“...... Come back, put your shoes on, and don't be afraid of the cold......"

In one courtyard, a woman wearing an apron came out of the hall and greeted a little boy who was playing in the courtyard next door.

“...... Mommy, Mommy, have you eaten......"

The little boy in the next yard stumbled around, and then ran back quickly, and while wearing the shoes that his mother had given him, he poked his head into the house, and asked in a loud voice,

“...... The meal is ready, but we'll have to wait a little longer, and we'll eat when your dad returns. ”

The woman in the apron handed the little boy her shoes, and when she saw the little boy put them on, she spoke out loud as she walked back into the hall.

“...... What time is that? ”

The little boy followed him into the hall, turned back again, poked his head out, and looked at the road on both sides.

"I guess it's going to be half past one. ”

“...... Half past one...... Mom, can I eat early?"

“...... Why, I'm hungry......"

......

And along the slope, down to the villages at the bottom of the valley,

From the entrance of the village, along the road in front of every house in this village, Lian Ge walked towards the village, while looking at the people along the way, listening to the mixed voices,

The village is not too enclosed, and along the village road, most of the brick bungalows are covered with black tiles, and there are many buildings.

Or after a snowfall last night, today is a rare good weather, and most of the yards of every house are sunburned, with grain and grain open.

Some of the villagers are either turning over the grain in the yard, or folding vegetables by the eaves, and busy in the kitchen.

On the road in the village, from time to time, after eating, or just from the field, the villagers who came back from outside held vegetables in their hands, carried a basket, and walked with a hoe.

Behind the houses, there is either smoke rising from the stove, or from time to time there are some poultry cries that do not know the time of day.

Listening to the words ringing in his ears with the breeze blowing through the valley, Lian Ge glanced at the courtyard, then turned his gaze and continued to walk along the road in the village.

......

“...... Bang bang!"

“...... Chen Laosan, you open the door for Lao Tzu!"

On the side of the road, a dull sound of slamming the door sounded,

Lian Ge turned his gaze and looked at that place,

That's the house on the side of the road in this village.

In people's yards, there are some fallen leaves, which seem to have not been cleaned up for a long time.

A man in a somewhat thin garment, slamming the door of the house with an angry face, still holding a hoe with some wet mud on it.

“...... Lao Tzu has asked, the people in the village saw that you went back to the house, and if you don't open the door for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will smash the door for you today!"

“...... Bang bang!"

As he spoke, the man knocked on the door again with the back of his hoe.

“...... Eh...... Not to smash the door, not to smash the door...... Brother Xu, Brother Xu...... If you're going to smash my door...... I'm worth a lot of money, so I can't let you lose it......"

It seems to hear the sound of a man slamming the door with a hoe, and the closed door was then pulled open from the inside, a thin-looking man, while holding the door, nodded and laughed with him, while talking, he also poked his head out and looked at the façade, as if he was looking at the door, whether there were any traces left,

“...... Don't me and talk nonsense, hurry up and return the money to Lao Tzu, otherwise Lao Tzu will kill you today!"

The man picked up the hoe with both hands, glared at the thin man inside the door, and said angrily,

“...... Brother Xu, Brother Xu, I really don't have it, I really don't have it...... I don't have any money, and you can't force me to take out the money, and we're not the hens that lay golden eggs...... If I can lay a golden egg, then I must give you one first, Brother Xu, isn't it......"

The thin man behind the door couldn't help but shrink back at first, and then, as if seeing that the man's hoe was not raised, he smiled again, and said,

“...... Brother Xu, Brother Xu, my brother, you have watched me grow up since you were a child, and your relationship with me is so close...... By the way, when my dad was still around, he helped you, right...... Brother Xu, Brother Xu, can you give me a few more days...... Just three days, at most three days, I'll pay you back even the principal with interest......"

“...... Less!"

The man lifted the hoe, took the hoe and stomped on the thin man's feet,

“...... Oops, oops......"

The thin man first shrank in pain, then sat directly on the ground and lay down.

“...... Beat people, beat people, Xu Lao Er beat people, killed people......"

The thin man cried and grabbed the ground, howling,

When the next door heard the commotion outside, he leaned out of the door and looked out, then retracted and closed the door with his hand.

“...... Hit, hit...... Xu Lao Er beat people......"

The thin man was still lying on the ground, howling,

The man carried the hoe, first looked at him coldly, followed closely, and then lifted the hoe,

“...... Give the money to Lao Tzu now, or Lao Tzu will kill you now!"

As he spoke, the man slammed his hoe on the ground, between the legs of the skinny man.

“...... Xu Lao Er, what are you doing, Xu Lao Er...... Do you know the ...... of murder?"

The thin man was so frightened that he shrank back, and quickly got up from the ground again,

“...... Pay it back!"

The man was holding a hoe, his eyes were red, and he stared at the thin man coldly, as if the next hoe was about to fall on the head of the thin man.

“...... Brother Xu, Brother Xu...... I have some money, but it's not enough to pay you back......"

The thin man hurriedly nodded and said,

“...... Or if you wait two more days, it's two days...... I've made an appointment with someone, and I'll definitely be able to get back my principal after two days, and then Brother Xu, your money will be returned to you with interest......"

The thin man straightened up as he spoke,

“...... Bang!"

“...... Pay it back!"

The man carried the hoe and slammed it on the door next to the thin man,

The thin man trembled with fright,

“...... If you don't take out the money for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will take it himself......"

As he spoke, the man stared at the thin man with red eyes, and then lifted the hoe,

“...... Give, give...... Brother Xu, Brother Xu, give, give it to you...... All for you......"

The thin man trembled with fright, hurriedly turned out his coat pockets and trouser pockets, and handed the money inside to the man.

The man stretched out his hand, snatched the money from the thin man's hand, looked at it, and then put it in his pocket.

“...... Made, wait for you rotten gambler, wait two days and this money will be gone!"

"If your father hadn't helped Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wouldn't care if you starved to death or not, it's best to die...... There are still two hundred, and the next time Lao Tzu comes to ask for it, you'd better give this money to Lao Tzu and get ready!"

The man cursed again, turned around, and walked out of the courtyard with his hoe.

“...... Xu Lao Er, you're really not a thing...... In the future, if Lao Tzu is developed, he will not give you a second Xu ...... money."

Watching the man turn away, the thin man held the door, hid behind the door, and shouted at the man,

Hearing this, the man turned around, glared at the thin man with cold eyes, and then lifted the hoe.

The thin man was frightened, and quickly retracted behind the door and closed the door.

The man lifted his hoe, turned around, and walked out of the yard.