After hanging up the phone, Shen Yingzhou was very happy, and his face was a lot ruddy, "By the way, Ah Yuan, what does your father usually like?" ”

When meeting his in-laws, he always needs some greeting gifts, and he has to prepare them in advance.

Lin Yuan smiled, "My dad likes to read newspapers, read books, practice calligraphy when he has nothing to do, and also likes to drink, drink tea and play chess, and that's all he has in his life." ”

Now Shen Yingzhou can be embarrassed.

What's the best of that?

Calligraphy?

I can't appreciate this thing, and the calligraphy and paintings on the market now don't count the uneven levels, they are all sky-high prices, often tens of millions of millions, and they may not be able to buy a pair of authentic masterpieces.

He likes to collect some old things, but I don't know if Lin Yuan's father has a hobby in this area.

Lin Yuan smiled, "Uncle Shen, let's not just talk about my dad, what about you, what do you like?" ”

He is a son-in-law, but he hasn't had time to prepare a meeting gift for his father-in-law!

Shen Yingzhou was happy, "I, I like my grandson, just hurry up and give me a grandchild, of course, it's best to have both, grandchildren and grandchildren!" ”

Of course, he has a hobby, which is to collect some old objects.

But as an elder, he felt that he couldn't say it, mainly because those things were not cheap, and they often cost hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions.

In case the son-in-law really gave it to himself, he would be embarrassed to accept it.

In addition to this hobby, that is, there is a real lack of grandchildren and granddaughters.

The two of them chatted and bought vegetables, bought two catties of pork ribs, bought a freshly slaughtered live chicken, and bought a few crabs, all kinds of dishes.

At this time, I went to the stall selling green beans again, ready to buy some vegetarian dishes,

The vegetable stall was watched by an old man from a rural area, with silver hair, deep furrows on his face, who looked to be at least seventy years old, wearing a black cotton jacket that did not cover his rickety body, but his clothes were cleanly washed.

Shen Yingzhou couldn't help but ask more, "Brother, you still come out to sell vegetables at your age." ”

This age should be the age of living at home.

The uncle who sold vegetables smiled, "There's no way, my wife is sick, and I have to use money to buy medicine." ”

After speaking, he covered his mouth with his sleeve and coughed twice, as if he was afraid that they would be worried that he would be sick and would not buy his own food, and he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I have an old problem, my lungs are not good, when it is cold, I am easy to cough when I inhale cold air, there is no infectious disease, otherwise the security guard at the door will not let me come in to buy vegetables." ”

His family is rural, and he has to ride his bicycle early to the city every day to sell vegetables and earn some hard-earned money to go back to his wife to get medicine and cure diseases.

Hearing him say this, Shen Yingzhou was a little puzzled, "What about your son?" ”

It is said that raising children to prevent old age, parents have economic strength, and they don't have to worry about their children, but when parents are really incapable, children naturally have to help their parents support the elderly, which is a truth since ancient times.

How can anyone watch his seventy-year-old father still shopping for groceries outside.

Not only did Shen Yingzhou not understand, but even Lin Yuan didn't understand that when his son was taken care of by his parents, if his parents were sick, why couldn't he take care of his parents?

Even if you sell vegetables, you should come by yourself, why let the old man come alone, and pull so many dishes.

Shen Yingzhou was wearing a pair of sweatpants on his lower body, and a beige sweater on his upper body, although he was very simple to wear, but the workmanship and quality were expensive at first glance, plus his demeanor, he was a rich man.

The old man smiled sadly, "Where am I so lucky that you gave birth to a filial son, and I also accompanied you to buy vegetables, my wife is infertile." ”

The old man's name is Ma Dequan, and his family lives in Xigou Village, Suzhou, which is a notoriously poor place.

Poor and backward, the only advantage is that it is slightly closer to the Shanghai market.

In order to sell the vegetables at a good price, the uncle pedaled three wheels every day, more than three hours to get to Shanghai, and then rode his electric tricycle back at night, it took six hours to go back and forth, in order to earn more than 100 more price differences.

When he said this, both of them couldn't help but fall silent.

Especially Shen Yingzhou, he is also a person from a bitter background, and he has always been in awe of bitterness.

It's just that I didn't expect that the seventy-year-old man was still living so hard, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

He took out two thousand yuan from the leather bag in his pocket and handed it to the old man.

"Brother, a little heart, you can take it."

Shen Yingzhou is fifty years old this year, and he is lucky.

There is a company with a virtuous wife and capable daughter, and now an excellent son-in-law, who was even smiling and discussing drinks with his in-laws just ten minutes ago.

The so-called winner in life, probably that's it.

But the old brother in front of him, who is more than 20 years older than himself, has no children and no daughters, earns a little hard-earned money every day, and saves and saves, thinking about treating his wife and son.

It's really not easy.

The uncle waved his hand, "That's not good, don't look at me old, but I have hands and feet, how can I take your money." ”

After speaking, he smiled and tidied up the messy pile of green beans on the stall, and then looked at Lin Yuan and Shen Yingzhou.

"If you buy vegetables, 3 yuan a catty, it's absolutely cheap, can you have some?"

The old man thanked him for his kindness, but he was not willing to accept other people's benefits for no reason.

If they buy groceries, they're still happy.

Shen Yingzhou was about to say something but was interrupted by Lin Yuan, "Uncle, your vegetables are cheap enough, five cents cheaper than those in the same industry." ”

He only came to the vegetable market yesterday, and he naturally knows some of the price of this vegetable.

Uncle, these green beans are indeed cheaper than others, and they look fresh.

Speaking of his own dishes, there was a hint of pride on the uncle's old face.

"But no, my vegetables are all grown in my own field, absolutely fresh vegetables, the price, it should also be grown by myself, so it's cheaper, don't worry about the price difference."

Although it is cheaper than five cents, it is still more expensive than the price of vegetables in Suzhou, so there is still money to earn, plus it is cheap, so it sells quite well every day.

Lin Yuan nodded, "That's okay, uncle, we want a catty, if you can, you can leave me a phone call, our company canteen needs a lot of fresh dishes." ”

The company canteen uses everyone's dishes, and besides, this kind of helpful thing, with his understanding of his daughter-in-law, she must be very happy.

Shen Yingzhou nodded as he watched from the side, but he didn't expect that Lin Yuan, this kid, was much more careful than himself.

In this way, the livelihood problem of the old man is solved, so that he can earn a lot of money while not being so tired, and in addition, in this way, the dishes in his daughter's canteen can also be more assured.

Kill two birds with one stone.

He patted Lin Yuan's shoulder with an appreciative face, "Okay, the idea is good." ”

When the uncle heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately showed a happy smile.

"That's good, that's good, my food is absolutely fine." After speaking, he rubbed his hands excitedly, "Oh, that's great." ”

Shen Yingzhou felt that Lin Yuan had done a good job, and he was also smiling.

The uncle looked at Shen Yingzhou with envy, "You are so blessed, you gave birth to a good son, handsome, and kind-hearted." ”

His biggest wish in this life is to have a child, but unfortunately it backfired, and it can only be said that life is impermanent.

Shen Yingzhou's words amused him, "You're right, but this son was not born to me, but to my in-laws." ”

It is said that a son-in-law is half a son, so it is not wrong to say that Lin Yuan is his son.

Shen Yingzhou not only didn't mind, but was very happy.

The old man smiled and picked up the bag in his hand and filled Lin Yuan with a pound of green beans, he didn't use an electronic scale, but the kind of hand-made scale, with Chen Tuo, a pound high.

Just as he was about to hand it to Lin Yuan, the phone in the pocket of his cotton coat suddenly rang.

His phone calls are usually from his wife.

Mom and Dad are gone, and they have no children, so no one else will call except their own old woman.

But the old woman rarely called herself, so this made the uncle a little nervous.

"Wait a minute, I'll answer the phone."

After he finished speaking, he put the scale on the vegetable stall, and trembled and took out the mobile phone from his pocket and put it to his ear.

"Hey." Probably because he was afraid that his old woman wouldn't hear it, so the uncle's voice was very loud.

"Old man, I'm uncomfortable, you, come back."

Listening to her weak voice, the old man instantly became worried.

"You wait, I'll go back."

After the uncle finished speaking, he immediately hung up the phone, and his face was full of sadness.

The three-hour journey was too long, and he was really afraid that his wife would not be able to hold on.

But his family lives in a place where there is no one at the end of the village.

I can't shout if I want to call someone for help.

The more I thought about the old man, the more anxious he became, and he couldn't even take care of the vegetable stall, so he said to the two of them in a panic: "I'm sorry, I don't sell this dish, I have to go, my wife has an accident." ”

After speaking, he squeezed out of the side path.

Some stumbled.

His wife has cancer, lung cancer.

You can go at any time.

Because the family has no money, they have been relying on medicine.

How can cancer be cured?

In fact, the uncle also knew in his heart that he was afraid that he would not have much to live, but he always had illusions, thinking that he would take some medicine and live one more day.

I'm afraid something big is going to happen today!

Thinking of this, he couldn't walk steadily.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lin Yuan hurriedly stretched out his hand to support the person, "Where is your home, I'll send it to you." ”

Although he said that he was going to have dinner with his father-in-law and mother-in-law today, he shouldn't miss the appointment, but this old man was really pitiful, so Lin Yuan still wanted to help him.

Ying Zhou next to him also nodded again and again, "Yes, let Ah Yuan send you there, you can drive faster." ”

He was also a kind-hearted man, and he couldn't see these things.

When the old man heard this, he bowed to the two of them excitedly, "Thank you so much." ”

The old man usually rides his own electric tricycle, and if something like this happens, he must take the bus back, but the only car he can think of is the bus.

Lin Yuan has a car, and he must be driving much faster than taking a bus by himself!

"Let's go." Lin Yuan didn't dare to delay time, and after speaking, he turned around and walked towards the parking lot outside.

The old man hurriedly followed him.

Both are gone.

Looking at the vegetable stall in front of him, Shen Yingzhou looked embarrassed.

He couldn't bear to see his old brother's vegetable stall unattended, this was obviously a rhythm that would never go back.

But it's impossible to buy groceries for him myself.

In this winter, he can't stand standing outside for a day, and he won't be able to sell it.

After thinking about it, I called Secretary Jin.

Lao Jin was sorting out the documents to be signed in the office at this time, and when he saw that it was Shen Dong's phone, he hurriedly stopped what he was doing, "Shen Dong, what are your instructions?" ”

"Lao Jin, come over with the police, I'm in Qidong Market, hurry up."

Although Secretary Jin was very curious, he didn't want to ask too much, and hurriedly agreed: "Okay, Dong Shen." ”

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Ten minutes later, Secretary Jin arrived at the vegetable market and successfully found Shen Yingzhou, who was standing in front of the vegetable stall, and said with a different face: "Shen Dong, who are you?" ”

"It's just right to come, come and help sell all these dishes, you can sell as much as the people next to you sell."

After Shen Yingzhou finished speaking, he was about to leave with his hands behind his back.

Secretary Jin looked flustered, "Shen, Shen Dong, ......"

Shen Yingzhou's face sank, and he looked back at him, "What, are you still in trouble?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, Shen Dong, you go slowly."

Shen Yingzhou turned around and left.

I can't help but sigh in my heart, good people and good things can't really be done without a little strength, and you still have to make money.

If he weren't the chairman, if he wanted to be a good person and do good things today, I'm afraid he would have to stand here for a day.

It's so cold, he has to hurry back and let his daughter-in-law make some food and eat it first.

It is estimated that Lin Yuan will not be able to come back for a while and a half.

......

Here, Lin Yuan has already gotten on the highway, and the old man is nervous at this time, and asks from time to time, how long will it take for us to arrive.

He usually rides a three-wheeled motorcycle, which is not allowed on the highway, so he has always walked at a low speed, and today is the first time he has been on the highway.

Lin Yuan was also very patient, and always took the trouble to tell him that there was still half an hour and twenty minutes.

It wasn't until he entered the village that the old man breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and pointed to the end of the road, "The one behind the back and the back against the ridge is my house." ”

The village is a small village, there are not a few people, and there are only about 30 people living here at most.

The car continued to drive forward, and a brick house could be faintly seen in the direction he pointed.

It's probably a long time, some disrepair, even the courtyard wall is much shorter than other people's houses, only one meter high, and the gate is not like other people's homes, they are all big iron gates.

His house still has an old, cracked wooden door, which looks like an old rural house in the seventies and eighties.

To tell the truth, Lin Yuan was a little shocked.

If it weren't for what Qingyan saw, he really couldn't have imagined that there would be such a house in the countryside now.

"Have you always lived here?" Lin Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"I've never moved my nest here."

When the old man spoke, his eyes were anxiously fixed on his home.

Lin Yuan understood now.

It's no wonder that people who have no children and no daughters have lived here all their lives and have never had the idea of going to the city.

When he arrived at the door, Lin Yuan stopped the car, and the old man pulled the door and walked in quickly.

Lin Yuan followed behind, the house was not large, there were three rooms in total, a kitchen, a living room, and the remaining one was a bedroom.

Because the yard is planted with green beans, blocking the light, the house looks dark, and the walls are all yellow because of the age, and the corners are still a little cracked.

The old man's wife was lying on the bed, thin and only a skeleton remained, covered with a thick embroidered quilt, looking weak.

"How's it going? Is it uncomfortable? The old man walked to the bed, and was very concerned.

After speaking, he stretched out his old hand to grab the mottled and thin hand that the old woman had placed outside.

"I don't think I can do it anymore, just now, just vomited blood again......" The old woman replied with difficulty, with a trace of blood on the corner of her mouth.

Lung cancer, if not treated in a hospital, vomiting blood is very common.

Lin Yuan was a little sad.

"Let's go, let's go to the hospital, I'll take you to the hospital!" After the old man finished speaking, he bent over to pick up his daughter-in-law.

It's a pity that I can't hold it even after trying a few times when I'm older.

Although she is thin, she only has a skeleton left, and she only looks like she is fifty or sixty pounds.

The old wife struggled twice, "Don't go, don't go...... I called you back, just to see you, I'm afraid that if you don't look, you won't be able to see you. ”

"In this life, I didn't leave you a child, I'm gone, you're left alone, I'm sorry for you." She said and left tears in her eyes.

One hand was still tugging at his sleeve.

Not being able to have children is the pain of her life.

But the man in front of him never disliked himself.

She was grateful to him, but she felt ashamed of him.

The old man's eyes were sore, long, and a little cloudy, and a tear fell from his eyes.

"Don't say that, the person who should say I'm sorry is me, I don't have the ability, I can't even earn money for your medical treatment, let's not talk about it, I'll take you to the hospital now, go."

He said and struggled to pick him up.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan hurriedly stepped forward, "Old man, I'll come." ”

He is young, and he has strength.

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he walked to the bed, picked up the person, and the old man followed him all the way, carefully helping him pull the car door.

After getting into the car, Lin Yuan drove towards the nearest hospital without saying a word.

This trip, he was deeply touched and even a little shocked.

Lin Yuan never thought that in this era, there would be such a hard person and such a touching love.

The times are moving forward, and with the development of faster and faster, even people's feelings seem to have become fast food.

You can go on a date with a lipstick, marriage and divorce are like playing at home, treating children as a burden and kicking ball with each other, because you can't have children and divorce, these things are so many that people think that they are the norm in life.

So much so that seeing such an inseparable feeling, Lin Yuan was very moved.

But these old couple have nothing in their lives, but they have the most sincere feelings for each other.

When I arrived at the hospital, I had to pay 800 for hospitalization and 2,000 for medicine.

The old man was stumped again, and sat anxiously on the steps outside the hospital with a sad face, and he asked Lin Yuan if he could help sell his tricycle, which was the only valuable thing in his house.

Lin Yuan patted him on the shoulder, didn't say anything, and silently went to pay the money.

Although he doesn't have much money now, he is much richer than the old man.

Because of the infusion, my wife's symptoms are much better, and I am already asleep at this time.

Suffering from illness, it was difficult for her to sleep so well.

Looking at his sleeping wife, the old man was also a lot relieved, he looked at Lin Yuan gratefully, "Young man, you can go back with me, there are some old things at home, you can take them, and I will pay you back the rest of the money slowly in the future, do you think this is okay?" ”

He was really grateful to Lin Yuan, if it weren't for this young man.

Maybe he couldn't have made it back in such a quick time.

It's even more ugly, maybe I really can't even see the last side of my wife.

Although death is doomed, he still wants to spend more time with her, even if it is only for one day.

Lin Yuan witnessed their poverty.

To be precise, from the time he was responsible for the medical expenses, he never thought of getting the money back.

He smiled, "No need, old man, this money, I don't have to pay it back, just a little bit of my heart for Grandma." ”

When the old man heard this, he shook his head hurriedly, "No, no, one yard is one yard." ”

Diligent and honest farmers who have been honest all their lives, if they say they want to pay it back, they must pay it back, even if they buy a house and sell land.

After he finished speaking, he pulled Lin Yuan's sleeve with his old and somewhat shriveled hand, "Let's go, while my wife is asleep, let's go quickly, go back quickly, I will trouble you to run one more time." ”

Looking at his persistent eyes, Lin Yuan couldn't say anything more.

I had to follow him, and the two of them got into the car again and went all the way to the old man's house.

He is the only son in the family, in the early years, the conditions of the family were quite good, but when it came to his generation, it was not good, his parents were not early, only this house was left for him, no one supported him to go to school, when he was four or five years old, he learned to farm.

The daughter-in-law is from another village, and she is also from a bitter background, and she has no parents at home, so she came to their village to join her relatives, but the relatives have already moved into the city, and the two of them have known each other like this, and then they have lived a lifetime.

In fact, when he was twenty years old, he knew that his daughter-in-law could not have children, and he went to the hospital in the city to see it, and took a lot of medicine, but he never got pregnant.

The medicine was very bitter, and every time my daughter-in-law took it, I couldn't help but feel nauseous and nauseated.

The old man was distressed, and finally gritted his teeth and simply refused to let her take medicine.

She is a blessing from God, and even if he has no children, as long as she is still there, he will feel satisfied.

It's a pity that now, she is also leaving him.

The old man chattered about it, as if he was recalling his life, and Lin Yuan listened patiently while driving on the side.

He laughed, he laughed, he was sad, and he was silent.

Life is impermanent, and everything is impermanent.

There are some things that you can't choose, you can only accept, such as birth, old age, sickness and death.

The car drove back to the village, bumped all the way to the old man's house on the gravel road, and when he arrived at the door of the house, Lin Yuan stopped the car, and the old man pulled him towards the yard, their house was very small, but the yard was actually quite large, two or three times the size of the house.

I planted a yard of vegetables, all green beans.

He said that his wife likes to eat this, so he grows it, and she can eat it and sell it for money.

There was a cellar next to the field, and there was a ladder in it, and the old man hunched over and climbed into it, stepping on the ladder and going down little by little.

Lin Yuan didn't plan to go down, but the old man called him, and he followed him down to the cellar.

The cellar was dim, with only the faint light stolen from the doorway.

Seeing clearly what was in front of him, Lin Yuan was completely stunned.

The cellar is not big, and the left side is full of vegetables, but the right side of the floor is full of objects.

It looked like a vase, two wooden chests, a long-rod pipe in the corner, and a bit of a mess.

But it can be seen that they are all old things.

"These things were left to me by my parents back then, and I have been reluctant to sell them, some are valuable, and some are not." The old man sighed.

After speaking, he walked over, took the pipe in the corner in his hand, and clenched it tightly, before turning around and handing it to Lin Yuan, who was standing behind him.

"This thing should be worth some money, last time I went to the city to buy medicine for my wife and wanted to sell it, the boss said that it could only be sold for five hundred yuan, I don't believe it, I will take it back."

After speaking, he touched the jade cigarette holder on it, "This is jade, old material, it is a good thing, it should be worth some money." ”

Lin Yuan took a closer look.

The piece of jade was a little faint green, and even in the dim cellar, it could be seen as a delicate and transparent jade, transparent and bright.

In the jargon, it's just that the head is very full.

Lin Yuan nodded and said seriously: "You are right, he must have lied, no matter how you look at this head, it is definitely more than five hundred yuan." ”

It is said that gold is priceless and jade is priceless, and a piece of good jade can be sold for tens of millions or even tens of millions.

Lin Yuan knows a little about this thing.

Therefore, he dared to conclude that this thing was definitely more than five hundred pieces, and if this jade was good enough, it would cost at least a few thousand pieces.

If it's old, it's even more valuable.

The older it gets, the more valuable it is.

Hearing Lin Yuan say this, the uncle was very relieved, "Yes, you think so too?" At the beginning, I told my wife, she also said that I was crazy, complained that I didn't sell it, fortunately I didn't sell it, and now I give this to you, it will be regarded as medical expenses!"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan was taken aback.

Hurriedly stuffed the things into the old man's hands, "No, uncle, it's really not good, this is an object left at your house, it's good to keep it as a thought, and besides, didn't you promise to deliver food to our company's canteen?" We can do this, deduct 100 a month. ”

He didn't want to ask for money in the first place, it was just a gesture.

The old man smiled, the light was dim, and the folds on his face looked deep and frightening.

"Okay, I'm so old, who knows how many days I can deliver?"

He is seventy-five years old this year, and he can't say that he will be gone one day, and he doesn't want to owe anyone else before he dies.

"If you want to take it, you will take it, and that's it." The old man said dryly.

He felt that how could this thing be sold for two thousand yuan, and it should be regarded as his wife's medical expenses.

"Not really." Lin Yuan continued to refuse.

"Why not, are you going to force me, an old man, to sell blood?" The old man disagreed with his words.

After speaking, he said after a while: "Young man, I know that you are a good person, so I am willing to give it to you, you can take it, I am old, and when I am gone, it is a little ugly, these things, I don't know what the end will be." ”

He has no children and no daughters, and his wife is destined to leave first, and when he leaves, he is afraid that no one will know.

When someone finds out, it is estimated that these things will also be discovered, maybe as a useless thing thrown away, lost.

He had thought about all these things.

Speaking of this, Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Don't be so pessimistic, didn't you think about going to a nursing home? There are also a lot of old people there, although the wife is gone, but there will still be someone to accompany you, there are few plants, and the situation you said will not happen. ”

"It's not a place where you can go if you want to, you have to have money!" The old man smiled helplessly.

He has to pay tens of thousands of dollars a year, what does he pay?

The old man shook his head, slowly climbed up the ladder, and climbed out of the cellar.

Lin Yuan followed.

When he came out, the sunlight was particularly dazzling, and with the help of the sunlight, Lin Yuan could see the pipe in his hand clearly.

Unlike what is often seen on television, this pipe is long, like a walking stick.

At first glance, it is used by the rich family, because of his length limit, he is destined to not be able to light a cigarette, which means that the person who uses this thing must have a special person to serve him.

There are people who are waiting to smoke, which shows that life is definitely not ordinary.

Lin Yuan put it in his hand and looked at it carefully, the jade at the cigarette holder was very transparent, there was no crack at all, and the water head material was good, which could be called beautiful jade.

The grain of the wood is particularly beautiful, and the whole is very rounded, with a black vein.

This kind of texture has been seen by Lin Yuan.

This is...... Devil's eye of the yellow pear?

Huanghuali is not cheap.

Especially now, this thing is estimated to be the most expensive of the wood.

After all, everyone is saying that the sky-high price of Huanghuali is the sky-high price of Huanghuali.

How high is the sky-high price?

That really is, it goes without saying.