Age: My Small World

Chapter 7 Debt
No rush to chew the corn stalks.

Yang Jun took out the brown sugar from his arms.

"Second sister, look what this is."

Seeing that her brother was taking things very seriously, Yang Yumei couldn't help but put down her gourd ladle and walked over with a smile.

"What did you make that's wrapped in paper?"

Yang Jun did not hide it and opened the paper package, and a few pieces of brown sugar appeared in front of his second sister.

"Ah! Sugar!"

She exclaimed, and then her eyes couldn't help but look worried.

"Xiaoshan, tell me honestly where you got these candies. You'd better return them to them as soon as possible."

Yang Yumei's tone became much more serious. Although she was not very old, she was sensible enough to know that stealing was a bad thing, especially since her brother was such a good student and would definitely have a bright future. If his future was ruined because of stealing, then the entire Yang family would be finished.

After saying this, perhaps because he felt guilty, he looked flustered, fearing that someone would come in the next moment.

"Second sister, what are you thinking? I traded the fish for this candy with Uncle Ming. I really didn't steal it."

"Fish? You catch fish?" Yang Yumei looked at him in surprise, obviously a little unconvinced.

Yang Jun shrugged helplessly, feeling an indescribable sense of powerlessness.

In the past, Yang Jun gave people the impression that he was timid and weak in doing things. Catching fish had nothing to do with him, so it was no wonder that Yang Yumei didn't believe it.

"Brother, if you bought it on credit, let's pay it back first. We don't have that much money at home."

"Be good and listen to me." Yang Yumei didn't mean to blame him, but just sighed.

The situation at home cannot withstand such a situation.

Yang Jun smiled at her and said, "Second sister, if you don't believe me, go ask Cheng Xiaoyu. She saw me catching fish. I took the candy in first."

After saying that, he walked into the house first, not giving Yang Yumei a chance to ask more questions.

"Did you really catch a fish?" After hearing his explanation, the second sister believed it immediately, after all, there was a witness.

Then he was a little surprised, and then he couldn't stop showing a happy expression.

"Brother, let me take a look first."

After entering the house, Yang Jun had no choice but to face a similar questioning situation again.

After learning that Cheng Xiaoyu was also following, my mother and elder sister instantly changed their attitudes.

But the first thing they did was look worried.

"Son, why did you go into the water? If you want candy, I'll buy it for you. Don't take the risk and try to fish. If anything happens, how will I live?"

Li Xiaohua was almost on the verge of tears, but was stopped in time by Yang Jun.

Naturally, Cheng Xiaoyu still used the same method of being a witness.

"If you don't believe me, go ask Cheng Xiaoyu."

"I'm not a fool, how could I easily go into the water? Besides, I'm actually a pretty good swimmer, I won't drown."

Later on, I spoke much softer because I couldn’t let my family worry too much.

After hearing his explanation, Li Xiaohua and Yang Hongmei both breathed a sigh of relief.

After a pause, he recovered his composure.

"If that's the case, you might as well bring the fish back. I can make you a pot of fish soup to nourish you. It's better than this candy."

Li Xiaohua said with some regret.

In the eyes of rural villagers, sugar is actually similar to candy. In their impression, it is just something that tastes sweet.

However, fish soup has been used to nourish the body since ancient times, so there are naturally some preferences when choosing it.

"Mom, we haven't had sugar water in a long time. I want to try it together." "Besides, the book says that drinking sugar water is good for the body and makes the brain smarter, so drinking sugar water is better than drinking fish soup."

Sugar is one of the essential substances for the human body and is naturally of paramount importance, but Yang Jun was obviously avoiding the trivial and focusing on the important.

"The book also says this?" When Li Xiaohua heard that he learned it from the book, she immediately believed it.

"How could it be false?"

Hearing this, she grabbed the brown sugar that Yang Jun handed over, thought for a moment, took out a small piece and put it in a bowl, and rewrapped the rest.

"Then I'll keep it for you. I'll make you a bowl every day. You'll definitely become smarter, kid."

Yang Jun was a little amused and confused. He didn't expect the result to be like this.

In my mind, if sugar really has this effect, he would naturally come first.

Yang Hongmei cooked quietly, without any objection, just smiling occasionally, appearing very gentle.

"Mom, this is the candy I brought back. I'll take charge. Everyone has to taste a bowl today."

Yang Jun became more assertive and looked like the head of the family.

As the saying goes, a woman obeys her husband after marriage and obeys her son after her husband's death. According to Li Xiaohua's thinking, the real head of the family is actually Yang Jun.

Seeing Li Xiaohua hesitate, he continued, "Don't worry, Mom. I will definitely make things better for our family in the future. It won't be just these trivial matters."

In the end, Yang Jun made the decision, and today everyone will try the sweet soup together.

The difficulty in just eating some candy made Yang Jun feel the material problems of this era.

"I don't know how to explain it when I come up with other good things in the future."

Forget it. I’m too lazy to think about it now. Things will work out when the time comes.

Compared with the various milk tea drinks in later generations, the taste of sugar water is actually quite ordinary.

But even such a bowl of light brown sugar water made several people drink it happily, with expressions of enjoyment on their faces.

Yang Yumei was reluctant to drink it all in one gulp, so she took small sips while eating corn porridge and pickles.

Li Xiaohua didn't put much sugar in, and the rest was enough to soak it for another ten times or so. It can be said that she took frugality to the extreme.

Even so, as far as Yang Jun knew, the family owed a lot of foreign debts.

It's not that easy to get him to study with all his strength.

However, if you don't want to pay back the money, you still have a chance this year.

A new life has arrived, but the early days were really difficult. In addition to the shortage of supplies, various challenges also existed. Therefore, in the past ten years, every household has inevitably encountered difficulties, and borrowing has become the norm. Even the accounts of some provinces and cities have become a mess.

In view of this situation, the higher-ups meant that all accounts would be settled starting from the end of this year when the production team was established.

That is to say, no matter how much money is owed to the village, the account will be settled.

Because my father Yang Sanxi died too early, he almost didn't see the surrender of the island country, so over the past ten years, my mother had to borrow a lot of money from the village to cover expenses, which added up to no less than sixty or seventy yuan.

For city workers, that's only two or three months' wages.

But in the village, saving a few dollars a month is a big deal.

So if nothing unexpected happens, this money will probably have to be repaid after Yang Jun graduates from university.

"It still has to be paid back."

After thinking for a while, Yang Jun calmly accepted the debt.

Although he could use the next opportunity to settle the accounts to resolve the debt problem, the village's help over the years was real, and he was unwilling to give back to the village in this way.

Anyway, for him, a few dozen dollars in the future is really nothing.

The main thing is that he can't take the lead in doing this. Sometimes, if someone gets angry, he will become a mess.

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(End of this chapter)