Chapter 1004 This is the fat man’s girlfriend, there’s no way she can escape!
"Do you want to mend your shoes?"
The first thing Wang Defa said in response was to ask Li Xiangnan if he wanted his shoes repaired.
Turning his head to look at the woman who was patching the tire of the bicycle, and the little girl sitting next to him who was looking at him curiously, Li Xiangnan nodded, sat on the chair pushed by Jiang Qitao, and nodded: "Fix it!"
He took off his shoes, handed them over, put his feet directly on the ground, and pointed at the position of the thumb, "It's a bit thin here, patch it up! Otherwise, it will be worn out after wearing it for a while!"
"No problem! Fifty cents!" Wang Defa nodded and spat directly.
"Are you killing a familiar person?" Li Xiangnan laughed.
"Just tell me whether you want to make up for it or not?" the fat man asked him.
"Bonus! You better say something I want to hear!" Li Xiangnan smiled and took out three dollars from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Qitao, "Taozi, please buy a few bottles of soda!"
"Brother Nan, you are still a good person!" Jiang Qitao narrowed her eyes, smiled, and walked away happily.
Snapped!
Li Xiangnan took out a cigarette and put it into Defa's mouth, then took out a Zippo lighter to light it for him and smoked one himself.
"Damn it, Xiao Li, where did you get this advanced stuff?"
When the fat man saw the silver lighter in his hand, his eyes widened.
"Answer my question first!" Li Xiangnan deliberately waved the Zippo lighter in front of him. When he saw him reaching out to grab it, he put it in his pocket with a smile.
"You, you! You always take advantage of me! Damn it!" Wang Defa smiled, occasionally picking up a cigarette cartridge and flicking the ash, while his hands were swiftly mending Li Xiangnan's shoes. He pointed to the left and right, "Do you understand?"
Li Xiangnan nodded: "Deaf-mute? Did Taozi meet him first?"
"Yeah!" Wang Defa did not hide anything and sighed, "This elder sister and this child can't speak, and her husband died of illness, so she took over the two stalls with her child. I heard from the neighbors nearby that during the most difficult time, she and the child only ate two steamed buns in three days..."
"Little Baozi, drink soda!"
At this time, Jiang Qitao came back with a few bottles of soda and handed one to the little girl first.
The little girl jumped up babbling, hugged the peach excitedly, and then took the soda and gave it to her mother.
The little girl first put the soda on the ground, walked up to her mother and pulled her, wiped the sweat off her mother's forehead with her sleeve, and when her mother looked over, she picked up the soda bottle on the ground and handed it to her mouth.
Seeing her mother shaking her head, the little girl quickly pointed at Jiang Qitao and made a gesture to let her mother drink with confidence.
The elder sister who was repairing her tire hurriedly stood up, bowed to Taozi, and waved her hands hurriedly, not wanting to owe her a favor.
Jiang Qitao smiled, left three bottles of soda, walked over and handed over the last bottle in her arms, and gestured, "You have one too!"
Then she pointed at Li Xiangnan and smiled and wrote: "He treated me, drink it with confidence! We are friends!"
"Thank you, thank you!" The eldest sister made a gesture of gratitude.
Li Xiangnan also smiled and gestured at her: "You're welcome!"
The elder sister then sat down with a smile, and patted the little girl's head against hers, letting her drink her own drink without worry.
The little girl then came skipping over and sat happily in her little seat. With every sip, her whole body and mind seemed to be intoxicated. She giggled and even her eyes showed a look of satisfaction. Then she glanced at Li Xiangnan cautiously, her eyes full of curiosity.
"I went out for a walk that day to relax. When I saw them, there was no business. Sister Han was holding her baby and looking at the passing bicycles and pedestrians nervously. Her eyes were full of fear and anxiety. I asked others and found out... her husband died of illness last month! She can't even repair a car, but she is good at repairing shoes! As a woman, she has no business cells in her body. She doesn't understand anything and is afraid to communicate with people. She can't even make a living in a day!"
Jiang Qitao sat back on the stool, holding the soda bottle and staring at the ground, recalling the embarrassment she faced when she first saw the mother and daughter.
Her tone was clear, yet it had a silent power that could not be ignored.
It was as if I could see myself as a deaf-mute, helpless person, and I felt a sense of empathy.
"Who doesn't have needles and thread these days? Why would they come to the street to repair shoes? Most people don't want to spend this much money!" Wang Defa cut the thread with scissors and gave it back to Li Xiangnan, "Try it! I think my craftsmanship is not bad!"
"It's more than OK! It's simply amazing!" Li Xiangnan looked around after putting it on and said with emotion: "You can't achieve this level of skill without years of training!"
"I started repairing my own shoes when I was a teenager!" Wang Defa said calmly.
Li Xiangnan nodded silently and turned to look at the mother and daughter.
"Don't worry about it! It's congenital! I've checked it out!" Wang Defa sighed and said, "This is different from Taozi's situation!"
"So, you said you would take me to see someone, is that them?"
Remembering what Defa had said to him earlier, Li Xiangnan looked away and asked.
But unexpectedly, Wang Defa shook his head and glanced at Jiang Qitao.
"It's not them, it's Sister Han's sister-in-law!" Jiang Qitao said calmly.
"Sister-in-law?" Li Xiangnan was stunned. He turned his head and looked around, but did not find any younger girl nearby.
Wang Defa looked at his watch and said, "Xiao Li, so I want to ask you for a favor!"
"Is it about Sister Han's sister-in-law?" Li Xiangnan asked.
"Yes! Her sister-in-law is Fu Manlin!" Wang Defa nodded and explained, "This sister Han is a volunteer that Fu Manlin met in the church before! Later, Xiao Fu introduced her to her eldest brother! Unexpectedly, her eldest brother died of illness, leaving behind this poor mother and daughter. Xiao Fu felt really bad..."
"How old are you? Are you looking for a job?" Li Xiangnan said with a smile, "If so, you don't need to discuss it with me, just send someone to work! Whether it's Nianwei Hospital or Nanyi Medical Equipment, you can tell me later!"
Wang Dean and Jiang Qitao looked at each other with gratitude in their eyes, "Xiao Li, thank you!"
Li Xiangnan laughed and raised the soda bottle to clink it with the two of them.
"I fully support helping their family reduce their burden! Fatty, Taozi, you two are doing the right thing!"
As he was talking, he noticed that Wang Defa looked a little embarrassed, so he frowned and looked at him and asked, "That's not right, Fatty. I've already agreed to it, why are you looking so embarrassed?"
"Xiao Li!" Wang Defa said apologetically, "But she...Xiao Fu, she is also deaf-mute!"
"..." Li Xiangnan was stunned, and then he understood why Fu Manlin could be so close to Sister Han.
Letting a deaf-mute person work in a hospital - there is really no precedent for this.
But it is absolutely not impossible!
He nodded subconsciously and said with a smile: "What's wrong with deaf-mute people? As long as they do their job well, no one will discriminate against them..."
Before he could finish his words, Wang Defa jumped up behind him, gesturing with his hands and shouting, "Manlin, you don't have to run anymore. I've found a job for you! Come quickly!"
Li Xiangnan turned around and looked back at the sound, surprised for a moment.
I saw a woman in her twenties, wearing a washed-out cotton dress. The hem of her dress swayed gently with her steps, like the gentlest greeting in the summer breeze.
The first time he saw this woman, Li Xiangnan had an impression that almost reached his throat.
This is the fat man’s partner, there’s no way around it!