Time is like an hourglass between the fingers, passing quietly, five days have passed since the end of the college entrance examination, and in these five days, almost all the food and drink at home have been contracted by Wang Ming, and every time Lori gets out of school, she follows Wang Ming, looking at Wang Ming who is busy in the kitchen, obviously she has an extreme fascination with Wang Ming's craftsmanship.

In addition to taking care of the diet of a family of four, Wang Ming also took the initiative to go to the field to help his father Wang Zheng do some farm work within his ability.

Wang Zheng's face has slowly eased in the past few days, looking at his sensible son, although he doesn't have too many smiles on his face, but in his spare time, he always smokes alone, occasionally glancing at Wang Ming's gaze, with appreciation, and even more entangled.

The sun hung high in the sky, the scorching sun was desperately swaying the heat, and the air was full of scorching temperature, which made people feel a little suffocated after hearing it.

After Wang Ming cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and cleaned up the kitchen, he stood in front of the kitchen door, raised his head and squinted his eyes, looking at the sky through the dense branches and leaves of the old locust in the courtyard, and the stuffiness in the air made him frown a little.

He took a deep breath, his eyes swept over Lao Huai, leaning on the chaise longue, his eyes slightly closed, his pale mother, on the small wooden table not far from his mother, an old-fashioned fan was turning desperately, and his shaking head made a clicking sound from time to time, so as to resist the scorching heat in the air.

Wang Ming turned around and picked up the cup, poured a cup of boiled bayberry soup, the light red bayberry floated in the cup, and a sour taste spread.

This is Wang Ming from the forest to pick the wild bayberry is still ripe, take a part of the addition of an appropriate amount of red and white two kinds of cotton sugar mashed, then wrapped in cloth, soaked in water for half an hour, add a little rock sugar and orange peel to boil, this bayberry soup looks a little worse, but for the hot summer, it is a good product to quench thirst.

This bayberry is a wild tree that no one takes care of in the forest, these days, Wang Ming also took advantage of his free time, the bayberry soup boiled out was taken out by him to sell in other villages and towns, although it is hard, and the price of this bayberry soup is low, but the customers who have bought Wang Ming's bayberry soup are full of praise for him boiled here, although tired, but in these days, Wang Ming also earned more than two hundred yuan. And this money will be his travel expenses to the Dongjiang River.

For himself here, now he can make his family worry-free, which is what he can do at present, thinking of this, when Wang Ming retracted his eyes, he also secretly made up his mind in his heart that he must earn the first pot of gold as quickly as possible.

Wang Ming walked lightly to the old locust tree, put the cup in his hand next to his mother, looked at the pale face, and the sideburns that appeared from the white hair, and sighed softly in his heart.

"Wow pat..."

At this moment, slightly hurried footsteps sounded, Wang Ming frowned slightly, and then he stood up, and when he turned around, a burly figure appeared in his field of vision.

Wang Ming knows, called Li Bao, looks five big and three thick, full of meat, but the face is full of oil, a few years ago he made some money in business, and later returned to Daliutan Village to develop, is one of the few people in the village who are worth millions, but the level of people who have money to contact is different, so he always looks arrogant in the village on weekdays, but what makes Wang Ming really surprised is that such a high-profile nouveau riche has now come to his home, which makes him quite puzzled, but faintly, Wang Ming has some uneasiness in his heart.

Li Bao was panting at this time, and the beer belly that bulged like a pregnant woman was also constantly stretching, I don't know if it was because of the heat of the weather, or other reasons, the chubby face full of greasy was a little anxious at this time, and when he looked at Wang Ming on the side, there was an impatient sound, which came out of his mouth.

"Where's your dad?"

Li Bao's voice fell, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his face, and when his eyes moved, he looked at the bayberry soup on the small wooden table, without the slightest hesitation, he reached out and took it at will, raised his neck and drank it all, and then looked at Wang Ming, who was expressionless on the side.

"Is there something wrong?"

A nameless fire rose in Wang Ming's heart, his eyes swept over the cups that were randomly thrown there on the wooden table, and when he looked up, he looked at Li Bao, looking at the fat man with an impatient face, and the disgust in his heart was even worse.

"What can you do to the Lord? Go, go, go... Go get your dad. ”

Stunned by Wang Ming's lukewarm words, Li Bao raised his voice, and when he spoke again at this moment, there seemed to be a trace of anger on his face, and he waved at Wang Ming again and again, in this big Liutan Village, the people who dared to talk to him with this attitude could be counted on one hand, but Wang Ming in front of him was too immature, and he Li Bao was too lazy to see like a child, so when the words fell, he also looked at Yang Xia on the side.

Li Bao's voice came out, so that Yang Xia, who had just fallen asleep on the side, was suddenly awakened, and when she got up in a hurry, she looked at Li Bao, who was not good-looking, and Wang Ming, who was expressionless but standing there coldly, Yang Xia's face flashed a trace of panic, and when she spoke, her eyes were finally fixed on Wang Ming.

"This kid, what are you doing in a daze, go and pour some water for your Uncle Li Bao."

Seeing his mother like this, Wang Ming reluctantly picked up the cup in his hand, and was just about to turn around, when Li Bao's disgusting voice sounded again.

"The bayberry soup just now is good, so let's come to that."

Wang Ming didn't answer, his immature little face couldn't see joy and anger, and when he turned around at this moment, he looked at Yang Xia on the side, and his brows furrowed a little deeper.

Mother Yang Xia had already stood up from the recliner and gave up her seat to Li Bao on the side, her pale face was full of far-fetched smiles, and she felt even more cramped.

Wang Ming's pace quickened, and after a while, he walked out again with bayberry soup and put it next to Li Bao, but the person stood there without the slightest intention of leaving.

"Xiao Ming, you go into the house first, and I'll talk to your Uncle Li Bao about something."

Yang Xia's face was a little cramped, looking at Li Bao, who was cross-legged and drinking bayberry soup leisurely, and still had impatience on his face, and said to Wang Ming on the side.

Wang Ming looked at his mother's somewhat cramped appearance, and when he sighed in his heart, he couldn't bear it, and in desperation, he could only walk towards the hut next to the kitchen.

And just as Wang Ming turned to leave, the impatience on Li Bao's face seemed to have reached the extreme, and when he looked at Yang Xia, who was looking cramped, the swaying Erlang's legs swayed gently.

"Wang Zheng is not here, then I'll tell you, the five thousand yuan that I borrowed from me a few years ago has now been six or seven months, not to mention the principal, even if it is interest, your family hasn't paid it for two months, right?"

Li Bao's voice was not disguised at all, and when it came out, it made Yang Xia's face even paler, looking at Wang Ming in front of her, the crampedness on Yang Xia's face gradually became embarrassed, and she deliberately wanted to avoid Wang Ming's approach, and it was instantly shattered.

Wang Ming's figure was abrupt, in silence, he bit his lips, silently entered the hut, and then sat on the bed fiercely, took a deep breath, and listened to the movement outside.

Seeing Wang Ming enter the room, Yang Xia also sighed in her heart, and when her eyes were withdrawn, she fell on Li Bao on the side, her pale face tried to squeeze out a smile, but it seemed so far-fetched.

"Uncle Li, can you give some more time, there have been a lot of things at home recently, you see..."

Yang Xia said, turned around and entered the room, and after a while, she walked out with a handkerchief in her hand, although the change in it was a little shabby, but it was neatly organized.

Pushing the money in the handkerchief in front of Li Bao, Yang Xia's eyes dimmed.

"Uncle Li, this is five hundred yuan, which is the interest for these two months, if the principal is the amount, let's hold it off a little longer, and we will definitely make it up for you."

Yang Xia's voice was reluctant, and even more entangled, the five hundred yuan was accumulated by her thrift in the past few months, and she originally planned to help Wang Ming make up the tuition fees for college, but now that the matter is coming, although she has a pain here, she has no choice, and it is natural to repay the debt.

Seeing Yang Xia like this, Li Bao's greasy face showed a hint of a smile, and he reached out and grabbed the change unceremoniously, stuffed it into his pocket at will, and then stood up.

"Okay, my sister-in-law said that this is on the line, so I will give you a few more months, but this monthly interest can't be in arrears."

After Li Bao finished speaking, he drank all the bayberry soup in the cup, then stood up lazily, ignoring Yang Xia, whose face was full of gratitude, stretched out his hand to wipe his sweat, muttered in a low voice about the damn weather, and turned to leave.

Wang Ming sat in the hut, he also listened to all the few conversations outside, and at this time, through the window screen, he watched Li Bao, who was shaking his fat body, leave, and he walked out of the room.

Yang Xia shrank on the recliner in some despair, staring blankly at the direction of Li Bao's departure, so that Wang Ming came again, and she didn't find out in time.

The sensible Wang Ming didn't say anything, silently put the water in the cup in front of his mother Yang Xia, turned around and entered the small room again.

Wang Ming sat on the bed, his mind was a little dizzy, he shook his head, and tried his best to put down his mental mess, and in silence, Wang Ming muttered at the corner of his mouth.

"Look at this situation, no matter what, it's time to go."

Wang Ming's voice fell, and the family in front of him was already embarrassed to this kind of Cheng dù, looking at Li Bao's appearance, it was clearly a usury loan for money, but this kind of money was not compulsory, to put it mildly, you and I would like it, although it is not legal, no one will care about this, but what he doesn't understand is that how can the family borrow as much as five thousand yuan.

However, Wang Ming didn't plan to know the reason, and now, he was still going to accompany his parents for a while longer, and his idea at this time was to rush to the Dongjiang River as much as possible, and only when he got there, the plan in his heart could be carried out step by step.

Thinking of this, Wang Ming made up his mind, and in the past two days, even if his parents stopped him, he would go alone.

Wang Ming's thoughts here were settled, and he threw himself on the bed, since he was reborn, one thing after another appeared, making him anxious now that he had nothing.

And at this moment, there was a sound outside the door, and the familiar footsteps made Wang Ming know that it was his father Wang Zheng, and he didn't know what Wang Zheng said to his mother Yang Xia outside.

"Xiao Ming, come out, I have something to tell you."

Wang Ming looked stunned, but he didn't hesitate, he had already made up his mind that no matter what his father said and did, he would only choose this path. Thinking of this, Wang Ming took a deep breath and pushed the door open, he was already in the courtyard...