"Yes, I had nothing to do at home in the afternoon, so I just tidied up." Lu Feng's eyes fell on Jiang Xiaoyan's other hand.
The bag contained vegetables, soy sauce, and a small piece of pork. The white water noodles at noon were not nutritious. Lu Feng was already dizzy from hunger.
Jiang Xiaoyan followed Lu Feng's gaze and looked at the bag in her hand, and said, "I borrowed 80 cents from Sister Li from the electronics factory to buy some vegetables and meat. You can take them for me and I'll cook right away."
Lu Feng took the bag and said, "Look after the child, I'll cook."
After saying that, she plunged into the kitchen. Jiang Xiaoyan put the sleeping Duoduo on the bed, looked at the clean and tidy home, and then looked at the busy backs in the kitchen. She felt like she was in a dream.
is this real?
God thinks I'm too bitter, why don't you give me some sweetness?
Jiang Xiaoyan never expected to be rich or wealthy. Looking at the busy men in the kitchen, he just wished for a few more days like this, even a few more hours, and he would be satisfied.
Lu Feng had never been so excited when the company went public for the first time. Now looking at those few taels of meat, he couldn't calm down for a long time. He sighed, prices are really cheap now.
Eighty cents to buy a lot of stuff.
In the late 1980s, some small places still used food stamps. Nowadays, a white rabbit costs three yuan a penny and pork is less than 50 cents a pound. Jiang Xiaoyan is very diligent, and her income is enough to keep her family fed and clothed.
The meat slices were put into the pot, making a sizzling sound. The aroma of the meat made people salivate. Lu Feng skillfully put the vegetables into the pot and started stir-frying. The smell of the meat floated out of the house and into the corridor.
In another rental house, a fat woman in her forties sniffed and asked the man next to her: "Whose meat smells like this?"
"Whose family do you care about? Let's eat."
"There are only a few families in this corridor that can afford to eat meat, but they are not festive, and there is no big deal. I have to take a look. What if it is Lu Feng's family?"
"That Lu Feng is a gambler. He's so poor that he can't afford to drink from the northwest wind, and he still eats meat?"
"What if he wins money? His wife borrowed 1.2 yuan from me two months ago and paid back 60 cents. She still has 60 cents left. Damn it, she even avoided me when she saw her."
The woman opened the door and walked out as she spoke.
Lu Feng put the food on the table, looked at Jiang Xiaoyan and said, "Eat, don't disturb Duoduo, just leave some for her."
Jiang Xiaoyan nodded and sat across from her. Looking at the table full of food, her eyes were a little wet. She wanted to say something, but tears fell from her mouth.
"What's wrong?" Lu Li picked up a steamed bun, stuffed it into his mouth and ate it, and asked, "Why are you crying?"
"It's okay, I'm just happy." Jiang Xiaoyan wiped her tears and swallowed: "You can find a job in a few days, and you will have a good life. I won't associate with your gang of bad friends, okay? I beg you.
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"Well, no more contact." Lu Li nodded. As for finding a job, he didn't agree. After this meal, he had to go back.
Lu Feng glanced at Duoduo, who was sleeping soundly, and secretly wished the mother and daughter a good future before bowing his head to eat.
The woman wandered in the corridor for a while, and finally located Lu Feng's house, reaching out and knocking on the door.
"Who?" Jiang Xiaoyan asked.
"Me! Li Dafang." The voice outside the door was very low, as if there was a hint of anger.
Jiang Xiaoyan looked a little nervous when she heard the name. No one in the corridor knew that Li Dafang was difficult to deal with. If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't live two months ago, she wouldn't have borrowed money from Li Dafang.
Originally, she would repay the salary after she was paid, but as soon as the money was paid, Lu Feng took it away to eat and drink with those buddies, so she squeezed out 60 cents and repaid half of it.
"What's wrong?" Lu Feng noticed something was wrong with her.
"It's okay, I just haven't paid back the 60 cents. I'll go tell her that I'll pay her back first after getting paid this month." As she spoke, Jiang Xiaoyan stood up and opened the door.
"I'll pack the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen." Lu Feng picked up the dishes and chopsticks and entered the kitchen.
The kitchen was filled with half a basin of water, and there were sockets and two wires next to it. Lu Feng looked at everything in front of him, took a deep breath, and began to play with it. He was praying silently in his heart that he would succeed, hoping that he would open his eyes again.
By the time, Lu Feng became the chairman!
Jiang Xiaoyan opened the door and saw Li Dafang's dark face. She said with a smile: "Sister Li, it's so late, what's the matter?"
"Your family is living a good life, you eat meat!" Li Dafang leaned against the door frame and said, "You still owe me sixty cents, when will you pay me? I, the borrower, can't even eat meat, you are so shameless, you borrow money to eat and fish."
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Jiang Xiaoyan looked embarrassed and said, "Sister Li, my family is having a hard time. I borrowed 80 cents from someone today to improve the food. If you tolerate me for a few more days, I will definitely pay you back after my salary is paid."
"Stop talking that damn nonsense. How long have you been delaying? I've given you face, right? Pay back the money now!" Li Dafang was unreasonable.
Jiang Xiaoyan hurriedly touched her pocket and saw that there was still thirty cents left from the eighty cents. Why: "I will pay you back the thirty cents first. After I have paid my salary, I will definitely pay you back."
Li Dafang grabbed the thirty cents and shouted: "Where are the thirty cents left? If you don't pay back the money today, don't blame me for swearing."
"Sister Li, can you allow me a few days?" Jiang Xiaoyan's voice was full of pleading, and her eyes were already red. She finally saw hope in her life, and believed that things would get better in the future.
"I beg you!"
Li Dafang threw Jiang Xiaoyan's hand away and said coldly: "Don't do this, pay me back now, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."
"Sister Li, can you please allow me a few days? Just a few days! I will kneel down for you." Jiang Xiaoyan burst into tears and fell to her knees on the ground.
It was natural to repay debts, and she had no choice but to plead.
In the kitchen, Lu Feng had already plugged two wires into the jacks, and a burst of sparks appeared. He listened to all the conversations at the door, and secretly told himself that everything had nothing to do with him anymore, and he had to go back.
"Stop fucking doing this!" Li Dafang shouted at the top of his lungs in the corridor: "Come out and see, Jiang Xiaoyan won't pay back the money she owes!"
Every household opened their doors to watch the fun and kept mumbling.
"This man is really shameless. He shamelessly refuses to pay back money he owes."
"You don't know, there are even more shameless things."
"She was seen out selling!"
"Where did you see it?"
"Don't worry about where you saw it, it must be true. Her man took advantage of everything by eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling. Where did the money come from?"
"That's right, that's all the use of being pretty."
All kinds of humiliating words made Jiang Xiaoyan feel ashamed. She stood up, closed the door, ran to the bed, hugged her head and cried.
"Open the door, why are you hiding behind the scenes? Are you right if you don't pay back the money you owe?" Li Dafang's shouting sounded outside the door, followed by a sound of kicking the door.
"Who on this floor doesn't know that you are a **? If you don't have any money, just sell it. If you don't pay back the borrowed money, why are you so thick-skinned?"
"Open the door!!"
"Is being beautiful useful? Do you have the guts to find a man to repay the money?"
Jiang Xiaoyan hugged her knees and cried bitterly. She didn't dare to go out and make a noise. The other party would make her speechless just by paying back the money. She could only bear it silently. She didn't know how many times she had been scolded like this in the past few years.
Lu Feng looked at the electric wires in the basin and smoked. His heart was in a mess. He kept telling himself, don't be soft-hearted. He had to go back. The success he had earned through ten years of hard work was gone before he could enjoy it.
But Jiang Xiaoyan's helpless cries outside the kitchen made him feel a little painful. Taking a deep breath, he decided to put his hand into the basin. If he went back, everything here would have nothing to do with him.
"Bang bang!"
"**! Open the door! Pay back the money!"
The huge banging on the door immediately woke Duoduo out of his dream, and he burst into tears after waking up.
Jiang Xiaoyan hurriedly held Duoduo in her arms, and the mother and daughter huddled in the corner of the bed. She kept patting Duoduo on the back, telling her that it was okay.
"Dad! I'm afraid!"
"dad!"
Duoduo's shouting was heartbreaking!
Just as Lu Feng's hand was about to touch the water in the basin, he heard Duoduo's scream and pulled it back. He took a deep breath and said to himself: "God, you win!"
"If I don't let the mother and son live a good life, my surname will not be Lu!"