Mountain dwelling practice: I am a gentle guest in the world

Chapter 430

Sitting at a roadside stall, I imagined how grand the hotel’s terrace nightclub was.

The food ordered by both of them tasted good. The owner of this stall is open-minded and does not restrict guests from bringing other food. Therefore, the two of them also had a bunch of barbecued vegetables brought from the food court on their table, and they ate happily.

Don't forget that this is a roadside stall, business is booming and every seat is packed.

A thin man in his early sixties walked slowly past these roadside stalls, holding a handful of change in his hand. He looked at the banknotes hesitantly from time to time, and then looked up at the seats of these stalls, as if looking for an empty seat.

Lan Qiuchen's back was turned to him, so he didn't see it, otherwise he would have taken the initiative to call him over.

Sang Yue saw it, and originally didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but...

"Why don't you eat? What are you looking at?" Unable to hear the sound of fans slurping on the other side, Lan Qiuchen raised her eyes curiously, followed her gaze and looked back, and immediately raised her hand, "Uncle, this way There’s a seat!”

Although the other person should be called uncle based on his or her age, people always want to be younger in the eyes of others.

Sang Yue: "..."

Although the square table for two people is small, it can indeed seat four people. The old man looked at the banknotes in his hand and hesitated, hearing the sound. Seeing that they were two young girls, they probably thought of something and walked over.

When he arrived, Lan Qiuchen had already wiped the stool for him and warmly greeted him to sit down.

Seeing that he was dressed simply and holding banknotes in his hand, I guessed that he had just come out of the countryside. Because he was wearing a pair of ripped cloth shoes, no matter how poor the old people in the city were, they would not dress like this.

"Me, I just want to drink a bowl of porridge," facing the two girls, the old man said timidly with a strong local accent, "Just plain porridge, I don't know how much a bowl costs."

"Eating plain porridge is not nutritious," Lan Qiuchen knew what the old man was worried about, so she casually found an excuse, "It's my birthday tonight, so it's a bit deserted for her to celebrate me alone. It's rare that the uncle doesn't mind and is willing to sit over and help me gain popularity... "

So tonight, she invited her to have a meal of plain porridge instead of a hearty bowl of noodles with mixed vegetables and meat.

"It's late at night. Eating mixed noodles can cause indigestion." Sang Yue rarely objected and reached out to call the waiter at the stall. "A bowl of minced vegetable and minced meat porridge, please have a big bowl."

Lan Qiuchen was extremely surprised by Sang Guiren's initiative to help others, but she still nodded in cooperation:

"also."

Originally, it was supposed that the birthday girl Gong Lan Qiuchen would pay the bill, but when the porridge was served, the old man refused to eat the free midnight snack and insisted on paying. So the two told him in front of the waiter that this bowl of porridge costs three yuan, so just pay the waiter directly.

The waiter was a discerning person, so he nodded in agreement with the two of them, and casually made two strokes on the menu for their table, and then handed it to Miss Lan for review.

On it is written the real price of this bowl of porridge, and the words -3.

When it was done, the waiter continued to work, and Sang Yue also continued to eat her fat rice rolls. Lan Qiuchen was about to use her gossip spirit to chat, but the old man took out a photo from his pocket, shook his hands and asked if they had met.

"He is my youngest son," the old man looked at the two of them expectantly, "he is a college student..."

When he saw that the two girls were young and well-dressed college students, in addition to feeling good about them, he wanted to ask for help. The college student is smart and an intellectual like his son. He must have more ways to find people than he does.

"He is a student from the best university here..."

After returning to school after the Chinese New Year, we kept in touch for the first two months, but then lost contact. Initially, his family didn't take it seriously because he was working part-time while studying and was often so busy that he forgot to call his family.

But this time it took too long, and I didn’t call home for almost two months.

His family called him, but he didn't answer. Later, the old man asked the young people in the village to help him call his son, only to learn that his son's mobile phone number was empty, and he suddenly panicked.

"I have two sons," the old man's eyes turned red when he mentioned the children, and his mouth trembled as he babbled. "The eldest son got a serious illness when he was about to marry a wife, and he died. The younger son is ours. The lifeblood of the whole family..."

The lifeblood of practical significance.

The old man himself has ailments, and his wife also has uremia. It happened that his family lived a long life and his parents were still alive. Therefore, in addition to taking care of each other's sick bodies, this couple also has to serve the two elderly people above them.

After the eldest son died, the four old men tightened their belts and gritted their teeth and worked hard to provide for his education.

The child also managed to live up to his expectations and was successfully admitted to college. He paid for all the expenses himself, and there was still money left over to send to his father every month. It can be said that the four old people are now supported by him alone, which is a veritable lifeblood.

Suddenly disconnected, the family is worried and at the same time worried about their future livelihood.

"What's the use of just being anxious? Call the police!" Lan Qiuchen was very anxious when she heard this. "Your son is missing so big, and the school didn't notify his parents?"

"Report it," the old man muttered with wet eyes, "Report it. When the police found out that my son was missing, they found that he had called the school on his mobile phone and told him that he would suspend school for a year..."

But the school didn't wait until he came back to complete the formalities. They called him but couldn't find anyone.

I could only hear his reply in his voice, saying that he was in a hurry and would go back to school to complete the formalities after finishing the matter. The school believed it to be true and waited and waited until the student's parents came to the school to find out that he was missing.

The police are now investigating. The old man's home is in the next province, so it's not easy to come there.

The village chief has arranged for the younger generation to take care of his family, allowing him to stay here with peace of mind and wait for news about the child. The school knew about his predicament and paid to rent a room for him to stay in a hotel near the school for a long time.

The school had a good attitude and took the initiative to pay for his room, so the old man felt embarrassed to let them spend money again.

Therefore, he makes three meals a day by himself.

But he had no money, so he could only buy three loaves of bread for breakfast every day. One bun each in the morning, noon and evening was enough. I was unlucky today. I just ate one bun this morning and the remaining two were snatched away by a passing dog.

"Ahem..." Sang Yue choked twice on the spicy soup.

Lan Qiuchen was speechless and held her forehead: "..."

The saying that hemp ropes only break at the thinnest places and misfortunes only seek out the miserable is absolutely true. The breakfast buns in the city are so thin, each bite is small and not filling at all. The old man went out to look for food because he was so hungry that he couldn't bear it.

"It's okay, you eat first," Lan Qiuchen glanced at Sang Yue and saw her nodding, then said, "When we're full, we'll think of a solution slowly. Don't worry, we students have connections as students, and we will definitely be able to find your son."

Her words made the old man extremely excited.

I wanted to stand up and say thank you, but I was so hungry that I almost fell down. Not daring to waste time, I hurriedly took a few bites with trembling hands.

"It takes time for me to find a way," Lan Qiuchen saw this, picked up the phone to comfort him and said, "You eat slowly, I will use the phone to shake people, ah no, I will find someone to inquire..."

You don’t have to use your mobile phone to make calls, you can also send messages.

So, when he saw her scrolling through her mobile phone, the old man believed it and hurriedly drank the porridge attentively.

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