Borrowing Money

Today was overcast, with no sun.

A gentle breeze blew, carrying wisps of coolness.

Lin Yuan held Gu Lianyin's hand as they slowly walked through the village.

"This longan tree had been here since I was very young. Back then, my friends and I would climb it bare-handed to pick longans. They were so sweet."

Everywhere they went, Lin Yuan told Gu Lianyin about his childhood life and experiences.

"An elderly couple lived in this house. They really hated dogs. Whenever a dog passed their door or they saw one, they would chase it away. When I was little and didn't know any better, my friends and I secretly left dog poop outside their door. We got a proper scolding for it."

Gu Lianyin burst into laughter. She had never expected her boyfriend to have been so naughty as a child.

As they walked, whenever they ran into elderly villagers, Lin Yuan would stop to greet them.

"Lin Yuan, you've really made something of yourself. You even found such a beautiful girlfriend."

"You were so dark-skinned when you were little that I can barely recognize you now. Sigh, time passes so quickly. We're all old now."

"Whose children are you?" Lin Yuan called out to a group of passing kids.

When he had been young, people often asked him the same question.

Back then, he had found it annoying when adults asked him that. Now that he was an adult himself, he finally understood why they had asked.

"I'm Wang Da Niu's kid!"

"My dad is Li Dehai! My mom is..."

Lin Yuan matched them up one by one. So this villager had had a second child, and that child had already grown so big.

Even one of his elementary school classmates, who was the same age as him