Rebirth of the Millennial: Getting Rich After Parents Get Laid Off

Chapter 56 Let him help, okay?

Seeing the old lady approaching her, Li Xunli quickly greeted her, "Aunt Huifen!"

Then he patted Shen Qingqing who was clinging to him and said, "Call me Auntie!"

Shen Qingqing politely called out, "Hello, Auntie!"

Li Huifen said "eh" twice, smiled a little awkwardly, and looked at Li Xunli's expression as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

Not only Shen Qingqing noticed it, but Li Xunli also noticed it.

"Aunt Huifen, just tell me if you have anything to say!" Li Xunli said.

Li Huifen kept licking her lips, twisting her hands together, and looked at her grandson who was much taller than her and standing next to her with both heartache and embarrassment.

Seeing her like this, Li Xunli could probably guess that it was something related to Chen Manyu.

Li Huifen hesitated for a long time before finally speaking, "Xunli, I heard you're doing porcelain work yourself, right?"

Li Xunli nodded: "Yes, they are all small orders."

When Li Xunli said it was a small order, Li Huifen's face became even more embarrassed. Her face flushed red before she said the next sentence: "Can, can you take Manyu as an apprentice?"

After saying that, he hurriedly added, "No, you don't need to give him money! Just give him two meals! A few steamed buns will do!"

Li Xunli noticed something was wrong and asked, "Aunt Huifen, what happened?"

Li Huifen swallowed, her eyes reddened, and she looked at Chen Manyu again, unable to speak.

Although Chen Manyu was ten years old when his brain was damaged, his intelligence was just growing slowly, not that he couldn't understand what people were saying.

"Qingqing, take Brother Manyu inside to wash his hands and wipe the dirty places on his body." Li Xunli found an excuse and asked Shen Qingqing to send Chen Manyu away.

Chen Manyu looked at Shen Qingqing who came out from behind Li Xunli with some vigilance. He was calmed down by Li Huifen and followed Shen Qingqing into their family's porcelain kiln, looking back every step of the way.

After watching Chen Manyu go in and making sure he couldn't hear her, Li Huifen sniffed and said, "Xunli, I'm not afraid to tell you. When my husband and I took Manyu for a checkup this year, we were diagnosed with a chronic disease. We need to take medicine, otherwise it will get worse."

"How could we, an old couple, afford this medicine? So we listened to the nurse and applied for a minimum living allowance, which is enough to cover our expenses. We also want to look after Manyu for a few more years, and we're worried about him!"

"But we also knew that he probably didn't have many years left to live, so we wanted to find a physical job for Manyu that didn't require any brains. But no one wanted him. They thought he was stupid and were worried that something might happen to him."

"But Manyu understands what we say. He's just a little slow to react, but he's very efficient. People have disliked him so many times that he's no longer willing to follow us to find work."

"He's loved following his grandfather in making porcelain since he was little. Although he hasn't been very bright these days, he still has some skills. Coincidentally, you're also doing this, so could you..."

Li Xunli looked somewhat embarrassed.

When Li Huifen saw Li Xunli's expression, her face darkened, but she still looked at Li Xunli pleadingly.

Li Xunli remembered what Chen Manyu had just said about helping her, and realized that the child also knew that his grandparents had been worrying about this matter for him, and he happened to meet Li Xunli pounding ingredients, which he knew how to do, so he took the initiative to offer to help.

In his opinion, the people he had approached before didn't want him because he was stupid and had never done those jobs, and they were afraid that he wouldn't understand, so they didn't want him.

Li Xunli has been able to do this job since he was a child. He learned a lot from his grandfather. Needless to say, he understands it, so Li Xunli will definitely want it!
"Aunt Huifen, I might…" Li Xunli was at a loss for words. But she also understood that this was the old lady's entrustment, and if she accepted it, it would mean she would have to shoulder the responsibility for Chen Manyu's life for the rest of his life.

This is not something that can be accepted lightly.

"Or, you can let him help you for a few days. Once we find something else to do and can earn more money, we will definitely take him back home, okay?" Li Huifen choked up, "We can also buy him steamed buns ourselves..."

"Just let him do whatever he wants here, and let him know that he's needed, okay?"

Li Xunli looked at the old man's pleading expression and couldn't bring herself to say no.

"Grandma! Aunt Li! I'm clean!" Chen Manyu's excited voice came from behind.

Li Huifen quickly wiped away her tears, pretending nothing had happened, and greeted Chen Manyu with a smile, "Yeah, we have to be clean, that's how we look!"

"Come, thank you Aunt Li and Sister Qingqing. Let's go home. Your grandpa should go back to buy groceries."

Chen Manyu nodded and waved goodbye to Li Xunli and Shen Qingqing.

After the grandparents and grandchildren walked away, Li Xunli turned around and went inside with a depressed mood.

Shen Qingqing was very surprised. She followed her mother and asked, "Mom, what's wrong? Why are you like this?"

Li Xunli looked at Shen Qingqing's lively appearance and couldn't help but hug her in her arms, and then told her briefly about Chen Manyu.

After hearing what her mother said, Shen Qingqing was silent for a long time before she said, "Mom, we can't take him in."

Shen Qingqing knew that what she said was a bit cold-blooded, but if she wasn't cold-blooded, it was unknown how much trouble she would get into after taking over Chen Manyu.

"Mom knows that too, but you didn't see the look on your Aunt Huifen's face..." Li Xunli felt upset.

Because of this incident, the working atmosphere of the mother and daughter was a bit dull the whole afternoon. They didn't say anything and worked so hard that when Shen Rongzhou called to ask them to go home for dinner, Li Xunli had almost finished pounding the necessary ingredients.

Seeing that only the final finishing touches were left, Li Xunli simply finished the work before taking Shen Qingqing back together.

After returning home, Li Xunli talked about Chen Manyu with Shen Rongzhou at the dinner table.

Although Shen Rongzhou had not seen Chen Manyu very often, he still had an impression of this rather special situation.

Seeing that his wife was so depressed because of this matter that she could hardly eat, he could only comfort her by saying, "Wife, our family can only help you temporarily, not forever."

"In his case, it's obvious that we need to help him for the rest of his life. If the two elders are a hundred years old, he won't have a guardian to look after him. If anything happens, they might come after us."

"You have three children at home. You need to think carefully."

Li Xunli sighed deeply, "I know, I just know, but I can't help but feel sorry for them..."

"When I was little, if Aunt Huifen had a sweet potato or something at home, she would share a piece with me..."

It was because she remembered this good thing about Li Huifen that Li Xunli couldn't say anything final today.

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