Han Xiaowu had long known that Xu Xie Lin and her fellow villagers were renting private houses, and she thought that Anhai did not have slums like India, and no matter how difficult the conditions were, they would not be able to go anywhere.

Unexpectedly, carrying three bags of leftovers packed from the palace, he followed Han Sumi to the urban village west of the long-distance bus station, and walked into the place where they lived, only to find that their living environment was more difficult than expected.

It is a row of low-rise houses that resemble sheds, divided into five rooms from east to west, and the rooms are small, with a double bed taking up half of the space, and if you push the electric car in, it will become very crowded. And the back wall of all the rooms is actually the courtyard wall of the small courtyard, and the westernmost one is not next to the toilet, but only one wall away from the toilet.

In front is a small three-storey western-style building where the landlord's family lives, with a distance of less than three meters, because it is blocked by the building, and the sun is not exposed from morning to night. The landlord probably didn't want to be bothered by the tenants from out of town, so he bricked the alley leading to the front and opened a small door in the west courtyard wall, so that they had a small long courtyard of their own for the time being.

There were no other tenants in the yard, all of them were Xu Xielin's brothers and sisters.

Seeing that her best friend brought her "little uncle" to visit late at night, Xu Xie Lin was embarrassed and couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, but they all came, and her cousin and a few distant cousins and cousins were so happy that it was not good to turn away the two uninvited guests, so she could only welcome the two into her room.

"Brother Han, I'm sorry, I just have a stool here, why don't you sit on the bed?"

"Little uncle, sit on, Linlin's bed is the most comfortable, I've slept several times!"

"Xiao Mi, what are you talking about?" Xu Xie Lin was so ashamed that her face was red, and she hurriedly took off the underwear hanging on the wire at the head of the bed and stuffed it into the quilt.

"Your bed is comfortable, what can't be said about this, my little uncle is not an outsider. Han Sumi followed her home, moved the folding small dining table from the corner of the wall and put it on, then took the packed leftovers from Han Xiaowu's hands, and greeted happily: "Sister Amu, hurry up and take the bowl and chopsticks, it's delicious, my little uncle has brought you a lot of dishes!"

"Bringing food again, so embarrassing?" said the woman standing by the door, smiling in a stiff Mandarin.

"What's so embarrassing about this, I came to eat twice in the past three days, and I haven't been polite to you," Han Sumi untied a convenient bag, took out a box of vegetables, and shouted again: "Shiliu, Ah, Muxia, come here, my little uncle doesn't eat people!"

As a sign of politeness, Han Xiaowu was about to say hello to them, when the woman standing by the door suddenly turned around and said a word in dialect, and the Yi compatriots who were crowded outside to watch the excitement suddenly burst into laughter.

Xu Xie Lin didn't seem to be happy when she heard it, and said a few words to them in dialect with a straight face, not only did they not dare to laugh anymore, but they didn't even dare to watch the excitement anymore, so they went back to their respective rooms dejectedly.

"Linlin, what are you doing, I'm very happy......"

"Didn't say anything. ”

"I didn't say anything, why did Sister Shi Liu, they all leave?" Han Sumi asked unhappily.

Xu Xie Lin said casually: "They have to go to work tomorrow, and besides, they have all had dinner." ”

"You must have told them something, you just bullied me for not understanding your Yi dialect. You don't let them eat, I'll send it to them!"

"Xiao Mi, what are you talking about, are you such a guest?" Han Xiaowu realized that Xu Xie Lin was angry, and hurriedly turned around and said, "Linlin, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have run over like this without your permission." There's still something to do, so I'll go first. ”

Xu Xie Lin didn't want to be misunderstood, so she said with a bitter face: "Brother Han, it has nothing to do with you, although my conditions here are not good, I don't feel so ashamed." I just said them because...... It's because ......"

"Is it because they're making jokes that they shouldn't be making?"

"Sort of. ”

"Anyway, it's because of me. I'll go back first, and I'll have time to play with Xiao Mi. ”

"You're gone, what should I do?"

"The electric car is left to her, and she is a person, you know, and she will definitely not go if she is not crazy. ”

"Then I'll send it to you. ”

Thinking of the real intention of tonight, Han Xiaowu smiled happily: "Okay, I just want to tell you something, I want to ask you for help." ”

Xu Xie Lin suddenly became nervous, and even regretted what she said, but she couldn't take it back after saying it, so she could only take a deep breath and accompany Han Xiaowu out of the small courtyard.

Han Xiaowu stopped, looked back at her with a smile: "Linlin, I can see that you have a lot of prestige among your fellow countrymen. ”

"Brother Han, you are really joking, what prestige can I have?"

"Brothers and sisters listen to you, that's prestige. ”

"I called them here, I helped them find jobs, and their parents called me twice a day to help me keep an eye on them, and if something happened in the factory, I had to help find their boss, of course they had to listen to me. Xu Xie Lin didn't dare to look at him, looking at the brightly lit high-rise buildings in the distance.

Han Xiaowu sighed: "It seems that for these brothers and sisters, you have broken your heart. ”

"It's not that exaggerated," Xu Xie Lin was very embarrassed, but some words were not clear and she was worried that she would be looked down upon by the person in front of her, so she simply looked back at him and said: "They all grew up in the mountains, they have no culture, and they can't even speak Mandarin well." There are no factories in our hometown, if we don't take them out to work, the girls will be a little better, and the boys will have nothing to do all day, no job, no money to spend, and they will really go astray. ”

"Gone astray?"

"It's breaking the law and committing crimes, and people can do anything when they are poor. I heard my dad say that a few years ago, we arrested more than a dozen drug traffickers there, and some of them took drugs and contracted AIDS, all of them young people. Xu Xie Lin bit her lip and continued: "I took them out to work, although the salary is not high, but it is better than doing nothing in my hometown." But if you bring them out, you have to be responsible for them, so ...... So I can't leave anything at that. ”

"That's why you go to work at the mall because you have to take care of these siblings?"

"Sort of, if you want to find a slightly better job, you should be able to find it if you look for it, but the working hours are definitely not as free as they are now. ”

Hearing is false, seeing is believing.

Han Xiaowu realized that the person in front of him seemed weak on the outside, but in fact, he was not only very kind but also very strong in his heart, and then thought of his niece who made his family unconscious, stared at her very seriously and sincerely: "Linlin, thank you!"

"Brother Han, what do I have to thank me, what are you thanking me for?" Xie Lin was very embarrassed and hurriedly lowered her head.

"Thank you for treating Xiao Mi as your best friend, and thank you for taking care of my family Xiao Mi all the time. If I had you as my best friend, I can't imagine what she would be like now. ”

"Brother Han, you must be prejudiced against Xiao Mi, Xiao Mi is sometimes a little ...... It's a little crazy, but in fact, people are not bad, she has no bad intentions!"

"What kind of person is my own niece, can I be an uncle, don't talk about her, let's get down ......to business," Han Xiaowu briefly said the purpose of tonight's visit, thought about it and said apologetically: "If you are not interested, if you really don't have time, it doesn't matter, I was entrusted by the leaders of the United Front Work Department to ask." ”

Thinking that participating in the activities of the United Front Work Department can help the brothers and sisters build up their self-confidence, Xu Xie Lin raised her head and smiled: "What do I think, Brother Han, as long as the leaders of the United Front Work Department can help ask for leave, even if they are unwilling to go, I will help you pull them away." ”