Chapter 327: Life and Death
Shen Sitang took the young man to see Mu Zhenshan and asked Mu Zhenshan to prepare clean clothes for him to change into.
The young man changed his outfit and looked a little restrained, he stood in front of Shen Sitang hesitantly, mentioning the hem from time to time, as if he was afraid that his clothes with excellent texture would be soiled.
Shen Sitang beckoned to him: "Bai Yu, take me to see your grandfather." ”
Lin Baiyu was stunned: "Is Deputy Envoy Shen going to my house?" ”
"Well, is that okay?"
Lin Baiyu blushed, scratched his head and nodded in a dull tone: "Okay, Vice Shen will ask you to come with me." ”
Shen Sitang followed Lin Baiyu out of Mujiazhuang, walked for about half an hour, and finally arrived at Lin Baiyu's home.
Looking at the low house made of loess and thatch in front of him, Shen Sitang finally understood why Lin Baiyu didn't look so hospitable when he learned that she was coming.
It's not that the teenager is not hospitable, it's just that because of the conditions at home, ignorant self-esteem is at work.
Lin Baiyu lowered his head in embarrassment, and said in a sullen voice, Deputy Envoy Shen invited him in, and then plunged into the small and dilapidated loess house, shouting inside: "Grandpa, Deputy Envoy Shen is here." ”
The house is not big, to put it mildly, the thatched houses in Mujiazhuang are bigger than theirs, Shen Sitang sighed secretly, and entered the house with his waist bent.
There was a musty smell in the room, and there was a lot of miscellaneous stuff piled up, and there was only a passage for one person to pass through, and to the right of the miscellaneous stuff hung a rag, like a curtain on the door, blocking the small room into two.
The grandfather and grandson have lived in such a house for I don't know how many years, no wonder Lin Baiyu is so thin.
Lin Baiyu opened the rag curtain, behind the curtain was a kang watered with soil, thinking that this was the bed of the grandfather and grandson, the bedding on it had long lost its original color, but it looked quite clean.
There was a bulge on the kang, and Lin Baiyu stepped forward to lift the corner of the futon, but shouted in a panic the next moment: "Grandpa!" ”
Shen Sitang realized that something was wrong and hurriedly stepped forward, only to see that the old man was full of white hair, his face was sallow, and his lips were purple, as if he was dying.
Hearing Lin Baiyu's call, the old man slowly opened his cloudy eyes, and it took him a while to see the young man in front of him clearly, seeing that he was dressed luxuriously, and his eyes flashed with tears.
"Bai Yu, for so many years, you have suffered."
Lin Baiyu whimpered and cried: "Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" What the hell is wrong with you? ”
The old man smiled weakly and looked at Shen Sitang on the side: "Deputy Envoy Shen, in fact, I am not Bai Yu's grandfather, I am his grandfather, Bai Yu should have been wearing such clothes, he is a pampered little master, but I am too selfish, I just hide it from him and deceive him, now I can no longer take care of him, and I also ask Deputy Envoy Shen to see him pitiful and send him back to his father for me." ”
Lin Baiyu cried: "Grandpa, what are you talking about!" How come you weren't my grandpa! ”
The old man didn't answer him, and told Shen Sitang about Lin Baiyu's life experience intermittently.
It turned out that Lin Baiyu's mother had a relationship with a rich child in the city, but unexpectedly, the rich child did not marry the old man's daughter in the end, but married a daughter who was a well-connected lady, and coaxed her to take her to the house one day to enjoy happiness.
How can the old man not understand that the so-called happiness is just being a concubine.
Lin Baiyu's mother was stubborn and unwilling to be a concubine, so she wanted to break off with her, so that the family was about to be agreed, but the selfish man did not allow her to marry someone else, and deceived Lin Baiyu's mother under the guise of seeing her for the last time, and coaxed her to drink a glass of wine mixed with medicine, which ruined her innocence.
Without her innocence, she is not good at marrying again, and she wastes her time at home decadently, and she doesn't want to get pregnant.
The father and daughter didn't know what to do, while they wanted to buy medicine to make the child, but they were reluctant, and later Lin Baiyu's mother said that she would not marry again anyway, so it was better to give birth to the child, which could be regarded as having a descendant.
At that time, the old man's family was not so poor, thinking that the father and daughter could always afford a child, and sent him to study and learn calligraphy and gain fame in the future.
So they left the child, thinking that they would give birth secretly, and they didn't want the help of the rich family's children, let alone any concubines, as if the child had nothing to do with that family.
It was all right, until the rich boy came to the door again, broke into the house and saw her with a big belly, said that he would take her back, and even promised to divorce his wife and marry her home openly.
The old man beat people out at that time, but this matter was so big, and then the wife of the rich boy came to make trouble, and his daughter was pushed to the ground and had a fetal gas.
Lin Baiyu's mother has been in poor health since then, and the old man looked for medical treatment everywhere for him, and the family's savings were all spent.
Finally, on the day Lin Baiyu was born, Lin Baiyu's mother died in childbirth, and the old man owed a lot of debts in order to treat his daughter, so he had to sell the old house, and then moved here.
Lin Baiyu's father came a few times during the period and wanted to take Lin Baiyu back, but the old man knew that the in his family also had children, and Lin Baiyu would not have a good life if he was taken back.
But now he had to bow his head.
After hearing this, Lin Baiyu seemed to think of something: "Grandpa, is my father that person?" ”
The old man nodded at Lin Baiyu: "It's him." ”
Lin Baiyu had obviously seen his father, he should have seen it when he came to the door, but he never knew that it was his biological father.
Lin Baiyu bit his lip, and tears fell one by one.
The old man sighed: "Bai Yu, it was grandpa who deceived you, grandpa can't stand you, your father is a martial artist, and the family is also well-off, you follow him behind, you have to be obedient, sensible, take good care of yourself, promise grandpa, okay?" ”
Lin Baiyu was silent and did not answer, and the old man stubbornly said again, insisting that he should respond.
Lin Baiyu shook his head, did not answer, but had already expressed his attitude.
The old man coughed violently: "Bai Yu, grandpa can't take care of you anymore, are you obedient?" ”
Lin Baiyu clenched his hands into fists and said stubbornly: "Grandpa, I will cure you." After speaking, he knelt in front of Shen Sitang with a plop, and choked up: "Deputy Envoy Shen, please save my grandfather!" ”
Shen Sitang hurriedly helped him up, reached out and took out a pill from his arms, and was about to hand it to Lin Baiyu, but he heard the old man strongly object: "It's useless, it can't be saved, my body is rotting." ”
Shen Sitang frowned, stretched out his hand and lifted the futon on the old man's body.
I saw that the bedding was full of blood, and the old man's abdomen was injured, but the skin and flesh on his body were festering and rotting.
Shen Sitang knew very well what this meant.
The old man is indeed hopeless.
Lin Baiyu cried when he saw this, and pounced on the old man at a loss: "How can this be? Grandfather! How so! ”
The old man also shed tears, he wanted to raise his hand to touch Lin Baiyu, but he was unable to raise his hand, he said helplessly: "Baiyu, what should you do?" ”