"You can't delay any longer. My children still need money. Tell me how you, a bachelor, spent so much money. You borrowed it from me before, and now you borrow money to buy medicine. The village doctor.
The medicine is so expensive, I really don’t know what you think.”
Shu Xiaoluo was lying on the bed and heard the sounds outside getting louder and louder.
The person who spoke was an aunt with a unique local accent.
"Aunt Wang, please give me some more time, and I will definitely pay you back."
"Okay, for the sake of your dead parents, I will give you some more time, otherwise I will not be polite when the time comes!"
Aunt Wang left cursing.
Shu Xiaoluo could already feel the pressure from Adu. Seeing how dilapidated and poor his home was, he knew that his life must be very poor.
She reached out and touched her body, but there was nothing valuable left.
"Hey, it's really difficult. I can't even get a dime out now."
"Xiaoluo, are you asleep?" A'du stood behind the door and asked softly.
"No, come in."
He walked in slowly carrying a white bowl with two sweet potatoes and one corn in it.
"You must be hungry. Eat something."
He moved the table next to her bed and poured her a glass of water.
"The food is a bit simple, but tonight I will go fishing at the beach and come back to make you some boiled fish."
It was obvious that he was a little embarrassed and embarrassed.
Shu Xiaoluo smiled softly, picked up a sweet potato and peeled it open naturally, "I'm not a spoiled young lady. Just say whatever you want, and don't feel embarrassed. Just treat me like a friend."
"Friend?" Surprise appeared on Adu's face, "Xiaoluo, are you willing to be friends with me?"
"Yeah, what's not allowed?"
"Okay, then I'm really happy. No one has ever been willing to be friends with me."
Shu Xiaoluo nodded and handed him a sweet potato, "You can eat it too."
"No, no, no, just eat."
"Eat together, take it."
She stuffed sweet potatoes into his hands and saw that he was very flattered.
Maybe he himself didn't expect that a person he saved casually would be so kind to him.
Shu Xiaoluo looked down at his clothes and asked, "Adu, are you the clothes you changed for me?"
A'du was eating sweet potatoes. When he heard this, he quickly shook his head, "No, I asked Huahua next door to change it for you. She is also a girl."
"Oh, thank you."
"You're welcome, you're welcome."
This is really an honest and loving child.
After Shu Xiaoluo and Adu communicated, they finally understood some things.
This island is called Wuming Island, but no one named it specifically, so it is simply called Wuming.
It is located in the middle of the most remote island, with inconvenient external transportation, and is often subject to wave erosion and violent sea winds.
The island's ability to resist natural risks is relatively weak, and its economic development is naturally lagging behind.
The residents on the island make a living by fishing. There are 365 days a year, and there are only a few months when the weather is good and you can go fishing.
Adu's parents died when he was young, leaving him an orphan.
Later, he was raised by his cousin Uncle Long in the family, but Uncle Long also had many children, so he was one of the left alone.
After Shu Xiaoluo got to know him, he had a little more sympathy and understanding for Adu.
"Xiaoluo, I'm going to go fishing. You can continue to rest. When I come back, I'll cook you some boiled fish."
Adu held the tools, stood in front of the door and shouted to her, with a simple and silly smile on his face.
Shu Xiaoluo sat at the table and waved to him, "Then please pay attention to your safety."
"Okay, okay."
He's gone.
Shu Xiaoluo felt that her body was recovering well, so she slowly walked outside the door and took a look.
This house has three rooms, a master bedroom, a small room, and a kitchen.
The floor in the yard was covered with moss, and two hens were wandering around casually.
There was a small bench in the corridor, and she sat there staring at the two hens in the yard in a daze.
The events of that day came to mind.
Yang Xuan wanted to deal with her, but she accidentally jumped into the sea during the counterattack.
At that moment, she really felt like she was saying goodbye to this world.
She didn't even have time to see her uncle for the last time.
But now, she is still alive.
She could also go back to see her relatives and friends and narrowly escaped death.
"Why are you up?"
A soft female voice with an accent suddenly came.
Shu Xiaoluo came back to his senses, raised his eyes and glanced outside the guardrail in the yard.
A little girl wearing a floral top and two ponytails stood outside, holding a vegetable basket on her elbow.
There are some wild vegetables in the basket.
The girl's skin also looks a bit dark, full of simplicity, but her eyes are bright and bright.
"Who are you……"
"Just call me Huahua, I live nearby."
"oh."
Huahua pushed open the wooden door of the yard and walked in, then came to her and put down the vegetable basket.
Take the wild vegetables in the basket to the kitchen and put them away.
"When A'du comes back tonight, you can tell him that these are the wild vegetables I gave him so that he doesn't have to return them."
Shu Xiaoluo looked at her busy figure and asked subconsciously, "Adu said you changed my clothes for me, thank you."
She turned around and walked out, with a little dissatisfaction on her face, and said softly, "What you are wearing are my clothes. I didn't want to lend them to you, but A'du said, so I will lend them to you."
"
"I still want to say, thank you."
"City people are so polite."
After she finished speaking, she left with the vegetable basket in her arms.
Shu Xiaoluo sat alone in the yard for a long time, looking at the villagers passing by outside.
Although everyone would turn to look at her a few times when she passed by, and some would even lower their heads and whisper to the people next to them.
Shu Xiaoluo didn't care. Anyway, there was a lot of gossip in the village, just like everywhere.
After sitting for a while, she felt a little tired, so she went back to her room to take a nap.
I don't know how long I slept. I felt groggy and my head hurt terribly.
It was dark outside the window, and the sound of toads could be heard from time to time.
Shu Xiaoluo's consciousness was awake, but his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn't open them at all.
She silently tightened the sheets, her whole body feeling confused.
"Xiaoluo, are you awake?"
Adu just came back and knocked on the door several times but did not hear her response.
So he opened the door and walked in to take a look, only to see her huddled in the quilt with cold sweat on her face.
"Xiaoluo, are you okay?"
Adu quickly realized something was wrong and quickly turned around and ran to find the village doctor.
"Uncle, don't leave." She murmured to herself, and the corner of the sheet was clenched into a ball by her.