Chapter 32: Grandpa's Old House
The car followed the navigation and finally stopped at the door of an old house in Sucheng.
"Wife, where is this?" Mu Ran looked at Shen Xue, who had not said a word all the way, and his mind was full of questions.
"This is my hometown." Shen Xue didn't look at Mu Ran, but kept staring at the rusty iron door on the house.
"Home? Aren't you from Northtown? Mu Ran was puzzled, he and Shen Xue had been married for so many years, and it was the first time that he had heard that Shen Xue still had a hometown.
"Yes, to be exact, this should be Grandpa's hometown." Shen Xue saw Mu Ran's doubts.
"When my grandfather was alive, he would come and stay for a few days every year, and he brought me here when I was a child." Shen Xue remembered the time when she spent summer vacation here with her grandfather when she was a child, and at that time she seemed to feel that her grandfather would never leave her, and a smile appeared on her face.
"So, you want to?" When Mu Ran heard this, he knew Shen Xue's intentions.
"In the past, the other children in the family thought that the countryside was too broken and refused to follow grandpa, so every year only I was willing to follow grandpa to play, a few months before grandpa died, the company's affairs were not taken care of, and I came back here frequently, I wondered, will there be any clues here."
"It makes sense, since this place is the only one who will come with grandpa, then grandpa will definitely leave something for you here." After listening to Shen Xue's words, Mu Ran also felt that it was very reasonable.
Shen Xue took Mu Ran and walked into the old house.
Although from the outside, this house looks as dilapidated as many houses in the countryside, but when you walk in, you will find that the decoration and furnishings inside are not as casual as those in ordinary villages, but are very elegant.
Before I walked into the house, I smelled a faint scent of sandalwood, and when I entered the door, I found that there was no dust on the floor, and the quilt was neatly placed, not like no one had lived in it for a long time.
"Wife, has anyone been here since Grandpa died?" Obviously, Mu Ran also discovered the clues.
Faced with Mu Ran's question, Shen Xue couldn't answer it, because after her grandfather died, she also came here for the first time.
From now on, it is clear that the house has been cleaned all the time.
"Husband, let's stay here for a few days." Shen Xue didn't know who came to clean it, but she knew that this person must be someone that her grandfather trusted very much.
Mu Ran understood what Shen Xue meant, and didn't say much.
On the Shen family's side, since Shen Zhewen took over the Shen family, the company's performance has not been very good.
It is no wonder that compared to Shen Yu, Shen Zhewen is more inclined to the theoretical school, but in a place like Beicheng, only theory is absolutely unfeasible. Coupled with the fact that Shen Yu has been in charge of the Shen family for many years, he has installed people he trusts in important positions in various departments, and it is actually not easy for Shen Zhewen to intervene.
"Zhewen, what's going on with this quarter's report?" At the general meeting of shareholders in March, Mrs. Shen looked at the quarterly report submitted by Shen Zhewen and was not satisfied.
Her face was pale, and her tone was very cold.
"Grandma, since the last incident, many investors no longer trust our Shen family..."Shen Zhewen's tone was full of helplessness.
"Joke, I haven't heard of a company that would drop by 40 percent because of a little internal conflict." Chen Hui began to attack Shen Zhewen.
"Yes, Mr. Shen, it's been so long, you can't keep pushing the problem back to the last time."
"That's it, this problem can't be solved, how to take over."
"No, if Vice Chairman Shen Yu was here, the company would not be what it is today."
Several other shareholders began to speak one after another, but Shen Zhewen couldn't interject at all.
"You old things, you only know how to eat and eat in the company's corpse every day, how can you know the difficulties of the company's operation?" Shen Zhewen was annoyed by several people at the scene and began to fight back verbally.
The few old men who had just spoken were choked by Shen Zhewen like this, and they only felt that they couldn't hold it on their faces.
"You! When we started the company, you didn't know where it was. Now that you've been in power for two days, you're starting to look down on old guys like us? ”
"Shen Zhewen, what do you think you are? If it weren't for your grandfather's sake, you think we'd serve you, a hairy boy? ”
"That's it! Chairman Shen, let's talk about it first, if the company still doesn't improve in the next quarter, then a few of us can only be sorry! ”
Thinking that even if Shen Jin was alive, he was polite to himself, but now that he was a lot older, he was scolded by a stinky child, how could those shareholders just sit still.
"Shen Zhewen, Chen Dong and several people were in the company at the beginning of the company's establishment, it can be said that without them, there would be no Shen family today, how can you talk like that." Shen Tang pretended to be angry and stood up for the old guys just now.
Mrs. Shen sat in the center of the table, constantly rubbing her temples with her fingers, since Shen Yu left, she felt powerless about many things of the Shen family, originally wanted to use this shareholders' meeting to ease the relationship between Shen Zhewen and the shareholders, and then everyone thought about it together, how to save the Shen family from danger, but she didn't expect it to become such a situation.
"Shut up! I'm not dead yet. Old Madam Shen couldn't control it anymore, and slapped the table and shouted.
Everyone was taken aback by her and didn't dare to speak.
"Zhewen, if the report you submit next quarter is still like this, then you, the vice chairman, don't do it." Old Lady Shen stood up, said coldly to Shen Zhewen, and then left the conference room.
Seeing this, the others also followed Mrs. Shen and left.
"Shen Zhewen, I think you, the vice chairman, can sit firmly for a few days." Chen Hui squinted at Shen Zhewen, who was staying in place, looking like he was watching a good show.
"No matter how many days I can sit, this position will never be your daughter's turn." Shen Zhewen was not to be outdone, his words to fight back hit Chen Hui's arms, and Chen Hui, who was angry, almost fainted.
Mu Ran and Shen Xue lived in the old house in Sucheng for three days, almost rummaging through the old house inside and out, and they didn't find any clues left by their grandfather, let alone the person who came to help their grandfather clean the house.
"Husband, if that person hasn't shown up tonight, let's go back to Beicheng." After lunch, Shen Xue looked at Mu Ran worriedly.
"What about grandpa?" Mu Ran saw the worry in Shen Xue's heart.
Of course, Shen Xue also wanted to stay here for a few more days and find out the matter, but the company still had a bunch of things to deal with, and the secretary had also called several times, how could she not be worried.
"There's no way, it's really not possible, let's leave a note here, and someone should contact me when they see it." Spending it here without a clue is really not a way, Shen Xue is very uncomfortable.
"It's okay, I'll listen to you, wife."
In the evening, Mu Ran and Shen Xue began to pack their luggage.
"Husband, let's go." Shen Xue put the note in her hand on the tea table in the living room, just in case, she also pressed it with a teacup.
I left my contact information and phone number on it, and I think if someone really comes, I must be able to see it.
Mu Ran locked the gate and took Shen Xue into the car.
"Wife, don't think about it, didn't we leave a note? And maybe no one has been here since Grandpa died, but the neighbors helped clean it? Originally, we came this time just to try our luck. Mu Ran comforted Shen Xue softly.
The car started, and Shen Xue's thoughts were also very confused.
"Is it really like what Mu Ran said? Grandpa actually didn't leave anything, everything was too much to think about himself? Shen Xue thought that she had found some important clues, but now when she heard Mu Ran say this, she felt even more irritable.
The car came to a corner of an intersection in front of the old house, and a person passed by Shen Xue's window.
Shen Xue was originally distracted, and suddenly remembered something: "Husband! Go back! ”
She looked at the limping back in the rearview mirror and suddenly understood something!
Mu Ran heard Shen Xue roar like this, and hurriedly turned around at the intersection. Just as they parked the car at the door of the old house, sure enough, the iron gate had been opened.
Shen Xue walked into the living room, and an old man was holding a note left by Shen Xue in his hand.
"You are?" When the old man saw Shen Xue and Mu Ran, he was also taken aback.
"I left the note in your hand." Shen Xue didn't know the old man in front of him.
"Is that you? Are you Shen Xue? Shen Jin's granddaughter? There was a strange light in the old man's eyes, and he carefully looked at Shen Xue in front of him.
"Yes, this is my grandfather's house." Shen Xue was sure that this person should be a friend of her grandfather.
The old man faced Shen Xue and Muran, and his emotions became excited: "You are finally here!" I come here once a week, just hoping to meet you here, it's been more than three years, and you finally live up to me! ”
The more the old man spoke, the more excited he became, and Shen Xue hurriedly went up to help the old man: "Old man, don't be excited, you said that you are waiting for me, is there something for me to hand over to my grandfather?" ”
The old man held Shen Xue's hand and motioned for her to sit on the edge of the table: "Child, I am your grandfather's old comrade-in-arms, and my surname is Sun." ”
"Grandpa Sun, thank you for helping my grandfather clean the house all these years." Shen Xue looked at the old man in front of him gratefully.
The old man shook his head: "Child, the last time your grandfather came to the old house before he died, I accompanied him. ”
"Then Grandpa Sun, did my grandfather say anything to you at that time?" Shen Xue's voice began to tremble.
Grandpa Sun's eyes became trance-like, it was three or four years ago, and for an old guy like him, it was really a long time: "He told me at the time that if he died suddenly one day, let me hand over a thing to you, and said that there was no need to deliberately look for you, just come to the old house and wait." ”
"What's that?" Shen Xue knew that maybe they were not far from the truth.
Grandpa Sun didn't answer Shen Xue, but got up and walked into the inner room.
After a while, he took out a box from the inner room and opened it in front of Shen Xue.
"So many things?" Shen Xue looked at the scattered things in the box and asked puzzled.
"There are many things, but the only one that is really useful is it." Grandpa Sun reached into the bottom of the box, took out a mahogany box, and handed it to Shen Xue.
"Grandpa Sun, is this what my grandfather asked you to give me?" Shen Xue gently took the box.
"Yes, your grandfather told me to hand over this box to you with my own hands." Grandpa Sun's tone revealed a sense of relaxation, and he finally completed the task assigned by his old friend.
"Okay, now that the thing I promised my friend has been done, I'll go back first." Grandpa Sun took a fancy to Shen Xue and got up to leave.
"Okay, thank you, Grandpa Sun." Shen Xue took the box and thanked Grandpa Sun gratefully.
Before leaving, Grandpa Sun also left Shen Xue his contact number and address, telling her that she could ask herself for help if she needed anything.
Shen Xue's heart was very moved, whether it was President Zhou of Zhongda Bank last time, or Grandpa Sun this time, they all made themselves think of grandpa, if grandpa was still there, it would be good.
Shen Xue's eyes were filled with tears, and it wasn't until the tears fell on the back of her hand that Shen Xue remembered that the most important thing had not been done.
This box is about the size of the palm of your hand, and it feels very light to pick up, not like it contains any valuables such as gold, silver, jewelry, etc.
Shen Xue held the box in the palm of her hand, she couldn't control herself, and opened it carefully.
What? How could this be!
Looking at the open box, Shen Xue and Mu Ran's faces instantly turned pale!