Chapter 11 Thanking Neighbors for Their Help (Part 2)
Speaking of Grandpa Li, if I hadn't gone to his place with Aunt Laishun to get medicine for my mother and heard someone in the house calling him "Youhe", I would probably be the same as everyone else, only knowing that the older generation calls him "Old Man Li", my parents' generation calls him "Uncle Li", and my peers call him "Grandpa Li". If I met some more sophisticated people, they would symbolically call him "Doctor Li". And his original name: Li Youhe has never been mentioned.
It is said that Grandpa Li came to the Hongqi Production Brigade alone back then. It was still "Zhujia Village" at that time. He hasn't seen his children in all these years, so his wife came to find him. He was always alone, and usually went up the mountain to look for herbs. If anyone in the team had a minor illness or pain, they would come to him for a check-up, which was also an emergency.
As for the medical expenses, at most it’s 50 or 80 cents, and at least it’s 20 or 30 cents.
If anyone encounters difficulties, they can just give him a few kilograms of coarse grains as money for medicine. This is why Grandpa Li has always had a good reputation in the brigade.
While thinking, Jun Qingqing had already arrived at the gate of Grandpa Li's courtyard. Normally, the gate to the courtyard is never closed during the day because there are always people coming here to look for Grandpa Li.
Jun Qingqing walked straight over, found Grandpa Li, and explained her purpose to him.
The things sent were what he wanted: a bag of Dachan, a pound of bulk liquor and one dollar for medicine.
Old Man Li looked at these things and asked directly, "Jun girl, what do you mean by this? I just gave you a few prescriptions. Where can you use these? Take them back quickly and keep them well."
Hearing this, Jun Qingqing was really touched. In the production team in the 1970s, everyone was barely able to fill their stomachs. When Grandpa Li saw these, not only was he not greedy, he also pushed the food back even though he knew it was given to him. This was truly rare. Having said that, the things that should be given away still need to be given away.
"Grandpa Li, I can't take these things back. Not to mention that you helped to advance the money for the medicine, just because you helped our family when we were in trouble, you deserve my gratitude. My parents have always told me to be grateful. If you don't accept it, either you think my parents are wrong, or you think you haven't taken enough."
"Hey, girl, your tongue is getting stronger and stronger. Why didn't I notice it before?"
"Grandpa Li, you know the situation of my family. Now my parents are gone. If I don't understand things and don't stir up trouble, my life will become more and more difficult in the future."
Old man Li patted Miss Jun's shoulder in appreciation.
"Jun girl, it's right for you to think so. Living a good life is the top priority right now. Grandpa Li shamelessly accepted this thing. Oh, don't tell me, I smelled the smell of wine when you brought it to me. Go and do something else. Grandpa Li, I have to taste this good wine."
Jun Qingqing was ruthlessly kicked out, and suddenly felt both amused and helpless.
Grandpa Li's delivery was complete, and the last one to go was the team leader Uncle Jin Fu's house.
When we arrived at the team leader's house, we found that Uncle Jinfu and Aunt Chunhua were both in the fields, and only the team leader's youngest daughter Zhu Yinfen and the team leader's eldest grandson Huzi were at home.
Jun Qingqing skillfully took out two White Rabbits from her backpack and gave them to Hu Zi, and asked, "Hu Zi, can you help Aunt Qingqing to call your grandfather back?"
Hu Zi didn't take the candy immediately, but turned around and looked at his aunt. It seemed to be asking, "Aunt, can I take it?" At the same time, it also had a very painful expression, as if to say, "Aunt, if you don't let me take it, you are stabbing your lovely nephew's heart."
This little expression instantly made Jun Qingqing laugh. Zhu Yinfen also looked like she had lost all hope in life at this moment. Finally, he said, "Take it, and then go and call your grandfather back and tell him that your aunt Qingqing is here."
Hu Zi immediately turned around and said to Jun Qingqing, "Thank you, Aunt Qingqing. I'll go call grandpa back right away." Then he ran away. This is definitely a future long-distance runner.
As they were talking, Zhu Yinfen also came over, took Jun Qingqing's arm, and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Zhu Yinfen is Uncle Jin Fu's youngest daughter. She is fifteen years old this year, two years older than Jun Qingqing. However, because Jun Qingqing skipped a grade when she went to school, they are now classmates. Because they were in the same production team and sat at the same table, they always had a good relationship.
"It's okay, everything is fine. Otherwise I couldn't come here."
As he spoke, he used the cloth bag as a cover and took out a small hairpin with a rabbit-shaped decoration on it. Just give it to Zhu Yinfen directly.
"That's good. By the way, you asked for leave this week, and Li Fangting in our class asked me about you." As she spoke, she gestured with a hairpin, and she couldn't stop smiling. But it didn't delay my casual chat with Jun Qingqing at all.
"What are you asking about me? Why don't I know this person? I have no impression of him at all."
"Don't mention you. I don't know you either. You have a low presence. If she hadn't suddenly come to me and asked when you would come back to class, I wouldn't have remembered this person."
"That's strange, why did she ask me for help?"
"Who knows? You've been talking nonsense all day. What else can you say? Why don't you come to school? Otherwise, where can I get the jade gourd?"
After hearing this, Jun Qingqing realized the problem.
Logically speaking, I only found out about the small jade gourd today. How did Li Fangting know about it?
Forget it, I'll just go home and put my things away. So that others won’t keep worrying about you.
Although I'm not afraid of trouble, I would feel uncomfortable if someone caused trouble for no reason.
But I still said to Zhu Yinfen: "Yinfen, if she asks you next time, just tell her you don't know. It just so happens that I have to tell Uncle Jin Fu that I'm taking a year off from school. After all, there are too many things to do at home. I'm the only one at home, and I need to do everything myself. It's just right for me to adapt to it."
Zhu Yinfen nodded in agreement seriously.
"Indeed, you skipped a grade and went to the third year of junior high school anyway. Wait for my dad to come back and tell him about these. Ask him for proof if you need anything. Hehe!"
Just like that, the two of them sat in the main room and chatted for about ten minutes. At this moment, they heard footsteps of someone coming in from the courtyard gate. They probably thought it was Uncle Jin Fu and Hu Zi who came back.
As they were talking, Jun Qingqing and Zhu Yinfen stood up together and went out to greet them.
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