Chapter Forty-Five Borrowing Money

  Kai Hao Road, Chu Sheng Yi Ma drove the car in and unloaded the cement by the reservoir. Now several big men are all bare-shouldered, which is not uncommon in rural areas, each covered in sweat. It's unclear who shouted first, but several men ran into the reservoir for a swim to cool off!

  "Hey! Be careful! It's almost time to come up, let's go back!" Ershu shouted from the shore. But these words did not attract attention, those were twenty-year-old young men, swimming happily, how could they climb ashore?

  "These rascals! Are their wings hard enough yet?" Second Uncle sighed.

  Chu Jiaqiang smiled and said, "Watch this." Then he shouted at those people, "Go back and pay your wages!"

  As soon as the people in the reservoir heard, they swam to the shore immediately. Just kidding! After working for half a day, they just waited for that little pay. Seeing this scene, both Xiaoya and her mother burst out laughing.

  Chu Jiaqiang couldn't help but take a few more glances, now everyone was sweating, and the mother-daughter duo was no exception. Their clothes were wet and clinging to their bodies, with the outlines of their bras faintly visible underneath.

  Back home, Chu Jia Wan and Ye Cai Ping had already returned. They ran back during the scorching sun. The crabs and shrimps were caught in some numbers, but they were far inferior to what Chu Jia Qiang brought out from Shan He Tu.

  "Brother! Those fish are getting more and more cunning, I only caught one with Ye sister." Chu Jia Yan didn't call her "sister-in-law" this time. It was because Chu Jia Qiang had been suppressing his temper for a while and lectured her at length that the girl finally changed her words.

  Chu's family looked forward to it, and when they saw that the water bucket had an additional one or two jin of grass carp inside, they couldn't help but laugh: "How could it be so easy to catch? The water has risen a lot these days."

  The people who followed saw Ye Cai Ping and were stunned, such a beauty was as beautiful as the stars on TV. They saw the fish, shrimp and crabs in the bucket and were stunned again.

  "What a big crab, where did you catch it? And there are so many." A group of people clicked their tongues in amazement, surrounding two buckets and staring at the yellow eels as thick as thumbs, also secretly swallowing saliva. These are all good things! The taste is first-rate, no one doesn't like to eat them.

  Chu Jiaqiang immediately settled the matter for everyone. Seeing Yang Guafu's hesitant expression, Chu Jiaqiang asked: "Do you have anything else to say?"

  Yang's widow bit her teeth and said: "Jiaqiang, can you lend me some money? I have an urgent need. As soon as I have the money later, I will definitely pay it back to you immediately."

  Chu Jiaqiang had long known that the mother and daughter must have been having a hard time, otherwise they wouldn't have come looking for work as soon as they heard there was money to be made. But he was puzzled - this mother and daughter relied on each other for survival, although their lives were not rich, but shouldn't they have fallen to the point of borrowing money? After all, Xiaoya had dropped out of school a long time ago, and there wasn't too much pressure at home.

  Second Aunt was more familiar with Widow Yang, as they had both married into the Chu family village on the same day, so they had some affinity. Moreover, she deeply sympathized with Widow Yang's situation. Upon hearing this, she also asked in surprise: "Yingzi, why are you borrowing money? Xiaoya doesn't even attend school."

  Yang's widow hesitated for a moment, then said: "My mother is seriously ill and needs surgery, but it costs more than 70,000 yuan. You also know that my family is very poor, and my elder brothers are barely supporting the family expenses and children's tuition fees, where can we get extra money? My two elder brothers each contributed 15,000 yuan, but still short of 20,000 yuan, I only have about 20,000 yuan. So I thought to borrow from Jiaqiang..."

  As she spoke, Yang widow also felt a bit embarrassed to say it out loud. She was still short of over 200,000 yuan, which is not a small amount, and ordinary people would not lend that much. Her husband had few relatives in the village, and they were all very poor, so they couldn't care about them. She heard that Chujiaqiang had recently become rich, so she wanted to try her luck.

  Upon hearing this, Second Aunt uttered an "oh" of understanding. Second Uncle pondered for a moment, then let out a sigh in his heart - they were all villagers, so he might as well lend a hand if he could.

  Chu Jiaqiang didn't think much and agreed readily: "Alright! How much do you want to borrow? Is 30,000 enough?"

  He knew that the surgical fee was over 700,000, plus other expenses, which would definitely exceed this amount. Now some hospitals are ripping people off, and everyone is already aware of this.

  "Uncle shook his head: "Now the hospital! Alas! Forget it, I won't say anything. I'll also lend you 10,000 yuan! It's better to have the surgery as soon as possible, the longer you drag it out, the harder it will be to deal with later."

  Second Uncle also borrowed 10,000 yuan, so it should be about the same. So, it's best if there are no illnesses or disasters at home, but if there is a serious illness, it's almost like losing everything, at least in a village like Chujiazhuang.

  Yang widow's tears fell silently, and she was almost driven mad by money worries in the past two days. She had walked around all her relatives on both sides, but couldn't borrow a few thousand yuan. Now, two people in the village who didn't have much of a relationship with her were giving her strong support. This moved Yang widow so much that she could only secretly hide it in her heart. She pulled her daughter together to bow to Chu Jiaqiang and Er Uncle.

  Second Aunt comforted her with kind words, and Second Uncle took out 10,000 yuan without saying anything. Although their own family had a daughter to support for education, Chu Jiaqiang had already declared that he would take care of the girl's educational expenses from now on. Originally, they were not in agreement, but Chu Jiaqiang also had his reasons: Firstly, helping one's sister was not a problem, right? Secondly, Xiao Jin was brought back by their daughter, so she should also have a share of He Shouwu's wealth.

  So at home it's relatively relaxed, and borrowing some out doesn't make much difference either.

  Ye Cai-ping and Chu Jia-wan also showed great sympathy, Chu Jia-wan was originally very familiar with Xiao Ya, the three of them quickly opened up. Ye Cai-ping also took out 1,000 yuan and handed it to Yang Guafu, saying: "Sister Yang, take this money to buy some fruit for the elderly, I have to leave in two days and can't take care of her, so I wish her good health!"

  "How can this be?" Widow Yang hastily waved her hand, not daring to take the one thousand yuan. One thousand yuan was no small amount, and buying fruit didn't require that much money.

  The Chu family is so depressing. You call someone's daughter "sister" and someone else "Yang sister", what kind of generation gap is this? It's all messed up!

  Ye Cai Ping handed it to Xiao Ya, who was startled and quickly retreated. Chu Jiaqiang had no choice but to speak up: "This is also her intention, just accept it! After all, she's a young rich woman, this little bit of snack money is nothing."

  Ye Cai Ping glared at Chu Jia Qiang for a moment, then said a few more words. Yang Guafu finally accepted it and thanked Ye Cai Ping repeatedly.

  They originally wanted to keep the mother and daughter for a meal, but they were worried about the old mother's illness, so they left as soon as they got the money. Everyone understood and didn't persuade them to stay.

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