On the first night he came here, Ye Jinyan's sleep quality was pretty good. Except for the fact that someone was shouting with a loudspeaker outside the house, the level of satisfaction could be rated ten points.
However, the facts cannot be ignored, so now she is in a very unhappy mood!
Excited to wake up, I brushed my teeth and washed my face, then walked out.
There were two men in suits and leather shoes standing outside a safe distance of one meter. Their hair was polished to a shiny shine. A wisp of wind blew by, and their hairline was not moved at all. It seemed that they had applied a lot of hairspray.
The person holding the loudspeaker on the right stopped disturbing the residents and looked at them with contempt, "Let me tell you, these are dilapidated buildings and will be demolished in a month. I advise you to move out as soon as possible and don't let us use force." "
"Ye Jinyan, right? Don't let us come over again then. You are still hanging on. It's not that easy to be a nail house." The man on the left held the briefcase and took out two pieces of paper with an agreement to demolish dilapidated buildings. , standing in front of him, "It's clearly written in black and white. If you feel dissatisfied, you can only go to the landlord who rented your house. He knew that this place was going to be demolished and rented it to you on purpose."
Then he dropped one of them and continued to disturb the next family with his colleagues.
landlord?
Did the original owner pay rent?
Ye Jinyan had a cold face as he explored the memories hidden deep in his mind.
As you explore, memories are revealed.
The original owner who was kicked out of the Ye family suffered from a fever on a rainy night and walked for a while, but was rescued by an old scavenger and a child.
But there seems to be no such thing as rent?
Seeing that the original owner was pitiful, the old man took the initiative to take out his vacant wooden house, saying that he would give her a place to go.
The old man who scavenged was living not far away.
"Sister, are you recovered?"
The tender voice of a child interrupted the memory. Ye Jinyan looked up, took off his cold mask, and a rare tenderness appeared on his face.
This child was brought up by the old man scavenging.
"Where's your grandpa?" Ye Jinyan didn't answer the question. He approached the skinny child and squatted down to help her brush off the dirt from her clothes. "Why are you here alone?"
"They came and told us to move away. Grandpa asked me to come and see you." The little girl's voice was choked. "Sister, can you take me to buy medicine? Grandpa was injured by them and asked me to get medicine, but I can't ,I……"
The three- or four-year-old child spoke intermittently, and the content was incoherent, but at least he could understand the meaning.
only……
Let a child that young take medicine?
Isn't this Tuogu?
Ye Jinyan looked at her with a strange expression, "Take me to your grandfather. I have medicine that can cure him."
"Really? Sister, I will take you to find grandpa." The little girl wiped away the tears that she couldn't hold back. Her tone was full of hope. Her dirty little hands paused for a moment, then pinched the corner of her clothes and pulled slightly. few times.
Carefully.
"Let's go." Ye Jinyan seemed unaware of her cautious behavior and wrapped his little hands, silently dispelling her anxiety and timidity.
As they walked along, the little girl looked at the two people's clasped hands from time to time, but hesitated to speak.
Her little movements were naturally noticed by Ye Jinyan, but he did not interfere. Children's minds are too fragile and sensitive, so they should ask as few questions as possible. And she was so cautious in handling things, so she must have been treated a little bit.
Why bother opening up a child's scars?
One person and one child move forward with their own thoughts. Not long after, a grass-timbered house nestled within a collapsed stone wall came into view.
As I got closer, I saw shards of glass scattered all over the floor, as well as a pool of dark red liquid.
It seemed that the old scavenger was seriously injured.
This is simply violent house demolition!
If it weren't for the protective cover provided by the system in her house, those two people would have destroyed the yard they just finished yesterday!
A layer of coldness covered his eyes, and Ye Jinyan made a note of this. It is best to pray that they die in the early stages of the end of the world.
"Sister...Grandpa is inside."
Feeling the shaking in his arm, Ye Jinyan suppressed his chill and led the little girl towards the house.
The door was open at this time, and the old scavenger was huddled in the corner, motionless.
Seeing this scene, the bad premonition became stronger.
But the little girl had already let go and ran towards the person.
When the little hand touched the old man's shoulder, the originally sitting body fell backward due to the pulling force.
Ye Jinyan stepped forward and put his palms against the old man's back to prevent him from hitting the ground.
It was still warm, but his eyes were closed tightly and he didn't breathe out.
She stretched out her index finger and probed the old man's neck. There was no sign of a pulse.
The old scavenger passed away.
"Sister... Grandpa, is he too tired and fell asleep? Should we wait for him to wake up before taking medicine?" The little girl, who had no concept of death, opened and closed her little mouth to speak honest words.
Ye Jinyan did not respond immediately. He pushed slightly and straightened the old man's body. A piece of paper that was not very clean fell from his arms to the ground.
——Miss Ye, I have no time to say anything more. If you can please help me take care of her, consider it as repayment for saving your life. She is very well-behaved. If she is not allowed, she will choose a good orphanage.
The words written on the paper stood out in front of my eyes. The fonts were crooked, and some of them faded a lot when I started writing. It was obviously due to lack of strength.
"Sister, my grandfather..."
"He was very tired and fell asleep. He just wouldn't wake up."
Ye Jinyan thought carefully about his words, not to speak too bluntly, so as to give her a buffering opportunity.
"Grandpa has taken care of me for a long time, and I am really tired." The little girl lowered her head and held the old man's right index finger tightly with her little hand. For a long time, her tears stopped and her sobs were low.
Ye Jinyan sighed softly and rubbed her head, "You say goodbye to grandpa properly and wait for me to come back."
"Okay, I'm very good." The little girl's voice was very soft.
"I believe you, I'm not far away, very soon." After Ye Jinyan got up and walked out of the house, the cry he deliberately suppressed finally started to sound.
Sad and heartbreaking.
Looking at the dark and billowing clouds in the sky, she walked slowly to the wall. When she turned around, she saw an object in a small corner. She picked it up and saw that it was a finished carving of a kitten with a small unfinished straw rope.
It was obviously a small thing that the old scavenger failed to give away.
After weaving the small straw rope, he set up a simple cremation platform outside. After finishing the work for a while, he returned to the house.
At this time, the little girl had stopped crying and looked over after hearing the noise.
The atmosphere fell into silence.
Fortunately, the quick-travel scripts I worked on before included the experience of having a milk baby, so I didn't get a black eye.
"Then let's let grandpa go happily, okay?"
"Okay, sister said, I will do it."
"Come with me."
Ye Jinyan picked up the old scavenger and walked out, placed him easily on the cremation table, and handed the lit torch to the little girl.
Burial is not feasible. Once the apocalypse comes, there will be some mutated things underground, and there is also a possibility that the doomsday virus will attach to the corpse and complete the zombie transformation under the soil.
It is better not to let his body be ruined after death. Cremation is the safest option.
"Sister, can't we bury grandpa?" Looking at the torch in her hand, the little girl couldn't light it.
"There are some reasons now, but I can't tell you. You will understand later." Ye Jinyan responded patiently.
"I know." The little girl sniffed, and the torch finally fell on the pile of firewood.
There was a crackling sound, the wind came, the fire intensified, and the smoke rising upward was blocked and could not float farther into the sky.
After burning for a while, the fire turned to flames and then went out.
The system was turned on, and Ye Jinyan was able to pick up all the ashes of the old scavenger, put them into porcelain bottles, and then took the little girl to the hole dug in the corner.
"It's up to you to send grandpa off personally."
"good."
The little girl took the porcelain vase solemnly, slowly put it in, and began to bury it in the soil.
When the last handful of dirt fell, the little girl's tears fell again, crying silently.
