The city is still very beautiful at sunset. The glass curtain walls of high-rise buildings reflect the red sun. Occasionally, you can enjoy a beam of sunlight cast between two buildings. In addition, the clean and tidy roads crisscrossing the city and the people driving on it can be seen. car above.
What a beautiful city sunset picture.
But this picture of the southern suburbs of the metropolis is not perfect. There is one flaw: a dilapidated house and a small yard of only thirty square meters!
There are towering high-rise buildings all around, and the people coming in and out are brightly dressed urban men and women, chatting about romance and doing business worth hundreds of millions. The spacious road next to it is full of cars of all sizes.
As for this house, not to mention its backward style, it also looks very shabby because it has not been renovated for a long time. It should be in the style of an ancient village in the wild, rather than being located in a metropolis where land is precious and surrounded by high-rise buildings. It looks like Wear slippers and use chopsticks to stuff a whole steak into your mouth, or eat hot dry noodles with tomato sauce and a knife and fork.
The painting style is so inconsistent.
And this style of painting has its own term: nail house!
Chiba Cheng did not rush into the house, but walked around and asked. The neighbors had a bad impression of the owner, and they all commented on him as a stubborn old woman.
It is said that in order to demolish this house in the past, the developer tried every means and provided more than ten plans for the old woman to choose from, but she didn't even look at them and directly refused: "I will not move away. .”
At first, everyone thought she wanted to raise the price on the ground, but one year passed, two years passed, three years passed... The old neighbors moved out one after another, the old houses began to be demolished, and the pile of rubble moved into the ground where construction machinery was leveling , dig foundations, build buildings... until all high-rise buildings are built and sold.
The old woman still lives in her old house, and has never told anyone that she has figured out how to sell the house. People then understand that she is not just raising the price, but really does not want to move, so the previous greedy 'The label was removed and replaced by 'silly'.
No one knows why she is guarding that old house. She lives alone in the old house. No one knows when she dies. She has to do everything by herself. She can exchange this house for a lot of money and live in a clean and bright place. Isn’t it bad that there are still nursing homes where people take care of them?
No one can understand, let alone what she thinks, because all the old neighbors have moved away, and only a few live nearby. Most of the new neighbors are young people who just work. They have exhausted their minds. They may not know who is facing the door, and they are even less interested in knowing the situation of this old house.
After Chiba Cheng bought a large bag of things, the nearby convenience store owner mentioned the old woman's situation and said: "That old woman used to be taciturn, but recently she has a smile on her face when she comes to buy things. And the amount of things I buy is much more than before.
I think it’s a relative from my hometown who came here. It’s quite pitiful to be alone, so everyone generally doesn’t care much about her stubbornness..."
The convenience store owner kept talking about the old woman's "bad things". She didn't know how to pay electronically. She often forgot to weigh herself and went to the cashier to pay. She also paid with banknotes wrapped in a handkerchief. She had to change money repeatedly. Count several times... The time she spends alone can allow several people to complete the check.
After a round of visits and investigations, Chiba Makoto had a general understanding of the old woman. Judging from the doubled amount of ingredients he purchased, he should have taken in the red Standelian Redel, so he could go directly.
Chiba Cheng carried the food he bought from the convenience store to the dilapidated house that was incompatible with the metropolis. He looked around and couldn't find the electronic doorbell. He could only knock on the old wooden door with his hand. .
After knocking twice, through the courtyard wall made of low wooden boards, I saw the door of the house opened, and an old woman with a smile on her face walked out with a stooped back and said in a soft voice as she walked: "I'm coming!"
'Creak! '
The wooden door opened from the inside, and the old woman was stunned for a moment when she saw Qianye Cheng, and asked doubtfully: "Are you..."
"Hello, mother-in-law, I am a volunteer from the community and I am here to visit you." Chiba Cheng raised the large bag of fruits and vegetables in his hand and showed it to the old woman.
"Oh, please come in!" The old woman didn't know whether she understood or not. Anyway, she brought Chiba Cheng in. When she walked towards the house, she said apologetically: "I am the only one living there. I have dim eyesight and don't have much energy to clean." , so the house is relatively messy.”
"It's okay, mother-in-law, I'm just here to help you."
"No, no, I don't need help. Just chat with me. No one has been here for a long time." The old woman said and opened the door. Qianye Cheng glanced around the room. It was clean and tidy, even the tatami was wiped spotless. , has nothing to do with clutter.
The old woman walked into the inner room and came out tremblingly with a can of tea. Chiba Makoto, who was sitting on the tatami, quickly got up, helped the old woman make tea, and said, "Thank you, mother-in-law!"
"I'm the one who should say thank you. You, oh, volunteers, taught me how to use these electrical appliances..." The old woman was talking. People who came occasionally told her what electrical appliances to use to make her happy. Life gets better, sounds like a salesman.
Chiba Cheng held the tea cup and looked around this small room, which was only more than ten square meters. All the furnishings were very shabby. There was also a stove in the room with a kettle on it. It should also be the place where the old lady cooked and ate. .
The only electrical appliance in the house is a light bulb. There are no other TVs, computers or even phones. It feels like being in the last century instead of the early 21st century with advanced technology. A thin wooden door seems to be a few meters away. ten years.
I didn't feel anything unusual. Obviously Redel was not here. Chiba Cheng was also ready to leave. As soon as he stood up, he saw a photo enshrined in the corner of the table. There were two white candles burning quietly next to it. This was It is a memorial method that has almost been forgotten by modern people.
The old woman noticed Qianye Cheng's gaze, and the smile on her face became much smaller, and said: "This is my old man, he has passed away... Look at my memory, I have forgotten how long it has been, I am old, I am old, my memory is also bad Oh no."
Well, even if the old lady didn't say anything, Qianye Cheng would have thought he was her son.
The person in the photo is actually too young. He has black hair and a handsome face. He looks like he is in his thirties, while the old woman is almost seventy years old.
A photo silently tells the story of how time flies and we are already in our twilight years in a blink of an eye.
