Chapter 12 The Old Man’s Efforts
The old man has never been to school in his life and cannot read, let alone write letters.
What's more, the situation in the past few years was so serious that the old man was scared out of his courage.
So even though he always cared about his granddaughter, he didn't dare to contact her except occasionally running to a faraway place to secretly send some food to Xiao Ai.
Later, the policies gradually improved, and the educated youth who had gone to the countryside returned to the city one after another. The old man became anxious when he thought that his eldest granddaughter was still in the countryside.
He went to the office to inquire, and the staff told him that he could apply to return to the city as long as he met one of these two conditions, as long as he had a receiving unit in the city or had immediate family members in the city.
The old man is old and doesn't really understand these policies. He also doesn't know whether he is Xiao Ai's direct relative. After all, his eldest son had severed the father-son relationship with him.
But the old man understood one thing: as long as there was a job, he could come back. So he thought of giving his job to his eldest granddaughter.
The old man was actually already past retirement age at this time, but because of his good skills, the company was reluctant to let him go, so he has continued to work until now.
When he made up his mind to retire and proposed to give his job to his granddaughter, his leaders who knew his family situation found it difficult to stop him.
The leaders did not stop him, but his second son Shi Yunpeng refused to do it!
His own son is still unemployed, and his own father is actually giving the job to his niece whom he has completely forgotten about?!
So he took his son home to protest to his father.
There is no grandfather who doesn't love his grandson, not to mention that Shi Daxi is the only boy of this generation in the Shi family.
Usually, the old man gave him whatever he wanted, and they never had any problems.
But this time it didn't work. When the old man heard that he wanted to take this job position, he firmly disagreed.
When the conversation got awkward, the old man pointed at his son and started scolding him.
He was said to be heartless. Back then, his brother had given up his work position to him before he severed ties with the family. Otherwise, how could he have entered the chemical factory with his junior high school education? How could he have been assigned a large three-bedroom apartment in the chemical factory?
But he, ever since his eldest son and his family moved out, has wished he had never known his eldest brother. He wants to stay as far away from him as possible and get rid of him completely.
For so many years, he has never asked a single question about his sister-in-law and niece, let alone taken care of them.
Now, the educated youths were all eager to return home, but Xiao Ai was still in the countryside. Not only did his uncle not help, he even came to take his job!
Is this a fight for a workstation? This is blocking the children's way home!
The old man didn't hide from others when he was scolding people, and the neighbors around heard it, so Li Qiaoyun knew it very clearly and imitated it vividly. Xiao Ai felt mixed emotions when she listened to it.
"What happened next?" Shi Xiaoai asked.
Why was the work station taken away by Shi Daxi later?
"Shi Daxi is such a thief. After hearing your grandfather's scolding, he probably felt that there was no hope of getting his work position, and then he burst into tears in front of everyone."
Li Qiaoyun curled her lips and looked at me with disdain.
Started crying?
Shi Xiaoai's mouth twitched.
If I'm not mistaken, Shi Daxi should be Shi Xiaomei's brother.
Shi Xiaomei is one year younger than the original owner, so this person should be about the same age as the original owner, or a little older.
A grown man in his twenties, crying in public...
Imagining that scene, she couldn't help but reach out and rub her temples.
"He cried and talked about how hard it was to find a job, and how aggrieved he felt to be living off the land at his age. He even knelt down in front of your grandfather, kowtowed, and begged him to give him his job."
"Alas," Li Qiaoyun sighed. "It's really hard to find a job these days. He cried like that, and although everyone thought he was spineless, they also felt it was understandable. It's really just that finding a job is so difficult."
Li Qiaoyun said "it's too difficult" twice in a row, which was enough to prove that even she could empathize with Shi Daxi at that time.
Therefore, it is not to be blamed that the old man finally softened his heart.
"Although your grandfather finally gave his workstation to Shi Daxi, he finally left the house to you. The old man was really good to you."
Li Qiaoyun sighed again.
Xiao Ai also agreed with this point and nodded.
Seeing that Li Qiaoyun had finished speaking and had no intention of continuing, Shi Xiaoai couldn't help but remind her, "You haven't told me why their family doesn't pay the money."
"Oh, I said I forgot." Li Qiaoyun patted his head.
"Your grandfather left the house to you without telling your second uncle's family in advance. I guess he was afraid that they would cause trouble again.
When the chemical factory distributed houses, they divided them according to the number of people in the family, so your second uncle's family all moved out. Your grandfather has been living in this house alone ever since.
When the old man felt that his health was failing, he didn't tell anyone, but went straight to the company leader and said that he wanted to leave the house to you and asked the leader to be a witness.
Secretary Liu of our company is a retired soldier. He has always been very straightforward in his work and no one in the company is not afraid of him.
After listening to your grandfather, he immediately agreed to be the witness.
At the same time, he also pointed out that this matter cannot be hidden from your second uncle's family, otherwise if there is a commotion in the future, you, a little girl, might not be able to handle it.
Then your grandfather found the director of your street office, the director of the chemical plant, and Secretary Liu, and called your second uncle's family over, and made a will in front of everyone.
Because Secretary Liu and the director of the chemical plant were there, your second uncle and Shi Daxi didn't dare to say a word. After all, if they took your old house, the factory apartment would definitely have to be handed back. So they had no choice but to suffer this loss in silence.
But because of this incident, your grandfather offended your second uncle's family. Later, when the old man fell ill and was hospitalized, the hotel and the office sent people to take care of him, and Shi Daxi and his family didn't even get to see him!
When the person later passed away, they had the nerve to come to the company with the hospital reimbursement form to claim reimbursement! Not only was it reimbursed, but they also received funeral expenses, supplementary wages, and all the gifts for condolences.
You weren't home at the time, so it was their responsibility to handle these matters, and no one paid much attention to it. But who would have thought that after the ceremony at the crematorium, they would just run away without even claiming your grandfather's ashes!
Shi Xiaoai was completely shocked!
She thought she was knowledgeable and experienced, but she had never seen such a heartless family!
I was speechless for a long time.
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