After closing the door without locking it, I got on the little electric chair and went straight to the village chief's house.
The village chief uncle was still the same as when his uncle and aunt were alive. His surname was Li and he was the ninth oldest. The elders in the village used to call him Li Laojiu. Zhang Xueqing really didn't know what his original name was.
"Uncle Li (quietly) are you at home?" Zhang Xueqing sat outside the door and shouted towards the house at the top of her lungs.
After a while, a middle-aged woman about 60 years old stood at the door of the room with a bowl in her hand. She glanced in her direction and muttered,
"I look like that old girl from Zhang's family who just returned to the village."
Zhang Xueqing's pretty eyebrows twitched, a girl is just a girl, she doesn't need to be old.
After a while, a middle-aged man in his 60s with a dark complexion stretched his head and looked towards her.
"Oh, isn't this old Zhang Xueqing?" The uncle's voice suddenly rose several decibels.
He hurried over and opened the door, not forgetting to mutter.
"I met He Laoliu yesterday when I went to the field. He said that you had moved back to live. I don't know who's cattle have been raking the field in the past few days. The corn pole fell over, so I didn't bother to see you."
Uncle Li deserves to be the village chief. He talks so much that it makes you feel so comfortable.
"How can I ask you to come and see me as a junior? I will definitely have a lot of troubles for you and my aunt after I just come back. I'm going to knock on the door now."
Zhang Xueqing has been in the city for more than ten years. Although she is not very good at words, she is still good at basic interpersonal relationships.
"Oh, come on, why don't you bring anything else?"
Aunt Li, who was following behind, took over the conversation directly.
Zhang Xueqing hurriedly handed over the thing in her hand, "Then I haven't been back for so many years, so I can't have my hands full."
Zhang Xueqing is always good-looking, elegant, elegant and pleasant, with an unworldly look. There is a bookish air between her brows. She has just come back from the city, and she has a bit of a city person about her. Unique cool temperament.
He is smiling and chatting with you with polite words, which makes people feel like he has been hanging out in the city.
I went up in a hurry.
This made Aunt Li happy. She pushed her wheelchair into the courtyard and said, "Come in and have a melon. I just picked it this morning. I have been pulling it out of the well all morning. It's so cool."
Zhang Xueqing was too embarrassed to get out of the wheelchair at this moment, so she entered the hospital with just her hand.
"Auntie won't come into the house anymore. I came here mainly to ask you and uncle for help with something."
"It doesn't matter whether I can help or not. You are alone and your legs and feet are not convenient. If you have any questions, just say it. We don't have that many outsiders in our hometown."
Zhang Xueqing didn't explain either, she just got straight to the point.
"I would like my uncle and aunt to help me find a sister-in-law who is handy and can help me clean up the house."
"As you can see, it's a bit difficult for me to clean up the house in this situation. I don't have to go every day, just go once a week."
"As for wages, I'll pay you whatever you think is appropriate, ma'am."
When Aunt Li heard this, she immediately became anxious.
"It's not money, it's just a matter of helping."
"Don't worry, auntie, I really can't do anything. This is not just pretending. Once or twice is fine. I've been doing this for many years, and I'm not that bad."
Aunt Li said with a stern expression,
"Okay, it's auntie's thinking that's a bit simplistic. It's not as thorough as yours. People who come back from this big city are different. They are better than auntie."
Zhang Xueqing didn't say much, just responded softly with a smile, "Then this will trouble my aunt."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."
The two went back and forth and settled the matter of finding helpers, and the first problem was solved smoothly.
Uncle Li had already cut the melons, picked up a piece and handed it to her, "Have a try, this year's melons are really sweet."
Zhang Xueqing thanked her, took a small bite, and heard a crisp "click" sound, like sand, melting in her mouth. It was sweet and fragrant, but a little cold. She didn't dare to swallow it directly into her stomach, so she held a little more in her mouth. a while.
"Auntie, I have something else I want to ask you about." After swallowing the watermelon, Zhang Xueqing continued.
Aunt Li chewed watermelon and said vaguely, "What's the matter?"
"I want to raise a dog, but I don't know who sells puppies in our village."
"Well...hey, Lao Litou, did the pig farmer in the ditch give birth to a litter of cubs last month?"
Aunt Li looked at Uncle Li uncertainly.
"Well, it's been almost two months, it's time to separate the nests." Uncle Li didn't eat anything, and squatted on the doorstep of the room with a cigarette in his mouth.
Zhang Xueqing's eyes suddenly lit up. She was really dozing off, so someone handed her a pillow, "Does he sell it?"
"I haven't heard about this, but the pig farmer is a well-known laizi in our village. He is a very generous person. He is tall and fierce." Aunt Li mentioned that person with a look of disgust on her face.
"Don't listen to your aunt's nonsense, she just has a bit of a bad temperament."
Uncle Li threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground, stretched out one foot and crushed it.
"Hey, you damn old man, who are you talking nonsense? His Aunt Zhang next door knew about it, so she just wanted to tell him about her niece. He was so good that he just smashed the windows. Have you ever seen such a bad person?"
"Also, the eldest girl from Lao Wang's family is already in her 20s. She can make people cry just by passing by his house. Do you think a serious man can do this?"
"anything else……"
Aunt Li became more and more energetic as she spoke, and every statement she made was reasonable and well-founded.
"Okay! You keep talking nonsense every day. You saw it with your own eyes. I tell you, stay away from those old ladies who talk nonsense all day long."
Uncle Li got angry and did not tolerate anyone. He gave the aunt a scolding. Afterwards, he remembered Zhang Xueqing who had been silent next to him.
"I'll go ask you later. I just saw the car coming up. I should be at home now."
"Okay, sorry sir, I'll go back first. If you have any news, please tell me."
Zhang Xueqing awkwardly said goodbye.
"Hey, take this half melon and go back to eat."
Seeing that she was leaving, Aunt Li said hurriedly.
As if she was not the one who had just been scolded, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all. He quickly put the uncut quarter of the melon on the table on a plate and handed it to her.
"No, ma'am, I can't finish the food by myself. If it's broken, I'll be blind."
"If you can't finish it, put it in the refrigerator and save it for dinner at night. This melon is so sweet. Take it."
In the end, she couldn't resist the aunt, and Zhang Xueqing didn't dare to push her hard. She was worried that it would hurt her fingers, so she could only obediently put the plate on her lap and control the electric wheelchair to go out.
"Hey, girl Xueqing, wait for me. We'll go together, along the way." Uncle Li chased her from behind.
Zhang Xueqing slowed down after hearing this. An old man and a wheelchair walked side by side on the concrete road in the countryside.
"What are your plans when you come back, and how long will you stay here?" Uncle Li talked to her about household matters.
