Ye Linlin couldn’t guarantee this either, after all, she wasn’t a professional.
Ye Quangui put down his pipe and spoke slowly.
“Xiao Su is right, let’s do as you say.”
Ye Linlin carried a kettle and cup to the vegetable garden.
The day after deciding to build the greenhouse, the group started work and also called Wang Wu.
At this moment, the four of them were pushing soil to build the soil walls.
Originally, everyone didn’t want Su Chenhuai to do anything, but he insisted on working.
Ye Linlin walked to the pile of soil, poured the water she had prepared, and handed it to them.
Su Chenhuai took the water and drank it all in one gulp.
In the past two days, he not only didn’t feel overwhelmed, but he also felt that he was slowly recovering.
This was something he had never experienced since his retirement.
“Sister-in-law, the water you make is really magical. Every time I drink it, I feel a lot more relaxed.”
Wang Wu wiped the water stains from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, picked up the shovel that was lying on the side, and started shoveling soil, sighing as he worked.
Ye Linlin just smiled and didn’t say anything.
“Linlin, when are you going to ask Bai Ni for the money? I’ll go with you.”
At breakfast, Ye Linlin said that she was going to go to Bai Ni’s house to ask for the money today. Ye Cheng was worried that his sister would be bullied by that rogue family, so he planned to go with her.
“After I bring you water, I’ll go over first. Brother, please invite the village chief over for me.”
Without rejecting Ye Cheng’s kindness, Ye Linlin didn’t want to get entangled with that family either. Bringing out Qiao Zhengping could save a lot of trouble.
“I’ll go with you.”
Su Chenhuai put down the shovel in his hand and followed Ye Linlin, who was about to leave.
Nodding, Ye Linlin didn’t say anything and left with Su Chenhuai.
“Bai Ni, it’s been eight days, pay back the money!”
When the two arrived at Bai Ni’s house, Bai Ni was washing clothes in the yard, a large pile of clothes, for both adults and children.
Hearing Ye Linlin’s voice, Bai Ni paused first, then raised her head, her eyes full of resentment.
“Ye Linlin, are you the one spreading rumors outside?”
Ye Linlin didn’t react for a moment to Bai Ni’s nonsensical words, then she thought of the gossip outside about Bai Ni and someone else rolling in the haystacks.
“It wasn’t me.”
“If it wasn’t you, who was it? You’re the only one who knows about me and Wang Jiahao dating.”
Bai Ni shouted hysterically. Because of this incident, Wang Junbao had been ignoring her for many days.
On the day Su Chenhuai sent the betrothal gifts, she completely gave herself to Wang Junbao. Wang Junbao promised to give her another hundred yuan after he got paid in a few days to help her pay off her debts, and he also said that he would go home and tell his parents to propose marriage to her family.
As a result, within two days, rumors spread that Bai Ni was rolling in the haystacks with someone. She went to Wang Junbao, but he refused to see her.
She didn’t get the hundred yuan he promised her, let alone the marriage proposal she had been thinking about.
“Whether you believe it or not, I really didn’t spread the rumors. If I can run into it, so can others.”
After the original owner discovered the two kissing that year, she asked Bai Ni if they were dating. But she really didn’t know if they had done that kind of thing.
Hearing this, Bai Ni’s eyes also flickered a little. She originally thought that Ye Linlin was retaliating for spreading gossip about her, but now looking at Ye Linlin’s reaction, she was a little unsure. Could it really have been seen by someone else?
“Hurry up and pay back the money!”
Ye Linlin didn’t have time to care about Bai Ni’s mess and urged her with a frown.
“I haven’t saved enough yet, can you give me a few more days?”
Bai Ni’s voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke.
As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Cheng walked into the yard with Qiao Zhengping.
“Then I can only call the police.”
After greeting Qiao Zhengping, Ye Linlin said her answer.
“Bai family girl, how much do you still owe?”
Qiao Zhengping frowned and asked in a tone without a trace of warmth.
“I still owe 70 yuan.”
Bai Ni had already saved enough, but a few days ago she returned 100 to Wang Huan and Bai Li stole another ten yuan.
“Where are your parents?”
The yard was so loud, but no one from the Bai family showed their faces. Qiao Zhengping asked in a deep voice.
Bai Ni didn’t say anything and secretly glanced at the house behind her.
Qiao Zhengping saw it, stepped to the door, and opened the door forcefully. He saw that the Bai family couple and their youngest son, Bai Li, were all there. The few of them were sitting steadily at the table.
“Oh, Village Chief, why are you here? I didn’t even hear you, please sit down.”
Bai Er looked surprised when he saw Qiao Zhengping opening the door.
“Your door is well insulated. Bai Ni still owes 70 yuan. You two should pay the difference.”
Ignoring Bai Er’s pretense, Qiao Zhengping asked for the money.
“Village Chief, where would I get the money?”
Bai Er wouldn’t pay for Bai Ni.
Bai Ni also had an older sister. The two of them had to work for the family since they were young. Her sister was married off as soon as she turned 18, in exchange for 200 yuan in betrothal gifts.
In Bai Er’s eyes, daughters were money-losing goods, at most they could be exchanged for some betrothal gifts. How could he help her pay back the money?
In his opinion, the money Bai Ni had saved up now should all belong to him.
However, Bai Ni hid it too well. If Bai Li hadn’t stolen the money that day, he wouldn’t have known that Bai Ni had saved so much money. By the time he went to the place Bai Li said to look for it, the money wasn’t there anymore.
“Then if they go to your son Bai Quan’s workplace to make trouble, I can’t help you.”
The Bai family’s eldest son, Bai Quan, was twenty-five years old this year. Two years ago, the Bai family used connections to send him to a textile factory. Bai Er often went out to show off that his son was promising and was a worker, and that he would marry a city girl in the future.
Hearing that they were going to make trouble at his son’s workplace, Bai Er was obviously a little flustered and gave Li Chunhua a look.
Li Chunhua immediately understood and sat on the ground, wailing loudly.
“You’re trying to force me to death! I really can’t come up with that much money!”
Qiao Zhengping glared at Bai Er with disgust.
“Then we’ll take the IOU and go to Bai Quan’s leader to ask for it. His two months’ salary is enough.”
Seeing that Qiao Zhengping was really turning to leave, Li Chunhua quickly stood up to stop him.
“Village Chief, what are you doing? I really don’t have that much, 30 yuan, I only have this much. If you force me any more, I can only go jump in the river.”
Seeing that Qiao Zhengping was about to take another step, Li Chunhua quickly relented.
“Ye girl, what do you think…”
Before Ye Linlin could speak, Bai Ni suddenly seemed to remember something and ran to the chicken coop to take out a cloth bag.
“Linlin, for the sake of our good relationship before, can I use something to make up for it?”
After saying that, Bai Ni opened the cloth bag in her hand. Inside was a stack of money and two ginseng roots.
Ye Linlin didn’t know much about ginseng, but Qiao Zhengping next to her obviously knew something about it.
“These two are more than ten years old, but they may not be worth 40 yuan.”
Qiao Zhengping didn’t say anything randomly. Ginseng of this age was indeed not very valuable.
Bai Ni found this ginseng in the mountains and originally planned to sell it on the black market. She didn’t really know how much it was worth.
Hearing Qiao Zhengping’s words at this moment, her heart tightened.
“I can agree to use ginseng to make up for 40 yuan, but I have a request.”
Ye Linlin was stunned when she saw the two ginseng roots and slowly spoke.
“What request?”
Bai Ni was overjoyed. As long as she could make up for the money, she was willing to do anything.
“Tell me where you found the ginseng.”