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Zhang Xiaokai's home is about a dozen kilometers away from the unit, which is not too long, and it takes about 20 minutes to ride his motorcycle.
Now that the national policy is good, most of the rural roads are also flat and spacious, and they can be unimpeded all the way.
The place where Xiaokai's family lives is also considered rural, but it belongs to the fringe areas near big cities, which is not very closed, and people's lives are not rich, but there are one or two people in the family who work in the factory, and they can plant a few acres of land by themselves, and they can also eat and drink without worrying, and there will be some surplus at the end of the year.
On the way to the flats, there are many residents on both sides of the street, and these residents usually have the gate facing the road.
When Xiaokai goes to work, I often see some elderly people, sitting at the door of their homes chatting and basking in the sun, and some children playing and laughing on the side of the road, and there are women standing there, babbling and gesturing on their hands, and dancing with saliva flying.
Some people who are familiar with Xiao Kai will say hello to Xiao Kai, and Xiao Kai will also nod or honk in response to them, which feels like a leader review.
As long as the weather is not too bad, Xiao Kai will see an old man sitting on a chair in front of his house.
The old man is about 70 years old, and half of his body is a little inconvenient, which is what we call hemiplegia.
God is so fond of playing tricks on people, and it's the kind of play that kills people.
Originally, the old man's mobility was pitiful enough, and he even lost the language function of communicating with others.
The old man can't speak, but he is not confused at all, his ears and eyes are clear, and he will wave to you from afar.
Originally, Xiao Kai and the old man were not very familiar with each other, and when they met the old man before, they just smiled and looked at him.
Then one day, it suddenly rained in the originally clear sky, and the old man got up and went back to the house, but he was worried that the chair he was sitting on was wet.
So the old man used one hand, and was on crutches, and he opened the door, and he was holding a chair, and the rain became heavier and heavier, but the old man's physical condition did not allow him to be faster.
Xiao Kai didn't expect a sudden heavy rain that day, and he was basically drenched at this time, seeing the old man's situation, he didn't care about getting drenched for a while, so he stopped the car and helped the old man move the chair into the room.
Since then, whenever Xiao Kai passes by the door of the old man's house, the old man will wave his hand at Xiao Kai, and then grab his palm down a few times.
Xiao Kai doesn't know sign language, and the old man may not be sign language, but Xiao Kai understands that this is the old man greeting him, so he wants to stay for a while.
After a long time, Xiaokai will take the initiative to say hello to the elderly, say good morning in the morning, say good afternoon in the evening, let the old man go back to the house early when it is cloudy, and tell the old man to wear more when it is cold.
There are only a few seconds to meet every day, and the conversation is only one or two sentences and a gesture, but Xiao Kai likes to see the old man's kind smile, and I have the impression that the old man used to sit there a little dazed, and his eyes will radiate after seeing Xiao Kai.
That smile seems to be healing, and every time you see it, it will sweep away Xiao Kai's bad mood, and the mood will instantly become very good.
But suddenly one morning, Xiao Kai found that the chair at the door of the old man's house was gone, and the old man was not basking in the sun there.
However, Xiao Kai was quickly relieved, people may not want to come out to bask in the sun today, maybe they will come out tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the weather is so good, the old man will definitely live up to the good times!
However, the result of the matter is not as Xiao Kai imagined, one day and two days, a week and two weeks, a month has passed in a blink of an eye, Xiao Kai still hasn't seen the old man's figure, only occasionally he will see an empty chair at the door, where has he gone?
With questions, Xiao Kai went home to ask his parents, and his father told him that the man used to be a very eloquent person, and he also served as a village cadre, and he had reconciled a lot of contradictions and disputes.
But who knew that he began to be seriously ill at a young age, first lost his language ability, and gradually became hemiplegic, which is a pity!
It's a pity that a good person has become like this, but the family didn't hear any bad news about the old man's family, so Xiao Kai suspected that the old man's condition might be aggravated and it was inconvenient to go out.
After Xiaokai got off work one night, several colleagues beckoned him to go for a drink together, because this day was also a good day for salary, and it was a colleague's birthday, and it was also appropriate for the brothers to get together.
People are in good spirits at happy events, and there are fewer thousand glasses of wine for confidants, and everyone will inevitably have to drink a few more glasses of happiness, so everyone is a little drunk when the banquet disperses.
Xiao Kai was riding on a motorcycle, feeling a little dizzy in his head, and it hurt to death when he was blown by the wind, and he was disgusting to death, and his eyes were a little blurry to see the road.
Xiao Kaiqiang fought hard and drove on the way home, and the motorcycle was ridden by him like a crawling snake on the road.
When passing by the old man's house, Xiao Kai habitually looked there, but he didn't expect to see the old man sitting there again.
Xiao Kai looked at it and secretly felt funny in his heart, no wonder he couldn't see the uncle's figure these days, it turned out to be not basking in the sun, and he came out to admire the moon at night, this is really leisurely and elegant!
"Hello uncle, I haven't seen you for a long time!" There was still some distance away, and Xiao Kai greeted the old man.
The old man was also very happy to see Xiao Kai, and waved his hand to Xiao Kai with the same gesture as before.
"It's too late today, and I've drunk too much, I'll have a good drink with you another day, no, it's a good chatter!".
"Young man, you see that you drink a lot, it's too dangerous to ride like this, why don't you sit down and talk for a while."
Xiao Kai was already drunk at this time, he didn't realize that the old man could speak, and his head was really uncomfortable, so Xiao Kai followed the old man's advice and sat down on the stone next to him.
The old man told Xiao Kai not to ride a bicycle after drinking, that would be too dangerous, and the reason why he became the way he is now is all because of the root cause of the drinking accident.
If I hadn't broken my bones when I drank and rode a bicycle when I was young, I wouldn't be able to move half of my body now.
Xiao Kai kept nodding yes, then again, how could he not know this.
"Young man, you must remember what I said, it's not early, I'm going to rest, you should go home first."
Xiao Kai said goodbye to the old man, and when he turned around, he felt a gust of wind blowing behind him, which frightened Xiao Kai and quickly looked back, and was surprised to find that the old man had disappeared!