Chapter 247 Old Neighbor
Next to the car wash is a big market that has been around for many years and sells a wide variety of items.
Brother Xiao Dong often comes here to buy things, so as soon as he enters the vegetable hall, many people greet him.
The two of them went straight to the cooked food stall that Xiao Dong wanted to eat. There were two small pieces of braised beef in soy sauce, and Xiao Dong ordered them all, which cost more than sixty yuan.
They spent most of the two hundred yuan Zhao Qishui gave them, and then went to buy wide noodles and seasonings. With the remaining one hundred yuan, the two of them went to look at seafood.
During the New Year's Day holiday, seafood is still extremely expensive even in coastal cities.
They definitely couldn't afford big crabs and prawns, so they bought some clams and put them in the pot, which were also very delicious.
There were still a few dozen dollars left, and Brother Dong asked He Shu what he wanted to eat and spent it all.
He Shu looked around and took Brother Dong to the vegetable stall to buy vegetables.
"Why do you only eat vegetable leaves all day?" Brother Dong followed behind and muttered: "How about we buy some fried meat or something?"
He Shu was somewhat helpless and did not listen to him. He picked out fresh dishes by himself: "Brother Dong, you can't just eat meat without vegetables. We have some meat at home. I'll slice some when I get back. It'll be enough for us."
The two were shopping and chatting when suddenly someone next to them cried out "Ouch!"
Then, a stall owner yelled, "Do you have any shame? How many times have you come to steal from me? Ah? I didn't care about your age before, but you're not done yet, are you?"
Someone else echoed: "This is a repeat offender. We've caught her in other places before. She's always shameless."
Brother Dong loved to watch the fun. When everyone came over here, he quickly pulled He Shu over to watch the fun.
When He Shu saw the person sitting on the ground holding his feet and crying “Ouch, ouch”, he was stunned for a moment because he knew this person.
The aunt who used to live opposite the old building, Tan Kuan’s mother.
In just a few short years, Tan Kuan's mother seemed to have aged dozens of years. Almost all of her hair had fallen out, and the thin layer of hair that was left was completely white, messy and tangled.
There are quite a few people wearing small coats and coats, but none of them fit them well. They look like...
Just like those homeless old men picking up rubbish on the streets.
There was a cloth bag next to Tan Kuan's mother, with a few vegetable leaves, bean sprouts and other things falling out of it.
Listening to the insults from the people around him, He Shu probably understood that she often came here to steal things, but they were probably not valuable things, just some scattered vegetables or something like that.
Tan Kuan's mother sat on the ground and cried out in pain, but she didn't say anything. When someone pulled her, she cried out...
Soon, the market manager came, pulled her up and dragged her outside, but she still held on to the bag on the ground and refused to let go.
"Auntie, what's going on with this old lady? Is she a thief?" Xiao Dong asked the sister who was buying groceries curiously.
The stall owner snorted, "I've never seen such a shameless person. She's been here several times before. If she said she was in trouble and asked for a few vegetables, no one would refuse to give them to her. But she insisted on stealing. She doesn't deserve sympathy."
A lady at the stall next to her also cursed: "You can't steal anything valuable from there. Have you forgotten that she stole a handful of dried mushrooms from me last time? I caught her. She used to hang around here a lot. I don't know how much she stole..."
Seeing that Xiao Dong became more and more interested as he asked more questions, He Shu pulled him and dragged him away.
When I got outside the market, I didn't see where the auntie next door was taken by the market manager.
It can be seen that she is not living a very good life now, and I am afraid that she is a little mentally abnormal.
The Tan family probably cannot afford the compensation for the incident with the old building. No one knows where Tan Kuan is now, and no one knows whether Tan Kuan’s father is still alive.
But He Shu really couldn't feel the slightest sympathy for the old neighbors in the old building.
I carried the vegetables back with Brother Xiaodong. Seeing that the snow was getting heavier, my godfather simply closed the shop and the three of us went home early.
Then godfather said there was no rush to eat dinner, and he and Brother Xiao Dong would wash the vegetables slowly first.
He Shu had nothing to do, so he went back to his room, took out his cell phone and chatted with Xia Miao for a while.
Just after sending a few messages, a message suddenly popped up in the high school classmates group that had not been heard from for a long time. It was Li Lisen @ing him.
Son of the Forest: "He Shu, have you changed your phone number?"
He Shu hasn't contacted Li Lisen for a long time. In fact, Li Lisen had shown kindness to him when they were in high school.
After that, they all went to college in other places. Although He Shu did not quit the group, he set the message to be do not disturb and never participated in the group chat.
He Shu was quite surprised when Li Lisen suddenly @ him today.
Just as I was about to reply, a call came from an unfamiliar mobile number.
He Shu picked up the phone and it was indeed Li Lisen.
"What tree?"
"Yes, it's me."
"Ha, I'm Li Lisen, do you remember me?"
He Shu hummed, and then heard Li Lisen say, "Have you returned to Danhe? I thought you changed your number, so I called you and found that you hadn't changed it. By the way, this is my mobile number, He Shu, please save it."
"Okay, you're going back to Dan River too?"
Li Lisen smiled on the phone and said, "I'm not back yet. Let's wait until the winter vacation. If you're there then, let's find a chance to get together?"
"Yeah, okay."
"Why are you calling me?" Since Li Lisen didn't come back, it would be strange to call him suddenly.
"Well, Lai Huaguang contacted me..." Li Lisen hesitated on the phone: "He Shu, is he causing trouble for you again?"
He Shu frowned slightly: "No, he is pestering Xia Miao."
" This guy is really... You are with Xia Miao now...?"
"Xia Miao is my girlfriend." He Shu replied: "Li Lisen, please send me Lai Huaguang's cell phone number so I can talk to him alone."
Li Lisen hesitated a little: "He Shu, I think you don't need to pay attention to him. You and Xia Miao will mostly be in Dadu in the future and won't come back very often. I heard him say that he might go abroad in the future."
"It's okay, just tell me his phone number. I won't say it was you who told me."
He Shu's words made Li Lisen suddenly feel a little embarrassed: "That's not what I meant. He asked me if I knew your phone number, but I didn't tell him...Okay, I'll send it to you later."
The two agreed to meet up during the winter vacation. Less than two minutes after hanging up the phone, Li Lisen sent Lai Huaguang's cell phone number.
He Shu glanced at the phone number, saved it, and quickly replied to Xia Miao's message...
In the evening, Zhao Qishui, Xiao Dong and He Shu had a hot pot meal. The snow outside was already two feet thick.
Looking out the window, Zhao Qishui lamented that it had been a long time since Danhe had seen such heavy snow.
Brother Xiao Dong didn’t go back at night because the road was difficult to walk on, and it would be very cold in the store at night because of the heavy snow.
He Shu looked at the time. It was already past 7 o'clock in the evening.
After the weather forecast was over after the news broadcast, he returned to his room and called Lai Huaguang...
