To middle age

"I wanted to say last time, why is there a lottery at this wedding banquet, and the pomp is too big?" I smiled helplessly.

"The main reason is that the guests can be happy, but it's nothing in fact." Zhou Ruoyun smiled.

"Okay." I nodded helplessly.

"Brother Chen, you and your cousin should say, don't have any barriers between you, it's better to get along with each other in harmony." Zhou Ruoyun continued.

"I know that my cousin's family is here these past two days, so take care of you." I replied.

"What you said, we are a family, how could I put on a face, I will definitely treat it well." Zhou Ruoyun smiled.

"Yeah." I nodded.

Later, I talked with Zhou Ruoyun about the demolition households. I explained that I have made an appointment with Jiang Qing from the project department tomorrow, and plan to go there soon.

Early the next morning, I went out early.

I bought a breakfast at the breakfast shop outside, and I rushed to the project site directly.

At about six o'clock, I rushed to the small road where the three demolished households were.

I parked the car and didn’t get off. It’s still early. I haven’t seen these three families open the door to the living room. Of course, one of them doesn’t live here. If you can pay for the four houses at any time, come look for it. they.

I took out my breakfast and I started to eat.

Just after my breakfast, I saw a red Audi A3 and Jiang Qing came.

Today’s Jiang Qing is wearing a brown suit with long hair draped over her shoulders. She is stepping on a pair of black high-heeled shoes, giving people the aura of a female president. Of course, Jiang Qing is 35 or 6 years old. There is a daughter in the family, and her husband is said to also work in a listed company, and her daughter-in-law and mother-in-law bring her.

"Xiao Chen, how long have you been here?" Jiang Qing got out of the car and got into my co-pilot.

"Twenty minutes earlier than you." I said.

It is now close to half past six. Through the windshield, I looked at the two houses. Their doors were closed, but I have been here for so long and have not seen these two groups of elderly people. It still feels a bit strange.

"Xiao Chen, let me tell you about the situation. The family in the east is a pair of lonely elderly people with no children. So no matter where they move, there is no attraction to them. This old man is called Yu Xiang, my aunt's name is Xu Fengqin. They are natives and basically don’t have any friends. They don’t touch the outside world except for the villagers. Now the villagers have moved out one after another and their houses are demolished. In fact, they are quite alone. Tao.

"What about the other pair of old people?" I asked.

"Another pair of elderly people, the uncle's name is Gao Jinlong and the aunt's name is Song Fujuan. They have two children, one boy and one girl. These children usually never visit the elderly. Uncle and Aunt Song made the decision. Their family has a total of two hundred and forty square meters. They can take three sets of two-bedroom and one-living houses, each of which is 80 square meters. In fact, this kind of compensation is already very good, but the son said that he lives in the house. My sister got married, so the house belongs to him, and his sister said that there are three sets of parents, brothers, and her own. Uncle Gao and Aunt Song, and Uncle Yu and Aunt Xu have a very good relationship. Neighbor." Jiang Qing continued.

"It turned out to be like this." I was stunned.

"Uncle Yu and Aunt Xu do not move out, they like to live here, but Uncle Gao and Aunt Song are afraid that they will be divided into houses, and they will all be occupied by their children, and they will eventually be settled in a nursing home. Now that there are many children in the city, they send the elderly away at every turn Go to a nursing home so that they will not affect their lives." Jiang Qing continued.

"This is too bad." I suddenly became a little angry.

"Xiao Chen, think about it, this is Pu District, which is close to the outer ring. Although it is in the suburban area, the houses here are at least 5 to 60 thousand square meters, and 200 square meters can be more than 10 million. This is one thousand. More than ten thousand. Many local people here work in state-owned enterprises and institutions with an annual salary of about 100,000. How long can they earn ten million?" Jiang Qing continued.

"For a long, long time, and for such a house to rent, a two-bedroom and one-living house is at least five or six thousand a month, and two sets are more than 10,000 yuan. With the salary, it can be very moist and there is no mortgage pressure." I nodded.

"Hey, children who dislike old parents and never come to support them. They come when they see the demolition. The old people must be disgusted, so they say they will not demolition, but they refuse to leave." Jiang Qing sighed slightly.

While we were chatting, I saw the door of Uncle Yu's house opened. Uncle Yu was wearing a white vest and a blue military uniform.

This is an old military uniform. The style is very old. It is all patches. If I am not mistaken, this dress should have been worn until now after being discharged from the army. As for the auntie wearing a shirt, there is a red coat outside.

The old couple are estimated to be about 65 years old, about ten years older than my parents. The uncles can see that they are still healthy. He is holding a pole and two dung buckets, obviously intending to water. , And the aunt made some firewood under the eaves outside the house, and she was probably planning to cook breakfast.

"Go!" I hurriedly opened the car door.

"Good!" Jiang Qing followed.

Jiang Qing and I approached the uncle and aunt, and at this moment, the uncle and aunt frowned when they saw us.

"You are the demolition office, we will not move." Uncle Yu hurriedly shouted.

"Uncle Yu, you have good peppers and eggplants, are you growing lettuce over there?" I did not answer Uncle Yu's words, but pointed to the small vegetable garden and smiled.

"Of course, I water every day!" Uncle Yu said hurriedly.

"Uncle, my house is also in the countryside. I haven't watered it for a long time. Why should I try?" I smiled and walked to Uncle Yu, while Jiang Qing looked at me in surprise.

"Just you kid? Didn't you do the demolition? Today is not the sugar-coated cannonball?" Uncle Yu smiled, but he was still wary of me.

"We are not doing the demolition, but the magic town project next door is indeed ours." I said.

"Then you go, I don't welcome you." Uncle Yu said hurriedly.

"That is, our old couple will not move. No matter how many houses are given, we like to live here." Aunt Xu also said.

"This--" Jiang Qing was suddenly embarrassed.

"Master, I'll show you now, can I carry water? I'll make breakfast for you later and try the craftsmanship of my hometown." I said hurriedly.

"Ah? You still have to carry water and make breakfast for us? Where are you from?" Uncle Yu looked at me in surprise.

"I'm from Hui Province, my hometown is Xuancheng." I grinned.

"Oh, I used to be a soldier in Hui Province, and our army is in Huangshan." Uncle Yu's eyes suddenly brightened.

"Then dare to love, old comrades can get together, uncle, do you still contact your comrades?" I said hurriedly.

"No, there was not even a phone in those days, and it was hard for people to find it." Uncle Yu was a little disappointed when asked about this.

"Uncle, it's not difficult to find someone. Now that the Internet is very developed, we can definitely get together!" I said, picking up the shoulder pole, and two buckets.