Ordinary countryside reborn

In the evening, after Li Guojun finished his work, he hurried home for dinner. On the way, he met his eldest son who came to pick him up. He handed over all the tools on his shoulders and the two walked home while talking.

The night wind was a little cold, so Li Guojun picked up the pipe, patted it, and opened the small bag tied to it, which was filled with prepared tobacco.

Not long after, the smoke began to rise and was quickly blown away by the wind.

"Your second sister called to say that she came over with 8000 yuan?" Li Guojun asked while smoking.

Seeing his son nodding, Li Guojun thought that Li Mei would owe a lot of debt in order to build a house for his two younger brothers. He walked home quickly and called his two sons over, but he just sat on a bamboo chair and smoked a cigarette. , frowning and thinking.

The two brothers looked at each other, not knowing what was going on, so they waited quietly.

Seeing his serious expression, Grandma Li glanced at the father and son, then bent down and went into the kitchen to prepare meals.

After a while, Li Guojun knocked his pipe on the ground, looked up at his two sons in front of him, and said, "Go get the account book."

"Oh, I'll get it."

Uncle Li went to the top of the closet and took out a curved wire, inserted it into the hole in the closet door, turned it left and right a few times, opened the closet, took out a notebook from the bottom drawer, and handed it to Li Guojun.

Li Guojun took the notebook and flipped it over, frowning and saying:

"Both of you sisters have contributed money, Li Xiang [-], Li Mei [-], plus the wages you handed in from your previous work, and your aunt and uncle also gave some, and I also have some savings there. I did the math and found that the money to build a house is almost enough.”

"The situation at your eldest sister's family is better. You know the situation at your second sister's family. Although it seems to have improved a lot in the past two years, it is impossible to spend so much money, not to mention that she has three children studying at home."

Uncle Li nodded and said, "Second sister must have borrowed money from someone else. We must pay her back as soon as we have money."

Uncle Li coughed, and when he saw both of them looking at him, he said: "Second sister, don't you always tell us what Yuanyuan Duo can do? This money may not all be borrowed. With such a big sum, their village Who dares to lend it to her?"

He knew the situation in Wushan Village very well. It was poorer than their village. At least their village now had enough to eat. Although the food may not be very good, they were not hungry. Unlike Er Jie and his village, they were still hungry. There are still many people who are tightening their belts and living their lives.

Li Guojun didn't know where Li Mei borrowed the money. Uncle Li looked at his eldest brother in shock.

He thought that the eldest brother was just trying to find an excuse not to pay back the money, but he also forgot that the amount of money was not small. There were only a few families in Wushan Village who could lend such a large amount of money. The second sister and them The relationship is not deep enough to allow us to borrow so much money.
Li Guojun's frown deepened. He slapped the account book on the table and said, "No matter where she borrowed the money or earned it herself, you must pay it back as soon as possible."

He looked around but couldn't find a pen, so he said directly: "You two, find a pen and write an IOU. Each of you must repay [-] per month, so you can pay it off in less than half a year. "

"Okay." Uncle Li nodded in agreement without any hesitation and turned around to find a pen.

There are no children in the family who go to school, and there are too few pens, so I have to find them every time I use them.Uncle Li was a little unhappy. He hesitated and said, "Dad, look, I'm getting married soon, and my expenses will be higher after I start a family. Can I pay back a little less in one month?"

Li Guojun hummed and said: "You have always been lavish, and your expenses are huge before you get married. I'm afraid you won't be able to save a penny when you get married! Don't just think about being cool on your own, but also do something for you." Sister, think about it, she has three children who are studying at home, and she has gotten you so much money just like this, and she asks you to pay back several hundred yuan a month, and you still can't pay it back?"

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Ever since his two sons went out to work, the eldest son had made a lot of friends outside. When he came home, he would often play cards and drink with some idle youths in the village.If I hadn't pressured him to hand over most of his salary, I wouldn't have even a penny left.

"If you don't agree with what I said, it's easy to handle. Go and return the money to your second sister tomorrow so that she won't owe you any favors. Don't think about building a new house. Our old house is enough for you. , I will clean up the upstairs and make a new house for you in the next room."

Li Guojun really thinks so. He doesn't think there is anything he can't do with today's old house. This is a two-story solid wood house, which is much better-looking than the popular houses built with cement bricks!

"No, dad, I agree! If I pay eight hundred to my second sister every month, when will we start building a new house?" Uncle Li said quickly.

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Tian Xiao returned to the village during the monthly vacation, so he and Tian Yuan stayed at home to study for a few days, and then took Tian Yuan to climb the back mountain. The two of them brought lunch boxes up the mountain, and ate their meals on the mountain after climbing to eleven o'clock.

After the meal, Tian Xiao sat on the big rock and yawned. Some physiological tears squeezed out of the corners of her eyes. She wiped them away. Looking at the steep mountain road, she judged: "We should be climbing to the top of the mountain soon, right?"

She said to Tian Yuan who was reading a book beside her: "My legs are sore from climbing all morning, otherwise we can come again next time. This time I didn't know the way and wasted a lot of energy. I know I have to go here next time. We’ll definitely be able to get to the top of the mountain in no time.”

Tian Yuan nodded: "Okay, let's go back to study. I still have a lot of things to memorize."

"We have been reading for several days during this holiday. We have to go back to school the day after tomorrow. We won't study for the rest of the time. How about we go to my aunt's house to play tomorrow?"

I don’t know why Tianyuan suddenly loves studying so much. I have never seen her work so hard during the monthly vacation before. Tian Xiao was very helpless. She picked up the lunch box next to her, climbed down the big rocks, and walked slowly while holding on to the tree.

The road to the back of the mountain only reaches halfway up the mountain, and few people go up there. The road has not been completely opened up, so the climb is very strenuous. In addition, the mountain road is too steep, and there are many thin, slippery, and tough grasses growing on the ground. You will get cut if you are not careful.

If it weren't for Tian Xiao, Tian Yuan wouldn't even want to climb the mountain. This mountain is not the kind of mountain with stairs and roads in the city. It is too strenuous to climb up, and the clothes are also stained, and there are a few prickly plants. hole out.

Tian Yuan remembers that something happened in Tian Xiao's family during the second year of high school. Now every time she goes on monthly vacation, as long as Tian Xiao returns to the village, Tian Yuan likes to keep her by his side and keep an eye on her, otherwise he won't worry.

Tian Xiao didn't come back during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Tian Yuan didn't ask her about her situation. If he did, Tian Xiao would probably make fun of her.

"I don't dare to compare with you. I hold books and gnaw on my grades every day, but I can't compare to you. You are still in a key high school. Didn't your teacher say that as long as your grades are not at the bottom, it will be easy to get into college? "

There was too much grass on the road and it was too slippery. Tian Yuan held on to the tree trunk and slowly slid down while saying, "You are just trying to see which university is better, and we are just trying to see whether we can get into university."