Chapter Forty-Nine: Door-to-door Debts
Can it really come back?
Liu Wang didn't dare to ask, his hands trembled and grabbed the placket, and looked at Liu Ya expectantly.
The gaze seemed to be as if Liu Ya would believe what she said, and it made people unbearable to say cruel words.
"Let's live a good life, as long as I don't know my father's whereabouts for a day, I won't admit that my father has been killed. After three years, if I still can't find my father after three years, I will go to the temple to offer my father an everlasting lamp and pray for the Buddha to bless him to live in peace without us. ”
Liu Ya didn't want to deceive the Liu Wang clan, but she didn't want to hit her too hard at this time.
Three years, even if Liu Wang's family still can't let go, at that time it will be stronger than the current capacity.
Liu Wang didn't speak again, just closed his eyes as if he was asleep.
After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks with Liu Ya, Liu Ye asked softly, "Why is it three years?" ”
When he was in the ancestral house that day, Liu Ya also said this, and when Liu Ye forgot to ask.
"Maybe I'm deceiving myself, but if my father is really alive and doesn't come back in three years, he probably won't come back. At that time, I preferred to believe that my father had been killed, and that it was time to be buried in peace. ”
Liu Ya has never gotten along with her cheap father, so she naturally has no feelings at all, so she calmly said what she thought.
Liu Ye washed the dishes for a while, and then smiled bitterly: "I'd rather my father was alive, even if it ...... It's okay to forget about us. ”
“……”
Liu Ya was silent, she couldn't sway anyone's thoughts.
If Liu Shugen is really alive, but he abandons his wife and children, such a father in Liu Ya's heart is also dead.
Liu Ya has a busy day to do, go to the town to sell things, go home and go into the mountains, and then go to the field to do farm work with Liu Ye, just like **, tired but also fulfilling.
The shack has been put up with a straw curtain, and when the sun is good during the day, it is lifted up to bask in the sun to remove the moisture, and the wind and cold are put down before dark.
This kind of living environment is very bad, but the place where the third room lived in the old house is not much different from the firewood house, but it will be warmer in winter than now, after all, there is a kang that can burn firewood.
But now they can eat three meals a day, and occasionally have game or wild eggs, or stewed fish to eat, for the mother and daughter, such a day is already a luxury that they once dared not expect.
"Her third aunt is at home."
"A few willow leaves are also there."
The women of the village came in groups, and the words of greeting made Liu Ya speechless.
Now the situation of their mother and daughter, in addition to going out to work, where can they go if they don't nest in the shack?
"Why do you have time to come over? My mother's body is not good, and she has always been dizzy these days, and she will be asleep. ”
Liu Ye smiled and got up to say hello, deliberately lowering his voice to speak.
Even if Liu Ye doesn't have as much thought as Liu Ya, he can guess that these people didn't come to visit them, after all, everyone has no contact.
And many of the people who came were well-known in the village for their scheming and long-tongued women.
"Your mother is asleep, then we won't go in."
The woman who spoke pushed Liu Lin and motioned for her to explain her intention on behalf of the big guy.
When she first wrapped up the willow roots, Liu Shuqiang took the most at home, so she should naturally speak.
"If the aunts have anything to say, just say it, I can call the shots about the family."
Liu Ya washed her hands and stood beside Liu Ye, her tone was light, and she probably guessed the meaning of these people.
"Hey, it's not easy for us countrymen to save some money by digging in the soil all year round. It's not that the aunts want to force you orphans and widows, but who has nothing to do at home, isn't it? ”
Liu Lin looked at the sisters standing in front of the shack, and he was embarrassed to say the words directly to his lips.
But thinking of a hundred dollars being wasted, she was very distressed.
"My aunt said it directly, I'm too young to understand." Liu Ya said politely and detachedly.
Looking at Liu Ya's little face that was not enthusiastic, Liu Lin was not very happy, especially after seeing the floral clothes on Liu Ya's body, the smile on his face also faded a little.
"Although your father is gone, when he went to the county seat, the whole village was entangled. Auntie knows that it is not easy for you now, but as the saying goes, it is not difficult to borrow well and borrow again, you see this ......"
Liu Lin said half of his words, but the meaning could not be more obvious.
Liu Ya didn't intend to pretend to be confused, no matter what thoughts she had in her heart, now that the creditor came to ask for money, she didn't have a reason not to admit it.
"My aunt also saw where we live now, and I know that we don't have enough money. In this way, I asked my aunts to go with me to the village chief's house, and let the village chief keep an account of whoever my father had borrowed money. ”
"My mother is sick now, and I can't pay it all back at once, but I promise to pay back at least two families every month, don't you think?"
Afraid of what the willow leaf should promise, the willow bud stepped forward and said.
With the money in Liu Ya's hand, it is not a problem to pay off the entanglement funded by the whole village, but if she really settles it once, it will only attract rumors that are unfavorable to them.
"It's not a lot of money, so you don't need to bother the village chief, right?" The Liu Lin clan was a little resistant.
"There may not be many other people's families, but my aunt's family took a hundred yuan at the beginning, and I must have to pay it off several times, in case it is not good."
Liu Ya's tone was still flat, and after the others discussed it for a while, he said, "If you don't believe me, I can swear here." If I don't pay off the money my father owes to the villagers, I will not be able to marry a good family in the future. ”
Liu Ya didn't plan to repay the debt, but she didn't plan to get married, so she didn't care much when she swore it.
"Little sister!" Liu Ye shook his body and hurriedly pressed Liu Ya's hand.
There was a thud in the house, and I don't know what fell to the ground, but apparently it was Liu Wang's clan who also heard Liu Ya's oath.
Several people in the Liu Lin clan felt panicked on their faces, they just felt that someone came to ask for money anyway, why should they give it for nothing?
But this will think about the situation of the third room, even if they ask for money, they should not be forced at this time, and their original kindness will change when it is spread.
Liu Ye hurriedly entered the shack, but Liu Ya's gaze looked at Zhao Xinyue who was following from everyone, and the corners of her mouth hooked up with a sneer.
"Zhao Xinyue, I remember that your family didn't lend my father a penny at the beginning, don't you want to fish in troubled waters?"
Liu Ya deliberately named Zhao Xinyue's name and roughly guessed the reason why Zhao Xinyue would appear.
It's nothing more than a joke to see their three rooms, and then sprinkle salt on the wound, which is what Zhao Xinyue has always liked to do.
"I just watched so many people come and wanted to join in the fun. I have to go back, or my grandmother will look for me. ”
Zhao Xinyue turned around and ran with a weak heart, didn't notice that the road under her feet was uneven, and she fell to the ground, her palm was cut by a branch, and her tears of pain fell out.