Chapter 211: The Old Man's Decision

I thought that the old man would say something after listening to me, and at least give his opinion on whether or not he agreed with me to keep the little fox in our house! Unexpectedly, the old man didn't say a word, but his brows furrowed fiercely, revealing the traces of the years on his face. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Looking at the countless gray hairs on the old man's head, looking at the wrinkles on his face, and looking at his rough hands, at this moment I realized that the old man was no longer young. For this family, the old man has given all his strength, and now there is suddenly one more person in the family, which undoubtedly increases the burden on the whole family and the old man.

The old man took out a pack of cigarettes from his coat pocket, took one out and put it in his mouth, then took out a half-lit twig from the burning fire and lit the cigarette.

"Hiss......"

The old man inhaled hard, and then the smoke exhaled from his mouth and nose.

The kitchen was quiet, and I could clearly hear the whirring of the cold wind pouring in, and the crackling of the firewood burning in the fire, so that I could hear the old man and I breathing.

On the surface, I seemed very calm, quietly waiting for the master to speak, but in fact I was already distraught. I'm afraid that the old man won't accept the little fox, so he will let the little fox leave.

The smoke from the burning of the cigarette was a little smoky, and the little fox hid behind me and fanned it with his little hand. The old man didn't speak the whole time, just smoked his cigarette to himself, and saw that one cigarette burned to the end.

The old man threw the cigarette butt in his hand into the fire, he looked at the little fox seriously, then looked me in the eye and said, "When I was fourteen years old, I went to other provinces for the first time, when your grandfather sent me to the Qianfeng Railway Station in City G to buy a ticket to go to Province F. Since your aunt is there, I decided to go there first to find her. But I was only fourteen years old, and I had never traveled far away, and you know how scared I was at the time?

But what's the use of being afraid? At that time, our family was so poor that I couldn't do it, otherwise I wouldn't have wandered around alone at the age of fourteen. The money to buy train tickets is cobbled together everywhere, and where to buy a ticket, it is the kind of carriage that pulls goods, and a pile of grain and grass is thrown in it, and then people are trapped (sleeping) on it.

At that time, the train was as fast as it is now, and by the time I got there, it had been a week. Your aunt is a contractor, and my aunt wrote to me to go to Province F because she wanted me to go to my aunt, but the address my aunt left me was also the construction site where they were working.

It's just that I wasn't very lucky at the time, and when I found the address left by my aunt, they had already finished and left a few days ago. At that time, I was not able to make phone calls as I am now, I didn't know the place well, and I didn't speak their dialect, so there was no way to find them.

At that time, I only had two dollars left on me, so I searched there for a few days, hoping that I would be lucky enough to find my aunt and them. However, my luck was really bad, I searched for several days but didn't find it, but I ran out of money.

At that time, I ate a bowl of noodles for three cents, and I lasted for half a month, and I slept on a bench in the park at night, and the whole person was like a beggar, not only had a bad smell on my body, but even had lice, which could be said to be the most depressed time in my life. The old man spoke slowly, his mind seeming to go back to that time.

Neither the little fox nor I interrupted the old man silently, leaving him to tell him about his past. The old man didn't express any opinion after hearing about the little fox's "life experience", but talked about the old past, so he must have a reason.

"Can you imagine my despair? Alone outside, he doesn't even have money to eat. So I can completely understand what happened to the little fox, because I have experienced it myself! As he spoke, the old man took out the pack of cigarettes from his pocket again, shook them out and kept them in his mouth.

My brow furrowed slightly at the thought that the old man had just finished smoking a cigarette not long ago, and now he was going to smoke again, but then I pulled out a small burning stick from the fire and let the old man light the cigarette.

The old man took a deep breath, then exhaled the smoke frequently, and his face looked very satisfied. Perhaps it was because it was so cold on the motorcycle that the old man had a snot like water, so I took out a piece of toilet paper from my pocket and handed it to the old man, but he didn't take it, but wiped it horizontally with the back of my hand.

If it had been before, I would have made fun of the old man and said that he was too ugly, but I don't know why I didn't open my mouth today.

"Maybe I shouldn't have died, but when I was dying of hunger, a monk came to the park, and when the monk saw that I was so embarrassed, he gave me five yuan after asking about it, and then left.

Do you know what five dollars meant to me at the time? Means that could save my life! With the five yuan, I first went to a noodle restaurant and ate two bowls of noodles, which cost eight dimes, and then I took the rest and sent a telegram to my aunt and them. It was only after the telegram received that they found me, and I was out of the crisis.

After I settled down, I went to the park more than once to look for the monk who had saved my life, but I never met that monk again. So since then, I've seen that those who are really begging will do their part, and that's because I know it very well. If it weren't for desperation, who would choose to beg? The old man sighed.

I never thought that the old man would have such an experience, no wonder the old man when I left S City for the first time, when the old man sent me to the car, a monk in a robe came to make a fortune, the old man asked me to give the monk a few dollars, and also smiled at the monk.

Since the old man and the little fox have a "similar" experience, I think I will agree to let the little fox stay in our house! This made me secretly relieved.

"Now that you've made your decision, I can only choose to respect, after all, you're now an adult and can take responsibility for the decisions you make. And with your temper, even if I don't agree with you taking in the little fox, I'm afraid you'll quietly keep her by your side. The old man narrowed his eyes slightly and said.

It is said that knowing a son is better than a father, and there is still some truth to it.

"Thank you, Dad!" I said gratefully to the old man.

"Thank you, uncle!" The little fox also said gratefully.

"Don't get too happy just yet, although I agree with you to keep the little fox in our house, there are some things I have to say to you clearly!" The old man threw the cigarette butt in his hand into the fire and said to me with a serious face.

"You say!"

"You are also very clear about the economic conditions of our family, your mother and I are already barely able to use our salaries for your education and daily living expenses, and now you are powerless to adopt the little fox, since you insist on keeping the little fox in our house, then everything for her is taken care of by yourself, can you do it?"

"Naturally, there is no problem with this, the living expenses of the little fox have always been paid by me part-time, and it will not be a burden to you! In fact, you don't even have to worry about my living expenses and tuition fees for college, I can figure it out myself! I replied without thinking.

Now I have close to 70,000 cash here, and I have an unlimited credit card, and I believe that Xiaoxi and I will definitely not worry about money.

But I certainly can't tell the old man about these things, at least not now, because I'm afraid he won't be able to accept it.

"The last point is also the most important!" The old man paused, and then continued: "You can also work part-time, neither I nor your mother object, but it must not affect your studies, and you can't go the wrong way!" ”

When he said this, the old man's expression was extremely serious, as if I had done something wrong when I was a child and taught me a lesson. At that time, I was very scared to see this expression, but since I entered junior high school, I have rarely seen such an expression.

"You have a hundred and twenty hearts, no matter how you look at it, your son doesn't want to be illegal and criminal!"