358: The Displaced Uncle
When Yu Xiaoye came to the repair shop to see her father early in the morning, she saw her father sitting on the wooden bed eating boiled eggs.
Director Sui's wife was sitting next to him, fanning Yu Jiahui with a palm-leaf fan, muttering something while fanning him.
Yu Xiaoye was almost blinded by this scene.
Oh my god, if her mother saw this, it might become another case!
When Director Sui's wife, Ma Qiuju, saw Yu Xiaoye coming, she quickly stopped talking and stood up. As if she was worried that Yu Xiaoye would misunderstand, she explained with a wry smile:
"Girl, last night's incident was all thanks to your dad. Our old Sui told me last night that Old Yu had a leg injury and was having trouble coming, so he asked me to bring some brown sugar and egg water over this morning. If you need anything in the future, just let me know. Don't hesitate!"
Before Yu Xiaoye could say anything, Yu Jiahui said with a smile:
"Director Sui is so polite. I'll eat the eggs today. Don't spend so much next time."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Ma Qiuju did not stay long. When Yu Jiahui finished eating and drinking the eight eggs and a jar of brown sugar water, she took the jar and left.
Yu Xiaoye stood by the bed, smiled and asked:
"Dad, what were you two talking about just now?"
Yu Jiahui said frankly:
"Nothing, she just told me about her uncle. She said that this uncle is not her biological uncle, but her stepmother's uncle when she remarried."
Yu Xiaoye was confused for a moment.
Before Yu Xiaoye could figure out what the relationship was, Yu Jiahui continued:
“It turns out that this old blacksmith was also a miserable person. His father died when he was born.
His mother took him to live without a fixed place, begging for food everywhere. His life was bitterer than bitter gourd. He had no place to eat after the last meal and almost starved to death. He was often beaten and scolded. It was so pitiful. Over time, he became withdrawn and unwilling to deal with others.
Later, when the old blacksmith was begging with his mother, they met a family that was the grandfather's family of Director Sui's wife.
At that time, the grandfather of Director Sui's wife had just lost his wife. Seeing that Director Sui and his mother looked very pitiful and the family was in need of a woman to do the laundry and cooking, he took them in.
The old blacksmith grew up in their home and changed his surname.
But he was an outsider after all and had no blood relationship with this place. In addition, the old blacksmith was not good at speaking and did not like to talk, so he was ostracized. He became even more dull, not saying a word all day long, ignoring everyone, and becoming more and more unpopular.
So even when he was old, no one arranged a marriage for him and he remained a bachelor. His biological mother and stepfather died, leaving him alone in the family.
At first his brother felt sorry for him and let him live at home.
After a long time, my sister-in-law disliked him and didn't want to take in such a person, so she kicked him out.
He was all alone, with nowhere to go and no food to eat.
He had no choice but to go back to his old job and beg for food. He happened to go to his married sister's house. Seeing how pitiful he was, suffering from hunger and cold, his sister couldn't bear to send him away, so she kept her brother in her own home.
His kind sister is Director Sui’s mother-in-law.
The old blacksmith lived with his sister for several years, and his life was pretty good. At least he had enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear.
Later, the elder sister fell seriously ill and could not be cured. She knew that once she died, her family would definitely not take in her non-blood-related brother, and her brother would have no idea where to wander.
The old blacksmith's sister was a really kind person. When she knew that she didn't have much time left, she called her only daughter and her son-in-law, the couple Director Sui, to her side and asked them to take care of her uncle in his old age and see him to the end of his life.
She wanted her daughter and her husband to promise in front of her that no matter what happened in the future, they would not drive her uncle away. As long as there was food in the house, there would be a share for her uncle. If they drove her uncle away, she would not be able to rest in peace even after her death.
Director Sui and his wife agreed and said they would take my uncle home and take care of him in his old age.
Director Sui's mother, the old blacksmith's sister, passed away at this time.
After the funeral, the old blacksmith moved back to Director Sui's house and lived with his niece and her husband.
Later, in 1958, Director Sui followed the army to the Great Northern Wilderness to reclaim and develop wasteland, bringing his entire family with him.
The old blacksmith followed his niece from his hometown to the Great Northern Wilderness, and has been here ever since, more than ten years ago.
Yu Jiahui said this in one breath and fell silent.
In fact, the reason why Ma Qiuju told Yu Jiahui all this was that she wanted Yu Jiahui to be more tolerant of her uncle, a poor old man who was not good at talking and did not like to interact with others, after learning about her uncle's experience.
Ma Qiuju knew that her uncle was not liked by others. If her husband had not been the manager of the Wufen Field, her uncle would have been driven away long ago.
Everyone always looked at her uncle through tinted glasses, and always had a preconceived notion that he was a weird and unsociable person.
However, Yu Jiahui is different from others.
Yu Jiahui was not influenced by others at all. Unlike others, he was not dismissive of the old blacksmith. Not only did Yu Jiahui learn how to forge iron in the blacksmith shop, he could even get along peacefully with the old blacksmith, which surprised Ma Qiuju.
Moreover, when the fire broke out, Yu Jiahui rushed into the fire regardless of danger and rescued people. Ma Qiuju and Director Sui were very grateful.
So I cooked eight eggs early in the morning and brought them over personally.
While eating eggs, Ma Qiuju told Yu Jiahui about her uncle's experience.
Yu Jiahui originally knew a little about the old blacksmith's origins, but it was the first time he heard such a comprehensive account, and he was quite moved.
Yu Xiaoye never expected that a blacksmith who was unknown in the book would have such a tortuous and unfortunate life.
In the original book, the old blacksmith was one of the victims of the fire, but it did not attract anyone's attention.
If Yu Xiaoye hadn't heard his father talk about this, he would have long ignored the old man who never looked people in the eye.
As the father and son were talking about this, someone else came into the house.
Yu Xiaoye turned around and saw Jia Song coming.
When the fire broke out last night, Jia Song also ran over from the dormitory, but there were too many people there and he was injured, so he couldn't help much, so he didn't squeeze forward. He heard from outside that the fire inside had been put out and there were no casualties. He thought that Yu Jiahui should be fine, so he went back.
When I woke up this morning, I heard that Mr. Yu from the repair shop had suffered some minor injuries, so I rushed over to see what was going on.
Walking to Yu Jiahui's bedside, he saw that Yu Jiahui's legs were burned red and covered with ointment. Jia Song's mouth twitched. He looked down at his arm, which was still in a sling, and then at Yu Jiahui's injured leg, and asked:
"Can we, a disabled duo, still perform a ballet?"
After Jia Song said this, Yu Xiaoye realized that Barbie Q, their propaganda team now has two injured people!
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