Looking at the woman blocking the door, acting as if she would not give up until she gave her money, the old lady sighed helplessly. Then she looked at Chu Heng, who was wearing smooth and smooth clothes. After hesitating for a moment, she asked: "Young man...please...can you help me pay back the money first? When I see my sister, I will ask her to pay it back to you."
To be honest, the old lady didn't want to trouble Chu Heng. She didn't even want to cause trouble to the deaf old lady.
She was over eighty years old, her health was getting worse day by day, and she didn't have much to live for. She just wanted to see her sister before she died, and then come back and wait for death quietly without burdening anyone.
But the current situation does not allow it.
The woman in front of her is her old neighbor, and the man is the captain of the second team. He is famous for being tough and aggressive. If she doesn't pay back the money today, she may not be able to leave.
Therefore, she could only ask Chu Heng for help.
"Harm, this is a trivial matter."
Chu Heng met the old man's hopeful gaze and smiled nonchalantly. He didn't say that he didn't have to pay it back, so as not to worry about it, he took out a stack of zero tickets from his pocket and smiled at the person who had already opened his eyes. Guang's wife asked: "Auntie, please calculate how much I owe you."
The woman had already figured it out, so she immediately said, "Don't worry, Grandma Hu has borrowed money from my family twice in the past few years, one and a half yuan once, and eighty cents once, for a total of two yuan and three cents."
"Okay!"
Chu Heng did not laugh at the woman for blocking the door and asking for debts just because of such a small amount of money. After all, it is a matter of course to pay back debts, and it is not easy for rural people now. One or two yuan is no longer enough for them. That’s less.
Without saying a word, he directly took out two yuan and fifty cents and handed it over, smiling: "Take it, and the excess will be considered as interest. Thank you for taking care of our old lady these years."
In his opinion, this woman was not a bad person. It was quite interesting that someone could borrow money from a lonely old man who had no ability to work, and that the loan lasted only for so many years.
"You are so generous." The woman immediately beamed after receiving the money.
But what surprised Chu Heng was that this woman, who had been demanding money just now, was not greedy for the advantage at all.
After she quickly counted the money, she put her hand into her trouser pocket, took out a folded square handkerchief, opened it to reveal the small change inside, and then carefully counted from inside. He took out the Sanmao and stuffed it into Chu Heng's hand, and said with a smile: "We should get as much as we should, and I don't want any of what I shouldn't."
Immediately, she said a few more words to the old lady, then twisted her bloated figure and left the shabby thatched house that seemed to collapse at any time.
Make him look at it differently.
"Hey, I'm causing you trouble, young man."
The old lady sighed at Chu Heng with an apologetic look, turned around, took the clothes and put them on the edge of the kang, and continued to put them on.
Chu Heng looked at her thoughtfully, and instead of stopping her, he suddenly asked: "Old lady, do you still owe anyone else money?"
"What's wrong?" the old man asked subconsciously, and immediately understood what he was going to do. He shook his head hastily and said, "You don't have to worry about this. I will pay it back slowly when I come back."
"Why?" Chu Heng held her hand in a funny way and said, "You have nothing to worry about here anymore, so why are you coming back? And do you think your sister will let you come back and suffer? So, we still Hurry up and repay all the favors you owe, don't wait until people come to the capital to chase you for this little money, it will be embarrassing."
"This..." The old lady hesitated. She owed her more than ten yuan, which was not a small amount of money.
Chu Heng also noticed her concerns, 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 of a thousand dollars.
"Hey, why do you care where she comes from? As long as you know that she has money and is not short of money, that's all." Chu Heng stood up with a smile and casually picked up the shabby coat that the old lady had put aside. He put the bag on her body and said: "Let's hold on tight and pay back everything we owe to others. After that, you can leave in peace."
"...Then I'll trouble you."
The old lady was silent for a moment, and finally agreed. She quickly got up and went to the kang cabinet, and pulled out a small wooden box. There were a lot of things in it, including some change, some food stamps, cloth stamps, and some needles and thread. , a small thread-bound book she made herself.
This book is the old lady's account book. In recent years, when she was forced to do so, she recorded all the money and food she borrowed from the villagers.
She took out the notebook, opened it with squinted eyes, and looked at it carefully before handing it to Chu Heng.
"The debts owed are all on this."
Chu Heng took it and looked at it casually. He remembered every stroke on it clearly. Some of them had been crossed out, and it seemed that they should have been returned. The longest stroke that had not been crossed out was more than four years old. Previously, I borrowed three kilograms of sweet potatoes from Zhang Cheng's family in the west of the village.
He calculated it in one stroke and found out that the food, supplies, flowers, and other bits and pieces together amounted to more than ten yuan.
This is not even enough for him to treat people 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 once again witnessed the suffering of the world, let out a breath, then took the notebook and went outside, shouting at the top of his voice to Yang Qing who was standing by the car bragging: "Yang Qing, get here! "
The little brother who was happily sharing what he had seen and heard in Sijiu City with the older girl and daughter-in-law beside him suddenly trembled and hurriedly ran to the door. He looked at the dark-faced brother with a smile on his face. He asked cautiously: "What's wrong, brother?"
"If you can't control your bad mouth, sew it up for me! It's okay, what are you talking about?" Chu Heng slapped him on the back of the head, and then handed him fifteen yuan and the book. , said angrily: "This book is the debt the old lady owes to others. If you take the money and pay it back, I will take the old lady away first."
"Ah? So urgent? Don't you want to stay for a few days before leaving? Just now, I was discussing with Brother Chunlai and others about how we can go hunting together in the mountains tomorrow." Yang Qing took the book with some disappointment.
"How can I have time now? Let's do it next time. I'll come back in a while. Okay, let's go quickly." Chu Heng waved his hand to drive the person away and returned to the house.
At this time, the old lady was already dressed. Because there was an incident where she asked her sister to pay off her debt, she had given up the idea of pretending to be rich and put on the shabby coat, carrying a big baggage on her thin shoulders, as if It's like a little moving ant.
"Let's go." Chu Heng smiled and stepped forward to take the baggage. He dropped his hand unexpectedly. He shook it curiously, and there was a rattling inside. He asked without any doubts: "What's in here?"
"Lizi, my sister used to like chestnut stewed chicken the most." The old man smiled kindly.
