Xu Qingzhi sent out the packed mooncakes one by one.

After dinner last night, we made some more mooncakes because we had more people than others. In total, we made about 200 mooncakes.

The remaining dozens of mooncakes were kept for home.

All two hundred were mailed out.

In addition to Weiwei, Shanshan and Jiang Xiao, the Huo family and Zhang Lu's family also sent some, as did my third aunt's family.

After sending the express delivery, Wang Yanmei called her third aunt and told her about the mooncakes.

The third aunt also heard about the lawsuit for repayment of the money and alimony, and she advised earnestly: "Even if the blood is broken, the tendons are still connected. After all, we are a family, Yanmei, if you suffer some losses, you can earn them back in the future. Your parents don't have many years to live, so let them die with peace of mind in the future."

Wang Yanmei looked embarrassed and responded dryly: "Well, Third Aunt, someone called me outside, I'll go see what's going on first."

Hang up the phone.

Wang Yanmei did not lie. There was really someone outside the house calling Yanmei, and she walked out of the house.

"Yanmei." The man walked forward.

Every household in the village keeps their doors open in broad daylight, but strangers who are not familiar with the family will not rush into the house without saying hello. Instead, they will stand in the yard and shout a few times.

Wait until the host comes out before moving forward.

The people who came were the neighbors of the old house above.

Since Wang Yanmei moved into her new home, she rarely went there, so she rarely saw her old neighbors. She was a little surprised: "Sister Dongxiang, what do you want to see me about?"

Looking back at the old neighbors, most of them were from the same production team. They would have banquets to visit each other whenever they had any business. Although they were not related by blood, they still had to address each other according to their seniority.

"Does your farm still need people to work? It doesn't matter if the salary is a little low, my daughter-in-law..." Xiao Dongxiang was a little embarrassed to speak, and said awkwardly: "You know her situation, although her face and body are burned, but her hands and feet can work, but she is not wanted for work outside because of her condition. The two children at home cost a lot of money, so I shamelessly came to ask if you are hiring. She is efficient and does not play tricks."

"Sister Dongxiang, the farm is managed by Qingzhi and Fuqiang, and I don't know what the situation is." Wang Yanmei knew that the farm was not selling vegetables now. Liannan and the others took turns to feed the chickens, ducks and pigs and clean the pigsty every day, and there were enough people.

I can do some physical work for Yu, and when Zhou Zhou comes back, he can also help Fu Qiang.

But they are old neighbors after all, and Wang Yanmei feels pity for this family when she thinks of what they have gone through.

The older generation were landlords, and the following generations were all extremely poor. Fortunately, they had a son who was very capable and was the only university graduate in the village at that time. He worked as a programmer and had a very high salary.

Everyone in the village thought that this family had finally made it and would live a good life, and matchmakers were lining up at the doorstep.

Who could have expected that things would change so fast? His son got sick and became blind within two years. He could only ask someone to find a massage parlor for the blind in the county town to give massages, with a salary of 2,500 yuan. His intended partner also ran away, and he finally found a woman with burns all over her body.

There are two children in my family, and they are both taken care of by my grandparents.

Wang Yanmei herself had lived a hard life before, so she knew what it felt like.

"How about this, Sister Dongxiang, I'll ask Qingzhi later."

Xu Qingzhi was just video chatting with Xia Weiwei, who was about to go to record a show. After hanging up the video, she walked out and heard her name. "What do you want to ask me?"

Wang Yanmei told the story.

Xu Qingzhi thought for a moment and said, "There isn't much work on the farm lately. Mom, I want to hire someone to deliver meals to Grandpa."

"Deliver food?" Wang Yanmei was puzzled.

"Well, if he doesn't come when I call him for dinner, I'll have someone bring it to him. It's up to him whether he eats or not."

Most people of the older generation are like this. No matter what you give them, they always say no. If you force something on them, they will just say a few words and then take it anyway.

The Xu family has a relatively fixed meal time. They eat on time around noon and start eating at 5:30 in the evening.

They had finished eating the dumplings yesterday, so she went to bring the dumplings to grandpa, and then grandpa started to prepare to eat.

Delivering the meal takes some time, but it doesn’t affect grandpa’s meal.

"That's fine. Your grandpa is almost eighty years old and his eyesight is not good. Your grandma is no longer around. Sometimes the food at home is better, and your dad misses him, so it would be bad if I don't call him over. But if I call him to come to eat, he might only come once out of ten calls. It was only when you first came back that your grandpa missed you and came to eat a few meals." Wang Yanmei also agreed.

There was no need for Xiao Dongxiang to go back and ask. It was just that his daughter-in-law wanted to make money to reduce the burden on the two children at home, but she was too shy to do so. So this morning he mustered up the courage to ask her to come to the Xu family to ask.

The words spoken by the daughter of the Xu family were very respectable.

Hard work? How can this job be hard?

It only takes ten minutes to deliver the meal by riding an electric bike.

My wife is also reluctant to interact with outsiders because of her burns and can't stand other people's strange looks. The people who deliver meals to her are all old neighbors. She earns money from this and doesn't hear those people outside say anything bad that makes her feel uncomfortable.

This job is easy. Apart from delivering meals at mealtime, she also has to take care of the two children. Xiao Dongxiang expected to get about 500 yuan for the errands. If she could get 1,000 yuan, she would be very happy.

Some elderly people in the village are old, and the young people have learned from the city to hire nannies to take care of them, doing the cooking and washing. They also have to wipe the bodies of those who are paralyzed. Some elderly people are difficult to get along with and even beat people. The highest salary they get is only three thousand yuan a month.

She was afraid that this easy job would be lost, so she agreed: "Sure, Rongrong can do it."

Five hundred is good, one thousand is even better. You can go to the market once every three days to buy vegetables and spend less than a hundred yuan. Five hundred yuan is enough for the family's food for ten days or half a month, and one thousand yuan can cover the family's food for nearly a month.

Xu Qingzhi glanced at Wang Yanmei, who knew what her daughter was thinking and asked, "Sister Dongxiang, how much do you think is appropriate for delivering meals per month?"

Xiao Dongxiang swallowed and clenched her hands nervously: "Yanmei, we have been neighbors for more than ten years, I won't beat around the bush. Just give it as much as you think is right. You all know Rongrong's situation, she is happy to earn a little money. My husband and I are old, but fortunately the village has applied for poverty-stricken households, and we get the minimum living allowance issued by the state every month, so we can barely make ends meet."

Wang Yanmei said, "Sister Dongxiang, I'll be frank. It's 1,500 yuan a month, and three meals a day have to be delivered. If something happens at home or the old man comes to eat by himself, I'll tell Rongrong in advance, and then you don't have to deliver it, but you can only pay a fixed amount every month. Is that okay with you?"

Fifteen thousand! This is much better than the five hundred or one thousand that Xiao Dongxiang expected.

Although she was thinking about coming to the Xu family’s farm to help out, she heard that she could earn 3,000 yuan a month, but Rongrong’s personality... Well, delivering meals would be a good idea.

"Okay, Yanmei, thank you. I'll go back and tell Rongrong if the meal can be delivered today?" Xiao Dongxiang's eyes were filled with anticipation. After all, if the meal was delivered one day earlier, he could get one more day's pay.

Fifteen thousand a month, that comes down to fifty dollars a day.

"Well, send it today. I'll call the old man and tell him later."

"Okay, Yanmei, I'll go back first. We're on WeChat, so we can talk on WeChat if you have anything to say."

"Okay."

After agreeing to deliver the meal, Wang Yanmei asked Xu Qingzhi to call the old man to let him know.

If Wang Yanmei or Xu Fuqiang went to tell the old man, they would definitely be scolded as prodigals.

Xu Qingzhi called his grandfather.

"Hey, hey, hey, Qingzhi, grandpa is fishing, what's the matter?"

Xu Qingzhi: "Grandpa, you don't have to cook at home anymore. I've asked someone to bring you food. You just need to wait at home and eat the ready-made food."

"It's very troublesome. Grandpa is such a grown man, how can he starve himself? You, a kid, don't have to worry about his meals." The old man's condescending voice came from the receiver.

"If you don't want to eat it, just throw it away. Anyway, three meals a day will be delivered to you on time." Xu Qingzhi said.

Xu Dongru just caught a fish. "Oh my god, this fish is huge. Lao Li, come and help me catch it. Qingzhi, Grandpa won't tell you yet, I caught a big one."

"Okay, Grandpa, then it's settled."

Xu Qingzhi hung up the phone.

The old man over there was pulling the fish excitedly, and when he pulled the fish up, Old Li next to him was so envious.

The old man threw the big fish into the net, re-baited and cast the rod.

It took me a while to remember that my good granddaughter seemed to have called me just now. What did she say?

Alas, I’m too old to remember things.

Never mind, hey, keep fishing! (End of this chapter)