Chapter 235

"It's OK, old man. Now the tax is so serious. You and your wife have no income. How do you keep up to now?" Shi Xiaorui felt that they were so pitiful that she decided to help them.

"We are almost all people in this situation. Some of our sons went to fight in the frontier and died on the battlefield. Some of them were caught by the officers and soldiers and went to build a palace for the emperor. Up to now, they have not come back. We old people help each other and make a living by selling our own dishes. You just came here and saw that few of us come here." The old man and Shi Xiaorui said, sighing from time to time.

"Grandfather, you grow vegetables for a living. Do you have your own land?" Shi Xiaorui is puzzled. It is reasonable to say that they should have collected the land long ago when they paid taxes.

"Our land has long been taken over by the government. The government really won't let us old people live." The old man couldn't help but shed tears. "The government doesn't care about us. Let us old people live and die. If it wasn't for Yaya, the old woman and I would not want to live long ago." My grandfather choked when he said that.

"I made you laugh." The old lady patted the old man on the back and then said, "there is a piece of wasteland nearby. Some of us old people have reclaimed a small piece to grow vegetables, but the land is too poor to grow many vegetables."

Shi Xiaorui decided to help others to the end and sent the Buddha to the West. "Grandfather, can you take me to see that piece of land?" Shi Xiaorui asked them.

"Yes." The old grandfather agreed to Shi Xiaorui very happily, "old lady, you look after Ya Ya, I take this girl to have a look at the land." The grandfather said to the grandmother next to him.

"OK, you can rest assured that I will take good care of Ya Ya." Grandma said, Yaya is also her granddaughter, how can she ignore her.

"I don't know your name, miss?" The master asked Shi Xiaorui as he walked.

"My name is Shi Xiaorui, grandfather. You can call me Xiaorui." Shi Xiaorui also said with his grandfather.

"It's better to call Miss Shi. If Miss Shi goes a few more steps, she'll be in front." Grandfather dare not call his benefactor by his name. It is disrespectful to him“ Here we are, Miss Shi. "

Shi Xiaorui looked at the land in front of her. It was overgrown with weeds. Only a small piece of land was reclaimed. It was winter, not the season for growing vegetables. It was covered with a thick layer of snow. "Grandfather, you can't grow vegetables now. How do you live?" Shi Xiaorui asked his grandfather.

"In winter, we old men go up to the mountain to cut some firewood and sell it to some rich people." The old man replied to Shi Xiaorui. The old man looked at the sun, "Shi Xiaorui, it's almost noon. I'll let the old woman buy some vegetables for a while, so you can stay at my house for dinner. This is also our intention."

"No, Grandpa. We'll have other things to do later. When spring comes, you can help me with all kinds of herbs on this land. In winter, you and other grandfathers can cut firewood and send it to our house. I'll give you a higher price." Shi Xiaorui also told his grandfather the address of his home.

"Thank you so much." The old man knelt down to the ground for Shi Xiaorui excitedly, "benefactor, I must kowtow to you. If it wasn't for you, the old woman and I would not be able to live." Grandfather's hand kept wiping the tears around his eyes.

Shi Xiaorui used to learn the hardships of the life of the peasants in feudal society when she was in school, but she was not a saint. She had no way to help a lot of people, "grandfather, you and I will go to the drugstore, and I will take you to take the medicine to ya ya." Shi Xiaorui took her grandfather to the drugstore.

"How many doctors or medicine?" The clerk in the shop saw that two girls, a child and an old man in shabby clothes went into the drugstore together. He was not sure if they were together.

"Take the medicine." Shi Xiaorui told the man in the shop the herbs she needed. The man quickly wrapped the herbs for Shi Xiaorui and said, "here, your medicine, a total of three Liang silver." The man handed the medicine to Shi Xiaorui.

Shi Xiaorui took out three Liang silver and gave it to the man, so he took Yu Qingzhan and his party to leave the drugstore. "Here you are, grandfather. This is the dosage for five days. If it's not good after five days, you can come to my house to see me, and I'll show it to ya ya." Shi Xiaorui gave the medicine to the old man again. Shi Xiaorui was embarrassed to see the old man, "take it, go back and boil it for ya ya. Ya Ya's illness can't be delayed all the time."

The grandfather heard Shi Xiaorui's words and quickly took the herbal medicine in Shi Xiaorui's hand, "Shi Xiaorui, I have recorded your kindness." The old man took the medicine and left in a hurry.

"Come on, Qingzhan. Let's go to a restaurant for dinner first." Shi Xiaorui feels that this morning has passed quickly. It's time to have lunch soon. Shi Xiaorui takes Yu Qingzhan and Lu Xilan to a restaurant they haven't been to.

"Please come in, my guest." Xiao Er takes them to a window seat. This time, Shi Xiaorui doesn't go to Yajian on the second floor. There are only three of them. After dinner, they go shopping. There's no need to go to Yajian. There are not many or few people eating in this restaurant. There are few people sitting there.

"What do you want?" Xiao Er asks Shi Xiaorui and Yu Qingzhan.

"Qingzhan, what would you like to eat?" Shi Xiaorui can't just order what she likes to eat, but also take care of others. When Yu Qingzhan lived in the hospital before, Yu Qingzhan always said that she would eat everything, and she was never picky. Even Shi Xiaorui didn't know what she liked best.

Yu Qingzhan seems to say that you can eat anything. He sees Shi Xiaorui's eyes warning him, "I want a chicken. I haven't eaten chicken for a long time." Yu Qingzhan said to Shi Xiaorui.

"Little two, how do you make chickens here?" Shi Xiaorui asked the second child, she used to eat in a restaurant, chicken is a practice, she is almost tired of eating.

"My guests are really good at it. The chef in our shop recently developed a new method, which is to fry the chicken wrapped with flour in a pot and add some seasonings. It tastes delicious." Xiao Er introduces Shi Xiaorui.

After hearing this, Shi Xiaorui felt excited. This is the fried chicken in KFC. She used to go to KFC every week to buy some hamburger fried chicken. "Give me a fried chicken, and then a plate of Mapo Tofu and three bowls of rice." Shi Xiaorui felt that the two dishes were enough for them and Xi ran.

"Well, I'll have some tea first, and the dishes will come up soon." Small two finish to leave, Shi Xiaorui sitting on the chair and in Qingzhan chat, next to the guest's table on a plate of fried chicken, "small Rui sister, good smell!" Fried chicken has just been brought to the table next to the guests, and the fragrance has gone to Shi Xiaorui and Yu Qingzhan.