Jiang Xi sat on the dilapidated sofa, and the old man hurriedly walked over with his waist bent, pulling Jiang Xi to get up and go to the side.

"There are a lot of insects on the sofa, fleas or something, don't do it, sit on the bench here, this one I picked up from outside, and I have been sitting." The old man said.

Jiang Xi was taken aback, fleas?

Hurriedly got up and sat down on a small stool on the other side while looking into the room.

The room was dimly lit, as if the screen window had been closed again on a gloomy day, and it felt gray.

The small stool she was sitting on, as the old man had just said, had been picked up from outside, and it was very old and could be seen to the naked eye that it had been used for many years. The sofa next to it was linen blue-gray and had been worn out of shape. The sponge at the other end was exposed, and the couch legs were broken, which were padded with bricks.

Looking at the rest of the room, the dining table was a folding table with a lot of paint peeling, no stools, and a dark kitchen in the end. The wall paint is all falling in large chunks, and there are potholes.

Jiang Xi couldn't help but look at the information in his hand again, the old man has children, since he has children, how can he still live in such a place?

She was puzzled, but saw that the old grandmother had been making a noise in the kitchen, Jiang Xi got up again and stood at the door of the kitchen.

"Grandma, can you come and sit down for a while, and let's talk?"

The old man turned around and smiled at her, and only a few teeth were missing.

She said, "Girl, grandma doesn't have anything to eat here, I'll scoop you two spoonfuls of sugar and mix it with boiling water to drink." ”

Jiang Xi had no reason, her eyes were hot, and she quickly swallowed and choked.

"No, no, grandma, I'm not thirsty, keep the sugar for you to drink slowly, okay? You come out first, let's chat, okay? ”

Jiang Xi walked in, the cement floor in the kitchen was uneven, and she hurriedly helped the old man out.

"Grandma, sit here." Jiang Xi helped the old lady sit on the bench, and she moved in the small stool that was placed outside and sat opposite the old man's house.

"Girl, where are you from?" The old man asked.

Jiang Xi showed the old man his student ID: "I am a student, grandma, and I am also an intern reporter of Chaohua News Agency, and I am here to interview you today." ”

"Oh, alas, I have something to interview, and it's not beautiful......"

The old man smiled shyly, and his thin hand touched his messy hair, "I don't have anything to interview, but now, the times are better, and I'm very grateful." ”

After the old man finished speaking, he asked again: "Girl, will you take a picture of me?" ”

"Huh? Yes! Jiang Xi nodded hurriedly.

She was preparing pen and paper, ready to record the story of the old man.

But as soon as she started doing this, she felt that it was wrong, it should not be a pen and paper record, so she could only remember a few words.

There are some things that you really don't know until you go to the scene what she should need.

Voice recorders, or high-capacity mobile phones.

When she was a little distracted, the old man staggered to her feet, took the comb on the table, combed herself a few times, and then gently touched it with her hand a few times, so that the hair fit on her head. Then the old man sat back beside Jiang Xi in a kind voice.

"There have been people who have come to interview me before, and they took pictures of me downstairs, but they are not like you, my daughter, and I sit here for a while with my wife."

The old grandmother began to babble: "I, now that my legs and feet are not as sharp as before, I like to stay at home." Because of my brain, I don't remember things for a while, and I'm afraid that if I go out, I won't be able to come back. Girl, I'm over 80 years old, and I don't want to die outside. ”

Jiang Xi's heart moved: "Grandma, you will live a hundred years." ”

"They've all moved away, it's been years since they moved away, and I'm guarding this building with a lonely old woman, and no one has been here for a long time." The old grandmother said.

Jiang Xi raised his eyes slightly: "Grandma, why didn't you move out together?" ”

The old woman opened her mouth again, probably laughing, and she said, "Where am I going?" If a daughter marries in a foreign place and lives in her in-law's house, she is not free. My son and daughter-in-law also have a home, and the old man of my daughter-in-law's family lives with my son, so I want to help bring my grandson. I can understand their difficulties, they let me live in such a big house by myself, and I am very satisfied with my daughter. ”

Jiang Xi frowned: "This is a dangerous building, standing downstairs, you can see that there are cracks in this building." ”

"It's out of the way, you remember the big earthquake eight or nine years ago, right? At that time, a lot of people died in Sichuan. Although we are far away, we have also been affected, this building, it was cracked at that time, it has been so many years, it's no problem. The old man's voice was low, and he broke it out one by one, as if he didn't even have the strength to speak.

Jiang Xi asked, "Grandma, how long has it been since your son came back?" ”

The old man thought carefully: "It's been a few years. ”

When the words fell, she pointed to the TV that was already covered with dust and said: "He came here that year, it was the New Year, and he also watched the Spring Festival Gala, which was the Year of the Dragon." Every year, I look forward to them, hoping that they can come back to watch the Spring Festival Gala with me, but I have let go of a few Spring Festival Galas. ”

Jiang Xi's heart is getting heavier and heavier, and it has been five or six years since the Year of the Dragon.

"Grandma, you miss them, why don't you call them? If they don't come back to see you, will they send you money? Jiang Xi asked again.

The old man went back and forth, and finally sighed.

"Can't call, they're busy, they're busy at work. I can't do anything at my age, and if I don't mess with them, I'm helping. ”

Jiang Xi asked again, "Then, did they send you money?" ”

"I don't want them, they all have a family, where is life so easy? I understand, I take care of myself, I can do it, and I don't bother them. The old man said.

Jiang Xi had a sour nose and took a deep breath.

"Grandma, will the community send warmth to poor households?" Jiang Xi asked.

The old man thought for a moment, "Yes, people used to come to the house to sit down, but now that everyone has moved away, there is no one left, maybe, I have forgotten my lonely old woman, right?" ”

Jiang Xi looked at the old man, thinking about his grandparents at home, and sighed in his heart.

I saw the greatness of mother's love from the elderly, and also saw the helplessness and sadness after being abandoned by young children.

She also has grandparents at home, and her mother supports the whole family alone, takes care of her father on the sickbed, and is also responsible for her grandmother's life, but why don't the elderly in their family know how to be grateful?

"Grandma, do you know where your son lives, does he have his number?" Jiang Xi asked.

When the old man heard this, he immediately became a little nervous: "Girl, what are you going to do?" Are you going to call him? Don't call, he's busy, and if you call him, it will delay him, and I know you want to help me, but my child, I know, he also has a hard time. ”

Jiang Xi frowned: "Grandma, I just want to do a simple interview with people from your son's crowd, not how to ......"

Jiang Xi said, peeking at the old man's face.

"Grandma, don't you really want to see your son?" Jiang Xi asked.

The old man waved his hand: "I don't want to see it, I'm used to living alone, and if I see each other, I won't see each other for many years, so it's better not to see it." When I saw it, I was angry again, but I still knew that there was a mother like me. ”

Jiang Xi listened, and his heart ached faintly in his eyes.

"Can't you send me your contact information?" Jiang Xi asked.

The old man looked at her, "Girl, why do you want to ask for my son's contact information?" Don't go to him, he will think that I am ignorant and do not know how to understand his difficulties. I'm fine now, living alone in such a big house, you see I'll sleep in a place, and there is still an empty room. I'm content, I'm much better off the homeless who don't even have a fixed place to sleep. Girl, don't worry, I'm fine. ”

Jiang Xi pursed his lips and looked at the old man.

"So what can I do for you?"

When she became a livelihood reporter, she wanted to use her lens and identity to record some people and things and show the most real life.

But what is the purpose of reporting these real-life stories?

Isn't it just to help these people? Isn't it just to be open in front of the public and warn the world?

The old man was also moved, "Girl, you are different from the people who came to interview last time, they asked some questions and left." You, you keep asking, don't sympathize with me, I'm doing well. ”

"It's not sympathy, it's distress, grandma, I also have elderly grandparents at home, and I compare my heart to my heart, so I feel distressed to see you alone, obviously you have children but can't reunite with your children. I don't think there is any reason to stop children from doing their filial piety for the elderly, unless they are separated from life and death. Supporting the elderly is a matter of course. ”

Jiang Xi took a deep breath, and his nose turned red.

She laughed again, and she said, "Grandma, I know you feel sorry for your son and daughter, but you are doting. You raise them, and they should provide for you. You understand them, but they don't necessarily understand you. Grandma, I'm not looking for trouble with your son, there is some reason, maybe he forgot in his busy schedule, I will talk to him as a junior, I will definitely not hurt him, do you think it is appropriate for me to do this? ”

The old man looked at Jiang Xi and stopped talking.

"I'm sure I'll get the right handle of things, grandma, you're worried that your son will blame you, aren't you? You don't have to worry. Jiang Xi whispered.

The old man sighed softly, and said, "The last time they came, they asked some questions, and they didn't ask my son's contact information, girl......"

Jiang Xi put the pen away, "If you think it's really inconvenient, then, forget it." ”

The old man looked embarrassed and sighed softly.

"Girl, it's not that I won't give it to you, and I don't know his phone number. Moreover, it is useless for you to find him, if he does not come, no one will go to him. The old man said.

Jiang Xi was surprised, no number?

So I insisted on not saying it just now, just because ...... Save your last face?

"Grandma, do you know where they live?" Jiang Xi asked.

The old man's cloudy eyes lit up slightly, and after a long time, she said, "In Xitang, it seems that you live in Century City." ”