"Okay." Lin Haiqiang happened to be quite good at this, "Xiaoyu, I'll go to Sister Li's house and help her fix a water pipe."
Now that he was no longer busy, Lin Xiaoyu took off his apron and said, "I'll be with you."
After saying that, she didn't give Lin Haiqiang a chance to refuse. She locked the door of the store and hung a sign saying that she would go out temporarily and would be back soon.
Li Guifang is from the town. There are so many neighbors in her home. Instead of asking them for help, she comes to Lin Haiqiang instead. He still runs a shop, so he must not be interested in drinking.
Seeing that Lin Xiaoyu was also going, Li Guifang was a little cautious and waited until they reached a small bungalow behind the market.
"Brother Lin, little boss, this is my home. I don't know what happened to the water pipe outside our home, but it suddenly leaked. I am the only one in this family, and I don't know how to repair it."
After saying that, she smiled a little sadly, really looking pitiful.
Lin Xiaoyu and Lin Haiqiang walked into the yard. It was very clean, but the water pipe was indeed leaking and water was leaking out.
Lin Haiqiang saw this and rushed forward to help.
Lin Xiaoyu took the opportunity to scan her surroundings. Both the courtyard and the room with the door open were clean, and she also noticed that there seemed to be a radio placed on a shelf in the inner room.
This is not something that ordinary people can afford.
She asked seemingly unintentionally, "Aunt Li, what do you do?"
"I..." Li Guifang raised her eyes cautiously, "I do embroidery. I usually embroider at home. What I do is relatively large. It takes a long time to embroider one piece. I can make a lot of money by selling it."
"Dad, the outside has been repaired. Let's take a look at the inside. If there is any problem, we can solve it in one go. Otherwise, my aunt is alone. If something happens, she won't be able to fix it."
"Okay." Lin Haiqiang was already enthusiastic. After hearing this, he immediately went into the house to help.
Li Guifang obviously had no objection. After they entered, she started busy making tea.
Logically speaking, she was doing embroidery, so she would definitely have some semi-finished products at home. Even if she didn't, there should be some embroidery thread and the like. But Lin Xiaoyu looked all over the house and didn't find it. Could it be that she had put it away? In the drawer?
She couldn't just look through other people's things, so she could only ask, "Aunt Li, aren't you an embroiderer? Have you done any embroidery? Let me see. I haven't seen it yet."
"No more. The one I just finished embroidering has been sold."
Lin Xiaoyu didn't ask any more questions. It was already an hour after all the inspections were completed.
When the father and daughter returned to the hotel, they happened to catch up with someone coming over to take the package. The other person was a regular customer.
Lin Xiaoyu said as if unintentionally, "Sister Wu, you always come to our house for dinner, today I will give you an extra portion of crispy pork."
"Oh, thank you so much." Sister Wu is actually almost forty years old. She is very happy to hear others call her sister.
No matter what age you are in, women like to look younger.
Lin Xiaoyu packed the small crispy meat and said, "Sister Wu, I heard that there is nothing you don't know about in this town. Is it true?"
"Of course it's true!" Sister Wu patted her chest, "I will never tell lies. Let me tell you, the parents in this town are filthy. As long as they are told, there is nothing I don't know."
She has no job and has a heart for gossip, so in addition to doing housework at home every day, she goes out to pry.
There were no entertainment items at this time. Everyone just gathered together to chat. They didn't know about national affairs, but they knew the parents' shortcomings thoroughly.
"Then I want to ask, does anyone in our town do embroidery? I want to buy a pair of embroidery, but I haven't found the right person yet."
Sister Wu patted her chest and said, "Oh, you've asked the right person about this. I know very well."
She listed several people, but none of them was named Li Guifang.
Lin Xiaoyu followed her words and said, "I heard that Li Guifang does embroidery, and it's not far from here. She always comes to my place to eat. Why is she not the person you mentioned?"
Sister Wu suddenly looked as ugly as if she had eaten a fly, "You mean Li Guifang does embroidery? Don't be kidding, she doesn't understand embroidery at all."
"Really?" Lin Xiaoyu pretended to be shocked, "Fortunately I didn't ask her, otherwise wouldn't it be the wrong question?"
"Fortunately you didn't ask her." Sister Wu lowered her voice with disgust on her face, "Let me tell you something. Don't tell anyone else. Many people know about this matter, but no one will tell it. After all, it's not Brilliance.”
"That Li Guifang... actually has a sweetheart! But her sweetheart is a foreigner. I heard that she is a businessman. I can't find her a few times a year, but I give her a lot of money every time. Otherwise, she won't work. It’s so moisturizing.”
"Really?" Lin Xiaoyu knew that the best way to blend in with the gossip was to pretend that she was also a gossip.
"Of course, can I still lie to you? Let me tell you, someone saw this with their own eyes. A man drove a car over. There are no cars in our town. They are the only one."
"That man entered her house after getting off the car. He reported the two of them when they were in the yard. Oh, that man is so shameless! And that's not all. The man got married as soon as he saw it. And he’s wearing a gold ring.”
"I don't know whose man is actually looking for a woman outside, Li Guifang clicked her tongue..."
Sister Wu stopped talking at this point, "Don't tell anyone else."
After saying that, she took the packed meals and left.
Lin Xiaoyu's face looked a little ugly. If it was true, wouldn't his father become the taker? This is not possible.
That Li Guifang has a dodder-like character at first glance, and doesn't know how to take care of others at all.
Lin Xiaoyu is a woman of the new era. She will not ask Lin Haiqiang's future partner to do housework at home every day, but at least she will help share some of it.
Lin Haiqiang makes money outside, and she works at home, with a clear division of labor. This is what a small family should look like.
But this Li Guifang doesn't look like someone who knows how to work.
However, Lin Xiaoyu didn't believe Sister Wu's words. After all, there were always a lot of rumors, even in her previous life.
At that time, she was a famous miracle doctor, but some people still said that she didn't know anything at all and relied on men for everything she had.
But in fact, she studied hard in the cold window and had almost no time to rest.
As for any man, she herself has never seen it. She has been single for more than 20 years, and there is no such thing as a man trying to support her!
Thinking of this, Lin Xiaoyu looked at Lin Haiqiang and decided to help him be on guard. As long as he didn't investigate clearly on his side, the two of them would get along well.
