30. Borrow money
Because Xiang Ange's schoolwork is getting busier and busier, after the internship, it is difficult to guarantee even two days off, and naturally there is no way to go home on time once a month, he can take time out to visit his younger brother once a week, it is not easy, fortunately, Xiang Antai has also been accustomed to the life of living in school, compared to returning to a deserted home, staying at school with classmates, it seems that it is not so difficult to accept, after all, a small student, not everyone goes home every week.
This time he finally got a vacation, Xiang Ange thought about taking his younger brother home to live for a few days, after all, the house was placed there, although he asked the village chief's family to help take care of it, but it was impossible for people to go in casually, after all, they were not relatives, so they had to avoid suspicion.
If no one lives in it for a long time, no matter how good the house is, it will have to be abandoned, although I vaguely know in my heart that it is unlikely that the two brothers will return to Hexi Village in the future, but now Xiang Ange is reluctant.
The two brothers returned home, as usual, they started cleaning, which is a must do every time they go home, the sun was still very good on this day, and Xiang Ange moved out all the things that could be taken out of the house to dry, but the yard was full of things, and even the pots and pans did not escape the fate of basking in the sun.
Compared to Xiang Ange, Xiang Antai's nostalgia for this courtyard Cheng DΓΉ is obviously not so heavy, after moving things, he sat on the bench at the door, and couldn't help but say: "Brother, when you graduate and go to work in the future, will we still come back?" β
Xiang Antai was sensible early, and he also knew that his brother's grades were very good, and if nothing else, he should be able to stay in the hospital in Rongcheng.
Xiang Ange also thought about this, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this, emotionally, he was very reluctant to leave home, but intellectually, he knew that because of his work, it was unlikely that he would stay in Heyuan Town in the future, after all, they had a small hospital in the town, and they didn't need Chinese medicine at all.
After hesitating for a moment, Xiang Ange asked, "If you don't come back, will Atai be sad?" β
Xiang Antai glanced at his brother, and secretly said that it was his brother who would be sad, he smiled and hugged his brother's neck, and said with a smile: "Where my brother is, home is there." β
For Xiang Antai, after the death of his grandmother, his brother is the only relative, where he is, he will follow him, as for this house, he does have some feelings, but after all, it is not as deep as Xiang Ange's feelings.
Hearing this, Xiang Ange couldn't help laughing, pursed the corners of his mouth and said, "Officially start work, the hospital will assign a dormitory, if I'm busy, can Atai come and see me by himself?" β
Xiang Antai had already had this intention, his brother was always worried that it was not safe for him to go out alone, and every time he was tired and tired, he had to come over to see him, several times, Xiang Ange went to his bedroom, sat and talked and fell asleep. Xiang Antai also felt sorry for his brother, and mentioned several times that he could go over to see him, but Xiang Ange just didn't agree. At this time, Xiang Antai couldn't help but shout happily: "Okay, brother, then let's talk about it." β
Xiang Ange saw him smiling happily, and his mood couldn't help but soar, he was about to graduate from school, and when he started working, he would be able to earn money, and the task of making money to support his family could be achieved, and at that time, Antai didn't have to worry about when the money left by his grandmother would be spent.
The brotherhood is deep here, and a voice came from outside, which directly made the brothers frown.
"Ange Antai is back, these two boys, don't say a word when they come back." It was their aunt Chen Li who said this, and she was still followed by Xiang Yuan, who was smoking a cigarette in the distance, and seemed to be a little depressed, and she only looked up at them when she came in.
Chen Li's enthusiastic appearance, since their parents passed away, Xiang Ange has never seen it again, although he is unwilling to maliciously speculate about this aunt, he still became vigilant all of a sudden, and said with a smile: "School holiday, stay for two days and leave, I just came back today, I planned to go to the village tomorrow to have a look." β
Chen Li glanced at the furniture around her, and pouted when she saw that everything was old, but when she looked at it again, Xiang Ange was just that, but Xiang Antai was wearing a new one, and at a glance, she knew that the things on her body must be newly purchased, and it was not a new style they bought in the town.
Chen Li's heart was sour, and she secretly scolded her grandmother for being biased, such a large sum of money was actually given to the two children, and she would rather give it to the village chief than let them hold it, otherwise, even if it is a year's interest, there will be thousands of yuan. At this time, he didn't want to think about it, but the money was exchanged for the lives of the eldest couple of the Xiang family, and Grandma Xiang would do that, it wasn't that they failed to be uncles and aunts, and Grandma Xiang didn't feel at ease if she died.
With a flash of thought, Chen Li smiled and said with a smile: "It's good to come back, let's go to my uncle and aunt's house for dinner later, you just came back, and the family must not be prepared." β
Xiang Ange's heart jumped, and he subconsciously glanced at his uncle behind him, and saw that he was just silent, so he said: "Don't bother, Auntie, we have already cooked, there are only two people in the family, just eat a little." β
"How can this work, I finally came back, and I have to eat something delicious." Chen Li smiled and was about to reach out to Antai, who knew that Xiang Antai quickly dodged, stood beside Xiang Ange and pursed his lips without speaking, he knew how to do superficial kung fu compared to his brother, Xiang Antai was obviously resentful of the pair of uncles and aunts, in his memory, he could only remember the scene when his aunt yelled and scolded at home every time and ignored his uncle.
Seeing this, Chen Li's face stiffened slightly, put away her smile and said, "This kid is still polite to me." β
Xiang Ange was also a little impatient in his heart, reached out and shook Xiang Antai's hand, and said, "Uncle and aunt, if you have anything, just say it directly." β
Chen Li saw that he had directly picked up the matter, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, but he soon said with a smile: "That's the case, you also know, your brother Chen Bo is not angry, he was admitted to three books, and the family's money let him study, I thought to your uncle that he could make a few dollars every year, so he thought about starting a small business, but with a little less capital." β
After saying this, Chen Li didn't wait for him to answer, and then said: "You brothers can rest assured, we should borrow this money, and when we repay it after the year, we will not only repay the principal, but also carry interest." β
Chen Li stabbed the man next to her, Xiang Yuancai put down the cigarette, stepped on the cigarette butt, and said: "I have thought about it with your aunt, just open a small restaurant in the town, you can make money left and right, and when you make money, you will definitely return your money first." β
Xiang Ange frowned slightly, who his uncle and aunt were, he knew better than the people in the village, when his parents were still there, both of them said that they wanted to do business, and at that time his parents also lent them a sum of money, but then there was no news about the business, and there was no news about the money, and then his parents died, and no one mentioned the money.
Xiang Ange didn't believe that they could do any big business, let alone that they would repay the money on time, and there was another one, even if they could make a lot of money in the future, they didn't plan to take advantage of it.
Seeing that he was silent, Chen Li said again: "We don't borrow a lot, 50,000 is enough." β
Xiang Ange almost laughed angrily, the total amount left by his grandmother was only 100,000 yuan, and some of the work in the past two years has been used, but they are good, and they took half of it as soon as they opened their mouths.
Xiang Ange didn't hesitate anymore, and said: "Uncle and aunt, you also know the situation of our family, I'm still studying, Atai can't be delayed, who knows when you will need to use money, we are different from you, when it is really time to use money, there is nothing to borrow, so I don't dare to use it casually." β
As soon as she heard this, Chen Li's face was not good, and she sneered and said: "How can this be casual, we borrowed this money from you to do legitimate business, and we will double it after the New Year, is it possible that you still can't trust us." β
Xiang Antai was anxious to speak, but Xiang Ange grabbed him, and just said: "It's not that I can't trust my uncle and aunt, but I'm afraid that something will happen, besides, when my grandmother passed away, I also said that this money can only be used for our tuition and living expenses." β
Xiang Yuan Chen Li's idea of playing this money is not a day or two, Xiang Chen Bo was admitted to three books before, which is considered an undergraduate school, Chen Li has not been less bragging in the village, but the school of three books is good, and the tuition fee is also first-class high, for rural people like them, they feel a little pressure.
At that time, Chen Li had a good idea, thinking that if she could ask for money from the village chief, 100,000 yuan would be enough for her son to finish four years of study, and even living expenses.
She had a good idea, who knew that she had just made a head, and she was scolded by the village chief, whose child is not Bao'er, she did this, could she let Ange Antai drop out of school, only arch her own son, this money can never be used on Xiang Chen Bo's body.
This was still during the summer vacation, when Chen Li suffered a loss, and she didn't dare to do anything because of the prestige of the village chief, but she cursed the Xiang brothers in private, and even said that they didn't die with their short-lived parents.
At the beginning, Xiang Yuan still had some thoughts about taking care of his two nephews, but he was a selfish person, and his mind changed when he was nagged by his wife every day.
Let Chen Li talk badly, Xiang Ange just clenched and didn't agree, Chen Li naturally knew that if she went directly to the village chief, she would definitely not be able to get any benefits, so she wanted to make the two brothers clear first, if they agreed, the village chief would grit his teeth again, and he would have to loosen his mouth.
She didn't expect that she had said all the good and bad things, and Xiang Ange just bit it to death and didn't agree, let her coerce and lure, he simply didn't move.
After talking for a long time, her mouth was about to get skinned, and Chen Li was angry, pointing at the two brothers and scolding: "Little rabbit cub, don't you know what to do, we have made a fortune, don't you have any benefit, cling to those pennies, can you still get more, when these are spent, see where you go to ask for food." β
Hearing this, Xiang Antai's eyes were red, and he only glared at Chen Li fiercely, Chen Li was startled by his fierce eyes, and then jumped up and shouted: "Look, look, what kind of eyes is this, it is really a thing with a mother and no mother, what kind of attitude is this towards the elders." β
Xiang Ange's face turned cold all of a sudden, he regarded his younger brother as a treasure in his hand, and he was never reluctant to scold, since Grandma Xiang passed away, Xiang Antai was also his spiritual pillar, but now he was scolded by Chen Li, and he didn't have a good face at the moment, and said coldly: "How about Atai, don't talk too much about your aunt, but your aunt should take a good look at herself, whether she looks like an elder or not." β
Chen Li obviously didn't expect it, she had always been good-voiced, usually soft-spoken, and never seemed to be angry, Xiang Ange also gave a cold face, and suddenly couldn't react, but soon became angry, raised her hand and was about to hit someone: "Rabbit cub, today I will teach you a lesson for your parents." β
Xiang Ange subconsciously protected his younger brother in his arms, but at this moment, he heard a loud shout outside the door, but it was the old village chief who walked in with a gloomy face, saw Chen Li raising his hand, and said coldly: "Who are you going to teach a lesson, Ange Antai is a good person, I think the person who should be taught is you, Xiang Yuan, this is your own nephew, you just watch your daughter-in-law beat people, your brother and sister-in-law, if your mother lives, I am afraid that you will be angry to death." β
A trace of embarrassment flashed on Xiang Yuan's face, he grabbed Chen Li with one hand, and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, uncle, my daughter-in-law just has a bad temper, isn't this a joke with the two children." β
The village chief didn't eat this, and said with a sneer: "Is it a joke, I can see that this money is placed here for me, if you want it, even if you come to make trouble with me, it's not a thing to find two children." β
"Even if it's like a good boy with Ange Antae, you are willing to do it." A few more people came from behind, but they were all elders with relatively high seniors in the village, and they looked out of breath, so it can be seen that they set off with the village chief, probably not as fast as the village chief, so they fell behind.
Xiang Yuan felt embarrassed, but Chen Li shouted: "This is our family matter, and we need you to intervene." β
"I, your family affairs, Ange Antai Ke is surnamed Xiang, it is our Xiang family, and your surname Chen is an outsider." One of the mothers-in-law scolded, this is true, if it was put in ancient times, when the power of the clan was still strong, Chen Li, a daughter-in-law with a foreign surname, had no weight to speak at all.
The attack power of several mothers-in-law and mothers is much stronger than that of the old village chief, from Chen Li's mother to the eighteenth generation of ancestors have been greeted again, although Chen Li is a powerful character, she has no choice but to beat her hands with two fists, and she will be scolded so hard that she can't raise her head after a while.
Xiang Yuan also felt embarrassed, although these people did not scold him by name, but in and out of their words, they always meant that he was not human.
Chen Li was scolded so badly, she shouted with red eyes: "Now that our family is in trouble, you will not save you when you see death, then our two families will cut off the relationship, and we will not get along with each other in the future, so don't ask for anything to come to our door." β
"It's like you take care of the two children, did you take a green onion or give them a piece of meat?" The mother-in-law also sneered, when the eldest couple of the Xiang family was still there, how good they were to the younger brother and sister-in-law, they were really white-eyed wolves who couldn't be raised.
However, if the relationship is severed, the people in the village dare not directly help the brothers.
Xiang Ange sighed, stood up and said, "Uncle and aunt, if anyone in your family is sick and needs to save his life urgently, even if he drops out of school, I will take out that money." β
"Stinky boy, who are you cursing?" Chen Li scolded.
Xiang Antai finally couldn't help it and shouted loudly: "You are not allowed to scold my brother." β
Xiang Angela held his brother and continued: "But for such a thing as business, I will definitely not borrow money. If my uncle and aunt want to break off the relationship, then break off the relationship, and no matter what I have with Atai in the future, I will never ask you to come to your door again. β
Chen Li choked, she just broke off the relationship, she didn't choose to speak, but when she said it, especially in front of so many people, she couldn't take it back, so she had to scold angrily: "If you break off the relationship, you will break off the relationship, and you will regret it in the future." β
After saying this, she didn't care about Xiang Yuan's ugly face, and left with people.
As soon as the couple left, the elders in the yard also left, they originally watched the brothers grow up, and there was a lot of pity in their hearts for their young and orphaned, plus Xiang Ange would treat people, and they gave them free services during the summer and winter vacations.
Before leaving, the old village chief also patted him on the shoulder and said, "There is the village chief's grandfather, they can't take the money, don't worry." β
Xiang Ange is also grateful in his heart, the only blood relative is unreliable, but these villagers have helped him a lot since he was a child.
When everyone left, Xiang Ange touched his brother's head, and couldn't help but say, "In the future, there will really be only the two of us." β
Xiang Antai pouted, he never treated his uncle and aunt with that cousin as a family member, so he simply hugged his brother and said, "It's always just the two of us." β