After signing the contract with the owner of the grain and oil shop, Su Liuer walked towards the shop carrying red beans and mung beans.
When passing by the pharmacy, I met Zhu Xiaoxue. Zhu Xiaoxue came out of the pharmacy with a medicine bag, looking worried, but she still smiled when she saw Su Liuer.
Since Zhu Xiaoxue celebrated Zhu Hongan's birthday, Su Liuer smiled back at her.
"Madam Su, let me help you." Zhu Xiaoxue stepped forward and stretched out her hand to help Su Liuer carry a bag.
Su Liu'er avoided him, and said with a faint and distant smile: "No need."
Zhu Xiaoxue pursed her lips and apologized, "I'm sorry for being nosy."
Then he smiled and congratulated Su Liuer: "I heard that your shop opened today. Congratulations, and I wish your business will be more prosperous."
"Well, thank you. I have something to do in the shop, so I'll leave first." Su Liuer said goodbye calmly. She didn't have much to talk about with the Zhu family.
After Su Liuer took a few steps, she saw Zhu Xiaoxue catching up with her again.
He followed her with a confused and hesitant look on his face, wanting to say something but not saying it.
Su Liuer stopped and said, "I really have something to do. If you have something to say, just say it quickly. If not, don't follow me."
Zhu Xiaoxue blushed, twisting the knot on the medicine bag with her hands, and mustered up the courage to speak:
"I want to ask you something. Recently, has anyone claiming to be an old friend of Third Brother sent you any money?"
After she finished speaking, Zhu Xiaoxue pursed her lips and looked at Su Liuer. She came to buy medicine for her mother today. A packet of medicine cost ten cents. She usually took one packet a day, but sometimes she had to take two packets a day. Where would her family get so much money?
She only asked about the money because she had no other choice.
Compared to Zhu Xiaoxue's entanglement and hesitation, Su Liuer was very straightforward. She nodded in agreement.
"Yes, I just came here yesterday. Do you want me to hand over the money to your Zhu family?" Su Liuer said indifferently.
But Zhu Xiaoxue just felt that she was mocking her.
His face was even more embarrassed as he hurriedly defended himself, "No, I just learned about this from my mother recently. She said that every August for the past two years, someone would give her and my father twenty taels of silver. This year, no one showed up, so she guessed that person gave the money to you. I just happened to run into you today, so I wanted to ask."
Su Liuer interrupted Zhu Xiaoxue's explanation impatiently.
He said bluntly: "I just want to ask you, now that you know the money is with me, what do you want to do?"
She had to rush back to process the red beans and mung beans, so I really didn't have time to talk to her under the scorching sun.
Zhu Xiaoxue seemed to be frightened by Su Liuer's serious expression and took half a step back.
Su Liuer: ...Am I that scary?
CM: I can attest that you do.
Su Liuer: You are not a human being, your testimony is invalid.
Zhu Xiaoxue bit her lip and finally said:
"You know my mother's health has not been good. She has to take medicine all year round. The medicine is not cheap. A packet costs ten cents. So, can you take out five taels of silver from the twenty taels, just five taels, to buy medicine for my mother?"
Zhu Xiaoxue spoke earnestly and looked at Su Liuer with pleading eyes.
Su Liuer didn't like Zhu Xiaoxue's behavior. She hadn't done anything to the Zhu family, so there was no need to beg her for mercy, right?
It makes people feel inexplicably unhappy.
According to Liu'er's memory, the old lady of the Zhu family had been ill for a long time. In the past, the money for buying medicine was earned by Zhu Daxi going hunting in the mountains or working for others. After Zhu Daxi joined the army, he always sent his military salary back home.
But they were all children too, so why did Zhu Daxi have to buy medicine for the old lady of the Zhu family? Even if she died, he had to continue to take care of her? The other four children were alive and well, yet he didn't care!
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