Tang Xi looked up and saw the place where the old grandpa and granny lived. Two words appeared in her mind: simple and clean.
The granny's mouth moved when she saw Tang Xi.
"Granny, what did you say?" Tang Xi couldn't hear clearly. Her voice was too soft.
"My husband said that you're welcome. This place is simple and crude. Don't dirty your clean clothes," the old grandpa said.
"Oh, no, it's quite clean. It's much cleaner than my own bedroom," Tang Xi said.
The granny smiled. She must have smiled happily. Tang Xi saw the corner of the granny's mouth move.
As usual, the old grandpa helped the granny sit for a while. Then, he found a wooden stool outside and passed it to Tang Xi. The wooden stool was actually quite clean, but the old grandpa still covered it with a layer of newspaper.
Then, he took out a tangerine from a black plastic bag hanging by the window and passed it to Tang Xi.
"Eat the tangerine. Don't worry. It's clean and good." The old grandpa added, "It's sweet and delicious."
Tang Xi accepted it passively. The oranges were indeed good, but they were a little dull. There was once when she forgot to eat the oranges she bought and they weren't fresh, so she threw them straight into the bin. But now, the old grandpa treated the dull oranges as something precious and gave them to her.
Tang Xi was a little anxious. She didn't say anything and kept the tangerine carefully.
"How's the granny?" Tang Xi looked at the old grandpa and couldn't help but ask.
"It's cerebral thrombosis," the old grandpa replied.
"Why don't you go to the hospital for treatment …" Before Tang Xi could finish her sentence, she knew she was being stupid.
If there was treatment, who wouldn't want it? But the old grandpa and granny didn't have children?
If they had children, even if they couldn't afford it, they wouldn't live in a place like this and become a homeless scavenger.
However, before Tang Xi could ask this, the old man could see the doubt in Tang Xi's heart.
After serving the granny's lunch, the old grandpa told her his story.
The granny and the old grandpa had a son. They used to live together, but when they found out that the granny was sick, they went to the hospital. They heard that she needed a long time to recuperate, so they were chased out of the house.
"How can they do this? Did they eat their conscience?" Tang Xi was immediately angered. She asked, "As a child, how can they do this?"
She had never thought that there would be such a person in this era. Most importantly, she had seen it with her own eyes.
No matter how much he said or how much he saw, nothing was more convincing than seeing it with his own eyes.
"Moreover, there are legal provisions to support parents. You can sue him." Tang Xi said indignantly, "Grandpa, your son has to be given alimony. I can help you hire a lawyer. As for the fees, I'll arrange it."
Waving his yellowed hand, the old man said, "There's no need. What's the point of winning the lawsuit?"
"If we win, then …" Tang Xi stopped talking. If they won the lawsuit, they would get alimony every month. But what about after that?
There's alimony, and then what? The old man wasn't stupid. Since he didn't do it, there must be a reason.
Tang Xi took a deep breath to calm herself down and continued to listen to the old man.
After being kicked out, the old man and the old woman depended on each other. They began to look for jobs, but because they were too old and their health was not too good, no one wanted them.
Even if he wanted to be a guard, he couldn't do it. In the end, he could only choose to pick up trash, which had the lowest threshold.
Tang Xi said, "Grandpa, do you want me to recommend a job? I can …"
"There's no need to trouble yourself, daughter. I can earn some money by picking up trash," said the old man.
"But …" Tang Xi wanted to say that it was too dirty, but she felt that it wasn't right to say it directly.
In fact, to Tang Xi, even begging was cleaner than flipping through trash.
"Picking up trash isn't embarrassing. We all use our hands to make a living. However, it does affect the environment. It's just like when you go to a city and see people flipping through trash, you will have a bad impression of the city." The old man clapped his hands, feeling a little uneasy.
Therefore, the old man would always avoid people to flip through trash at night. During the day, he would walk around to see if there were any plastic bottles or cardboard on the ground.
Tang Xi learned from the old man that there were more and more plastic bottles on the streets in the past two years.
"Don't look at us like this. I even bought her a birthday present on her birthday." The old man took out a music box from a red bag in the corner.
It was a crystal ball with a merry-go-round in it. As long as it was wound up, it would produce beautiful music. The merry-go-round inside would also spin.
It was very beautiful. To the old man and granny's situation, it was definitely expensive. The old man said that granny loved music boxes the most.
"Don't look at her age. She still likes these little girls' things," said the old man.
The two of them didn't speak loudly because the granny sat for a while after eating before falling asleep again.
It was hard to imagine. If Tang Xi was like this every day and couldn't even speak, she would rather die.
However, the old man told her that the granny had said that she wanted to live.
Even in this state, she still wanted to live? Tang Xi couldn't understand. Perhaps she was still too young, but the old man seemed to understand. Therefore, he did his best to take care of the granny.
Tang Xi continued chatting with the old man for a while before her phone rang. She left.
The caller was naturally Jiang Changxi. After all, according to Jiang Changxi's words, "In this world, people can be good beyond your imagination. Similarly, people can be bad beyond your imagination."
Nowadays, there were many people who made use of people's sympathy to commit crimes. For Tang Xi's safety, Jiang Changxi told her to inform her every ten minutes.
Tang Xi was so engrossed in the old man's words that she forgot about it. About twenty minutes later, she received a call from Jiang Changxi.
"Sister Jiang, I'm sorry. I've made you worry." Tang Xi apologized profusely.
On the other side of the conversation, Wu Hai started to play tricks. He had accepted the suggestion of that imaginative customer. He really had to think of a way to jump down from here.
"Eaves Wu, I have three plans." Within half an hour, Zhou Xi had already come up with three plans.
"The first plan is very simple. We can make a rope and hang people down from the window. The difficulty of this plan is that it's troublesome to wear it."
"The second plan is to make a railing and slide down directly. The disadvantage of this plan is that it's not safe and has no safety facilities."
"The third plan is to put a slide under the window. This plan is fast and safe. But the disadvantage is that it takes up a lot of space. We need to negotiate with the first floor."
Of course, Wu Hai would choose the last one. It was fast and safe. Therefore, in the afternoon, Wu Hai began to negotiate with the people on the first floor.
Zhou Xi went to the government to negotiate. After all, such changes must be approved by the government.
Seeing Wuhai and Zhou Xi taking action, the customers had a question in their hearts, "Aren't they going to consider security?"
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