Chapter 18: A Light in the Darkness

Meng Hongchen glanced at Tang Mengdie. "Let's go!"

Tang Mengdie hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I'm still not going." ”

Are you sure you don't go, what's going on? Meng Hongchen looked at her suspiciously.

Tang Mengdie said: "I'm not interested in seafood, I'd better forget it." “

Really, aren't you a favorite seafood eater? Meng Hongchen wondered.

Tang Mengdie said with a smile: It was all before, and now I don't have much interest in those, and now my biggest hobby is studying, not seafood.

Otherwise, let's go to a nearby restaurant and eat something, Meng Hongchen looked at her, her pretty face was slightly red, what is this going to do? Give him a thrift?

Or do you continue to hang your appetite? A series of questions, in Meng Hongchen's heart, seemed to be a mess, and the more he thought about it, the more chaotic it became.

The two walked slowly on the road, it was already autumn, the sun at noon was not scorching, there was only a thick warmth, the leaves fluttered in the breeze, sliding down the bodies of the two, stepping on the ground, forming a harmonious scene. Such a quiet, beautiful and warm atmosphere seems to be a wonderful picture.

If you want to go to class, go back quickly.

What do you do if I go back to class? Meng Hongchen shook his head, looking helpless.

Tang Mengdie said: "No! …… Anyway, there are no classes now, and idleness is idle, so let's just walk along this road, and when we are hungry, we will continue to walk, how about it? ”

"Hmm." Meng Hongchen nodded, and found that he was now more and more fond of Tang Mengdie's delicacy, so intimate.

Then let's move on!

Tang Mengdie nodded slightly, and the two continued to walk slowly along the road, Tang Mengdie occasionally looked up ahead. But what I saw was a dense forest, and I couldn't see the end of the road at all, so I didn't know where this was.

"Okay! Tell me when you're hungry! Meng Hongchen felt a faint uneasiness in her heart, this was no longer an invitation to dinner, but an invitation.

It's in love, and I won't refuse to eat with girls, or I will refuse to chat with them, joke with them, and even have a relationship with them, but I just don't want to fall in love.

But now, I seem to be led away by this girl's nose.

Meng Hongchen has never been here, after a few miles, it is far away from the bustling city, the road is lined with endless lawns, at the end of the lawn, is a small building, green trees, dilapidated houses, on the left is a path that only allows four people to pass.

Meng Hongchen was also stunned, and said: We may have come to the wrong place, there is no restaurant here.

Tang Mengdie seemed to be very excited: It's not nothing! Let's go and see! The direction it points to is the passage on the left.

Tang Mengdie is like a bird that has just come out of the cage, bouncing on the road, taking a deep breath from time to time, looking hungry, looking at Meng Hongchen for a while, and returned to nature with her, back to her childhood!

Meng Hongchen also took a few deep breaths, and an unprecedented feeling of comfort filled his heart. The two walked slowly along the path. Halfway through.

Tang Mengdie suddenly stopped: Stop.

Meng Hongchen immediately stopped and turned her head to look at her. In front of it was a small concrete house with a sign at the door: "Restaurant" written on it.

Meng Hongchen was puzzled for a while and said, "Isn't there a restaurant at the entrance of the school?" Why come here to eat, isn't it a waste of time? “

Tang Mengdie smiled slightly: "Although it is not a formal restaurant here, the food here is very authentic and delicious." And, we can also eat something special inside, let's go, go in and taste it! “

Meng Hongchen looked at the restaurant in front of him and nodded: Okay! Walk!

Tang Mengdie's eyebrows fluttered: "It seems that the heavens have opened their eyes, you can't escape this meal!" I'm hungry, come in! ”

After that, she walked into the restaurant first, and Meng Hongchen also walked in.

The restaurant is very simple, just like an ordinary rural house, and a middle-aged woman in the restaurant saw someone walk in and quickly stood up: "What do you eat?" ”

Meng Hongchen looked at Tang Mengdie in a daze, not knowing what this woman was doing, but still said: "A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, what good dishes do you have." “

The woman was embarrassed and said, "It's just some simple home-cooked food, absolutely delicious!" ”

Then I want these, Tang Mengdie pointed to a plate of dishes on the table.

Okay, wait a minute, the woman hurriedly turned around and walked to the kitchen, ready to cook some meals.

The woman said, "You sit down for a while, and you'll be fine soon!"

Good! Meng Hongchen and Tang Mengdie replied.

In a short time, several plates of dishes were brought out and placed on the table, a large plate of colorful fish, a plate of scrambled eggs with green peppers, a plate of boiled beef, and a tomato and egg soup.

The woman ran back to the kitchen and quickly brought out a pot of rice, two people, this meal, just casually settled.

Tang Mengdie ate deliciously, Meng Hongchen was also full of praise, and the middle-aged woman was smiling, she looked at Tang Mengdie's appearance, as if she saw her daughter, and kept smiling.

Meng Hongchen put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't understand very much, your store is here, no matter how good it is, no one will come, can you make money?" ”

The smile on the woman's face faded away, and she shook her head: "So what? It's already great to be able to support yourself, how can you make money? ”

Meng Hongchen was stunned for a moment, and then realized: "Sister-in-law, you mean, you run a small stall here, and the money you earn is not enough for your life?" “

Tang Mengdie also put down the rice bowl in his hand. "Sister, your cooking skills are so good, if you can open a restaurant in a bustling city, it will definitely be very popular, people nowadays are not used to eating big fish and meat, and their favorite is home-cooked food!"

The woman smiled bitterly: "So what? Now I can only do some small business, my husband is dead, I just want to support myself with this little money, and I can't do the rest. Moreover, our family lives on this, and no one knows better than me how important it is to me! “

Meng Hongchen was also sad in his heart: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I mentioned you sadly!" “

The woman sighed: "My sister is right, to be honest, our family originally opened a restaurant in the town, and the business is not bad, but ...... But, forget it, that's fate! Long sigh"

At this time, Meng Hongchen glanced at Tang Mengdie. "What's wrong?"

The woman did not speak for a long time, and finally said, "It's all my husband's fault, it's so useless, gambling, borrowing money, losing everything." With that, her eyes flushed.

Meng Hongchen hurriedly comforted: Sister-in-law, don't be too sad, your husband definitely didn't mean it, as long as he changes, you can start again!

The woman sobbed and said, "But he has been dead for more than a year!" ”

Meng Hongchen's heart was shocked. More than a year? So how did he die?

The woman whimpered and said, "However, I am not reconciled, he wants to change, but someone did not give him this opportunity at all, he called the police, but the police did not pay attention to him at all, but had a relationship with some people, and in the end, he died." ”

Meng Hongchen's face also sank. "What's the situation?" You say your husband is in debt? “

Maybe it was because she had been holding back for a long time that she would say such a thing, and she cried again.

Meng Hongchen hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, don't cry, you've survived for so a year, don't cry." “

The woman wiped her tears and nodded. In the past, we opened a restaurant on the street, and the business was extremely prosperous, and after ten years, we accumulated hundreds of thousands, and finally demolished the original small restaurant and made a three-story house, with a restaurant on the first floor and accommodation on the second and third floors.

They lured her husband to an underground casino, and at first he made a small profit, but then he tasted the sweetness, and began to bet a lot, losing all the working capital in one go, and then asked him to borrow 50,000, and in more than a month, he already owed 500,000.

The 500,000 yuan is not only not repaid, but also has to compensate some usury.

At this time, the loan sharks forced us to pay us back, and said that if we couldn't pay it, they would kill their whole family.

As she spoke, the woman seemed to recall the sad past and did not speak for a long time.

The woman began to cry: Isn't it? Knowing that he still owed 500,000, I ...... My heart is cold, we only have this building left, and when the business is at its most prosperous, we can earn more than 5,000 a day, and it is 15 or 60,000 a month, but how can this keep up with the rapid rise of other people's interest?

So we borrowed money everywhere, wanting to repay more than 500,000 yuan first, and finally scraped together more than 500,000 yuan, and after a few days, their interest rose again, and even the principal to the interest had to be 600,000 yuan.

We begged them to collect 550,000 yuan first, and the interest was less, but they didn't do it, they had to pay it off at once, and there was still a difference of more than 50,000 yuan.

In the past three days, the business of the restaurant stopped, and I returned to my hometown, and then borrowed another 50,000 yuan from relatives...... But they said that in the past three days, at least another 50,000 ......

Meng Hongchen was so angry that he smoked. "It's too much, it's going to kill people!"

The woman said slowly: they sent someone to bring me a letter to ask my daughter to work in their casino, and fifty thousand was deducted from her salary.

My daughter Lin Xueyao is still in college, and I don't know what they are thinking, so I am very embarrassed.

If it is a normal time, we can think about it, but in the current situation, we have no solution.

Tang Mengdie's face was worried. "Yes, those people must have bad intentions, your daughter, don't be deceived by them!"