Chapter Seventy-Four: The Woman Who Lost Her Child
So she hurried out again to find the carpenter. Because Li Guoyu had already seen a carpenter shop on the way to find someone to write, he didn't have much effort to find that place this time.
"Is anyone there? I want to make a shelf. Li Guyu walked into the carpenter's door, but did not see anyone at home. So Li deliberately asked with his hand on the door frame probe and probed his brain.
"Who is it? What kind of shelves do you make? The person who came out was a middle-aged man in his mid-middle years, and he spoke fluent Tianjin dialect and asked Li Guyu.
"I wanted to have a half-person tall shelf, preferably with three layers, with the top covered with wood and the bottom layer as a tripod." Li Guyu said the model she wanted to customize the shelf.
"You can do it, you can come and get it in the afternoon, this price is about three yuan, you pay a deposit of one dollar first!" When the carpenter heard what Li Guyu said, he quickly calculated the required wood and labor costs in his head. Then it was reported to Li Guyu.
"Good!" Li Guyu felt that the price was not expensive, so he happily gave the money. Just as she was about to go home, she passed by the steamed bun shop and saw the owner of the steamed bun shop beating and scolding a woman.
"Take my buns! Spit it out! Spit it out! Or give me the money! The owner of the bun shop said this, taking off his shoes and slapping the woman who was gobbling up the buns with the soles of his shoes.
The woman seemed to be extremely hungry, and no matter how painful the whipping on her body was, she still kept stuffing buns into her mouth. Even if he was choked, he kept stuffing it into his mouth, and he was reluctant to spit it out.
"Stop! How much money does she owe you for buns, and you beat her up like this! Li Guyu seemed to have found the shadow of Shang Huaicui beating her in this woman, so she stopped it.
"What? You are a little girl, where did you get the money to be chivalrous and righteous, and you are stupid to read books? Go home early, wash up and sleep! It's none of your business here. The beater stopped his movements when he heard Li Guyu's voice, but after seeing that the other party was a little girl, he made a sneering sound. Then he went and whipped the poor woman.
"Let you grab the buns, let you not give money! Look at Lao Tzu if he doesn't kill you! The owner of the steamed bun shop knew that the woman who stole the steamed bun in front of him couldn't come up with the money, so he just wanted to beat her twice to vent his anger, but he didn't expect that this beating would also be addictive. The more he fights, the more energetic he becomes, so much so that even now if someone wants to help this woman settle the money, he doesn't want it.
"Enough, is this money enough!" Li Guyu stood in front of the man who was eating steamed buns underground, blocking the soles of the shoe that the owner of the steamed bun shop was about to fall.
She took out five yuan from her pocket and threw it in the face of the steamed bun shop owner, saying that this woman didn't give money for eating steamed buns, and now that she gave it, the steamed bun shop owner definitely had no reason to beat this woman.
"Yo, the little girl is quite rich! I don't know Taishan because I have eyes, and I don't know that you are the daughter of a rich family. The owner of the steamed bun shop saw that Li Guyu could use five yuan to help her for someone he didn't know, so he decided that Li Guyu's family was either rich or expensive, and she was dressed so sloppily just to experience life.
Li Gu didn't answer the words of the owner of the steamed bun shop, "I have already settled it for her if she owes you, now calculate what you owe her!" Li Guyu didn't leave immediately with the woman, but started a battle with the owner of the steamed bun shop here.
The woman seemed to have eaten enough now, stopped the movements in her hands and mouth, and looked at Li Guyu who was standing in front of her, as if crystal tears had condensed in her eyes. When the people around heard Li Guyu's words, their eyes widened and they were talking.
"I, where do I owe her anything, it's clear that she ate my buns and didn't give money!" The owner of the steamed bun shop knew that it was wrong for him to hit someone, but he couldn't admit it now. Because he doesn't know what he will face if he admits it, but the guess will definitely not be good, because he guesses that Li Guyu is the daughter of a rich family, so once he admits it, Li Guyu will have other ways to retaliate against him.
"Yes, she owes you money for the bun, but I have already settled this account, so let's settle the account of your beating!" Li Guyu no longer wants to walk away cowardly this time, she wants to face difficulties like a warrior and fight for their own interests for herself and even others.
"I hit because she ate my bun first, what's wrong with me!" The owner of the steamed bun shop now refuses to admit that he made a mistake. He thought that Li Guyu would have no way to deal with him in this way.
"Yes, but I ate your buns, but now that I have paid you for the buns, everything is the same thing, so should you compensate her for the medical expenses now, and apologize to her?" Li Guyu said it rightly, but when the owner of the steamed bun shop heard this, he burst out laughing.
"You little girl, you are really not deeply involved in the world! You ask the big guy, see if I want to lose money, if I say I will pay you, if I say no, then you quickly lead this crazy woman out! "The owner of the bun shop is relying on him to stay with this group of neighbors for too long. All the people will definitely be towards him, as expected, all the people are basically one-sided and say that Li Guyu is too calculating.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? What's the matter, it's! What are you doing in a circle? Picking quarrels and provoking trouble? At this time, a person in a police uniform pushed through the crowd and squeezed in front of Li Guyu and the owner of the steamed bun shop.
"Yo, it's not my fault, sir, it's just that this woman eats my bun and doesn't give money, I just think I can't forget it, so I beat her a few times to get angry, but this little girl can't stand it and says that she wants to pay back the money for her, and if she pays back the money, I don't care, but this little girl said that I hit someone and asked me to pay for the medical expenses, where do you say there is this truth!" The owner of the steamed bun shop didn't wait for Li Guyu to say anything, and first explained all the ins and outs to the police.
"Is that so?" The policeman looked at Li Guyu and asked.
"Yes! This woman owes money to Baozi, and I paid it back for her, so it's over, but this boss beat someone and doesn't admit his mistake, so the beating won't be over" Li Guyu insisted that she didn't do anything wrong.
The policeman pondered for a moment. "If you sell steamed buns, you have to pay for it! It's your fault to hit someone, how can you not admit it? ”
"Sir! No, how can I pay for it? It's because she was at fault first, and she made me pay for it! The owner of the bun shop was not convinced, but it was impossible for him to go to the police.
"Okay, okay, don't be so inkbloc, a big man, is there a bit of a man!" As he spoke, the policeman stepped forward and took out the five yuan in the hand of the owner of the steamed bun shop and handed it to Li Guyu.
"Sir, no!" The owner of the steamed bun shop shouted helplessly behind the police, but it was to no avail. He could only watch as the money flew away.
Li Guyu took five yuan and stopped staying, thanked the police, and left the place with the woman in his arms.
Brought the woman directly to her residence. The old lady saw Li Guyu bringing people back, and she didn't say anything.
Li Guyu went to the kitchen to boil a pot of hot water, and she brought the water to the woman.
"Drink a saliva, you must have been hungry just now! What's your name? What about your family? Didn't stay with you? Li Guyu asked the woman in a soft voice, for fear that some words would arouse her sensitive mind. She looked at the woman in front of her, and the wrinkles on her face were already obvious. Even her eyes were bloodshot, and she looked like she hadn't slept for a long time, and she didn't know what this woman had been through.
"My name is Tang Yun, not from here, I brought my child here to a distant relative but unexpectedly, my child was lost on the way, I searched here for three months, but I never found my child, and the money on my body was also stolen by thieves, I have not eaten for five days so far, I am really hungry and can't stand it, so I went to steal buns to eat." Tang Yun said with a handful of snot and tears, Li Guyu can understand Tang Yun's pain, because she used to have a child, but she was calculated and lost her child.
"And what are your plans now?" Li Guyu asked.
Tang Yun shook his head and said. "What else can I do? I'm going to find my kids! I couldn't find my children, I simply couldn't go back and face my family, I couldn't face my husband! Speaking of this, Tang Yun began to hide his face and cry bitterly.
Li Guyu comforted her softly and said. "I'm going to open a shop soon, and I just don't need someone to help me look after the shop, you can stay and help me, and I'll pay you every month, so that you can also look for your children while working"
Tang Yun raised his head when he heard Li Guyu's words. "Really?" Li Guyu nodded firmly.
But Tang Yunwa cried, and came out to cry even louder. "Girl, you're such a good person! Even if I am a cow and a horse in my life, I will repay your kindness! ”
"It's okay, it's time to help me! After all, I also need someone to help me look at the store, and I want to go back to continue my studies and get into a university! I'll teach you how to make preserved fruit in a moment, so that when I'm gone, you can get the store up and running yourself. Li Guyu said.
"Really, thank you so much, I don't know what your name is" Tang Yun felt very kind to the little girl in front of her, although she was much older than her son, but she felt that Li Guyu was like her child.
"My name is Li Guyu, it's okay to call me Gu Yu usually, then call you Aunt Yun! It's also close. Li Guyu said. You must be hungry when it's almost noon, I'll cook for you. Li Guyu said and was about to get up.
Tang Yun stopped her and said, "I'll go!" You've helped me so much today, so try my craft! ”
Li Guyu didn't shirk again, Tang Yun's dish was very simple, a kidney bean stewed meat, but Li Guyu ate very fragrantly, because no one had cooked for her for a long time, during which Tang Yun asked her if she wanted to send some to the old lady, Li Guyu hesitated, but decided to divide the dish into a plate and give it to the old lady, but this time she did not enter the house, but at the door, put the dish on the stool, said something to the old lady, and left.
When Li Guyu went out, the dishes on the plate were gone, and the old lady thought that they had already eaten them.
Li Guyu has been teaching Tang Yun to make preserved fruits all afternoon, "No, no, no, there is too little sugar, this taste is not sweet." So they had no choice but to abandon this one and start over.
"No, no, no, it's been too long, and the fruit is a little old." "......" They spent an afternoon like this, it was almost evening at this time, and finally made a perfect preserved fruit, Li Guyu breathed a sigh of relief, "It's finally good." ”
"Yes! I finally will," Tang Yun answered. "Oh yes, my cupboard, I haven't gotten it yet." Li Guyu suddenly remembered that she hadn't gone to get the custom-made counter yet, so she took the money and hurriedly prepared to go out.
"Hey, Gu Yu! I'll go with you, and I'll have a good idea on the road," Tang Yun said.
Li Guyu wanted to refuse, but when he heard Tang Yun say that they were taking care of each other, and saw that it was already cloudy outside, he agreed. "Then let's go together!"