Chapter 408: Slap Yourself
The rain is only cute and innocent in front of He Yuzhu.

When she first faced Liu Ting, she was also a little restrained.

As they got more familiar with each other, and as Liu Ting began to take care of her, especially during those days when Yu Shui had a stomachache, it was Liu Ting who took care of her in every detail and taught her things to pay attention to.

So it is normal for the little girl to become dependent on Liu Ting.

Feelings like this can only accumulate, not be transferred.

The key point is that the people who taught her these things in this life, Fang Juan and Liu Ting, are people who would not scheme against a little girl.

At least Yu Shui would not be like she was in her previous life, pushing her brother into the arms of a widow just for some false warmth from others.

Ever since Jiuer had confronted Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai.

Soon, this incident had its own bad consequences.

Several families in need in the alley targeted the Liu and Yi families and came to them to borrow money.

This is the inevitable result of being kidnapped by kindness after a collapse.

Yi Zhonghai had been prepared for this. During this period, the young couple of the Jia family had been "filial" to the Yi family again, and Yi Zhonghai naturally began to "help" the Jia family.

From any perspective, the Jia family is the most difficult family in the alley.

Especially in a year like this when even having money doesn’t necessarily mean you can buy anything.

Take white flour nowadays for example. Although the quantity sold in grain stores is limited according to the grade of the flour, the price is still between 1.8 and 2.0 cents, and the price of coarse grains varies by a few cents.

But in the pigeon market, the worst white flour has risen to more than one yuan, and coarse grains are also measured in gross units.

Don’t think it’s expensive. It will be even more expensive next year and the year after. At the highest point, you can’t buy more than two kilograms of coarse grains for one dollar.

For adults at this age, it is normal to eat two or three kilograms in one meal.

All four members of the Jia family need to go to the Pigeon Market to exchange for food, so you can imagine that the pressure is not small.

When Yi Zhonghai put forward this fact, he dissuaded many people from going to his house to borrow money and grain.

But Liu Haizhong had no place to push his money. At the beginning, only a few poor families in the courtyard would go to the Liu family to borrow money when they were really out of money.

But later on, this became a common occurrence.

Whenever the steel mill paid wages, Liu Haizhong in the yard did not dare to go home.

Because as soon as you leave the factory, you will inadvertently run into waves of acquaintances, and they will naturally ask you to borrow money.

The key point is that it would be unreasonable not to lend the money. Who made Liu Haizhong the one with the highest income in the alley? Who made him the one with the highest ideological awareness?
Once or twice, you can still look elegant with your bangs.

But as time went by, with Liu Haizhong's temper, he was bound to get angry and start a quarrel, and it was also inevitable that the quarrel would cause a mess in the alley.

"Chen Wu, you are such a jerk, you act like a big shot every day and don't do any serious work.

How can you come to borrow money at this time?
As the saying goes, if you borrow and repay well, it will be easy to borrow again.
You borrowed nearly ten yuan from my old Liu, when will you pay it back?" The one standing in the yard cursing was Liu Haizhong's wife.

Chen Wu, who was scolded, stood not far away with a grin on his face, without making any explanation.

After Liu Haizhong's wife finished scolding him, Chen Wu rubbed his hands and said with a matter-of-fact look: "The neighborhood committee asked Uncle Liu to take care of the neighbors in the courtyard, and he promised it with his own mouth.

how?

Now is the most difficult time for everyone, what's wrong with me asking him to borrow some money?
I am not afraid of defaulting on my debt. When the year gets better, I will naturally pay him back when I make money.

"The mutual assistance your Liu family promised was just bullshit, is that true?"

If someone asks someone to speak, they can be more polite.

But it turns out that Chen Wu is the same person as Ma San, and they are considered the two most powerful generals in the courtyard.

The difference is that Ma San later got married, had a son, and went to work in a factory, and his personality was straightened out.

Chen Wu has always been a day-to-day person and has become accustomed to freedom and is unwilling to be restricted.

The street had arranged jobs for him before, but they would always go wrong after just a few days.

According to Chen Wu, you can't take anything with you when you are born and you can't take anything with you when you die. It's enough to have food and shelter every month.

Now he is one of the porters at the station. Logically speaking, it is a physically demanding job, but it is also a lucrative one. They are the first to know about things that are shipped to the city.

It is normal for the goods to be damaged.

But it has been two or three years since Chen Wu went in, and he has been working for three days and resting for two days, and has not yet been converted to a regular employee.

Fortunately, the wage calculation method there is different. Some people receive a fixed salary, while others are part-time workers who are paid based on their work.

For example, Chen Wu was assigned to the odd-job team.

This was exactly what Chen Wu wanted. In the past, when his family ran out of food, he would go and work for a few days.

Now that they had Liu Haizhong as a sucker, they had no money and had to borrow from the Liu family.

The neighbors stood there watching the fun, all laughing at the Liu family's joke.

Who made Liu Haizhong speak so confidently at the beginning?

After Liu Haizhong received his salary today, he was blocked at least five or six times on the way from the factory to his home, all by people from the poorer families in the alley.

At first, people would praise him and talk about how great he was, and only then would they ask him to borrow money.

But Liu Haizhong is not a fool. If he borrows fifty cents, one yuan or two yuan from someone and the other person doesn't pay it back, he will never lend it to him again next time.

All kinds of solutions have been thought of.

For example, after receiving the salary, he would give it to the apprentice first, or simply arrange a date and let his wife pick it up.

Those who wanted to borrow money had no money on them, and their faces changed.

All kinds of sarcastic and witty remarks came out.

This is the direct door-to-door visit of neighbors in the alley and courtyard.

Just like Chen Wu today.

Liu Haizhong was depressed today, but he drank some wine.

Standing at the door, his teeth were clacking, but he didn't know how to refute Chen Wu's moral kidnapping.

In fact, most of the families in the yard are fine.

Families like Xu Damao would never borrow money from their neighbors no matter how poor they were.

For families with less financial resources like the Ma family, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would rather suffer themselves and do the housework first to feed the two men in the family.

Goudan is the future of the Ma family.
And Ma San is the mainstay.

It is certain that Hua Ni looks haggard, and her blind mother-in-law has also become extremely thin during this period.

Every family has its own way of dealing with difficulties and no one relies entirely on help from others.

But in one courtyard, there is the Chen family in the front yard, the Jia family in the middle yard, and there is also a deaf old lady in the back yard who is used to coming to the house by smelling the smell. It is really troublesome.

Liu Haizhong walked forward, but searched his pockets for a long time but found nothing.

Finally he extended his hand to his wife, who hesitated for a long time until her eyes widened in anger before she reluctantly took out two dollars.

Liu Haizhong took it and threw the money in front of Chen Wu.

Suddenly he reached out and slapped himself twice, his face turning red instantly.

Liu Haizhong's actions not only scared his wife, but also scared Chen Wu who was about to pick up the money, and the neighbors in the yard who were watching.

Liu Haizhong said loudly: "Everyone knows how I, Old Liu, usually do in the hospital.

Although my words were not sensible, I never meant to harm anyone.

This time it was me, Old Liu, who fell into the trap. I admit it.

After all, this is the last time.

If you have any urgent problems in the future, I, Old Liu, will help if I can!
But if there is such a thing again in the future, don’t blame me, Old Liu, for getting angry.”

(End of this chapter)