Chapter 17 Thanks

When Liu Qian's father and elder brother came to Zhang's house, it was already high in the sun.

Butcher Liu and Zhang Cai were basking in the sun in the small courtyard and chatting. The walls of the small courtyard of Zhang’s family were too short. Butcher Liu saw Mr. Liu and Liu Kai brought here by the villagers from a long distance away. I saw that both of them were dressed in brand-new clothes, and Liu Kai followed behind his father, holding several huge gift boxes in his hands.

Butcher Liu got up quickly, greeted Zhang Cai, and went out to meet his brother. Zhang Cai rushed into the room and shouted: "Mother, Liu Qian's father is here."

Hearing this shout, Liu Qian didn't throw it into the needlework like Liu Yueyue, and ran out of the back room at a trot, but carefully put the half-made things on the table, and waited for Guo Sufei to go ahead, and then she just came out.

When Liu Qian walked to the courtyard, Liu Butcher and Liu Yueyue had already surrounded her father and elder brother to the gate of the fence, where Zhang Cai was welcoming her with a cane. The meeting was an introduction and pleasantries, and Liu Qian walked to her father Saluting in front of his elder brother, Mr. Liu took his daughter's hand and carefully looked at her expression. He saw that there was no trace of the incident on the familiar face left by the incident the day before yesterday, and there was no panic or fear in his eyes, only reddish circles around his eyes. , Mr. Liu couldn't help feeling guilty in his heart. It was because he didn't think carefully. He patted his daughter on the shoulder and said, "It's hard for you, son."

Liu Qian wiped her eyes and said with a smile: "My daughter is fine, thanks to the great help of Brother Xiaolong and his family, we are now out of the trap."

Mr. Liu signaled Liu Kai to hand over the gift box, and said to Zhang Cai and Guo Sufei: "You don't want to thank you for your kindness. These small gifts are not respect. Talk about showing your heart. I hope the benefactor will accept it."

Zhang Cai quickly pushed the gift box back, and said politely: "We also met at the right time, and we didn't make any effort. In the end, it was just them and us, and there were other people."

Mr. Liu insisted on handing it over, and said: "Thanks to you, if it weren't for your help, my child would have been in disaster, and the two young heroes may not be able to see it."

Butcher Liu couldn't help being anxious when he saw the two pushing back and forth. He stretched out his hand to take it, and said, "You don't have to be polite, Brother Zhang, you don't have to refuse if my brother thinks so much." The gift box entered the hall.

Mr. Liu smiled and said to Zhang Cai: "My second younger brother has such a fiery temper, so please don't mind me, Brother Zhang."

Zhang Cai also said with a smile: "It's okay, Brother Ling is a man of temperament, but we are orthopedic. Please, come to the room to talk."

Zhang Cai let Mr. Liu into the main room. The main room of the Zhang family was very small, without a few chairs, so it didn't matter who the guests were. Everyone sat freely.

After Mr. Liu sat down, he thanked the Zhang family again for their kindness, and took out some scattered silver from his pocket, put them on the small table in the room, and said, "Brother Zhang, your family's injuries are serious. I was hurt by the bully to save my little girl, we should all be responsible, you should take the money for medical treatment, our family is poor, so we can only take so much, please forgive me."

This time, Zhang Caike was determined not to accept it. He said: "Xiaohua has already told you what happened. At that time, the bully had already paid the money, but we were afraid that they would ask for it again, so we didn't dare to use it. Then Shaoxia Wen who saved us A lot of money has been given, enough to look after the injury and buy medicine, we must not take this money.” Liu Kai said beside him: “Old Zhang, one yard is worth one yard, we should give this money, It can’t be that you are injured to save my sisters, and we can’t afford any medical expenses, how can there be such a reason?” Butcher Liu also scratched his head and said: “Brother Zhang, you should take it, wait a few days , I’ll bring you some silver and some meat.”

Zhang Cai said: "You two brothers, you must not force it. We are not saving people for money. Besides, we already have money to treat injuries. These are absolutely unacceptable."

So, these people are you let me, I let you, entangled,

After talking for a while, Zhang Cai didn't want to die.

At this time, Liu Qian spoke up and said to Mr. Liu: "Father, since old man Zhang doesn't accept the money, you can take it back first. I have an idea, how about you listen to it?"

Mr. Liu said: "Okay, you have been extremely intelligent since you were a child, what good idea do you have this time?"

Liu Qian said: "Mr. Zhang's family was injured to save us. The two of us will stay here to take care of Mr. Zhang and the others until their injuries are completely healed. Three members of Mr. Zhang's family were injured, and there are still elderly people to take care of. My aunt is busy alone, so we can help the family to be normal, but the old man Zhang and the three are inconvenient to move, so we need someone to take care of us, which is what we should do. What do you think?"

Mr. Liu thought for a while and said, "I didn't think about it. Qianer's idea is very good. What do you think? Second brother."

Butcher Liu patted his chest and said, "Very good, very good, I think so too."

Liu Yueyue also nodded in agreement.

That's how things are settled.

Then, Mr. Liu and Liu Kai went to the back room. Zhang Xiaolong and Zhang Xiaohu were still lying on the bed. When they heard Butcher Liu shouting just now, they remembered it. However, they were stopped by Guo Sufei and the others. Seeing someone coming in, she knew it was Liu Qian's father and elder brother, so she got up quickly, this time Liu Qian didn't come up to help Zhang Xiaolong, Guo Sufei carefully helped her son sit on the kang.

Only then did Mr. Liu carefully look at this courageous young man. Zhang Xiaolong is a very masculine young man. He is about the same age as Liu Kai. , the corner of his mouth was also cracked, but just from the determination in his eyes, it can be seen that he is a down-to-earth person. The clothes on his body are not new, they have some patches, but they are very clean. People look very comfortable. Zhang Xiaolong's arm was still splinted, and he couldn't move it casually. He put his hands on his chest. Looking at his slightly rough hands, he knew that he was a good hand in the farmland.

Mr. Liu looked at this young man who was about the same height as his own son, but with a very different temperament, and couldn't help but secretly nodded. Only such an outstanding child can stand up when others are in danger.

Seeing Mr. Liu staring at him, Zhang Xiaolong couldn't help feeling apprehensive and a little at a loss. Mr. Liu looked at it for a while, then spoke, thanked him for saving his daughter, and hoped that he would recover from his injuries, and then talked for a while, before leaving the hut. While walking, he said to Zhang Cai: "Brother Zhang has a good son, he is blessed."

Zhang Cai smiled from ear to ear, and he did not forget to be modest while leaning on crutches: "Master Ling is very good to each other."

Seeing that it was noon, Zhang Cai ordered Guo Sufei to arrange food and drinks for Mr. Liu and his party. The family background of the Zhang family is much worse than that of Mr. Liu. Of course, the food is very mediocre. Zhang Cai expresses his deep apologies. Mr. Liu and Butcher Liu are also generous people. . Only Zhang Xiaohua was the happiest, she had meat for two days in a row, she wished for more of these days.

After dinner, Mr. Liu and the others chatted with Zhang Cai for a while, and then took the two girls back to Baligou while it was still early.

The wounded members of the Zhang family were lying on the bed.

Fortunately, it is severe winter, and cats stay warm at home at this time of weekdays, so they don't have to plow and weed to busy themselves with farming. But this afternoon, everyone felt that there was something wrong. When it was getting dark and Guo Sufei was preparing to cook, she realized that there were two girls missing at home today, and she had to cook less food. She couldn't help but feel a little sad. The popularity of this family is strange to say. There were originally six people in the family. After so many years, I didn’t feel anything. In the past few days, there are two more girls for no reason. The family has more excitement than before. Once it's over, people leave, and of course the excitement is gone. Only then did I realize that it is really good to have excitement, and I actually miss the lives of a few more outsiders in those few days.

The meal was hastily cooked, Zhang Xiaohua and her mother waited for the two elder brothers to finish the meal, everyone sat under the oil lamp, Guo Sufei said, "I don't know if Liu Qian and the others have eaten?"

Zhang Cai said: "Looking at the sky, they must have just arrived home. It's too late to cook for themselves. I guess they will eat at Butcher Liu's."

Zhang Xiaohua said: "It's definitely, there might be pork belly at night."

Guo Sufei said: "By the way, Xiao Hua, you have been to their house, what is their house like?"

Based on her own knowledge, Zhang Xiaohua told about the situation of Liu Qian and Liu Yueyue's family.

In fact, Guo Sufei has always wanted to ask about Liu Qian's family situation, but it is not easy to ask from Liu Qian. I met Liu Butcher yesterday and never had a chance to ask. Today, seeing Mr. Liu and Liu Kai's behavior and demeanor, I feel very sad. Hearing Zhang Xiaohua's words now, his heart was even more knotted, his brows were also furrowed, and he said to Zhang Cai worriedly: "Old man, do you think Liu Qian can take a fancy to our little dragon?"

Everyone didn't interrupt, and Zhang Xiaolong's face darkened a little. Zhang Cai said: "This depends on fate. It's useless if we talk about it. Let it be God's will."

Zhang Xiaohu said: "Mom, I feel that Liu Qian is very careful. She should have read a lot of books. Needless to say, she is knowledgeable and sensible. She can also do a lot of housework. It is really good. She is much better than Liu Yueyue who is so busy. Look at him From the perspective of elder brother's care, there is a little meaning."

Zhang Xiaohua said: "Second brother, the daughters-in-law will be married one by one, don't be too anxious, if you don't mention Liu Yueyue, mother will consider it for you."

Zhang Xiaohu couldn't help but kicked Zhang Xiaohua once, and said, "I'm talking about elder brother, don't interrupt, I have nothing to do with Liu Yueyue."

But Zhang Cai said: "Second, even if you have something to do with her, you have to think about your elder brother first. Looking at our family's situation, it is already very difficult to marry a daughter-in-law. You guessed it and waited."

Guo Sufei interrupted and said, "Old man, don't you still have those bank notes..."

Zhang Cai interrupted her and glared at her: "Don't mention that, it has to be paid back to someone else."

Afterwards, everyone felt bored, and after a while, they blew out the oil lamps and went to sleep.

Zhang Xiaolong tossed and turned all night, unable to fall asleep, he didn't know whether it was the pain in his body or the thoughts in his heart, but his tossing didn't affect Zhang Xiaohua's still flickering dream in the slightest.