Zhenhua read the letter again, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Bastard, you owe money and run away, you are still a coward!"

Yilan was still dressing Panpan, turned her head and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Qi Lei ran away. Zhenhua sighed and showed Qi Lei's letter to Yilan.

The letter was short and concisely written.

"Zhenhua, I'm leaving, I owe so much wages, I have to go out to earn money to pay off my debts. I can't do anything at home if I don't leave. Going out, there is a glimmer of hope.

Pujia relies on you to take care of her, and Xiulian.

I have written down all the arrears in my notebook, and as long as I don't die, I will definitely pay them back.

I have two leather books, one is a collection of poems by the poet Chen Guangming, and the other is the dialect of my hometown that I asked the old master to verify. There is also a memorandum of arrears, which I have placed on your windowsill, please help me keep it.

I owe you and my brother-in-law Chen Daogang, I remember it. If I can turn over in the future, I will not forget your kindness. ”

After reading the letter, Yilan was silent for a long time, and said: "He can only run away, if he doesn't run, don't think about living in peace, and there is no way to earn money to pay off his debts." ”

Zhenhua smiled bitterly, opened the window and looked, and there were indeed three notebooks on the windowsill.

One book is to record the arrears, the other is the hometown dialect verified by Qi Lei, and the other is a collection of poems by the poet Chen Guangming.

Zhenhua put away the leather shells, and felt very sad.

In the midst of the three knots, Xiulian died, Qi Lei ran away, and only he was left alone in his hometown.

……

The news of Qi Lei's escape spread that morning, and the creditors all scolded and felt a deep despair.

Qi Gui then rushed to the provincial capital to inform his mother and Zhuang Xiaodie of the situation.

Zhuang Xiaodie thought for a moment and said, "Qi Lei ran away, I can't run anymore." Let's go, let's go home for the New Year. ”

With tears in her eyes, Lan Yuzhi said, "Fluttershy, if you go back now, I'm afraid those creditors won't be able to spare you." They don't care if you're divorced or not, they still think you're Qi Lei's wife. ”

Zhuang Xiaodie was very calm, even a little happy, and said, "Mom, as long as they think that Qi Lei and I are still husband and wife, I will pay back the money." After the year, I sold this house, and I can sell it for some money, and the rest will be paid back slowly. I can't pay it back, so I'll wait for Qi Shuai to earn money to pay it back when he grows up. Qi Lei's seed has run away, I can't breed!"

Lan Yuzhi hugged her daughter-in-law and cried loudly.

Qi Gui was also deeply moved, wiped his tears and said: "Sister-in-law is right, our whole family works hard to earn money to pay off debts, and we will always pay it off." ”

Legally, Zhuang Xiaodie is no longer Lan Yuzhi's daughter-in-law or Qi Gui's sister-in-law, but Lan Yuzhi and Qi Gui have never felt that Zhuang Xiaodie is an outsider.

At noon, Zhuang Xiaodie packed her clothes and returned to Dongwan Village with her son Qi Shuai and her mother-in-law.

She lived in this house in the provincial capital for less than two months.

Returning to her home in Dongwan Village, Zhuang Xiaodie immediately recovers and asks Qi Gui to notify the creditors to come to the meeting, and then calls Zhenhua and her second uncle Qi Liangfeng.

Zhenhua hurried to arrive.

Zhuang Xiaodie looked at the creditors in the house and said, "Qi Lei, this bastard, ran away, I won't run." Qi Lei owes everyone money, I will give it, and I will sell the house after the Spring Festival. But I can't give so much at once, so please discuss whether you can let me pay off my debt slowly. ”

The creditors couldn't ask for it, and each nodded: "Okay, you sell the house, and then give a little to each person." The rest, slowly returned. ”

Zhenhua counted that in addition to the money guaranteed by himself and his brother-in-law, and excluding the 30,000 loans from the credit union, Qi Lei still owed 120,000.

Zhenhua and Qi Liangfeng summed it up and said, "Qi Lei owes everyone a total of 120,000 wages. Fluttershy's house can sell for about 50,000 yuan. After the Chinese New Year, Fluttershy sells her house, and everyone gets back more than a third of what they owe. For the rest of the money, I hope you don't push Fluttershy to make money to pay off her debts. ”

The workers each nodded.

In fact, some workers sold Qi Lei's cars and construction site equipment, and have already received some of their wages. Take another third, and there's not much left.

Fluttershy looked at Zhenhua and said, "Brother, I can only pay you back the money you and my brother-in-law in the end." ”

Zhenhua smiled bitterly: "Let's put it first." ”

The creditors dispersed, and Zhenhua pulled Qi Gui aside and asked Qi Gui to go to the town to get some New Year's goods on credit from his sister Chunlan's cigarette shop.

Qi Gui thanked him again and again and rode his bicycle.

The sound of firecrackers sounded one after another, and the anxious people had already begun to eat Chinese New Year's Eve.

Lan Yuzhi looked at the deserted situation at home and couldn't help but feel sad.

Zhuang Xiaodie comforted her mother-in-law: "It's okay Mom, isn't it just to pay off the debt, just pay it off slowly." I don't believe it, this money will not be paid for a lifetime!"

Lan Yuzhi had no choice but to nod, forced a smile, and took the whole family to celebrate the New Year.

Zhenhua's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home was also tasteless.

Thinking of such a debt, who can afford it?

Especially Zhenhua, I feel the most guilty in my heart.

Only Xiao Panpan is happy and eats non-stop.

Zhao Chenghai is a family member and feels that it is too unlucky to celebrate the New Year like this, and said: "Everyone who celebrates the New Year is happy." There is nothing that cannot be overwhelmed by the debt repayment. ”

Only then did Zhenhua cheer up and toast his parents.

Zhao Chenghai drank a glass of wine and said to his son: "The matter has come out, and it is useless for you to be sad." People can't lose their spirit when they live, how they usually are, and how they have to be. ”

Zhenhua nodded, toasted his father again, and said, "Dad, you are the backbone of the family, and you will be a family member for life." Fortunately, this time there is your old man on top, otherwise, I really don't know what to do. ”

After the meal, Zhenhua and Yilan took their daughter to set off fireworks in front of the door.

Yilan said, "Fluttershy is great, she's stupid. Hateful Qi Lei, this time I really owe people a lifetime. ”

Zhenhua sighed and said, "Zhuang Xiaodie is very strange, Qi Lei has this incident, she seems to be very happy......"

Yilan glared at Zhenhua and said, "Zhuang Xiaodie has feelings for Qi Lei and this family. Now that Qiu Rong has run away, she can justifiably live in Dongwan Village again, so she is steady. It's all strangers in the city, and she's definitely not used to it. ”

Zhenhua nodded: "Yes, yes, she lives in the city, she definitely has no sense of belonging, and she feels like she is wandering." Back in Dongwan Village, she was in good spirits. ”

Yilan sighed: "Spirit, who can still be spirited after owing so much money? 200,000 wages, how can she Zhuang Xiaodie pay it back?"

Zhenhua stopped talking, worried that Yilan would be angry.

Early in the morning of the first day of the new year, Zhuang Xiaodie and Qi Gui brought Qi Shuai to pay New Year's greetings to Zhenhua's parents.

Zhao Chenghai and his wife smiled reluctantly and asked Zhenhua to entertain the guests.

Yilan was very generous, and did not mention that Qi Lei owed money, talked and laughed with Zhuang Xiaodie, and gave Qi Shuai a red envelope of ten yuan.

Zhuang Xiaodie hadn't left yet, and Ji Huamei came to greet the New Year with Pujia.

Yilan gave Pujia the New Year's money, and said with a smile: "Don't leave at noon, I'll entertain Pujia for dinner, and everyone will help me accompany the guests." ”

Zhuang Xiaodie and Ji Huamei each excuse themselves and return together.

Zhenhua brought another gift, went to greet Qi Lei's mother, and then went to visit Xiulian's parents.

Lu Qiangwen sighed and said: "Zhenhua, our family is poor, Qi Lei has an accident, and we can't help, it's really ......"

In fact, in private, Lu Qiangwen also asked his daughter-in-law to give 3,000 yuan to Zhuang Xiaodie to repay her debts. These 3,000 yuan are all Lu Qiangwen's savings.

Zhenhua smiled: "It's okay, Qi Lei is gone, and I will take care of Pu Jia." Tell me what Pujia lacks. ”

Ji Huamei hurriedly said: "Pujia is so small, just eat a full meal, don't want anything." Zhenhua, don't worry about Pu Jia, I'll take care of her. ”

Zhenhua nodded, feeling a little relieved.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhuang Xiaodie came to Zhenhua and said, "My brother, I can't read, and I need your help to sell the house." When do you think you have the time to go to the city and sell my house?"

Zhenhua thought for a while and said, "Selling a house is not selling cabbage, it must not be so fast." It's better to go through the month and a half, and Qi Gui and I will go to the city to have a look. ”

Zhuang Xiaodie smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid those creditors can't wait." ”

"It's okay, you should be able to understand it. Zhenhua comforted.

Zhuang Xiaodie had just left on her front foot, but Deng Weixuan came.

Zhenhua was a little surprised, and hurriedly greeted: "Where did Mr. Deng come from?"

Deng Weixuan smiled reluctantly, pulled Zhenhua into the house, hesitated, and then said in a low voice: "Zhenhua, the Township Education Committee has issued a notice to dismiss all substitute teachers, so you ......."

Zhenhua was stunned for a long time and didn't speak for a long time.

I've been teaching books for five years, and that's it?