Chapter 223: Old Man
Li Yichen opened the refrigerator and found that there were only three handfuls of vegetables and five eggs in the refrigerator, nothing in the refrigerator, but it was the same as the living room, very clean and tidy.
"Uncle, I'll stir-fry a plate of vegetables, do you have any taboos?"
Li Yichen turned his head and asked the old man who was washing rice.
"There are taboos, but you can eat everything at home."
"Okay, then I know, then I'll put a little salt."
Li Yichen is going to fry a plate of green vegetables, fry an egg, and eat a simple meal.
He skillfully washed and cut the vegetables, stir-fried them in the pot, chatted with the old man, and learned that the old man's name was Zheng Yong, and he had a son who worked in the field and was usually very busy, but every few weeks he would send a video back to chat with him, and his grandchildren also worked, and he would only be free to come back on holidays, and his wife left first two years ago, so now he lives alone in this house.
Chatting, dinner was quickly ready.
Li Yichen asked the old man to sit down, and went to serve two bowls of porridge to the dining table.
"Uncle, can I take a picture first?"
Li Yichen ran around for two hours tonight and was rejected dozens of times, just for the meal in front of him, so he felt very memorable and wanted to take a commemorative photo.
"Yes, you can shoot it, hehe, my children also like this, people don't eat, the machine eats first."
The old man smiled brightly and waited patiently for Li Yichen to take pictures.
"Okay, uncle, you eat first."
Li Yichen put away his mobile phone and asked the old man to move his chopsticks first, and then he ate with him.
A simple meal, but at the moment, it is incomparable to any delicious delicacy, and Li Yichen even ate it with the momentum of gobbling it up.
The main thing is that I am hungry, since five o'clock, my spirit is highly tense, I have been running around in the cold wind for more than two hours, and now I am sitting in a warm house, my spirit is relaxed, and my hands and feet are hungry.
"The dishes are well done, and it's rare for young people like you to see them now......"
is different from Li Yichen's gobbling, the old man chews slowly and has his own demeanor.
"It's just a simple stir-fry...... Thank you uncle ......"
Li Yichen blushed a little when he was praised.
"Please Give Me a Meal" inherits Wang Gaoming's previous variety show style, and there is also no script, only a general framework and rules, and the rest is all up to Li Yichen to play freely.
"Uncle, I have a curious ......"
After eating, Li Yichen asked the old man.
"Oh, what's the matter?"
"Do you wear a suit every day?"
When the old man heard Li Yichen's question, his hand holding the vegetables paused, and then smiled.
"Just today...... I went to take a posthumous photo in the afternoon, so I wore a suit and dyed my hair. ”
"Oh......"
Li Yichen didn't expect the old man to dress so formally today, it was because he was going to take a posthumous photo of himself, his throat and eyes seemed to be blocked by something, and he couldn't say a word in all his thoughts.
After a moment of silence, Li Yichen regained some of his language skills.
"Uncle...... Why do you suddenly want to take a posthumous photo? Uncle looks so young......"
"I'm not young, I'm eighty-one this year, and I've been feeling a little ...... lately."
The old man repeated, "I seem to have a feeling......
"How can it be, Uncle looks so tough."
Although the old man didn't say it explicitly, Li Yichen knew what the old man said about the "feeling", so he could only comfort him.
"Not so good...... My voice is hoarse, I can't do any work, and I am a little dizzy when I water the flowers on the balcony in the morning...... So, I thought, it's time to prepare, to start preparing for the aftermath......"
The old man's words were a little embarrassed, a little relieved, and a little helpless.
"No matter how old you are, you'll die......"
"Uncle ......"
Li Yichen choked up instantly, he knew that all his words were extremely pale in front of an old man facing death.
"Uncle, now everyone can live to be 100 years old......"
"Live a long life...... Yes, my children often tell me this during the New Year's holidays, but I am from your grandparents' generation...... I won't live to be 100 years old. ”
"Is that possible...... Uncle didn't feel well, it was actually some minor illness......"
The old man felt the care and comfort in Li Yichen's words, and his heart was a little warm.
"Actually, I had stomach cancer surgery before, and I got better for a while, but I didn't feel well two years ago, and I went to the hospital for a check-up, and I had to have surgery, but the doctor advised me not to do it because of my age......
In fact, it's okay to leave like this, without burdening my family, I can now take care of my own life, I can still move around, and I can secretly prepare for myself...... That's ...... It's a bit bleak......"
As the old man spoke, his lips trembled slightly, and there was a slight choked sound.
"I didn't cause trouble to my children when I was alive...... I left, buried in the ground, and didn't want to burden them. ”
"Uncle, that's not the case...... I think my uncle is secretly preparing these things from his family, and the big brothers and sisters will definitely be very uncomfortable if they know about it, and they must hope that you can go to the hospital for conservative treatment, uncle......"
"No, if you keep going to the hospital, you'll get them in trouble."
The old man interrupted Li Yichen's words with a resolute expression.
"I lived to this age, I didn't fall into the hospital, I didn't have surgery, nothing bad, nothing, I don't want to cause trouble for them, I just want to walk with dignity and dignity."
"Uncle, but it's not a problem......"
"At my age, I feel like it's a problem."
The old man put down his chopsticks and didn't want to continue to talk to Li Yichen about it, he didn't cry when he went to the photo studio alone today to take posthumous photos, and now he didn't want to cry because he chatted with Li Yichen.
"Oh, today is a good day, I took a photo, and I just happened to meet you guys filming a show, I'm going to follow my wife to a good place, and it's fate to meet, can I take a photo with you?"
"Of course, uncle, let's take a group photo."
Li Yichen hurriedly nodded and agreed, he couldn't do anything for the old man, he could only try to meet the old man's small request, he looked at Wang Gaoming, and Wang Gaoming's eyes were already red at this time.
"Director Wang?"
"I, I'll find a well-lit location."
Wang Gaoming sniffed, rare, and seemed a little in a hurry.
"My grandson is your age...... How old are you? ”
The old man asked Li Yichen kindly.
"I'm twenty-seven years old......"
Li Yichen took the opportunity to change his words: "Grandpa." ”
"Hey, that's a year younger than my grandson, hehe...... You're all good boys. ”
Wang Gaoming found a good position to take pictures and guided the old man over, Li Yichen held the old man's arm, looked at the camera lens in front of him, wanted to laugh, but couldn't laugh.
The old man faced the camera lens for the second time today, and the tears could no longer be contained, and they flowed directly.
"Haha...... In the end...... Because you cried...... I didn't want to cry today, but I actually shed tears, haha......"
The room was silent for a while, only the sound of sobbing, and everyone didn't hold back, and everyone cried.
After a long while, Wang Gaoming silently handed the old man and Li Yichen a tissue.
The old man took the tissue, wiped his tears and snot, looked directly at the camera lens, and comforted Li Yichen.
"Okay, don't cry, be happy when you take pictures, come, smile."
When Li Yichen heard this, he almost burst into tears again, he looked up at the ceiling, desperately held back, and after a while, he sat upright, pulled out a smile, and looked at the camera lens.
"Click"
A photograph of special significance is frozen forever.
took photos and chatted about some light topics, the time was not early, Li Yichen quickly cleaned up the dining table, washed the dishes and chopsticks, and didn't want to disturb the old man's rest, so he said goodbye.
"Thank you for ringing my doorbell today."
The old man's face returned to his previous cheerful smile.
"No, no, no, it's we who want to thank you......"
Li Yichen stepped forward and hugged the old man.
"Alright...... Okay......"
The old man patted Li Yichen on the back.
"Good boy, I hope you can go smoothly in the future."