Chapter 236 Old Acquaintance (seeking monthly ticket)
Chapter 236 of the main volume of Sweet Wife and Cute Baby in 80s. The old acquaintance of the dean, the nephew, was very enthusiastic. He not only directed the fishing boat to park at the berth, but also led Xu Suizhu to the rest stop.
There were several boatmen squatting at the rest stop who had not received any work, but when asked about their boating experience, most of the boatmen automatically returned.
They are all hard laborers, and they don't know how to sail a boat. It is still a new type of large fishing boat.
In the end there were only two people left, a father and son.
Xu Suizhu asked a few questions in detail, and then made an appointment with them. She would come here to find them at this time the day after tomorrow. She would hire them for a few days and sail the fishing boat to the fjord fishing village. The wages would be paid according to the prevailing standards at the dock.
"Okay!" The father and son agreed happily.
The work of driving a boat is much easier than other coolies. And the wages are high. If you go to and from the fjord fishing village, you can always come back if you wait three or four days, right? The money they earn in three or four days can be enough to carry them for half a month.
It's sacked.
After finishing this matter, Xu Suizhu walked slowly along the pier, planning to secretly release the Duobian fishing boat when it gets dark and replace it with the green-painted "Old Cucumber".
"Hey, girl, it's you!"
At the pier where people were coming and going, Xu Suizhu was stopped by an old woman with gray hair.
"Mother-in-law, are you calling me?" Xu Suizhu was sure he didn't recognize her and thought she had recognized the wrong person.
Unexpectedly, the old woman smiled and said, "Yes, when I saw you from a distance, I thought I was seeing you wrong because of my dim eyesight. But when I got closer, I saw it was you. You look really good now, and it shows that you are living a comfortable life. That's good!"
People, there will always be times when the tide is low, and the sea and sky are brighter..."
When Xu Suizhu heard what she said, she suddenly thought of someone in her heart. She held the other person's withered hand and asked emotionally: "Mother-in-law, you saved me two years ago, right?"
"Yes! I'm old, you can't recognize the normal one." The old woman said with a smile.
Xu Suizhu laughed happily: "Mother-in-law, I didn't expect to meet you here."
"I can't live there anymore. It was demolished there and I moved out last year. Now I live across from the pier. Well, right there..." The old woman pointed to the opposite side, then pulled Xu Suizhu and said, "Come on, come sit at my house."
Sit down."
Xu Suizhu did not refuse and followed her to her residence.
This is an old community, with houses next to each other, and the yard on the first floor is full of simple shacks.
Although the house the old woman lived in was not a shack, it was no different - the window faced someone else's shack, and the windows were blocked tightly on the sides of the shack. In the hot summer, the windows were blocked and airtight. The room was as stuffy as an oven.
Similar.
The old woman opened the fortune fan and blew it on Xu Suizhu. She went to the kitchen to wash a cantaloupe, cut it into pieces and removed the pulp, and handed half of it to Xu Suizhu.
"Eat it, I just bought it from the melon farmer, it's very fresh."
Xu Suizhu took it, took a bite, and narrowed his eyes: "Well, it's so sweet! It's delicious!"
"Sweet, isn't it? I have identified this melon farmer and buy melons from him every summer. Today he even joked with me that if he doesn't come to this stall again, he will probably stretch out his legs and lie down.
Gone in the coffin."
The old woman was laughing while talking, but Xu Suizhu felt sad when she heard it.
"Mother-in-law, do you still treat people now?"
"Look, I have nothing to do since I'm retired. I occasionally ask people for a pulse. My neighbors are all acquaintances, so I don't have to go to the hospital for minor illnesses or pains."
While talking, someone knocked on the door.
"Old lady Liu! Old lady Liu!"
"Who is it?" The old woman opened the door.
"Mrs. Liu, are you at home? Why did you keep me waiting for so long? Come on, come on, take the medicine kit and follow me."
The person who came was a greasy middle-aged man in his early forties, with a very impatient expression.
The old woman asked: "Who is sick?"
"Bah, bah, bah! Who's sick? Don't curse people! My wife just has a bad appetite. Go get her pulse and prescribe some appetizer... You have such a simple medicine, right? How many elderly neighbors do we have?
Yes, it’s not that far away after moving here, so you won’t ask me for money for such a small amount of medicine, right?”
Grandma Liu didn't say anything, but the greasy man started scolding her.
Xu Suizhu couldn't listen anymore and stood up with a sullen face: "If it's not a disease, why are you looking for my mother-in-law?"
"Hey! I'm talking to Mrs. Liu, why are you interrupting me like this?"
"Daqiang, how can you talk like that!" Grandma Liu's face sank, "I have a guest today. Since it's not an emergency, I won't go over."
He said he was about to close the door.
"You! You! You old lady Liu! I asked you for help in such an angry manner but you refused. If you have any problems in the future, don't expect our neighbors to help you throw the pot away..."
"Get out!" Xu Suizhu stood up, roughly interrupted the word "end" on his lips, and pushed the door hard in front of him.
"Mother-in-law, is this how they usually treat you?"
After calming down, Xu Suizhu couldn't help but frown while holding Granny Liu's hand.
This is too bullying.
"Alas..." Granny Liu sighed and said helplessly, "What he said is right. I am an old woman, but my legs and feet are still strong. When one day I can't walk anymore and collapse on the bed, I will always need someone to take care of me..."
"Mother-in-law, why don't you come back to Yupu with me?" Xu Suizhu said impulsively.
But after thinking about it carefully after saying it, it is not a brainless suggestion.
She has no shortage of place to live now. There is a house in the town, an old house in the fishing village, and even worse, there is Fuju Island. Why worry about not being able to accommodate an elderly person living alone?
On the other hand, my mother-in-law's place is hot and airless in the summer, and dark and dark in the winter. It is inevitable for adults to get sick if they live here for a long time, let alone the elderly.
"How can I trouble you?" Grandma Liu smiled and shook her head.
"Mother-in-law, you saved me and are my reborn parents. It doesn't matter if you don't know your situation. If you know what to do, you will step in and take care of it."
Xu Suizhu helped her mother-in-law sit down on the edge of the bed and persuaded her softly:
"My hometown has many houses and good air. At the end of last year, I contracted an island, which is now being developed on a large scale. Several elders in the family live there. If you go there, you don't have to worry about no one chatting. If you get bored, you can show it to the villagers.
A disease..."
"This..." Grandma Liu was a little moved by the persuasion, but when she thought about her age, she only had a few years to live. If something happened, wouldn't it be a waste of time?
"Then treat me as your granddaughter, and I will provide for you in your old age."
Grandma Liu patted the back of her hand emotionally. Thinking of something, she stood up and took out a small cloth bag from the closet, and slowly opened it in front of Xu Suizhu:
"This is my most valuable possession. Thanks to the good hiding, it was not discovered by those unscrupulous people at that time. I have no children in my life, and the two apprentices I took in back then... well, let's not mention it.
Those troublesome things. Come on, take them! If you don’t accept them, I won’t follow you.”
Xu Suizhu saw clearly the beads that Granny Liu handed to her and was stunned - Oh my god, they are jade!