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Chapter 262 Apology

Early the next morning, Chu Yuzhu carried a bag of salt and two pounds of apples and found Xia Yaozu's home according to the path Meili pointed out to her.

Xia's house is actually not far from Meili's canteen. It is a dilapidated two-roofed house with only one or two pieces of window glass left, nailed with colorful plastic pieces.

It was breakfast time. Xia Yaozu was squatting at the door, holding a missing sea bowl in one hand and a yellowed old book in the other. He only focused on the book in his hand, occasionally putting the sea bowl in

Take a sip from your mouth.

Chu Yuzhu subconsciously glanced at the bowl in his hand. The soup was watery with no trace of oil particles in it. There were a few vegetable leaves that had been boiled to pieces and turned yellow. It looked like pimple soup or porridge.

Looking at the book he was holding in his hand, one could clearly see on the greasy cover that there were large pieces of red cloth drawn on a green background. The photo frame was looming, and there were a few lines of English and a few white words on the red cloth.

Large characters.

It was actually a copy of "The Picture of Dorian Gray".

It had rained heavily the day before, and the sunshine in the morning seemed to be particularly clear and bright, falling on the young man who was engrossed in reading, making his whole body shine as if he could shine.

Xia Yaozu was completely unaware of Chu Yuzhu's arrival, let alone that the girl stood in front of him and stared at him for several minutes.

Chu Yuzhu couldn't bear to interrupt this young man who was focused on studying.

She had no idea that there would be people reading such a book in such a poor little village.

I don't know how much time passed, but it wasn't until Xia Yaozu brought the Konghai Bowl to his mouth and took a sip of air, and even made a swallowing motion without realizing that he just took a sip of air, that Chu Yuzhu couldn't help but laugh.

Made a sound.

Xia Yaozu then raised his head and was stunned for a moment when he saw Chu Yuzhu standing in front of him. When he recognized that it was the girl who had teased him, his face turned red.

"Why are you so absorbed in reading?" Chu Yuzhu said generously with a smile.

Xia Yaozu then stood up, gently closed the book with great care, glanced at Chu Yuzhu and said "None of your business" before turning around and entering the room and ignoring her.

"Hey, why are you so stingy? I'm here to apologize to you!" Chu Yuzhu stood at the door and shouted towards Xia Yaozu's back.

The room was dark, and the brightness outside seemed like two completely different worlds. Xia Yaozu's steps didn't even pause, and his back disappeared into the shadows.

A somewhat thin middle-aged man walked out of the house, looked at Chu Yuzhu and asked Chu Yuzhu kindly: "My eldest daughter, are you looking for someone?"

"Uncle Xia, right? I caused Brother Xia to fall yesterday, and I'm here to apologize to him!" Chu Yuzhu said generously and handed over the bag in his hand.

"Oh, I can't do it, I can't do it. It's because that kid is useless and can't walk steadily. How can I blame you?" Uncle Xia hurriedly pushed away the bag Chu Yuzhu handed him and said, "In the girl's room,

Sit down and have a cup of tea!”

Chu Yuzhu didn't hesitate and followed Uncle Xia directly into the house.

There was almost nothing in the main room except a blackened square table and a few horse stools. The walls were yellow and mottled, and the wall covering fell off in pieces, revealing large chunks of yellow mud. A few wet and black water marks scratched the wall.

There are several deep and shallow ravines, telling that the house is in disrepair and dilapidated.

Chu Yuzhu is not formal. She has never been a formal person.

When she placed the bag in her hand on the black square table, she found that there was less than half a basin of water in the enamel basin on the table. The water was a little turbid, but a layer of soil on the bottom of the basin was clearly visible.

Chu Yuzhu suddenly understood why Xia Yaozu put the handful of salt-melted soil on the ground into a bamboo hat and took it home.

"This is a bag of salt that I compensated for Brother Xia. I actually have no other intention-" Chu Yuzhu opened his mouth and pointed at the bag and said.

"My wrestling has nothing to do with you, and you don't need to pay for it. Just go!"

Before Chu Yuzhu finished speaking, he was interrupted by a cold voice. Xia Yaozu walked out of the back room, coldly stuffed the bag back into Chu Yuzhu's hand and issued an order to expel the guest.

"I really have no other intentions, and I didn't mean to tease you for fun." Chu Yuzhu did not take the bag in her hand and wanted to push it back.

With a "pop" sound, the bag fell to the ground, and the apples inside rolled to the ground. The salt bag fell open again. Fortunately, there was another layer of bags outside, and all the white flowers were spread out in the bag.

Both of them were stunned.

"Oh, you kid, if you raise your hand and don't hit the smiling person, your daughter is talking to you properly. Why are you so angry?"

Uncle Xia raised his hand and slapped Xia Yaozu on the head. He reached into his clothes and took out a few cents. He counted out fifty cents and stuffed them into Chu Yuzhu's hand and said, "Look, this salt bag is broken again. Why don't you take it back?"

It's not easy to sell. Even if we buy them, you can take the apples back with you. Even though your aunt's house has a canteen, it's not easy for orphans and widowers."

As he spoke, he knelt down to pick up the apples that had fallen to the ground.

"I'll pick it up, I'll pick it up!" Chu Yuzhu hurriedly grabbed Uncle Xia, squatted down, picked up the scattered apples one by one, and put them back on the square table.

Xia Yaozu stood stunned and didn't move.

"Uncle, I really can't ask for your money. It was really my fault yesterday. These fruits and salt are not my aunt's. I bought them from my aunt myself to make amends. If you don't accept them, you are just like Brother Xia.

If you are willing to forgive me, I will feel uncomfortable thinking about this when I go back to Harbin." Chu Yuzhu said sincerely.

Uncle Xia wanted to refuse, but after hearing what Chu Yuzhu said, he took back his hand and turned to look at Xia Yaozu.

Unexpectedly, Xia Yaozu didn't say anything, turned around and went back to the back room with a cold face.

Chu Yuzhu looked at Uncle Xia with a eager smile and said: "Uncle, please forgive me on behalf of Brother Xia, don't refuse me!"

Chu Yuzhu, who was already good-looking, had a pleading look on her face. Instead of looking like someone who came to apologize, she actually looked like a child who came to beg for sweets, with a bit of the coquettishness of a little daughter.

Uncle Xia has no daughter. Even though he has a son, he is not very talkative by nature. He dives into useless books every day. The father and son have never communicated with each other. With Chu Yuzhu's coquettish pleading, Uncle Xia has no way to refuse. He is busy.

He said: "Okay, okay, I'll take it, I'll take it, girl, you sit down first and I'll wash you an apple!"

Seeing that Uncle Xia agreed to accept the things, Chu Yuzhu smiled sweetly and said, "I won't sit down anymore. My aunt is waiting for me to go back and help her guard the store. Uncle Ha is leaving first!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran outside.

"Hey, girl——" Uncle Xia wanted to say something more towards Chu Yuzhu's back.

"Goodbye, Uncle Xia!" Chu Yuzhu turned around and waved to him, then ran away quickly.

"Oh, what a wonderful girl. It's a pity that our Yaozu is not so lucky. It would be great if we could marry such a girl!" Uncle Xia looked at Chu Yuzhu's back and shook his head as he murmured.

"Even if a girl like this is willing to come to our house, our family can't afford it!" Xia Yaozu came out of the back room at some point and said coldly.
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