Shu Jiaying was very willing to do what Village Chief Xu said, but she was a little worried.
"Uncle Xu, I have no problem taking care of Grandma Xu, but will my appearance scare her?"
After all, old people can't stand being scared.
"this……"
After a moment of contemplation, Village Chief Xu finally said, "Jiaying, your appearance is no longer a secret in our village. Your grandmother Xu knows your situation. Besides, we are all rough and unsophisticated people from the mountains. We don't care...it's okay."
"Yeah?"
Looking at Xu Liren quietly, during the few seconds of eye contact, Shu Jiaying saw Xu Lichang's sincerity. At the same time, she also saw that Xu Lichang was more or less worried in his heart. However, it was indeed better to go to Xu Lichang's house to take shelter at this time than to stay in this shabby house.
Shu Jiaying nodded and said, "Since Grandma Xu needs someone to take care of her at this time, I will shamelessly stay at Uncle Xu's house for a few days. If Jiaying does anything wrong, please bear with me, Uncle Xu."
"No, no, wait here, I'll go tell your father."
After saying this, Village Chief Xu walked to a pomegranate tree in the yard.
At this time, Shu Wenqing was squatting under a pomegranate tree, smoking a homemade pipe made of a short bamboo pole and a cloth bag. When he saw Village Chief Xu coming, he didn't even raise his eyebrows.
Village Chief Xu also squatted next to Shu Wenqing.
"Old Shu, are you trying to relax?"
"Want a bite?"
"No, no, thanks. The thing is, I want to discuss something with you."
“…”
Old Shu didn't answer for a long time. After blowing out a few smoke rings, he asked casually, "What's the matter... Tell me."
"Hmm." Seeing Shu Wenqing's lukewarm attitude, Village Chief Xu didn't beat around the bush and said straight to the point, "My mother sprained her ankle a few days ago and has been having trouble moving around lately, so I'd like to hire your girl Jiaying to come over and take care of her for a few days. As for the wages, I'll give you five cents a day. What do you think?"
Hearing that there was money to be made, Shu Wenqing's eyes lit up immediately. However, he didn't want to let his ugly daughter take advantage of such a good job. He tried to negotiate, "You want to hire my daughter to take care of your mother? Then hire my youngest daughter Zhenmeng. Zhenmeng is much more efficient than Jiaying at work. And I won't charge you much for a day, just seven cents. After all, you know how Jiaying looks. I'm worried that if she goes there and scares your old lady, I won't be able to bear the consequences!"
Hiring someone was just an excuse. If he really wanted to hire Shu Zhenmeng, it would be better for Xu Lizhang to take care of his mother himself. However, he couldn't refuse directly. He made an excuse, "It's not impossible to let Zhenmeng come to my house, but Zhenmeng is still an unmarried girl. If you let her come to my house to take care of my old lady's excrement and urine, and someone comes to propose marriage and finds out about this, it will not be good for her reputation. But Jiaying is different. She is like that anyway..."
Shu Wenqing knew that what Village Chief Xu meant was that Shu Jiaying had no good reputation in the village because of her ugliness, but five cents a day was really too little.
"Head of the village, look, Zhenmeng earns seven cents a day working outside. Isn't five cents a day too little for Jiaying? How about giving her seven cents a day, just like Zhenmeng?"
Looking at Shu Wenqing's greedy face, Village Chief Xu just smiled faintly. He deliberately said, "Forget it, I'll continue to ask Aunt Zhang next door to look after him. If everything is fine... I'll leave first."
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