CHAPTER 198: CHAPTER 198: FAITH FOR LIFE

By noon, she took her younger siblings to the agreed place.

As expected, the other party had been waiting for a while. Seeing only a few kids with her, they seemed displeased.

"What? No adults came with you, are you planning not to repay the money?" The man with a gloomy face spoke, but there was a hint of amazement in his eyes as he looked at Xiao Xue.

"I am the adult! Cut the nonsense, get the IOU and receipts out. Owe debt, repay money, you don’t need to scare kids!" As soon as Xiao Xue spoke, the few people opposite were stunned, blankly looking at the leader.

The leader was also taken aback by Xiao Xue’s aura, her tone and words were more dominant than his, leaving him bewildered, obediently doing as she said.

Xiao Xue took the IOU, checked its authenticity, and then looked at the receipts for the house purchase.

Indeed, it was a debt of four hundred yuan.

She swiftly took four hundred yuan out of her bag and handed it over, then collected all the tickets and certificates in front of everyone.

"Now we’re even! Don’t bother my little sister anymore, understand?"

"Got it, got it! We’ll leave now! We won’t look for her again!" The leader pointed at the still-dazed Lin Shuang.

At this moment, she was too shocked to know what to say. Her big sister actually paid off the money for her.

She never dreamed that this would be the result.

The brothers were also a bit confused, since when did big sister become so rich?

They couldn’t miss it; big sister was buying a house and building a house, now easily taking out four hundred yuan.

All of this was not something their family could afford.

Despite being warned by their mother Wang Cuihua not to ask about the money or mention it to anyone.

So, they didn’t dare to ask or speak, never questioning what big sister did.

"Let’s go! Go home and make some delicious food!" Xiao Xue lightly patted her clothes, ready to head back with the three little ones.

"Big sister..." Lin Shuang finally spoke to hold her back.

"Hmm? What’s the matter?" Xiao Xue turned around, puzzled, asking Lin Shuang who stood in place.

With a thud, Lin Shuang just knelt down, "Big sister, thank you so much for helping me! I’ll definitely repay you this money in the future!"

A little child couldn’t say any flowery words, only expressing gratitude with action.

"Get up, get up, why are you kneeling? Let’s hurry home! If you study hard and have a good future, that will be the best way to repay big sister!" Xiao Xue pulled her up.

"Big sister, rest assured, I will work hard and won’t disappoint you!" Lin Shuang’s eyes were firm, her words absolute.

From this moment on, Xiao Xue became a deity in little Lin Shuang’s heart, a lifelong belief.

Xiao Xue returned home after Lin Daliang came back on Sunday afternoon.

The spring planting was almost over, their house only had the interior work of building kang and stove left.

The vegetables also needed to be planted soon.

As she expected, team leader Wang Jianjun indeed came looking for her.

"Xiao Xue, the biggest problem now is the vegetable seeds. Ten acres of vegetables, we can’t get enough seeds! And the ones I have are only those beans, eggplants, peppers, and not much of those! Can you come up with an idea?" The team leader said worriedly.

The brigade benefited from the tractor, but the cost was ten acres of vegetables. Although they would get paid, the seeds were not provided!

So he came thick-skinned to ask the child for help.

Frankly, this child had such capability, at least they were the first in the village to live in a brick tile-roofed house.

Now Grandma Bai had also given up, not daring to cause trouble anymore, Daliang worked in the city, this family was visibly better off.

Who in the village wasn’t envious of these five big tile-roofed houses?

No leaks in the rain, no collapse in the wind, more spacious to live in.

"Team leader, I’ve been pondering this, give me two days, I already have some leads through my contacts, but the brigade will still have to pay for it!" Xiao Xue replied.

Hearing this, the team leader felt relief.

Turns out the child had been thinking about it all along and had gotten news. Paying for it was necessary, he had no objections.

Otherwise, if the fields were left empty, and seeds couldn’t be found, planting something else would also be too late.

Xiao Xue readily agreed to the matter, having seeds stashed in her space, there was nothing to worry about.

The team leader chuckled as he returned.

When Zhang Yuan and Li Jianshe came over during dinner time, they saw that Xiao Xue had returned; Zhang Yuan had the face of a wronged wife.

Xiao Xue laughed as she watched him, tanned and thinner, spring planting had truly worn them out, look at how thin these two had become.

This was even with Wang Cuihua cooking them meat dishes every meal.

Otherwise, they’d definitely be thinner.

Wang Cuihua had also been quite tired these days, seeing that Bai Xianglan had no time to help her with two kids, she cooked lunch for the bricklayers by herself, and when Lin Daliang came back, he helped with the men’s work, so without Xiao Xue’s help, she was indeed exhausted.

"Xiao Xue, could you buy another bicycle for uncle?" Zhang Yuan said as he washed his face and came in.

He knew that if it weren’t because Lin Daliang didn’t have a bicycle, Xiao Xue wouldn’t have stayed in town for two days.

"Mhm! I’m already buying one!" Xiao Xue obediently replied.

"Xiao Xue, when did your dad learn to ride a bike? Mom didn’t even know!" Wang Cuihua asked.

"Mom, there’s a lot you don’t know, now, our Xiao Yun is even making clothes for classmates to earn money! Isn’t that amazing?" Xiao Xue said.

Making fabric means making money, right? It’s the same.

"Really? That girl is really gifted at making clothes!" Wang Cuihua was extremely happy.

"I was even thinking, should we let her learn drawing!" Xiao Xue murmured.

"Xiao Xue, what does this have to do with drawing?" Bai Xianglan asked, puzzled.

Zhang Yuan and Li Jianshe were both extremely hungry, burying their heads in eating. Hearing this, Li Jianshe raised his head, "I know, learning drawing is because making clothes requires sketching design drafts! My big sister studies drawing, she also likes making clothes!"

At this time, learning this was uncommon, hardly anyone wanted to pursue it.

"So that’s it, then our Xiao Yun is really something, having life goals at such a young age!" Bai Xianglan, having lived in the city for a long time, worked in the textile factory all her life, was not the same.

"But there’s no way for it in our town, we’ll talk after she graduates from junior high!" Xiao Xue interrupted their chat.

"Zhang Yuan, have these days been tiring?" Xiao Xue finally was willing to show concern for him.

This little grievance monger had worn a long face for quite a while now; Xiao Xue had been pretending not to see.

"Not tiring, it’s alright!" Zhang Yuan replied, still a bit unhappy.

These past two days, he didn’t have the chance to enter the space to see the little girl, he missed her terribly.

"That’s fine! More exercise isn’t bad either!" Xiao Xue said with a smile.

Li Jianshe watched the sulking Brother Yuan with amusement, it was a rare sight.

Wang Cuihua and Bai Xianglan saw that it was a small issue between the two kids, they didn’t intervene, each eating from their bowls.

In the end, it was Xiao Xue who proactively gave Zhang Yuan more food and poured water, smoothing over the conflicted fellow.