Chapter 253: Uncle Ren's Family
Good guy, I admire his actions very much, and I don't dare to change it, mainly because I am embarrassed and thin-skinned. Ma Zhuang's behavior reminds me of those salesmen and those who engage in pyramid schemes, they all have to learn to sell themselves first. I didn't say anything all the way, got off at Shijiazhuang Station, I called Uncle Ren, saying that I would take a taxi to his community, and Uncle Ren asked me to come quickly, the sooner the better. He also said that when the time comes, he will not say that you are here to exorcise evil spirits, but that he is a friend of my son and will be a guest at home.
"Is it in such a hurry? It's not a food delivery!" I laughed as I hung up.
Ma Zhuang said: "Could it be that his house is already dancing with demons?" I said that can't, it's not enough in broad daylight, it is estimated that the family is quarreling, let us go over and persuade the two of us. When I arrived at the community, I saw that this was a high-end residence, all of which were six-story houses with elevators, and Uncle Ren's house was on the fifth floor, and when I entered the house, I found that the fifth and sixth floors were his home, and the decoration was very luxurious. Uncle Ren is in his sixties, and he introduced the two of us to the family, including three generations of old, middle-aged and young people, and a nanny in her fifties, who said that she was a neighbor of his former hometown.
Today is Saturday, except for Uncle Ren's son, all the family members are at home, a total of five people. I saw his wife and daughter-in-law, as well as his granddaughter, who lived upstairs and was in high school. Uncle Ren and his wife are ordinary middle-aged and elderly people, but the wife is very thin, like a serious illness. Uncle Ren's daughter-in-law is about forty years old, tall and slender, looking at her figure like a dancer, and the clothes she wears are similar to robes, colorful, very similar to the costumes of ethnic minorities in the southwest. And judging from her facial features, she doesn't look like a Han person, with high cheekbones, a wide forehead, and a big mouth, a little like the singer named Wei Wei.
Uncle Ren took us upstairs and stood at the top of the stairs and called out to his granddaughter, a teenager and a half-year-old girl, wearing jeans and a casual top, she looked very good, but her face was like frost, as if the whole world owed her money. Out of the bedroom, he nodded to me and Ma Zhuang, even if he said hello, turned around and entered the bedroom again. Ren's nanny talked a lot, and when she heard that we were friends of Mr. Ren, she greeted us warmly and asked me and Ma Zhuang what we believed. We looked at each other and shook our heads, thinking that what she said by "what to believe" should be referring to religion, and many people in China have no religious beliefs, and neither do we. The nanny said she had a pamphlet in her hand and had a chance to show it to me. I didn't understand what she said, so Uncle Ren asked her to clean up the living room. The nanny told Ma Zhuang and me to make us a good meal at noon, and when she left, she threw down the sentence "The prophet loves you".
I saw that these people didn't seem to have any problems except that they didn't talk to each other, and I didn't understand why Uncle Ren asked us to come as quickly as possible on the phone.
Uncle Ren whispered, "Manager Ma, Boss Tian, can you see what is wrong with my family?" I observed for a long time, and finally shook my head with a smile. Uncle Ren was a little anxious and said that you didn't notice that they didn't talk to each other. Ma Zhuang smiled and said that he had seen it a long time ago, either they didn't want to talk, or the relationship was tense, who could see anything, and it couldn't be said that the tension between family members was to collide with ghosts and gods.
"No," Uncle Ren was so anxious, "Look at it again, they are all hiding from each other!" Ma Zhuang and I observed again, and sure enough, we found that Uncle Ren's wife, daughter-in-law and nanny had indeed not appeared in the same room together, including the living room. When the nanny was packing up, Uncle Ren's wife came out of the bedroom and stood at the door, and there was a sound of chanting "Great Compassion Mantra" in the bedroom, I don't know if someone sang or played the recording. When the nanny went to the kitchen to work, Aunt Ren came to the living room from the bedroom and poured a glass of water to drink. The nanny came out of the kitchen and saw that Aunt Ren was there, but she didn't move, until Aunt Ren returned to the bedroom, and the nanny came to the living room to continue to clean up.
Ma Zhuang said: "The contradiction in your family is big enough, what is the matter with such a big trouble?
Uncle Ren replied: "It's so simple, I don't need to trouble you, can the nanny do it with the master casually?" I asked him to say something straightforwardly, what was the reason. Uncle Ren sighed, I think it is inconvenient for him to speak, there is a wife in his bedroom, so he asked if there is only your granddaughter living upstairs. He nodded yes. I said that there is no empty room on such a large floor?
"There are several rooms upstairs, but my granddaughter won't let us in, when I introduced her to you just now, I just stood at the top of the stairs to say hello, except for the nanny to clean the room, even her father was not allowed to enter the house! Uncle Ren explained.
Ma Zhuang said helplessly: "Uncle, you have to find a place to talk, you can't let us go to the bathroom." "Uncle Ren said that the bathroom is not good, others still have to use it, or go to the utility room. I couldn't laugh or cry, and said let's go out, there are several pavilions in the community where people can sit.
Uncle Ren waved his hand again and again: "No, no, it's troublesome to be heard by the neighbors, and it's going to be discussed!" Ma Zhuang said then find a private room in a small hotel, and the two of us came all the way from Beijing to Shijiazhuang to your house to understand the situation, why don't you care about a lunch. Uncle Ren looked embarrassed, and said embarrassedly It's not that I don't want to take care of the food, it's that I don't have half a dime on me, so I can't afford it. And you can eat lunch at home, you don't have to go out.
Ma Zhuang and I looked at each other, and we were both a little unhappy. Even if you retire, you have a pension, and even if you don't have a pension, it is impossible for your wife and son not to even give money, is this your own son? In the end, there was no way, the three of them decided to go to a small park nearby, and try to find a nearby uninhabited area.
Coming out of the community, the surrounding environment is good, there is a park, Ma Zhuang turned around twice in it, there are still a lot of people, only a row of big trees in the southwest corner is near no one, because there is neither vacant space nor seats here. When I came to this corner, I saw that there were still several bubbles of dried dog shit, and I had planned to sit on the floor, but I was also dismissed. The three of us squatted down behind this row of trees, Ma Zhuang took out a cigarette and handed it over, Uncle Ren seemed to want to smoke, but smiled and waved his hand.
"Come on, you're welcome!" Ma Zhuang said. Uncle Ren took the cigarette and asked Ma Zhuang to light it, took several puffs hard, and spit out the cigarette, I think he is not smoking, but taking drugs, why is it so enjoyable.
Ma Zhuang smiled and said: "I said uncle, how long have you quit smoking? Is this considered a broken vow?" Uncle Ren sighed and said that he had no intention of quitting smoking at all, his wife did not allow him to smoke, she believed in Buddhism, and lay people were not allowed to smoke and drink.
I asked, "Do you believe it too?" Uncle Ren said that I didn't believe it, but my wife forced me to follow her rules.