After the man left, Zhang Xueqing also packed up and went out.
Everyone in the family would be leaving later, and she had to go to Uncle Li's house before everyone left.
"Is Aunt Li at home?"
No one answered for a long time, and just when Zhang Xueqing thought she had missed the point, a head stuck out of the door. Seeing the person, he patted the water on his body and strode out to open the door.
"Xue Qing, what's the matter with coming so early?"
The aunt may be a little surprised, staring at her with confusion.
"Isn't it because I'm afraid that I won't be able to find anyone if I go to the ground, so I deliberately came a little early. It's nothing important, so I just delayed my wife for a few minutes."
The aunt breathed a sigh of relief, walked around behind Zhang Xueqing's wheelchair, and pushed the person into the house, "No delay, no delay, you have nothing to do with aunt."
Zhang Xueqing didn't hesitate. Rural people in this season started busy as soon as they opened their eyes. Time was really money. She couldn't beat around the bush when competing with God for time.
After telling her story, Aunt Li immediately understood what she meant. Either she was the village chief's wife.
"Do you want that girl to help you clean up the house?"
Zhang Xueqing nodded slightly and smiled knowingly. Ever since Sister-in-law Zhang was fired by her, no one had been taking care of the household chores.
"I have this idea, but I don't know what the situation is in her family. Does she need to come out to do this job? Other families don't need it at all. I'm here to shave my head and pick a hot head. I won't get into any trouble. Just I thought I would come to my aunt to inquire about it first."
The aunt raised her hand and nodded at her, smiling lightly and saying,
"That girl is also a poor person..."
In the next few minutes, Zhang Xueqing had a preliminary understanding of this girl.
The girl's name is Xu Aili. She is 14 years old and is in the second year of junior high school in the town. She has an elderly grandfather and a mentally retarded father at home. Her mother passed away when she was very young. The whole family depends on her grandfather doing odd jobs to support her. livelihood.
Sometimes I would sell the vegetables I grew and the eggs I saved in the town to make some money. Life was very tight.
The little girl comes back every weekend to help her grandfather with housework, take care of her father, and relieve her grandfather's pressure. She is very well-behaved and sensible.
"You're only 14 years old." Zhang Xueqing lowered her eyes and thought of something, but didn't say it.
"No, the child is a good child, and he is quite good at studies. He is a miserable child."
Aunt Li had a look of regret on her face, and it was obvious that she liked that child very much.
"Mom, where does that girl live? I want to go over and ask now."
"Then the relationship is over, let's go, Auntie will take you there." Auntie Li put down the unwashed bowl in her hand, shook off the water on her hand, raised her legs and started to walk out.
"Auntie, what about you..." Zhang Xueqing was a little embarrassed.
"Oh, it's okay. I'll do the same thing when I get back. If the kid can get a fixed income every week, I'll be happy too."
Aunt Li was also impatient, so the two of them went straight to the girl's home.
In another ditch opposite to Zhang Xueqing's house, you can walk all the way to the innermost household, which is also the only poor household in this ditch.
"Xiao Li is at home."
Unlike other families like theirs, every household is surrounded by a low wall and has its own independent courtyard.
A row of simple wooden fences sparsely surrounded it. From a distance, you could see a girl sitting in front of the adobe house washing clothes.
"Grandma Li, why are you here? Come and sit down." The little girl stood up, took two steps forward, met Zhang Xueqing's gaze, nodded slightly and said hello without asking any questions.
Zhang Xueqing took a look at the large basin on the ground. The clothes inside were all coarse cloth clothes worn outside. At first glance, they looked like clothes worn by adults for work, and some even had patches on them.
In this day and age, it is really rare to see someone wearing patched clothes.
The little girl quickly went to the back room and brought out a stool, placed it next to her big basin, and whispered, "Grandma Li, sit down quickly."
He continued to sit on the small bench, scrubbing the thick clothes. His little hands were red, and it seemed that he had washed a lot.
Aunt Li was not polite, she sat down and straight to the point told her why she was here.
The little girl listened carefully while washing clothes. Occasionally she would look up at Zhang Xueqing and smile slightly.
After understanding everything, he stopped what he was doing, as if he was thinking.
Seeing her hesitation, Zhang Xueqing said softly, "Are you unwilling? If there is any inconvenience, you can just say it."
The girl hesitated for a while and said, "No, sister, I really want to go, but I have to go to school. I live on campus from Monday to Thursday. I can only come back after school on Friday afternoon. I have to go back to school on Sunday afternoon. There are not so many time."
After listening to her explanation, the two adults realized that they had talked so much, but they did not tell the child the time to go to help, which caused such a big misunderstanding to the child. It was really wrong.
Zhang Xueqing quickly explained, "You don't have to go there every day, just once a week. Come on Saturday or Sunday at your own time."
"Really?" Xiaoli was very excited. She would not delay her studies, but she could also help her family get more income and reduce her grandfather's burden. She was really happy.
Seeing the girl's happy face, Zhang Xueqing didn't know why, but she could always think of herself back then. In times of adversity, someone would always lend a hand to her, and hoped that the girl in front of her could get out of the predicament like she did.
"Then let's start this week. It's Saturday today. See when you have time. Just go to my place. Do you know where I live?"
Xiaoli's bright little face raised a smile, "I know, I'll go over after washing the clothes."
"Okay, then I'll go back first. You can go when you're done. There's no rush."
Zhang Xueqing has been out for too long and hasn't eaten breakfast yet. She is already a little hungry now. She has been working overtime all year round and has not eaten regularly. She has long been suffering from stomach problems. Now she just wants to rush back.
"Xueqing, please go back first. I have something else to do with Xiaoli."
Aunt Li didn't move, met Zhang Xueqing's gaze, and explained softly.
After saying goodbye to the two of them, he turned the direction of his wheelchair and rode home.
After walking far away, I remembered that there was one more thing I forgot to tell the little girl. I thought about it after seeing it for a while, so I didn't go back.
Seeing her walking away, Aunt Li, who was sitting on the stool without moving, spoke softly,
"Xiao Li, Li Nai has a few words for you. You may not know some things when you go to school in the town. As for your sister Xueqing, she likes to be quiet and doesn't like to stir up trouble. She is also afraid of trouble. Go work with her. You should see Watch what you should, don’t watch what you shouldn’t, and don’t gossip when you meet people, just go about your work peacefully, you know.”
The little girl listened carefully. After Aunt Li finished speaking, she nodded solemnly and said, "I know, thank you, Grandma Li."
Aunt Li raised her hand, smoothed the girl's hair, and sighed, "Thank you, I watched you grow up, and you still call me grandma. Can I not say a few more words? Don't be too dissatisfied." It's okay for my old lady to be verbose, you, this is a noble person, please cherish it."
He patted the girl's red hand, his eyes glowing red.
