Chapter 14 Temporary Guest House
This time, Su Xiaoli brought two boxes of Taiwushan cigarettes to Su Yuhe.
Su Yuhe pretended to scold her, "Girl, why are you being so polite!"
But he took it without hesitation.
Taiwu Mountain Cigarettes are the good cigarettes that are sold only to division-level cadres in Taiwu. Su Xiaoli managed to buy them with the help of Li Zhengde.
Now that she had some extra money, she left two boxes for Li Zhengde and brought two boxes for Su Yuhe.
"Grandpa Su, I saw you looking worried the last time I came. What's wrong?" Su Xiaoli was a little curious.
"Girl, there's nothing wrong with talking to you. It's because of this welfare home. The county's funds are never allocated. Food, accommodation, heating, which one doesn't cost money? How are we going to get through this winter?" Su Yuhe sighed.
Su Xiaoli nodded, "We have to make sure the elderly can survive the winter first, at least they won't be hungry or cold."
"Of course, but without money you can't do anything..."
Su Xiaoli looked at the old people in the yard, sitting idle in the shade with no life on their faces.
The entire welfare home has no proper walls. It is surrounded by a wooden fence and the land is barren. Although it is close to a beautiful canal, it looks lifeless.
In the hot weather of late summer, she shivered unconsciously.
These old people have been farmers all their lives.
If they could feel that they were still young, and living in the courtyard would be like being in the village, and have the opportunity to get close to the land, maybe that would be better.
"Grandpa Su, I see that the land around the courtyard wall is all barren. It would be great if there could be a vegetable garden so that the elderly with spare energy can grow vegetables and raise chickens.
Just think of it as a way for everyone to exercise and also satisfy their daily meal needs, what do you think? "
Su Xiaoli paused, "My grandmother has cleared a piece of land in the backyard and raised two chickens. She always said that she only felt at peace when she was farming and feeding the chickens."
"Hehe, your grandma is a person who can't sit still, but what you said does make sense. At least we can grow some vegetables for ourselves. Be self-reliant, solve the problem of food first, then solve the problem of housing, one step at a time!"
Su Yuhe suddenly came back to her senses.
"You kid, you have a sharp mind!"
"That's not something I thought of. You're just too busy and have so many things to do that I didn't notice it for a while." Su Xiaoli felt embarrassed.
With a direction, Su Yuhe, this practical man, felt much more relieved.
Su Xiaoli drove Su Yuhe back to the village. Su Yuhe curiously asked what was going on with the car, and she just replied that it was borrowed.
Instead, she asked about Su Yu and this year's sorghum harvest.
By the time they reached the village entrance, she already had a general idea of what was going on.
The harvest will not be completed until late September. This year, the sorghum is of good quality and the harvest is good. Most families grind it into flour and eat sorghum flour steamed bread. Those who grow more will also keep some to make wine or sorghum candy.
In Su Xiaoli's memory, every summer, Su Jianguo would take her to the sorghum field.
He laughed loudly and lied to her that he wanted candy, then he broke off a sorghum stalk and put it into her mouth, and the sweet juice burst in her mouth...
I just don’t know if such sweet sorghum will taste good when made into wine.
It was already evening when they finished harvesting the peanuts. Su Yuhe repeatedly asked her to stay for dinner, but she was worried about the mountain products waiting for her at the clinic, so she declined Su Yuhe's kindness and hurried home.
Before she even entered the hospital, Su Xiaoli heard Doctor Luo getting angry: "...How many days has it been? What's going on with the Municipal Bureau?"
She pulled Feng Yu, who was pouting, over and said, "Sister Yu, why is Doctor Luo so angry?"
Feng Yu looked aggrieved, but was still trying to make amends for Dr. Luo.
"She wasn't scolding me. She was just mad at the Municipal Bureau for not keeping its word. The IV tube they promised hasn't arrived yet..."
Feng Yu explained what happened. A patient with acute gastroenteritis came in and needed an IV drip. Because there was no IV tube, he had to go to the county hospital with great pain.
The Municipal Bureau explained for a long time, saying that there was no shortage of raw materials or disinfection equipment, and all problems were stuck in assembly.
Speaking of this, it is understandable. This is because there is no equipment in China to assemble infusion pumps by machine, and all assembly has to rely on manual work.
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Su Xiaoli personally took care of the IV tube issue, otherwise she wouldn't have been stuck in the clinic for three days.
The second time Su Xiaoli heard about the shortage of infusion tubes, no matter how insensitive she was, she clearly felt a glimmer of opportunity.
She kept this matter in her heart and patted Feng Yu's shoulder to comfort him.
Turning her head, she found Gu Feihan looking at her thoughtfully. She coughed lightly and said, "Let's go."
Gu Feihan had already washed his face and was in good spirits. He said in a relaxed tone, "You want to start an IV tube business?"
Old Aunt Su Xiaoli paused for a moment and asked suspiciously, "How do you know?"
There was a hint of admiration in Gu Feihan's eyes, the corners of his lips curved slightly, but he did not answer her directly.
Instead, he continued speaking according to his own train of thought: "It's just that the capital is not enough now, right?"
In fact, Gu Feihan wanted to tell Su Xiaoli that if she wanted, he could invest in her, and he also thought there were business opportunities here.
But if he said this rashly, the girl would definitely reject him.
Having her thoughts guessed, Su Xiaoli smiled faintly but pretended to be stupid.
"Come on, I'll drive the car over to you."
There is no need for two people who meet by chance to have a too deep conversation.
"Where are you staying tonight? I'll take you there." Su Xiaoli asked while sitting in the driver's seat.
Gu Feihan said seriously, "The county guesthouse. Wait a minute, I'll find a letter of introduction."
Now everyone knows that they must carry their ID card with them when they go out to prove their identity.
But in the 1980s, the letter of introduction was the real pass. Although it was just a thin piece of paper, the red seal in the lower right corner of the letter of introduction had absolute authority.
Only with a letter of introduction can you buy train and bus tickets, prove your identity, and check into a regular guesthouse.
It is almost impossible to move without it. If you accidentally lose it during your journey, you may be detained and deported by the local police station as a migrant worker!
Su Xiaoli nodded but did not start the car immediately.
Gu Feihan fumbled in his handbag again and again, "Oh no, the letter of introduction is lost!"
Seeing Su Xiaoli twisting her neck and looking at him suspiciously, his smiling face suddenly darkened.
"It must have fallen into a trap. This trap is really harmful to people rather than pigs."
Su Xiaoli snorted coldly: Haha...
I don't believe you! Who would have the audacity to go up the mountain with a letter of introduction to pay respect to the mountain god? She frowned: "Then what do you say we should do?"
Gu Feihan looked a little helpless, and hesitantly came over, "Yeah, tell me, what should we do?"
Su Xiaoli was furious: "Accommodation is a different price!"
Gu Feihan was overjoyed: "Deal."
He knew that Su Xiaoli was not an ordinary girl.
She looks weak and quiet, but she is actually quite courageous, especially when it comes to...blackmailing herself.
Su Xiaoli was not happy with the money she earned and always felt that she was being cheated by the mountain products dealers.
She stepped on the accelerator, and the Jeep 212 roared and flew towards the small bungalow.
(End of this chapter)
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