Chapter 14 Celebrities of Thirteen Saga

Grandma is like that, a celebrity that even I, the captain of the baseball team, can't compare to.A woman works as a cleaner and raises seven children alone. She has to work hard to take care of her daughter's grandson when she is over 60 years old. She is really a hardworking person.This is the neighbor's evaluation of the grandmother. Looking back now, it is precisely because I recognized my grandmother's behavior and helped her neighbors that my mother, my brothers and sisters, and I were able to grow up safely. Although our family has picked up things everywhere, there are still some things that cannot be found in "supermarkets".

Of course beef and sausages won't float down, and I don't plan to eat them anyway, so it doesn't make any difference, but there is only one thing in this world that grandma would spend money on, and that is tofu.Because the uncle who sells tofu will sell us the broken tofu at half price for five yuan. At that time, tofu was not packed in plastic boxes like it is now.Every evening, tofu sellers ride bicycles and honk their horns.A large box filled with water is tied to the cargo platform of the bicycle, and the tofu floats in it.The bicycle will shake, and there will always be tofu that is broken and cannot be sold.

"Toot, toot." That day was the same as usual, and the trumpets for selling tofu sounded. Grandma was feeding the chickens and gave me five dollars. "Zhaoguang, go buy tofu!" "Boss, give me a piece!" I took five yuan and ran to the familiar uncle, who was taking the money from the previous customer: "Here, here you are, two yuan and twenty yuan." "thanks." I listened to their conversation, looked at the boxes on the counter, and found that they were all square tofu. "Grandma, no, there is no broken tofu today." When I was about to run home, my uncle called me to stop.

"Yes, yes, there are broken ones." "Ah, but..." I looked back and saw the uncle reached out and pinched a piece of tofu in the box. "Yes, come, five yuan." Uncle winked at me.His appearance made me understand that in the past when there was no broken tofu, he always did this. I don't know what to do, I can only silently accept the uncle's smile and kindness.It was a long, long time before I told my grandmother about it. There is another thing. The current tap water fee only needs to be paid at the ATM of the convenience store. At that time, someone came to collect it regularly every month.

Once, the uncle who came to collect the money casually said something shocking: "Auntie, I haven't paid the water bill for three months." Grandma heard this, with a troubled expression on her face, and when she saw me on the side, she immediately pretended not to know and said: "Zhaoguang, haven't you drunk water in the last two or three months?" I could only nod my head, but thought in my heart: "How is that possible?" But the uncle who collected the money laughed and said: "Oh, then I'll come back next month." Go back straight away.

After the uncle left, I told my grandmother: "I haven't drank water for three months, do you think I'm a lizard?" Grandma continued to laugh with tears in her eyes. Another time, I hit my eye while riding a bicycle. I was on the bike and I reached out to grab the park fence and I lost my balance and fell. "Wow!" The handlebar of the bicycle slammed into my left eye, and I thought nothing would happen, so I ignored it.But day after day, the pain not only did not go away, but it became more and more painful. On the third day, the pain was unbearable, and I went to the hospital alone after school.I didn't bring any money with me, so I thought it would be fine to find a way to pay later.The pain was unbearable.

"When did you hit it?" After looking into my eyes, the doctor asked me seriously. "Three days ago." "Why don't you come see it right away?" "I thought it was okay..." "You'll be blind three days later!" "what?" The word "blindness" scares me. The doctor sternly admonished me that the eyes are very important, and you must see them immediately if you have any problems, while treating me.After the treatment was over and I took painkillers, I told the nurse at the counter: "Sorry, I just got out of school and I don't have any money with me. I'll bring it later."

The nurse looked a bit embarrassed and said, "Wait a minute." Then she went inside. I have a bad idea.After waiting for a while, the doctor who treated me just now came out. "Uh...I'll go back first, I'll bring it right away..." I stammered, but the doctor answered readily: "I don't need any money for medical treatment." "what?" "Your mother and grandma are working hard, forget it, forget it." "But……" "You ran so far, you have to take a bus to go back!" To my surprise, the doctor gave me money for the car.

"I'll get it from your grandma later, okay?" I guess this is really ok?But the pain in my left eye was still there. I thanked him, took the fare and left the hospital.I told my grandma: "The doctor said that the treatment fee will be waived, but the car money must be returned." "What did the doctor say? I will pay back the treatment fee and the car money!" After speaking, he hurriedly took his wallet and went out. But I heard that the doctor did not accept the treatment fee and car money. I wrote these, it seems that my grandma is taken care of by others, but in fact my grandma is also a very good person.

"Is anyone here?" Grandma's cousin, uncle Sanlang, always carries a big burden when he comes to our house.As he unwrapped the bundle, he said: "I just sewed it today, and it is about to be delivered. I can get 10,000 yuan at the end of the month." Uncle Sanlang is a master tailor, and his wages are not paid when the clothes are finished, but at the end of the month.Uncle Sanlang went on to say with certainty: "Lend me five thousand yuan first, and pay it back at the end of the month." When I heard it for the first time, I doubted my ears: Is there anyone else to borrow money from such a family?

He is either a person with a strong heart, or he is really desperate.Uncle Saburo is probably the latter, but grandma never refused him. Grandma opened the patterned cabinet and took out five thousand yuan without taking it seriously. "Anytime is fine." Our family's life is not "just pay at any time". I don't know whether she is stingy or generous. She is really a strange grandmother.