Chapter 38 Zhao Siblings

"Xia Yu, Wu Yaozu."

Zhao Ruohan looked at Xia Yu and Fatty Wu in surprise, with a hint of shyness in her eyes, but she still greeted them.

Zhao Ruohan is a classmate of Xia Yu and Wu Pangzi. She is tall, about 1.78 meters tall, taller than many boys. Her academic performance is also very good, and she is a goddess in the eyes of many boys.

Her personality is not as fiery as most girls in Xishu Province. Instead, she is very gentle and polite. She even blushes when talking to people. This is considered an outlier in Xishu Province, which makes many boys like to provoke her and bully her on purpose just to see her blush and get angry.

Xia Yu was not so bored and went to tease the little girl. He and Zhao Ruohan were not actually familiar with each other. The only time they met was when the class organized a dance. He and Zhao Ruohan were partners. After all, with Zhao Ruohan's height, only someone like Xia Yu, who was 1.9 meters tall, could be a good match.

But I heard that Zhao Ruohan's family has not been doing well. In recent months, her father has been seriously ill and has been hospitalized. The medical expenses are a lot of money. The school once organized a donation, and Xia Yu also donated 1,000 yuan. Although it is not much, it is a kind gesture.

The one who is grilling is Zhao Ruohan's brother, Zhao Ruoxuan. Ever since their father fell ill, the family has been completely cut off from financial resources. The brother and sister have already spent all their savings on their father's medical treatment. Recently, they thought of making a living by setting up a barbecue stall. It happens to be summer vacation now, so Zhao Ruohan can come and help out.

However, their barbecue business has not been very good. Firstly, they are a new barbecue stall and have no regular customers. Secondly, Zhao Ruoxuan's cooking skills are not good enough, and the taste of the barbecue is not better than that of the surrounding shops.

"What would you like to eat?" Zhao Ruohan greeted the two of them, standing in front of them. Her tall stature made Fatty Wu feel a little depressed.

Zhao Ruohan's eyes fell on Xia Yu. Xia Yu had always been very popular in school. With a height of 1.9 meters and good looks, his academic performance always ranked among the top three in the school. He had never been involved in any scandals. His father was the gym leader of Xingguang City, and his brother was the gym leader of Honglian City. All these factors combined made Xia Yu the focus of discussion among girls since the first year of high school.

Although she seldom discussed it with others, dancing with Xia Yu last time made the two of them a little more familiar with each other. She didn't expect to meet Xia Yu here again.

Zhao Ruohan was wearing an apron, jeans, and a pair of white shoes that were washed so much that they looked bleached. However, this did not affect her beauty at all. Instead, it gave her a fresh and unworldly beauty.

"Fatty, what do you want to eat?" Xia Yu turned and asked Fatty Wu.

"It's all right."

"That's it, let's have two skewers of everything, some meat and some vegetarian." In fact, the two of them had just finished their meal and couldn't really eat so much, but it was rare to meet his classmates, and Zhao Ruohan's family was indeed in difficulty, so he tried his best to help within his ability.

"Ah. You can't eat so much. It will be a waste." Zhao Ruohan said quickly when she saw Xia Yu ordered so much.

Xia Yu wanted to laugh at this scene. Others would like customers to order as much as possible, but why would they complain about ordering too much here? "It's okay, Fatty Wu eats a lot."

Fatty Wu: “???”

"Well... okay." Zhao Ruohan nodded and went to choose skewers for Xia Yu and the others.

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"Damn, Xia Yu, I can't eat so much." Fatty Wu said in a low voice when he saw Zhao Ruohan walking away.

"I believe you, and you can treat it as charity. Zhao Ruohan's family is in such a difficult situation, so you should eat more." Xia Yu said, "If you can't finish it, we can pack it up."

"That's pretty much it."

While they were talking, they suddenly heard Zhao Ruoxuan's phone ringing. He picked up the phone and said, "Okay, I'll send the money tomorrow. Doctor Li, please help me. My dad really can't be discharged from the hospital. Please, Doctor Li, think of a way. We will really send the money tomorrow. I promise that there will be no delay. Don't worry, don't worry."

Listening to Zhao Ruoxuan's humble appearance, Xia Yu and Fatty Wu felt uncomfortable for a moment, especially the little fat man Wu Yaozu. Although he was wretched and lustful, he was actually very kind in his heart. He couldn't help but whispered: "Xia Yu, how about we help?"

"How can I help?" Xia Yu tilted his head and looked at Fatty Wu.

"Give me money." Fatty Wu actually had a simple idea. Both he and Xia Yu's families were quite wealthy. Since Zhao Ruohan was short of money, he should just give her money. Simple and crude.

Xia Yu smiled and shook her head: "What if you give the money? What if her father's disease is incurable and can only be treated by taking medicine and long-term treatment? Can you keep giving money? And if the family members of other classmates in the class get sick in the future, will you also have to give money?"

Xia Yu thinks much longer-term than Fatty Wu. He has always held the view that unless the person is a close relative or someone who has done him a favor, one should never give money directly. It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Once money is given, the nature of the matter may change.

Just like what Xia Yu said, if the other party needs money in the future and asks you to borrow money, you will give it to him or not. If you give it to him once, you will give it to him twice, and you may need to give it to him all the time. If you don't give it to him, he will forget your kindness to him and think that since you helped him last time, why don't you help him this time, and he may even hate you for it.

"Then what do you say we should do?" Fatty Wu said dejectedly. He really didn't think so much about it.

"Let's talk about it later." Xia Yu responded. He really hadn't figured out how to help Zhao Ruohan, but since he had seen it, he should help her if he could. Besides, he admired this girl. She studied hard and had good grades. Her future should be to go to college and to a better stage.

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While the two were talking, the barbecue was served. It must be said that there was a reason why no one came to eat their barbecue. The taste was not particularly good and did not have any special features.

"How does it taste?" Zhao Ruohan asked curiously. At the moment, there was only Xia Yu and his table, so she acted as their exclusive waiter.

"Not bad." Seeing Zhao Ruohan's expectant expression, Fatty Wu pretended to enjoy the food and said. This was his personality. He didn't want to offend anyone, nor did he want to hurt anyone's feelings.

"Not very good." Xia Yu said directly: "The taste is not very good, the craftsmanship is not very good, it seems like it was baked by a novice."

Zhao Ruohan felt a little sad when she heard Xia Yu's words, and quickly said apologetically: "Yes... I'm sorry, my brother has only started to set up a stall in the past few days, and he is not very experienced yet."

"Well, you ask your brother to stand next to me and learn, and I will teach you."

"Can you grill?" Fatty Wu asked with a look of doubt on his face.

"You'll know if you try it. Classmate Zhao, do you mind if I give it a try?" Xia Yu said with a smile.

"I...I want to discuss with my brother." Zhao Ruohan said in a low voice.

Xia Yu stood up and walked towards the barbecue stall. His height of 1.9 meters startled Zhao Ruoxuan, who thought he was here to cause trouble. After listening to his sister's explanation, Zhao Ruoxuan finally understood what was going on. He had seen Xia Yu and Fatty Wu a long time ago. The clothes and shoes they wore were expensive, and they looked rich. This made him wary of Xia Yu and Fatty Wu, especially Xia Yu, who was handsome and had a rich family. He was a little worried that his sister would go astray for money, so whenever Zhao Ruoxuan got closer to Xia Yu, he kept watching the two of them.

"Brother Zhao, how much can you earn in a day?" Xia Yu asked.

"Our business is not very good, but we can make seven or eight hundred a day." Zhao Ruoxuan is also an honest man and did not make false reports.

"How much is left for Uncle Zhao's medical expenses?" Xia Yu continued to ask.

"One thousand and two."

"Okay, I've thought of an idea, see if it works. I'll give you twelve hundred, and let me run the barbecue stall today. I promise that no matter how the barbecue stall business is, I'll give you the twelve hundred. But if the profit exceeds twelve hundred, 90% of it will belong to me, and you have to help me, how about that?" Xia Yu said with a smile.

"Yes. Of course no problem. Come on, come here, I'll make room for you." After hearing what Xia Yu said, Zhao Ruoxuan naturally would not go against money, and agreed readily.

"Great! Fatty Wu pays."

"???"