When he went home for dinner at noon, Su Qingtong saw that the sun was good, so he took the quilt to the place in front of the house where the sun had been exposed for the longest time.

The winters here are wet and cold, and after the cold rain, the temperature warms up, and there is an unpleasant musty smell in the house, and there is an unbearable wet feeling everywhere.

As long as the sun is out, Su Qingtong will dry the quilt.

She was short, and moved a stool, and with great difficulty put the quilt on the clothesline by the pond, and then saw a stranger come from the road in front of the house, and went straight to her house.

When she entered the house, she heard the man say to her mother, "... I'm not in a hurry, and I won't come to urge you, it's really my brother-in-law who has to help him build a house, and I promised him a few years earlier, if I don't help him, my wife has to quarrel with me...."

Su Qingtong's heart jumped, it turned out to be a debt collector, but he didn't know how much he owed him.

Wang Xuelian said with a smiling face: "I borrowed your money for so long, and I really have to pay it back, you helped me a lot last year, I remember your good in my heart, or else, I really don't have any money in my hand now, you come over at sixteen, my man will pay his salary on the fifteenth, and I will keep it for you." ”

The man breathed a sigh of relief when he got the promise, and looked at Su Qingtong who walked in and also had the heart to say some kind words, so he asked with a smile: "This is your eldest daughter?" ”

Wang Xuelian smiled and said, "Yes, come back for dinner at noon." ”

The man said, "I just saw her holding the quilt and drying, it seems that she is a person who can do things." ”

Wang Xuelian was worried about money, and said perfunctorily: "Yes, now I look a little more sensible." ”

When a man achieves his goal, he doesn't want money as soon as he is in a good mood, and he says flattering words: "Your children are well-come, all of them are beautiful, and they will all be blessed people in the future." ”

Wang Xuelian saw him praising his children, so she showed a little sincere smile and asked, "Have you eaten?" If you don't like it, eat a little at my place. ”

The man hurriedly stood up and said, "No, I'll go first, and I'll leave the matter on the 16th to you." ”

Wang Xuelian also stood up and said, "I'll take it to heart, how embarrassed is it for you to say something like please, I should thank you." ”

When Su Qingtong was eating, Wang Xuelian sent the person who asked for the account in, looking preoccupied, she went out without eating, Su Qingtong could see that she was looking for someone to borrow money, and now this is the case, borrowing new accounts to repay old accounts, and her mother's promise to repay the money on the 16th is not reliable, she knew in her previous life that her father often signed and left on the day of payroll, just because she owed the school a butt account, she could only use her monthly salary to deduct it, which made Su Qingtong's heart twist like a knife, and her heart hurt her parents to live this kind of life beyond their means.

In the evening, there was another person at home who took over the account, at this time Su Xiuqian was at home, the atmosphere looked quite good, the person who took the account asked if the Wang family had received the money lost, Su Xiuqian replied: "This money will be transferred to me by the brigade headquarters, and I haven't got it yet, and I don't know when it will be delivered." ”

The man's wife seemed impatient, so she said bluntly: "It's almost the New Year, our family has a lot of favors, and we need money turnover, can you give me back my 100 yuan first?" ”

Su Xiuqian smiled awkwardly and said, "Of course." ”

Su Qingtong looked entangled, his father promised well, but he was afraid that it was unknown whether the one hundred and twenty yuan could be the turn of the family to get the money, but what could he do if he didn't agree, so his parents had to prevaricate and said that they would send her the money when they got it, so they just wanted to send them away quickly.

Wang Xuelian originally wanted to use the money lost by the Wang family to make a few new clothes for the children for the New Year, but now it seems that it is no longer possible, she asked Su Xiuqian in a low voice: "Why don't you go to your father and borrow a few hundred yuan to deal with the emergency." ”

Su Xiuqian hurriedly said: "Don't open that mouth, Dad asked me for his two hundred yuan yesterday, his retirement salary is not high, and he likes to run around, where can he save money." ”

Su Qingtong also knew that his grandfather couldn't save money, but his grandfather's retirement salary would soon be calculated according to his previous cadre level, and it would be more than half of his father's salary at that time, but when his grandfather died in the second half of next year, he only had a few dozen yuan in his pocket, so his mother's idea to hit his grandfather was destined to fail.

The next day, Su Xiuqian and his wife borrowed money everywhere, ran to several places in vain, their faces were not good-looking, just stepped into the house, and suddenly smelled the aroma of a long-lost meal, this fragrance is definitely not the fragrance of Luo Pu cabbage, and the two looked at the small dining table in the room at the same time.

A dish of green pepper drizzled with oil was placed in the middle of the small table, and there was a bowl of beans next to it, these are not vegetables of this season, Su Xiuqian and Wang Xuelian were stunned, and then asked their son and daughter at the table happily: "Who sent these dishes?" ”

Su Zitong shook her head, she didn't know where her sister got the vegetables from, but they were so delicious, she had been secretly twisting the vegetables with her fingers at the moment to eat.

Su Qingtong knew that his parents would be happy, the vegetables in this season were very monotonous, and he was tired of eating Luopu cabbage often, and now there are so many vegetables that can only be eaten in summer, and his parents will naturally be pleasantly surprised.

She also came up with a reason to explain: "It was given to me by an uncle who sells vegetables, and when I was out of school, I saw an uncle who was buying vegetables on his bicycle falling, so I helped him lift his bicycle with all his might, and then helped him pick up the vegetables that fell on the ground, and he asked me if I wanted the vegetables that were broken, and I took them back." ”

Su Xiuqian glanced at her in disbelief, and she didn't know if what her daughter said was true or false, thinking that there was such a generous businessman? Besides, it's not that the green pepper beans are broken and they can't be eaten, isn't it a bit of a waste to give such a rare thing to a child? I thought maybe his daughter helped him, and he used practical actions to encourage his children to do good deeds.

Su Xiuqian thought of this, took a chopstick dish and put it in his mouth and said, "The taste of this chili pepper is really good." ”

Su Zitong and Su Tianhua also followed with chopsticks, Wang Xuelian loaded the meal and came over to ask her daughter: "Did you ask him how much he sold for a catty?" ”

Su Qingtong replied: "I asked, and I said that I wanted six cents a catty." ”

Wang Xuelian was speechless and said: "This price is not cheap. ”

Su Xiuqian said: "The chili peppers in the season have to be bought for three cents and four cents, and now this season is to sell at this price, maybe it can be sold more expensive." ”

In the early eighties, with the activity of the commodity economy, there have been some places to grow greenhouse vegetables, but the variety is limited, limited to the southern winter vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, Luopu, etc., rarely this southern summer vegetables appeared, although occasionally some winter melons and green peppers are sold, but because of the rarity of the price, the price is quite expensive, and the taste is very general, so Su Xiuqian said that these green pepper beans can be sold at a higher price.

Su Xiuqian originally thought that there were just two bowls of dishes on this table, but who knew that her daughter continued: "Uncle also gave me some loofahs, and there is a bowl of beans left." ”

She said and brought a bucket in front of Su Xiuqian and said, "Look, there are so many more, enough to eat the next meal." ”

Su Xiuqian was stunned and looked at the broken loofahs and beans in the bucket, there were still a lot of portions, thinking that the world is really good now, and there are still loofahs for sale, so he asked: "He gave it to you like this?" ”

Su Qingtong said: "Yes, aren't they all here?" ”

Su Xiuqian wondered if he was someone who knew him, otherwise who would give these good things to children he didn't know, even if they were broken, they could eat them at home, and asked, "Did he say that he knew me and your mother?" ”

Su Qingtong shook his head and said, "He didn't say it, and I've never seen him." ”

"It's strange that there are people like this." Su Xiuqian was greatly surprised, picked up the tender beans and said to the loofah: "It's just that the child helped him a little bit to give away such a good dish, it's really generous, although these dishes are broken, you can get at least two yuan if you sell them cheaper." ”

Wang Xuelian smiled and said, "Who knows, maybe he gave it to Qing Meizi because she was likable, and besides, Qing Meizi did help him." ”

Su Qingtong looked at her happy parents and breathed a sigh of relief, as long as her parents didn't suspect her of lying.

The parents still ate a few bites of these green peppers and beans as usual, so that the children at home could be fed, and because of these vegetables, the three sisters and brothers all ate two bowls of rice, which was really delicious.

On Sunday, Su Qingtong deliberately got up early in the morning, because he didn't have a penny in his hand, he could only walk on two legs to Qingxi Town, which was eighteen miles away, and the eighteen-mile road was a little difficult for Su Qingtong, who was only ten years old, so he quickened his pace and walked for an hour to arrive.

Today's Qingxi Town is different from Qingxi Town a few decades later, there are low earthen houses on both sides of the road, and it used to be a village market, because of a great man, so it has developed today and has become a decent town.

The town not only has a department store, a bus station and a railway station, but also an agricultural machinery factory and a seed company, etc., which is the center of trade activities of the nearby villagers, as well as the cultural and political center.

Su Qingtong found a secluded place, picked out the vegetables that had been sorted out long ago in the space and sold them, and on the way to the vegetable market, she was stopped by two women basking in the sun outside a rice noodle shop.

"Little sister, do you want to pick these dishes to sell?"

Qingtong saw that business was coming, and hurriedly put down his burden and said, "Yes, do you want it?" Fresh out-of-season vegetables, green and pollution-free, sweet and mellow taste, you still want to eat it. ”