As soon as I approached the door, before I stepped into the threshold, a strong smell of urine* rushed towards me. The doctor's aunt may have gotten used to it, so there was no reaction at all. And Sister Xu frowned when she was smoked, and I subconsciously covered my nostrils with one finger, but I was worried that the doctor and aunt would not see it well, so I immediately let go.

This is a two-bedroom house, and the actual usable area is more than 40 square meters. The hall was small, and the walls were blackened with smoke. On the ceiling, an energy-saving lamp of less than 10 watts hangs.

In the hall, there was a dilapidated sofa, mottled with paint, and a large board of wood had even been worn off the paint, revealing the original color of the wood. The floor was covered with floor glue, but it was broken in many places, and the cement slabs were exposed. I roughly counted, and there were eleven or twelve places that were more than the size of a palm.

The dining table was placed against the wall, and it was only one square meter in size, very low, seventy or eighty centimeters high. Underneath the dining table were three four-legged tables less than a foot high. A family of four, with only three stalks, it can be seen that one of them cannot sit at the dining table to eat all year round.

The smell of urine came from a house with two beds. On the ceiling of the house, there is also an energy-saving lamp with a very low wattage. On a low bed, a man lay curled. Her hair was long and completely white. On the other bed, a man with shaggy hair sits. He wore a shabby padded jacket and looked to be forty years old. His face, facing out the window.

On the wall next to the bed, there is a painting in which a girl looks into the distance and runs forward, and in the distance is a vast sea, and the girl seems to be chasing something. Her long hair flowed and her white dress fluttered in the wind. Behind the girl, there was a boy. He stretched out his hand and tried to pull the girl back, but unfortunately he couldn't reach it. The artistic conception is very good, and the characters are lifelike. The people who put up this kind of painting are generally young people. The son of the doctor's aunt is so old, and he still sticks this kind of picture, there is probably a problem with the nerves, hehe.

"Son, there's a guest coming!"

The doctor's aunt shouted into the room. The man didn't know if he was too lazy to take care of it or if he didn't hear it at all, so he didn't move. The door to the other room was also open, but it was winter, and it got dark relatively quickly, and it was dark inside. In order to save electricity, the doctor's aunt's wife stayed in the dark?

"I'm sorry, the place is narrow and messy, which makes the two of you laugh." The doctor's aunt looked embarrassed, and when she saw that her son didn't move, she shouted at the house: "Son, a guest is coming!" ”

The man stood still, still looking out the window. Outside the window, the night was hazy, and all I could see was a wall opposite.

"Auntie, he's thinking about something, so don't bother him." I advised the doctor and aunt to stop shouting.

"Hey, my son, looking out the window all day in a daze. At first glance, it is a few hours. Aunt Doctor sighed and said.

"Giggle——!"

It seems that someone opened the door with the key, wow, is it that the thief thinks that no one is at home and comes to pry the door? Hmph, this thief is really, blind, the house here is surrounded by walls, and there is nothing of value at all. The most valuable thing is probably a 20-inch old-fashioned CRT TV with a big butt. But the keys on its panel were mutilated, leaning alone against the corner.

But this is the most valuable thing, and it is only ten to fifteen yuan when it is sold. The premise is that the image can also be seen. I was thinking about whether to take a four-legged stand against a thief or rush into the kitchen to get a kitchen knife. The door has been opened.

"Ah, Lao Li is back!"

The doctor's aunt looked at the door and said with a smile.

A thin-haired, skinny man, bent over and carrying two large and small empty plastic bottles tied together, walked in with a bang. It seems that it is almost old.

"Wife, it's a bumper harvest today!" Without even raising his head, he shouted into the room. oh！ mygod！ He turned out to be the wife of the doctor's aunt!

"Lao Li, our family has a distinguished guest tonight! This was the first time in 20 years that someone had visited our home. The doctor's aunt greeted her and said happily while catching the bottle in the man's hand.

"Hello, Abel!" I stepped forward, bowed slightly, nodded, and held out my hands to him.

"Hehe, I'm sorry, my hands are dirty. I'll wash first. The man stretched out his hand and retracted it, embarrassed.

"No, Abel. My name is Little Pond, the pool of pools. I grabbed his hands that had been retracted, first introduced myself, and then stretched out my finger and pointed to Sister Xu, who nodded and smiled at him, and said, "Her name is Xu Xiaoya, many Xu, small in size, elegant and elegant." ”

Because Abel is an elder, I didn't say my full name. I was worried that as soon as I opened my mouth, Ah Bo would think that I was disrespectful. Chi Dou is rich, eating tofu, it sounds very indecent.

Abel raised his thin head, looked at me and Sister Xu with two godless little eyes, and smiled stupidly. The aunt said that Abel was 1.75 meters tall when he was young, handsome and chic, and had a fever 20 years ago, and since then his muscles have atrophied and his bones have ached. Now even if I eat with a bowl of rice, my hands can't bear the weight of a bowl of rice, and I feel pain.

Later, Abel slowly lost weight, and even his height became shorter, and now he is less than 1.5 meters. They used to look around for medical treatment, but to no avail. As a doctor, the doctor's aunt can only let her husband take medicine every day to barely maintain her life.

The aunt burst into tears as she spoke.

"Wife, you've done a great job. God also treats me well, let me live for 20 more years, and I have such a beautiful wife to accompany me. Hehe. Abel comforted her aunt and laughed silly again.

Arbor is skinny, but he's very optimistic. His optimism infected the aunt. The aunt burst into tears and laughed. See the truth in adversity! I can't imagine how they have survived these 20 years.

"I'm thirsty, I want water!" In the house where the smell of urine smelled, the old man who was lying on his stomach cried out eagerly.

"Oh, come on, come on!" Abel responded as he limped into the kitchen.

After a while, Abel walked out with a thick plastic cup and walked into the old man's room. The cup is a bit dark, and the outer walls of the cup have worn out a little over the years. Abel handed the water cup with a plastic tube to the old man's mouth, and then stuffed the straw into the old man's shriveled mouth.

"Mom, we have guests coming to our house tonight, and there are distinguished guests with heads and faces." Abel put his mouth close to the old man's ear and said with a grin.

From the old man shouting to the time Abel brought water to the old man to drink, the man with fluffy hair in the room did not move at all. His face, still looking out the window.

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