Zhong Xiaohua smiled at them a little embarrassedly, and then looked at Zhong Xiaosan, who had been looking at her with expectant eyes.

"Little San, you take them out to clean up first, and when I change my clothes, we will go up the mountain to carry those hawthorns back, otherwise, I am worried that I will have long nights and dreams."

Zhong Xiaosan scratched his head, his tanned face was obviously cramped.

He always felt that the second sister in front of him had changed, but as for what had changed, he couldn't answer.

But he often went to the mountains to cut wood, and he still knew more or less what was inside the mountains.

"Second sister, in fact, there is not only that hawthorn tree in the mountain, we don't need to be in such a hurry."

After all, no one eats it!

Zhong Xiaohua's eyes lit up, and she was about to blast them out without saying a word, and her voice was hurried.

"Then we have to hurry, after we carry the mountain back, we have to take off the rest."

Zhong Xiaodi was a little sensible, after all, she hadn't seen the benefits that hawthorn could bring.

"Second sister, you don't have to do this, do you? Even if we pick it off, if we can't sell it, it will break! ”

As if pouring a basin of cold water on her head, Zhong Xiaohua scratched her head, nodded at them, and decided to carry the things she picked off yesterday from the mountain first.

But she didn't expect that her actions of working hard and mobilizing the crowd would make people unexpectedly heartbroken, and even bring them a lot of trouble.

But that's another story.

After Zhong Xiaohua brought all those hawthorns home and asked her younger brothers and sisters to wash and dry them, she came to the village chief's house with Xiao San.

The village chief's family lives in the east of the village, and is the best one in the whole village, with two sons and a daughter, the eldest son opened a grocery store in the town, and the younger son also worked as a knife and pen official in the county government, which is also a small official. The last daughter, married to a rich man in the town, is said to have just given birth to a big fat boy a few days ago.

Zhong Xiaohua was thinking about the information about the village chief in her heart, and she already had a way to deal with it in her mind.

"Second sister, do you say that the village chief will lend us money?"

Zhong Xiaohua took a deep breath and shook her head.

"I don't know."

She really has no bottom, after all, she is not familiar with the village chief at all, and the information in her mind just now has just asked the junior and them.

Xiao San's throat was stalked, and he was about to say something, but he was pushed forward by Zhong Xiaohua.

"Knock!"

What is Knock on the Door? It's a door, right?

Xiao San slandered in his heart, but he obediently knocked people open in his hands.

"Grandpa the village chief, you are at home! I'd like to find you something. ”

Zhong Xiaohua looked at the old man who came out of the tall mud house inside, and said with a smile.

The village chief looked at the two children who suddenly appeared in front of him, and his head was confused.

The Zhong family has been in their village for several years, and when he came, he gave all the money he had to the village, saying that he wanted to settle down in the village and be sheltered, and he agreed.

But the old man in their family is blind, and the little one is still very young, could it be that he came to find himself this time because something happened?

Thinking of this, he reached out and beckoned to the two children.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong with your Eminem? ”

Zhong Xiaohua shook her head and took the initiative to walk towards the village chief, but when she was about to get in front of him, she reached out and took it out of her sleeve and exposed the corner of the thing in her hand.

The golden thing was exposed in the sunlight and reflected the golden light.

Looking at the things in Zhong Xiaohua's hands, the village chief's eyes narrowed slightly, but he smiled slightly, hooked the corners of his lips at them, and beckoned people into the house.

"Xiaohua, in broad daylight, although the people in our village have better habits, there are some things that can't be brought out."

Before Zhong Xiaohua could speak, the village chief frowned and took the brunt of the opening.

Zhong Xiaohua was sure that it was better to be able to say it than the kind of person who secretly calculated.

"Okay, village chief, I know what you're saying, but our family has reached the point of exhaustion. My Eminem's eyes have deprived our family of a major laborer, and I have so many younger siblings below me, but there are not a few rice left in those rice jars. ”

She sighed softly, and sighed when she thought of the current situation in her home.

The village chief frowned, nodded slightly, and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Then why don't my family lend you a little rice first? Wait until the autumn grain is harvested, and then return it? ”

Autumn grain?

Zhong Xiaohua was even more helpless, just relying on the rice in the field, is it really possible? It's not even enough after paying the tax, right?

"Grandpa the village chief, we remember your kindness to our family. But it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, we want to be self-reliant, to sell some snacks by ourselves, but we have no funds, so I gave me what I had inherited from my family back then, and asked me to come to you for some money. ”

The junior next to him widened his eyes, he was just dizzy and called out by his second sister, who knew that he was going to sell Eminem's things!

"Second sister, you, you can't ......"

He was a little anxious and wanted to stop him, but thinking of the starting point of what the second sister just said, even if he was in a hot sweat, he still didn't finish his words.

The village chief looked at Zhong Xiaohua in surprise.

"Xiaohua, have you ever learned from your master? It's better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish, good, good! ”

The people in the village, the most admired person is the kind of person who is knowledgeable and educated, even if the youngest son of the village chief is a knife and pen official in the yamen, it is because the village chief ruthlessly spends all the money on him, for him to study, and then spends money to donate to the official.

It's just that the village chief didn't know that even the little girl in this inconspicuous family had read books.

And Xiao San also looked at his second sister in surprise, but saw Zhong Xiaohua's face stiffen for a moment, and waved his hand at them awkwardly.

"I just heard this sentence, village chief, don't take it seriously. But our family is really short of money, village chief, look at ......"

She reached out again and handed the thing in her hand to the village chief.

Just by looking at the color and workmanship, you can know that it must be worth a lot.

The village chief was also a little helpless.

"Xiaohua, it's not that grandpa doesn't help you, the main thing is that you also know that the village chief's grandfather's family doesn't have so much money."

Even if there is, I don't dare to change it!

If you don't do it well, you might end up with a bad reputation.

Xiaohua was a little anxious, if she gave this golden hairpin to the village chief, she would still have a chance to redeem them and return them to Eminem, but now, ......

"Then the village chief, grandpa, look at this, I put this golden hairpin here with you, please lend me five taels of silver, and I will redeem it when the time comes, how about it?" If our family really doesn't have the money to pay you back. I also bothered the village chief's grandfather to send this into the pawnshop, and after changing the money, we can share it equally with the village chief's grandfather. After all, our family, old and young, can also be deceived when we go out. ”

Zhong Xiaohua spoke earnestly, looking at the village chief's eyes full of admiration.

It's as if you're putting your net worth and life on the other party.,People can't help but have a sense of sacred mission.。

Seeing that the village chief was groaning and did not speak, Zhong Xiaohua reached out and pinched Xiao San fiercely.

His body shook, and he hurriedly followed the request.

"Grandpa the village chief, we can come to you, but we are really desperate! And Eminem also knows about this and has no objections. ”

After the village chief groaned, he asked the two of them to wait a little longer, and then left the house, and went outside to call out two older and respected people from the village to come over as witnesses.

After coming back, he saw that Zhong Xiaohua and Xiao San were already standing outside the courtyard waiting, and the smile on the village chief's face slowly deepened.

It's okay, it's okay, it's a malleable talent.

It's just a girl......

It's a pity in the village chief's heart, Zhong Xiaohua doesn't know at all, and even if she does, she doesn't want to explain, after all, the only thing she wants to do now is to change the status quo in her family.

Regardless of whether they leave by then, at least they will not continue to live in such a difficult way.

Finally, under the witness of the two old men, Zhong Xiaohua used a golden hairpin as collateral and borrowed ten taels of silver from the village chief's house.

They were twisted into two small pieces, wrapped tightly in her handkerchief, stuffed into her arms, and hurriedly pulled Xiao San home.

After returning home, Xiaohua saw that they were already sorting out the hawthorn, and thought of several ways, she asked them to make two kinds of hawthorn, one to cut the hawthorn and pick out the seeds inside, and the other was a complete hawthorn.

"Xiaohua, are you sure this is really okay?"

Zhong Xiaocaoyuan was busy with her own work, but seeing that a few little guys were full of energy, she also came out to help after she finished her work.

Zhong Xiaohua smiled and nodded at her.

"Yes! Sister, you believe me, there must be no problem. ”

After speaking, she stretched out her hand and greeted Xiao San.

"Little San, didn't you cut down a lot of firewood yesterday? We won't sell to the big families in the next village, the second sister will take you to the town to sell, and you will definitely be able to sell it at a high price. ”

Xiao San's eyes were shining and he looked at Zhong Xiaohua, and his hands couldn't help but rub each other a few times, a little excited.

He had only heard from other people's mouths how bustling the town was, but he had never seen it himself.

"Second sister, is it really possible?"

Zhong Xiaohua smiled and nodded.

"Of course, I'll buy something back in a while, you must help me!"

Xiao San nodded quickly like pounding garlic.

But just when the two of them were ready to leave, Zhong Xiaohua saw a slender figure standing at the door of the inner room, and her empty eyes were still looking this way, although she couldn't see anything.

For a while, I felt a lot of emotion.

She let out a heavy breath of air, left the little radish heads who were pulling her back and brought them something to eat, and went to greet Eminem.

"Eminem, don't worry, I will take care of myself and Xiaosan, and I will come back safely. Also, thank you for your support. ”

She knew that if it weren't for Eminem's change of mind, this would not have happened today.