Chapter 403: A dog that licks you will not die well (6000)
Tang Xiaoru was stunned and asked him in a low voice, "Why did he ask you to borrow so much money? Did something happen to him?"
Chen Qingrong didn't answer immediately. He was so hungry that he just tried his best to eat the rice in the bowl and put the dishes into his mouth with chopsticks one by one.
Tang Xiaoru felt distressed when she saw this, so she stood up and served him some sweet soup. She patted him on the back and said, "How hungry are you? I remember you had breakfast when we left this morning."
Chen Qingrong said, "I do physical labor every day, so how can I not digest food quickly? If I digest food quickly, I will naturally get hungry quickly."
Tang Xiaoru said with a smile, "What kind of physical work do you do every day?"
Chen Qingrong looked at her and said, "You."
Tang Xiaoru, "..."
His face was flushed and his neck was hot, his legs were slightly clamped together, and he looked left and right awkwardly. Fortunately, the people at the same table with them had left, otherwise his words would have been easily misunderstood by outsiders.
"Okay." After Chen Qingrong finished eating the last pork elbow, he burped with enjoyment.
Tang Xiaoru pulled out a napkin and handed it to him to wipe his mouth.
"Let's go."
"Going home now?"
"Don't rush home, take a walk on the road first to digest the food."
"it is good."
Tang Xiaoru was naturally willing to listen to him, so she took his hand and left with him.
It is not raining now and the breeze is very comfortable, especially suitable for young couples to take a walk and pursue some romance.
After walking for a while, Chen Qingrong continued the previous topic, "I asked Gao Qiang what he wanted the 100,000 yuan for. He hesitated at first, but later he confessed when I asked him that he wanted to give the money to Li Lingling."
Tang Xiaoru was stunned. "Li Lingling? He owes Li Lingling money?"
Chen Qingrong shook his head. "That's not the case. According to his account, Li Lingling came to her last night. She said that after the incident with the original wife, she had lost everything and was in urgent need of money to pay off her credit card, so she asked him to borrow 100,000 yuan."
"You know, it's not easy for a worker like Gao Qiang to save 100,000 yuan. He has some money, but it's time to save it, so he can't take it out now, so he asked me to borrow it."
Tang Xiaoru felt very puzzled. "Li Lingling is no longer in the company, and her character is so bad. How dare Gao Qiang lend her 100,000 yuan? What was he thinking? Does Li Lingling have any leverage over him?"
Although there are many people who talk big online, in reality, one hundred thousand yuan is not a small amount of money.
Take Tang Xiaoru for example. She would only lend money to someone like Yang Bingbing, a friend she has a very good relationship with and has known for many years. If it were Gao Qiang, Li Lingling would approach her and she would be blocked the next moment.
She really couldn't understand where Gao Qiang got the courage to lend Li Lingling 100,000 yuan.
The most important thing is that he can’t take it out himself now, and he has to ask Chen Qingrong for help, which is a bit too much.
Chen Qingrong pursed his lips and said, "According to Gao Qiang's account, he slept with Li Lingling twice. Although he knew that Li Lingling was not a good person and that it would be difficult to get the money back after lending it out, he still felt sorry for her and wanted to help her."
"In his words, Li Lingling cried like a pear blossom in the rain, and he felt really bad for her."
Tang Xiaoru was stunned for a moment, then said sarcastically, "Tsk, Gao Qiang is really a lovesick guy. I was wondering if Li Lingling had some leverage over him. It turns out that Li Lingling has bewitched him."
"He sympathizes with others, but has he never thought about who will sympathize with him? If Li Lingling just runs away with the money, he will have wasted 100,000 yuan. How can he not feel bad? What kind of brain is this?"
Chen Qingrong nodded. "My reaction was the same as yours, so I scolded Gao Qiang harshly at that time. I called him a fool, a moron, and a retard. I used all these words to describe him."
"Did you lend it to him?" Tang Xiaoru asked a key question.
"No." Chen Qingrong shook his head decisively. "If he really needs the 100,000 yuan because of something wrong, I will lend it to him immediately. But if he wants to use the 100,000 yuan to please Li Lingling, I will not lend it to him no matter what."
"But I still gave him an idea."
"What's the idea?"
"I asked him to tell Li Lingling to come to me directly to borrow money. I would write a promissory note to Li Lingling, arrange for collateral, and follow the formal procedures. If Li Lingling dares to do so, it means she still wants to pay back the money. If she doesn't dare to do so, it means she plans to run away with the money."
"Good idea, what does Gao Qiang say?"
"Gao Qiang said he would talk to Li Lingling and would get back to me soon."
"Did he reply to you?"
"No, it's been over an hour and there's no news. You can tell with your sweet toes that there's no way Li Lingling would agree to this. The probability of her going to Guodai is higher than this method."
Chen Qingrong laughed.
Tang Xiaoru had a strange expression on her face. "You can use a metaphor if you want. Why do you say my toes smell good? You are a foot control. My feet are obviously not fragrant. They just don't smell bad."
Chen Qingrong chuckled, "It doesn't smell good, but it tastes good, just like stinky tofu."
"Screw you."
Tang Xiaoru bumped him with her shoulder.
Of course, Chen Qingrong didn't move at all, but her body staggered twice.
This is the difference in power between men and women.
Except for the useless bamboo stick ghost fire man, a normal man will never lose to a woman in terms of strength when competing with her.
As the couple was strolling, they came to the pond at the east end of the village.
The pond is behind a small grove of trees. It is very secluded and there is not a single person in sight.
As soon as he arrived here, Chen Qingrong became restless. He sat down first, and then pulled Tang Xiaoru to sit on him.
Tang Xiaoru seemed to have guessed what he was going to do. She looked around nervously, spat, and scolded him, "Bah, you, don't do that. What if someone passes by? That would be so embarrassing."
Chen Qingrong pretended to be confused. "What are you doing? I'm not doing anything. I just want to hold you like this for a while."
"It's that simple?"
"It's that simple."
"Then why did you take off my shoes?"
Tang Xiaoru's eyes widened as she glanced at Chen Qingrong's hand. His evil hands had already taken off her right shoe.
Every time before Chen Qingrong wanted to do something bad, she would start from her feet. In Chen Qingrong's own words, the cold comes from the bottom, so love should also start from the feet.
"Let me massage your feet." Chen Qingrong pretended to be serious and added, "Don't worry, even if I want to do something bad, I can't do it in broad daylight. What if someone comes to the fish pond to fish?"
Tang Xiaoru looked at him deeply, and then said with a look of relief, "You are quite reliable, then you can rub my feet for me, and then we can go home."
"Stay a little longer."
"Well, how long will you stay?"
"Stay till midnight."
"???"
Tang Xiaoru's mouth twitched, and she said unhappily, "You're embarrassed to do it during the day, so you drag me to wait until the middle of the night? Are you crazy?"
Give her back her joy, you bastard!
Chen Qingrong laughed dryly and said in a serious tone, "Hey, ha, is it possible that I just want to drag you here to look at the stars and the moon? You know, I am the most romantic person."
Tang Xiaoru gritted her teeth and said, "I really hate that there are no wild wolves here. If there were, a wolf would come and take you away right now."
"It just so happens that you are also a wolf, a big pervert. If you are taken away by your own kind, it can be considered a perfect deed."
"Hey, you're so vicious, Xiaoru."
"Haven't you heard the saying that women are the most vicious?"
“I never heard of it before, but now I know.”
……
However, Chen Qingrong did not do anything bad in the end. After all, he was worried that someone might pass by. If someone took a secret photo and posted it online, it would be really funny.
He didn't want to see his and Xiaoru's faces in the domestic section.
He can eat other people's melons, but he definitely doesn't want to eat his own melons.
After sitting for a while, Chen Qingrong took Tang Xiaoru home again.
The two of them slept for more than two hours at home in the afternoon and did not get up until around five in the evening.
Chen Qingrong left the room first and happened to see his parents chatting.
"Mom and Dad, can we have dinner now?" Chen Qingrong asked, rubbing his eyes.
Wang Xiu'e looked at him and said hesitantly, "Qingrong, can you drive your car and take your dad to the grain factory in town? We still have some grain at home, although not much, but we still plan to sell it."
"If you ride an electric bike, it will be difficult to carry food over."
Chen Qingrong smiled and said, "If there isn't much left, we can use it as food. Our family doesn't lack that little money for food, right?"
Wang Xiu'e explained, "The food rations have been reserved. These are the surplus. We were going to sell them before, but we were not satisfied with the price at that time, so we never sold them."
"I was thinking of waiting for the price to go up, but now the price is dropping faster and faster. If I don't sell it now, I will lose a lot of money."
Chen Qingrong thought to himself how come this thing is almost the same price as the house price.
However, the longer you wait, the faster the housing prices will rise, while this thing will fall, the faster it will fall.
Chen Qingrong didn't waste any more words and said, "Okay, since it's not too dark yet, I'll drive my dad to town."
Squeak.
Tang Xiaoru came out and asked curiously, "What are you driving to town for?"
Chen Qingrong told her what happened.
Tang Xiaoru asked with some anticipation, "Can I come with you? I've never been to a place where grain is harvested. I'm curious."
"Okay." Chen Qingrong nodded. "Change your clothes first and wait for us in the car. My dad and I will get the food out."
"it is good."
So, Tang Xiaoru changed her clothes and waited in the car, while Chen Qingrong and Lao Chen carried a bag full of food and stuffed it into the trunk. Tang Xiaoru also asked, "Uncle, is this all the food we need to sell?"
Lao Chen explained with a smile, "No, there are about ten bags in total. Your car can't hold so many. Let's take this bag over to let them check it out and negotiate the price. Then I'll drive the tractor to deliver it."
"So that's how it is." Tang Xiaoru didn't ask any more questions.
After Chen Qingrong and his son got in the car, Chen Qingrong drove them to the town.
This road is much easier to drive than the highway, so Tang Xiaoru didn't compete with Chen Qingrong for it.
After driving for a while, we finally arrived in the town.
With Lao Chen's guidance, we finally parked the car in front of the grain factory.
Chen Qingrong unbuckled his seat belt first, then said to Tang Xiaoru, "Xiaoru, just wait for us in the car. It's a bit dirty inside, and your clothes will definitely be covered with dust. My dad and I will go in. Besides, you can't help much if you go in."
Tang Xiaoru thought about it and nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for you outside."
Chen Qingrong nodded, then got out of the car with Lao Chen. After opening the trunk, Lao Chen carried the grain and Chen Qingrong supported him from behind, and they walked into the grain factory.
Originally he was going to do it, but Old Chen felt sorry for his son and didn't want to let him do it, so he decided to do it himself.
Speaking of which, in Chen Qingrong's memory, his mother often beat him, and his grandparents also beat him a lot, but Old Chen was the only one who never beat him, let alone said a bad word to him.
Old Chen really dotes on him.
As for Tang Xiaoru, she was quite bored sitting in the car, so she got out and looked around.
This grain mill is not a high-end place. To put it bluntly, it is just a workshop for collecting grain. It is just called a grain mill to sound nice.
It was already dark, but Tang Xiaoru could still see many cars, tractors and other things coming in and out. Just then, the cell phone in her pocket rang.
I took out my cell phone and saw that it was Yang Bingbing calling.
Tang Xiaoru answered the phone without thinking, "Hello Bingbing, what's wrong?"
Yang Bingbing said vaguely with a nasal tone, "Xiao Ru, are you not at home? Why didn't you answer me when I knocked on the door?"
"Ah? You went to my house?" Tang Xiaoru was startled, and then quickly explained to her, "Look at my brain, I thought you were busy filming, so I didn't tell you in advance. I'm not home now. My husband and I went back to his hometown."
"You are in the mountains?"
"Yes, we went back to our hometown to worship our ancestors."
"Ancestor worship?" Yang Bingbing was a little confused. "I always thought that this was only popular in Guangdong. After all, they attach great importance to clan relations. I didn't expect that Chen Qingrong's hometown also practices this."
“It seems like there are many people who are interested in this all over the country.”
"What's in the mountains? Is there a cheese snow leopard?"
"... Stop using such lame jokes." Tang Xiaoru's face twitched, and she asked with concern, "You have a very nasal voice, do you have a cold?"
Yang Bingbing sniffed and continued, "About the same. I shot an underwater scene and felt a little dizzy after coming out. But it's not a big problem."
"By the way, when will you be back? I have something to talk to you about."
"Come see me on Monday night. My husband and I will be back on Monday."
"Are we going to worship our ancestors tomorrow?"
"We've already paid homage to our ancestors today, but there's a troupe coming to perform tomorrow night. Hehe, it's going to be quite lively. We'll definitely have to watch it at home before we leave."
"I really envy you." Yang Bingbing said sourly, "Unlike me, I'm alone and don't know when my Mr. Right will come out."
After a pause, she continued, "Okay, I won't delay your lovemaking any longer. Since you're not at home, I'll go back first. My electric hand warmer seems to be out of battery, so I have to go back and charge it."
Tang Xiaoru said speechlessly, "Use less, so as not to affect your future life."
"Tsk, men are not as useful as batteries."
"I don't agree with that." Tang Xiaoru raised her lips and said with experience, "There are too few ways to install batteries. You will know when you have a boyfriend."
After saying this, she noticed Chen Qingrong coming back.
"My husband is here, I'll hang up first."
"Okay, okay. Bye."
Bang, the phone was hung up.
Tang Xiaoru tightened her clothes and ran to Chen Qingrong, asking curiously, "Why did you come out alone? Where's your uncle?"
Chen Qingrong smiled helplessly, "My dad is negotiating prices with someone inside, and I can't get a word in. Plus, he's worried that you're not safe outside by yourself, so he asked me to come out and check on you first."
Tang Xiaoru smiled and said, "It's not unsafe at all. This isn't a place with particularly bad security. I'm just standing here. How could someone kidnap me?"
"Don't talk nonsense. You can't set up flags randomly." Chen Qingrong held her in his arms and took a deep breath. "Huh, you still smell the best."
"It's full of grain. Doesn't grain smell delicious?"
"The taste of grain is very fragrant, but when you breathe in all you inhale is dust, you won't find it fragrant anymore," said Chen Qingrong.
Tang Xiaoru suddenly burst into laughter.
She didn't want to experience that feeling.
……
Fifteen minutes later, Lao Chen also came out.
Judging from his smiling face, it was obvious that the deal was done.
Old Chen said that he would drive the tractor to deliver the remaining food the day after tomorrow morning. Chen Qingrong asked why not tomorrow, and Old Chen said that he had an event to hold tomorrow and didn't have the time.
Chen Qingrong offered to deliver it by driving his tractor.
After hearing this, Lao Chen was silent for dozens of seconds, and then he said quietly, "Forget it. How can I be at ease if you can't even get the tractor up? If the tractor flips into the ditch, the consequences will be no less serious than if the car flips into the ditch."
Chen Qingrong complained, "You can't blame me for this. You never taught me how to drive a tractor."
Old Chen looked at him proudly and said, "You have always been a bookworm since you were young. Why should I teach you how to drive a tractor? Go home."
"Ok."
When I got home in the evening, it was almost eight o'clock.
Grandma and Mom had already prepared dinner, and the family sat down happily to eat.
My mother even asked, "Xiaoru, are you used to the food you ate at the ancestral hall today?"
Tang Xiaoru quickly said, "I'm used to it. It's delicious."
"That's good, that's good." Mom smiled and said, "People here can eat spicy food. I was really worried that you wouldn't be used to it. By the way, Auntie's cooking isn't too spicy, right?"
Tang Xiaoru shook her head. "It's not spicy, Auntie. Your cooking is not as spicy as Chen Qingrong's."
"It's good if it's not spicy. Eat more. Come, try this pig liver."
"Thank you Auntie, I'll do it myself, you eat too."
After dinner, the couple took a shower and returned to their room.
Maybe it was because the temperature had dropped a bit, and my mother was worried that they would feel cold when sleeping at night, so she brought them a new quilt.
Chen Qingrong looked at Tang Xiaoru helplessly, "My mom is afraid that we will be cold. Actually, we don't feel cold at all when we sleep in each other's arms at night. Besides, if it's really cold, we can turn on the air conditioner. This quilt is useless."
Tang Xiaoru said sensibly, "No matter what, it's a token of my aunt's love. You can bring it over and put it on the bed. At worst, we can just not cover it so tightly at night."
"alright."
After hearing what Xiaoru said, Chen Qingrong didn't say anything else. He carried the quilt to the bed and put it away.
He took off his slippers and then got into bed.
Tang Xiaoru rested her head in his arms and suddenly asked curiously, "Husband, if your family only earns from farming, how much money can you make in a year?"
Chen Qingrong scratched his head. "We don't have much land. I remember only eight or nine acres. I don't know the exact price. A few tens of thousands?"
"One year?"
"That's about right." Chen Qingrong moved his lips. "If you want to make money by farming, then you have to lease land. Relying on just a few acres of land can only provide for your basic needs. Besides, my grandparents are lucky to have only one son, my father. If there were more children, this little land would have to be distributed to uncles when the family was divided, and there wouldn't be much left."
Tang Xiaoru opened her mouth and asked again, "Then why did your grandparents only have your father as their child? In the past, the poorer people were, the more they liked to have children. Take my grandparents for example. In fact, they didn't just give birth to my father. Before my father, there was an older brother and an older sister, but they starved to death before they grew up."
Chen Qingrong smiled helplessly, "My grandparents only have my father as their child. As for why they didn't have more children, I don't know. Maybe they can't afford to raise them?"
"That should be the reason." Tang Xiaoru sighed, "So we should be prepared for danger in times of peace. It's not easy to have enough food and live a good life now."
"We have to thank Grandpa Yuan."
"Correct."
"Are you sleepy?" Chen Qingrong touched her cheek again. Her little face was rosy and looked so cute no matter how he looked at her.
Tang Xiaoru shook her head gently and took out her phone. "I'm not too sleepy yet. I want to watch some Tik Tok. Do you want to watch it with me?"
"What's so good about Douyin?" Chen Qingrong smiled obscenely, "If you don't mind, how about we watch something exciting and thrilling?"
Tang Xiaoru blinked, then asked shyly, "You mean, that kind of movie?"
Chen Qingrong nodded vigorously, "Do you want to see it?"
Tang Xiaoru bit her lip lightly, as if mustering up great courage, and said, "Then don't look at what's on your phone, look at the URLs I saved. The URLs I saved are all of the better ones."
Then she opened the mobile browser and clicked on a URL from the favorites. A red exclamation mark appeared first. After she skillfully added it as a trusted website, beautiful dealers and various gambling ads with garbled characters popped up.
"Xiao Ru, why did you click on this kind of website?" Chen Qingrong pretended to be confused. "I mean the bloody and violent American blockbusters, not this kind. And, why would you save this kind of website? How many times have you watched it behind my back?"
"You are tricking me!" Tang Xiaoru reacted and pinched Chen Qingrong's arm angrily.
Thanks for the monthly ticket for Waiting for Me to Light a Cigarette
(End of this chapter)
