Chapter 1508: Help in Emergencies but Not in Poverty (2)

So when she saw the Ruan family coming back today, she naturally instigated them again. In her opinion, the Ruan family was rich anyway, and they didn't need the ten or hundred yuan they lent them.

But Xu Jianlin didn't expect that it would be Grandpa Shu who opened the door.

Although Grandpa Shu had come to Xiahe Village six years ago, Xu Jianlin didn't have a deep impression of him, but he knew he was not an ordinary person by the way he was dressed. He suddenly became a little timid and subconsciously wanted to step back.

But just after taking two steps back, he heard Ruan Lin's voice from the room: "Jiaojiao's grandpa, who's here?"

Grandpa Shu stepped aside, and Ruan Lin saw Xu Jianlin. Although she often came back, she had never met Xu Jianlin. Seeing his appearance, she frowned immediately. The last time she saw him was a few years ago. She felt that he was getting old too fast and looked worse than her!

"Jianlin, what's up? Come in, come in, it's windy at the door." She put down the hoe and a basket of bamboo shoots in her hands, walked to the courtyard and shook some well water to wash her muddy hands. The well water was warm. After washing, she wiped her body and returned to the charcoal fire to warm the water on her hands. Seeing that Xu Jianlin hadn't come in yet, she had to get up and walk over to pull him in.

She said, "What are you doing blocking the wind vent? Are you selling some dried goods? Where are they?" She glanced at him, but didn't see anything, and immediately became suspicious.

Liu Mei has been sick since the beginning of autumn and can't work in the fields. She was always a slacker, and she was even more slacker when she was sick. Xu Jianlin hasn't gone out to do odd jobs for a long time, and even the crops in the fields have been abandoned, let alone picking wild vegetables and drying them.

He came here purely to borrow money. Liu Mei said that the New Year was coming soon, so she asked him to borrow money from the Ruan family. It would be best if he could borrow two or three hundred yuan, because Xu Cheng was old and was a junior high school boy, but he didn't have a decent set of clothes.

Although he really couldn't open his mouth, he had no choice. His family was already struggling to make ends meet. If he couldn't borrow money this time, his family would starve to death this winter.

But who knew that he would meet either Mr. Shu or Ruan Linshi. What was Ruan Linshi's reputation in the village? How could he dare to borrow money from her? He subconsciously wanted to leave, but he was unwilling to do so. He wanted to wait and see if Ruan Jianguo would come. Who knew that Ruan Linshi would directly pull him in and ask him about the dry goods. He felt his face burning and didn't dare to look at Ruan Linshi's face.

Ruan Lin had lived for most of her life. She knew something was wrong when she saw Xu Jianlin's look. Her eyes flashed, and she pretended to know nothing. She asked with a smile: "Are you here to find Jianguo?"

Xu Jianlin nodded immediately: "Yes, aunt... where is he?"

"Oh, he is digging bamboo shoots in the back mountain. You can go find him." Ruan Lin pointed to the back mountain.

"Okay, then I'll go over there." Xu Jianlin nodded immediately with a smile, and went to the back mountain to find him. The smile on her face was as if she had gotten a great bargain.

Ruan Lin looked at his back, and her eyes became darker.

As soon as Xu Jianlin ran to the back mountain, he saw Ruan Jianguo, and he immediately trotted up. Because of his excitement, he didn't pay attention to restraining his voice: "Brother Ruan, Brother Ruan."

Ruan Jianguo had just dug out a winter bamboo shoot, and when he heard the sound, he looked over and saw Xu Jianlin running to him: "Brother Ruan, it's almost the New Year, can you lend me two... no, three hundred yuan?!"