noffsinger Chapter 1462 My Altay 9
Chapter 1462 My Altay 9
"The weather in Altay changes unpredictably in the summer. At the very least, you need to take measures to prevent leaks. Otherwise, when a heavy rain comes, the house will leak here and there. You and Aunt Zhang can still handle it, but Grandma Li can't."
Xu Qin kicked the waterproof cloth at her feet. Li Wenxiu agreed and asked the price quickly, but she didn't know how big the place was. Xu Qin didn't know much either, so she could only give a rough description: "There are three of them, and they don't have many livestock, but they want to open a small store."
The boss roughly knew how much tarpaulin was needed, but he still gave us a little more.
After buying the most important waterproof cloth, Li Wenxiu was going to meet up with her mother and grandmother, and Xu Qin also wanted to go home, so the two separated and agreed to meet at the main intersection on their way home.
Xu Qin didn't know about Li Wenxiu's predicament for the time being, but luckily she still had a job at a magazine and could use her savings as salary every month. When she came back to this poor little county and plunged into the village affairs, the Xu family didn't have anything to worry about.
Xu Meifang had heard early on that Xu Qin would be moving with them, and after venting her anger with a scolding, she could only hold her nose and ask around about the various matters that needed to be prepared for the move. When Xu Qin got home, there was a pile of things in front of the grocery store that had expanded its storefront, and her mother Xu Meifang was still there checking things with a piece of paper.
Seeing Xu Qin coming back, he couldn't help but say: "...The capital is so good..."
Xu Qin pretended not to hear and greeted Xu Meifang and her aunt with a smile, "Mom, Auntie, I'm back!"
The aunt quickly responded: "Hey, Xiaoqin is back."
But she also remembered that Xu Qin was going to move to the summer pasture with the herders, and immediately frowned, "Hey, why don't you just stay in the capital and work hard? Why do you have to come back and move with the herders?"
"It's a journey of several hundred kilometers. If you have a car, you can bring more things, but it's still not as convenient as home."
Xu Meifang's attention was diverted by her sister-in-law. After checking the list in her hand, she pointed at Xu Qin unhappily, but she couldn't bear to poke him. "You just live too comfortably. You have to go through all this trouble!"
So, it was a great decision to take up the position in the magazine in the first place. I have avoided a lot of troubles since I came back.
When Xu Qin came back, she arranged a complete set of supplementary teaching materials for her two younger brothers as usual. Of course, she also secretly stuffed a box of discs that they would like. Otherwise, with that pile of supplementary teaching materials, the two little brothers would sooner or later break up with her.
Xu Qin had lunch at home at noon. Zhang Fengxia had arranged for Li Wenxiu. During the meal, Xu Zhiqiang talked about safety. "I got you two good dogs. Let's go and see them after dinner."
Xu Qin swallowed the food in his mouth and quickly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, Dad. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have remembered this."
Xu Zhiqiang was secretly pleased with himself, and thinking of his filthy daughter going to the summer ranch alone, he couldn't help but mutter, "If it weren't for the fact that your uncle and I are familiar with Uncle Sulitan and Uncle Buick, I would never have agreed to let you go to the summer ranch."
Xu Meifang suddenly realized that the generational order seemed a little wrong: "...We call Uncle Sulitan and Uncle Buick "Uncle", and when it comes to Xiaoqin, she also calls him "Uncle..."
Xu Qin chuckled and finally realized, "I didn't think about it at first, but Uncle Sulitan told me to call him that, and Grandpa also nodded."
What else can Xu Zhiqiang say? Of course, we can only say that each has his own opinion.
After lunch, the two younger brothers went to school, and Xu Zhiqiang took Xu Qin to pick up the dogs. Fortunately, although the spiritual energy in this world is very thin, it is not absent. Xu Qin easily chose two good dogs, one is a Border Collie with a black back and white shoulders, and the other is a golden Lhasa Apso. Both are medium-sized dogs, smart and protective of their owners.
When they reunited, there were not just one or two people standing with Zhang Fengxia and Li Wenxiu, mother and daughter, but more than ten people. However, when everyone saw there were two dogs in the car, even Li Wenxiu didn't dare to sit in the front. She packed up her things and sat in the car with everyone else.
There were only four people when Xu Qin went out, and when he came back, the bed of the truck was full. Ba Tai, who was standing by the roadside, was stunned.
Li Wenxiu saw that Ba Tai was staring at Xu Qin, and she didn't care about moving things home. She quickly found a free moment to pull Xu Qin over and said something she forgot to say in the morning: "Ba Tai's brother Murati still owes our store more than 2,000 yuan. My mother didn't feel comfortable asking for the money because Murati's anniversary hasn't passed yet..."
Xu Qin didn't know that there was such a big thing happening in Sulitan's family, so she quickly explained to Li Wenxiu: "The customs of the Kazakhs are different from our Han customs. You should ask your aunt to go to Uncle Sulitan's house to collect the debt. Otherwise, if Murati can't pay off the debt, according to their customs, it will be the same as going to hell after death!"
Li Wenxiu was also shocked: "Is it so serious?!"
Xu Qin nodded heavily: "It's that serious!"
"How about I go with you to Uncle Sulitan's house? At least I still have some face in front of Uncle Sulitan. Besides, it's not that you guys are deliberately making life difficult for Murati. It's just that our customs are different."
Li Wenxiu was a clever kid. Seeing that Ba Tai was still looking over here, she suggested, "Why don't I go talk to Ba Tai and ask him to go back and discuss how to deal with this matter?"
Thinking that Li Wenxiu didn't dare to face Sulitan, who was said to have killed someone, Xu Qin didn't force her, but emphasized: "Then you explain our Han customs to Ba Tai. He has worked outside, so he will definitely understand."
What a coincidence! Li Wenxiu thought so too.
After all the things were unloaded, Xu Qin said goodbye to Li Wenxiu with a smile, and waved to Ba Tai in the distance, which made the young man shy, so Li Wenxiu couldn't help rolling her eyes.
Because her family was the creditor, Li Wenxiu was particularly confident when facing Ba Tai. After Xu Qin's car disappeared, she directly called Ba Tai to talk to her in front of everyone.
When the old lady in the village saw that Li Wenxiu took the initiative to talk to Ba Tai, she did not say anything directly to Li Wenxiu, but asked casually when Zhang Fengxia would hold the wedding.
Li Wenxiu pretended not to hear, but Zhang Fengxia was very open-minded: "I won't ask her, I'll wait for her to tell me herself."
The ladies all advised Zhang Fengxia to hold on to Ba Tai, a good son-in-law, but Zhang Fengxia refused to give in at all.
Ba Tai was also wondering what Li Wenxiu wanted to talk to her about. She thought she would talk about how he scared her that day, so she took the initiative to apologize: "I apologize for scaring you that day."
Seeing Ba Tai's sincerity, Li Wenxiu lost most of her courage in an instant. However, Murati's matter was very important, so she said directly: "Murati owes more than 2,000 yuan to my mother's store. According to our Han customs, it is not easy to collect debts before the anniversary, especially since this is a debt caused by Murati's alcoholism. Our family has no intention of making enemies with you."
Ba Tai understood Li Wenxiu's meaning and the customs of the Han people. He was also a little scared: "According to our customs, the deceased cannot be allowed to leave with debts or worries. They must be left with nothing!"
"Don't worry, I will explain everything to my dad when I get back, and I will definitely pay you back as soon as possible!"
Li Wenxiu felt a little embarrassed, so she apologized: "I'm sorry, if Xu Qin hadn't mentioned it, my family wouldn't have known that you have this custom. Our Han customs are completely opposite to yours, but they also mean letting the deceased rest in peace."
"Otherwise, if the creditors come to collect debts before the anniversary of the death, it would be intentional to prevent the deceased from resting in peace. So such an action would be seen as a sign of breaking off relations with others, and would ruin one's character and be condemned by those around you."