The 123rd day of being eavesdropped
Song Jianshe and his daughter followed Gu Jinshui and his friends from a distance.
In July and August in New York, the sun was scorching. Song Chaohua was wearing short sleeves and her face was red from the sun. She looked at Song Jianshe helplessly, and then at Gu Jinshui and his family who had entered the restaurant. She couldn't help but say, "Dad, they are going to eat, let's find a place to eat."
"What food? Didn't we bring bread with us? Just eat that. How much does it cost to eat in a restaurant?" Song Jianshe frowned, and his face was full of heartache when he mentioned the money.
Song Chaohua moved her mouth, feeling unhappy, but she had no choice.
When she was about to slowly take out the toast, someone in front of her said, "You look so pitiful. Why are you eating these things in America?"
Song Jianshe and his daughter looked up and were shocked when they saw the person standing in front of them.
"Gu, Gu Jinshui, why are you here!"
After being embarrassed, Song Jianshe immediately turned the tables, "You are not following us, are you?"
Gu Jinshui's lips twitched, he took off his sunglasses and pulled up his hat to block the sunlight, "Following you, what's the point of following you, look at you, you look so pitiful. Instead of eating this, why don't you come to the restaurant with us, this meal will be treated by me, you and your daughter."
Song Jianshe showed a suspicious look on his face, and said hesitantly: "Is this true, you are not trying to cheat us."
"If you don't believe it, don't come."
Gu Jinshui pointed at Song Chaohua with the heel of his glasses and said, "If it weren't for your daughter being so pitiful, I wouldn't be so lazy to show mercy."
After hearing Gu Jinshui say this, Song Jianshe felt much more relieved.
He didn't feel ashamed, but felt that he had taken advantage of the situation. He quickly pulled Song Chaohua and Gu Jinshui into the restaurant and ordered steak and drinks.
Song Chaohua was not as thick-skinned as his own father, and wanted to be polite: "I, I just want a glass of water, I also have bread."
"Don't be polite, we were neighbors before."
Liang Ying had her own daughter, and although she didn't like the Song family, she couldn't help but feel sorry for Song Chaohua, who was so old that she followed her own father out to suffer. "I see there is a meal here, how about I order one for you?"
"Thank you, thank you, Auntie."
Song Chaohua blushed slightly.
She looked at Gu Yousi, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
Gu Yousi saw this and deliberately said, "Mom, I'll take her to wash her hands, okay?"
"Okay, then you go and come back early."
Liang Ying said without thinking too much, flipping through the menu.
Although Lan Lin wanted to follow, he had to stay to be responsible for English translation, so he had to watch Gu Yousi and Song Chaohua leave.
Gu Yousi led Song Chaohua to the bathroom, stepped on a small stool to wash her hands, turned to Song Chaohua and asked, "Is there something you need?"
Song Chaohua blushed and clenched her fists, "I, I have something I want to ask you to help me with."
She took off her schoolbag, took out an envelope from it and handed it to Gu Yousi.
The envelope was heavy. Gu Yousi took it and opened it. There was a photo inside. The background of the photo was very familiar. There was a family standing at the door for a photo. In addition to the photo, there was also a note with a phone number and about 1,000 yuan.
"What is this?" Gu Yousi was a little confused about the situation.
Song Chaohua hurriedly said, "This is Grandma Lin's family photo. Grandma Lin's family originally came to New York. The original plan was to take Grandma Lin away as well. However, due to a special period, Grandma Lin could not go out and was separated from her family. She knew that my father and I came to New York, so she wanted to ask me to put an ad in the newspaper to find her relatives."
Gu Yousi blinked, "Didn't they say that Grandma Lin had no family a long time ago?"
When she said this, she suddenly understood, "I know, she said this to lie."
Song Chaohua nodded, "Yes, in the past ten years, who dared to say that they had relatives and friends overseas."
"It's not difficult. Just find a newspaper and negotiate a price."
Gu Yousi stuffed all the things back, closed the envelope, and handed it to Song Chaohua.
Song Chaohua shook her head like a rattle, "No, my dad is going crazy thinking about the money now. If he knew that Grandma Lin gave me so much money, he would definitely take it away. Forget about Grandma Lin's matter. I ask you to do me this favor. In return, you can ask me to do anything."
Gu Yousi was a little hesitant.
She didn't want to get involved in other people's affairs, but this matter was not too troublesome after all. "Okay, I will find a way to contact the newspaper. I won't take the money for now. You keep it. I'll tell you how much you need later."
"You, you don't want to take this money?"
Song Chaohua looked at the money that Gu Yousi stuffed in with surprise.
Gu Yousi waved his hands: "You can keep it for yourself. I see your father is such a bad person. If you don't have some money, you will have to go hungry three times a day."
Song Chaohua felt embarrassed but didn't think what Gu Yousi said was wrong.
In the past, when the family was well off, Song Jianshe could still be more generous, but in the past one or two years, her mother was fired, her younger sister-in-law divorced and stayed home, and the antique shop's business was not good, Song Jianshe became very stingy, especially to her daughter.
"Then I thank you,"
Song Chaohua said, "If you have anything, don't be polite, just tell me."
She felt awkward and uncomfortable in her heart. It was not a good feeling to owe a favor to someone but not be able to repay it.
"Now that you mention it, there is indeed one thing."
Gu Yousi suddenly thought of it.
She folded the envelope and put it in her backpack, then walked up to Song Chaohua and whispered a few words.
Song Chaohua seemed to be thinking about something, and nodded, "Okay, I'll take care of it. I guarantee that he will believe it!"
"That's fine. My dad just needs someone to help out this time. Your dad doesn't have to really pay this time."
Gu Yousi explained, although she also thought that Song Jianshe probably couldn't come up with much money.
Song Chaohua didn't care, "If he gets cheated, he deserves it. Who told him to be greedy and evil!"
"A-choo."
Song Jianshe couldn't help but sneeze.
He wiped his nose casually and busied himself with cutting steak. While stuffing the steak into his mouth, he thought he was very smart and asked, "Jinshui, you came all the way to America. Are you here to make a fortune?"
Gu Jinshui moved his plate in front of him, his expression indifferent, "Don't worry about it. After this meal, we'll go our separate ways. If you follow us again, I won't be polite."
He clenched his fists and said with a sneer, "I have a good temper. Brothers An Yi and An Xin are not easy to talk to."
Song Jianshe looked embarrassed and smiled awkwardly.
When he saw Song Chaohua coming back, he took out his anger on her, "Why did you take so long? Other children are so obedient, but look at you, you can really cause trouble for your father."
Song Chaohua was scolded, but she didn't talk back. She lowered her head and walked to Song Jianshe like a quail and sat down.
He Chunlian and Liang Ying couldn't help frowning.
But Song Chaohua was Song Jianshe's biological daughter after all. If outsiders like them said too much, it would cause trouble for Song Chaohua.
Song Jianshe didn't dare to do anything to them, but it was easy for him to control and torture his own daughter.
After finishing the meal, Gu Jinshui called a taxi and drove away with his family.
Song Jianshe was busy eating a small bread, and didn't expect them to leave so fast. When he chased them out, the car had already driven away.
He stamped his feet in anger and cursed his mother, "This family is in such a hurry to reincarnate! His eldest grandfather Gu Jinshui has more cunning minds than a beehive."
"Dad, I, I just found out where Uncle Gu and the others are going."
Song Chaohua came out holding his schoolbag, looking up with a flattering expression on his face.
Song Jianshe was overjoyed and grabbed her shoulders, "Really, Xiaohua, Dad knew you were the most capable!"
"Dad,"
after returning to Joseph's house, Gu Yousi took out an envelope and handed it to Gu Jinshui, "I have already told Song Chaohua where we are going, and she agreed to help us. In return, we have to help her put an advertisement in the New York newspaper to help Grandma Lin find her relatives."
Lan Lin widened his eyes and looked at Gu Yousi in surprise, "Niuniu, when did you do this?"
"Just when I went to the bathroom." Gu Yousi tilted his head, "This search for relatives should not be difficult. Maybe I can ask Uncle Joseph for help."
Gu Jinshui took the envelope and looked at the photo and phone number on it, "Grandma Lin, the Grandma Lin who lives alone near our home?"
"Yes, that's her." Gu Yousi nodded.
He Chunlian was surprised. While pouring tea, she said, "Sister Lin doesn't like to talk to people. We have lived next door to each other for so many years, but I have never seen her get close to anyone. How come she suddenly has such a good relationship with the young lady from the Song family?"
Gu Yousi had no idea. She thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's fate."
"This is just a piece of cake, and it's our duty to help."
Liang Ying said, "In fact, if Grandma Lin asked us to help, we would definitely agree."
He Chunlian smiled and said, "Then you don't understand Sister Lin's temper. She doesn't like to ask strangers for help. She handles everything on her own. Once she broke her leg, and we discussed that we would help take care of her, but she refused and spent money to find someone outside to help take care of her. Think about it, in the 1970s and 1980s, who would dare to spend money to do such a thing? Isn't this the capitalists enslaving people? But she dared."
After He Chunlian finished speaking, she said to Gu Jinshui, "She's also weird . It's not easy, so help her. If the money is not enough, I will pay for it."
Gu Jinshui looked at the photo and waved his hand, saying, "I see, let's talk about the money later. I'll go see if I can put it in the newspaper. Xiaolin, come here and help me see if there is a contact number in the newspaper."
Joseph's family subscribed to several newspapers. Lan Lin specially picked a New York Daily and said, "Uncle, this newspaper has a large circulation in New York. If we want to put it in the newspaper, let's put it in this kind of newspaper. It will be read more often."
Gu Jinshui raised his eyebrows and patted his head: "Okay, you are smart enough."
The newspaper advertisement went smoothly, but it cost a lot of money.
Gu Jinshui contacted the newspaper and paid two weeks' fees, which was $100 a day, and fourteen thousand dollars in two weeks.
This was not a small amount of money, but the good news was that the search went surprisingly smoothly. Within a week, someone called and said they were Grandma Lin's brother and sister.
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