Chapter 376: Ripping Off the IOU
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
They couldn’t overload the vehicles on the highway.
However, almost no one cared about this in the county, and even less in the countryside.
They squeezed into the back seat for a while. Zhang Kun stepped on the gas and went to the countryside.
It was the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month. Qin Xiaomin was already on holiday. She had already brought her child back to prepare for the new year.
Because of the heavy snow a few days ago, the progress of Li Yong’s farmhouse was delayed, and the opening ceremony would probably be delayed until after the new year.
Since they were not in a hurry to open for business, the family was not so busy.
When Li Xu and the others returned, the entire family was there.
Li Yong and Li Lei were piling up briquets in the yard. They had probably just unloaded the briquet and left it in a mess.
Li Lei and Li Yong laid a piece of film from the shed at the corner of the wall, then carefully and neatly stacked the briquets under the wall.
This greenhouse was quite expensive.
Every winter, they had to change it.
However, Liu Guihua and Li Zhiming were reluctant to throw away the old film.
It came in handy on such an occasion.
Ji Zi’ang excitedly rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to help. “First Uncle, Second Uncle, I’ll help you!”
“Be careful and don’t break it,” Li Yong instructed him.
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Zi’ang stumbled from the thin film under his feet. The briquet in his hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
Ji Zi’ang looked at Li Yong awkwardly, “Second Uncle, 1 didn’t do it on purpose.”
Seeing this, Li Yong sighed and comforted him, “It’s okay, just leave it. I’ll beat those dregs back into briquet later.”
Ji Zi’ang heaved a sigh of relief and carefully helped them with the work.
Meng xiaoning and Qin Xiaomin were curled up on the brick bed doing needlework.
They said they would cook together, but it was actually Meng Xiaoning who did it while Qin Xiaomin watched.
When she saw Li Xu enter, Qin Xiaomin picked up the clothes beside her and showed them to her, “Sis, look. These are the new clothes that Sister-in-law made for Xiangxiang and Niannian.”
Li Xu looked at the two pieces of clothing that were exactly the same except for their size. She smiled and nodded, “Not bad, it’s pretty good.”
The two children beside them seemed to have heard someone calling their names and started to babble.
Ji Zixuan stepped forward and reached out to Xiangxiang, “Come, Big Brother will carry you!”
She was almost one and a half years old. She couldn’t speak much, but she could already walk.
She was currently sitting on the brick bed. Seeing Ji Zixuan’s hand gesture, she stood up with the support of the wall and slowly inched toward him.
When she reached Ji Zixuan’s side, she pounced into his arms.
Ji Zixuan hugged her and teased her, “Call me Brother!”
Xiangxiang grinned but didn’t speak.
Li Miao, who was standing at the side, also reached out his hand, “Come, Aunty will carry you.”
Xiangxiang blinked and clutched Ji Zixuan’s collar.
Qin Xiaomin looked at them and pretended to be angry, “Everyone’s fighting to hold Xiangxiang, but no one cares about our Niannian, right? Then we’re going to be angry!”
Li Miao smiled and reached out to hug Niannian.
Niannian was only six months old, and she carried her carefully, “Who said that? Whether it’s Xiangxiang or Niannian, Auntie likes them all the same.” “You must be tired from the journey, right?” Qin Xiaomin laughed and asked. “Hurry up and get some rest.”
“If I’m not tired, why would 1 be tired from sitting all the time?”
Li Xu and Zhang Kun went to the kitchen with the things. Liu Guihua and Li Zhiming were cleaning the kitchen.
Seeing that Li Xu was carrying so many things, Liu Guihua said, “You’re wasting money again. Your father and I don’t lack anything.”
“They’re all specialties from B City. We’ll buy them for everyone to try!”
In the courtyard, Ji Zi’ang was already bragging to his two uncles.
“Brother Mucheng’s courtyard is huge. It’s several times the size of our house, and there are rockery, trees, and ponds in the yard…”
“We even went to the tallest building in B City, the top floor of the tower of the East, to have a meal. You guys don’t know, but when you look at the people below from above, it’s like looking at ants.”
“Oh, right, we also went to the zoo. The zoo there is huge, with all kinds of animals.”
After listening to his nephew’s introduction, Li Yong was very respectful. “B City is so good. When I have money in the future, I’ll go and have a look too.” Speaking of money, Li Yong suddenly remembered something.
He quickly took off his gloves and called out to Li Lei, “Big Brother, come in. 1 have something to tell you.”
As he spoke, he had already entered the house.
“Xiaomin, where’s the thing I asked you to take?” Li Yong said.
Hearing that, Qin Xiaomin came back to her senses and quickly took her bag from behind her.
Li Lei also came in at this time. “What’s the matter? what can’t be said outside?”
Both of their hands were dusty and they did not wash their hands.
“Take out all the money,” Li Yong ordered Qin Xiaomin.
Qin Xiaomin unzipped her bag and took out two stacks of money, “Sister, Brother, I used your money to buy the house. I’m returning it to you now.”
The money in Qin Xiaomin’s hands was divided into two piles by a rubber band. She handed the two piles of money to Meng Xiaoning and Li Xu.
“You don’t have to be in such a hurry to return it.” Meng Xiaoning didn’t take it. “We don’t have much to spend now. You have to pay the mortgage.”
Li Xu didn’t take it.
Li Yong said, “It’s fine. Xiaomin’s company gave her a portion of the bonus during the new year. Her birth allowance has also been given. The money our parents gave me is enough.”
Qin Xiaomin pushed the money toward the two of them again. “We still have money. You can take it. It’s not good for us to owe money all the time.”
Meng Xiaoning glanced at Li Lei for his opinion.
Seeing this, Li Lei nodded and gestured to Meng xiaoning, “Since that’s the case, you can take it!”
Li Xu also handed the money to Zhang Kun. “Put it in the car.”
Zhang Kun nodded. He found a black plastic bag, wrapped the money, and brought it to the car.
“Li Lei, go back and get the IOU.” Meng Xiaoning hinted.
Li Lei also suddenly remembered this. When he borrowed money, Li Yong even wrote an IOU!
“You guys wait here, I’ll go back and get it now!” he immediately walked out.
Li Yong stopped him. “What else do you want? Just tear it up when you get back. Do you think 1 don’t trust you?”
Li Lei didn’t stop. “It’s just two or three hundred meters. I’ll be back in five minutes. Wait for me!”
As he spoke, he had already walked out. Seeing this, Li Yong didn’t stop him.
“I’ve left the IOU at home. I’ll bring it over for you next time,” Li Xu said.
“What’s there to bring? Just tear it up.” Li Yong smiled bitterly.
“Alright, I’ll tear it up when I get back.” Li Xu smiled.
Not long after, Li Lei returned.
He held the IOU that Li Yong had written in his hand and handed it to Li Yong, “Take a look and see if you wrote it.”
But Li Yong didn’t even look at it. He directly took the paper and tore it into pieces..
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