Chapter 38: That's Why They Go Out to Work?

After a long journey of more than two hours.

Jeon Quan is finally home.

Push open the humble wooden door of the room.

During the day, because he was in a hurry to send Quanquan to school, Xu Feng didn't stay here for long.

At this time, after careful inspection, he realized how dilapidated it was.

When the old man saw that the child had returned, he hurriedly beckoned, "You guys rest first, and the meal will be ready soon." ”

Jeon nodded happily and began to do his homework.

Xu Feng is helping the elderly.

The kitchen is rudimentary, except for a large pot, and a few simple seasonings, there is nothing superfluous.

The old man peeled the potatoes, added some salt, and put them in a pot to make a fire and simmered.

After thinking about it.

She took out a few eggs from the chicken coop next to her and put them in to simmer together.

There are a dozen eggs in the hen coop.

The old man took out a few and put them in the pot, his eyes a little distressed.

Seeing these eggs, Xu Feng asked with interest: "Old man, are these eggs all at home?" Is it for sale or for food? ”

The old man shook his head: "No, it's used to hatch chicks." ”

"Oh, it's for hatching chicks."

"Yes, I don't want to eat it, so sometimes I take a few stews for my grandson."

The old man had a strong accent and communicated with Xu Feng in very non-standard Mandarin.

Xu Feng nodded silently.

This is the case with many elderly people in the countryside.

If there is anything good, he is reluctant to eat it, but chooses to leave it to his grandson at home.

When they were young, they were used to being poor, and even when they were old, this habit of frugality could not be broken.

"Old man, what's the matter with your back?"

Xu Feng looked at the old man leaning on the building, and asked with concern.

The old man is not tall, only about 1.5 meters.

In addition, the hunchback is severe, and the whole person looks only a little more than a meter, not yet full height.

It is normal for the elderly to have a hunchback, but it is generally not so serious.

The old man showed a simple smile and said, "I used to fall and break my waist, and I didn't have the money to go to the hospital, but now I can't do a lot of farm work." ”

When she said this, her tone was extremely casual.

But anyone can hear it, and the words are full of sadness.

I fell and hurt my waist.

Because I didn't have the money to go to the hospital in time, it took a long time for this situation to happen.

And so.

The audience was distressed.

"The old man said it easily, but I feel that she is actually very uncomfortable."

"If you go to the hospital in time, maybe you will be cured, but because of a money word, the matter is so serious."

"In the end, it's because of a money word."

"This episode of the show is so uncomfortable to watch, and I don't know why, when I see this old man, I think of my grandmother."

"There are 80,000 words in the world, but only poor words hurt people the most."

…….

Look at the scenes in the picture.

The audience finally understands how miserable it is to run out of money.

They never imagined that a person could be so poor.

During the day, because I was busy recording all my school life, I didn't communicate with the elderly in the world.

Now that he is busy with his homework, Xu Feng has also begun to communicate with the old man.

The two chatted without a word.

Suddenly, the old man seemed to think of something.

took Xu Feng to a large bag of walnuts.

Immediately afterwards, he was hunched over and kept filling the plastic bag with walnuts.

"Host Xu, these walnuts are for you to eat, don't dislike them."

She said as she held the walnuts in her hands and put them in a plastic bag.

After a while, the entire plastic bag was filled.

"I can't help it, old man, I don't eat these." Xu Feng hurriedly refused.

Why is he embarrassed to take other people's things?

But the old man didn't give him a chance to refuse.

He said toughly: "These are all home-picked, and they are all good things." ”

Xu Feng hurriedly waved his hand.

"I really don't eat it, I don't like it!"

Although the old man was poor, he was very generous.

Obviously, she is usually reluctant to eat, but when the guests came, she packed a lot of them.

finally rejected the other party's kindness.

Xu Feng looked at the big bag of walnuts and said, "Old man, you just said that these walnuts are all picked by yourself?" ”

"Well, they're all pecans picked from the mountains, and they smell so good!"

"Then how much can these walnuts sell for?" Xu Feng asked again.

Walnuts, he recalls, weren't cheap.

The normal price is dozens of yuan a catty, and this big bag costs thousands of yuan.

"This bag of walnuts can be sold for about 200 yuan, I will wait for a few days, and then carry it to the county seat to sell." The old man replied.

Two hundred?

Not to mention the audience.

Even Xu Feng was stunned.

This big bag of walnuts has to be a few dozen catties.

But it can only be sold for two hundred dollars?

In other words, the average pound is only a few dollars!

Forget about the cheap goods.

The main thing is that it is very troublesome to sell!

The traffic in the mountains is inconvenient, and what tricycles, small trailers, obviously can't walk the mountain road.

Therefore, if you want to transport things, you can only rely on human power to transport them.

The entire mountain trail is nearly 20 kilometers.

Carrying dozens of pounds of things on your back and walking 20 kilometers just to earn 200 yuan?

Isn't that?

No normal person would ever think about earning this money.

After all, it's so tiring that it's equivalent to using coolies to make money.

But 200 yuan is definitely not a small amount for the elderly living in the mountains.

And at this time.

Xu Feng's mood was already extremely heavy.

In the face of this scene, it is impossible to say that it is not sad.

He is not the only one who thinks this way.

Including the audience in the live broadcast room, they also think so.

"This big bag of walnuts only sells for two hundred yuan? It's outrageous. ”

"The price of goods in the mountains is like this, there is no way, that kind of barren place, you can't make a lot of money at all."

"It's no wonder that the young people in the mountains choose to go to other places to work, just to earn this little money, who wants to stay in the mountains."

"Yes, so it's no wonder that Quanquan's parents went to work in other places, and if they stayed in the mountains, they wouldn't even be able to afford the little money they earned in college."

……

The audience can be regarded as fully experiencing the feelings of all parents.

If it weren't for money.

What parent would go out to work alone and leave their children alone at home?

But if you don't go to work in other places.

The money I earn in my hometown can't afford to study all the time.

A poor word, but it is the root of all their miserable lives.

Soon, dinner was ready.

It's still the same as in the morning, it's a big pot of roasted potatoes.

But four more boiled eggs.

The old people are reluctant to eat any of these eggs.

Peel two and place in a full bowl.

The other two were given to Xu Feng.

Originally, Xu Feng wanted to refuse, but the old man's attitude was too tough.

There was no way, so he had to take one.