Chapter 45: The 800-meter Pit
Chen Xiaohe's grandfather, Yu Deyi, is 90 years old this year and lives in a small mountain village known for its longevity, which is about 50 kilometers away from Chen Xiaohe's hometown.
Yu Mei also jumped out of the mountain village to marry back then, although she didn't jump out of the farm.
Yu Mei has an older brother Yu Liang, a second sister Yu Li and a younger sister Yu Xiang.
Yu Liang, as the only male in the family, has taken advantage of it since he was a child, and when he was a child, he ate more thick mouths, and Yu Mei followed behind and couldn't even bring a mouthful of noodle soup; when he grew up, he went to school, Yu Mei went out to work to make money to supplement the family; when he was older, he built a house and married a daughter-in-law, and the bride price money was exchanged for the bride price money from Chen Jianqiang's family that Yu Mei received that year.
Although he is the eldest brother, he has earned all his money cheaply since he was a child, and when he is old, he will not learn to feel more sorry for the following sisters, and he has been dragging a few younger sisters to support the elderly together.
Yu Mei, the eldest sister, is the most hard-working, filial piety to her parents, respect for her brother, and love for her sister, but she is the only child in the family who has not even studied in elementary school, commonly known as "blind eyes", every time Yu Deyi has something wrong, he always rushes to the front for the first time, but he marries far away, and he is always a little out of reach.
The second aunt Yu Liren is more shrewd and capable, she has a very prosperous life, she can't get used to the style of the eldest brother Yu Liang, she had a conflict with the eldest brother's family many years ago, and she basically doesn't interact with each other every day.
The third aunt Yu Xiang is the younger sister, she has been honest all her life, and she is married in this village, and she usually cares for the elderly.
Chen Xiaohe knew that his grandfather was sick, and his mother always took the lead, but it was rare for his father to come to Shanghai once, and he had to be called back by his mother, Chen Xiaohe always felt that it was a bit of a fuss.
Can't so many children serve an old man?
Chen Xiaohe stood under the sun and looked at his father, who was lying down, and always felt that his father seemed to have something in his heart, as if he was a little anxious, maybe he was really too worried about his grandfather's safety?
Chen Jianqiang just stood downstairs in the Shanghai Tower and listened quietly to his daughter's count, and he didn't refute much.
In the end, Chen Jianqiang still said, "Didn't your mother go to see the child for your brother, it was originally our turn to take care of your grandfather, and I still have to go back to take care of your mother when he is hospitalized." ”
Chen Xiaohe knows that his grandfather's daily life is barely able to take care of himself, but he always needs someone to help cook, buy groceries and so on. Therefore, each family is on duty for 10 days, and the grandfather is currently under the control of his uncle Yu Liang.
Chen Xiaohe knows his father's bullish temper, whatever he says is whatever he wants, no matter how much persuasion he has, it is useless.
"You usually have to go to work, I'll leave tomorrow, Su Fa, you see if there is a ticket, I bought the ticket for next week and will refund it at the train station." Chen Jianqiang was in a hurry, and he arranged it immediately.
Su Fa basically did not participate in the opinions of Chen Xiaohe's family and only participated in the implementation of the matter, so he hurriedly looked at and bought tickets on the Internet.
Chen Xiaohe saw that it was a foregone conclusion that his father was leaving, so he had no choice but to accept this fact, and Zhang Luo took his father to have a good meal first.
Chen Xiaohe's family went to a famous Internet celebrity Hangzhou Bang restaurant in Shanghai, and the five of them sat around the fairy boat to eat.
Chen Jianqiang sat uncomfortably, and even said, "This big city is full of tricks, and you can eat on a broken boat." ”
Chen Xiaohe clicked a few photos to his father, "Haha, Dad, you don't understand, you have to stay for a few more days, we won't take you around to have fun." You see you don't have a smartphone either, I wanted to buy you one, but I haven't placed an order yet, and you're in a hurry to leave tomorrow. ”
"I don't want to use that, I don't need it, you don't want to buy it. Chen Jianqiang waved his hand again and again.
"I see that my uncles and aunts in my hometown all use this, and our family's group chats so much every day, you are too outdated!
Chen Xiaohe said.
"There's nothing to shoot, and the Shanghai Tower is just like that, taking a big elevator and swooping up, similar to the winch I used to drive in the coal mine. ”
Chen Xiaohe and Su Fa were both amused!
It's the first time I've heard such a funny metaphor.
"At 18 meters per second, the Shanghai Tower can reach the 118th floor in 55 seconds, which is 546 meters high. "Ah Jun is reporting the data over there.
Several people were impressed by Ah Jun's memory, and they all turned their heads to look at Ah Jun in unison.
"Grandpa also said that the speed of the winch he drove was 5 meters per second, and the mine had to go more than 800 meters underground!"
Ah Jun looked at his grandfather with proud and adoring eyes.
Chen Xiaohe didn't expect his father to have such a harvest when he went to Shanghai Tower.
The vinegar fish from West Lake was on the table, and Chen Xiaohe didn't care about eating, so he said to his father, "Dad, yes, you have driven a winch for half your life, I didn't know that this winch and the elevator have such a big connection, it turns out that the mine is so deep!"
Chen Jianqiang recalled the past while clipping a southern milk clam, "Yes, how powerful people are now, I used to dig hard into the ground, and the digging in the ground went bankrupt and closed, so I went to the sky again, I ran to the top to take a look, it was really different from the bottom, the car and people were about the same size as ants." ”
It is rare to listen to Chen Jianqiang's lyrical words, and Chen Xiaohe feels that this trip is really worth it.
Chen Jianqiang has been a tenacious person all his life.
When he was young, not long after he and Yu Meiding became married, he was recruited to become a worker, which was a great honor in the whole village.
But Chen Jianqiang doesn't feel like he's a cow. Many people are worried about Yu Mei, afraid that this family business will be yellow, how should Chen Jianqiang treat Yu Mei and Yu Mei, a heart is as solid as a rock.
When he got older, everyone didn't take the big brother of the workers seriously, and he was still working in that mine, riding a bicycle for forty or fifty kilometers back and forth to catch up with work, and the villagers laughed at him, "If I were to give me 30 yuan a day for nothing, I wouldn't be too lazy to ride a bicycle to get it", but he still insisted on staying up with this job until he retired honorably.
Chen Xiaohe only went to his father's place of work once when he was a child, and he didn't have much impression of it.
Now listening to my father talk about the pit that is more than 800 meters deeper than the height of the Shanghai Tower, Chen Jianqiang has been carrying countless workers up and down every day to dig carbon in the underground world, planting it for decades!
When Chen Xiaohe was stunned, Su Fa interjected beside him, "You know that Lawrence curses, the day the skyscraper is built, it is the time of economic recession. ”
Chen Xiaohe pushed Su Fa, "Go and go, don't be casual about learning, let's have a good chat, don't mention the building every time, just come to this sentence, can you say something fresh." ”
Su Fa's joke Chen Xiaohe felt fresh when he heard it for the first time, and since he came to Shanghai, he felt that he had heard Su Fa say it hundreds of times.
Su Fa sighed, it seems that it is getting more and more difficult to coax his wife with the previous routine.