60s Splendid Life

"Kill them...kill them...kill the landlady..."

"The landlady is a bad person, and the bad person should be killed..."

It rained in Shanghai from March to April, and it hardly stopped. On this day, they took Xiao Baoer back to the hospital for a re-examination. On the way back, Lu Jin said that he wanted to go shopping at the supply and marketing agency, so he stopped one stop in advance. I got out of the car to go shopping. After shopping, there was one stop left and they couldn’t get a ride and walked back. I didn’t expect to see a group of half-grown children throwing stones at an old man on the way. She let a group of children throw stones at her, but she didn't know how to resist.

"What are you doing?" Seeing the scene in front of him, Yu Wenchang trembled with anger, shouted and ran over.

When the group of children saw an adult coming, they all ran away one after another.

"Old man, get up quickly, they are all gone." Yu Wenchang covered the old lady's head with an umbrella, only to find that there was still a child hidden in the old lady's arms. baby in arms.

Seeing the old lady with loose hair, the face covered by the hair could not be seen clearly, but he saw a blood hole in the old lady's forehead was still bleeding, Yu Wenchang thought of the darkness he had experienced Every day, I feel sad and hate in my heart.

"No, it's okay, we're fine." The old lady struggled to get up, not forgetting to protect the child in her arms.

"Grandma, where does your family live? Let's take you home. Can you walk by yourself? Grandpa, you come to hold Xiaobao, and I will help this grandma." Lu Jin handed the younger brother in his arms to his grandpa, He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to the old lady, "Grandma, cover your forehead with this, and I will help you back."

"Thank you... thank you... kind people." The old man raised his eyes and glanced at the grandpa and grandson. Seeing that they were also holding a child in their arms, his vigilance eased a little. She held her grandson with one hand. Son, don't forget to pick up the broom that fell on the ground.

Lu Jin covered the old man's head with an umbrella, and half of his body was exposed outside the umbrella. After a while, his clothes were wet by the drizzle, but he didn't care too much, and covered the old man with the umbrella On top of their heads, followed them into the old long street.

Although he has been in the Shanghai stock market for several months, he is not very familiar with the Shanghai stock market, and he has never been to this place.Except for the hospital and going home every day, and the occasional trip to the supply and marketing agency to buy things, he has not had time to go shopping in other places.

While walking Lu Jin, he recognized the surrounding houses and roads, so as not to get lost and unable to get out when he went out for a while.

After walking for a long time, they came to the door of a house. The old lady stretched out her hand and pushed open the door of the house, leading them inside.There is no sun on rainy days, the house is dark, the yard is full of weeds, the doors and windows inside are broken, and there are not many good things in the house, as if the house has been smashed by someone.

Lu Jin remembered what those children said about the old lady just now, and guessed that the old lady might be a landlord. No wonder there is such a house in the Shanghai stock market, but in this era, the status of a landlord probably brought them a lot of money. Trouble.He asked his grandfather to wait outside with little Bao'er, and he followed the old lady into the house.

"Grandma, I have some gauze and wound medicine here. You clean the wound later and then apply some medicine. Next time those children hit you with stones, you run away. Don't just stand there and let others beat you." It happened that they went to the hospital today To get the medicine, there was gauze and medicine in the bag. Lu Jin took out a piece of gauze and a bottle of medicine for the old lady.

"Thank you, thank you, you are really good people." The old lady thanked and reached out to take the things, raised her eyes, and glanced at the young man in front of her with a pair of cloudy eyes, with vigilance hidden deep in her eyes.The old lady secretly hid the vigilance in her eyes, and she didn't forget to ask her grandson to thank her, "Eggy, thank you brother."

"Thank you brother." The child who was called Dandan by the old man was the grandson of the old lady.

"You're welcome." Seeing the child following the old lady looking at them with timid and fearful eyes, Lu Jin noticed that the child was barefoot and wearing thin clothes, so thin There is a big head and a pair of eyes that look particularly big, which reminds him of the appearance of the children in their family when he first came here. It can be seen that the life of the children with the old man is not very good.

The child looked to be five or six years old, with a dirty little face that was not recognizable. He didn't look much older than their little Bao'er.

If he hadn't met it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have cared about other people's business, but he met him naturally, and Lu Jin couldn't ignore it. Although the Shanghai stock market in April was not as cold as the twelfth lunar month, the weather was still cold. He glanced around the room, it was dilapidated, and he didn't know how the grandma and grandson lived. There was a broken pot and a few broken bowls in the room, which might be the things they used for cooking and eating. Alright.

When leaving, Lu Jin left a bag of steamed buns and a few hard-boiled eggs for the grandma and grandson, and went outside, saying to the grandpa who was waiting outside, "Grandpa, let's go."

"Brother." Seeing her brother coming out, Little Bao'er stretched out her hand to hug him.

Lu Jin had no choice but to reach out and take his younger brother, holding the child in one hand and holding the umbrella in the other, and followed his grandfather out.When they had walked a long distance, he looked back and saw a small head. The child hiding behind saw him look back, so he retracted his head.

Walking out of that alley, Lu Jin took his grandfather and younger brother back to Shen Yu's house. Nothing happened on the way, and they returned home smoothly.

But from that day on, Lu Jin remembered the old lady and the kid named Eggy. Several times when he came back from outside and passed by that street, he could always see the old lady sweeping the street with a broom.He noticed that there was a middle-aged woman next to the old lady, who should be staring at the old lady's work. As soon as the old lady stopped, the woman would yell at the old man and insult the old man with various vicious words.

Eggy has always been by Grandma's side, and will not be too far away from the old man.

The child wore the shoes he gave him on his feet and the little padded coat he gave him. He was no longer barefoot and wearing thin clothes blowing the cold wind on the street like when he first saw him.

It has been raining a lot recently, and he sent two raincoats and two straw hats to the child and the old man, but he did not see the old man wearing a raincoat, but the child was wearing a raincoat and a straw hat, but he saw that the old man was wearing a raincoat every day Sweeping the street outside in the rain, got wet all over.

Every time the child passes by, he will look at him and dare not talk to him.

Lu Jin could tell that the grandson and grandson were very wary of the woman staring at them, so he didn't dare to talk to the grandson and grandson, and would only secretly send something to the old man's house when no one was around. Go to help them.

***

After a few months in the Shanghai stock market, the money in his pocket could only be withdrawn every day, and the hospital was like a bottomless pit, and he didn't know how much it would cost, so Lu Jin resumed his old business and found Shanghai. In the black market on the city side, start a small business in the black market.However, he knew that other people were outside, and he didn't know much about the situation in the Shanghai stock market. He didn't dare to find someone to cooperate with. If you dare to sell more, just make sure you earn some income every day.

He didn't dare to expand his business outside, he was afraid of causing trouble to himself, the main reason was that he was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble to Shen Yu, after all, the current situation was hard to say.

Just because he went out for running every day, Lu Jin quickly became familiar with the surrounding terrain, and he remembered clearly which streets and alleys were nearby.

However, Lu Jin felt a little strange when he didn't see the old lady come out to sweep the street for a few days, and even the woman watching the old lady sweeping the street. When he came back from outside this day, he deliberately He made a detour to the old lady's house, looked left and right to see if there was no one around, then he opened the door and went into the yard.

"Grandma, Eggy? Are you at home?"

As soon as his voice fell, a small voice ran out from inside, pulling him into the house.

"Eggy, where's your grandma?" Lu Jin felt a little strange, and followed the child into the house, only to see the old lady lying on the bed, "Grandma?" He called out and reached out to touch the old man. Only when he touched his hot hand did he know that the old man was sick. No wonder he said why he didn't see the old man sweeping the street outside recently.

"Grandma? Can you hear me? Can you get up? I'll take you to the hospital." Lu Jin saw that the old lady's condition was not good, so he wanted to help the old man up. The old man should be sent to the hospital as soon as possible. just go.

"Xiao Jin? Is that you?" The old man opened his eyes and made a weak voice, his cloudy eyes could no longer see anyone.

"Well, it's me, grandma. Grandma, you're sick. I'll take you to the hospital to see a doctor. Persevere." Lu Jin was about to carry the old man on his back, but the old man stopped him.

"Don't bother anymore, I know my time has come... I'm not afraid of death, I'm just afraid that if I die, no one will take care of my balls." With dry fingers, the old man grabbed Lu Jin's hand very hard, with a pair of The cloudy old eyes tried hard to see the young man in front of him, took a deep breath, and said breathlessly: "You promised, help me take care of him, I will give you the big yellow croaker, you help me raise him, raise him Now, the big yellow croaker is yours."

"They all want my big yellow croaker, I won't give it to them... I will give it to you, you help me raise the big yellow croaker, the big yellow croaker is yours... You promise me, you must treat my grandson well, otherwise I will give it to you." No ghost will let you go."