"Your dad is my dad, isn't that how it should be?" Ji Huai said without hesitation, and emphasized, "If you lose money, you can make it again. Your health is the most important thing."
In fact, he felt guilty. In the last life, Cheng's father's health deteriorated sharply because of Cheng Yunyu's affairs, and he suffered a lot. He died soon after, and Cheng's mother also suffered from a serious illness and was plagued by serious illnesses.
Hearing this, Cheng Yunyu seemed to have taken a reassurance, and the two of them caught up on their sleep before starting to work in the afternoon.
Early the next morning, she got up and went home, putting a few clothes in her bag. Seeing Ji Huai also getting up, she turned to him and said, "It's still early for you to sleep a little longer."
She wanted to go back to Cheng's house and persuade her parents to go to the provincial capital with her. It was estimated that she would go there in the afternoon and come back tomorrow. He could just wait for her in the city and take a ride together then.
Ji Huai quickly put on his clothes and said, "I'm going to buy some stinky tofu. Fried tofu is easy to make and we also have the soup. We can sell it together."
Cheng Yunyu also thought about it carefully: "Yes, why didn't I think of it? You can fry tofu when frying skewers, and stinky tofu is also very popular."
You can make more money by selling one bowl. This kind of thing has no technical content.
"Brother Chen introduced a purchaser. I will send you back first, and then go back to the city to have a look there." Ji Huai finished speaking and added, "I will send you to the entrance of the village so as not to be seen."
The bus couldn't reach the village. The small county town was small and the electric power of a small electric car was enough. He took her to the entrance of the village and then circled back.
Cheng Yunyu also thought it was feasible, otherwise she would have to walk two kilometers inside. She quickly packed her clothes, and Ji Huai opened the drawer and took out the money.
He didn't have time to deposit any money in the bank these past few days. He counted out several big red banknotes and handed them to her. He also took out several fifties and asked her to take them with her: "Don't bring too much change. It's not convenient either. Just swipe your card when you go to the hospital to check out." He gave her his bank card again, "After you make an agreement with your parents, call me when you confirm the time. I'll call a taxi and pretend to carpool with you. "
It is more than 100 kilometers away from the provincial capital. You can either take a bus or a taxi. Taxis are faster, but you need to charter a taxi. A car has to seat four people. Each person costs 45 yuan. Taking a taxi Can shorten the time by less than half.
"Yeah." Cheng Yunyu himself didn't dare to take a taxi, but with him around, he wasn't afraid.
After she packed up, Ji Huai pushed the small electric car out of the door. He sat on the small electric car with his feet on the ground. Cheng Yunyu walked over and sat behind, putting her arms around his waist.
The two went to have breakfast first, and Cheng Yunyu bought two more pounds of ribs and half a chicken before going back.
The speed of the small electric car was very low. Ji Huai drove her all the way to Chengjiacun. He knew which avenue it was, but when he got to the trail, he didn't know the way. Cheng Yunyu was also afraid that acquaintances would see him, so he was nervous.
He originally wanted to take her to the entrance of the small village, which was only a few hundred meters away from Cheng's house. Cheng Yunyu finally asked him to stop at the last corner and walk back by himself.
"We'll contact you soon, please drive slowly." Cheng Yunyu was afraid that someone would pass by, so she hurriedly said a few words to him and then walked forward.
Ji Huai drove the electric car, turned around, and then drove back.
Both of them thought no one had seen it, but there were always villagers with sharp eyes. In the lemon orchards on both sides of the road, an old couple was herding sheep. The old lady's eyes were cloudy but sharp: "Isn't that the daughter of Cheng Liang's family?"
"It looks similar." The old man also looked over.
"It was a man who sent her back."
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Cheng Yunyu walked to the end of the path, turned a corner, and soon arrived at Cheng's house.
When she came back last time, there was no door to the small courtyard. This time, Cheng's father tied together the picked wooden boards to make a door. Although it was simple, it could be closed.
She opened the door and walked in. Father Cheng also built the wall himself. Their house is just a newly built bungalow that has not yet been renovated. The outside is covered with exposed bricks, and there is not even a cement floor inside the room.
It cost 40,000 to 50,000 yuan to build this house, which was all her family's savings. Cheng's father and Cheng's mother saved the money one dollar at a time. After the rough construction, there was no money for decoration, so they had to continue saving.
The chicken coop and kitchen next to it are both tile-roofed buildings. They are old and use earthen stoves for cooking.
"Dad, Mom?" Cheng Yunyu shouted.
Cheng's mother walked out of the kitchen, holding a chicken feeding basin in her hand. Hearing the sound, Cheng's father also walked out. He was extremely thin from the pain and coughed several times when he came out.
"You came back so early?" Mother Cheng saw her holding something in her hand and scolded her, "You spend money randomly again. You come back and buy things when you come back. It's not easy for a little girl to make money, so save some money."
"It's been a long time since I had my mom's pork rib soup, and I'm hungry." Cheng Yunyu said coquettishly, carrying the ribs to the kitchen.
When she said this, Cheng's mother immediately laughed: "Okay, I'll make it for you later. I still have some peanuts at home, so put them down and make soup together."
Cheng Yunyu: "There is also fried meat. I haven't eaten the fried chicken made by my mother for a long time."
"Fire for a while." Cheng's mother responded again. They can't eat meat more than once a month at home, but if their daughter comes back, it will be different.
Cheng's father looked at the electricity meter outside: "I paid 25 yuan for water and electricity this month. I have never spent so much. Next time I will ask what went wrong."
Their water is picked up from the village well, and firewood is collected for boiling water and cooking. The monthly water and electricity bill only costs 11 or 2 yuan. If not, how can we afford to build a house? Many people in the village still live in tile-roofed houses, and most of them cannot even afford to build rough houses.
"If you pay it, you'll pay it. It must be that you have exceeded your electricity consumption this month, right?" Cheng Yunyu didn't think it was anything. The monthly utility bills she and Ji Huai paid were astonishing, each costing several hundred yuan.
"It's impossible to surpass!" Cheng's father said calmly, not believing it at all.
"Then ask next time." Cheng Yunyu didn't argue with him and went back to the room.
The Cheng family built two rooms and a living room. There was only a wooden bed in her room, which was moved from the old house.
She put her bag on the bed, sent a message to Ji Huai, and then went to help with household chores.
The small yard was not paved with cement and was covered with yellow soil. There was a lot of grass growing in the corners. She squatted down and pulled it out while Mother Cheng was processing the ribs she had brought back.
After Cheng Yunyu finished pulling the grass, she turned to Cheng's mother and said, "Mom, after dinner, we will go to the hospital."
"I know." Mother Cheng nodded, "Your dad also said that you should go early and come back early to avoid coming back late."
"You guys need to pack some clothes and we'll go to the hospital in the provincial capital." Cheng Yunyu stood up and said again.
"Go to the hospital in the provincial capital?" Cheng's mother paused, and Cheng's father also came over. He refused, "If you don't want to go, I will go to the city hospital. There is nothing serious. I can just prescribe some medicine and take it back."
He is still very active in medical treatment, fearing that his wife and daughter will be left alone if he dies, but it would cost a lot of money to go to the provincial capital for medical treatment, and he is unwilling to do so.
"I saved some money and wanted to take my dad to the provincial capital for a visit. The urban hospitals have been unable to find anything, and taking random medicines is not an option." Cheng Yunyu added after finishing speaking, "If the money is gone, we can make more. This time I I want to take dad to the provincial capital to see it."
Previously, the urban hospital said that Cheng's father had lung cancer, but later he did not. After several examinations, no results were found. They only said that there were nodules, and then they said that they were various tumors. Anyway, they were treated conservatively.
Cheng's mother didn't express her opinion. She felt sorry for Qian, but seeing that Cheng's father was so sick, she also wanted to cure him. Cheng's father was unwilling to go, but at Cheng Yunyu's insistence, he still hesitated, "How much money can you make? No amount of money can bear such a toss!"
"Anyway, I have money. After I spend it, I will just earn it." Cheng Yunyu said to him in order to reassure him.
She and Ji Huai made a lot of money during this period, and had nearly 30,000 yuan in their bank card, and he gave this card to her. This is why she had the confidence to take Cheng's father to the provincial hospital. There are also thousands in cash, which should be enough, right
Cheng Yunyu did not persuade him, but instead went to persuade Cheng's mother. Finally, Cheng's mother took out the card at home and asked Cheng's father to go to the provincial capital to have a look.
Several acres of rice at home were sold, and she and Cheng's father also planted some green peppers. This year's harvest was good, and they made a few thousand yuan. Although they have not been to the provincial capital a few times, their daughter is studying in the provincial capital. It's familiar there, just follow her.
"It's the same as going to the hospital in the provincial capital. It's a waste of money. You can live as long as you can. Didn't I live that long?" Cheng's father kept muttering. Although he was in poor health, he rushed to do any chores in the village and earned twenty or thirty dollars a day, which he had to save to renovate his house.
It is not easy to save money. Now it is really terrible for him to ask him to go to the provincial capital to spend money for medical treatment. But Cheng Yunyu insists this time, Cheng's mother supports it, and Cheng's father also has a strong desire to survive in his heart, so he gives in half. He agreed and just said: "If you spend a lot of money, you have to come back immediately!"
He felt that if it couldn't be cured, it would be better not to treat it and leave some money for the mother and daughter.
Cheng Yunyu didn't respond, feeling extremely heavy in his heart. She walked back to the living room with her cell phone and sent a message to Ji Huai, telling him that they were leaving for the provincial capital at half past twelve.
She waited for a while, but when Ji Huai didn't come back, she continued to work at home.
The other end.
Ji Huai was at a "supplier" in the city.
There are boxes of "stinky tofu" in a factory building of less than 100 square meters. The stinky tofu does not smell bad, but has an indescribable smell.
"The wholesale price is 45 cents a piece of tofu. You can just take it back and fry it. I have as much as you want here." The short, fat man said to Ji Huai while smoking a cigarette.
"How are you making this tofu?" He stood in front of the boxes of tofu. "Do you have a production license or something?"
He was also introduced to this small workshop. It is said that many "stinky tofu" in the urban area are purchased from here.
"How can a small factory have a production license?" The short, fat man took another puff of cigarette. "Anyway, there's no problem. I've been working for several years, and I have to make a reservation to get goods from me."
It’s okay if you can’t eat it to death.
"That's okay." Ji Huai was also very cheerful and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he talked about the price, "My stall's sales volume is quite large. Selling it to students must not be expensive. They buy it for one dollar, and I can only sell it for 50 cents. Let's do that. , how about you give me 30 yuan? I may take hundreds of yuan a day."
"Thirty cents?" The pudgy man's eyes widened, "Are you kidding me? Forty-five cents is a lot. That's the price I pay, whether you like it or not."
"Brother, less, I still have to pay for it." Ji Huai lowered his attitude.
"Impossible, that's the price!" The short, fat man lost his patience, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stamped it out with his foot, and didn't give him any extra looks.
"Three cents, okay?" Ji Huai gave in.
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"Thirty-two cents, let your brother earn some too."
"This price is not good." Seeing his appearance, the short and fat man knew that the negotiation would not work out, so he became more and more lazy to deal with it. When he saw someone coming to pick up the goods, he turned around to entertain him.
Ji Huai still acted like he wanted to discuss it, and after pestering the short and fat man for a while, he left "reluctantly". He walked out of the small factory and drove back. His expression was completely different from before, and his brows were furrowed.
These tofus are weird and have no smell. He just accidentally observed the backyard, where there were buckets of "dirty water" and large white buckets, which should be specially used for soaking tofu.
After soaking so much "stinky tofu", there is no smell at all. What on earth are those
Ji Huai went around again, asking around under the pretense of wholesale stinky tofu. During this period, he also sent a message back to Cheng Yunyu, saying that he would be waiting for them at the station when they were about to come up.
At 12:30 noon, he found a taxi. It cost 180 to rent a car. He paid the driver first and asked the driver to charge less money from Cheng's family later.
The bus fare was twenty-four yuan, and he was afraid that the money would be too much and the Cheng family would feel distressed and would not get on the bus.
Cheng Yunyu took the Cheng family and his wife on a bus to the city, and then arrived at the station. Before they walked in, a taxi drove over. The taxi driver wearing sunglasses asked: "Are you going to the provincial capital? There's a carpool, there's a carpool."
Of course Cheng's father and Cheng's mother ignored him. They thought taking a taxi was a luxury. Cheng Yunyu saw Ji Huai sitting in front and asked calmly: "How much does it cost per person?"
"Would you like to go for twenty-five yuan? Seventy-five yuan for the three of us. I'm going to the provincial capital to pick someone up, so I'll drop by." The master urged, "There's a handsome guy in front of me, and we're all dropping by together."
Although Cheng's father and Cheng's mother thought it was cheap, they were wary. Cheng Yunyu stopped them: "Mom and dad, let's take a taxi? Otherwise, if we can't make it back tonight, the doctors may be off work."
Mother Cheng hesitated: "Is it okay? Is it so cheap? Will it be a lie?"
"It's no problem. My classmates and I used to come back like this. Master, it's very cheap to drop by. You can take a taxi to the hospital. Otherwise, we have to take a taxi to the station and spend money." Cheng Yunyu said in a mocking manner. Sample.
The Cheng family couple was tricked into getting into the car.
"Are you going to the Provincial People's Hospital?" The master drove towards the highway and pointed at Ji Huai next to him, "This handsome guy is also going to the Provincial People's Hospital. Let's take you there together."
Cheng Yunyu looked at Ji Huai, who was sitting in front of him without saying a word, and glanced at him secretly several times. He wore a hat and changed into casual clothes today. He sat upright and looked like a spirited young man.
"Thank you." Cheng's mother was very grateful. She looked at Ji Huai and looked for a topic, "Are you going to the hospital too?"
When Cheng's mother asked, Cheng Yunyu's heart became nervous and her hands clenched together unconsciously. She didn't dare to take her parents to the provincial capital alone. When she was in the provincial capital, she didn't understand the streets next to the school and was a road fool. She was bolder because Ji Huai was by her side. After being with him, she didn't have to worry about going out. In the past, when she went to big cities, if he didn't take her with him, she wouldn't go out.
Ji Huai turned his head and raised his hat again. Qing Juan faced Cheng's mother and said politely with a smile: "I'm going to see my grandpa. He is hospitalized in the provincial hospital."
"That's it." Mother Cheng understood.
Ji Huai turned his head back and looked at the car in front of him: "He has been living here for a few months and is still not recovered. I am also busy at work. I will go to see him today and have to come back tomorrow. I have to work tomorrow night."
"We will also come back tomorrow and take her father for a check-up." Cheng's mother said softly, and her expression became much calmer when she talked about Cheng's father's illness.
Ji Huai: "The provincial hospital is much better than the city hospital. My grandfather was also transferred from the city hospital."
"It'll be good if you recover." His words raised Cheng's mother's hope, and her anxiety about going to the provincial capital was relieved a lot.
Cheng Yunyu looked at his phone and sent him a message.
"Ding~" Ji Huai's cell phone rang in his pocket, he took it out and opened it.
Baby: Didn’t your grandfather pass away? Really good at making stuff up.
Ji Huai smiled lowly and typed back to her: "That's right."
Along the way, Cheng's mother occasionally chatted with him, asking him where he was from, how old he was and what he was doing, but Ji Huai was honest and answered them one by one.
In the end, Cheng's father thought that Cheng's mother talked too much, but Cheng's mother lowered her voice: "What do you know? Those who can answer are not bad people. What if it is a black car and drives to another place to rob us. What do you think we should do?"
The driver in front + Ji Huai: "..."
Cheng Yunyu was so embarrassed that she almost wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into. She pulled Cheng's mother's clothes, covered her face and reminded: "Mom, stop talking."
"Your dad doesn't understand anything." Mother Cheng thought she was doing the right thing and was wise.
Ji Huai also pretended not to hear, leaned back, rested his face on his hands, and looked ahead. After a while, Cheng's mother asked him again: "Is it hard to set up a stall? You are not very old, but you can endure hardships and stand hard work."
"It's a bit hard, but it's okay." Ji Huai answered.
"You can make money by selling barbecue at a stall. Can you make five or six thousand a month?" The driver also interjected.
Ji Huai didn't hide it either: "That's true."
"Five or six thousand is very high." Cheng's mother felt that Ji Huai could earn so much money despite his young age, so she praised him highly, "Many young people nowadays are unwilling to go to work, let alone endure hardship. It’s so hard for you to make so much money, it’s amazing.”
Cheng's father also joined in this topic: "Men are lazy but they still have to take care of things. After all, they have to support their wives and children in the future."
"If you don't even have a girlfriend, how can you get a wife and children?" Ji Huai smiled helplessly.
"You are good-looking, hard-working, and yet you are worried about not having a girlfriend? Maybe you have many." Cheng's mother didn't believe it at all.
"Auntie, I really don't have one. Do you have one? Introduce one to me?" Ji Huai followed her words. While speaking, he glanced at Cheng Yunyu from the corner of his eye.
"My daughter has a boyfriend, otherwise I would want to introduce you, what a good young man." Cheng's mother said that she felt it was a pity and sighed.
Hearing this, the corners of Ji Huai's mouth twitched fiercely, while Cheng Yunyu was stunned.
She has a boyfriend, but how did Cheng's mother know that she had a boyfriend