Chapter 236: Terminal Illness
In the evening, Liangzi, Broad Bean and others came back, while You Shilong, Zhu Lei and Peng Weihua went down the mountain again. Everyone came and went like a marquee, and it was quite lively, so the bald man's desire to gather people for a drink was also in vain.
Everyone joked and joked, never shying away from Li Tianchou, and he knew a lot of things from everyone's conversations. Although it is not comprehensive, he can generally judge that Uncle Geng's layout of Sun Kidnapper has reached the final stage, so that he must hit with one blow and never turn over.
The layout has taken a lot of thought, not only the means of the rivers and lakes, but it seems that Uncle Geng has also made sufficient preparations on the official side. Regarding this aspect, although Peng Weihua was vague, Li Tianchou still heard the shadow of Fantai and Shen Yingjie.
This made Li Tianchou very uneasy, everyone will fight, don't drag innocent people in. But he had no problem with Peng's scoundrel, so he had to find an opportunity to ask Uncle Geng.
It's boring that everyone is so lively, but it doesn't have much to do with themselves. Li Tianchou was in a hurry, but the bald man pretended to be stupid, and specially emphasized that he would keep his promise and not think about or do anything within two days.
Everyone else took care of it, and it was useless to ask anyone, and Li Tianchou was completely depressed. I can only wait a little longer, stay up for another day, and the agreement with Uncle Geng will expire.
The first day passed so quickly in a daze, during which in addition to eating and drinking, Li Tianchou went to see Uncle Geng twice, but he didn't talk twice, Uncle Geng was about to sleep, and he really had no temper.
The next day, Li Tianchou, who had nothing to do, spent most of his time walking around Xiao Song, and soon got acquainted with the village under the mountain. The inhabitants here are divided into two categories: aboriginal and foreign, and the proportion is about seven or three kai.
Everyone gets along in harmony, is safe with each other, and is in order, which is the strangest thing about Li Tianchou. Because the land and resources in the village are very limited, under these conditions, the outsiders are usually not welcomed by the indigenous people. He was impressed by the fact that when he was a child, he often watched two villages fight over the pasture on the hillside, and the intensity was beyond the imagination of outsiders.
Moreover, the migrant population in the village still has to be controlled by the township, and it is not easy for them to take root smoothly, so how did they do this? Li Tianchou was puzzled.
The living conditions in the village are difficult, and due to the geographical constraints, electricity was only connected a few years ago, which is worse than his hometown in the northwest. Most of the people rely on their own daily food and drink, and they will only go to the countryside to buy daily necessities after a long time, because it is really difficult to walk on a long mountain road. I heard that the government was going to build a country road, and it seemed that it was going to blow up the mountains on the periphery, but I didn't know that it was a matter of the year and the moon.
The villagers are very simple, and this is the same for everyone regardless of whether they are original residents or outsiders. Li Tianchou also found that almost all the villagers were very enthusiastic about Xiao Song, and as long as Uncle Geng was talked about in words, everyone was extremely respectful and respectful.
Slowly, Li Tianchou learned that most of these outsiders had something to do with Uncle Geng, which surprised him, and also made him suddenly understand the real reason why everyone could still get along in harmony with so many outsiders in the village.
Li Tianchou asked about this, and Xiao Song didn't know much, but he could also introduce a general idea. Most of these outsiders are brothers who have worked with Uncle Geng, and a few of them are friends who once had similar ideals, in short, they all have common characteristics, they all come from the countryside, they can't get along in the city, and they are all tired of life in the rivers and lakes.
Uncle Geng's principle is to come and go freely, never to force others to make it difficult, and he is also very kind to them, and those who are willing to return to their hometowns will be given travel expenses and a certain amount of economic help, and those who are unwilling will be arranged to come to this place.
Uncle Geng also set a very strict rule, once the brothers leave the choice, they can no longer take the initiative to contact, in addition to considering everyone's convenience, the more important reason is that he does not want to interfere with their lives.
Therefore, more than ten years ago, Uncle Geng built a lot of houses on the mountainside of Caijiayuan but never came back, and the fundamental reason was that he did not want to destroy the peaceful life of the villagers. This time, I'm afraid I was forced into a corner, and I had to come back.
But there are rules for coming back, except for a few people, Uncle Geng strictly forbids everyone to go down the mountain to the village at will, and refuses to allow old friends in the village to come up to see him.
After listening, Li Tianchou was silent, he didn't expect that Uncle Geng still had so many things that he didn't know, but he admired his responsibility and good intentions from the bottom of his heart. These seemingly inconspicuous things have really helped many people around him, and they are much more meaningful than some of his so-called ideals.
By chance after lunch, Li Tianchou avoided the sea bald man and grabbed Dr. Gu, who had been unwilling to show up easily. He coaxed and frightened to find out Uncle Geng's condition, but after tossing for a long time, Lao Gu was unmoved. couldn't beat and scold again, Li Tianchou was so anxious that he couldn't make a move, but he refused to let go easily.
In the end, he was forced to be anxious, and after getting the promise of confidentiality, Lao Gu finally threw out a sentence to get out, but Li Tianchou's heart sank down when he heard it, gunshot wounds were no longer a problem, and Uncle Geng had an incurable disease.
Although he expected that the situation was not good, he heard that Dr. Gu personally said the words incurable disease. He still had difficulty adapting for a while, and he couldn't tell whether it was sadness, sadness or regret, and he felt more that his heart was empty and bottomless.
Why did he feel like this, Li Tianchou himself couldn't figure it out. Perhaps his fate has been inevitably intertwined with the car dealers, or perhaps in the previous life and death experience, Uncle Geng's words and deeds have subtly formed a spiritual reference in his heart, although it is not as clear as the brand, but it has lingered.
So every time there is a big event, he will unconsciously think of Uncle Geng, although the two have completely different styles of doing things, but what Uncle Geng will do has gradually become Li Tianchou's habitual thinking.
I have to admit that Uncle Geng's influence on him is getting bigger and bigger, and with the gradual deepening of his understanding of Uncle Geng, this influence has become irreversible. Especially the recent experience has made him more aware of this, but it is a very positive and positive impact.
No matter what the police think of Uncle Geng and the car dealers, Li Tianchou gradually recognized everyone, first of all, because of the same identity, but this is not the main reason.
The key is that in the continuous getting along with the Communist Party, Li Tianchou gradually understands everyone's conduct, and some of these people may be radical or very eccentric, but they are by no means gangsters and heinous criminals, and he is very sure of this. Whatever you've done in the past, at least not now.
If you have to hold on to the past, then at best, everyone was once a group of poor people struggling on the edges. Unfortunately, there is no essential difference now, and I am still struggling.
On the contrary, Li Tianchou felt ashamed of his previous narrow thinking, whether it was the so-called entrepreneurial ideal or the current goal of trying to solve the nightmare, he was thinking about the problem from a very individual and low-end level, and he had also made bold promises to Hongmao and others, but it was always a mess after tossing for a long time, all of which was not worth mentioning compared to what Uncle Geng had done silently.
This is where the gap lies, and Li Tianchou suddenly became enlightened. In the past, this ideal and that goal were actually a muddy mess, and in the final analysis, the goal was ambitious, but the reality often deviated from the goal. It's better to do everything in a down-to-earth manner.
Uncle Geng hopes that everyone around him will have a good home, both the mentality of making up for mistakes and some utopian fantasies, but he has been working hard to do it, and he is also realizing it little by little, which is amazing.
Li Tianchou suddenly had a burning heart and an irrepressible urge to try, he had completely understood and read Uncle Geng, so despite the pressure of that entrustment, he decided to go all out to complete it without any discount.
When he and Xiao Song came back from the mountain, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and the two-day agreed deadline was almost up. Li Tianchou went directly to the backyard and said hello to Ah Wei, and he knocked on Uncle Geng's door.
"Come in. Uncle Geng's voice in the room was a little hoarse.
"Uncle. Li Tianchou pushed the door in, and Uncle Geng was half-lying on the bed reading a book, as if he was enjoying it.
"Sit down. Uncle Geng closed the book and smiled, "I came here early today." ”
"Not early. Two days is not a short time, I live like a year, but it is not a long time, and I have figured out some problems, so it is just right. Li Tianchou was trying to organize the vocabulary in his head.
Uncle Geng smiled again, "Oh, tell me how you live like a year, and what problems you have figured out." ”
"Let's talk about life first. Li Tianchou straightened his sitting posture, "At the moment, every master in the car shop is busy, needless to say, he knows what he is busy with." But since I am a member of the car dealership, why am I the only idler? This kind of special treatment is uncomfortable when I think about it, so I live like a year. ”
Uncle Geng nodded, "This question is easy to answer, but I want to hear what you understand first." ”
Li Tianchou scratched his head, it seemed that it was difficult to say the words, "Uncle, forgive me for taking the liberty of being presumptuous, I also want to ask you a question first, of course, you can also not answer, just let me be addicted." ”
"Say it, I don't hide what I can say. Uncle Geng's face was calm as usual, as if he had guessed what Li Tianchou was thinking.