return the 40 yuan you asked me to borrow?"
As for the exact amount, Lin Yiyi was actually making it up.
"Money? What money? Yiyi, did you remember it wrongly? I have never asked you to borrow money." Wang Rulan denied it directly.
"Of course not, every time you went to town with me, you said you forgot to bring money and asked me to pay for you first.
All the cakes, biscuits, and daily necessities, as well as the money and bills, were paid by me.
You haven't asked me to pay you back for so long. If I hadn't encountered any problems, I would definitely not ask you for it. You are my only good friend here."
Wang Rulan was a little embarrassed. Her face turned red after being exposed so bluntly by Lin Yiyi. However, she had an excuse in the blink of an eye. "Oh, I almost forgot. Yiyi, why didn't you remind me earlier? I have always had a bad memory, otherwise I would have given it to you a long time ago."
Lin Yiyi: ...
It depends on your performance.
Stop talking nonsense and give me your money back.
"But I can't come up with that many tickets right away, and I don't have much money either. Um... I'll give you five dollars first, and I'll give you more when my family mails something later, okay?"
How could she spit it out after putting it in her bag? Wang Rulan decided to buy time.
Five dollars? Lin Yiyi almost laughed at her.
Wang Rulan thought she was a three-year-old child? So easy to fool?
"Okay, Lanlan, but..."
"But what?"
Wang Rulan's heart, which had just been put at ease, was lifted up again.
Lin Yiyi smiled politely, "But if you can't come up with it right now, then I'll have to wait until the end of time.
I have to go to the doctor tomorrow and I can't owe you money. I also have to buy some daily necessities. Don't you have a Shanghai watch? You can give me that as payment."
What watch? Lin Yiyi was really crazy.
How could I possibly give her something that she usually treasures so much?
It's just a dream.
Wang Rulan covered her chest and said with a look of heartache: "Yiyi, how come you have become so realistic now and attach so much importance to material things? I regard you as my best friend.
I always think of you first when I have good things to do, but you treat me like this, and even miss the watch my mother left me."
After saying this, she squeezed out a few tears and sat weakly on the edge of the bed, covering her face with her hands, as if she was really sad about her friendship.
Sun Yanmei rolled her eyes. Money and tickets are not important. She is happy as long as she can have nothing to eat every day.
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