Chapter 66: The Old House
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When a person loses a loved one and is alone in this world, he knows how uncomfortable it is to be an orphan.
Since he was a child, Wu Tong has a deep understanding of this.
But since his grandfather, his only relative, also passed away, Wu Tonggan felt that the world without family affection and love was cold.
It is precisely because of this empathy that he pays attention to those orphans who have also lost their relatives and have not even been able to live independently.
When he is able to help them, he will donate a piece of love so that the world of those orphans will not lose its original color.
People who have a sense of loneliness in their hearts like nostalgia.
Wu Tong is no exception.
He misses the happy days of living with his parents as a child, and he also misses the days with his grandfather.
The house my grandfather left behind was in a relatively remote place on the outskirts of Nam Giang province, where the natural environment was beautiful, and there was a farmland and forest park nearby, and the terrain was also very open, and there was a hill not far away.
Because my grandfather was an astrophysicist, he liked to be quiet when he did some research, and when he had spare money, his grandfather thought the urban area was too noisy, so he bought a set of old houses in the style of the Republic of China there to facilitate experiments and research.
It's just that Wu Tong had to go to school at that time, and it was impossible to run so far back and forth every day, so Wu Tong didn't live in that house very often before, and most of them lived in the community house resettled by his grandfather's unit, so he became neighbors with Meng Huiyan's family.
Only on weekends or holidays will I go to the old house in the suburbs to accompany my grandfather.
At that time, my grandfather would occasionally put down the experiment to accompany Wu Tong to enjoy the rare family fun between grandparents and grandchildren.
Although there are fewer gatherings and more separations, one wants to go to school and the other wants to engage in research, but in that old mansion, there are too many memories that Wu Tong can't forget.
It can be said that since his grandfather left, that old mansion can be regarded as Wu Tong's roots in this world, and he doesn't want to lose it.
Previously, Wu Tong's career was bankrupt, insolvent, and was sued by the bank, and when the court ruled to forcibly take away the house, Wu Tong contacted some friends who wanted to borrow money to redeem the house, but those so-called friends saw him depressed and avoided him, and none of them were willing to help him.
So that when Wu Tong was penniless at that time, he was so embarrassed that he didn't even have money for food, and finally relied on a female colleague who had worked for him to receive 1,000 yuan, and Wu Tong rented the cheapest basement small black house in the urban village, which was a temporary place to stay.
And now, when Wu Tong returned here and looked at the dusty old house, he felt very kind.
This house was built by a wealthy man during the Republic of China, when it was influenced by Western trends and popular European architecture, so this house was also built with some Gothic style.
This house covers a large area, about 1,000 square meters, but the location is relatively remote, separated from the city by a forest park, there are villages and towns and farmland nearby, it can almost be said that it is completely close to the countryside, the bank valuation is more than 2 million, but also to see that the land near this house has the potential for appreciation.
However, Wu Tong only borrowed 2.35 million from the bank for a mortgage, but it didn't take long for the house to turn around in the hands of the bank, and it became 2.76 million.
In this way, after the bank released the auction information of this house, it was actually favored by a boss who wanted to live in the countryside and retire, and he wanted to buy it at a price of 3 million, and the bank's business manager also promised to sell it to the boss after the formalities were completed.
Fortunately, Wu Tong went to the business manager in time, and used mental interference to get the manager to promise to return the property that originally belonged to Wu Tong as long as the money was enough.
And when Wu Tong found Meng Huiyan and sold the Tai Sui Heart at hand, Meng Huiyan drove himself and rushed to the bank as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that there would be twists and turns.
At that time, the boss who wanted to buy the house found the business manager and wanted to pay for it on the spot, and the business manager was about to promise to sign the contract, but fortunately Wu Tong arrived in time, explained it well, and secretly imposed mental interference on the two.
After completing the formalities of the house, Meng Huiyan originally planned to accompany Wu Tong back to the old mansion to help him clean up and move in, but at that time, the crew was in a hurry, and Meng Huiyan could only return to the film and television city first.
And Wu Tong went back to the urban village.
He went back to the small dark house in the basement that he rented temporarily, packed up his belongings, said hello to the landlady, and after leaving the room, he took a taxi directly to leave Xihe and return to this old rural house outside the suburbs of Jinling.
Because it is close to the countryside, some roads near this house are not planned much, and they are all randomly opened up by the villagers to facilitate the cultivation of crops.
Wu Tong ignored these for the time being, he tore off the seal on the door of the house, and after unlocking it, he pushed open the old door of the mansion.
The yard of the house is relatively large, and there are many trees planted in it, and there is a small nursery next to it, which is full of wild grasses.
When Wu Tong took the key to open the main door of the house and pushed the door in, he could smell a stale smell.
It had been unattended for a long time, and the house was covered with thick dust, and many corners were covered with cobwebs.
But everything remained the same, full of familiarity and a sense of intimacy, and in this silence, it seemed as if it had suddenly returned to the past.
After Wu Tong stood quietly in the house for a few minutes, he put down the gift box, started from the room where his grandfather once lived, picked up the tools and began to clean up.
However, this house is relatively large, divided into a front yard and a back house, the front yard has garages, warehouses, nursery gardens and other facilities, and the back house has multiple rooms, which is very time-consuming to clean.
There is a small laboratory at the back of the house, which my grandfather once set up separately to do some experiments, and although the valuable equipment in it has been sold or taken back by the research institute, there are still many miscellaneous items still there.
Wu Tong didn't touch the small laboratory for the time being, he first cleaned up the room where he and his grandfather used to live, and then put his grandfather's remains and incense burner offerings in a good place, first put three pillars of incense on his grandfather, and then began to clean up.
"Is Xiao Wu back?"
Just as Wu Tong was cleaning up the room in the back house, a voice came from the front yard at this time.
When Wu Tong came to the front yard, he saw an old man with a little hunchback standing in the yard, and this old man Wu Tong also knew him, and he was no stranger to it, so he greeted: "The old village chief is you!" ”
Duan Shanhai used to be the head of this village, and after being a man for decades, everyone is used to calling him that.
He knew the situation of the old house, but no one had come back for a long time, although the owner had never entrusted him with anything, but he had been helping to watch silently on behalf of him, so that no one would run in and steal.
It wasn't until some time ago that someone came here to put a seal on it, Duan Shanhai also inquired about it, thinking that Wu Tong had committed something, and the house was sealed.
I didn't want to go out for a walk today, but I suddenly found that the door of this house was open and the seal was torn, so Duan Shanhai came in to see what the situation was.
When he saw that it was Wu Tong who came out of the back house, he also relieved his heart and said: "Xiao Wu, you haven't been back for a long time, when this place was sealed, everyone thought something had happened to you!" ”
"The old village chief is worried!"
Wu Tong said: "I just came back, the house is full of dust, messy is cleaning up, nothing has been done, don't be ......surprised if you neglect it."
The rural people are simple and honest, and Duan Shanhai doesn't care about this, but just said: "Xiao Wu, look at you coming back this time, are you planning to live here permanently?" ”
Wu Tong nodded and said, "Yes, I've been tossing outside for a long time, and I'm tired, but I still live here quietly!" ”
Duan Shanhai nodded, looked around, and said, "This house is quite big, and it has been deserted for a while, if you clean it up alone, you won't be able to get out in a few days, I'll call a few people to come over and help you clean it up!" ”
Wu Tong really couldn't clean it up alone, but after listening to the words of the old village chief, he was also moved, and said, "Is this convenient?" ”
Duan Shanhai said: "It's not inconvenient, they are all so close, and they are all from the same village, it's nothing to help with this little favor!" ”
After saying that, the old village chief went back and called for someone.
Wu Tong knows that the countryside still retains some rustic customs, but often things are not so absolute, although people offer to help with good intentions, he can't really express his feelings.
So Wu Tong went to the shop in the village, bought a lot of tobacco and alcohol, fruits, tea, cooked food, etc., and bought some paper cups and temporary electric kettles to make tea to greet everyone.
When he came back, the people called by the old village chief had already helped to clean up.
Most of the people who came were women and sturdy old men, Wu Tong knew them, and they were all very kind and enthusiastic people, and there were also these people who helped Zhang Luo at his grandfather's funeral in the past.
With the help of these villagers, the whole house was cleaned up much faster.
It probably took less than three hours to clean up the house inside and out.
Although some old and damaged places and places that should be repaired will affect the appearance, but the overall is already new, as long as you wait a few more hours for ventilation to dissipate the stale smell, Wu Tong can sleep well in his own home tonight.