Chapter 48: Trick Su Xiaodi
Su He thought of the incident in her dream and became hesitant when picking up things.
Seeing an opportunity, and seeing that Su Xiaodi was alone, she walked over, leaned close to Su Xiaodi and whispered, "I have something to tell you, don't tell mom. I'm afraid she'll worry, so I'm deliberately hiding it from her!"
The fourth sister, Su Xiu, saw her eldest sister and brother huddled together to talk in whispers, so she gave the small rake for digging clams to her brother-in-law and came over too.
Su He didn't shy away from this little sister. After all, even if someone asked about her situation, she would always tell everyone, "Well, I had a hole in my head the size of an egg. It was patched up with some special material, but there are aftereffects. I don't remember anything, and I have to take medicine all the time! Otherwise, I faint at any time. If there's no one watching to wake me up, I'll probably die and never wake up!"
The fourth sister burst into tears when she heard this. Su He took a look at this child and felt that she still had a conscience. The younger sisters in the family were able to go to school because of the support of her, the eldest sister. If they all became ungrateful, then she would really feel sorry for them!
Su Xiaodi also looked gloomy: "Sister, can it be cured?"
"I don't know. I'm going to Shanghai by bus tomorrow to see a doctor at a big hospital. I heard medicine is very expensive there. Oh... I'm worried now. Where will I get the money for medical treatment?"
Su Xiaodi: "Isn't my brother-in-law's salary quite high? I heard in my hometown that my brother-in-law is someone who receives special allowances, and his salary is not something that ordinary people can get!"
Su He: "But your brother-in-law didn't save any of his salary. I spent it all!"
The fourth sister cautiously tugged at her brother's sleeve and said, "Brother, since I got married, most of our family's money has been sent back by me! Mom even received a remittance slip a few days ago. Did you forget? You went to the post office to pick it up yourself!"
Su Xiaodi's face was a little uneasy for a moment, and he cleared his throat with forced composure and said, "Sister, I'll go back and tell Mom that I'll use the money I just received a few days ago to pay for your medical treatment!"
Of course Su He wouldn't refuse. Anyone who doesn't want it is a fool: "That's great. Even though it's still not enough, at least it can help to make up a little bit! Oh... It's really worrying! I'm afraid that if I don't survive, your brother-in-law will find a stepmother for the three children... His salary is so high, I don't know whose family will benefit from it..."
What Su He said was very profound. Needless to say, Su Xiaodi heard the meaning. If his sister's illness was not cured and his brother-in-law married a stepmother, it would be impossible for the Su family to benefit from the Jin family again!
Su Xiaodi: "Sister, how much money do you need for medical treatment? I can think of a way for you. How about borrowing some money from outside? But you have to pay it back slowly by yourself, sister!"
Su He thought, is it so easy to get the words out of little brother Su?
"Of course I'll pay you back, but where can you borrow it from? Who do you know in your village?"
Su Xiaodi waved his hands. "How could anyone in the village lend me money? I know a guy who comes from outside to collect fresh produce. When he arrives, he stays at the guesthouse in the village. I went to the post office to withdraw money, and that's how we met. He asked me to help him buy the fresh produce that the brigade had just landed and sell it to him. He always gave me a lot of extra money, and that's how we got to know each other!"
The fourth sister opened her mouth in surprise: "Brother, if you get caught like this, you will be locked up!"
Su He: "Is that guy a bad guy? How did he know to ask you to help buy fresh food?"
Little Brother Su waved his hands. "How could I be so easily fooled? I've been to school, too. We grew up by the sea, and we handle these fresh goods all day long. We don't notice it ourselves, but as soon as we go out, everyone can smell the fishy odor on us. That guy told me so. He said he was from Tianjin and came to our area specifically to collect fresh goods. He's a long-distance driver, and he makes more money bringing them back than we do!"
Su He: "Then you do business with him, each transaction is a transaction, why would he lend you money?"
Su Xiaodi: "That guy is so kind, he's from the north, right? He's so honest! Every time he buys shrimp from me, not only does he give me extra money, he even asks me for information and pays me! I'm embarrassed!"
Su He: "What are you asking about? I'm giving you money. Did you get cheated by someone?" She thought to herself, this little brother Su is really stupid. He was easily asked by her.
The people Su Xiaodi knows, except for the people in the village and his classmates when he was in school, are not rich in the rural environment. Since he said so, this driver from Tianjin might be the person she wants to catch.
Su Xiaodi: "He's not a driver, so every time he asks for directions, I've never been far away, and the only things I know are the ones around here. I don't even know the roads in the city, so I didn't ask anything."
Su He thought this person was probably using the excuse of asking for directions, mixing real and fake things together, to confuse a newbie like Su Xiaodi! She thought of something: "Oh, did you ask your sister for directions to where I live?"
Su Xiaodi thought for a moment and said, "I don't think so. I haven't been there either! How would I know the way... Oh, by the way, once we were chatting about how many people were in our family, and I mentioned that you were married and lived with your brother-in-law in Southwest Province! That's nothing, right?"
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