After making a wish, financial freedom

Chapter 230 Kind Family Love

Worried that if I am gone, my loved ones will not be able to survive.

Li Zhuo was silent.

He knew that the per capita gdp of the Philippines is relatively low. The national gdp is only 3900 billion US dollars, but the population is as high as 1.1 million. The per capita gdp is 3500 US dollars.

Moreover, what he saw in Mindanao is that there are a large number of poor people in the city, the kind of poor people who are in a state of abject poverty and feel like they have nothing.

He didn't go to the countryside, but the Philippines implements private ownership. Water and electricity, land, and mobile phone operators are all private, which means that even if the poor want to farm the land, it is impossible for them to support themselves.

Li Zhuo asked:

"Can you tell me something about you and your granddaughter?"

"Yes, psychic, I was about to say. Before I died, I lived in a place called Iligan in Mindanao, which is near the sea, but I rarely went to the sea.

My parents died early, leaving a small paddy field. I am the eldest in the family, and I have a younger brother and a younger sister. In order to feed them, I plant three seasons of rice every year, so as to meet their daily food and school needs. "

"I have believed in Catholicism since I was a child, and I believe that the circumstances of my life are pre-arranged by God.

After I brought up my siblings, I saved some money to marry a local poor girl, but maybe God wanted to test me, and soon my wife died of dengue fever, leaving me only one son. "

"The family has always been poor. Raising our son and supporting him to study at university exhausted all the money. When he became an adult, he successfully graduated from university and found a job."

"I feel like I'm finally going to have all the hard work, and I can take a breather when I'm old. But what I didn't expect was that my son's health suddenly deteriorated, and he always complained of stomach pain. The public hospital only gave painkillers, and there was nothing he could do. He was still young. , not yet married, and have no offspring, in order to treat him, I sold all the land and houses in my hometown, and got the money to send him to an expensive private hospital in Manila."

"This hospital was diagnosed with cancer, and all my money was spent on the treatment for just over a month. In the end, my son couldn't bear it anymore."

"During that time, I was in great pain because I lost all hope. My younger sister who had been suffering for a lifetime also disappeared at that time. I contacted my younger brother who had a better life. He had already settled abroad and said that he didn't want to be with his hometown or his poor relatives. If there is any relationship, send 400 SGD as a thank you, and don't contact me again in the future.

At that time, I had already lived in the slums of Iligan, all hope was lost, and it rained for several consecutive days, and the small shack where I lived was soaked, I was cold and hungry, and still had a fever. I dreamed of my deceased wife, children and sister, all welcoming me. "

"When it was still raining, a teenage girl from the slums came out to find plastic bottles, wine bottles, etc., and sold them to subsidize the family."

"When it rains, fewer people come out to pick up trash, so she picks up more things than usual, and even picks up cans."

"At this time, it was raining heavily again, and she rushed into the small shack where I lived to hide from the rain with these things in her arms."

"I'm actually waiting to die. I didn't even see her come in. I only vaguely knew someone was coming."

"The little girl told me that this place was where her grandfather lived before he died, so I have no right to drive her away. She was worried that I would not let her take shelter from the rain."

"I told her that I was going to die and I wouldn't drive her away if she wasn't afraid of death."

"The little girl has experience in taking care of grandpa. After she came to see me, she said, "You can't die, I will help you."

"She counted and counted the bottles and jars she picked up, and after the rain subsided, she sold them for money, bought some food from a roadside stall, and came to me with antipyretic medicine, and fed them like a little adult. I eat, give me medicine, bring me back from death."

"And she was beaten up by her stepfather because she didn't bring money home that day."

"Since then, she has come over every day and took care of me like her grandpa. She said it felt as if grandpa hadn't left."

"I later learned that she would be beaten if she didn't bring any money home, so I exchanged the Singapore dollars my brother gave me for pesos, and gave her some to take home when she was in trouble."

"One day, I asked her, do you have any relatives in this world?"

"She said that the grandfather who loved her is gone, and she has never seen her father. Her stepfather and mother are not good to her. They only need her to pick up junk and do odd jobs for money. She doesn't know if this is considered a relative."

"So, I asked her, can I be your grandfather?"

"I still remember the look in her eyes at that time, and I will never forget it even after I die. It was a kind of emotion that was trusted and suppressed for a long time—"

"She yelled, 'Grandpa, my dear grandpa, I know you won't leave me, I know you'll try to find me...' She held me tight, trembling all over, like a bird in the wind A little grass..."

There was a choking sound in the ghost's memory voice:
"My whole body was trembling at the time, and my hands were also shaking. I knelt on the ground for a long time and thanked God for giving me such a best relative before I died."

“Since then, I have been motivated because I have a granddaughter to take care of, I have to do odd jobs to earn money, and I have to leave good things for her. I know she likes small cakes, so every once in a while I use Buy one for her with the saved money. She is very sensible, and she will share it with me every time she eats, but why would I want it? She needs nutrition to grow her body, but I don’t need..."

"... She occasionally sat at the door of my shack, staring at the girl going to school in a daze. I knew she wanted to go to school, so I went to the carpentry workshop. I could do carpentry. They thought I was old, and after my repeated After begging, a family finally took pity on me and hired me with very low wages."

"Although she is very tired every day, she can go to school and I can see that she is very happy. This is enough for me."

"But I was dying, I had only been working as a carpenter for two years before I lay down, and once I lay down I couldn't recover.

Before I died, I left all my meager money to her, and told her to prepare me for the lowest level of water burial, find a box to put me in, nail me on a raft and push me into the sea.I will bless her in the endless wandering, she cried in despair at that time.

I'm not afraid of death. Don't people have to die sooner or later?

But I always worry that if I die, there will be no one to take care of my granddaughter.She will not go to school, have to pick up junk, live day by day, and eventually die quietly on the side of the road due to malnutrition and disease, which is too common in the slums.

I was very scared, because my granddaughter is already 12 years old, and she is getting more and more beautiful. Her vicious stepfather and indifferent mother will do anything for money. What if she is sold to a brothel?
I'm afraid that she won't be able to survive. In that case, even if I die, I won't have peace... Do you understand? "

How can you not understand?

Two people who have no other relatives, two poor people who have been thrown into the slums by life, are giving each other warmth and comfort.

An insignificant person may not be insignificant, especially in terms of personality.

Because of his concern, even if he died, he still couldn't let it go, so much so that it became an obsession.

Li Zhuo listened to the ghost's story with a heavy heart.

he asked:
"What's your name? What's your granddaughter's name?"

"My name is Sandro Arida, and my granddaughter's name is Medina Green, and she is still in the slums of Iligan."

"I see. I will try my best to help your granddaughter. I think her name can be changed to Madina Grey-Arrida in the future. Don't worry, she will go to school, have food, and can choose her favorite Marriage, can lead a happy life..."

The ghost's emotions became agitated, and there was no wind around the water coffin, causing waves:
"Thank you! I don't know how to repay you, psychic, I kowtow to you, I wish you the protection of the gods in the sea in the future, and go in and out of the sea safely!"

Li Zhuo didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but at this moment he also felt as if there was an invisible force of blessing exerted on him.

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