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Zhang Lao han, 76 years old, was very hale and hearty, planting the fields, cutting firewood in the mountain, and carrying a load of nearly a hundred jin. The village people said that the old man was supposed to live to be a hundred years old.
Zhang old man has been living alone for many years, his wife got sick died, 45 years old at the time fangfang daughter 21 years old, working in the field of a weaving mill, son gu yu, 18 years old, read the three son good grades, but since the mother died, grain rain flagging spirit and result straight line descend, three next semester, how he also refused to read, with the relative out paint at home. Mother after the death of the first Dragon Boat Festival, fangfang, worried about a person lonely at home, father is specially home accompany father festival, also bought some clothes for my father footgear, bought his love to eat food, the immaculate home every day, that day at noon, fangfang carrying a bucket of clothes to the big river to wash, accidentally fell into the river and drowned. He lost two of his closest relatives.
From then on, the outgoing old man became taciturn. He was busy every day, from the fields to the fields, the fields to the fields, the crops were harvested, the food was left for himself, the rest were sold. Zhang Lao han felt relieved that his son, gu yu, was so angry that he did not let him worry about his love, marriage and children. Then he bought a house in jiangsu province.
Son gu yu only new home stay for a few days every year, December 28, nine home, on the fifth, sixth and went away, in these days, busy visiting relatives and friends, the son and his father could not say a few words, can a man still happy, walking is a power the wind, watching the longer, the higher, the son of a man smiles all day long. His belt at ordinary times, rarely buy red in meat, my son came back, he bought chicken duck fish, even we never bothers to beef and mutton are normally to carry on big chain, in order to a son, he is willing to give up!
Over the course of the year, the son went away three times, and the family was quiet again, and zhang became depressed again. Later, gu yu gave his father a cell phone, but he rarely call home, zhang old man several times to see son's new home in jiangsu, and see the grandchild, son and daughter-in-law are reluctant to him, however, a few times to find reason to refuse.
Zhang old man used to got up before dawn every day, his single-family house, after getting up, he will open the gates, then the boiling water, tea, cooking, busy in the morning will go to the fields, a little idle, he just up the hill cutting wood, one also not much wood burning, home of a large room filled with wood, wood was heap more than that he took the woodpile in the corridor.
One day, the sun was high, hadron mother saw a man near the gate has been closed, a bit odd, he to the field work at ordinary times, gates was never fastened, also didn't see him out of town over the years. Hadron mother pay attention on that day, lunch time, zhang old man not as usual go home for dinner, she told the hadron dad, hadron dad ran and knocked at the gate, there is no response, he called zhang man's mobile phone, mobile phone is, no one is answering, he hurriedly called to tell the gu yu, gu yu show hadron dad to pry open the door to the house, hadron dad home door, see a man down on the bed, one hand is to edge, should be thought of the bed to see where he snorts, found that the old man died, people rushed to, it is said that a man must be a night fall back to bed when the sudden death, also don't know what time is dead, zhang old man one meal can eat two bowls of rice, so big age and make not over of strength, how suddenly died? No one knows. The father of hadron quickly called the grain rain, and in the evening, the grain rain family came back... Processed father's affairs, gu yu and his wife to sort out his father's legacy, in the home of old wooden cases, at the bottom of the handkerchief found two grid, the packet layer upon layer, a handkerchief has more than nine thousand yuan of money, the other a handkerchief is an exercise book paper write ious, handwriting scrawl, grain rain like half a day to recognize all the, "borrow Zhang Mingsheng RMB today, eighty thousand interest one." Below is the date, there is no the name of the borrowers, zhang old man illiterate, the somebody else give him out of the sliver, he would be safe to lend the money, because there is no signature, grain rain also don't know who is his creditors, query, no results...
Hadron said dad, zhang man before he said once, grain rain into a new look, he is going to give his son a sum of money, but the grain rain into the new house didn't let the old man, a man always remember grandson's birthday, his son want to go home, give grandchildren a big red packets to celebrate birthday, however, all these years, grain rain couple didn't let him go. Each New Year, he gives his grandson a big red packet. When he leaves, the grain rain always leaves the red envelope intact. Grain rain over the years haven't seen his father for a penny, my father always says they have used, gu yu, wildest dreams father had so much money, he can't read, it is not convenient for savings in the bank, the money has been on the side, the last muddleheaded never know who is using.
Holding this note with no signature, I have not seen a tear in the valley of tears...
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