Chapter 18 Zhou Dujuan
"Huh? Mushui?" Chen Xiangyang saw Mushui as soon as he stepped out of the door. He rubbed his eyes with some disbelief.
"Village Party Secretary, please help me again. I really have no choice! The child is already in the hospital for treatment. The doctor said that it would be cured, but it would take money. The 200 yuan I brought with me will be spent soon. Can I borrow some more money to me? I will definitely pay it back in the future." Mushui finished speaking in anger.
After hearing this, Chen Xiangyang showed a look of embarrassment on his face.
"Mushui, there is not much money in the village's account, and the autumn harvest is about to be needed. The village has long wanted to buy a tractor. If you lend this money to you, the tractor will not be done. I really can't lend it to you!"
When Mushui heard this, he immediately lowered his head in disappointment. Buying a tractor is a big deal. If it is delayed, he will be scolded by the whole village.
Seeing Mushui like this, Chen Xiangyang sighed, and then said to Mushui: "My family is not well-off, so I can only lend you 20 yuan first. I can't take out the extra ones. You can take them first and then think about other solutions."
Finally, Mushui took the luggage and the 120 yuan he borrowed from him when he came back and took the bus to the county town.
When he arrived at the county town, Mushui thought about it and hesitated at the station gate for a long time. Finally, he turned around and walked towards the leather factory in the county town.
Zhou Shuilian's sister, Zhou Dujuan, married in the county town. Although she married in the county town, no one envied her because she married a cripple man. Zhou Shuilian's mother married Zhou Dujuan to marry her son. After receiving the betrothal gift, she no longer cared about it.
After Zhou Dujuan got married, he also directly broke off contact with all his family except Zhou Shuilian. Because Zhou Shuilian was 10 years older than Zhou Dujuan, she grew up taking care of Zhou Dujuan since she was a child. Zhou Dujuan was grateful for this affection and asked someone to contact Zhou Shuilian after giving birth to a son.
Only then did Zhou Shuilian find out Zhou Dujuan’s address and come with Mushui twice, but Zhou Shuilian didn’t want Zhou Dujuan to be looked down upon at her husband’s house, so she rarely walked around.
If it weren't for being forced to do anything, Zhou Shuilian wouldn't have asked Mu Shui to come to Zhou Dujuan.
Zhou Dujuan's parents-in-law are all workers in the leather factory and they hold iron rice. Zhou Dujuan's husband is waiting for his father to retire in two years to take over his father's job.
Now the family of five lives in the tube building of the leather factory. At that time, the tube building was like the current university dormitory, with dozens of rooms on one floor, opposite the door,
It was coincidentally when Mushui left. Zhou Dujuan's parents-in-law all went to work, and her husband sent her children to school. Zhou Dujuan was cleaning the house alone at home.
When Zhou Dujuan opened the door and saw Mushui, she was a little stunned.
"Sister...brother-in-law?"
"Oh, Du Juan, it's me!" Mu Shui was also stunned when he saw Zhou Du Juan.
Zhou Dujuan is ten years younger than Zhou Shuilian and is twenty-eight years old this year. Mushui remembers that when he saw Zhou Dujuan for the last time, Zhou Dujuan was as thin as a hemp stalk. In just a few years, he was like blowing a balloon. He was fat and fat, and he looked young and likable. From this perspective, he saw that life was very comfortable.
"Where are my sisters?" Zhou Dujuan welcomed Mushui into the house and went to get a cup of water to pour water for Mushui to drink.
"Dujuan, this is a long story." From last night to now, the water has not been dripped. He took the boiled water handed over by Zhou Dujuan, drank it all in one go, and then told Zhou Dujuan what happened from beginning to end.
"Oh! Brother-in-law! My sister has suffered such a great sin! Why are you here to come to me now?" Zhou Dujuan heard that Zhou Shuilian had given birth to a child and had such twists and turns. She felt so distressed.
"This is not...this is not...this is afraid of causing trouble for you." Mushui was not very good at speaking. He rubbed his hands and said frantically.
"Wait!" Zhou Dujuan stood up with red eyes and walked into the bedroom separated by a flower curtain. After a while of a rustling sound, Zhou Dujuan was holding a cloth bag with a rag head, which was filled with bulging cloth bag.
"Brother-in-law, this is one hundred yuan. If you take it, come to me if it is not enough. Here are Niu Niu's clothes, diapers and a few old clothes. You can bring them all to my sister."
"Dujuan, thank you so much. I will definitely give you the money back in the future." Mushui was so grateful that he wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Zhou Dujuan.
"Let's talk about what's going on in the future. First, you can get over the current difficulties. Go quickly, hurry up and take good care of my sister." Zhou Dujuan was so anxious that she opened the door and urged Mushui to leave quickly.
"Okay, then I'll leave." Mushui stopped pushing her, picked up the money and clothes, and walked towards the station.
Sitting in the bus to the city, Mushui tightly held the 220 yuan in his pocket, looking out the car window with hope in his eyes. His little daughter was saved!
Mu Xiu slept until after six o'clock in the afternoon. When she woke up, she felt relieved and felt that this was the rest.
"Mom, I'll go get food." Mu Xiu stretched and said, Zhou Shuilian, who was holding the little flower next to her, looked at Mu Xiu with a loving look on her face.
Mu Xiu arrived at the cafeteria and planned to continue making cabbage tofu soup for dinner. Zhou Shuilian is now in confinement, with low oil and low salt, light and nutritious soup, which is the most nourishing and milking.
Just as Mu Xiu finished making it quickly and put it in the bowl, a male voice suddenly came from behind.
"How much does this bowl cost?"
Mu Xiu was frightened by the sound and almost poured the soup onto the stove.
"You walk without sound, people are scary, do you know if you know!" Mu Xiu turned around, and said without even raising his head. He raised his head and realized that it was Lu Yuan. Not only did she feel a little regretful, would she scold a potential customer like this?
"I'm so brave." Lu Yuan replied expressionlessly.
"What did you say just now?" Mu Xiu suddenly reacted, and she looked at Lu Yuan with her eyes shining.
"I said you are so timid!"
"It's not this sentence, it's the previous sentence!"
"How much does this bowl cost?"
"One dollar!" Mu Xiu replied angrily!
Lu Yuan: "..."
"Give me a bowl." Lu Yuan took out a dollar and handed it to Mu Xiu, then raised the enamel jar in his hand.
Mu Xiu took the enamel jar, handed it to Lu Yuan with the full enamel jar, and said with a smile: "Didn't you give me one more yuan at noon? This is a offset."
After hearing Mu Xiu's words, Lu Yuan was stunned. Unexpectedly, this little girl in such a ragged dress was not greedy for money at all.
Lu Yuan put a dollar on the stove, picked up the enamel tank, and replied in a light tone: "This enamel tank is big, with two bowls of noon on it."
Chapter completed!