It’s a Bit Early To Cross

Looking at the woman who was blocking the door, posing as if she would not give up without giving money, the old lady sighed helplessly, then looked at Chu Heng who was wearing smooth clothes, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Young man... Look... Can you pay me back the money first? When I see my sister, I will ask her to return it to you."

To be honest, the old lady didn't want to bother Chu Heng, not even the deaf old lady.

She is over eighty years old, her health is getting worse day by day, and she has no good life. She just wants to meet her sister before she dies, and then come back and wait for her death quietly, without burdening anyone.

But the current situation does not allow it.

The woman in front of her is an old neighbor of her family, and the man is the captain of the second team. He is notoriously tough and aggressive. If she doesn't pay back the money today, she may really not be able to leave.

Therefore, she could only ask Chu Heng for help.

"Damn, it's all trivial."

Facing the old man's Xiyi gaze, Chu Heng smiled indifferently, and didn't say anything like "no need to pay it back", so as not to break it. The lady of Guang asked: "Auntie, how much do you owe you?"

The woman had already had a draft, and immediately said: "Don't count, Grandma Hu has borrowed money from my family twice in these years, one yuan and five, one time eighty cents, a total of two yuan and three."

"Come on!"

Chu Heng didn't laugh at the woman's behavior of blocking the door to ask for debts because of this small amount of money. After all, it's only natural to pay off debts, and it's not easy for rural people now. One or two yuan is no longer enough for them. count less.

Without further ado, he directly took out two yuan and fifty cents and handed it over, and said with a smile: "You take it well, the extra will be regarded as interest, and thank you for taking care of our old lady all these years."

In his opinion, this woman is not a wicked person. It is very interesting for someone to borrow money from a lonely old man who has no ability to work, and if she borrows it for just a few years.

"You are really generous." The woman immediately smiled when she got the money.

But what surprised Chu Heng was that this woman who looked like she was begging for money just now was not greedy for such a cheap thing at all.

After counting the money quickly, she reached into her trouser pocket, took out a stack of boxy handkerchiefs, opened it to reveal the loose change inside, and counted carefully from inside. Take out the three hairs, stuff them into Chu Heng's hands, and said with a smile: "We should have as much as we want, and I don't want any of what I don't want."

Immediately, she said a few more words to the old lady, and left the shabby cottage with a bloated figure that seemed to collapse at any moment.

Let him look a little differently.

"Oh, sorry to trouble you, young man."

The old lady sighed at Chu Heng with an apologetic face, turned her head and took the clothes on the edge of the kang, and continued to put them on.

Chu Heng looked at her thoughtfully, and didn't try to stop her, but suddenly asked: "Old lady, do you still owe anyone else money?"

"What's the matter?" The old man asked subconsciously, and immediately understood what he was going to do. He shook his head hurriedly and said, "You don't need to worry about this. I will pay it back slowly when I come back."

"Why come back?" Chu Heng took her hand amusedly, and said, "You don't have anything to worry about here, so why come back? And do you think your sister will let you come back and suffer? So, we still Hurry up and pay back all the favors you owe, don't wait for people to chase you to the capital for this little money in the future, it will be embarrassing."

"This..." The old lady hesitated, but she owed more than ten yuan, which is not a small amount of money.

Chu Heng also saw her worries, smiled and said warmly: "Don't worry about money, your sister is not short of money now, a thousand dollars is nothing to her!"

"Where did she get so much money?"

The old man's eyes widened in shock. She had only heard about a thousand dollars.

"Damn, why do you care where it came from? As long as you know that she is rich and not short of money, you can get it." Chu Heng stood up with a smile, and picked up the torn jacket that the old lady put aside. Cloth, put it on her body, said: "Let's hold on tighter, and quickly pay back everything owed to others, and you can leave easily when it's over."

"... Then I will trouble you."

The old lady was silent for a moment, and finally agreed, and then quickly got up and went to the kang cabinet, and found a small wooden box, which contained a lot of things, a few small change, a few food stamps, cloth tickets, some needles and thread. , and a small thread-bound book made by herself.

This book is the account book of the old lady. In recent years, when she was forced to borrow money and food from the villagers, all the money and food she borrowed from the villagers were recorded in it.

She took out the book, opened it with squinted eyes and looked carefully before handing it to Chu Heng.

"The bills owed are all on this."

Chu Heng casually took it over and looked at it. He remembered all the above strokes clearly. Some of them had been crossed out. It seemed that they should be returned. For those that hadn’t been crossed out, the longest stroke was more than four years old. In the past, I borrowed three catties of sweet potatoes from Zhang Cheng's family in the west of the village.

He counted down one by one, and the food, used, spent, and odds and ends added up to about ten yuan.

This is not enough for him to treat someone to a meal, but it is a debt that the old lady will have to spend the rest of her life to repay!

"Why!"

Chu Heng, who had seen the suffering in the world again, let out a sigh of relief, and immediately went outside with his notebook, and shouted at Yang Qing, who was standing by the car bragging to others: "Yang Qing, get out of here! "

The younger brother, who was happily sharing what he had seen and heard in Forty-Nine City with the older girl and daughter-in-law beside him, suddenly trembled, trotted to the door, and looked at the older brother with the black face with a smile on his face, Cautiously asked: "What's the matter, brother?"

"If you can't control this broken mouth of yours, just sew it up for me! Are you so stupid?" Chu Heng slapped him on the back of the head~www.readwn.com~ and then gave the fifteen yuan to that The book was handed over to him, and he said angrily: "This book is a debt owed by the old lady. You take the money to pay it back, and I will take the old lady away first."

"Ah? In such a hurry? Can't we leave for a few days? Just now I was discussing with Brother Chunlai that we will go hunting in the mountains tomorrow." Yang Qing took the notebook with some disappointment.

"I don't have time right now. Next time, I'll come back later. That's fine, let's go quickly." Chu Heng waved the man away, wiped himself and went back into the house.

At this time, the old lady was already dressed. Because of the episode where her sister had to pay her debts, she had given up the idea of ​​pretending to be rich, and put on the ragged jacket, carrying a big burden on her thin shoulders, as if It's like a little ant moving house.

"Let's go." Chu Heng smiled and stepped forward to take over the bag. His hands dropped unexpectedly, and he wobbled curiously. There was a rattling sound inside, and he asked without doubt, "What's on the bag?"

"Chestnuts, my sister used to like stewed chicken with chestnuts the most." The old man smiled kindly.