"There are two months left, if you don't have enough to eat, you don't have to borrow some from Master Liu's house, anyway, I have already borrowed a load of grain from his family in February, and I will return it to them together when the autumn harvest is over. Grandmother said with a pale face.

"Master Liu's family is mean, if it weren't for the fact that the family couldn't open the pot at that time, I really didn't want to borrow grain from his family at all. Now that we have found this job of sewing clothes, as long as we are not afraid of hardship, we should be able to barely survive with the money we earn. Sun shook his head and said.

After saying this, Sun said to his grandmother: "Mother, when the autumn harvest is over, let's hurry up and return the borrowed grain. Besides, the thirty percent profit is too high, so it's better to pay it back as soon as possible. ”

The grandmother nodded and said, "Okay, I'll pay it back as soon as I have the harvest." Don't say it's you, my mother is often terrified when she thinks of the food she owes. ”

After the two finished talking, they stopped talking, and concentrated on the needlework in their hands, except for the sound of the two of them breathing in the room, there was no sound, even if a needle fell at this time, the sound could be heard clearly.

In the busyness of concentration, time flies. Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps on the road outside the house, which was noisy and hurried, slowly getting closer and closer, until it stopped outside.

The two women in the room also heard the footsteps, stopped what they were doing, and then looked up at each other. But before they could speak, there was a heavy knock on the door outside the house.

"There are people in the house, Master Liu has come to collect grain, open the door quickly!" a heavy voice came in with a knock on the door.

The two women hurriedly stood up and tried to open the door. However, before they could reach the door, the door was kicked open with a thud.

The two women were startled when they heard a loud noise. The child in the room, who was already asleep, was also woken up by this loud noise, and let out a whoast cry. When Sun heard his son's cry, he hurriedly ran to the side of the small bed, picked up the child and coaxed him.

After the door was kicked open, several people entered. At the head was a burly man with a face full of flesh, and the mere mere sight of it frightened the two women's hearts. And behind this burly man, there was a middle-aged man with a big belly, and I saw him walking in a figure-eight step, pacing in step by step surrounded by several servants.

After the middle-aged man came in, the burly man walked to the latter's side in a few small steps, and then said with a flattering smile: "Master, these two women really don't know how to be polite, knowing that the master didn't open the door for so long, the little one was angry for a while, but he kicked the door open, and asked the master to punish him." ”

The old man Liu smiled at the two women in the house and said: "I'm sorry, it's not good for Liu to discipline his subordinates, and he broke the door of your house, it's really Liu's fault, and when I go back, I will definitely clean him up." ”

Although this person said apologetic words in his mouth, he didn't see the slightest look of apology on his face, but a pair of eyes stared directly at Sun, and she was uncomfortable when she saw it, so she could only lower her head and coax the child.

The grandmother bent down to Master Liu and saluted, and then asked, "I wonder why Master Liu suddenly came to the old house?"

Master Liu smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just for the load of grain that I lent you four months ago." ”

When my grandmother heard this, her body shook slightly, and she almost didn't stand firm, and she had some bad premonitions in her heart, only to see her say: "Grain? It's not time to return the grain, and Master Liu is early." ”

Master Liu sighed lightly, and said with some embarrassment: "Liu also knows that it is not time yet, and it really makes me ashamed and embarrassed to come to beg for food this early." It's just that the family's food stock has been eaten this year, and the house is about to be unable to open the pot, so I have to come cheekily and ask your family to return the load of grain borrowed at that time. ”

Sun listened to Master Liu's words, his face turned pale for a while, and he raised his head and said to him: "Four months ago, the little woman's family was poor and couldn't open the pot, fortunately, there are good people like Master Liu who are willing to lend us food, otherwise our family of three would have starved to death. ”

"It's just that at that time, it was agreed that the grain would be returned after the autumn harvest, and now it is only more than six months, and there are still more than two months to reach the deadline, and I ask Master Liu not to make such jokes with our two women. ”

Master Liu stared at Sun for a few moments, and a sad look suddenly appeared on his face, "It's really difficult at home, otherwise it would be impossible for Liu to come to beg for food before the deadline, please return the food to your family quickly." ”

The grandmother resignedly said: "Master Liu, your family is a well-known rich family, with thousands of acres of fertile land at home, and the granary with a lot of grain every year can't be put down, how can there be a shortage of this load of grain? Please wait until after the autumn harvest, when the time comes, we will definitely deliver the grain to your house on time." ”

Master Liu sighed again and said: "The landlord's family has no surplus grain, and you don't understand our sorrows, so please return the grain to your family now." ”

When Sun heard that Master Liu insisted on returning the grain now, he hurriedly knelt in front of him, kowtowed, and said: "Master Liu, the little woman's father-in-law and husband both died on the battlefield last year, and there are no men in the family to farm, so I borrowed your family's grain to tide over the difficulties." Now that the food has already been eaten, how can you let the two women return the food, and ask the lord to be gracious. ”

Seeing Sun kneeling in front of him, Master Liu hurriedly stretched out his hand to help her up.

It's just that when the Sun family saw him stretching out his hand, he hurriedly dodged to the side, and then said softly: "Men and women don't kiss, and please ask Master Liu to respect himself." ”

Master Liu looked at the woman who was still kneeling on the ground, and his heart rippled, as the saying goes, if you want to be filial piety, this little woman is already beautiful, and the filial piety clothes on her body make his heart churn for a while. He stared at the woman for a moment, swallowed the lust in his heart, and then said something.

"Master, I am also a thin and well-known here, and I really can't do this trick of begging for food, but my family is really difficult, so I have to make this decision. Since your family hasn't paid for it, how about using other things to pay off the debt?"

When he said this, a look of compassion appeared on his face, as if he were genuinely thinking about this family of orphans and widows.

Sun raised his head, glanced at his grandmother, and then asked softly, "I don't know what Master Liu wants to use to pay off his debts? ”

Master Liu said with a smile: "You naturally have things that can pay off debts, otherwise I wouldn't have made this trip myself." ”

When my grandmother heard this, and saw Master Liu staring at Sun from time to time, the uneasiness in her heart deepened, and she asked in a trembling voice: "My family is poor, and there is really nothing of value, I don't know what Master Liu has taken a fancy to my family?"

"Master, I am kind, and I don't want much of your things, don't you still have three acres of water at home, just use these three acres of land to pay off the debt. These lands are next to my house's land, and if you use them to pay your debts, they will be joined together, so that it may be convenient for my house to administer. How?" said Master Liu with a smile.