Chapter 93: True Value
Xiang Xueqing suddenly burst out: "Do you know how hard our family lives? Do you know how much hard work and sweat my mother has paid for this barbecue stall? Do you know that the meager income of this stall has to pay all kinds of taxes, protection fees, venue fees, money for purchases and labor, expensive tuition and miscellaneous fees for me, and support the life of our family!?"
Li Huachen nodded: "I know, I know, I know." ”
"You guys come here, heh, lose your temper, it's all smashed in a few minutes, you are so majestic! You kill me, you kill me! You kill me!"
Li Huachen retreated again and again: "Hey, I didn't even kill the sand sculpture, why did I kill you, don't come here, I'm calling someone...... Come back. ”
"You have what it takes to kill me!"
Xiang Xueqing's mother stopped Xiang Xueqing and cried: "Daughter, it's okay, it's okay, we can start all over again...... Yes....... ”
"Start all over again?" Xiang Xueqing looked at her mother: "My tuition has been delayed for a month, and the teachers at the school ask me every day, what will you take to sell tomorrow? What do I call the tuition fee? I am at school, and I don't even dare to report a club, because I can't pay the membership fee; I secretly go out to eat steamed buns at noon every day, because the food in the canteen is too expensive; I went to the library once, and a cup of food costs more than 30 yuan, which is enough for us to buy dozens of meat skewers to earn back ......." How am I going to start all over again?"
Li Huachen hurriedly flipped over and turned out the 10,000 yuan in his pocket: "What's inside, I'll pay 10,000 yuan first, and pay the rest back slowly." ”
"No, you'd better smash it, smash it all up, and beat me to death!
Li Huachen stuffed the money to Xiang Xueqing's mother, turned around and ran: "Goodbye, Auntie, I'll come to pay back the money in two days!"
Li Huachen ran away as if fleeing for his life, and he didn't know how far he dared to stop and gasp for breath in an alley with Bao Xiaohu.
Li Huachen gasped and said, "What happened just now, didn't we help her?"
Bao Xiaohu said: "I ...... didn't make too much trouble, maybe it was that her pressure was too great, the stall was smashed, and the family's hopes were dashed. ”
Li Huachen said depressedly: "You shouldn't have let the sand sculpture go just now, you should have beaten him a few more punches." ”
Bao Xiaohu shook his head: "If you fight again, you will die, what should you do now? The 10,000 yuan is gone, it seems that you have ......famine again." ”
Li Huachen suddenly realized that he was in debt again, not only failed to repay the debt, but was in debt again. His eyes widened: "Oh!?...... I...... Oh my God, what do I have in mind? I ...... I've worked hard to get three punches!"
"Uh...... You don't work hard, it's hard to be beaten by you, and you only punch three punches in three fights. ”
"But I'm negotiating hard!"
"You didn't speak, they were all talking about themselves. ”
"Then I finally put in a lot of time, right?!" Li Huachen said loudly: "I'll wipe it, a meal of mutton skewers will make me go back to the pre-liberation period!?"
"Well, big brother, you mourn. ”
Li Huachen leaned against the wall, his hands on his knees, and said nothing depressedly. After a long time, Bao Xiaohu asked, "Now...... What to do?"
Li Huachen said depressedly: "I can only use my own money first." ”
"Are you really rich?"
"Alas. Li Huachen sighed, straightened up and walked out: "There are 10 million under the bed, but I really don't want to touch this money." ”
Bao Xiaohu couldn't be excited: "Big brother, then let's ......." ”
"What do you want? ...... Give me Donnie's business card, I'll have to get back to boxing tomorrow. ”
"Didn't you say you wouldn't fight?"
"I won't beat you to support me?!" Li Huachen shouted softly and walked on the way home depressed.
Early the next morning, Li Huachen did not go to school. He pulled the bag out from under the bed, took out ten bundles of dollars, a hundred thousand dollars in all, and weighed it.
"These should be enough to reopen Xue Qing's store, and her tuition fees or something should be taken care of. ”
Li Huachen came to Xiang Xueqing's house early in the morning, knocked lightly on the door, and a woman's voice came from inside: "Who?"
"Auntie is me, I'm Xueqing's man...... Phew, alumni!"
With a squeak, the door opened, and Xiang Xueqing's mother was stunned when she saw Li Huachen, in fact, Li Huachen was also stunned.
Overnight, the woman seemed to have aged a lot, looking very haggard and weak. She was very restrained and nodded politely: "Li Huachen, may I ask, did you come to my house for something?"
Li Huachen scratched his head: "Auntie, can I ...... Do you want to go in and say?"
"Oh, please come in. ”
Li Huachen walked in and found that Xiang Xueqing's family was really not rich. The house is old-fashioned, and the tiles are all yellow, and many of them are cracked and peeled. The sofa is also old-fashioned, with a worn out skin, and the few places where you often sit sink deep and are no longer elastic, and the refrigerator is small, the TV is small, and the bathroom is small .......
In the past few days, I have been accustomed to living in the splendid mansion of the Ying family, and sometimes I take the elevator up and down the stairs, and then look at Xueqing's home, which is simply a slum.
"Painting dust, please drink water, hehe, the home is too simple, it makes you laugh. He handed Xue Qing's mother a glass of boiled water.
"Nothing, thank you, Auntie. Li Huachen politely took the water and held it in his hand: "Xue Qing went home yesterday...... Are you alright?"
"Alas. At the mention of this, the aunt sighed: "It's all our parents' inability, Xueqing, this child has been strong since he was a child, his academic performance is good, and he looks good." It's just that our parents can't support him, so we finally relied on the old relationship to let her enter the aristocratic school, but I didn't expect ....... Forget it, don't mention it. She came back last night and didn't have anything, just she was in her room, didn't eat, and went to school early this morning. ”
Li Huachen nodded: "Actually, I am also poor, I have been poor since I was a child, maybe I am used to being poor, so I ...... Get used to it, haha. Li Huachen scratched his head, and suddenly felt that he was talking wrong, so he quickly took out the paper bag: "Oh yes, there is a little money here, I paid you the store, yesterday because I was a little angry, so I didn't care about it, I just beat it all the time, and you can't do business, this is a little bit of my heart, and I have the right to pay compensation, please do it." ”
"Oh, no, no, no, how can this work? Yesterday you came to help, and Auntie could see that you were a sincere child, different from those bad people. Don't be angry with Xueqing, she is also miserable, she is always bullied with us, yesterday was really ...... It's too hard to get angry with you. ”
Auntie kept refusing, and Li Huachen could feel that she was really resigning, even if she took a whole briefcase of money in front of her, even if she couldn't make money now, even if her daughter's tuition for the second half of the semester had not yet been settled, but she was still refusing.
Because she insisted that Li Huachen should not be responsible for this matter, nor should Li Huachen compensate for it, and it is not justifiable to accept Li Huachen's money.
Li Huachen was very moved in his heart. People, in fact, are not afraid of the poor, they are afraid that the poor have no ambition and no dignity. It's your own, and you must compare it, and if it's not your own, you won't take a penny. A gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way, and he will never touch ill-gotten gains.
The more you can resist the temptation of a huge sum of money when you are poor, the more precious that heart is more precious than gold.
Li Huachen smiled slightly, resolutely stuffed the paper bag into her aunt's hand, and told her with her movements that she was serious: "Auntie, you listen to me." I have to bear some responsibility for yesterday's incident, and I also let those people go, and I didn't handle them well. It is a matter of course to compensate you for some and you should take it. ”
At this time, Li Huachen heard someone in the back room calling softly: "Gui Fen, Gui Fen!"
Zhang Guifen immediately stood up: "My family called me, you sit down first." ”
Li Huachen stood up, stood at the door, and looked in, it turned out that there was a patient lying on the bed inside, it seemed that it was Zhang Guifen's husband, Xiang Xueqing's father.
"Who's coming?"
"Oh, it's one of Xue Qing's classmates. ”
"Oh, boy, what are you doing?"
"Because of yesterday's incident, I had to lose money and took a lot of money. This kid is very honest and not a bad person. ”
"Well, alas, I'm a waste, there's such a big thing at home, I can't help lying here, I don't want to say anything, and I want you to make money to treat me. Forget it, I'm not cured, I'll die if I want to, at least I won't be separated from you two mothers. ”
"What nonsense are you talking about, medicine should be taken and should be eaten, and diseases should be cured. I'll figure out how to deal with the barbecue stand. ”
"Hey, if you offend those big people, how can you go out of the stall? Xueqing is so young, if she is really bullied, it will be too late for us to hit the wall, no, we can't let you two show your heads again. ”
"It's okay, let's change places, it's not just this night market...... ”
Li Huachen really felt compassion, he was glad that he could withdraw money and come here, fortunately he came. That money is also placed under the bed, but a little bit can bring the family back to life. Money, that's how it is used, will give full play to its value.
Li Huachen didn't want to tear back and forth with Zhang Guifen, so he wrote a note and pasted it on the paper bag, and then silently walked out of Xiang Xueqing's house and closed the door.
Zhang Guifen walked out and said gently: "Painting dust, you ...... What about people? Paint dust, paint dust, go to the bathroom?"
Zhang Guifen couldn't find anyone and found that the bag of money was still on the table, and there was a note on it.
"Auntie, once again apologize to your whole family for yesterday's recklessness. I kept the money, they didn't be of much use to me, but for your family, they just came in handy. I sincerely ask you to receive it. Please don't tell Xue Qing about this, she has a lot of self-esteem, I'm afraid she won't be able to accept it. Finally, I wish you a kind family reunion and happiness. Li Huachen. ”
Zhang Guifen's hands trembled, and a few wads of money fell out of the bag, and she was surprised to find that it was all US dollars.