Chapter 2: Mother and Son
Uncle Wang, who sells pancakes at the corner of the street, sees a mother and son every day, the mother pushes the wheelchair, the son sits in the wheelchair, the son in the wheelchair sometimes looks at the sky, sometimes looks around, sometimes sees strangers and laughs silly, the mother pushing the wheelchair should be smaller than herself, the skin is quite good, but the face is haggard, and a lot of white hair appears on the top of the head, and the white hair is mixed with half of the black and brown hair that has not turned white, making her look a little old. The son in the wheelchair looked to be twenty or thirty years old, with a round face, and he looked good-eyed, but unfortunately, he was a fool.
The mother and son went to Uncle Wang's pancake stall to buy pancakes, Uncle Wang is a real person, the pancakes are full and taste good, every time I see this mother and son, I always have to give one more, the mother who pushes the wheelchair always says thank you, the silly son will smile at Uncle Wang, and Uncle Wang will smile happily at them.
The mother and son are Chen Xia and Xin Yifan, every morning after getting up, Chen Xia has to push Xin Yifan to go to the park for a walk, buy breakfast on the way, Xin Yifan likes to eat pancakes, she takes him to the happy uncle every day to buy pancakes.
There are a lot of people exercising in the park in the morning, including bird walkers, spinning tops, hanging throats, making bamboos, and running, but there are mostly old people and few young people.
Chen Xia has brought Xin Yifan to come more times, and naturally other people who often come to the park have become familiar, everyone is embarrassed after hearing what happened to Xin Yifan, some persuade Chen Xia to open a little, some cry for her, and take the initiative to help push the wheelchair, which also makes the haggard Chen Xia rarely smile here. Xin Yifan is like that every day, he can't speak, he occasionally reacts to people, he usually smirks at others, he has been awake for almost three months, his son still can't speak, although Chen Xia is anxious, but there is no way to be anxious.
One day, Chen Xia pushed Xin Yifan to the park as usual, and then walked slowly with Xin Yifan, the car accident hurt Xin Yifan the most is the brain, in addition to the loss of language ability and memory, the coordination of limbs has also been affected, and he still needs to be supported when walking. After walking a few steps today, Xin Yifan didn't leave, his eyes looked at the hand of the uncle walking the bird next to him in a daze, and pointed with his finger, the uncle Chen Xia also knew, surnamed Guan, it is said that someone in the ancestor was a big official, and he had to walk the bird every morning. Xin Yifan pulled Chen Xia to Uncle Guan's side, and Uncle Guan saw the two mothers and sons coming over and said with a smile: "What's the matter, Xiao Xin thinks you are in the spirit of Uncle Guan today!" Xin Yifan pulled his mother and staggered to Uncle Guan, pointing to the jade wrench on Uncle Guan's thumb and screaming.
"Yo! I can't play with you, this is my family heirloom!" Uncle Guan saw that Xin Yifan wanted his jade wrench, and quickly covered it with his hand.
Xin Yifan shouted again, gesturing in his hands, and gently made a stroking gesture.
Chen Xia understood, and Xin Yifan wanted to touch it gently.
"Brother Guan, he just wants to touch it gently, you can touch it for him, and I promise not to damage your baby. ”
Uncle Guan looked at Chen Xia's earnest eyes, then at Xin Yifan's silly smiling face, and asked tentatively, "Just touch it?"
"Well, don't worry, I'll pull him. Chen Xia assured again.
Uncle Guan stretched out his right hand wearing a wrench and gave a thumbs up, Xin Yifan stared at the wrench carefully like a curious child, and his hand touched it lightly, and touched it gently, his eyes flashed brightly.
"Hey, kid, your uncle and I have sore hands, or I'll come back tomorrow, I'll still wear it tomorrow." Uncle Guan saw that Xin Yifan liked his baby, he kept looking at it and touching it, but he couldn't help it for so long, after speaking, Uncle Guan withdrew his hand, and Xin Yifan still looked reluctant.
"I said, sister, your son used to study archaeology?" Uncle Guan asked at this time.
"Yes, I graduated from archaeology and worked at the Institute of Archaeology after graduation. Chen Xia said with a sour nose.
"Ho! I know, your son must be interested in antiques, you see, you have taken him to the park for more than half a year, and I haven't seen him interested in anything, I am a jade wrench left by my ancestors, an absolute treasure, your son has taken a fancy to it, it seems that his brain has been hit stupid, and he has not lost anything after studying for so many years!" Uncle Guan looked at Xin Yifan as if he had discovered a new continent, and saw that Xin Yifan was still thinking about his jade wrench.
Chen Xia heard Uncle Guan say this, and she didn't count it in her heart, but Xin Yifan's behavior today was indeed a little abnormal, and she showed a strong interest in something for the first time after waking up for a few months. ”。
Chen Xia felt that it made sense, so she should take her son around, not anywhere.
"Okay, I'll take him around!" After speaking, Chen Xia helped Xin Yifan into a wheelchair and pushed Xin Yifan to the bus stop.
Graceland is a well-known cultural and entertainment market in China, and it is also the premier place in the capital, where you can find a lot of good things with good eyesight, of course, most of the people are here to pay tuition, or how to feed so many practitioners.
It takes about an hour to take the bus from the park to Graceland, and when she got off at the station, it was inconvenient for Chen Xia to push Xin Yifan, and at this time a little girl who looked like a college student took the initiative to help Chen Xia lift her wheelchair.
After getting off the bus, Chen Xia pushed Xin Yifan to walk to Graceland, and it just so happened that this little girl was also on this road.
"Thank you, girl. Chen Xia said gratefully again.
"You're welcome Auntie, are you going to Graceland?" the little girl smiled at Chen Xia with a pear vortex face, and her big eyes looked clean and innocent.
"Yes, take my son around. Chen Xia replied.
"Auntie, do you want to buy a play?" The little girl was also very curious, she had never seen anyone pushing a wheelchair to visit Graceland.
"Hey, no, my son used to study archaeology, a year ago he had a car accident and became a vegetative person, a few months ago he woke up, but he can't remember anything, he can't speak, the doctor said it may be a brain injury and lost his language function and lost some memory, today he saw an uncle wearing a jade wrench in his hand, very happy, he looked and touched and touched, they said to bring here to let him see more antiques or something, maybe it will be good for his recovery, no, I brought him over. Chen Xia had a good impression of this helpful little girl, so she opened the conversation.
"That's right, Auntie, it's not easy. The little girl didn't know what to say, so she could only comfort her.
"By the way, Auntie, my dad opened an antique shop in this Graceland, and I came here to help during today's school holiday, or take you to my dad first, after all, there are many people outside, and it is not convenient for you to push a wheelchair." After listening to Chen Xia's words, the little girl also sympathized with the mother and son, so she enthusiastically invited them to visit her father's shop.
"Then, it won't affect your business, right?" Chen Xia asked uncertainly.
"No, this antique is not a vegetable seller, there are many people who see it, and there are few people who start it, don't worry, it won't have any impact." The girl patted her chest and said.
"Thank you then, the girl doesn't know your last name yet. ”
"My name is Ye Zilan, you can call me Xiao Ye, Auntie, your surname?"
"My surname is Chen, and my son's name is Xin Yifan. ”
The two talked and walked, and soon arrived at Graceland.
"Aunt Chen, my store is here. Ye Zilan enthusiastically took Chen Xia to the door of her store, and the signboard read "Pick up the relics", and then ran in, shouting while running into the store: "Dad, I'll bring you guests." ”
At this time, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, with short hair, was wearing a light brown Tang gown, dark slacks, and cloth shoes on his feet. He glanced at Chen Xia's mother and son, and then smiled at Ye Zilan, with pity in his eyes, "You came here to make trouble again today, right, you made a few orders of business for me last week, these two are?"
"Dad, this is Aunt Chen, this is Aunt Chen's son Xin Yifan, we met on the road, Aunt Chen's son was in a car accident, but he likes to look at antiques, so I will take them over to have a look." Ye Zilan chattered for a long time, and her father was in a fog by what she said.
At this time, Chen Xia smiled apologetically and said to Ye Zilan's father: "Boss Ye, I'm sorry, it's like this..."
Ye Zilan's father is called Ye Zhengfei, and after listening to what happened to Chen Xia's mother and son, he didn't blame his daughter, but was very interested in Xin Yifan, who looked stupid and stupid in a wheelchair, and felt sorry for him.
"It's okay, Sister Chen, you take him around the store, Xiaolan, you take Aunt Chen around!" Ye Zhengfei said heartily.
So Ye Zilan helped Chen Xia push Xin Yifan into the antique shop, the Ye family's antique shop has two floors, upstairs and downstairs each about 80 square meters, the layout of the room is rectangular, about six meters deep, thirteen or fourteen meters long, the door is open in the middle, the wall facing the street is made of blue bricks, there are two carved windows in the Ming and Qing dynasties on both sides, the downstairs is a hall-style room, the entrance is relatively empty, the downstairs is divided into two areas, the left area is against the wall There are several glass display cabinets of different heights, two glass display cabinets with a height of one meter, a length of one meter two, and a width of seventy or eighty centimeters are placed in the middle, and a distance of about one meter two is left between the two display cabinetsIn the right area, there are only two display cabinets against the wall, and a glass display case with a height of one meter is also placed in the middle of the area. The staircase opens on the wall facing the door, and the upstairs is separated by glass into two reception rooms, in which tables, chairs and sofas are placed, and the Ye family specializes in porcelain, jade, bronze and other miscellaneous items. The first floor is dominated by porcelain, bronze and fine jade, mainly displaying some large antiques, and the second floor is mostly smaller objects and other cultural toys.
Xin Yifan's eyes lit up when he entered the antique store, Chen Xia observed him on the side, sure enough, antiques are really attractive to his son, when Chen Xia pushed Xin Yifan to a Yuan blue and white porcelain plate, Xin Yifan danced happily, and was about to get off the wheelchair and prepare to pounce, but fortunately Chen Xia grabbed him. His move also attracted Ye Zhengfei's attention, seeing Xin Yifan dancing towards the Yuan blue and white porcelain plate, which made Ye Zhengfei very surprised, this seemingly inconspicuous Yuan blue and white porcelain plate was not placed in a conspicuous position, but this is the treasure of his town store! Could it be that this kid will still appreciate treasures if he is hit stupid?