In the afternoon, Yang Ruoqing was reading a letter from Luo Fengtang in the room, when Mrs. Sun suddenly came over.
"Mom, why are you here when you have time? What do you want?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
Sun said: "It's okay, I just came over to take a look at you."
His eyes fell on the envelope on the table, "Is it Tangyazi's letter?" Sun asked again.
Yang Ruoqing smiled and said, "Well, I just received it."
"You haven't heard from Tangyazi for quite some time, right?" asked Sun again.
"What did Tangyazi say in the letter? Did he say when he would go home to celebrate the New Year?"
Yang Ruoqing curled her lips, "I said I went to the capital a while ago, and I should be on my way back now."
It's true that Tang Yazi hasn't written back for a while. Even the last time she wrote to tell him about Chen'er and Dazhi's participation in the provincial examination, he never replied even a word.
She guessed that he didn't reply because he was busy with something and couldn't take care of it.
Sure enough, he said in his letter that he had received a secret order during this period and went to the north to perform a secret mission.
Now that the task was completed, he went to the capital to meet with Emperor Qi Xingyun. After finishing the work, he took leave and went home to celebrate the New Year.
"When will Tangyazi arrive home?" Mrs. Sun asked again.
Yang Ruoqing calculated it and said, "It's almost the end of the month."
Sun's eyes brightened, "That'll be quick, maybe ten days at most."
Yang Ruoqing looked at Ms. Sun, "Mom, what's the matter with you? Don't hide it from me. You can't hide it from me no matter what your expression looks like."
Sun Shi smiled coquettishly: "I can only mutter this to you and tell others, which is not a good idea. Then others will misunderstand and think something happened."
"Mom, what's going on? Tell me quickly." Yang Ruoqing is also impatient.
Mrs. Sun then told Yang Ruoqing that Yang Huazhong had taken 500 coins to pay for Li Xiuxin's box of rouge.
"Your father doesn't hide anything from me. When he took off his clothes for a nap earlier, he told me that five hundred coins were missing when he returned the money bag to me for safekeeping." Mrs. Sun continued.
"Qing'er, do you think we should ask Li Xiuxin for these five hundred coins? Your father wants to get it back, but how can I have the nerve to ask for it?"
Seeing Sun's troubled face, Yang Ruoqing thought of all the past.
Ms. Sun was a bitch. If someone lent her money or things, she would never let go of her face to ask for it. She could only hope that they would take the initiative to think of it.
And when she borrowed something from others, she kept it in her heart and returned it as soon as she had it.
"Mom, five hundred cents, this is not five cents, fifty cents," Yang Ruoqing said.
"The price of pork in Wa City has increased this year. Pork belly costs 16 cents per catty, and grass carp costs 5 cents per catty. The five hundred cents you spend on meat buys nearly 31 catties, and the fish costs one hundred catties. ,"
"The average family in our village can buy so much pork and fish for the Chinese New Year. That's just the cost of a good New Year. Why don't we come back?" Yang Ruoqing said.
Mrs. Sun sat there, holding the corners of her clothes with both hands, "Five hundred cents can really buy a lot of things. Then when Xiu'er recovers and returns to the village, I will find an opportunity to talk to Li Xiuxin..."
Yang Ruoqing raised her hand and held Sun's hand: "Mom, you go and collect the foreign debts you lent out in an honest and fair manner. This is only natural. Why are you so difficult?"
"You have to know that my father gave it to Li Xiuxin when she borrowed the money. Because of her personality, I can guarantee that she will not take the initiative to pay back the money, so we have to take the initiative to ask for it!"
Sun nodded.
Before leaving, she suddenly couldn't help but ask again: "Qing'er, what if Li Xiuxin says she has no money?"
Yang Ruoqing twitched her lips: "A woman from a farmer's family often buys rouge worth seven to eight hundred yuan and doesn't pay back the money? I will definitely pay it back!"
Sun felt relieved and walked away briskly.
After watching Sun leave, Yang Ruoqing sat back at the desk again.
My parents suffered too much when they were young and were afraid of poverty, so they developed the habit of thrift.
Normally, a plate of food or a bowl of leftover rice would not be wasted. Yang Huazhong never drank more than 20 yuan per jar.
Even though their children are both promising and have no shortage of money, the old couple still carefully collect every penny and are always ready to supplement their children.
Therefore, five hundred pennies is a huge amount of money for these two people. If they don't get it back, they will definitely feel that something is stuck in their hearts.
Yang Ruoqing planned to train Sun first and let her collect the debt on her own.
Yang Yongxian, Liao Meiying and Li Xiuxin stayed with Xiu'er for seven days at the town's medical clinic.
In seven days, Yang Huazhong, Yang Huaming and Yang Yongzhi took turns to visit twice more and sent several sets of changes of clothes.
For seven days, Mu Zichuan went early and returned late every day, as if he had entered the role of a teacher.
Moreover, Chen'er also went to the school to help Mu Zichuan. Luo Baobao was originally lazy about going to school because of the cold weather. Under the guidance of the two of them, his laziness disappeared and he became very fond of going to school. .
Seven days later, Yang Yongxin and others returned to the village.
Sun and Wang Cuilian all went to visit the old house with eggs, brown sugar and other things, but Yang Ruoqing did not go.
Why?
Because her menstruation is coming.
I don’t know if it’s because the season has changed and it’s getting colder this time, or if it’s something else. I feel very uncomfortable and have cramps in my stomach.
My hands and feet also feel cold and I feel afraid of the cold.
She is an adult, so she is naturally embarrassed to tell her elders this, so she can only take care of herself.
So she found an excuse not to go to the old house, and just lay on the bed in the house.
She originally wanted to lie down quietly, but people kept coming to find her.
No, Yang Huamei is coming over.
"Qing'er, I see everyone has gone, but you didn't go. I came here specifically to see why you didn't go." Yang Huamei said.
Yang Ruoqing sat up from the bed and took a pillow to cushion her sore waist.
"I felt a little uncomfortable, so I didn't go because I was too lazy to move around." She said, "However, my aunt brought all the gifts that I should have. If she went, it would be a representation. My eldest brother and sister-in-law would naturally understand."
Yang Huamei said: "You all went to town to see Xiu'er a few days ago. Yongxian and Mei Ying know it well."
"What the hell, Qing'er, you're lying down in broad daylight, what's wrong with you? You must have it, right?" Yang Huamei winked at Yang Ruoqing and joked.
Yang Ruoqing glared at her: "My dear, you are talking nonsense. Tang Yazi has been away from home for half a year. How can I have it? Can I have it even if I drink the northwest wind?"
Yang Huamei covered her mouth and smiled, saying: "Oh, I'm just joking with you, don't be upset."
"Hey, let me tell you seriously, I went to see Xiu'er earlier,"
"Tsk, tsk, that child is really thin and pitiful. I really can't think of anything. Li Xiuxin fed herself until she was fat and white, and she had to feed Xiu'er bit five or six times a day. Where did all the milk go? ? So thin!"
