Be gentle

It takes three hours to take a bus from H city to T county. Huaran went to the town first to go to the former high school, and got her graduation certificate without much trouble.

It took another two hours to drive from the town to the village, and it was already five o'clock in the afternoon when she returned to the village.She originally wanted to visit Granny Hua who taught her embroidery first, but because it happened to be in time for dinner, she finally decided to visit her former home.

Huajia Village is a small village with more than a hundred households, located on the mountainside of a mountain with an altitude of more than 1000 meters.Every household here is named Hua, and Huaran's family used to be the only doctor in the village.Due to its location, Huajia Village used to be very poor and backward, but in recent years, due to the development of tourism resources and some alpine vegetable and tea projects, the living standards of the villagers have improved significantly.

The temperature on the high mountain in March is still quite low, but Hanazan is lucky. It has cleared up in the past few days, and the muddy road due to snowmelt has dried up.Compared with two years ago, the night in the village is much brighter now, Huaran walked towards her former home with the light leaking from the house and the bright moonlight.

The white mist that came out of her mouth showed a blurred texture under the moonlight, and seeing that the old dilapidated house had turned into a flat land, she had a momentary illusion as if she had passed away.

The original old house and two acres of land only cost 4000 or 15 yuan, 800 yuan. She will always remember how much money she was carrying when she left here.

Every family eats dinner at about this time, so there is no one on the village road except Huaran.Insects will not come out in this season, and the chirping of birds cannot be heard. The surroundings are so quiet that there is only the sound of the wind, and the rustling of the leaves as the wind blows through the trees.

She repaid a total of [-] yuan in two years, half of which was interest, and the date of repayment seemed to be far away.At the age that others call youth, youth has already left her.

Huaran stopped for a while, and did not leave until she really felt the chill to the bone.

The village head's house is located not far from the entrance of the village. It is a three-story row house, which is a rare good house in the village.Not far from the house there is a concrete square, which is the meeting place of the village.

"Grandfather of the village chief, grandpa of the village chief?" The door of the yard and the door of the living room on the first floor were both closed. Huaran stood outside the yard and yelled a few times before walking in. An old man about 60 years old also came out to welcome him.

"Ah? Yes, is girl Ran back?" The old man's eyes and ears didn't seem to be very good, but his voice was very loud and he spoke a dialect.

"It's me, Grandpa Village Chief, I'm back."

"Oh, just come back, just come back, I said it's so dark, do you want to ask Brother Shuanzi to pick you up." Hua Jianguo walked down the steps in a few steps, and Huaran hurried up to help him.

"No need, I still know the way. How are the elder brothers, younger sisters, uncles and aunts? How is your old health?"

"It's all good, I'm still in good health. Why are your hands so cold, girl Ran, come in and go in."

Huaran helped Hua Jianguo to enter the door. Everyone seemed to have just finished eating. Several men were sitting at the dining table, and a middle-aged woman was clearing the table.

The middle-aged man was smoking his pipe, and when Huaran came in, he nodded to her.The young man's expression was indifferent, as if he didn't see her.It was a younger boy who saw Huaran come in and called her with a smile.

"Xiaoran, you're back."

"Uncle, aunt, elder brother, second elder brother."

The middle-aged woman gave a "hmm" and turned into the kitchen after clearing the things on the table.The atmosphere was dull for a while, Hua Ran pursed her lips and did not speak anymore.

Hua Jianguo didn't seem to feel anything, and while pulling Huaran to sit down, he asked, "Did girl Ran have dinner? I'll ask your aunt to serve you a bowl of noodles."

"No need, grandpa, the village chief, I've already eaten." Hua Ran tried her best to smile, and after sitting down, she took something out of her backpack, "By the way, I brought gifts for everyone, I don't know..."

"Forget about the gift, Huaran, when will you return the money?" The older young man was the most indifferent among the few, and even opening his mouth at this time completely froze the atmosphere.

"Shuanzi, what nonsense are you talking about!" Hua Jianguo scolded his grandson loudly, and Huaran had already lowered his head.

"What did I say? Our family borrowed the most money from her, but how much has she paid back in the past two years? Who is the reason why I can't marry a wife? What is the reason why you refused to go to the hospital when you were sick? If you hadn't helped her After paying back the other people's money, can she walk out of the village?" Shuanzi looked at Huaran with disgust, "I didn't want to marry at the beginning, and I didn't know what to do when I went out, so I should have made a lot of money, right? It’s a famous brand, but you don’t have the money to pay us back?”

"Shut up!" Hua Jianguo was so angry that his hands shook, he grabbed the ashtray beside him and was about to throw it at the embolus, "You are getting more and more courageous, your father dare not talk to me like that."

"Grandpa, don't." Huaran was taken aback, and quickly grabbed Hua Jianguo's hand.

The middle-aged man still sat silently, as if he hadn't seen these scenes at all.Instead, the middle-aged woman who had entered the kitchen ran out when she heard the movement, and followed to dissuade Hua Jianguo.

The younger man saw that something was wrong, so he hurriedly pushed his elder brother away, "Brother, don't say a few words, Xiaoran finally came back. You go up first, don't make grandpa angry anymore."

"Why, Dongzi, do you still like her? Do you expect to marry her? This ungrateful woman..."

"Shut up!" The man who had been silent for a long time finally opened his mouth, and Shuan Zi seemed to die down amidst his stern yelling.

"Shuanzi, stop pouting, let's go, let your grandpa calm down." The middle-aged woman saw Huaran blocking Hua Jianguo, and hurriedly pulled her eldest son away.

Hua Jianguo's body was not as strong as before, and he didn't dare to force the girl Huaran, so in the end he just smashed the ashtray to the ground.This kind of farce happened within 5 minutes after Huaran entered the door, he just felt that there was no place to put his old face.

"Dye girl, don't worry about Shuanzi's words. Hey, I'll stay in your sister's room at night. You should go to rest early." Hua Jianguo lived with his eldest son, two grandsons and one granddaughter.The granddaughter is studying in the town now, and Huaran usually sleeps with her when she comes back.

"Well, I know." Huaran forced a smile, held back tears, and insisted on delivering the things she brought to everyone one by one.

"Xiaoran, don't pay attention to what big brother said. He has been researching on growing fungi recently, but the results are not very good, and he feels a little annoyed."

"Second brother I know."

Huaran knew why Shuanzi was like this, so she couldn't feel resentment towards him.The village head's family helped her repay the scattered parts of the 16 loan at the beginning, and the total amount was about [-].Although he is the head of the village, Hua Jianguo is not rich. This is almost all of their family's savings over the past ten years.

Shuanzi also went out to work when he was young, and was tricked into working on the construction site for two years. Not only did he lose two fingers, he didn't get compensation, he didn't even get wages, and finally returned to the village.

Most of the young people in the village yearn for life outside, so many of them, like Hanazan, went to work outside.In recent years, although some people have been attracted back because of the government's support for the construction of high-mountain villages, the young labor force in the village is still in an embarrassing situation.

There are fewer young people and fewer young girls, and the marriage of the remaining young men has become a big problem.Most of the girls who go out to work hope to marry outside, but most of the boys who go out to work can only come back to marry.A beautiful and down-to-earth girl like Huaran would have become the target of everyone's pursuit if she hadn't carried so many debts on her body.

Huaran understands that Shuan Zi's change of attitude towards her is not simply because of money, or even because she rejected his pursuit.The mistake was that she shouldn't have done that kind of work, and Shuanzi knew about it.She used to naively thought that she was eating with her hands, but later she realized that Shuan Zi was right.

Huaran was making the bed, and the heavy humidity in the mountains made the quilt not so fluffy—she had already begun to miss the small room in the drugstore and Bai Shuyi's bright smile.

"Dye girl, are you asleep? Uncle wants to talk to you."

Huaran was taken aback for a moment, then answered and opened the door, "Not yet, what's the matter, uncle?"

The middle-aged man stood outside the door with a serious expression. Seeing that Huaran did not speak immediately after opening the door, the two stood relatively silent for a while.

"Uncle, just tell me if you have anything to do." Seeing the uncle's attitude before, Huaran almost had a premonition in her heart.No one is a wealthy person, so how can you feel at ease when you borrow so much money from others?

The middle-aged man sighed, opened his mouth several times without uttering a word, and finally Hua Ran asked, "Is it because of money?"

"Dye girl, I know it's difficult for you, but your elder brother... Shuanzi has been growing fungi recently, which is very expensive."

When it comes to money, Huaran has no confidence whatsoever.Where can she get so much money now, and where can she make a promise?

The middle-aged man saw her bowed his head in silence, and said again: "And your grandfather, the village head, is getting worse and worse. You know how expensive Western medicine is, and he refuses to go to the hospital because of lack of money."

Huaran raised her head suddenly, and asked with red eyes: "What's wrong with the village chief's grandfather? He, is his illness very serious?"

"Well, he fainted recently. He was sent to the hospital saying that there was something wrong with his heart. It's better to have a heart bypass."

If there is anyone Huaran cares about, then Hua Jianguo must be one of them. In any case, she doesn't want to see this old man because she has three strengths and two weaknesses.

"I see, uncle, I will find a way."

The middle-aged man had a bit of embarrassment and embarrassment on his face, "Dye girl, I'm sorry, uncle can't help you... Obviously your father..."

"Don't say that uncle, you have helped me a lot, thank you very much. I will find a way, give me a month..." Huaran made a promise, her heart was in a mess.Just at this moment, an angry voice interrupted her.

"What are you doing here? If your son rebelled, you will also rebel, right?"

When the middle-aged man saw his father, his complexion turned even worse for a moment.

Hua Jianguo pushed his son away angrily, and said sharply: "Your son can say it, and you have the face to say it? Who saved your life? Who did Hua Ran's father die for? Her grandfather saved it. Your father's life, her whole family is our family's savior, has your conscience been eaten by dogs?"

"Dad..." The middle-aged man was in a panic when his scar was exposed face to face.

"Don't call me dad, I don't have a son like you!"

"Grandpa, the village chief, don't be angry." The last thing Huaran wants to see is for others to quarrel because of herself, "Uncle didn't come to ask me for money, he, he came to apologize for elder brother."

"Ran girl, don't lie for him." Before Huaran came, several people had told him about it, and Hua Jianguo knew what his son and grandson were thinking.

"It's true, it's true grandpa, uncle is really here to apologize." Seeing him getting angry again, Huaran thought of the heart problem that uncle mentioned just now, and was tense for a while, pulling his arm and said: "Grandpa, you Don't be angry, it's really not what you think."

While she was talking, she made eye contact with the middle-aged man, and the man seemed to have come to his senses at this moment, and hurriedly said: "That's right, Dad, I just gave Shuan Zi a scolding, and I'm here to apologize to the girl Ran."

The two finally persuaded Hua Jianguo to leave, and Hua Ran was exhausted after the two left.The energy gradually gained in the Bai family seemed to be starting to disappear, and she was overwhelmed by new burdens.

The author has something to say: Afterwards, everyone may find that, including Bai Wenxue, those who are willing to help Huaran have a prerequisite. They have also been helped by Huaran or her father and grandfather.Only Bai Shuyi said, I like this sister, and I want to treat her well.So Huaran is destined to return her love.

If there is no accident, I will enter V on Tuesday. If I save enough manuscripts, I will make up the previous chapter.Work hard!