Walking into the room, Zhang Tianyuan couldn't help frowning, there was a strong smell of charcoal burning in this room, there was a charcoal stove in the middle of the house, and rice was cooking on it, and there was a bowl next to it, and the bowl was fried cabbage, and a few pieces of minced meat and a few vermicelli could be seen sporadically, such a dish, Zhang Tianyuan often ate it when he was a child, but most of the time there was no meat, and the family was too poor at that time. But what he didn't expect was that such poor people could be seen in a metropolis like the imperial capital, he had always thought that even if there were not all rich people in such a big city, life would not be so poor, but today, he saw such a person.

The room is very warm, but the smell is really not good, Zhang Tianyuan didn't like the smell of the charcoal stove very much when he was a child, he would rather use a honeycomb coal stove in his room, although it is not warm, but the smell is much better, even if the charcoal stove has a chimney, you are not used to the smell, it will feel like you want to be poisoned.

Looking up, there are several broken places on the roof, and the top is simply covered with a layer of asbestos tiles, which has not been repaired. Look at this family, there is no labor, just that five or six-year-old child, it is already amazing to be able to cook, repair the house is estimated to be someone else's help, but most of the people here are rented residents, who is not familiar with anyone, how can people help to do their best, just cover the hole for you, anyway, if it rains, as long as the bed does not leak rain, the rest of the place, with a basin or something.

"Two, sit casually, my legs are inconvenient. You can't go to the ground. ”

Sitting on the bed was a young man, probably thirty-five or sixteen years old. But his face was very bad, and he sat against the wall. There was no spirit in his eyes.

"Uncle Chen, please make a cup of tea for the two guests. The young man shouted into one of the attached huts.

An old man in his fifties walked out, and his body was better than that of this young man, but his legs were also limping, and he was obviously not flexible.

"This is Lao Chen. Teacher Gao introduced it, and then lowered his voice in Zhang Tianyuan's ear and said: "Lao Chen is the father of the woman who ran away, because he really feels indebted to this young man, so he often comes to take care of him, but he is not in good health." I can't do some heavy work, but I can still do cooking and sweeping the floor. ”

Zhang Tianyuan felt that this family was really amazing, such a thing, he had only seen it in novels before, and he never thought that he would encounter it in reality today, this old Chen's image in his heart suddenly became taller, in fact, even if his daughter ran away, it was not his fault, he had no obligation to do it. Being able to come over means that this person is at least of good quality.

Lao Chen poured a cup of tea for each of the two people, using the same kind of ceramic cup, because it was unhygienic. Therefore, many people generally choose to use disposable cups to entertain guests, so that guests can drink with peace of mind. Zhang Tianyuan turned his head and glanced at the young man on the bed. I couldn't help but sigh, he felt. If you really have to pick something good today, even if the price is a little higher. Even if he helps the family, he can spend so much money at the charity auction, so he doesn't care about doing charity one more time, and this is still face-to-face, a kind of poverty and hardship that can be felt personally.

He had lived a poor life before, so there was always a natural sympathy for such people.

Zhang Tianyuan took out three cigarettes, one handed to Teacher Gao, one to Lao Chen, and one to the young man on the bed. When he was close to the bed, he could smell a very unpleasant smell of Chinese medicine mixed with the smell of alcohol from Western medicine, which made Zhang Tianyuan almost run out without throwing away the cigarette in his hand. But he finally endured it, people are already pitiful enough, so don't do it in public, it's really not good.

After he had given the cigarette to the young man, he sat against the door, and although the curtains were covered, there was a window, where the chimney went out, and it was possible to breathe.

"Hehe, rich people are different, this is the best Chinese cigarette, by the way, little brother, why don't you light it for yourself?" Lao Chen turned the cigarette in his hand over and over again, and then reluctantly put it to his nose and sniffed it vigorously, and then lit it slowly, and when he saw that Zhang Tianyuan was not smoking, he asked in wonder.

"I don't smoke. Zhang Tianyuan smiled, casually handed a box of Chinese to Lao Chen and said, "You can take it." ”

It's just a box of cigarettes, Zhang Tianyuan really doesn't care, and it's not a valuable thing.

"Thank you, thank you!" For Zhang Tianyuan, it may just be a pack of cigarettes, but for Lao Chen, this is a generous gift, he only dared to look at this kind of cigarette before, and never dared to buy it, not that he couldn't afford it, the key is that he couldn't afford it, and he spent so much money for such a pack of cigarettes, how distressing.

Zhang Tianyuan sighed in his heart, this is just a pack of Chinese cigarettes, if it is a special cigarette, I don't know how excited this old Chen is, think about his past self, and then look at the old people, children and young people in front of him, as long as the heart is long, he will not be emotional.

"Ahem, ahem!" Lao Chen was too anxious to smoke, so he coughed several times in a row, and the cough was very rapid.

"Lao Chen, let's smoke less of this cigarette, you are not in good health. Teacher Gao persuaded that it was probably because he knew Lao Chen, so when he spoke, he seemed very close.

Lao Chen took a sip of tea, calmed down, and said with a wry smile: "This is retribution, my daughter is not filial, she ran away with someone, and now there is no news, my son-in-law and I are poor people, but we live a hard life, what is my bitterness." ”

"Grandpa, I will let you live a good life when I grow up. The child looked at this and that with a pair of round eyes, and finally heard Lao Chen speak, he hurriedly said.

The young man's parents died relatively early, so the adopted child has always called his grandfather grandpa, seeing this scene, Zhang Tianyuan was also moved again, he originally thought that the situation in this family was pretending, but this child really didn't look like he was pretending.

The reason why Zhang Tianyuan was suspicious was because Lao Chen was quite decent. Although he was dressed very old-fashioned, his body was not as thin as that of a hard-working person. On the contrary, it is a little fat, and a section of skin on the neck is exposed. It even looks a little fair.

When it comes to experience, Zhang Tianyuan is definitely not good. So he only doubted, and didn't dare to confirm that this was not an antique, but a person.

Seeing Zhang Tianyuan looking at him, Lao Chen shifted the topic to the young man on the bed.

"My son-in-law has the same surname as Mr. Gao, his ancestors were on errands for foreigners, and he lived a very wealthy life, and he was called a big boss when he rented out. Of course. There are also people who call them two devils. At that time, this piece belonged to his ancestors, and he also got a lot of antique treasures, and then the foreigners were not driven away, and experienced a lot of things, most of the things were either attributed, or were defeated by the child's father, I thought that the family was poor, and there was such a small yard left, but who knew after a rainstorm. The yard collapsed, but I found a very secret basement, and the things sealed in it were very intact, so I persuaded the child to sell it many times. Heal himself, and then he can marry another daughter-in-law, he is not happy. ”

Lao Chen seems to know a lot about the history of this home. It's hard to talk about it, and even tells the story of this previous generation of losers.

The young man's father was called Forward. I only know how to have fun all day long, although I have invited many famous teachers to come to help me move forward. Helpless, this child is born to be unsupportable, no matter which gentleman comes, he will always make a fool of him and dare not come again. There are not many stories about the methods used to deal with Mr. in the village, but some others can illustrate a qiē.

In the previous season, it was cold and windy after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was even worse in winter. At that time, outside the small courtyard, it was often seen that when it was cold, many people sat at the door to bask in the sun, play mahjong, play cards and chat.

That year, the shivering cold wind was blowing in gusts, and as usual, many people sat outside the small courtyard to keep warm. I didn't know where to go and came back from gambling, and when he saw the people here shivering because of the cold, he laughed and said, "Wait a minute, you won't be cold!"

No one understood what he was talking about, and the people in the village knew that this man was not a good person.

Soon, I saw Qianqian holding a fork bucket made of bamboo strips, and all the forks in the fork bucket were silver dollars from the Republic of China period, which were real silver dollars, made of silver, and were very valuable after melting. He walked over to the warmers to show it, then walked straight to the pond in front of him, and scattered all the silver dollars into the pond.

Those who basked in the sun at the gate of the courtyard, whether rich or poor, after seeing the silver dollar, actually seemed to have become scuds one by one. They all ran and jumped into the pond, and the cold was thrown into the sky.

Moving forward by the pond to "admire" the moment was a beautiful picture for him, and he danced happily by the pond.

This incident gave him endless pleasure in moving forward, and all he thought about all day long was how to have fun. One day, when he passed through a forest cage, his clothes were accidentally punctured, and he immediately went home and took a bucket of silver dollars and poured it there, and beckoned the villagers to go and collect the money. In the time that it didn't take a cigarette, those thorn bushes were suddenly razed to the ground. Advancing very happily, he scolded Lin Long fiercely: "Next time you dare to provoke the master, this is the end!"

Although moving forward is a way to have fun, people like to move forward because they get a lot of benefits from moving forward.

Later, this place was going to be demolished, and many residents were happy, because the government would give money, and there was a lot of money, and they all smiled all day long, happily like Maitreya Buddha in the temple. Many people are on the street discussing where to buy a house after selling their house, and they also want to buy a car, which is called an excitement. There are also people who are busy with their own son and say daughter-in-law, invited a matchmaker to talk at home, but he was heard by the advance, he was unhappy, he didn't want to sell the house, there are still a lot of things at home that have not been sold, what are you selling the house for, his own son did not marry a daughter-in-law, why should someone else's son marry a daughter-in-law, he just wants to attract people's attention, but he has some vanity, so he thought of a good idea.

The next day, he had a notice in the most conspicuous part of the street, which said that on a certain day and at a certain time, he would take out all the silver dollars handed down by his ancestors in the street, and give them to whoever he wanted.

This notice has attracted the attention of the whole street and has become a hot topic of discussion in the streets and alleys. Many people think that this guy is really sick in the brain and can't be saved. (To be continued......)