Chapter 7: Fine Wine
Wang Lung picked up the public phone and first dialed the 120 emergency center to report to the police.
Fortunately, when he came to Jinan, Niu Guohua once told him Wang Ling's mobile phone number, although he only heard it once, but he never forgot it.
After dialing 120, I called Wang Ling again.
Wang Lung was first complained by Wang Ling, thinking that Wang Lung was disobedient and walking around, she had arrived home, but Wang Lung had not gone back.
Wang Ling thought that Wang Lung was lost and couldn't find her home, so she called her, but Wang Lung didn't give her a chance to continue to be mad at all, and quickly told her the situation here, and told Wang Ling the address.
After hanging up the phone, Wang Lung turned around and was about to leave, and was immediately called back by the owner of the store.
didn't even pay, he didn't have this habit, Wang Lung apologized and paid the money and walked back to the girl's side.
Wang Lung saw that the girl was still crying vigorously, and felt that if it continued like this, his body would definitely not be able to stand it.
Wang Lung squatted beside the girl and patted her on the shoulder. "People can't be resurrected after death, don't be too sad, I've already called 120, they will be there in a while, are there any other people in your family, do you want to inform them?"
The girl felt even more sad and cried more when she heard Wang Lung speak, but Wang Lung didn't expect that her words had the opposite effect.
Wang Lung has no experience of coaxing people to be happy, especially women, from childhood to adulthood, Qing'er is like a fart by his side. When I was a child, I could still see each other lose my temper, but when I glared at each other, I was immediately honest.
He can't coax people, and the other party doesn't speak, Wang Lung can only be anxious.
The girl cried for a while, as if she was tired, although she was still sobbing, but it was much better than before.
Wang Lung looked at the other party and didn't know what to say, and then the girl touched her tears and fell to her knees again.
Kowtowing in front of Wang Lung and thanking him, Wang Lung immediately raised his hand to stop the other party's movements, and at this time he heard someone next to him shouting: "Xiaolong...... Little Dragon?"
Wang Lung looked up and saw that it was Wang Ling coming, and waved and shouted at the other party.
By the time Wang Ling came over, Wang Lung had already pulled the girl up from the ground.
introduced the two to each other, maybe because they felt that Wang Ling was like their own relatives, the girl couldn't help but feel sad and threw herself into Wang Ling's arms and cried again, and Wang Ling was also in tears because of the sudden change.
Looking at the movements of the two people, Wang Lung was helpless for a while, hugged his shoulders and tilted his head to one side, and didn't care about them.
Seeing the passers-by around gather around from time to time to visit, Wang Lung took off his coat and covered the top of the old man's head.
Wang Ling, who was beside her, couldn't stop comforting the girl in her arms, and the siren of the ambulance had sounded in the distance.
Wang Lung dragged his tired body back to Wang Jun's house, and the old man was already resting.
When he was lying in bed, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, and Wang Lung's body was not very tired, the key was that he was tired.
He didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing on the first day he came to Jinan.
When the ambulance arrived, it was found that the person was dead, and the preliminary test believed that it was a sudden death from a heart attack, which was similar to Wang Lung's own estimate.
Because he died on the street, he needed to be brought back for further testing.
Wang Long and the others followed them to the hospital together, and cooperated with the police in making routine inquiries.
The three of them stayed in the hospital for a long time, and only through each other's introductions did they learn the girl's name.
The girl's name is Xue Jiao, she is twenty-one years old this year, and she is a native of Shanghe County, Jinan.
Xue Jiao's family life turned out to be quite good, her father Xue Qingshan was originally an honest farmer, a few years ago, he saw that many people in his village went out to work to earn money, so he also came out to work with his fellow villagers three years ago.
The first two years were not bad, and I was able to bring back money to my family every year, but this year, not only did I not give a penny to my family, but I owed a lot of loan sharks.
Xue Jiao just graduated from junior college this year, but she has never found a suitable job, and she has been helping in her hometown some time ago.
As the saying goes, the children of poor families are in charge of the family early, their father is working outside, their mother is not in good health, and they still need to take care of their grandfather, so Xue Jiao also shouldered the responsibility of taking care of this family alone.
Xue Jiao's mother died just ten days ago because of her perennial overwork, and she sent a letter to her father, who was working in Jinan City, to go home and did not go back. The family didn't know what was going on, and after Xue Jiao dealt with her mother's funeral, she rushed to Jinan City with her grandfather from Shanghe County.
Like Wang Long, Xue Jiao just arrived in Jinan City today.
After arriving in Jinan City, she found her father at the construction site where her father worked, and then Xue Jiao found that her father owed a large debt due to gambling and did not dare to go home, and he was already addicted to gambling.
Xue Jiao's grandfather was angry, and scolded Xue Qingshan, and the other party ran away directly in anger, but Xue Jiao's grandfather induced a heart attack due to anger, and although he took some medicine, the effect was not very good.
Under the help of many parties, Xue Jiao moved together from his father's part-time worker, and finally scraped together 2,000 yuan, and wanted to take his grandfather to find a hospital for examination, but he didn't expect to meet his father who was addicted to gambling halfway, not only snatched the money but also made his grandfather angry to death.
Xue Jiao didn't know where her father had gone, and there was no other place to go when she suddenly changed, so Wang Ling and the others came back with Xue Jiao when they went home.
Although he was busy all day and late yesterday, Wang Lung was used to getting up early.
As soon as the sky was bright, Wang Lung quietly got up and went outside to exercise.
When Wang Lung went home with breakfast, Wang Ling and Xue Jiao hadn't gotten up yet, but Wang Jun had already gotten up and was playing Tai Chi on the balcony.
Wang Lung set the breakfast and didn't bother the old man to practice boxing, but ran to the door of Wang Ling's room and knocked on the door to tell them to get up.
After breakfast, Wang Ling talked to Wang Jun and went to the hospital with Wang Long and Xue Jiao.
Because Xue Jiao lost two relatives in a row within ten days, her mental state has been bad, and her eyes are still red and swollen.
Upon arrival at the hospital, the cause of death was confirmed and a death certificate was issued.
Since Xue Jiao had no other relatives in Jinan, and her father was nowhere to be found, she decided to cremate her grandfather immediately and return to her hometown with her ashes as soon as possible.
Wang Lung helped Xue Jiao cremate her grandfather, and also helped pay off the two thousand yuan owed to others.
sent Xue Jiao to the long-distance station, and when she got on the train, Wang Ling quietly stuffed Xue Jiao with a thousand yuan. In the voice of thousands of thanks, Wang Lung sent Xue Jiao away.
By the time I got home, the sun was already setting.
Wang Ling dragged her tired body and leaned on the sofa, but before her ass could sit firmly, she immediately stood up.
Wang Ling, who sighed, was about to go grocery shopping and cooking, but Wang Jun said no, he was ready.
Wang Ling smiled and went to the kitchen to bring out all the meals prepared by the old man, Wang Jun turned around and took out a bottle of liquor from the cupboard and put it on the table.
"Seeing that the two of you are so busy in the past two days, I can't help much, why don't you cook two dishes today to comfort you two, Xiaolong, can you drink?"
Wang Lung thanked Wang Jun, and hurriedly opened the wine, the wine was full of aroma, very similar to Moutai, but there was no wine brand and trademark even if it was a white porcelain bottle.
Although Wang Lung can drink, he has never drunk any good wine, and he does not know the origin of this wine.
Wang Ling, who was on the side, had just set the dishes and chopsticks in place, and was slightly stunned when she saw the wine bottle in Wang Long's hand: "Dad, what is so happy, you have taken out all the Moutai that you have treasured for so many years." ”
Wang Jun smiled: "I know what you have been busy with in the past two days, this is a good thing, and in this era, there are not many things that can be done like this, and it is worth being happy." ”
Wang Lung was a little embarrassed by the old man's words, scratched his head and said, "I thought that the past two days have brought some trouble, and I don't know how to tell you how to tell you, how embarrassed I am." ”
Wang Jun smiled when he heard Wang Longyi say: "The more troubles of this kind, the better, come, let's drink one, I'll fill it up." ”
Wang Lung saw that Wang Jun was going to fill him with wine, and hurriedly said "Don't dare".
Chinese pay attention to etiquette, and seniority cannot be messed up.
Wang Long took the wine bottle in Wang Jun's hand and filled it for the old man first, and looked at Wang Ling, meaning do you drink it?
Wang Ling hurriedly took a new wine glass from under the coffee table: "I also taste the taste of this Moutai treasure." ”
As soon as Wang Lung filled all the wine glasses, the room was filled with the aroma of wine for a moment, although he didn't drink much, and he had drunk Moutai a few times, but he had never smelled such a mellow aroma of wine.
Wang Long, who was full of doubts, looked at Wang Jun, who smiled lightly and picked up the wine bottle and said to Wang Long: "This bottle of wine is some years, when I was still the secretary of the municipal party committee, Comrade Xiaoping came to Jinan to inspect, and the two of us talked about work very late in the evening, and after the conversation, I drank some wine with him and chatted casually for a while, and it was this wine that I drank at that time, a total of two bottles." We both drank a bottle that night, and this bottle was the one left. This liquor was specially supplied by Moutai Factory to the central government, and the quantity was very small. It's not the same grade as the wine on the market. ”
After listening to Wang Jun's words, Wang Lung felt that his lips were dry, although he was not hungry for wine, he still couldn't help but want to drink it as soon as he picked it up, but after all, there was an elder by his side, and he was not good at making mistakes.
Wang Jun picked up his glass: "Come, I'll toast you two." ”
Wang Long hurriedly made a humble gesture and clinked glasses with Wang Jun, and just wanted to drink, but Wang Ling stopped him.
"Dad, the doctor said, you can't drink, even if you do, you have to drink in a certain amount. ”
When Wang Lung heard what Wang Ling said, he looked up at Wang Jun suspiciously.
"Ha Luha, you kid, everything is fine, but it's not good not to let you drink!"
When Wang Ling heard this, she immediately retorted: "I didn't say this, it was the doctor who said it." ”
Hearing this, Wang Jun was more depressed, and said in a pleading tone: "Look...... Aren't you happy today, why don't you take an example?"
Seeing that Wang Ling wanted to continue, Wang Lung hurriedly interrupted the other party, first, he was afraid of sweeping the old man's interest, and the key was that he was afraid that he would not be able to drink this good wine: "What kind of wine do you want to drink, this wine is the best, there is no harm in drinking a little bit, sister-in-law, don't stop it!"
When Wang Ling heard Wang Lung say this, she was angry and funny, and she pale Wang Lung. "I don't know what you kid has in his eyes, you can drink wine, but it must be in ration. That's it, Dad, you only have three cups at most, it should be almost two or two, Xiaolong, you're not old, you can't drink too much, at most four cups are not four, it's unlucky, just five cups. What do you think?"
Wang Jun looked at Wang Lung aggrievedly, and then the two of them seemed to have a good heart and asked Wang Ling at the same time: "Then how much do you drink?"
Wang Ling pretended to ponder deeply for a while and said, "I'm a lady, I can't drink too much, I'll just be casual." ”
Wang Lung and Wang Jun looked at each other for a while and felt that what she said was still more reasonable, and nodded to each other, but Wang Lung always felt uncomfortable in his heart, and muttered: "How much is this arbitrary?"
Hearing the words in Wang Long's mouth, Wang Jun didn't care at first, turned around and pondered, and looked at Wang Ling as if questioning.
Wang Ling was like a child who made a mistake, smiled at Wang Jun and hurriedly beckoned everyone to eat vegetables to cover up.
Wang Lung secretly shouted that he was almost fooled, Wang Jun smiled and didn't care about Wang Ling anymore, raised his wine glass and said to Wang Lung: "Come, Xiaolong, let's go first." ”
Wang Lung and Wang Jun pushed each other's lamps and drank happily, and they didn't care about Wang Ling's previous constraints.
Because Wang Ling drank a small amount of alcohol, she was only drinking lightly next to her.
The family finished their meal with laughter and laughter, and of course the wine bottles were empty.
After the meal, Wang Ling went to the kitchen to clean up, Wang Lung made a cup of tea for Wang Jun, and the two sat at the coffee table and chatted.
After a while, Wang Ling walked out of the kitchen with a jar of boiling Chinese medicine.
"Dad, I'll soak the medicine for you first, where did you put the filter?"
Wang Jun waved his hand at Wang Ling and said, "I feel much better in the past two days, so I don't need to drink it." ”
Wang Lung listened to it and said to Wang Jun with a smile: "Uncle, you think it's much better now, that's because you're in a good mood, as the saying goes, seven points of mood and three points of medicine." This medicine still needs to be drunk. You can adjust the dosage appropriately, but you can't stop it all at once. ”
Wang Ling listened to Wang Lung helping him speak and immediately nodded: "That's it, you are so old, you are not as sensible as Xiaolong." ”
Seeing the two people singing and harmonizing, Wang Jun immediately surrendered, and then raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the balcony fish tank.
"Yesterday I couldn't find a net for fish food, so I used that strainer, which is still on the edge of the fish tank. ”
When Wang Ling heard this, she immediately ran to the balcony to see that it was indeed there, but it was no longer available, and it was covered with fish food and messy dirt.
Looking at Wang Jun helplessly, Wang Ling said regretfully: "This ...... Hey, I'll go to the pharmacy and buy another one. ”
Wang Long took a sip of tea and said to Wang Ling: "Sister-in-law, you don't need to buy it, I'll help you get the medicine when it's ready." ”
Wang Ling nodded when she heard this, and turned around and walked directly to the kitchen without speaking.
"Sister-in-law, you bring me the Chinese medicine you want to boil and I will adjust it. ”
Wang Ling looked back at Wang Lung and asked puzzledly, "What do you want Chinese medicine for?"
"Didn't the uncle say that he felt better, I adjusted the dosage of the medicine, and I don't have to drink so much. ”
Wang Ling nodded and turned into the kitchen.
Wang Jun drank tea and looked at Wang Lung and said, "Xiaolong, did you study Chinese medicine in college?"
Wang Lung shook his head and said, "I didn't go to school, I learned it all from old ghosts. ”
"Who is the old ghost?" asked Wang Jun puzzled.