To be old but not to die is to be a thief.
This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius: Xian Wen". The original sentence is: "The original land was barren. Confucius said: 'When you are young and have no grandchildren, when you grow up and have no words, when you are old and do not die, you are a thief.' He tapped his shin with his stick. .”
It means that Yuan Rang sat with his legs spread and waited for Confucius. Confucius scolded him and said, "When you were young, you did not respect filial piety. When you grow up, you have no achievements to speak of. When you are old and do not die, you are really a pest." As he said, he hit his calf with his cane.
Jia Zhang, if you want to say that she has no role at all, it is obviously not possible. After all, when her son Jia Dongxu just left, Qin Huairu had to take over her shift to work in the factory, and she relied on her to take care of the three children in the family.
But if you want to say what help she had to Qin Huairu and what help she had to her grandchildren, it was far less than the harm she had brought to them.
Over the years, in order to tie up Qin Huairu and for the things she thought in her heart, Jia Zhang has been a devil, tossing and turning, holding Qin Huairu back. At one time, she even set up a memorial hall for Jia Dongxu at home. Used to disgust Qin Huairu.
But when I get old, my body and bones are not as big as before, my legs and feet are inconvenient, and I have to be taken care of by others for eating, drinking and urination. At this time, I have to rely on Qin Huairu. Although I am not as paralyzed in bed as Yi Zhonghai, needing water and food. It’s so easy to poop and urinate, but you can’t live without people around you.
But now Jia Zhang's mother-in-law, who is in her early eighties, is still alive and well, but Qin Huairu went to hell first.
Rumors in the courtyard suddenly started. Why did Jia Zhang's mother-in-law treat Qin Huairu harshly and treat Qin Huairu like an ox and horse?
Mrs. Jia Zhang is also a shameless person. After hearing these rumors, how can she still show off her old face? But with her old arms and legs, it is difficult to move. How can she block people's doorways and act like she did when she was young? Rolling and cursing.
Banggen is busy at work, Xiaodang is in a hurry to work and find a partner all day long, Huaihua and her husband also have to be busy with work, Banggen's wife Yu Xiuxiu has to take care of the children as well as work, Qin Huairu left After only a few days, the Jia brothers and sisters were overwhelmed by the heavy pressure and could hardly breathe.
Jia Zhang is okay, at least she can still move, but Yi Zhonghai, who is paralyzed in bed, has become a big problem for everyone in the Jia family. Let alone eating and drinking, it is okay to endure it, but shit and peeing is not a problem , Yi Zhonghai can't hold it in until Bangge and the others come back.
The result is that Yi Zhonghai just pulls it into his crotch every day, and waits for Banggeng to change it when he comes back from get off work, and let his wife wash it.
That's all for a short period of time. The family gritted their teeth and could barely support it, but it became different as time went by.
Bangge and Yu Xiuxiu first sent the child to Yu Xiuxiu's parents' house, and asked Yu Xiuxiu's parents to help take care of it. These days, it is common for children to be placed with relatives, so there is no problem.
But over time, not only Yu Xiuxiu, but also Banggeng herself couldn't bear it, especially in Yi Zhonghai's house. Qin Huairu, who was diligent in cleaning and ventilating the house every day, couldn't bear it anymore. Now, it didn't take long for a strange smell to appear.
The unknown smell mixed with feces and urine is sour and refreshing.
As the old saying goes, there is no filial son before a long-term illness, not to mention that Bangge is not Yi Zhonghai's biological grandson, so the resistance in his heart will naturally become stronger.
But now Bangge lives in Yi Zhonghai's house, and the fact that he provided for Yi Zhonghai's old age has been known to everyone in the hospital. Now Bangge is already riding a tiger and can only bite the bullet and continue to take care of Yi Zhonghai, but his face But the smiles on his face became less and less, and the time to go to Yi Zhonghai's hut became shorter and shorter. Apart from delivering water and meals, and changing clothes and pants, Banggeng was not even happy to go near that house.
Shazhu's family is the closest to the residence of Jia's family and Yi Zhonghai. Every time when he comes back from get off work and passes by Yi Zhonghai's cabin next to the west wing of the central courtyard, if he gets a little closer, he can smell the unpleasant smell. .
He Daqing's old face turned pale when he saw Yi Zhonghai's miserable appearance. He didn't dare to look down on Sha Zhu at home, let alone put any blame on his father-in-law in front of Ran Qiuye.
After Qin Huairu left, brothers Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian approached Shazhu and wanted to sell their house in the backyard to Shazhu.
Although Sha Zhu has always wanted to buy their house, the second uncle Liu Haizhong still lives in the courtyard. If Sha Zhu buys his house, wouldn't it be equivalent to driving Liu Haizhong out of the courtyard in disguise?
A few years ago, Liu Haizhong, the second uncle, Silly Zhu, really didn't take it seriously, but after the accident, Liu Haizhong suddenly realized that he seemed to be a different person, and Silly Zhu also looked at him greatly. Naturally, You can't do this kind of thing.
The time soon came to 2000, which was the turn of the century. In early May, after two years, Yi Zhonghai finally couldn't stand it anymore and closed his eyes forever in that smelly hut.
Bangge and Yu Xiuxiu finally breathed a sigh of relief. The past two years have been a struggle for the couple. Fortunately, with everyone in the courtyard and the street supervisor around, the couple couldn't just throw Yi Zhonghai into the street. Ignore your superiors.
Although Yi Zhonghai had no children in his life, his popularity in the courtyard was not bad. There were also the apprentices he had at the steel rolling mill, so there were many people who came to pay their respects on that day.
Unexpectedly, Yi Zhonghai's departure directly caused a chain reaction. In early June, Liu Haizhong also left. In August, it was Yan Fugui. The three elders in the courtyard still failed to survive this summer.
When the winter moon came, Jia Zhang, who had always been strong, suddenly developed a fever on a windy night. The fever killed half of Jia Zhang's life, and she could not even get off the ground. Although it was not as serious as Yi Zhonghai was so paralyzed that he couldn't move, but he couldn't live without people around him. Even when he went to the toilet, he needed help.
Silly Zhu, on the other hand, pocketed the old Liu's house in the backyard. Brothers Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian happily divided the money from selling the house. As for their eldest brother Liu Guangqi, who had been away from home for many years, Liu Haizhong didn't even have time to deal with his funeral affairs. Once he showed up, it was as if there was no such person in the old Liu family.
Compared with the predicament of the Jia family, the Wang family in the front yard has a completely different scene.
Huasheng Heavy Industry is becoming increasingly prosperous. The R&D department led by Wang Xinyi's husband Wu Xiang has been working hard in the general direction specified by Wang Zhong for many years and has made great achievements. In three years, Huasheng Heavy Industry has successively launched a heavy-duty truck and a Excavators, as well as a large-scale robotic arm under development, are catching up with the construction boom across the country. The snowflake-like orders have directly contributed to the continuous growth of Huasheng Heavy Industry.
Wang Zhong even spent huge sums of money to contact headhunting companies and introduce a large number of outstanding talents from home and abroad to enrich Huasheng Heavy Industry's talent pool.
With abundant talent reserves, strong financial support, and leadership's generous investment in research and development, Huasheng Heavy Industry has followed the trend of the times and entered a stage of rapid development.
Wang Xinyi also made great progress in Xiehe, and his medical skills increased day by day.
There was a boy named Wang Heng who was not interested in anything and was limited in his talent and could not study well. However, he practiced martial arts. When he was eighteen years old, he was sent to join the army by Wang Zhong.
Unexpectedly, after joining the army, this boy was like a dragon returning to the sea. He was like a fish in water and flourished. Due to his outstanding performance, he was promoted to a post within a few years. He also met a female officer named Lan. , got married within a few years. After the marriage, Wang Heng continued to stay in the army, while Lan Xiang returned to the Wang family with a pregnant belly.
Seeing that Lan Xiang was pregnant and her son was busy in the army and had no time, Qin Jingru stopped working at the Peony House and chose to go home and take care of Lan Xiang herself.
Within a few months, Lan Xiang gave birth to a fat boy in the hospital, which made Qin Jingru so happy that she couldn't close her mouth with laughter.
Because family planning was at its most stringent, and Wang Heng was serving in the army again, Lan Xiang returned to the army not long after her confinement and continued to work. Naturally, their son was handed over to Qin Jingru and Wang. Carry it again.
Now that Wang Zhong at Huasheng Heavy Industry has long retreated behind the scenes, and all front-stage matters have been handed over to professional managers, Wang Zhong's time is naturally free.
The children all have their own jobs and incomes. Wang Zhong gave 5% of the shares of Huasheng Heavy Industry directly to his grandson. Wang Zhong took 20% of the annual profits and invested them in Shazhu's student aid fund. Inside.
The size of Huasheng Heavy Industries is far beyond that of a mere Peony Building. Although the profit is only 20%, the amount is several times more than what Shazhu and others invested.
He Yuyu simply left all the affairs of Peony House to his brother and sister-in-law, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the scholarship fund. He spent most of the time every year with his twin sons in the southwest mountainous area, visiting everywhere and personally leading the team to conduct research. In addition to selecting poor families to support their children's education, the student aid fund has also successively funded the construction of several roads in some impoverished mountainous areas.
The student aid fund is not just about providing money to build roads. In order to build these roads and prevent others from enriching their own pockets, the foundation's money was swallowed up. Ran Qiuye established a supervision company under Wang Zhong's suggestion.
Engineering projects in these days were not as complex as in later generations, and the local government was extremely supportive of road construction. Even the villagers who occupied the land were very friendly. Whether it was cultivated land or barren forest land, they were all free to use. , no mention of compensation at all.
In fact, ordinary people know well that building roads will only benefit them, not harm them. Once the roads are built, it will be convenient to do anything.
After seeing the living conditions of the mountain people in the southwest mountainous area, He Yuyu's compassion moved again, and he also wanted to help these mountain people change their poverty-stricken living conditions.
He Yuyu also knew that it was better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish, but she didn't have any good ideas at the moment, so she could only take Wang Zhong's idea and treat him as a free military adviser.
But Wang Zhong knows that food must be eaten one bite at a time and the road must be walked step by step. Now the plates of the student aid fund have just been spread out. Helping the villagers build roads is already a big step. If the plates are spread out too much all of a sudden, , if you step too fast, it’s easy to get caught.
And once the plate gets bigger, all kinds of problems will arise. After all, people's hearts cannot stand the test.
After He Yuyu was persuaded by Wang Zhong, he could only temporarily put aside his sympathy and concentrate on helping the children go to school.
Time flies and a few years later, the rise of Huasheng Heavy Industry has become unstoppable. It can be said to be the unrivaled leader in the domestic heavy industry. With the support of a huge talent pool and huge investment in research and development, Huasheng Heavy Industry’s technology The level can be said to be improving with each passing day, and the products launched are also extremely popular in the market.
In comparison, since Wang Zhong left, both the steel rolling mill and the machinery factory have begun to decline, eating up the old capital left by Wang Zhong, but how long can this old capital last? In the end, they had no choice but to move towards transformation, but But it lost the qualification to compete with Huasheng Heavy Industry.
Time flies to 2008. The Olympic Games are about to be held. The Bird's Nest has already been built. Countless people from all over the country are flocking to Peiping, making the already crowded Peiping even more congested.
Today's Peiping is no longer the Peiping of the past. High-rise buildings are rising from the ground, communities are being developed one after another, and the original suburbs have become prosperous areas.
In the courtyard surrounded by high-rise buildings and busy traffic, under the grape trellis in the front yard, Wang Zhong, whose temples are already covered with silver frost, is leaning leisurely on a recliner, holding a cattail leaf fan in his hand, a teapot next to him, and two men sitting in front of him. A three-year-old boy and girl.
The little boy is Wang Xinyi's youngest son, and the little girl is the youngest daughter of Wang Heng and Lan Xiang.
"Grandpa, Grandpa! I want to eat grapes! I want to eat grapes!" Wang Heng and Lan Xiang's little daughter is named Wang Ruoyun. She has two ponytails and a floral skirt. She looks up at the hanging grape rack above her head. The bunches of grapes came down, eyes full of stars.
"Grandpa, I want to eat grapes too!"
Wang Xinyi's youngest son Wu Hao also shouted.
Wang Zhong opened his eyes, looked at the two little guys, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Want to eat grapes?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" The two siblings immediately nodded and looked at Wang Zhong expectantly.
Wang Zhong said, "It's not impossible to eat grapes. I'll teach you a poem. Whoever recites it first will pick grapes for him."
"Grandpa, why are you reciting poems again?" Wang Ruoyun suddenly grimaced.
Wu Hao shook Wang Zhong's arm and looked excited: "Grandpa, hurry up and teach me!"
"Uh-huh!"
Wang Zhong moistened his throat and immediately recited in a clear and eloquent tone: "The luminous cup of grape wine, if you want to drink, play the pipa immediately; Lord Don't laugh while lying drunk on the battlefield, how many times have you fought in ancient times?"
The temperament of these two little cubs is exactly the same as that of their parents. Wang Xinyi's son Wu Hao followed his mother. He has a gentle and quiet temperament, is smart and alert, and is quite studious.
Wang Ruoyun is just like her father. She has no interest in these formal things at all. She has a lively and active temperament and acts like a monkey all day long. In the Huohuo family, Qin Jingru loves them and always takes care of them with a smile. , if it were my daughter-in-law Lan Xiang who came back and saw her daughter turning the house into such a mess, she would have slapped her sweet little butt with a big slap.
