When Wang Lung and the others arrived at the designated place, it was only an hour and a half, but they found that Niu Guohua's daughter-in-law Wang Ling was already waiting.

Wang Lung felt very embarrassed to look like this, but Wang Ling didn't care.

Ignoring Wang Long, Wang Ling thanked Luo Song and Xiaosi.

Because Luo Song and Xiaosi were in a hurry, they also declined Wang Ling's kindness to invite them to the city for dinner.

After sending off Luo Song and Xiaosi, Wang Lung followed Wang Ling back to Niu Guohua's father-in-law's house.

It's an older neighborhood, mostly old houses from around the eighties of the last century.

Wang Ling's father is an old revolutionary cadre, and his family conditions are not bad, so he has long retired at home.

Wang Ling has three brothers and sisters, she is the youngest one, and she is the most favored one by her parents, she has an elder brother and a sister, her brother can't be at home in the army all the year round, and her sister has long been married and gone abroad, so the old man is also taken care of by this intimate daughter Wang Ling.

The layout of the house is the old-fashioned three-bedroom room, the area is okay, because Wang Ling's mother died early, the family usually lives in an old man, and the furnishings in the house are still relatively old, but it looks very comfortable.

When Wang Lung saw that the old man on the recliner in the living room was resting with his eyes closed, he squeezed his eyes at Wang Ling and stuck out his tongue.

Wang Ling knew that Wang Lung was worried that she was not coming at the right time, afraid of disturbing her father's rest, she didn't explain anything, but shook her head at Wang Long with a smile.

"Dad, I'm back. Wang Ling's voice shouted, and even Wang Lung was startled.

The old man on the recliner frowned and said, "How many times have I told you, I am not feeling well, and it is not that I have a problem with my ears." Why are you shouting so loudly? This kid is really!"

The old man slowly opened his eyes and looked at Wang Lung standing next to him, and did not speak again, but nodded.

Wang Lung was very uncomfortable when he was looked at, and the old man's eyes pierced his flesh like a knife, piercing his bones.

Wang Ling beckoned Wang Lung to sit on the sofa and introduced him: "This is my father, a proletarian revolutionary of the older generation; ”

After listening to Wang Ling's introduction, Wang Long immediately stood up from the sofa and bowed respectfully to the old man.

Wang Lung opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to call the other party.

Looking at Wang Long's expression, Wang Lingle was happy: "Although you and Guohua are not brothers, they are also commensurate with brothers, so you can call you uncle." ”

Wang Lung scratched his scalp embarrassedly when he heard this, but he still immediately called out uncle.

The old man hurriedly said: "Xiaolong, don't be so polite, just treat this place as your own home!"

Wang Lung was very moved when he heard this, and he thanked him for it.

Since Wang Lung had just arrived, except that he was more familiar with Wang Ling, he didn't dare to talk casually, he just listened to what others said, and made a respectful expression.

Through Wang Ling's introduction, Wang Long learned that the old man's name was Wang Jun, and he turned out to be a powerful figure in the political arena, and he had served as the secretary of the Jinan Municipal Party Committee, but due to physical reasons, it had been more than ten years since he retired early.

Wang Jun's illness was mainly left during the special period, and when he encountered a cloudy day and rain, he was weak and painful.

As I get older, I've been in a lot of pain lately.

There was no one around the old man to take care of him, and he was reluctant to leave home, so Wang Ling had to run all the way from Muchuan County to Jinan.

How many times has Wang Ling persuaded the old man to move in with her, so that he could take care of her, Wang Jun didn't know which tendon had a problem, but he didn't agree, and Wang Ling couldn't resist him, so he had to drag it for the time being.

Because Wang Jun was not in good health, he was tired after saying that it didn't take long, so he waved his hand and continued to close his eyes on the recliner to recuperate.

Wang Ling didn't care about Wang Jun, and beckoned to Wang Long and led him into a bedroom.

"Xiaolong, you can live in this house for the time being, Guohua only told me yesterday, I haven't come to clean up yet, you see what is still missing. ”

Wang Lung looked around the room, felt that it was not bad, smiled at Wang Ling and said, "Yes, it is much better than where I live, there should be nothing missing, Xie Lu thank you sister-in-law!"

Wang Ling led Wang Lung to each room and told him about the room where everyone in the family lived, as well as the kitchen and bathroom.

Wang Lung once asked Wang Ling what to pay attention to. The other party asked him to live in peace as if he were in his own home.

After Wang Lung finished freshening up, Wang Ling looked at the watch and it was past four o'clock, so she asked Wang Lung to rest first and prepare to go grocery shopping.

Wang Lung saw that Wang Jun was lying on the side and sitting on his own and was bored, so he asked Wang Ling to take him to buy vegetables together, and by the way, he was also familiar with the nearby environment, Wang Ling smiled and nodded and said to Wang Jun before turning around and leaving.

In order to let Wang Lung get familiar with the nearby environment, Wang Ling deliberately took him around the community.

It turns out that this community is very large, with more than 50 buildings, two doors before and after, and a large playground, and the facilities in the community are very complete.

Originally, there were a few vegetable sellers in the community, but Wang Ling said that the vegetables were expensive, so she had to go to the big vegetable market at the north gate to buy them.

Walking around the community, Wang Ling also met a few acquaintances, all of whom asked her who Wang Lung was, and seeing the enthusiasm of those middle-aged women, Wang Lung was so frightened that he didn't dare to go up, because he heard that someone was selling Wang Ling the girls of their relatives.

Seeing Wang Lung's deflated appearance, Wang Lingle giggled, she didn't expect that on the first day Wang Lung came, someone would ask her to protect the media and pull fiber, but after looking at Wang Lung carefully, she felt that this guy was really good.

Encountering a group of matchmakers was just a small episode, and it did not affect their plans, Wang Lung followed Wang Ling around, and after a while, he arrived at the vegetable market at the north gate.

The vegetable market is dirty and messy, because it was temporarily built by nearby residents, and no one manages it, so it looks chaotic.

Wang Lung frowned as soon as he entered the vegetable market, it was the first time he had entered this kind of place, he never bought vegetables in his hometown, and all the dishes he wanted to eat were grown by Qing'er herself.

Seeing that Wang Ling had already entered the vegetable market, Wang Lung shouted at the other party's back: "Sister-in-law, I won't go in, you can go by yourself, I'll go around the neighborhood by myself." ”

"Do you know the way, don't get lost!"

Wang Lung smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll just walk around the neighborhood, don't worry." ”

Wang Ling pondered for a moment and nodded, "Okay, don't run around, if you can't find you, remember to go home early." ”

Wang Lung saw that Wang Ling agreed, but just turned his head and left.

Looking at the back of Wang Lung leaving, Wang Ling smiled and shook her head.

Wang Lung wanted to go directly back to the community from the north gate and then go out from the south gate, but he stood at the north gate and thought about it, and felt that he might as well see if the road outside the north gate could be turned to the south gate.

Wang Lung walked west along the road, and the roadside was basically filled with small traders and hawkers.

Don't look at such a small broken road is nothing in Jinan City, but it is more prosperous than the avenue in Muchuan County.

Wang Lung looked at it as he walked, just like Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden, and felt that everything was more curious.

In front of him was the T-junction, Wang Lung walked over and looked at both sides, thinking that if he went south, he should be able to turn back to the south gate of the community and go north......

Hey, why are there so many people around, let's go and see.

Wang Lung walked over quickly, looked down next to the onlookers, and it turned out to be a little girl kneeling on the ground, kowtowing vigorously and muttering something.

There were too many onlookers to hear clearly, and next to the little girl there was an elderly man leaning on the edge of the tree with his eyes closed.

Because the little girl kept her head down, she couldn't tell what she looked like, but she heard the sound pretty good.

Because the girl spoke with a crying tone, Wang Lung listened to it and felt sour.

Wang Lung watched from the side at first, and after a while, he basically understood what was going on.

It turned out that the girl's father was a gambler, and the family was poor, and today he took the 2,000 yuan he borrowed to see her grandfather for a doctor, and it was here that he happened to meet his father who was addicted to gambling.

The poor little girl was robbed of all the borrowed money by her father, and her grandfather couldn't stand up to him and tried to beat the unfilial son, and her father's conscience was extinguished, and not only did he not know how to repent, but he beat her and her grandfather.

The old man was angry and fainted at the scene, because the money was robbed, the grandfather was unconscious, and the girl was helpless, so she had to ask passers-by to help rescue her.

Wang Lung was very angry when he saw this, but looking at the people in the circle around him, they were muttering nonsense that no one stepped forward to help, and the secret world was hot and cold, and the people were afraid of being deceived by liars.

Wang Lung observed for a long time, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't feel that this girl was not like a liar, but he thought that the liar would not write words on his face, and he suddenly woke up while hesitating.

As the saying goes, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-level floating slaughter." "If the other party is really a liar, I just need to be more vigilant, and there are so many people nearby who testify, and I shouldn't rely on me.

Wang Lung made up his mind to push through the crowd and squeeze in.

The people around him saw that Wang Lung was going up to help, and a few kind aunts were busy persuading him not to cause trouble, but Wang Lung just smiled and ignored it.

Wang Lung lowered his body and held up the girl's arm, "Girl, you get up first." ”

The girl finally saw that someone had come up to help, and she didn't want to get up for a while, so she kowtowed vigorously in the direction where Wang Lung was.

Wang Lung saw that she couldn't go on like this, so he added a little strength to his hands.

"You get up first, I'll see your grandfather's situation first, if you do this again, I don't care. ”

Because the girl knelt for a long time and kowtowed for a long time, Wang Lung's head was a little dizzy when she stood up like this, and her swaying body almost fell.

Wang Lung immediately held the girl's shoulders with both hands to stabilize the other party's body and prevent the girl from accidentally falling.

The girl looked up at Wang Lung, her red and swollen eyes were full of tears, and she nodded and said thank you to Wang Lung.

At this time, Wang Lung, like the onlookers, was amazed by the beauty of the girl, and her red eyes were even more poignant and moving.

While Wang Lung was amazed in his heart, a pair of eyes had already quickly inspected the girl's body, the girl's figure was not to be said, her skin was white and tender, and her shoulder-length hair was long.

The girl was a little stunned when she saw Wang Lung looking at her, and the blush was already on her face.

Although Wang Lung's distraction was only fleeting, it still did not escape the girl's eyes.

Wang Lung quickly let go of the girl's shoulders and smiled awkwardly, "Come, I'll take a look at your grandfather's situation first." ”

As soon as the girl heard this, she quickly gave up a position, Wang Lung walked to the old man's side, squatted down, raised his hand and picked up one of the old man's wrists, and put his two fingers together on the pulse point.

Wang Lung had just put his finger on for less than two seconds, and he found that the old man's pulse was completely empty, and he thought badly, ...... was stumped.

Quickly rolled the old man's eyelids, Wang Long's fingers slowly urged a little internal force to enter the old man's body, hoping to wake up the old man's newly dormant heart.

After three consecutive attempts, he decided to give up, and Wang Lung shook his head and moved the old man's body from the tree to the ground and lay down.

Looking sideways at the anxious girl on the side, Wang Lung shook his head helplessly: "Your grandfather is already gone." ”

The girl didn't seem to hear what Wang Lung said, she was stunned and motionless, her lips kept trembling, and the tears in her eyes fell down like a pinprick.

The onlookers had already learned the news of the death of the old man, left a few words of comfort to the girl, turned around and left.

Although the world is hot and cold, after all, there are still kind-hearted people, and as soon as Wang Lung stood up, an old aunt came over to him and said, "Young man, hurry up and call 120, and let them deal with it." ”

Wang Lung doesn't understand that there is still a need to call 120 now?

"When a person dies, he needs a death certificate issued by the hospital, this cremation, household closure and the like are needed, this person died on the street without knowing it, there must be an explanation, what if the family is held accountable?"

Wang Lung expressed his gratitude to the old aunt for her kind reminder.

After the old aunt left, she found that she didn't have a mobile phone or other communication tools. Wang Lung looked back at the sad girl lying on top of the old man and thought to himself, the other party even borrowed money for his grandfather's medical treatment, and it is estimated that he does not have a mobile phone.

Don't bother her for now, let her cry for a while, maybe she will be in a better mood.

Wang Lung looked left and right and found that there was a sign of Gonghua hanging more than 20 meters further north, and saw that the girl was still lying on her grandfather and crying in a low voice, and he didn't have time to explain anything to the other party, so he turned around and walked towards the place where the sign said "Gonghua".