Chapter 4: The Strange Chest (4)
Hey? This time, to my surprise, I picked up the box. The box turned out to be very light, but I almost fell backwards because I was holding the box with both hands too hard.
"Sir, how did this box become lighter?" I asked the old man.
"It's your husband who arrives, so it's naturally lighter. Actually, this box was entrusted to me by your grandfather, and I will return it to you now. Go back and open it again. The old man's thin face smiled.
It's the first time I've seen him smile after all these meetings. "My grandfather?" I'm a little skeptical if I heard it wrong? "My grandfather told you to keep this box?" I asked the old man again.
"Yes, your grandfather and I are colleagues and friends. Ten years ago, your grandfather sent this box for me to keep for him. Say I'll give it to you when you're in trouble. That courier was also sent by your grandfather, so you can take it back with you. The old man said with a smile still on his face.
The courier was sent by my grandfather? It's been two years since he's been dead, how can he send me a courier? I looked at the old man in confusion.
He saw that I had doubts and said, "It was your grandfather's student in Guangzhou who kept the will for him." You can take it all back, I finally have a matter on my mind. I'm going to rest. After the old man finished speaking, he stretched out a hand and made a gesture to invite me to go.
I was completely blinded, and I didn't know what to say or ask him anything, as if in a dream, I walked out of the old man's house with a box in one hand and a courier in the other.
When I came to the tricycle at the bottom of the hill, I locked the box into the compartment, looked at the courier in my hand, and suddenly thought that the shipping address was not detailed, and there was no name of my grandfather's student, how would I find him in the future?
After thinking about it, since he was my grandfather's student, this old gentleman must have known him. I turned back and asked him.
But when I returned to Building 19, I was shocked into a cold sweat. Where else are there 19 buildings? There is no door to room 5. It's all graves with a thick layer of snow on them.
I froze, my brain pounding, and my heart beat faster. The hairs on his body stood on end, and he was so frightened that he ran away.
Sitting on the electric tricycle, the hand is so shaky that the key can't be inserted into the lock hole. Suddenly, I saw that my left hand was still holding the express tightly, and with a whoosh, I threw it out, groped for the lock hole with one hand and inserted the key with the other, and finally inserted the key in. As soon as the lock was opened, I rode to the gate of the cement factory with all my might.
It was only when I got on the road that my heart settled down a little.
Ride to the North Gate Wholesale Fruit Market and wait for the traffic light. I suddenly became curious to see if the old suitcase in the carriage was still there. What's inside?
There are so many people on this big road that the lights are bright, even if there are ghosts and monsters, I guess they don't dare to do anything to me.
I rode my bike onto the sidewalk and came around the corner from the wholesale fruit market. Get out of the car and open the car door, the box is still lying quietly inside.
I reached out and pulled it to me, it had been locked when I saw it at the old man's house. But not now, it's just that the straps on both sides of the lock are fastened. I unfastened the strap and lifted the lid, and I was surprised by the contents again.
Inside the box are several scrolls of calligraphy and paintings. There was also something wrapped in a padded jacket that I wore when I was a kid. I knew it was jade cabbage as soon as I saw it. My grandfather showed me before, and it was wrapped in my red cotton pants at that time.
I pulled open the corner of my padded jacket with my hand, revealing a green glowing jade cabbage.
It's really something left by grandpa. It quickly occurred to me that my grandfather might be afraid that my father would buy these ancestral treasures again, so he secretly took them to his friend to help keep them. It's entirely possible.
Ah, the will. It occurred to me that the short old man had said that the courier was a will from my grandfather's student. If the antiques in this box are genuine, then the will will also be genuine. I quickly fastened the box and pushed it into the car. Ride three wheels and run back.
The courier was still there, and the headlights showed that the courier I had thrown away was still lying on the ground. I stopped the car and ran down as fast as I could, picked up the delivery, and held it in both hands to my chest. This is my grandfather's will, how can I be so confused that I threw it away?
"Grandpa, do you know that my grandson secretly comes to help me when he misses you?" I shouted in my heart. I am no longer afraid. If you look closely at this hillside, you can see that there were houses that had collapsed, and now they are in ruins.
Strangely enough, behind every collapsed house there was a tall tomb. What is this phenomenon? Could it be that the owner of each family is buried here?
I left the hill with questions. Riding to the gate, I saw that there were small supermarkets and braised vegetable stalls. I didn't notice it just now because I was frightened and ran away. When I saw that there was no one at the stall, I parked my car on the side of the road, went to the pickled vegetable stall to buy some pickled vegetables, and asked what was going on with the grave on the hillside.
"Give me a quarter of the roast duck." I said to the middle-aged woman who bought braised vegetables.
While she was taking care of the roast duck for me, I asked, "Auntie, are you from this factory?" ”
"yes." The woman replied with a smile.
"How can there be those graves in the mountain behind your factory?" I took the opportunity to ask her.
"Well, most of them are empty, and they are trying to occupy the cemetery. The mountain behind our factory is about to be converted into a cemetery by the government, and a cemetery will be sold for 20,000 yuan.
The policy says that if there is a grave there, it should not be moved, and the grave should be made of bricks. Therefore, there are many people in the factory, in order to save money to buy tombs in the future, they will build a fake grave there before they die.
In fact, there used to be only four or five old graves there, but now there are hundreds more. I don't think the government will allow them to do that. "The woman's words were said as soon as Jiazi opened them.
I thought about it and asked, "Did a person named Yang Sanbao live there before?" ”
"You're a student of Teacher Yang, right? He lived there and died of illness last year. And his son buried his ashes in the back of the house. Mr. Yang was an upright man, and the government had not yet said that the cemetery would be rebuilt at the time of his death. He didn't want to take advantage of the country. ”
The woman who bought the braised vegetables hurriedly helped Yang Sanbao clarify the facts. It seems that Yang Sanbao's reputation in the factory is still very good. After she finished speaking, my braised duck was also ready. I paid for a three-wheeled ride and left.
This Yang Sanbao's relationship with his grandfather must be very iron, otherwise my grandfather would not have believed so much that he would let him keep such a valuable thing. And this Yang Sanbao returned this thing to me a year after his death. Fulfilling his promise to my grandfather has proven all this. How noble is his character. Grandpa is really accurate in reading people.
It's the way I return things that makes me feel a little creepy. Is it a manifestation of a spirit or a haunting of ghosts? I couldn't give myself a clear explanation for a moment.
I didn't go to the company to hand in the bill, so I went straight home. I hid the box under my bed and decided not to tell my mom for now. I'm afraid she'll be frightened and fall ill again.
"Mom, are you hungry? Cold or not? "I went to my mother and noticed that his face was much better.
My mother smiled happily when she saw me, and reached out to pull me. "Son, thank you for your hard work."
"Mom, you're speaking much clearer than you used to. It looks like he'll recover soon if he persists. I'm going to cook first, and then I'm going to give you a massage. "I took my mother's hand.
Then I went to wash rice and cook rice. I've already bought roast duck, and then I just need to cook a seaweed egg soup.
When I went back to my mother's bed. I saw that she had already sat up and put on her padded jacket. "Wow, Mom, you're really good. Can you sit up on your own? I'll help you get diapers. ”
"No, you help me to the bathroom. I think it should work. Mom said with a smile.
Mom is still as optimistic as before, and she is happy no matter what happens. Except for my dad looking for a woman outside. Unless she doesn't quarrel, if she quarrels, it must be for my dad to catch up with another woman outside.
She can forgive my dad for any amount of money he loses, but she can't tolerate him being close to other women. According to my dad, he would quarrel even if he talked to other women a few more words when he came home. Later, he was so noisy that he simply played Miss outside with his gambling friends. As a result, the more Xin really played off-road, the more the relationship between the two became more and more stiff.
But my mom still loves my dad all the time, and my grandfather stands by my mom's side every time, so their marriage has only lasted until now.
I carried my mother to the bathroom and stood in front of the toilet before I left.
Stand outside the door and wait for her to call me.
In fact, the casino is a big dye vat, and no matter how good a person is, it will change when he enters that kind of mixed place. How many people can get out of the sludge without getting dirty? To be honest, my dad wasn't a good embryo in nature. No matter how beautiful he looks, how can he withstand the temptation.
Mom, if you fall in love with someone like that, you're doomed to pay the price. But you still have a son and me, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of being poor, you are afraid of your son's cowardice. I will not let you suffer any more in the future. I thought to myself.
"Zhihan, come in."
Mom is calling me. I pushed the door open and went into the bathroom. My mother said that she had been lying down for a few months, and she wanted to take a bath and she wanted to take a bath.
I thought about it and felt that it was not safe to let her take a bath alone in it, the bathroom space was small, and she had just recovered and was still very weak, what if she fainted inside?
"I'll call my aunt to come and help you, her house will be a little closer to here. Your body is still very weak, and I don't feel at ease if you wash it alone. I said to my mother.
My mother agreed, and I called my aunt's house. When I heard me say that my mother was awake, they didn't give me words of surprise, but refused to say that she had no time to take her grandson. My heart went cold.
My mother has an older sister who lives in Hefei, and her family conditions are very good. My aunt and cousin both work on the railway, and they are well paid, and my aunt also gets a pension. There are four properties in Hefei, and my cousin got married last year and gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins. Life is booming.
When my dad didn't die, he went to my aunt's house to borrow money, but my aunt didn't lend it to him. My dad came back very angry and told me that when my aunt was young, she eloped with a man after she was betrothed to someone. After living together for a few months, they came back and didn't want to get married.
The man went to his grandmother's house to make trouble, and he had to pay for the damage. Later, he lost tens of thousands of dollars to the man to settle the matter.
During this period, my aunt ate and lived at my house, and my father also helped her find someone to help or something, which helped her a lot. Now when I asked her for help, she refused. At that time, the eldest aunt sold a house and had spare money.
Later, my mother went to my aunt again and said that she would mortgage the villa to her and borrow 100,000 yuan from her. In this way, not only can the villa be kept, but it is better to mortgage the villa to relatives than to outsiders. But the eldest aunt still refused.
She didn't want to deal with gamblers, because she was vigilant. The eldest aunt is shrewd but also ruthless. I don't have the right to say that she is selfish, but I think that if family affection does not reach out in difficult times, what kind of affection is it called?
The simplest example is that one of my classmates has a wealthy relative who always looks down on me as a poor classmate. Do you think you are so rich that you will beg him in the future?
It is true that his family is rich, and his children are also very angry, and his daughter is admitted to university and goes abroad, and his son also works in Beijing. One day, my classmate's relative fell down on the road, and no matter how many onlookers there were, no one pulled it.
My classmate was passing by and saw that it was his relative, so he picked him up and sent him to the hospital without asking. only to pick up a life. If he wasn't a relative of his family, would my classmates care about him? This is the power of family affection, and there is nothing wrong with it.
And if my dad had those millions of turnovers, he wouldn't have lost his life if he didn't mess with that Huang Shiren.
But then again, if it weren't for the gambling money, my dad's relationship with his relatives wouldn't have been like this. As soon as they hear that you are a good gambler, no one will dare to stick to you, and they will immediately label you as a gambler, and they will think that you will lose sooner or later. And that's exactly what happened. My dad is a prime example.
Therefore, I don't blame anyone, helping you is a favor, and not helping is my duty. Every according to his own conscience. As grandpa said, who will not encounter a difficult thing in this life. You help others, others will help you. Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge will make a temporary profit, this generation will not be able to repay the next generation, and even the next generation will have good luck to meet kind relatives and friends to help you?
Take advantage of the kindness and trust of others and play with others as fools and applaud. Defying the intelligence of others. Think you're smart?
Don't judge gains and losses with selfish people.
Others are selflessly good to you, but you think others are stupid. In fact, he is not a fool, let alone stupid, but a wolf is not enough to do such a heartfelt thing.