Chapter 1005 Kindness is the foundation of life
"Manlin, this is my brother Nan!"
When Jiang Qitao saw the girl, she ran out immediately and quickly pulled her back.
It seems that introducing Li Xiangnan to others is also a particularly proud thing.
"Hello there!"
Li Xiangnan expressed it with gestures and smiled warmly.
He also had an inexplicable sense of closeness to this very simple peer.
Wang Defa was quickly expressing something to her with gestures. The girl smiled faintly and quickly understood what he meant.
"Thank you!" Fu Manlin expressed her gratitude with the simplest gesture, and then immediately started communicating quickly with her sister-in-law and niece.
Jiang Qitao smiled and said, "Manlin wants to invite you to her home. Do you have time?"
Li Xiangnan looked at his watch and it was already past three o'clock.
He originally wanted to go back to find Mr. Yu and ask him about his grandmother's photo, but since the old man was in the hospital and would not leave for the time being, he decided to talk about it later when he had time!
Turning around, he saw the fat man also had an expression that said "hurry up and agree", so he smiled and nodded, "I'm fine! I might as well go take a look!"
While they were talking, Sister Han was already packing up her cart stall and shoe stall. She put her things on a flatbed cart, held the little Baozi on the front of the cart, and waited on the side.
Fu Manlin helped her clean up quickly for a while, then came over to ask, "Hello, come to my house and sit for a while! I want to entertain you!"
Li Xiangnan didn't remember much of the sign language for the deaf-mute, most of which were daily expressions. He didn't know as much as Taozi and Fatty did. He turned his head to see what Jiang Qitao meant, and immediately understood, smiling and nodding.
The reserved and uneasy expression on Fu Manlin's face immediately disappeared. She said a few words to her sister-in-law happily, quickly went to the store to return the soda bottle, ran over, and stuffed the fifty cents she got back into Wang Defa's hand.
"You take it, I don't want it!" The fat man was unwilling to take it. After handing it back, he quickly hugged his arms and hid his palms to prevent her from returning the money.
Fu Manlin was so anxious that she had to ask Jiang Qitao for help and pretended to return the money to her.
"Take it! Fat Brother said that you have closed the stall, so there will be no harvest in the afternoon! Just consider it as compensation for you! Take it with confidence!" Jiang Qitao said with a smile.
Fu Manlin waved her hands hurriedly, her anxiety making her whole face red.
The fat man then snatched the money and stuffed it into her wicker bag. Then he ran forward without looking back and went to ride the flatbed bike.
Sister Han was driven down and walked behind with Fu Manlin, but her mood improved.
Li Xiangnan and Jiang Qitao followed behind, each pushing a cart, and were very moved by what they saw.
"Fatty is a good man!" Taozi said involuntarily.
Turning his head, the silent Li Xiangnan felt a little sour in his nose.
Of course the fat man is a good person.
The more you experience the bitterness and suffering of the people, the more you understand how difficult life is, and the more you realize that living itself is a very difficult thing.
The fat boy lost his parents when he was young, and he only had his grandfather to depend on.
What doesn't he understand?
He is kind and sincere, but also full of longing for life and courage.
It is said that a person cannot truly empathize with others. Even though Li Xiangnan knows Fatty so well, he cannot imagine how a person can overcome all the hardships in life and get to where he is today.
At this moment, Li Xiangnan especially understood Fatty's actions over the past few days.
He had experienced the time when Taozi lost her voice and hearing and became deaf-mute, and he had also seen the discrimination suffered by Wanchun girl. When he met Fu Manlin again, how could he turn a blind eye to the empathy he felt for her?
Just like him, Li Xiangnan, he cannot ignore the fact that people around him are not doing well.
Kindness is the lifelong foundation of Dragon people like him, and it is a gene engraved in their bones.
"We're here, Xiao Li!"
The Fu family was not far away. An excited shout came from the front, and then the fat man carried the little bun into a door in the alley.
Li Xiangnan strode over and found that they were two brick houses that were smaller than the one where Dr. Zhou Feng used to live.
In this small house, there are three large portraits.
shocking.
There are two suites, one large and one small, and there is no decent furniture.
There was a polished round table with four patched-up benches and a chest of drawers next to a bed, and that was all.
The gray walls were covered with various award certificates, but they came to an abrupt end in the second year of junior high school, as if foreshadowing the end of someone's student career.
Children from poor families have to grow up early. The little Baozi seemed to have understood everything. As soon as he entered the house, he knelt in front of the portraits of his grandparents and father and kowtowed silently. When he came out after a while, he handed Li Xiangnan a White Rabbit milk candy.
"Thank you, little darling!" Li Xiangnan smiled after taking it, gently pinched the little girl's face, held her in his arms, and sat on the bench handed over by Fu Manlin.
"Drink water!"
While teasing the little bun, the fat man gave a reminder. Li Xiangnan raised his head and saw Fu Manlin holding a blue bowl with warm water in it.
Normally, there should be no guests visiting the Fu family.
There were no special teacups for the reception, and the blue bowl only contained water to quench thirst.
A family like this can't even afford tea.
"Thank you!" Li Xiangnan put the White Rabbit candy in his pocket, picked up the bowl and took a sip, then put it aside. He took out a pen and paper from his bag and wrote on it: "Xiao Fu, come to Yanjing University Nianwei Hospital tomorrow, I will arrange everything for you!"
He handed the notebook to the fat man holding the little bun, and nodded at Fu Manlin who was preparing to clean the kitchen and cook.
The fat man took it and looked at it, then nodded, put down the bun and walked over.
Soon, a pair of sisters-in-law were crying with joy beside the coal stove. Fu Manlin ran over, with sweat on her nose, and gestured gratefully, "I will be there on time tomorrow!"
After she finished speaking, without waiting for Li Xiangnan to answer, she hurriedly gestured to her sister-in-law, who then ran into the room, searched for a while, and brought back several dollars for Fu Manlin to buy vegetables.
"Xiao Fu!"
Li Xiangnan quickly stood up to stop the man and shouted, "Fatty, let's go buy some groceries! Let Taozi help at home!"
"Okay!" The fat man smiled and agreed readily. He pushed Fu Manlin into the house, ran out quickly, pushed the bicycle at the door and went out of the yard.
"Taozi, please take care of it! We'll be back soon!"
After saying something to Taozi, Li Xiangnan also walked out pushing the cart. Defa was already waiting at the door.
"Thanks, Xiao Li! I haven't asked you for anything...but for this, thank you!"
Seeing that he was serious, Li Xiangnan smiled, pinched his shoulders, looked forward and said: "It is difficult for deaf-mute people to find jobs. I am just giving her a chance to live! Xiao Fu is a good girl! Find her a job and do what I can!"
He looked at the fat man and smiled again, "Fatty, I rarely admire someone, but you are one of them! If you have any problems in the future, remember to tell your brother! Don't be embarrassed! Just open your mouth, no matter how difficult it is, I will help! What's more, it's such a small matter!"
"I'm afraid of causing trouble for you..."
The fat man stopped talking and just lowered his head with red eyes.
Li Xiangnan smiled and said nothing more.
He knows.
Maybe fat people have not experienced having someone behind them many times in their lives!