Chapter 442: The Price
"Mr. Sigman is a good gentleman, and as the owner of the tree farm, he takes good care of us lumberjacks. Although he stays in the forest farm for half a month at most, the salary he gives us is incomparable to other forest farms. So, I can't just watch Mr. Sigman get swept away by the mudslide. ”
Seeing Tang Feng's concerned expression, Xuanyuan smiled and said, "I went back, that's right, I returned to the half-collapsed house by myself and carried Mr. Sigman out of the house. ”
Tang Feng clapped his hands and said, "This is what our Chinese men should do." If you are gone, I will look down on you. ”
Xuanyuan smiled bitterly and rolled up his left sleeve, and Tang Feng's eyes suddenly froze.
It was a dry arm like an old branch, Tang Feng would not be surprised if such an arm appeared on an old man of seventy or eighty years old, but this arm appeared on a young man who was fierce and fierce, it was too dazzling!
"The price I paid for going back and rescuing Mr. Sigman was this arm," a hint of loneliness and pain flashed across Regulus's face, "You thought I wasn't scared at the time?" The mudslide was rushing towards us like a beast from ancient times, but what could I do at the time? I've run back, and if I don't carry Mr. Sigman out, I'll die too. At that time, one of Mr. Sigman's legs was crushed by a fallen purlin, and I desperately pulled Mr. Sigman out from under the purlin, and Mr. Sigman had no way to run anymore, and he yelled for me to escape alone, but I didn't think about anything at the time, and I picked up Mr. Sigman and ran out, and it was time to go out. The other half of the house also fell, and a piece of iron that had come out of nowhere grazed my shoulder. ”
"It hurts, it hurts, but it's nothing compared to running for your life. Later, according to Mr. Sigman, he saw with his own eyes that the piece of iron cut through my clothes. Then he went all the way down, clinging to my left arm, and shaved all the flesh off the outside of my left arm."
"Then I finally ran to the high ground with Mr. Sigman on my back, but I could no longer stand up, and I was bleeding so much that I almost died. Not only did that damn iron bar shave off all the deltoid and triceps muscles in my left arm, but even some of the bones were exposed. I now wonder how I ran a distance of more than 200 meters with a man weighing more than 140 pounds on my back. ”
Tang Feng sighed, gave Xuanyuan a thumbs up, and asked, "Is that iron bar the way your arm is now?" ”
Regulus nodded. "About four-fifths of the muscles on the outside of my left upper arm were shaved off, and the rest of the muscles were eventually cut off during surgery, and the most important thing was that the nerves were also missing. Hehe, but this arm was not wasted in vain, when I was discharged from the hospital. Mr. Sigman sold the farm to me for one peso. Brother Tang, do you think I'm going to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle? ”
Tang Feng shook his head slightly and said, "Brother." I admire you and admire your courage. If it were me at that time, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do the same as you, and I'd run away eight times out of ten ~ nine times out of ten. ”
"Brother Tang, in fact, I didn't think about anything at that time, really. My mind went blank, and even now, I can't remember what was going on in my head at that time. I didn't expect Mr. Sigman to almost give me the forest farm after I was discharged from the hospital. Brother Tang, I didn't mean anything in return for Mr. Sigman, really. I just really don't want to see such a good person die in front of my eyes."
Tang Feng patted Xuanyuan on the shoulder, let out a long breath and said, "Brother, don't say anything, everything you did is right, you are definitely qualified for this forest farm, this is what you deserve." Presumably Mr. Sigman thought so too, that's why he gave you this forest farm for almost nothing. Perhaps in that Mr. Sigman's heart, the value of this forest farm is far less than your arm, and the most important thing is that you saved the life of Mr. Sigman. So, it is only natural that you get this forest farm. ”
"Hey Brother Tang, I made you laugh. The reason why I am telling you so much today is because you are the first Chinese villager I have met in this place for so many years. It's been almost five years, and it's been almost five years since I came to this place, Brother Tang, this is the first time in the past five years that you have heard me tell the whole thing completely. ”
"Brother, thank you for your trust."
It's no wonder that Xuanyuan will tell the whole thing today, he really needs someone to listen to it now. Although there are many Chinese in Argentina, most of them are in the southeast coast, and there are very few Chinese in the northwest mountainous areas, especially in this relatively closed mountainous forest farm. Now that a fellow suddenly appeared, psychologically speaking, Xuanyuan couldn't help but regard Tang Feng as a very close person, so he confided in Tang Feng without any scruples.
Not to mention Xuanyuan, even if Tang Feng is in the position of Xuanyuan, I am afraid that he will confide in a fellow who met for the first time, this is an involuntary venting, for nearly five years, this has suffocated this young man.
"Brother Tang, I also want to thank you for being willing to listen to my nagging. I haven't been back to China for all these years, and there is no one here to talk to me, so after telling you all this just now, my heart is much happier. ”
"Brother, wouldn't you have never returned to Argentina since you came to Argentina?" Tang Feng was a little surprised.
Xuanyuan nodded, his eyes a little confused, "Brother Tang, I swore to the moon in the sky outside that closed ranch that I would not return to China if I didn't mix my personal appearance, and now although my career is a small success, this is all thanks to Mr. Sigman's care in the past few years." Mr. Sigman not only gave me this forest farm, but also has been fully underwriting the output of the forest farm, so I have accumulated some money in the past few years, and I originally planned to go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival or the Chinese New Year this year, after all, I have been in Argentina for six years. ”
Tang Feng nodded and said, "Money can never be earned, now that you have the conditions, you should go home to see the old man." Brother, don't blame the elder brother for saying you, you didn't go home for so long, it was indeed you who did something wrong. ”
Xuanyuan smiled and said, "I humbly accept this criticism!" (To be continued......)