Chapter 169
After hanging up the phone, Shen Yingzhou was very happy, his face turned rosy, "By the way, Ayuan, what does your father usually like?"

When meeting in-laws, there is always a meeting gift, and he has to prepare it in advance.

Lin Yuan smiled, "My dad likes to read newspapers, read books, practice calligraphy when he has nothing to do, and also likes to drink tea and play chess. These are the only hobbies in his life."

It is difficult to sink a boat.

What would you like to give me?

Calligraphy and painting?

I can't appreciate this thing by myself, and now the calligraphy and paintings on the market are not even in the same level, and they are all asking for sky-high prices, tens of millions and tens of millions, and it may not be possible to buy an authentic work by a famous artist.

He likes to collect some old objects, but I don't know if Lin Yuan's father has any hobbies in this area.

Lin Yuan smiled, "Uncle Shen, let's not just talk about my dad, what about you, what do you like?"

As a son-in-law, he hasn't had time to prepare a meeting gift for his father-in-law!
Shen Yingzhou was happy, "I, I like grandsons, so you just hurry up and give me a grandson. Of course, it's best to have two grandchildren!"

Of course he has hobbies, that is, collecting some old objects.

But as an elder, he felt that he couldn't say it out, mainly because those things were not cheap, and they cost hundreds of thousands, tens of millions, or even tens of millions.

If the son-in-law really gave it to him, he would be embarrassed to accept it.

In addition to this hobby, it is really missing grandsons and granddaughters.

The two chatted while shopping for vegetables. They bought two catties of pork ribs, a freshly slaughtered live chicken, and a few crabs. All kinds of dishes were mentioned a lot.

Now I'm at a stall selling string beans, and I'm going to buy some vegetarian dishes.

The man watching the vegetable stall was an old man from the countryside, with silver hair and deep grooves on his face. He looked to be at least 70 years old. He was wearing a black padded jacket, which did not cover his stooped body, but the clothes were washed. It was very clean.

Shen Yingzhou couldn't help asking, "Brother, you still come out to sell vegetables at your age."

This age should be the age at which you can spend your life at home.

The vegetable seller smiled, "I can't help it, my wife is sick, and I have to buy medicine with money."

After speaking, he covered his mouth with his sleeve and coughed twice, as if he was afraid that they would be worried that he was sick and would not buy his own food, and he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I have an old problem, my lungs are not good, and every day It’s cold, I’m prone to cough when I breathe in the air-conditioning, there’s no infectious disease, otherwise the security guard at the door wouldn’t let me in to buy groceries.”

His family is from the countryside, and he has to ride a bicycle to the city early every day to sell vegetables, and earn some hard-earned money to go back to buy medicine for his wife and treat illnesses.

Hearing what he said, Shen Yingzhou couldn't understand, "Where's your son?"

It is said that raising children to support the elderly, it is good for the parents to have financial strength, and they do not need to worry about the children, but when the parents are really incapable, the children should naturally help the parents to provide for the elderly. This has been the truth since ancient times.

How can anyone watch his 70-year-old father still go out to buy groceries?

Not only Shen Yingzhou didn't understand, even Lin Yuan couldn't figure it out. If a son is raised by his parents, if his parents are sick, why can't he take care of his parents?

Even if you sell vegetables, you should come by yourself. Why do you let the old man come alone and bring so many vegetables.

Shen Yingzhou was wearing a pair of sweatpants on his lower body and a beige sweater on his upper body. Although he was wearing a simple dress, the workmanship and quality seemed expensive. Is a rich man.

The old man smiled sadly, "How can I be so lucky to have a filial son, and even accompany you to buy vegetables, my wife is barren."

The old man's name is Ma Dequan, and his family lives in Xigou Village, Suzhou, which is a notoriously poor place.

Poor and backward, the only advantage is that it is a little closer to the Shanghai stock market.

In order to sell the vegetables at a good price, the uncle pedaled three rounds every day, and it took more than three hours to get to the Shanghai market. At night, he rode his own electric tricycle back, and it took six hours to go back and forth. Earn the difference of more than 100.

When he said this, both of them couldn't help but fell silent.

Especially Shen Yingzhou, who was also born in suffering, has always been in awe of suffering.

It's just that I didn't expect that the 70-year-old man still had such a hard life, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

He took out 2000 yuan from the purse in his pocket and handed it to the old man.

"Brother, a little thought, you can keep it."

Shen Yingzhou is 50 years old this year, he is lucky.

There is a company with a virtuous wife and capable daughter, and now there is an excellent son-in-law. Even just 10 minutes ago, he was still laughing and discussing drinking with his in-laws.

The so-called winner in life is probably like this.

But the elder brother in front of him is twenty years older than himself, has no children, earns a little hard money every day, and saves and saves, planning to treat the old woman.

It's really not easy.

The uncle waved his hand, "That won't work, don't look at me as old, but I have hands and feet, how can I take your money."

After finishing speaking, he tidied up the messy green beans on the stall with a smile, and then looked at Lin Yuan and Shen Yingzhou.

"If you want to buy vegetables, it costs 3 yuan a catty, which is absolutely cheap. Would you like some?"

The old man thanked him for his kindness, but he was also unwilling to accept benefits from others for no reason.

If they buy vegetables, then I am still very happy.

Shen Yingzhou was about to say something but was interrupted by Lin Yuan, "Master, your vegetables are quite cheap, [-] cents cheaper than those in the same industry."

He just came to visit the vegetable market yesterday, so he naturally knows some of the vegetable prices.

Uncle's green beans are indeed cheaper than other people's, and they look fresh.

When mentioning his own dishes, the uncle's old face unexpectedly showed a trace of pride.

"Well, my vegetables are all grown in my own field. They are absolutely fresh. The price is also because I grow them myself, so it's okay to be cheaper. Don't worry about the price difference."

Although I am [-] cents cheaper, it is still more than one yuan more expensive than the vegetable price in Suzhou, so I still have money to earn, and it is cheap, so the daily sales are not bad.

Lin Yuan nodded, "Okay, sir, we want a catty, if you can, please leave me a call, our company cafeteria needs a lot of fresh vegetables."

Whoever's food is used in the company cafeteria, besides this kind of helpful thing, based on his understanding of his wife, she must be very happy.

Shen Yingzhou nodded while watching, unexpectedly, Lin Yuan was much more careful than himself.

In this way, the old man's livelihood problem is solved, and he can earn a lot of money while not being so tired. In addition, in this way, his daughter's canteen food can also be at ease.

Kill two birds with one stone.

He patted Lin Yuan's shoulder appreciatively, "Okay, that's a good idea."

When the uncle heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately showed a happy smile.

He said good again and again, "That's good, that's good, my food is absolutely fine." After finishing speaking, he rubbed his hands excitedly, "Oh, it's really good."

Shen Yingzhou felt that Lin Yuan had done a good job, and he also had a smile on his face.

The uncle looked at Shen Yingzhou enviously, "You are so lucky, you have given birth to a good son, handsome and kind-hearted."

His greatest wish in this life is to have a child, but unfortunately things backfire, it can only be said that life is impermanent.

These words made Shen Yingzhou amused, "You are right, but I did not give birth to this son, but my in-laws gave birth to me."

It is said that a son-in-law is half a son, so it is correct to say that Lin Yuan is his son.

Not only did Shen Yingzhou not mind, but he was very happy.

The old man smiled and picked up the bag in his hand and filled Lin Yuan with a catty of green beans. He didn't use an electronic scale, but a hand-scaled scale with Chen Tuo, and he picked the tall ones by a catty.

Just as he was about to hand it to Lin Yuan, the phone in the pocket of the cotton coat suddenly rang.

His calls are usually from old women.

My parents are gone, and I have no children. No one will call except my old woman.

But the old woman seldom called herself, so this made the uncle a little nervous.

"Wait a minute, I'll answer the phone."

After he finished speaking, he put the scale on the vegetable stand, took out the phone from his pocket tremblingly, and put it by his ear.

"Hello." Probably because he was afraid that his old woman wouldn't be able to hear him, so the uncle's voice was very loud.

"Old man, I feel bad, you, come back for a while."

Hearing her weak voice, the old man suddenly became worried.

"You wait, I'll go back right away."

After finishing speaking, the uncle immediately hung up the phone, with a sad look on his face.

The journey of three hours was too long, and he was really afraid that the old woman would not be able to hold on.

But my family lives in a place where no one is at the end of the village.

Even if I wanted to call for help, I couldn't.

The more I thought about it, the more impatient the old man became, and he didn't even bother to close the vegetable stall. He said to the two of them in a panic, "I'm sorry, I won't sell this vegetable, I have to go, something happened to my old lady."

After speaking, he squeezed out from the side alley.

Some stumbled.

His wife had cancer, lung cancer.

May leave at any time.

Because the family has no money, it has been relying on medicine.

How can cancer be cured?
In fact, the uncle also knew in his heart that he might not have much to live for, but he always had illusions, thinking about taking some medicine, and living one day counts as one day.

I'm afraid something big will happen today!

Thinking of this, he couldn't even walk steadily.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lin Yuan hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, "Where is your home, I'll take you there."

Although he said that he should not miss the appointment to have dinner with his father-in-law and mother-in-law today, but this old man is really pitiful, so Lin Yuan still wanted to help him.

Ying Zhou next to him nodded again and again, "Yes, let Ah Yuan take you there, so I can drive faster."

He was also a kind-hearted person, and he couldn't see these things.

When the old man heard this, he immediately bowed to the two excitedly, "Thank you so much."

The old man usually rides his electric tricycle. If something like this happened, he would definitely go back by car, but the only car he could think of was a bus.

Lin Yuan has a car, he must be driving much faster than taking a bus by himself!
"Let's go." Lin Yuan didn't dare to waste time, and turned around and walked towards the parking lot outside after speaking.

The old man hurriedly followed behind him.

Both are gone.

Looking at the vegetable stand in front of him, Shen Yingzhou looked embarrassed.

He couldn't bear to see his old brother's vegetable stall left unattended, which was obviously the rhythm of never returning.

But it's impossible for me to help him buy groceries.

In this winter, I can't bear to stand outside for a day, and even if it's really selling, he won't.

After much deliberation, he called Secretary Jin.

Lao Jin was sorting out the documents to be signed in the office at the moment, seeing that it was Director Shen’s call, he hurriedly stopped what he was doing, “Director Shen, what instructions do you have?”

"Old Jin, please catch the police and come here. I'm in Qidong Market, hurry up."

Although Secretary Jin was very curious, he didn't want to ask too many questions, so he hurriedly agreed, "Okay Chairman Shen."

After speaking, I hung up.

Ten minutes later, Secretary Jin arrived at the vegetable market and successfully found Shen Yingzhou who was standing in front of the vegetable stall. He asked with a puzzled expression, "Mr. Shen, who is this?"

"It's a good time to come. Come and help sell these vegetables. You can sell as much as the people next to you sell."

After finishing speaking, Shen Yingzhou was about to leave with his hands behind his back.

Secretary Jin looked flustered, "Shen, Chairman Shen"

Shen Yingzhou's face darkened, and he looked back at him, "Why, do you have something else to do?"

"It's okay, it's okay, Chairman Shen, go slowly."

Only then did Shen Yingzhou turn around and leave.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, good people and good deeds really can't be done without some strength, and I still have to earn money.

If he wasn't the chairman, if he wanted to be a good person and do good deeds today, he might have to stand here for a day.

It's really cold, he has to go back quickly and ask his wife to make something to eat first.

It is estimated that Lin Yuan will not come back for a while.

Here, Lin Yuan has already got on the expressway. The old man is nervous now, and asks from time to time how long it will take for us to arrive.

He usually rides a three-wheeled motorcycle, which is not allowed to go on the high speed, so he always drives at a low speed, and today is the first time to go on the high speed road.

Lin Yuan is also very patient, always telling him that there is still half an hour and twenty minutes left.

It wasn't until entering the village that the old man breathed a sigh of relief, and pointed to the end of the road, "My home is at the end of the road and the last one leaning against the field ridge."

The village is a small village, and there are not many people living here. Looking at the houses, there are only thirty or so people living here.

The car continued to drive forward, and a brick building could be vaguely seen in the direction he pointed.

It must have been in disrepair for a long time, and even the courtyard walls are much shorter than other houses, only one meter high, and the gates are not like other houses, they are all big iron gates.

His house still has an old wooden door with some cracks, which looks like an old rural house in the 80s and [-]s.

To be honest, Lin Yuan was a little shocked.

If he hadn't seen it with blue eyes, he really would never have imagined that there are still such houses in the countryside.

"Have you lived here all this time?" Lin Yuan couldn't help asking.

"I've been here all my life and never moved my nest."

When the old man was talking, his eyes kept staring anxiously at his home.

Lin Yuan understood now.

It's no wonder that she has no children and has lived here all her life without ever thinking of going to the city.

At the door, Lin Yuan stopped the car, and the old man opened the door and walked in quickly.

Lin Yuan followed behind. The house is not big, there are only three rooms in total, a kitchen, a living room, and the remaining one is the bedroom.

Because green beans were planted in the yard, which blocked the light, the house looked very dark, and the walls were yellow because of the age, and the corners were still a little dry and cracked.

The old man's wife was lying on the bed, only a skeleton was left, covered with a thick embroidered quilt, looking weak.

"How's it going? Are you uncomfortable?" The old man walked to the bed as he said that, very concerned.

After speaking, he stretched out his old hand to grab the old woman's mottled and skinny hand outside.

"I feel like I can't do it anymore. Just now, I vomited blood again just now." The old lady replied with difficulty, with a trace of blood on the corner of her mouth.

Lung cancer, if not treated in the hospital, vomiting blood is very common.

Lin Yuan felt a little sad.

"Come on, let's go to the hospital, I'll take you to the hospital!" After the old man finished speaking, he bent his body and wanted to hug his daughter-in-law.

It's a pity that I still can't hold it after trying several times when I'm older.

Even though she was so thin, she only had a skeleton, and she only weighed fifty or sixty catties.

My wife struggled twice, "No, if I don't go, I'll call you back. I just want to see you. I'm afraid I won't see you if I don't."

"In this life, I have never left you a child. I am leaving, and you are left alone. I am sorry for you." She said and shed tears again.

One hand was still tugging at his sleeve.

The inability to have children is the pain of her life.

But the man in front of him never disliked himself.

She is grateful to him, but feels ashamed of him.

The old man's eye sockets were sore and swollen, and after a while, a little cloudy, a tear fell from his eyes.

"Don't say that. I'm the one who should say I'm sorry. I'm incompetent. I can't even earn money for your medical treatment. Let's stop talking. I'll take you to the hospital now and go."

He said and struggled to pick him up.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan hurried forward, "Old man, let me come."

He is young and has plenty of strength.

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he walked to the bed, picked him up, and the old man followed all the way behind, carefully helping him open the car door.

After getting into the car, Lin Yuan drove towards the nearest hospital without saying a word.

This time, he was deeply touched, even a little shocked.

Lin Yuan never imagined that in this era, there are such difficult people and such touching love.

The times are moving forward, and as the development is getting faster and faster, even people's feelings seem to have become fast food.

You can go on a date with just a lipstick, marriage and divorce are like playing house, people who treat children as burdens and play football with each other, and people who get divorced because they can’t have children, these things are so many that people think they are the norm in life.

As a result, seeing such unwavering feelings, Lin Yuan was deeply moved.

But this old couple has nothing in their life, but they have the most sincere feelings for each other.

When I arrived at the hospital, I had to pay [-] yuan for hospitalization and [-] yuan for medicine.

The old man was stumped again, and sat anxiously on the steps outside the hospital with a sad expression on his face. He asked Lin Yuan if he could help sell his tricycle, which was the only valuable thing in his family.

Lin Yuan patted him on the shoulder, didn't say anything, and silently paid the money.

Although he doesn't have much money now, he is much richer than the old man.

Because of the fluid infusion, my wife's symptoms improved a lot, and now she has fallen asleep.

Afflicted by her illness, it was difficult for her to sleep so well.

Looking at his sleeping wife, the old man was relieved a lot. He looked at Lin Yuan gratefully, "Young man, come back with me. There are some old things at home, you can take them away. The rest of the money, I will pay you back slowly in the future, do you think this is okay?"

He is really grateful to Lin Yuan, if there is no such young man.

Maybe he couldn't come back in such a fast time at all.

To put it more harshly, maybe I really won't even see my wife for the last time.

Although death is doomed, he still wants to spend more time with her, even if it's only for one day, it's good.

Lin Yuan witnessed their poverty.

To be precise, since he paid the medical expenses, he never thought about getting the money back.

He smiled, "No need, old man, you don't need to pay back the money, just treat it as a little love from me to grandma."

When the old man heard this, he quickly shook his head, "No, no, one size fits one size."

A diligent and honest farmer who has been honest all his life, if he agrees to pay back, he must pay back, even if he is buying a house or selling land.

After he finished speaking, he pulled Lin Yuan's sleeves with his old and shriveled hands, "Let's go, while my old lady is asleep, let's go, go and come back quickly, and I will trouble you to make another trip."

Looking at his persistent eyes, Lin Yuan couldn't say anything more.

I had no choice but to follow him, and the two of them got into the car again and headed all the way to the old man's house.

He is the only son in the family. In the early years, the family's conditions were not bad, but it was not good in his generation. His parents died early, so they only left this house for him, and no one supported him to go to school. , when he was four or five years old, he learned to farm.

The daughter-in-law is from another village, and she also came from a poor background. There was no parents at home, and she came to their village to join relatives, but the relatives moved to the city long ago, and the two of them knew each other like this, and lived a lifetime.

In fact, when he was 20 years old, he knew that his wife would not be able to have children, and he went to the hospital in the city to see him. He took a lot of medicine, but he still couldn't conceive.

The medicine was so bitter that every time my daughter-in-law took it, she couldn't help feeling nauseated.

The old man felt distressed, and finally gritted his teeth and decided not to let her take the medicine.

She is a blessing given to him by God, even if he has no children, as long as she is still around, he will feel satisfied.

It's a pity that now, she has to leave him too.

The old man was talking ramblingly, as if recalling his life, while Lin Yuan was driving and listening patiently.

He laughed, he also laughed, he was sad, and he was silent.

Life is impermanent, the world is impermanent.

Some things, there is no way to choose, only to accept, such as birth, old age, sickness and death.

The car drove back to the village again, bumping on the gravel road all the way to the old man's house. Lin Yuan stopped the car at the gate of the house, and the old man dragged him to the yard. Their house was small, but the yard In fact, it is quite big, two or three times the size of the house.

There is a whole yard of vegetables, all green beans.

He said that his wife likes to eat this, so he grows it, and she can eat it and sell it for money.

There is a cellar next to the field, and there is a ladder in it. The old man crawled in with his body bent backwards, stepping on the ladder and walking down bit by bit.

Lin Yuan didn't intend to go down, but the old man called him, and he followed him down the cellar.

It was dark in the cellar, save for a faint light that was stolen through the doorway.

After seeing clearly what was in front of him, Lin Yuan was completely stunned.

The cellar is not big, the left side is full of vegetables, but the ground on the right side is full of objects.

It looks like a vase, there are two wooden boxes, there is a long pipe in the corner, and some messy things.

But it can be seen that they are all old things.

"These things were left to me by my parents back then, and I have been reluctant to sell them. Some are valuable and some are worthless." The old man sighed.

After finishing speaking, he walked over, took the pipe in the corner in his hand, and clenched it tightly, then turned around and handed it to Lin Yuan who was standing behind him.

"This thing should be worth some money. Last time I went to the city to buy medicine for my wife and wanted to sell it. The boss said it could only be sold for 500 yuan. I didn't believe it, so I took it back."

After speaking, he touched the jade cigarette holder on it again, "This one is made of jade. It's an old material. It's a good thing. It should be worth some money."

Lin Yuan took a closer look.

That piece of jade is a little green, even in the dark cellar, it can be seen that it is delicate and transparent jade, shining brightly.

In jargon, there is plenty of water.

Lin Yuan nodded, and said seriously: "You did the right thing, he must have lied, no matter how you look at it, the water head is definitely more than 500 yuan."

It is said that gold has a price and jade is priceless, and a good piece of jade can be sold for tens of millions or even tens of millions.

Lin Yuan knows a little about this thing.

So he dared to conclude that this thing is definitely more than 500 yuan. If the jade is good enough, it will cost at least a few thousand yuan.

Old materials are even more expensive.

The older it is the more valuable it is.

Hearing what Lin Yuan said, the uncle was very pleased, "Isn't it, you think so too? When I told my wife at the beginning, she also called me crazy and complained that I didn't sell it. Fortunately, I didn't sell it. Now I give this to you. You, treat it as medical expenses!"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan was startled.

Busily stuffing things into the old man's hands, "No way, sir, really no way, this is something you left at home, it's good to keep it as a thought, besides, didn't you promise to deliver food to our company cafeteria?" ? How can we do this and deduct [-] a month."

He didn't even think about asking for money, it was just a little effort.

The old man smiled, the light was dim, and the creases on his face looked terrifyingly deep.

"Okay, I'm old, who knows how many days I can deliver the food?"

He is 75 years old this year, and he may be gone one day. He doesn't want to owe others before he dies.

"If you are told to hold it, you can hold it, that's it." The old man said flatly.

He felt that this thing could be sold for 2000 yuan, so it would be his wife's medical expenses.

"Really not." Lin Yuan continued to refuse.

"Why not? Are you going to force me, an elderly man, to sell blood?" The old man disagreed with his words.

After finishing speaking, he said again after a while: "Young man, I know you are a good person, so I am willing to give it to you, so you can keep it. I am old, and when I am gone, to put it bluntly, I don't know these things yet. What will happen?"

He has no children, and his wife is destined to leave first. When he leaves, no one will know.

When I was discovered by others, it is estimated that these things will also be discovered by others, maybe thrown away as useless things, lost.

He has thought about these things.

Speaking of this, Lin Yuan couldn't help feeling a little sad.

"Don't be so pessimistic. Haven't you ever thought of going to a nursing home? There are also a lot of elderly people there. Although your wife is gone, there will still be someone to accompany you. There are few plants, so the situation you said will not happen."

"You can't just go to that place if you want, you have to be rich!" The old man smiled helplessly.

It costs tens of thousands of yuan a year. How can he pay for it?
The old man shook his head, slowly climbed up the ladder, and climbed out of the cellar.

Lin Yuan followed behind.

When they came out, the sunlight was particularly glaring, and through the sunlight, Lin Yuan could see the pipe in his hand clearly.

Unlike the ones that often appear on TV, this kind of pipe is very long, like a crutch.

At first glance, it is used by rich people. Because of its length limit, it is destined not to be able to light cigarettes, which means that people who use this thing have to be served by special people.

There are people who wait and smoke, which shows that life is definitely not ordinary.

Lin Yuan put it in his hand and looked at it carefully. The jade on the cigarette holder is very transparent without any cracks. The water head is made of good material, which can be called beautiful jade.

The texture of the wood is particularly beautiful, the whole is very round, with black texture.

Lin Yuan has seen this kind of texture before.

Is this a ghost-eyed huanghuali?

Huanghuali is not cheap.

Especially now, this thing is estimated to be the most expensive wood.

After all, everyone is saying, the sky-high price of huanghuali, the sky-high price of huanghuali.

Sky-high price, how high must it be?
That really is, goes without saying.

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