Chapter 8

“Wanwan, we are friends. Do you have to push me to this point?” Liu Lili cried anxiously.

Lu Wan felt disgusted when she saw Liu Lili’s hypocritical look.

“Liu Zhiqing, it is only natural to repay debts.

I am kind enough to lend you food to solve your urgent needs.

You are so good, now I ask you to pay it back, but you actually act like I bullied you!”

Liu Lili couldn’t find any words to refute and ran out of the house angrily.

Seeing Liu Lili crying pitifully, some educated youth came forward to ask what was wrong.

Especially those male educated youth.

Although Liu Lili is not as pretty as Lu Wan, she is good at pretending to be a pretty girl. Her pitiful and weak appearance will arouse men’s desire to protect her.

In his previous life, Jiang Qingguo was probably bewitched by Liu Lili because of this.

Jiang Qingguo also stepped forward and asked, “Liu Zhiqing, what’s wrong with you?”

Liu Lili cried, “Lu Zhiqing asked me to return her food and 200 kilograms of fine grain.

My family is not well off, and we don’t even have enough food to eat. How can I get her 200 kilograms of fine grain now?”

In those days, 200 kilograms of fine grain was not a small amount of money.

Everyone is poor, and it is not easy to eat fine grains on a daily basis.

Even the educated youth who went to the countryside with me were city dwellers, but they rarely ate fine grains when they were in the city.

Asking Liu Lili to take 200 kilograms of fine grain now is nothing short of a fantasy.

Not to mention Liu Lili, no other educated youth could come up with so much food.

Lu Wan saw Liu Lili’s “performance” and came out of the house to watch the fun.

Sure enough, after Liu Lili cried like this, those “flower protectors” looked at Lu Wan with dissatisfaction.

Jiang Qingguo glanced at Liu Lili, then angrily asked Lu Wan, “Lu Zhiqing, aren’t you going too far?

Everyone is having a hard time, and Liu Zhiqing’s family is not well off, so how could they possibly come up with 200 kilograms of food?”

Jiang Qingguo’s face was full of protection for Liu Lili.

Although Lu Wan had let go of Jiang Qingguo in this life, she still felt like a thorn in her heart when she saw Jiang Qingguo like this.

How could she be so blind in her previous life that she didn’t realize that Jiang Qingguo had always had special feelings for Liu Lili?

Lu Wan said, “Jiang Zhiqing, I saw that Liu Zhiqing was having a hard time, so I lent her food out of kindness.

Now I need food, how can it be considered too much if I ask her to pay it back?

What? If I borrow money or food from you, do I not have to pay it back?”

Jiang Qingguo was choked.

Of course he couldn’t say “yes”.

Otherwise, wouldn’t everyone come to him to borrow money and food?

Xu Fang, who was standing by, couldn’t stand Liu Lili’s white lotus look, so she stepped forward and helped Lu Wan, saying, “I think Lu Zhiqing did the right thing.

Liu Zhiqing, you should be grateful to those who helped you in the past.

Don’t make Lu Zhiqing act like a bad guy. Does he deserve to owe you something?

You also know that 200 kilograms of fine grain is a lot. How can you take so much grain for free and not return it?”

Lu Wan glanced at Xu Fang. She didn’t expect Xu Fang to help her.

I was so stupid in my previous life to be friends with Liu Lili.

Wouldn’t it be nice to be friends with Xu Fang?

After Xu Fang finished speaking, many other female educated youth followed suit.

Although some male educated youth wanted to protect the girls, Lu Wan was not without reason in this matter.

Liu Lili’s expression became even uglier, and she pursed her lips aggrievedly and said, “I will definitely return these two hundred kilograms of fine grain.

It’s just that Lu Zhiqing asked me to give it to her within two months, which is too tight…”

Seeing Liu Lili like this, Jiang Qingguo felt so distressed that he quickly criticized Lu Wan, “That’s right, Lu Zhiqing, it’s not easy to collect 200 kilograms of fine grain in two months. Even if you want Liu Zhiqing to pay it back, you should give him some time, right?”

Lu Wan’s cold gaze fell on Jiang Qingguo, making Jiang Qingguo feel uneasy.

He didn’t know if it was his illusion, but Jiang Qingguo always felt that Lu Wan looked at him with hatred.

He had not done anything to offend Lu Wan, and didn’t know why Lu Wan was like this.

Lu Wan raised her lips jokingly, “Jiang Zhiqing, why should I give her more time? She owes me money, and I didn’t ask her to pay it back right away, which is already very considerate of me!

Since you feel that Liu Zhiqing has had a hard time and you feel sorry for her and want to stand up for her, why don’t you return her 200 kilograms of fine grains?”

Jiang Qingguo didn’t dare to say a word.

Although he felt sorry for Liu Lili, it was naturally impossible for him to take out 200 kilograms of fine grains.

His family’s conditions were not good, and he didn’t even have enough fine grains to eat.

It was impossible for his family to gather 200 kilograms of fine grain and send it to him for no reason.

As for the other flower-guarding messengers, they also could not produce 200 kilograms of fine grains. As a result, no one dared to say anything.

When Liu Lili saw that no one was helping her and that Lu Wan had forced her to this point, she cried even harder.

Lu Wan ignored her and went back to the house to take out all the clothes that she had lent to Liu Lili from the closet.

She didn’t plan to wear these clothes anymore.

Even if it is thrown away or burned, it is better than letting Liu Lili get away with it.

When Liu Lili saw that all her clothes were taken away by Lu Wan, she felt even more heartbroken.

She has always loved dressing up, but her family was poor, so she usually wore old clothes.

Thanks to Lu Wan’s clothes, she was able to dress up more beautifully.

Every time Liu Lili went out wearing Lu Wan’s beautiful clothes and attracted the amazed gazes of men and the envious gazes of women, her inner vanity was greatly satisfied.

Now that Lu Wan is taking the clothes away, she has nothing to wear. She can only wear her old clothes from now on. The more Liu Lili thinks about it, the more depressed she becomes.

Seeing Liu Lili looking upset, Lu Wan was in a good mood.

After dinner and washing up, Lu Wan went to bed early.

The next morning, Lu Wan cooked a bowl of noodles, had a simple meal, and then went to the Su family.

The Su family had just had breakfast.

Seeing Lu Wan coming over, Zhu Aihua asked with concern, “Lu Zhiqing, have you had breakfast? If not, how about having a meal at my place?”

Seeing her mother-in-law being so attentive to Lu Wan, Su Zhenhua’s sister-in-law Zhao Yumei felt unhappy and said sarcastically, “Mom, Lu Zhiqing is a girl from the city. How could she eat the pickles and corn paste we eat?”

Zhao Yumei’s words made Lu Wan and Zhu Aihua very embarrassed.

Lu Wan hurriedly said, “Aunt, I have eaten. Thank you for your kindness.”

Zhu Aihua smiled and said, “It’s good that you have eaten. Then you can go inside and sit down. We can talk later.”

“good!”

Lu Wan nodded politely.

Zhu Aihua invited Lu Wan into the house and said, “Lu Zhiqing, my family is poor, please don’t despise me…”

The environment of the Zhu family is even worse than that of the educated youth training center.

The house is made of adobe and the tables and chairs are still broken, but they can still be used after some repairs.

However, the conditions in this era are like this for most people, not just the Su family.