I pressed it again, and the crisp doorbell rang.

Then there was a voice in the house, and a woman's voice asked, "May I ask who is outside?" ”

Han Xuan didn't know how to introduce himself, so he said, "Hello, we came to find Ms. Amanda Barton, she used to be called this name, but now she may have changed.

The address given to me by someone else shows that this is right, someone asked me to come to see her, and an old acquaintance wanted to bring her a few words. ”

"Barton?"

The sound of locking the door and the chain colliding came, and the door was opened, revealing the face of a middle-aged black woman, not very tall, quite thin, with wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, her hair tied up with leather bands, and a dark green bib on her chest, as if she had been doing housework before, and she had a lot of dust.

When she looked outside the door, there was suspicion in her eyes, and then because she found that there were two young girls standing in front of her, who didn't look threatening, so her eyes gradually began to soften.

With a smile on his face, he shook his head and told Han Xuan: "Amanda, Amanda Lavigny, Mrs. is called this name now, it may have been Barton before, she has been married twice.

I don't know if Madame Lavigny is the person you're looking for, but I've been here for a short time, just two weeks.

The volunteers assigned by the community, usually no one looks for her, she stays here alone, and her life needs to be taken care of, so I come to help when I have nothing to do.

Please come in and sit down, I just made lunch, I don't know if you like pilaf or not?

I'm pretty good at my craft, my friend said I should go and open a restaurant, I'm such a pretty little girl, my daughter is about the same age as you, but she's definitely not as pretty as you......"

After she looked at Anya, she then looked at Han Xuan, who thought she recognized herself and was about to say "Just treat me as an ordinary person".

Who would have guessed that this black female volunteer would ask him in confusion: "Have I seen you somewhere?" The Chinese restaurant delivers takeaways, right, it looks a little familiar. ”

There are not many yellow people in other places, but this is Flushing, just as yellow people think that black people look the same, black people also think that yellow people look similar, plus they usually have little contact with the news, even if they see Han Xuan on TV, they won't leave much impression, she didn't recognize him.

This is the best, it can save a lot of unnecessary trouble, Han Xuan didn't plan to explain more, and quietly waved his hand to let Gabriel, Jason and others leave first, and the black female volunteer turned her back to the door and didn't see this scene.

After Anya thanked her, Han Xuan smiled and said, "Maybe, I don't work in a Chinese restaurant, occasionally I pass by around here, Flushing is so big, isn't it?"

Thank you for your kindness, ma'am, we've just eaten it, the beef noodles taste good, and of course, the pilaf is delicious. ”

The daily diet of black people, including pilaf, roast chicken, roast mutton, roast beef, etc., these are all daily foods in Africa, they do not like the way of stewing, even bananas, potatoes will be roasted before eating, and they also like fried food.

After hundreds of years away from Africa, most blacks still retain the eating habits of their ancestors, and add hot dogs, ham, fries, hamburgers, etc. to their recipes, which are delicious but not healthy, which may be one of the reasons why blacks do not live long.

Westerners like to use knives and forks, Easterners like to use chopsticks, and on the African side, eating is generally grasped directly by hand.

As you can imagine, many people put their hands in buckets at the same time, whether they wash their hands or not, grab a handful of food and put it in their mouths, which is normal in Africa.

After the black people came to the United States, they began to pay attention to hygiene due to the environmental impact, and the pilaf she said meant that it was eaten on a plate with a spoon, and Han Xuan could already smell the unique taste of pilaf......

This apartment is less than 70 square meters in size, with a living room, kitchen, bathroom, plus a bedroom.

The staircase is not clean, but the room is very good, through the dried flowers in the bottle, the pale blue plaid tablecloth, the neat photos and decoration items on the cupboards, you can guess that the owner of this house is a very emotional woman.

"By the way, my name is Paula Washington, and my family lives down Twenty-Seventh Street, and I'm married.

My husband is a construction worker, and I get a salary, and I have three children, the eldest is my sister, and my youngest son is just talking, and her sister is at home to help take care of him. ”

Never underestimate the mouth of a black man, no matter whether the other party is a man or a woman, Han Xuan and Anya clearly didn't ask anything, and she was about to expose her old bottom.

Walking up her leg to the room, only a few steps away, Mrs. Washington stood at the door and knocked on the door, asking, "Ms. Lavigny, someone has come looking for you, may we go in?"

When it was time for lunch, I made your favorite pilaf......"

Inside the room, there was an angry voice: "Who is looking for me?!"

My damned son, has he come to blackmail me, poor woman, again? Tell him I don't have any money, I really don't have any money! ”

When she heard this, Han Xuan's expression was a little confused, thinking that she had married again after breaking up with Old Barton, and gave birth to a son, and he was a son with a very bad personality......

"No, it was your old friend who asked them to come to you, two young children!"

After Mrs. Washington finished speaking through the door, she turned her head to look at Han Xuan and Anya, and said helplessly: "Mrs. Lavigne has Alzheimer's disease, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and the situation has become more and more serious recently.

She often imagines the community worker who collects electricity bills as her son, but she can't even say the other person's name, and last year she inexplicably slapped someone in the face, and our community organization found out that she was sick.

In fact, Madame Lavigny had no children, and she had never seen her relatives according to her neighbors, and she spent the holidays alone.

After living here for 12 years, only a handful of people have come to see her, and before she retired, she went to work at the SOS supermarket to take care of herself, and the insurance was also bought with the help of this company, and the bank said that her savings were only more than 2,000 US dollars, which had long since been used up.

After that, we arranged for someone to come and take care of her every day, and if the current situation continues, it is likely that she will be sent to a nursing home for the elderly, and the government will bear part of the cost, and her insurance can also cover part of it, and our community will pay for the rest.

Don't make her angry when you go in, Madame Lavigny usually has a good personality, and when she is sick, she cries when she is angry, and she will not stop, I have seen it three times, I am really fed up, and it is useless to comfort her. ”

Alzheimer's disease is caused by the degeneration of the nervous system, and the cause is still unknown, so there is no cure.

Patients can survive for a long time, and after losing the ability to live independently, they need to be cared for during this period, and even lose their memory in the end, which can be said to be a terminal illness that is not a terminal illness.

There are often incidents of the elderly getting lost in society, most of which are caused by Alzheimer's disease, and the sick elderly only know how to move forward aimlessly, but forget where their home is, which is very dangerous.

After listening to Mrs. Washington's introduction, I guessed that she may have been in the middle or late stages of Alzheimer's disease, which was different from the meeting scene imagined by Han Xuan, and I didn't expect her evening scene to be so bleak.

Sighing deeply, I really don't know how old Barton will feel when he hears about this kind of thing.

The door was opened by Mrs. Washington, and Han Xuan saw the old Patton's former ex-wife.

She had curly white hair all over her head, neatly groomed, wearing a blue dress covered with white petals, a string of pearls around her neck, and her eyes were a little confused, as if she was in a daze, judging by her wrinkled face, she should have been quite beautiful when she was young.

Just now, Han Xuan saw a photo of Mrs. Lavigny in middle age from the cupboard, and she looked really good.

It is said that the elder Barton was also quite handsome when he was young, and the two were a good match, but it is a pity that the soul and mind of Americans are too free and too egoistic, and it is difficult for them to get along with someone wholeheartedly for a lifetime......

The room is also very clean, full of strong floral fragrance, smells like lilies, many elderly people with Alzheimer's disease, occasionally have incontinence, so the smell is bad, she is not serious to that extent.

Looking at the other party's eyes, as if recalling who he was, the corners of Han Xuan's mouth turned up, revealing a harmless smile, and introduced himself: "Hello lady."

I'm sorry to bother you, but a former acquaintance of yours asked me to come and see you, are you from Montana before? Augusta Town? ”

Before, she was worried about finding the wrong person, but when she found out that Ms. Lavigny had a surprised expression when she heard this, Han Xuan understood that she had found the right one, and the name "Augusta Town" obviously stimulated her.

Continued: "Excuse me...... Remember Canek Barton?

He was surprised to learn of the address and asked me to come over and see how you've been doing, and Mr. Barton wants to hear from you. ”

The town of Augusta only surprised her slightly, and the old Barton's full name, "Canek Barton", had a much greater impact on the old woman in front of her, and Ms. Lavigny sat on the edge of the bed with her eyes dark and her legs weak because of her excitement.

When she came back to her senses a little, she raised her head and asked Han Xuan happily, "Barton?"

Is my husband back, son, go and call your father over for dinner, who are these two women? ”

“……”

Han Xuan had a headache instantly, and felt that things were more troublesome at the moment, and it seemed that he should let Old Barton come over in person......