"Jiaming, you are still powerful, one sentence will make that shameless person silent."

Li Jiaming, who was picking up old books, raised his head and smiled bitterly: "Sister, that's aunt." ”

"Phew, is there such an uncle or aunt in the world? If you want me to say, from my yes (dad) to my fourth uncle, they are all stupid! Every year when there is no money, they borrow from us, borrow and don't pay it back, such a little favor doesn't help, to such an uncle, aunt has a fart! ”

Li Jiaming was also relieved when he heard this, but he still had to persuade the eldest sister that the ugliness of the family really can't be publicized. The Li family was originally a small foreign surname in the village, and they were bullied by the local surnames, and if their own people were still noisy and made the villagers see jokes, everyone would not be able to raise their heads in the future.

"Okay, okay, what you said is reasonable, can't I say it?"

The eldest sister also knew the severity, and stopped after saying a few words, seeing that Li Jiaming not only took the textbooks and test papers of the fifth grade of primary school, but also picked the textbooks of the first year of junior high school, and said with concern: "Mingya, don't be greedy and chew too much." The eldest sister is still so-so in teaching you in the fifth grade, and the first year of junior high school is half understanding and half understanding. ”

Li Jiaming casually flipped through the catalog of fifth-grade mathematics, glanced at the mathematical concepts on the catalog, and knew the bottom in his heart.

"Sister, fifth-grade math is actually very easy. Do you think I'm stupid like a big dog or a hairy dog? ”

"Really?"

"Really!"

In the fifth grade of primary school, if you have to learn math from scratch, you might as well take a piece of tofu and shoot yourself to death!

The eldest sister, who was scolding her aunt just now, suddenly came to her senses, and said eagerly: "You really think it's very simple? ”

"It's really simple, you can understand these things at a glance!"

In the eldest sister's impression, although her younger brother is naughty and mischievous, he never lies, Li Jiaming was so sure, she immediately encouraged with her eyebrows: "Ming Yan, if you can get a prize from the county back, and when the eldest sister earns money from her part-time job, I will buy you new clothes, delicious food, and fun!" ”

If I don't come back with the award, you will buy it for me too, Li Jiaming's heart was warm, and his subordinates kept rummaging, but he said childishly: "Sister, this is what you said, if you can't do it, I will laugh at you every day in the future!" ”

"Cut, is the eldest sister so stingy? Hey, why do you take it in the second year of junior high school? ”

"Anyway, you won't study anymore, I might as well move all the house, and learn slowly in the future, so that you don't have to rub your ass."

This is rude, but the countryside just uses the books, homework books, and test papers that the students don't want as toilet paper, and the eldest sister doesn't care, and complains in her mouth: "I want it, it's all for you." If you want me to say, we shouldn't be forced to buy books in school. Such a new book, originally I used up the second sister, the second sister used up the third sister, and finally you and the full sister used it, how much money can be saved. ”

Li Jiaming looked at these books that were still very new, and very much agreed with the eldest sister's frugality, and really admired her learning spirit. In addition to the name written on the cover of these books, there are some symbols and patterns drawn in them, which are really no different from the new ones, I really don't know how she was admitted to junior high school in the first place?

After a while, Li Jiaming picked out all the main textbooks for the three years of junior high school, threw a thick stack into the eldest sister's back, and the two sisters and brothers returned to their younger brother's house from their sister's house.

Coming out of the second aunt's house, Li Jiaming called 'uncle, uncle, aunt' all the way, and he called politely with a smiling face, which made the eldest sister frown. But just came to the eaves of his house, Li Jiaming's brows were also wrinkled, and his heart was bitter and sour, because his father was standing on the side of the road with a smiling face, sending his grandmother's third cousin.

Hey, the debtor has come to the door again.

For the funeral of my mother-in-law and mother, even though my father cut down all the trees that could be sold on the mountain, paid off the family's watches, bicycles, and sewing machines that could be worth a little money, and owed relatives and friends three or four thousand yuan. Now the pork is only two yuan, two cents a catty, and three or four thousand yuan is tantamount to a burden that is overwhelming for a rural family.

The third cousin, who was accompanied by his father with a smiling face, lent his father more than 1,000 yuan at the beginning, and it is estimated that half of it has not been paid off now. The closest relatives easily do not come to the door to ask for debts, and as soon as they come to the door, they must ask for money urgently, so where can the father borrow a few hundred yuan?

When the sighing father came back, the two sisters and brothers had already put the books away, Li Jiaming was packing up the broken porcelain teacup, and the eldest sister who was about to go out with her back on her back said with concern: "Third uncle, third cousin is here to ask about the account?" How much worse are you? ”

"Oh", the father, whose back seemed to be bent a little again, glanced at his eldest niece who often helped him with housework, and said with a wry smile: "That's not it, the third cousin married Aunt Feng on National Day, and he came to invite me to pay the dowry." Your fourth uncle is going to make a house soon, how can I have that time. ”

"Hey, it's too unfortunate", the eldest sister also sighed, if the third uncle could help the third cousin with furniture, he would be able to pay off a lot of debts. But on the one hand, the fourth uncle is doing the house, and on the other hand, the third uncle is paying the bill, and she doesn't know whether the third uncle should go or not.

Li Jiaming, who pricked up his ears, hesitated slightly, put down the teacup in his hand, and persuaded: "Ye Ye (Dad), you still have to help the third cousin." I remember that when my mother died, there was nothing left in the house, and it was the eldest maternal uncle and the third cousin who helped them, and they made up the money, rice, pork, and beans. ”

"I know that the fourth uncle will build a house every year (for a lifetime), and I can't help as an elder brother, right?"

If the family was a little better, Li Jiaming would not squeak, but now that the family owes so much money, even if it is to help the brothers, it depends on the ability.

"yes, I think you're wrong. The fourth uncle and the fourth aunt can earn more than 10,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan a year, even if you don't help him, you can ask someone to help. Our family is different, we owe so many debts, and we always have to pay them back.

When the fourth uncle got married, you helped him build a full set of furniture, and this time you gave him two big cypress trees, and the doors and windows in the future will definitely help him. yes, you have done your best to be a brother, and you have to do what you can to help the fourth uncle, it can't be good, he has lost ourselves! ”

"Ming Yan, that's not what I said, the fourth uncle is Yeye's own brother."

The father no longer has the vigor in his memory, and he doesn't even have much anger when he talks to his son, but Li Jiaming would rather his father still be the father who stares, scolds, and beats people at every turn, rather than this father who makes poverty and debts so heavy that he doesn't even have the heart to go.

Gritting his teeth, Li Jiaming said a little coldly: "yes, there are some things you don't take for granted, and your brother must settle accounts!" The fourth uncle can earn 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a year, and during the Chinese New Year last year, the creditors in our family came to the door, can he squeak? Three or four thousand yuan, that is, his salary for two or three months, he really can't get it? ”

These words stung his father, and his face began to be clouded, Li Jiaming also turned around, looked at his father's eyes and said word by word: "Yes, the eldest sister took me to beg the fourth brother just now, and wanted him to tutor me in reading, do you know what the eldest aunt said?" The eldest sister is also here, and I can tell you clearly: she doesn't want to, she doesn't want her son to teach her own nephew! This is what your brothers know about settling accounts, and everyone else knows, why don't you know?"

"You", the father pointed to Li Jiaming's nose and trembled with anger, and he didn't know if it was because of his son's confrontation or his sister-in-law's ruthlessness, but he didn't let go: "If you want to beat me, you can beat me, and I promise not to say a word." If you just beat me, I will still go and tell the fourth uncle, if he treats you as his own brother, he shouldn't call you to help, he should let you help the third cousin pay off the debt! ”

"You brute!"

The father, who was so angry that he smoked, finally couldn't help it, pulled out the small bamboo tip inserted in the door frame, and hit him with his head and face, Li Jiaming just stubbornly raised his face and carried it without saying a word.