Chapter 29 Something more precious than money
Ren Xiaowei saw the two of them looking like they were about to go out from a distance. He smiled and waved and shouted, "Hey, you guys are going out, Uncle Jin."
Chen Jinkui stared at Ren Xiaowei with wide eyes, as if he couldn't believe it. When he came up to him, he said with a surprised expression:
"Xiaowei, it's really you. I haven't seen you since you went to college. Look, you are taller than me even after we haven't seen each other for three or four years!" He said and patted his shoulder happily.
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"Uncle, aunt, there isn't much good stuff for the Chinese New Year. Something happened to my dad, so I can't get together with you for the Chinese New Year. Let me give you some cigarettes, some wine, and, by the way, a piece of cake."
Meat!" Ren Xiaowei stepped forward with a smile and quickly handed over the new year's goods.
In fact, these things were given by him himself. He remembered that when he went to college, the roads in the town were blocked by heavy snow, and it was Uncle Jin who rode a tricycle to the county town before letting him go by car.
He never said these things. After this period of twists and turns, he seemed to have grown up a lot, so he took the opportunity...
"This...how can this be done? Your uncle should go and see you. Now..." Chen Jinkui looked at the big package of Xiaolan's gifts and felt a little at a loss.
He waved his hands repeatedly to refuse.
"Yes, Xiaowei, your parents really feel sorry for you when they ask you to make a special trip during the Chinese New Year." The woman on the side had an expression full of embarrassment and quickly shook her head in support.
Ren Xiaowei smiled and breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "It's freezing cold outside, Uncle Jin, but I'm just here to watch the food!" He winked at the two of them.
"Oh oh oh..." Chen Jinkui slapped his forehead and quickly called him into the room. Then the couple seemed to have some concerns and were very polite to Ren Xiaowei.
Soon, Chen Jinkui specially made fried bacon for him, paired with some unique wild vegetables and mushrooms in the mountains, which whetted his appetite after a long journey up the mountain.
"Ah, this mushroom is so delicious!" Ren Xiaowei sat around and feasted, and he couldn't forget to let out a few praises while eating.
Chen Jinkui watched him eating happily and felt very happy. He said: "Then eat more, there is not much good stuff in the mountains. Take some when you go back. Your aunt also raised a few native chickens.
Bring it along too!"
"How can that be done? You can eat and take it at the same time!" Ren Xiaowei was very happy after hearing this, but he even put down his chopsticks and waved his hand, refusing with a serious look on his face.
"Take it as long as you want, you're welcome!" Chen Jinkui glanced at his wife next to him and saw that although she nodded along, she was frowning as if she was worried.
"Xiaowei, how are your parents doing now? We haven't seen him since the accident, and we feel uneasy." Chen Jinkui thought for a while, then looked at him suddenly and asked.
"They..." Ren Xiaowei didn't hide anything after hearing this, and directly told the two of them everything he knew.
"Oh, I'm so sorry for you. After going to college for such a long time, I didn't even get a diploma. That old Zhu is really a bastard. When I see her, I have to teach him a lesson!" Chen Jinkui listened.
He clenched his fists and said fiercely with red eyes.
Because in his opinion, although Ren Xiaowei is not his son, he is better than his own son. In addition, his relationship with Ren Jianguo makes them like a family.
Now, something happened to Ren Xiaowei's family. Even if Lao Zhu didn't help, Ren Xiaowei actually lost his diploma.
How important is this diploma? Whether you can find a job after graduation depends on it.
"Uncle Jin, don't be angry, it's all about skills. Is there anything like that?" Ren Xiaowei quickly comforted him upon seeing this.
Now he didn't dare to tell Uncle Jin about his decision to check out the store, otherwise in the eyes of the other party's old thinking, he would have to scold himself to death.
At this moment, they had all had enough to eat and drink, and they were talking about homely things.
Chen Jinkui, who used to be taciturn, now smiles and talks more than usual.
Seeing that the two men were chatting passionately, just like the heavy snow outside that could never stop, the woman covered her mouth: "Ahem..."
"What's wrong, auntie? Your throat doesn't feel right?" Ren Xiaowei immediately turned to look at him and asked with some confusion.
"No, no, no..." She shook her head hurriedly, and looking at her husband's belated look, the woman finally couldn't help but whispered with an unnatural look on her face.
"Dad, it's getting late, we should go prepare things for Xiaowei!"
"Oh, look at my uncle's memory. He was so busy talking that he forgot all the important things!" Chen Jinkui then remembered. Shanshan smiled, got up and followed his wife to get ready.
They came to the warehouse, first got three buckets of fungus, and then looked at the mushrooms in the corner. Chen Jinkui fiddled with them a few times, and then just gritted his teeth and put them all in his pocket.
The woman on the side couldn't help gritting her teeth angrily when she saw this: "You've given us everything to eat. How come it looks better than our own son?"
"My dear son, will your dear son come to visit us during the Chinese New Year?" Chen Jinkui glanced at Ren Xiaowei in the main room, grinned and said: "It's been four years, it's not easy for him to come here, I still worry about it.
Remember the two of us, don’t care about these things!”
When the woman heard this, her eyes rolled, and she suddenly saw something in her husband's words and said, "I don't care about these things, but other things... you have to listen to me!"
When Chen Jinkui heard this, his heart suddenly jumped, and his hand that was picking up wild vegetables suddenly stopped in the air, and he quickly begged for mercy with a smile:
"I know what you mean, but how do you ask me to talk to him? Xiaowei is still a child!"
"I don't care. Didn't you just say that he has grown up and become sensible? Then he should understand us." The woman grabbed his sleeves and said firmly:
"The child's father! I asked you to ask for your own wages, and I didn't ask him to borrow money. Why can't it be returned to us when it belongs to us?"
"..." Chen Jinkui frowned, held one hand on the table and pondered for a long time, then looked at her sharply and said in a deep voice.
"No, if I do that, what's the difference between me and Zhu Zhengguo? I promise you to work hard during the Chinese New Year, and we can wait a few years to discuss the money." After he finished speaking, he seemed to be afraid that his wife would pester him again, and he turned around without turning around.
He returned and walked out.
"His father, his father..." The woman was so anxious that she even wanted to grab her husband's sleeves, but Chen Jinkui walked too fast and she missed him.
After a while, Chen Jinkui and his wife sent Ren Xiaowei to the gate. Ren Xiaowei looked at what he was carrying and what he was carrying on his shoulders, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
What you took away was more than what you gave me. That’s enough!
Chen Jinkui held his hand and whispered with reluctance, "Be careful on the road, the snowy roads are slippery, and don't go where it's frozen!"
"Oh, I know, Uncle Jin!"
"Otherwise, I'd better go see you off!"
At this moment, the woman with a tangled face on the side couldn't bear it any longer. She suddenly stepped forward and looked at Ren Xiaowei, opening his mouth and wanting to say something.
Chen Jinkui on the side was very anxious when he saw this. He quickly grabbed her sleeves and shouted: "My dear, you come in first, I have something to say to Xiaowei!"
"Oh!" The woman was overjoyed after hearing this, thinking that her husband was going to ask Ren Xiaowei about money, so she nodded hurriedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
When his wife entered the room, the painful look on Chen Jinkui's face flashed away. The moment he raised his head and looked at Ren Xiaowei, he was stunned on the spot.
He saw Ren Xiaowei looking at him with red eyes.
"Uncle, auntie, she is right. Just because we are our own people, we should not hide it if we have something to say." Ren Xiaowei said. Chen Jinkui's eyes turned red at this point.
"This is the money my mother asked me to send to you when she left. The store's business has been pretty good recently. This is the money you paid Wu Laosan in advance." He said, taking out two cowhide bags and handing them over.
When I passed it, in addition to the 20,000 yuan my parents owed Uncle Jin, there was also the 1,700 yuan he helped Wu Laosan advance in the morning.
"This...I can't take this. Your family is in trouble now. Will I still be a human being if I take this money?" Chen Jinkui looked at the things in his hands, and his hot tears couldn't help but burst into his eyes.
Fall down.
He is a person who attaches great importance to friendship. If he had not been forced by his wife and had no other choice, he would never have gone to the store to cause trouble.
"Uncle, the money has been prepared for you a long time ago!"
Ren Xiaowei's eyes became even redder when he was moved. He even held his hand and persuaded him, "You don't have to blame yourself at all. My dad owes so much money. What's the use of having this little money..."
Chen Jinkui couldn't help but choked up, and hot tears flowed out. When he took the money, he watched Ren Xiaowei gradually disappear into the distance with tearful eyes. He couldn't help but sigh: "Xiaowei has grown up and is sensible...
....”
At this moment, the woman who heard the noise in the house ran over in a hurry. When she saw the money in her husband's hand, her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Ah, you really got your money back, my dear, you are so capable!"
"..." Chen Jinkui.
On the other side, Ren Xiaowei was walking in the snow, his footsteps clicking in the snow, but his mood was indescribably comfortable.
Although he lost money, he seemed to have gained something a hundred or a thousand times more precious than money...
At this moment, he came to a green pine needle tree and wiped the sweat from his forehead. When he walked down the slope, he could find his bicycle hidden in the snow nest.
"How beautiful!" He looked up at the pine needles, which were as solid as needles. The thin crystal ice covering them made his soul seem to be baptized.
Suddenly, dots of golden light among the treetops gradually gathered into a line of small golden characters:
Chapter completed!