Susie smiled sweetly when she saw Qiao Mu being so obedient.

Qiao Mu looked at her smile and had an urge to kiss her, but he didn't dare to be abrupt, he was afraid that she would be angry.

He could only hold her tighter with all his might, eager to crush the girl in front of him and embed it in his body.

The two talked for a long time in the cave before going down the mountain hand in hand.

Early the next morning, Qiao Mu went to the mountains again to chop wood and burn charcoal.

This is the only way he can think of to make money now, he just hopes that he will earn more money, so that she doesn't have to go outside to work hard.

Before they knew it, several days had passed, and their house was filled with sacks of charcoal.

In the evening, several people discussed it, and the charcoal was quietly loaded into the car early the next morning and transported to the county seat.

This time, they drove the tractor directly to Simao County No. 1 Middle School.

At this time, it was only six o'clock, and now in middle school, they all have half-day classes, half-day labor, and there is no self-study in the morning and evening.

Several people waited for more than an hour before they saw some students coming to class one after another.

When it was almost eight o'clock, Xu Zhixia appeared on a bicycle.

She saw Susie on the tractor, pedaled over on her bike, and stopped in front of the tractor, "Oh, you're here." It's been freezing to death these days, and our office has no charcoal, and the teachers have been talking a few times. ”

She smiled at Qiao Mu: "You guys wait, I'll go and tell the doorman to let you in." ”

She parked the car outside the guardhouse, went in for a while and came out, then beckoned to the arbor. Qiao Mu drove the tractor in, and Xu Zhixia rode a bicycle to lead the way in front.

The tractor drove all the way to the front of a two-story red-brick office building.

Xu Zhixia parked the bicycle, "I'll go up and call them." ”

Not long after she went upstairs, she came downstairs with a number of people.

The male and female teachers surrounded the tractor at once, and this one shouted: "I want a bag, weigh me first, I still have classes." ”

The one shouted, "I want two bags, hey, can that guy help me carry it to the dormitory building." ”

Susie kept keeping accounts and collecting money, and Qiao Mu and a few of them helped to carry it, and they were busy back and forth for almost an hour, and all the more than 3,000 catties of charcoal on the car were emptied.

A few male intellectuals cleaned the tractor, and everyone talked and laughed all the way home.

Go back to Susie to settle accounts in the arbor house, arbor parked the car and came back, he handed Zhu Zhicheng a letter, "Your letter." ”

Zhu Zhicheng saw that it was a letter from home, so he quickly opened it and sat on the edge of the bed to read it.

Susie quickly settled the account here, three thousand seven hundred and eighty-six catties of charcoal, and sold for a total of one hundred and eighty-nine yuan.

Yuan Gang said beside him: "You have to remove the money for arbor refueling, as well as the money to buy sacks." ”

Susie pushed the notebook to Qiao Mu, "Then you count it yourself, I'm leaving." ”

As soon as she was about to go out, she saw Zhu Zhicheng sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a letter paper in his hand, and his eyes were hooked.

Susie tilted her head, "Brother Zhu, are you okay?" ”

Zhu Zhicheng seemed to wake up from a dream, and tried to pull out a smile, "It's okay." ”

Susie didn't look like Zhu Zhicheng was fine, but she didn't ask too much and went out of the house.

At lunchtime, Susie saw that Zhu Zhicheng didn't keep his soul, nor did he pick up vegetables, but just lowered his head to pick up the rice.

In the afternoon, Susie was studying in the house, and suddenly saw a figure wandering outside the window, she thought it was Qiao Mu looking for her at first, but after a closer look, it was Zhu Zhicheng.

Susie thought about it, got up and went out, and whispered, "Brother Zhu, is there something wrong with you?" ”

Zhu Zhicheng lowered his head and stopped talking.

Susie smiled, "Brother Zhu, it's cold outside, why don't we go to the stove house and sit down?" ”

Talking at the door, the people in the house will inevitably hear it.

She turned around and walked towards the stove house, and after a while, Zhu Zhicheng also followed.

Susie moved two chairs and placed them by the stove, where some firewood was still burning and a little warm.

She sat down first, and then beckoned Zhu Zhicheng, "Brother Zhu, you sit." ”

Zhu Zhicheng sat down silently, keeping his head down and not speaking.

Susie didn't rush him, looking at him like this, he must have encountered something difficult.

It is estimated that it is still his family's business, after all, he seems to be worried after reading the letter from home.

After a long while, Zhu Zhicheng finally raised his head and whispered, "Susie, you, can you lend me three hundred yuan?" ”

After saying that, Zhu Zhicheng's face was flushed.

This is the first time in his life that he has asked someone to borrow money, and it is really difficult for him to open his mouth.

Susie only hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and then said, "Okay, is three hundred yuan enough?" ”

That's what you promised?

Zhu Zhicheng looked up at Susie in disbelief, "You, you don't even ask me what I borrowed money for?" ”

Susie smiled, "No need to ask, Brother Zhu, you must have encountered some difficulties, but fortunately, I can still take out this money." ”

Zhu Zhicheng was so moved that tears came out for a while.

He choked up and said, "There is a letter from home, saying that my mother is sick and needs surgery, and she needs a lot of money. ”

"I, I really can't help it."

During this time, although he earned more than 100 yuan by selling charcoal, his father said in the letter that the operation would cost at least 400 yuan, and the family could not get a penny, so he could only count on him, the eldest son.

He got the letter and thought about it, even if he borrowed Qiao Mu and Yuan Gang's money, it was not enough.

Among the people he knew, he thought that only Susie could come up with such a large sum of money.

But being able to take it out is not the same thing as being able to lend it to him.

With so much money, few people would lend it to people casually, and he felt that his friendship with Susie was not up to that point.

He really didn't expect Susie to agree so easily.

Susie stood up, "Brother Zhu, you wait, I'll go back to the house and get the money." ”

She went for a while and came back, and when she came back, she handed a stack of great unity to Zhu Zhicheng, "Brother Zhu, you count." ”

Zhu Zhicheng just wanted to say that he didn't need to do it, but remembered what Susie said in their house last time, the money must be counted in person.

With his head bowed and tears in his eyes, he carefully counted the money.

Then he pinched the money and looked up at Susie, "I will definitely pay you back this money as soon as possible." ”

"I, I'll burn some more charcoal, I-"

Zhu Zhicheng can't go on, and he can only do it in winter.

If you work for two months in a winter, you can earn more than 200 yuan.

To repay Susie's three hundred yuan, he estimated that it would take a year or two.

Susie smiled: "Brother Zhu, don't worry, I don't need to use this money in a hurry, it doesn't matter slowly." ”

"By the way, are you going to send the money back or what?"

Zhu Zhicheng hesitated, "I originally planned to take a leave of absence to go home for another half a month, but now, I don't know what to do." ”

Susie didn't give him ideas randomly, just watched him quietly.

After only a while, Zhu Zhicheng made a decision, "I originally planned to go back for the New Year, so I just left early." ”

"My mom needs someone to take care of her for surgery, so I'd better go back as soon as possible."