Of course, the village chief understands what his daughter-in-law means, the five hundred yuan is not a small amount, not to mention whether there is one at home for the time being, just look at how the person who can't earn fifty yuan a year before Cheng can pay back the five hundred yuan.

"Oh, Cheng Qian, it's not that my brother sees that you have difficulty standing by, it's just that I've been in meetings recently, and I've spent a lot of money on this point, and I really don't have so much money to lend you, you see this, you wait for me for two months, and when the township gives me a salary, I'll lend you the money."

The village chief's words sounded pertinent, but when he thought about it, how could this Zhang Wenfeng's illness drag on for a month or two, Cheng Qian held the tea jar in his hand, kept trembling, and knelt directly on the edge of the village chief's kang.

The village chief and the village chief's daughter-in-law glanced at each other, and quickly got up to help him, but Cheng Qian dodged with his elbow and did not get up, the village chief sighed and slapped his thigh.

"Village chief, I'll do this for you, if I don't have this life-saving money, I can only watch my daughter-in-law die."

Cheng Qian's tears couldn't stop flowing down, and they fell into the teapot with a click, which made people feel unbearable to watch.

Cai Jianguo looked at him, his nose couldn't help but sour, he got up and walked over, looked at Cheng Qian squatting down and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother, since the village chief doesn't have so much, let's not embarrass the village chief, come in the middle of the night, can't cause trouble to others, let's go home first, see if there is any way, if you don't win, I will make it up for you." ”

Cai Jianguo said and glanced at the village chief and the village chief's daughter-in-law, and helped Cheng Qian up, saying such a thing, he didn't feel good in his heart, got up and went to another room to take out a hundred yuan and handed it to Cheng Qian.

"I'm here, there's only so much left, you take it and use it first, go to the hospital first to see what the situation is, and then if it's not enough, the village will also help you to see if there is a way to solve it."

The village chief slapped a hundred yuan on Cheng Qian's hand, Cheng Qian bowed again and again to thank him, and Cai Jianguo followed Cheng Qian out on the grounds of not disturbing their rest.

As soon as I walked out of the gate, not far away, I heard the voice of the village chief and the village chief's daughter-in-law scolding behind me, and listened carefully, probably because the village chief's daughter-in-law disliked the village chief for lending him too much money, and Cheng Qian was too poor to pay it back, so he wasted a hundred yuan in vain.

Cheng Qian sighed, held the hundred yuan in his hand, looked at Cai Jianguo as if he was holding a knife, and just wanted to step back, he was stopped by Cai Jianguo.

"Just bear with this breath first, your daughter-in-law is waiting for this money to treat her illness, and compared to her, your face is worth a few dollars."

Cheng Qian had tears in his eyes, squeezed the money tightly in his hand, began to tremble all over, and bit his lip to look at Cai Jianguo.

Cai Jianguo patted Cheng Qian's shoulder, nodded, and didn't say anything.

"Dongzi, where is your mother?"

When I returned home, I saw Dongzi sitting on the kang alone, Zhang Wenfeng was not at home, Cheng Qian looked at Cheng Xiaodong and asked.

"My mom said I'm looking for you."

Cheng Xiaodong looked at Cheng Qian and said.

Cheng Qian turned around and ran into the yard and called twice, but he didn't hear Zhang Wenfeng's reply, and instantly panicked.

Cai Jianguo, who had just sat on the kang, heard Cheng Qian's shout, so he hurriedly ran out with his shoes on and asked through the courtyard wall.

"My daughter-in-law is not at home, she said that she was looking for the two of us, did you see it?"

Cheng Qian stepped on the grinding plate and looked at Cai Jianguo and asked.

Cai Jianguo was confused: "What nonsense, let's come back together, where can I see your daughter-in-law along the way!" ”

"My mother said she was afraid that you would come back too late, so she went to look for you."

"Can't anything happen, Dongzi, when did your mother wake up?"

Cai Jianguo always felt that something was wrong, and looked at Cheng Xiaodong at the door of the house and asked.

"I don't know, when I woke up, I saw my mom sitting on the threshold crying, and then she said a bunch of strange things to me, and said that I went out to find you."

"Your mother is crying, what did she tell you?"

Cheng Qian turned around, got off the grinding plate, walked to Cheng Xiaodong's side, grabbed Cheng Xiaodong's shoulder, and asked nervously.

Cheng Xiaodong was frightened by Cheng Qian's reaction and looked at him stunned.

Cai Jianguo knew that the situation was wrong, so he jumped over the wall and walked to Cheng Xiaodong's side, pushed Cheng Qian aside, squatted down to look at Cheng Xiaodong, and touched Cheng Xiaodong's head.

"Dongzi, don't be afraid, your father can't find your mother in a hurry, tell your uncle, what did your mother tell you?"

Cai Jianguo's tone was much better than Cheng Qian, although he was anxious, but he had to smile at the child, because he knew that the more the adult spoke out, the more scared the child became, and he couldn't ask anything.

"My mother said that the weather is going to be cold, let me wear more clothes, and I have a bad stomach, eat less spicy food, let me take care of my father, and I don't remember anything else."

After Cheng Xiaodong said this, Cai Jianguo and Cheng Qian glanced at each other, and the faces of the two changed suddenly.

"I can't hear anything."

Cai Jianguo began to worry in his heart, two people turned on kerosene lamps, called Chen Lianhua, and several people went all over the village to find Zhang Wenfeng.

This shouting disturbed many people in the village, and as soon as they heard about it, everyone came out one after another to help find it.

"Before Cheng, don't worry, don't think nonsense!"

Looking at Cheng Qian, who was frivolous, Cai Jianguo comforted him while looking around.

Cheng Qian's eyes were hollow now, like a walking corpse, and the sweat on his forehead was dripping down.

"Found it!"

Hearing such a sound from afar, Cheng Qian seemed to be covered in electricity, and a spirit hurriedly ran in that direction.

Listening to the sound of a pillar in the village, Cheng Qian ran to his side, looked in the direction of his finger, and walked over the north slope as he spoke.

Cheng Qian walked through the crowd, everyone's faces were ugly, he noticed something, looked at the figure hanging from the locust tree on the north slope, bit his lip and staggered, and fell to the ground.

"Cheng Qian."

Cai Jianguo ran over directly, helped Cheng Qian up, Cheng Qian pushed Cai Jianguo away, grabbed a few handfuls on the ground, struggled to get up, and walked towards the locust tree.

More and more familiar outlines, more and more familiar looks, every step closer, Cheng Qian is like walking on a knife.

Zhang Wenfeng's body was stiff, her face was bruised, and her eyebrows were wrinkled on her simple face.

hugged Zhang Wenfeng down, Cheng Qian also sat on the ground, hugged her and gently touched her face, tears flowed uncontrollably.

"Feng'er, why are you so stupid, I've borrowed money, did you hear something, why don't you wait for me, why don't you wait for me to come back."

No matter how others persuaded him, Cheng Qian sat there, holding Zhang Wenfeng's corpse and talking to himself.

Cai Jianguo next to him hugged Chen Lianhua, and the two of them couldn't help crying.

"Feng'er, it's cold here, I'll take you home, let's go home, look at it, your hands are cold."

Cheng Qian held Zhang Wenfeng's body and walked down the hillside.