In the middle of summer, it is already the off-season for selling alcohol, and there is an old saying in the catering industry, which is called seven deaths, eight lives and nine rises, which means that in the hot July and August, it is more difficult to do any business. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoAt this time, the harvest that can be seen the most, and it is also the hardest and busiest, is the rural farmer who works in the fields, with the scorching sun on their heads, their feet on the hot land, and the sweat of hard work, reaping the hope of the year.

Outside, the branches of the trees screamed desperately, and clusters of flames rose from the ground like steamers. After lunch, Lin Gang lay on the wooden sofa, helplessly looking at the empty street outside, it was the hottest time at noon, and he also dismissed the idea of going to various dealerships to check the inventory.

The hot wind blowing from the electric fan made him feel very uncomfortable, sweat still kept coming out, and the clothes on his body were still soaked. He simply got up and took off his shirt, and lay down to rest shirtless.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of an old scavenger on the side of the road, looking for plastic bottles for water and drink cans in the garbage bins. After finding a bottle, the old man poured out the remaining water from the bottle, then flattened it with his foot, put it in the dirty woven bag pinned to his waist, and continued to rummage through it.

Looking at this old man, Lin Gang suddenly felt a trace of sadness in his heart, judging from the old man's face, he must have surpassed the age of the ancient, such an old man, he is enjoying the care of his children at home, but why is this old man not resting at home in this hot noon, and still looking for a few cents a bottle outside, could it be that this old man is a widower without children?

Thinking of this, Lin Gang turned his head to look at the dozen or so plastic bottles in his house that he bought water to drink outside and threw them at home, he is also a thrifty person everywhere, and the bottles will be brought to the house, gathered together and then sold. Looking at the old man bending over under the scorching sun, he simply got up and found a plastic bag, put these dozens of bottles together, and went out to walk towards the old man.

The old man, who was rummaging through the garbage bin, saw someone standing in front of him, raised his head and smiled embarrassedly, and continued to bury his head in searching.

"Uncle, on such a hot day, go back and rest, be careful of heat stroke. Lin Gang persuaded and handed the plastic bottle in his hand to the old man.

The old man looked at the bottle in Lin Gang's hand, hesitated for a while, and then pointed to the bottle and asked, "Young man, is this for me?"

"Yes, I still advise you to go back and rest, it's too hot, we young people can't stand it, how can you stand it?" Lin Gang replied and continued to persuade. Looking at the old man's rickety body, he thought of his father, I don't know if his parents are at home now, don't be like this old man, who is still working outside in this weather.

"No, kid, if we don't pick up the money for dinner today, we'll be hungry, thank you for your kindness. The old man took the plastic bottle handed over by Lin Gang and explained while thanking him.

As soon as Lin Gang heard the old man say the word "we", he thought it was him and his wife, so he asked puzzledly, in his heart, there was no impression that children did not support their parents.

"Child, I am a lonely old man, how can I have a wife and children? There is a granddaughter who is less than two years old at home, who I picked up on the side of the road when I was scavenging the waste the year before last, and it is estimated that this girl was abandoned to avoid family planning. The old man shook his head helplessly.

This sentence made Lin Gang's heart feel greatly shocked, and he also admired this kind and ordinary old man even more.

"Uncle, it's too hot, you better go back, you wait a while, I'll put on some clothes, and then find some scrap products that can buy money for you to take back." After speaking, he hurried back to the house, got dressed, found some waste cartons and the like from the surrounding corners, bundled them, came out and locked the door, and came to the old man: "Uncle, you better go back and rest, I will give these to you, I don't know if I can sell them for a meal?"

The old man wiped his face with his hands, but he didn't know whether to wipe his sweat or tears, in short, he was grateful.

Looking at the old man struggling to carry the waste cardboard box, Lin Gang couldn't bear to step forward and take the cardboard box in the old man's hand: "Uncle, where do you live? I'll send you." ”

"Child, you have helped me a lot, it is too hot, you better go back and rest, God will bless you kind child. The old man gratefully excused himself.

Lin Gang didn't answer, reached out and took the waste carton in the old man's hand and accompanied the old man home.

After only a few turns, I came to the old man's house.

Looking at this so-called old man's home, Lin Gang couldn't believe how this old man had lived. said that it was a house, but it was actually a utility room, and it was leaking from all sides. In this hot summer, you can still get over it, but in the winter?

At this time, an old lady in the neighborhood came over with a little girl in her arms. As soon as the little girl saw the old man, an innocent smile immediately appeared on her immature face, and her two little hands clapped happily and pounced on the old man.

Lin Gang saw that tears were about to flow out, he looked into the room from the door, a low bed, a broken bamboo mat, a pair of rocks placed next to it, a small table next to the corner, there were two plates of vegetables and two rice bowls on the table, except for these, there was no other furniture. Outside the small house, there was another cooking tent, in which was placed a briquette stove, and next to it was a wooden box of bullets used by the troops.

After scanning all this, Lin Gang turned around and left, and the old man was still shouting behind: "Child, thank you." ”

Lin Gang did not go back to his residence, but went to the supermarket, he bought a barrel of oil, a bag of rice, some daily necessities such as salt, sauce and vinegar, plus a box of liquid milk, returned to the old man's house, put down these things, and took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and stuffed it to the old man. This time it was the turn of the old man to burst into tears, and the old man burst into tears: "Child, you are so kind, we don't know each other, but you have bought so many things, so let's do it, I have this thing, you should take the money back, I am already grateful." ”

"Uncle, I compare with you, I am indeed ashamed, you are a dying old man, but with your weak shoulders, raising a young life, you are too great, I really don't know, how you brought the little girl so well with a handful of and urine, you are the most respectable old man in the world. Lin Gang said sincerely.

"It's also thanks to the big sister next door, she taught me how to take care of the child, when I went out to pick up the waste, the big sister helped me take it, it doesn't matter at the moment, I'm worried about what to do with this poor child when I can't move." The old man wiped his face in the same way, and also wiped his sweat and tears together.

On the way back, Lin Gang's heart still couldn't calm down, thinking about the old man's situation, his heart was uncomfortable again, and he thought of his parents again.

Lin Gang held the phone.

"Hey, Dad, at home. When I heard my father's voice, my heart was relieved.

"As soon as I came back, I couldn't finish the work in the field, and it was too hot to stand it, so I came back. Father Yang replied.

"Tell you to let go of the field and give it to the strong son to plant, you prefer to plant it yourself, you are so old, you can stand it there, once there is any mistake, it is not a matter of the children. Yang Zhenggang complained. The things he said about his children just made his father feel more comfortable, but in fact, it was his own business, Lin Gang was just able to help with a little strength, and it was more difficult to ask him to pay than to kill him.

"I have never suffered from this old bone, what is this heat, when I was in the production team, I couldn't help myself at all, didn't I get through the hot days all day long, didn't I get through it? What are you fussing about, my bones are hard, what is this heat?" The old father was afraid that his son would be worried, so he turned out the old accounts of the production team to comfort his son.

"You just said that you couldn't stand the heat before you came back, and what did you say if you were hard? You better not take it, just give it all to Qiangzi, it's not better than others, the meat is still rotten in the pot. Yang Zhenggang felt sorry for his parents, but still insisted that the two old men not work.

"Cub, why are you so stupid, I just gave it to the one who has no conscience, will your mother and I sit at home with peace of mind? ”

Lin Gang was speechless by his old father, and he didn't know how to answer his old father. After all, he still hated himself for not being able to make his poor parents, who had worked all his life, unable to be idle at such an old age.

"Hey, Gangzi, you seem to be walking, right? Why are you still outside on such a hot day?" Father Lin asked with concern when he heard that he was talking to him on the road on the phone.

"Oh, I didn't go out in the first place, but I saw an old scavenger running around outside on such a hot day, so I packed up some of the scrap in the house and sent it to him, and helped him send it home. Yang Zhenggang told his father about the scene just now, including the business of buying rice, oil and salt.

"Well, cub, that's right, you're doing the right thing, and I'm glad you're doing this to an old man you don't know. Father Lin praised happily.