Era: My backyard is the garbage dump of the universe

Chapter 2: I am so poor that I can barely make ends meet
"Don't worry, the money will definitely be returned before the 8th of next month." Liu Qingsong assured confidently.

As for where his confidence comes from, it is obviously because he is a reborn person.

But Liu Lijuan didn’t know this inside story!

Hearing this, he was extremely anxious: "Qingsong, we can't even afford to eat now, how can we have the money to pay Aunt Wang back? Can you please stop talking nonsense?"

"That's right. If you really can't come out, I won't force you. After all, we are neighbors." Aunt Wang knew that Liu Lijuan would not lie, so after a moment of surprise, she also said something.

"No! I can pay it back." Liu Qingsong looked at Aunt Wang seriously: "When the time comes, I will return the fifteen yuan to you, including the principal and interest."

"That's what you said." Aunt Wang reminded.

"That's what I said." Liu Qingsong confirmed.

If he can’t even pay this little money after being reborn, is he still worthy of being a reborn person?

"Then I won't disturb you and your sister from making breakfast." Seeing that Liu Lijuan seemed to be angry with Liu Qingsong, Aunt Wang quickly turned around and left the kitchen.

But surprisingly, after Aunt Wang left, Liu Lijuan did not lose her temper and scold Liu Qingsong. Instead, she broke down and cried, "Qingsong, I know you care about your reputation, but do you know? We only have 4.83 yuan left in our family."

"I was originally going to use this money to pay for your two younger brothers' tuition, but you took it upon yourself to pay back Aunt Wang first. What are you going to do with your two younger brothers?"

"And where can I find the money for my uncle's sixtieth birthday?"

"I...I..." Liu Qingsong wanted to say what was in his mind directly, but when he saw his second sister's collapsed and desperate look, the words were stuck at his lips.

Just discovered.

The second sister supports the family.

The pressure is extremely great.

In order to make his second sister feel better and not worry too much about a dozen dollars, he even opened the bamboo cupboard and started searching at the bottom layer.

"Third brother, what are you doing?" The youngest sister came over curiously.

Liu Lijuan also stopped crying.

Liu Qingsong did not answer, but continued to search at the bottom of the cupboard until he found a piece of rag. He breathed a sigh of relief and handed it to Liu Lijuan: "Second sister, this is the money our mother hid in the cupboard, take it."

"You...how did you know?" Liu Lijuan looked at Liu Qingsong in surprise.

The youngest sister also blinked.

She rummages around in the kitchen looking for food every day.

How...how come I didn’t find the money hidden inside!

"My mother told me. She told me to take it out and use it when I need it most at home." Liu Qingsong replied softly.

This is not the case at all.

Instead, he found the money based on his memories of rebirth.

Before my rebirth, I didn't use this money until my parents returned from labor reform.

But it was already 1985, and the twenty-something yuan hidden in the cupboard had depreciated and could not buy much.

But it’s different now, it’s seven or eight years now.

Twenty-something dollars can go a long way!
Although I cannot pay off all the foreign debts owed by my family.

But it is enough to solve the current crisis. At least it is enough to pay back Aunt Wang and the money for the banquet at Uncle's house.

Liu Lijuan had no doubt about Liu Qingsong's words because she trusted her brother very much. Seeing that there were no other outsiders around the kitchen, she quickly opened the rag.

There is another layer of rag inside the rag.

But the color is deep black.

As the rag was opened, the twenty-plus yuan inside was finally revealed.

None of the more than twenty yuan were large-denomination bills. They were all small notes of one, two, and five cents, and the largest denomination was only fifty cents.

Their color has turned yellow, and some are badly wrinkled. Even Liu Qingsong, who has a keen sense of smell, can smell the sweat on the banknotes.

In other words, these twenty yuan were the hard-earned money of her parents. Liu Lijuan looked at the smelly money in the rags and suddenly burst into tears.

Liu Qingsong felt very uncomfortable. The scene brought back sad memories and he couldn't hold back the tears that welled up in his eyes.

The reason for this is that he knows how difficult it is for his parents to save that money.

Seeing that the youngest sister leaning at his feet was about to cry with a pursed mouth, he quickly reached out to wipe the tears from her face and said, "Second sister, don't cry, count the money quickly and put it away."

"Yes, yes!" Liu Lijuan nodded: "I will pay back the fifteen yuan I owe to Second Aunt later. Her family is not doing well either."

"No, you should pay it back next month." Liu Qingsong reminded him, "If you pay it back now, what if other relatives come to ask for help?"

"This..." Liu Lijuan was stunned.

If other relatives come to visit.

The little money she had was not enough.

If the matter gets out of hand and they have to move valuable things or food from the house like Liu Delei did last time, that would be troublesome.

"Please keep the money first! I can make money now even if I don't need to study. The foreign debt owed by our family will definitely be paid off in a short time. Don't worry, second sister." Liu Qingsong reminded her when he heard footsteps outside.

"Okay! Okay!" Liu Lijuan quickly did as she was told.

The money has just been collected.

A woman's voice came from outside: "Lijuan, have you not had breakfast yet? Hurry up, the captain is urging us, we are going to work today to repair the reservoir dam."

"Is my brother going too?" Liu Lijuan asked.

If I go, I won’t have to sit around at home doing nothing, at least I’ll have lunch.

"The captain didn't call him." the woman replied.

"Why? Do you dislike his young age?" Liu Lijuan was a little angry.

When the team is working, her younger brother is always left out intentionally or unintentionally. Does this mean that they think their family is easy to bully?
"How would I know? Come with us quickly. The captain and the accountant want to take roll call!" the woman urged.

"Oh, here it comes! Here it comes!" Liu Lijuan hesitated for a moment, then quickly picked up the hoe and ran out of the kitchen.

"No... Second sister, you haven't had breakfast yet!" Liu Qingsong shouted when he saw this.

Liu Lijuan did not answer, but joined several women on the winding mountain road, and then disappeared into the thick fog.

Liu Qingsong felt a headache and quickly opened the lid of the pot.

Prepare to send the steamed sweet potatoes to my second sister.

But the next second he was stunned and a little dumbfounded.

It turned out that there were only two small sweet potatoes in the big iron pot, and the others were taken to school by the two younger brothers. If he gave one to the second sister, one of him and the youngest sister would probably go hungry.

wrong.

Even if I give both to my youngest sister.

The youngest sister will also be hungry.

Because two small sweet potatoes are not enough to fill you up.

At this point, Liu Qingsong realized why his second sister didn't eat breakfast. It turned out that there was no extra food at home.

This made Liu Qingsong feel very uncomfortable.

After being reborn, he knew that his family was very poor.

But he really couldn't imagine that they were so poor that they couldn't even afford sweet potatoes.

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(End of this chapter)