The beginning is a liar (4)
“It’s really not good, when Xiao He comes back next time, I will pay him back!”
Aunt Xu is not a man who loves to take advantage of others. Although a watermelon is not worth money, she can’t ask others for anything.
Furthermore, taking advantage of a small advantage and suffering a big loss, Aunt Xu, as a retired employee, is still at least vigilant.
Aunt Xu has a good impression of Xiao He but this year is not like when they were young. Everyone is looking at money and the scammers outside are full of tricks.
Old women living alone like Aunt Xu with high pensions and filial children are often the key targets of scammers.
Aunt Xu put the watermelon in the kitchen, went to the second bedroom and went around and found several sets of newborn gift boxes on the bed.
Although the grandson took his wife and children back to the provincial capital, the news of their birth in their hometown was also known to relatives and friends.
Family and friends ran to the hospital to visit and they would bring some gifts.
Practical type, just give some eggs and milk.
Face-type, a fruit basket or a gift bag for newborns will be given.
This kind of gift box is beautifully packaged but the contents are just some small monk clothes and small quilts.
Children grow up fast, two sets of such small clothes and small quilts are enough.
But there are several gift boxes sent by relatives and friends and they can’t be used up at all.
When Aunt Xu’s grandson left, several sets were left behind.
Looking at these gift boxes, Aunt Xu estimated the value: they are more valuable than a watermelon.
However, seeing Xiao He so well-versed in the world, if he visits again, she should also bring some small gifts.
Change two for one, everyone will not suffer!
Aunt Xu secretly calculated that she was still wary of He Hongtu.
He Hongtu didn’t know this. He came out of Aunt Xu’s house and didn’t rush to go home. Instead, he turned a corner and went to another block.
“Uncle Chen, it’s me, Xiao He! Are you better today? Have you had dinner?”
He Hongtu entered a dormitory of a unit and someone who was familiar with the road came to the front of a building and pressed the intercom on the door.
“Hey, come in!”
A slightly old male voice came from the intercom and then there was a click and the security door was opened.
Enter the hole of the unit door and arrive at the east house on the first floor. The door has been opened.
He Hongtu opened the door familiarly but when he entered the door he did not forget to say hello: “Uncle Chen, I’m here!”
Entering the door, He Hongtu smelled a stench mixed with the aroma of food.
He Hongtu’s face did not change and he entered the living room with a smile.
“Xiaohe, have you eaten? Oh, I’m sorry I couldn’t help you last time, I thought -” You won’t come to my house anymore.
The man who was talking was a 60-70-year-old man,with gray hair. He looked very rich and he was obviously an old man who lived well.
“I haven’t eaten yet! These days my wife gave birth to a child and I waited in the hospital every day, so I didn’t have time to come to see you. How is your health? How is your recovery?”
He Hongtu didn’t seem to see the old man’s slightly awkward smile as he was as affectionate and courteous as ever.
He glanced at the living room, there were two freshly cooked dishes on the dining table by the wall and there was a person like a caretaker busy in the kitchen.
Not long after, the caretaker came out carrying a stainless steel basin and said to the old man in a demonstrative manner: “Uncle Chen, I went to the vegetable market today and saw some fresh flowers coming down. I specially bought some for you today. Boil it first, you can taste it, if you like, I will fry you some peanuts tomorrow!”.
Before the old man could speak, He Hongtu said, “Peanuts? Absolutely not, Uncle Chen is allergic to peanuts!”
The caretaker’s smile froze, she looked at He Hongtu and then at Old Man Chen.
Old man Chen made a blank face and nodded slowly. He is indeed allergic to peanuts, he will have difficulty breathing and a rash on his body as long as he eats a little bit.
The caretaker became more embarrassed and explained remedially: “What? When Teacher Chen explained the matter to me, he didn’t say that you can’t eat peanuts.”
The one who is his son doesn’t know that his father can’t eat peanuts. How can she, a caretaker who has just been here for two days, know that?
After the caretaker finished saying this and found that the old man’s face was darker.
After thinking about it for a moment, the caretaker understood: his son didn’t know that his father was allergic to peanuts and for the old man, it was not a happy thing.
The caretaker opened her mouth and wanted to say something but she didn’t know what to say. She simply pretended to watch the time and glanced at the quartz watch hanging on the wall.
She deliberately uttered, “It’s almost half past five, Uncle Chen, I, I should go!”
She is not a live-in caretaker, but a part-time worker.
When Mr.Chen’s son hired her, she agreed that she would cook two meals a day and by the way, she would clean and wash clothes.
Come here at noon and leave in the afternoon, exactly five hours.
“…Okay, you can go!”
Old man Chen opened his mouth and then he stopped talking but in the end, he still didn’t say the unspeakable sentence in his heart but nodded to let the caretaker leave.
After sending off the caretaker, He Hongtu put down the food basket, leaned in front of Mr. Chen’s wheelchair and asked softly: “Uncle Chen, did you have a big deal?”
He Hongtu took care of the old man’s self-esteem and did not directly ask him as he pulled his pants.
Old man Chen blushed, and felt embarrassment all over his body.
But He Hongtu didn’t care, he rolled up his sleeves and pushed the old man directly to the bathroom.
He Hongtu put down the lid of the toilet, then directly picked up Uncle Chen and let him sit on the toilet.
He supported the old man with one hand to prevent him from slipping and undressed him with the other.
He Hongtu’s face color did not change and after he threw the dirty trousers aside, picked up the shower and began to clean the old man’s dirty things.
After taking a shower, he put on clean clothes before putting the person back in the wheelchair.
“…Xiao He, it’s really, really troublesome for you. You, you don’t actually need to be like this—”
In the park that day, Uncle Chen accidentally broke his leg. It was Xiao He who found him and enthusiastically helped him to the hospital.
During the period of recuperating from his injuries, Uncle Chen was unable to move. Although his son hired a caretaker , those people were not very dedicated.
Still Xiao He came to help every day, helped him go to the bathroom and wiped his body. It was even more thoughtful than the kind of caretaker, who needs to spend a lot of money to hire.
Last week, Xiaohe asked him for help. It’s not a big deal. It just asked him to help.
But his son heard about it, but he did not say that Xiao He was a liar and shouted at the phone not to let the old man help him.
Uncle Chen was worried about his son and worried that Xiaohe really had another plan, so he did not agree.
After that, Xiao He did not come back.
After hearing this, his son became even more proud: “I will say he is a liar. What to save people? What to help? It’s all for money!”
“Now that you don’t take the bait, he just slipped away!”
“Dad, you can be more concerned in the future, don’t be sold and count the money for them!”
“There is no love for no reason and you can’t afford to be early if you are not profitable. Why do people coax you like an ancestor? Isn’t it for the money in your trouser pocket?!”
But after hearing what Xiao He said just now, Uncle Chen knew that his wife had given birth to a child, so he didn’t come.
Doesn’t really have an opinion on him.
Even more,he is not a liar!
In fact, what about a liar?
Uncle Chen was sitting in a wheelchair refreshingly all over, looking at the figure underneath him in the kitchen, suddenly such an idea came to his mind…
(End of this chapter)
