Old Lady Bai went close to Hu Changlin and showed a fake smile: “Changlin, it doesn’t matter. We came here in a hurry because there is an emergency. My Dazhu broke his legs and suffered in pain the whole night. We tried hard to keep him awake until dawn. And then we went to Lu Zhangchun’s house to invite him to treat Dazhu, but guess what he said?”

Hu Changlin’s facial expression didn’t change. He simply said: “He is a doctor. If you ask him to treat Dazhu’s injuries, he will naturally go there. But, I guess, he asked you to pay first before he treats him, right?”

Mrs. Liu was shocked: “How did you know that?”

Hu Changlin chuckled a bit, his face was full of sarcasm and mockery when he said: “Try to put yourself in his shoes. If you know that the person in front of you has different intention in their mind, what will you do? If I were him, I will also ask you to give money first and then give treatment after.”

Who told them to make their reputation so bad?

Old Lady Bai and Mrs. Liu were embarrassed, they can’t wait to kill him, but they didn’t dare to lose their temper at this time.

Old Lady Bai chuckled and said: “It’s true that we did bad things in the past, but the money we owed to Lu Zhangchun has been paid off a long time ago. All of our money has long been exhausted. We don’t have a single copper coin at home. Our rice bucket has long been emptied. No need to speak about Dazhu’s treatment, we can’t even eat a full meal.” Old Lady Bai said and then pulled her sleeve to wipe her eyes as if she cried.

Hu Changlin didn’t put the old lady’s drama in his eyes, he said: “You don’t need to tell me these things, it has nothing to do with me.”

Old Lady Bai busily said: “I know that this matter has nothing to do with you. We’re just trying to say that, first, let us borrow 10 silver coins to you to cure Dazhu’s legs and then we will repay you.”

Hu Changlin sneered: “Repay me? That’s your idea? How do you think you can do that? Your 2 paddy fields are full of weeds, you only have 2 acres of green wheat, do you think you can sell those for 10 silver coins?”

Lending them money was like beating dogs with steamed buns.

Mrs. Liu smiled and said: “What are you saying? Even if we can’t afford to pay you, Zhao Lan has money, right? She will pay for us, you can rest assured.”

Hu Changlin knew that they were making calculations like this, which they thought was such a brilliant idea.

“Don’t speak another word. I will not lend you money. You go. We don’t welcome people like you in our house.” Hu Changlin said and rush the two to leave.

There is no reason to give a face to such kind of people. They will not be thankful even if you give them a face. They might even trample you when given a chance.

Old Lady Bai and Mrs. Liu were thrown outside. They were very angry, but they couldn’t think of a reason to settle this account to Hu Changlin. They have no reason to fight with him.

Mrs. Liu released a breath and said: “Niang, Zhao Lan must be on the construction site right now. I saw her and Bai Zhi before pushing a cart at this hour to send breakfast in there.”

Old Lady Bai and Mrs. Liu immediately went to the construction site. The construction site is not far from Hu Changlin’s house. It only takes more than 200 steps.

As soon as they get near the banyan tree, they saw Zhao Lan and a strange man standing next to the cart. The two were laughing and talking. They have a blooming smile on their face. The workers on the construction site were eating steamed buns and thick porridge for breakfast.

Old Lady Bai and Mrs. Liu had an empty stomach. When they smelled the scent of steamed buns and porridge, their stomach growl in hunger.

The two quickly rushed towards the cart. Even under Zhao Lan and the strange man’s gaze, the two quickly opened the thin cover cloth that was placed on the wooden barrels and stretched out their hands to grab foods. With their wide opened palm, they could grab many steamed buns.

 

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