023 Don't do it for yourself
There was only a little candle light left in the villa, and Qing Xiran was shocked. He didn't know who would come to her house at this time.
She wrapped Qing Yiyi in a quilt, got up from the sofa, put on her shoes at the entrance, took out her grandfather's folding knife from her pocket, slightly opened some doors, and looked at the iron door outside the yard.
It was the old couple next door.
The two old men were in a mess, their gray hair was slightly raised in the cold night. The two old men were supporting each other, and they were still reaching out to press the iron door bell of Qing Xiran's yard.
She walked out and stood inside the iron gate and asked:
"Grandpa Hu, Grandma Hu, what's wrong?"
"Xiran, do you have water to drink at home?"
Grandma Hu held Grandpa Hu and looked closer. The two old men had their faces with bruised noses and many footprints on their clothes.
I heard Grandpa Hu say nothing:
"Our family has no water anymore, and there is no drink. Today, our old couple went to the supermarket in the south to buy water. There was a snatch there. Not only was there no mineral water sold, but there were no fruits, drinks, and alcohol..."
"Yes, Xiran, do you have water at home? Can you borrow a bucket of us?"
Grandma Hu was very anxious. Her lips and throat were dry now. A few days ago, she happened to see Qing Xiran bought a few buckets of mineral water and went home. There were so many buckets, Qing Xiran and Qing Yiyi and two of them must have not finished drinking it.
"I have some...tapping water at home. Do you want a little? It's ready to drink it after boiling."
Qing Xiran told a lie, and she noticed that the Hu family's grandparents were talking about a bucket of mineral water, rather than a little, some.
This shows that her family had stockpiled mineral water, and the grandparents next door already knew about it.
Logically speaking, when the neighbor encountered difficulties, he asked for help in front of her door, he should help, not to mention that the other party was older.
And she also stocked up a lot of mineral water.
But to be honest, the mineral water in the entire Xiangcheng has become a shortage of supplies, and people's hearts are separated from each other. She and the two old people next door are not very close to each other on weekdays.
In today's society, there are many people who are neighbors but are not very familiar with each other.
Moreover, if Qing Xiran took out a bucket of water to others, others would ask for a second bucket. She "lent" a bucket of mineral water to the Hu family's grandparents, and there was no need to pay it back.
Qing Xiran still has Qing one to support, and she cannot be this good person.
If it weren't for the sake of everyone being neighbors, Qing Xiran was actually unwilling to borrow tap water.
The Hu family's grandparents were stunned, as if they hadn't expected that Qing Xiran would only "borrow" tap water for them. Immediately, Grandma Hu stepped forward and smiled on her face:
"But, if you drink tap water, your stomach will hurt..."
"Just find a way to boil it. My family only has tap water."
Qing Xiran interrupted Grandma Hu, and she was sure that it was certain and certain. The two old men of the Hu family were hinting that she "borrowed" a bucket of mineral water for them.
It’s not that Qing Xiran wants to harm the two old men of the Hu family, but in Qing Xiran’s concept, if the mineral water is finished, she and Qing Yiyi also have to drink tap water. If the tap water is boiled, it is not impossible to drink it. If a person really reaches a desperate situation, to be honest, he can even drink urine.
So Qing Xiran made a clear attitude, only tap water, and found a way to go home and boil it and drink it, but there was no mineral water.
Don't have tap water, then you have nothing to drink.
"Then, thank you so much, Xiran."
Grandpa Hu, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, reached out to hold Grandma Hu who was still talking. He was so thirsty that he didn't care whether he had mineral water or not. It would be okay to get some tap water first.
"You're welcome."
Qing Xiran smiled with the corner of her mouth, and went home to take the drink bottle of the drink that Qing Yiyi drank from apple cider vinegar, which was about 1.5l, and directly handed it over to the Hu family's grandparents.
When they saw such a big bottle, Grandpa Hu and Grandma Hu felt a little unpleasant on their faces, but they still reached out to take Qing Xiran's bottle.
What? Qing Xiran gave 1.5l of tap water? Didn’t he agree to have a bucket of it?
Grandma Hu couldn't help it anymore, and she frowned and asked:
"Xiran, have you seen your family buy several buckets of mineral water before, and you have already finished drinking it?"
"Your Yiyi has to take a bath every day. There is no way. If we knew that the mineral water was not sold now, we wouldn't take a bath."
Qing Xiran smiled helplessly at Grandpa Hu and Grandma Hu:
"I'm going to go to the ancient well at Normal University to pick up water tomorrow. Grandpa Hu and grandma will go together. I think the water quality will get worse and worse. The water from the well is cleaner than the water in the artificial lake in our community."
"Hey, look at this world."
Grandpa Hu sighed, and did not say he would go, nor did he say he could not go. After thanking Qing Xiran, he left with the 1.5l of tap water.
When she turned around, Grandma Hu kicked the ground hard. As soon as she entered her yard, she said angrily:
"She must have mineral water at home. She is so stingy. It's too bad if she doesn't lend us water. This person is so bad."
"You can speak softly."
Grandpa Hu shook his head, and they didn't expect that everyone was a neighbor. Although they didn't communicate much on weekdays, Qing Xiran was too heartless to do this, and it was simply unreasonable in interpersonal relationships.
It's just a bucket of mineral water, but it's not worth a few dollars.
"Why do you need to be a little bit lighter? I need to be a little bit louder and let her know how wrong she is doing."
In the darkness, Grandma Hu was so angry that she shivered all over. She clearly saw that Qing Xiran had bought several large buckets of mineral water a few days ago and filled the swimming pool at home with tap water. All mineral water was wasted on taking a bath. Is the tap water in that swimming pool a decoration?
Can't you take a bath with tap water?
Grandma Hu was trembling with anger.
Next door to their house, Qing Xiran stood in the dark for a while, and couldn't hear clearly what Grandpa Hu and Grandma Hu were saying next door, but she knew that these two old people were very angry with what she did today.
But what can she do? If others don’t care for themselves, heaven will be punished by the earth.
She smiled mockingly, feeling that her approach was indeed wrong today.
You should not even give tap water. You either don’t ruthlessly or you have to ruthlessly. As you are now, you give water out and ask for some consent. Is this considered losing your wife and losing your troops?
Reflecting on himself, Qing Xiran's cell phone on the coffee table rang.
She hurried back to the room, hugged her daughter to keep warm, reached out to take her cell phone, and saw that it was a text message sent by Yuyou.
[Xuyou: How is your current situation?]
[Qing Xiran: Not very good, water outages, power outages, all the property owners were beaten up, and the owners were also making trouble, with quarrels everywhere and conflicts everywhere.]
[Xuyou: Didn't you go up and cut twice?]
Chapter completed!