Inherit the family's old shop

Chapter 65 The old man is leaving!

I replied, "Grandpa, I am from the village here. I sprained my foot on this old dragon mountain during the day. It is not impossible to walk home. Tell me... can I do it on your side?"
"Oh. I know!!" The person in this sentence responded quickly, and the creaking broken door was opened, "Spend the night, come in!"

The night was dark, the old man was reflected in the door, I was not close, I really couldn't see that face clearly, but listening to the old man's words, it meant that I could go in and rest for a night, no matter what else, this It can be regarded as meeting a nobleman.

The old man turned his head and entered the house. I followed in three steps and two steps, dragging my useless leg. When I entered the house, I looked at the furnishings in the house. I couldn’t even look at the simple ones. It looked like it was only twenty or thirty square meters. There was a broken table in the room. There were pots and bowls on the table, two chairs, and a small three-legged bench next to it. In the small room, there are still two beds, a double bed, the broken one is almost falling apart, and a single bed, the broken wood is also blackened, and I don't know how many years old it is.

"Sit down whatever you want!" The old man grinned, revealing the few stubbles left in his mouth, no wonder he spoke like a broken bellows, the teeth had almost fallen out.

Reflecting the dim candlelight in the room, I looked at the old man's face, how can I put it, it looks like an old dead tree, the whole face is wrinkled, compared to the old bark of the old cripple. The face is very poor. When the old man raised his head, his eyes also made me stunned. They were cloudy like the eyes of a dead fish, and there was a layer of eye feces on the corners of the eyes. Not at all angry.

I originally wanted to sit next to the double bed, but I didn't expect the old man to push a chair over for me suddenly, "Sit down, don't be crowded there!"

I faltered and took the old man's chair, and just sat down, I suddenly felt that what the old man said was a bit wrong, the double bed was obviously empty, how could there be any crowding!
I couldn't help but glanced back. There was only a quilt on the bed, and there was nothing else. I don't know if I am too sensitive or the old man is confused. My heart is very awkward.

The old man hugged a pillow on the bed and pointed me to the single bed, "You sleep there at night, sleep if you have nothing to do!"

With such a concise and clear sentence, the old man gave me a pillow, turned around and went to eat.

I watched the old man pick up the unfinished meal on the table, which seemed to be sticky and sticky. The old man took two sips, the sound sounded like eating pig food, and there was no sign of turning back. After a while, the old man turned his head and looked at me as if he remembered me, "Are you hungry, have something to eat?"

Although my stomach is also very empty, but looking at the black sticky batter, I really can't whet my appetite, I swallowed, and shook my head, "Master, you eat, I'm not hungry !"

The old man nodded his head slightly, stretched out his hand to fill a spoonful for himself, and conveniently added another spoonful to a bowl beside him.

I thought the old man was adding another bowl for me, so I hurriedly said, "Master, eat, I'm really not hungry!"

The old man turned his head to look at me for a while, and just nodded his head. The bowl on the table was placed like this. When I looked at the old man, I always felt that something was wrong in my heart. He hardly spoke, and his whole body was gloomy. like a puppet.

I always feel that this old man is weird, but I can be sure of one thing. This old man is really a person. Thinking of this, I feel a little more at ease. He doesn’t give me a word, and I am not good No matter how I opened my mouth, I was exhausted. I told the old man that I was lying on a single bed. Although my feet hurt a little, but because I was tired and hungry, I didn’t lie down for a while. I felt Just fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took before I suddenly felt someone pat me on the shoulder. When I opened my eyes, the old man was staring straight at me with blurred eyes. He started to sweat coldly, his eyes were so weird, lifeless, like a dead person.

"Come on, let's have some food, let's discuss something after eating!"

It is rare for the old man to say such a long sentence. I was stunned for a while, and I got up, wondering, what to eat in the middle of the night!The old man kept looking at me, and when I got up together, I felt that there was a little more hope in his eyes, and I felt that the old man might really have something to say to me.

When I got up and looked at it, I was taken aback for a moment. That table was in the middle of the room, and the food on that table was really rich here. There was half a pot of rice and a big bowl of potatoes and cabbage. Seeing the old man get up and find a small bottle from under the table, I figured it might be wine.

The old man opened the bottle and handed me a big bowl. When the bowl was half filled with wine, I wondered why the old man drank a bit of food when he had wine and vegetables. It's just a place to stay, the old man doesn't need to be so hospitable.

The old man raised the bowl to me. I also know some rules. Letting the old man hold the bowl is enough for me. I hurriedly stood up and touched the old man. The old man grinned with rotten teeth , "Come on, stop standing, sit down, sit down!"

I sat down and took a sip, not to mention, the wine tasted pretty good, it had a lingering aftertaste, and it didn't irritate my throat at all. I never imagined that this old man still had such a good wine in his possession.

The old man motioned for me to eat the food. I was already tired and hungry, so I stopped being polite after a few polite words with the old man. After eating two mouthfuls of food, I drank wine with the old man. The wine in the bowl drank No, the old man used that bowl to serve me a bowl of rice, and I was not polite, I ate every mouthful of rice and vegetables. Although I didn't say a few words to the old man during this period, this man was very polite. Made me feel a little better too.

Speaking of a meal, the old man didn't eat much, he just watched me eat. I was so hungry that I didn't pay attention at first. When I was [-]% full, I looked up and saw the old man. My son has been looking at me eagerly, and hardly moves his chopsticks.

The old man looked at me, and I was really embarrassed, so I quickly said, "Master, hurry up and eat!"

The old man smiled, "Leave me alone, you eat, you eat, I'll prepare it for you!"

When the old man said this, I was really embarrassed to move my chopsticks again, "I have almost eaten, you can eat, don't prepare it for me, let's eat together!"

The old man was stunned for a moment, "I've eaten it all, and this meal is just for you. After eating, my old man still has something to ask you to do!"

If the old man didn’t say that, I felt it in my heart. People won’t give you delicious food and drink for no reason, but since you eat it, I will help you as much as I can. The old man shouldn't be a big deal, because even a half-grown boy like me can't handle anything too big.

I nodded in response, "Master, then tell me, what's the matter!"

Hearing what I said, the old man suddenly laughed, "Actually, it's not a big deal, just... I have to go, I have to find someone to entrust some things to me!"

"Let's go!" I heard this word, my heart suddenly became excited, and I asked, "Master, where are you going!"

"Hey, my wife and daughter came to pick me up. I have been waiting for me for many years, and I have no one to trust me with, so I have never dared to leave, but now I finally met someone, and I will wait I can't go on anymore, I have to ask you for some things!"

Hearing what the old man said, I thought in my heart that his daughter and wife from the city had come to pick him up, but after hearing what he said later, I felt something was wrong.

The old man smiled, "Young man, I have been guarding here for more than 30 years. Do you know what is in the pine and cypress forest behind here? It is actually those old brothers of mine!"

I nodded my head in a daze, and the old man continued, "We came out together back then, and life was hard at that time, and we didn't enjoy any blessings. After all this, I was the only one left in the end! "

I understand what this means. The old man said that all his brothers who came out with him are dead, and now he is the only one left, but when I think of this and the pine and cypress forest, I am suddenly surprised, "Is that so? A big piece of pine and cypress forest is enough to bury his old brothers, good guy, how many people will it take!"

The old man went on to say, "At the beginning, there were no good conditions, so they were all buried on the old dragon mountain. Later, the country also thought about those of us who had sacrificed their lives, so they gave the brothers on the old dragon mountain It’s been dug up, and with such a cemetery, it can be regarded as a place to live in!”

When I heard this, I suddenly realized that I had heard that there was a battle on the old dragon mountain, and many people were buried before. Today, I encountered a pit where people were buried on the old dragon mountain. Could it be that his old brothers pierced it? It's a pit, but when I put it this way, I suddenly understood that those people are martyrs, this old man... Could it be an old hero who experienced the War of Resistance back then!
Thinking of this, I felt awe in my heart, "Grandpa, I heard that devils were beaten on this old Longshan before. Could it be that you are an old man who survived the Anti-Japanese War back then!"

(End of this chapter)