Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 557 Life and Death Dialogue
This intermediary not only didn't take advantage of it, but also returned the deposit to me.

Yuan Lihong looked at me with a smile and said: "Sometimes, I really should learn your way of doing things, which is effective and quick. It seems that the truth doesn't make sense with everyone."

I explained: "That's not what I said. It is reasonable to go all over the world. The reason is on our side. Of course we can do this, but if the reason is not on our side, we have to admit it. What I just said is not all. To scare them, I deal with it in a relatively gentle way. Others beat them every minute!"

Yuan Lihong said with a smile: "Did you people from the Northeast say that if you can do it, try not to make noise!"

I nodded proudly and said: "This is the direct method, but I also did it because of impulse, and I suffered a lot! Now I usually talk about reason, and when the reason doesn't make sense, I take up the weapon of law and never Let's do it."

After the meal, the old man kept clamoring to play chess. I am the least able to play chess, so I could only reluctantly agree. But the old man's memory is not as good as before, and his chess skills have also declined.

I kept regretting chess, I was not good at playing chess, I got the upper hand by luck, and I was brought back by the old man's repeated regrets. When I wanted to regret chess again, I quit and shouted: "You old regret chess, It’s better to start over again, take one step and regret two steps, how can I still play?”

The old man cheated: "I'm sick, you have to let me order!"

I reluctantly said: "You don't seem to be sick? This memory is better than mine. Besides, your high blood pressure doesn't affect your brain! Who am I lying to?"

The old man said slowly: "I have Alzheimer's disease, and my memory is getting worse, I know it myself!"

Seeing that the old man's originally clear eyes became cloudy, he hurriedly said: "Who are you listening to nonsense, you don't have Alzheimer's disease, it's a disease of wealth, it's something ordinary people like you can get, hurry up Ah, it's your turn, let's agree, we can't regret the game anymore, and I won't play any more!"

The old man smiled and said, "You don't need to hide it from me. I know my own business. Mama Zhang told me that it's normal for people to get sick when they are old!"

I was very angry, but suppressed the anger in my heart, and said to the old man: "It's okay, this disease is curable, and it will definitely be cured. I will go back to Zhuhai with me tomorrow. My dad has nothing to do at home. I can sleep with you every day." chess!"

The old man seemed to be remembering something, and then asked: "Your father? I seem to have met him, Minister Chen? You are the veteran of the Electronics Bureau, don't you? I remember, I remember!"

I nodded and said, "Yes, yes, you have had dinner together twice!"

The old man hummed and said, "I remember, I remember!"

Then he stood up and walked into his room.

I hurriedly shouted: "Where are you going? Haven't you finished playing chess yet?"

The old man said: "It's time to take medicine!"

I walked in, picked up the medicine bottle, passed the medicine to him, and let him take it.

But he looked at me and said, "Mother Zhang, are you cooking? I'm hungry!"

My heart fell to the bottom at this moment. Although I knew that he had this disease before, I never showed it. I only felt it at this moment, and my heart ached.

The needle can’t pierce the flesh, so I really don’t know the pain. I used to hear people talk about this disease, but I just listened to it. When it happens to someone around me, it hurts my heart.

When I got up in the morning, I discussed with Yuan Lihong and brought the old man back to Zhuhai as soon as possible. At the same time, I said to her: "Come back to Zhuhai with me. After you go back, you can live at my restaurant, which is by the sea. The environment is good. It is also convenient for your treatment.”

Yuan Lihong shook her head and said: "My body can't bear the torment, I just want to summarize what I know here, my book will be finished soon, I don't have much time, so I won't go back with you guys I handed Lao Sun and Sheng Nan to you. I don’t feel at ease when I hand them over to others. I know you are responsible. Although this is unfair to you, I have no other choice. Brother Sheng Nan , this life is too selfish, whether it is for lofty ideals or personal desires, everything he does is purposeful and for himself. Only you are truly for this family, Think about the happiness of everyone around you.”

I was a little ashamed and said: "I am not as great as you said. I just hope that everyone around me is happy, so I will be happy. Most people think this way. Besides, the old man is my father-in-law. I should take care of him. If you write a book, you can also go to Zhuhai with me to write it, and it will be convenient for someone to take care of you!"

Yuan Lihong still refused: "I won't go, I won't cause you any trouble!"

I persuaded: "Why bother! We are a family, how can we say trouble? This is what it should be. I still have a lot of questions that I don't understand and I want to ask you for advice!"

Yuan Lihong smiled bleakly and said: "What do you ask me for advice? My knowledge is all theoretical, so it's not as solid as yours. Empty talk is harmful to the country!"

I shook my head and said: "When I didn't take your class, I really felt that theoretical knowledge was useless. But after taking your class, I know that I still need to strengthen the study of theoretical knowledge. I know a lot of knowledge, so I want to ask you a lot.”

Yuan Lihong said with a smile: "You are too modest. I have always underestimated you. Before I admit it, I still looked down on you a little bit. However, the facts have proved that I am wrong. I am here to admit my mistake to you and sincerely agree with you." You apologize, forgive me for being arbitrary and reckless."

I blushed and shook my head and said, "Don't say that. You are my teacher and my mother-in-law. You don't need to apologize to me. I was really unreasonable before. Let's stop talking so much. Come with me now, let me accompany you through the last part of the journey!"

Yuan Lihong said gratifiedly: "You are finally willing to speak out. I thought you were afraid to face the topic of death with me. This is very good! Everyone is going to die, and it's okay to die well. I knew that I was sick. Sometimes, I can’t think about it, I think why it is me, God is too unfair, I feel that I have done something harmful to the sky in my life, if God wants to punish me, it is the attitude towards you, and it is against you and Shengnan. Later , I figured it out, maybe people like me are needed there, and this may not be my punishment."

I hummed and said, "Do you have faith?"

Yuan Lihong said with a smile: "The belief of our generation is communism. We have listened to the Communist Party since we were young. If you have faith, you can see through life and death? I don't think so, unless you are the kind of passionate , that kind of diehard, otherwise people would be afraid of death, people are still full of fear of the unknown world. It must be that fear is greater than curiosity. I am the same, I am also afraid of death, I am also full of fear of death, I am afraid Pain, I'm afraid of being alone, but I have accepted this fact, in my last part of the journey, do what I want to do, what I can do, and that's enough."

I no longer persuade Yuan Lihong, I know she has her own ideas, and I respect her choice.

I nodded and said, "Okay, I respect your choice. I will take the old man away tomorrow. You can live with the old man today."

Yuan Lihong said with a smile: "He and I are old couples now, aren't you surprised, why are we walking together?"

I hummed and said, "Based on your conditions, you can find someone of the same age. I'm not saying that the old man is not good, but you have such a big age difference. Where did the topic come from? Can your values ​​and worldview be the same? "

Yuan Lihong smiled and said: "I thought you were a refined person, so you are just like everyone else. I don't blame you for this. Many people have asked me and questioned me, and they all thought I was trying to trick the old man. Money. How can the old man have any power? How can he have any money? When I met the old man, the old man was about to come down, and his power was of no use at all. His little money is not as much as mine.

The reason why I can get together with the old man is because the old man is upright enough and can understand women's hearts. I asked him at the time, how can he understand women's hearts as a soldier?It turns out that when he was young, he was also a passionate seed. They BJ people are famous for being eloquent, and their mouth is also very powerful, no worse than you, so I got into his boat.At the beginning, I also resisted this relationship. After all, the age and identity are too different, but I can't help him to be stubborn. Later, I think that I want to be happy for the rest of my life, and it is enough for someone to treat you well.

After we got married, he has always been very kind to me, and Shengnan and the second child also respect me very much. If it weren't for you, the old man probably wouldn't lose his temper with me in his life.

But that's fine, if a husband and wife don't quarrel all their lives, it doesn't seem so real, it's too unlike a husband and wife.I was very confused at the time, why so many people thought that I did something wrong in the matter between you and Shengnan. I also reflected on it later, but I couldn’t figure it out. I was doing it for Shengnan’s good, and I was afraid that she would follow You will ruin your future. "

I said dissatisfiedly: "You said you found someone who can speak well, but you can't do it when you go to Shengnan. Your double standards are too serious!"

Yuan Lihong said with a smile: "Lao Sun was much more handsome than you when he was young, and he was also more talented than you. He was a little less sophisticated and more talented."

I said with a stern face: "I admit that I have no talent, but if you say that the old man was more handsome than me when he was young, I definitely don't agree with that. In their old grandson's family, except Katsuo, who is better looking, the others are good-looking. They are all crooked, the eldest looks like a big horse monkey, and the second looks like an uncivilized one. As far as this gene is concerned, they are probably inherited from the old man. As for our family, Sheng Nan, he inherited her mother. Genes!"

Yuan Lihong said with a smile: "You are really half right. Katsuo is indeed a bit more like her mother. However, you are too harsh. When the boss was young, he was quite handsome. He is the boss. face, as if the whole world owed him money, and the second child is also very handsome now, a bit like that movie star Chen Daoming!"

I smiled and said: "Your old man is really old, how old is Chen Daoming, you are just boasting, why don't you find someone younger?"

Yuan Lihong smiled without saying a word, went into the room and took out a yellowed photo album, opened it for me to read.

Pointing to one of them, he said, "This is Sheng Nan's mother. Do you think she looks exactly the same as Sheng Nan? Look at this picture again. Do you think the old man was handsome when he was young?"

I nodded, looked at the old man in the room and said, "You're so handsome, why didn't you become more handsome when you were young, what a pity!"

Yuan Lihong laughed and scolded: "It's really bad! You have such a broken mouth!"

In the evening, I didn't stay at home, so I went to find an old classmate of BJ's, and left some private space for both of them.

This old classmate of mine is my junior high school classmate, who used to be the beauty of our school, and later was admitted to Guangzhou Medical University. After graduating from graduate school, he came to BJ Union Medical College Hospital for internship.

She is on duty tonight, and she is very happy to know that I am coming to BJ, but if she is on duty, she says she can’t accompany me to eat, and she wants me to finish the meal by myself. If you are not afraid of the hospital being dirty, you can talk to her, and she is also on duty alone. Very boring.

I readily agreed, not for anything else, I want to consult her about Yuan Lihong and the old man's illness.

I ate something casually, packed a KFC family bucket for her, and drove to Xiehe Hospital.

The hospital at night was crowded with people, many people were queuing up, I didn’t know how to find her, so I called her, and after a while, a pretty little nurse patted me on the shoulder and asked, “You are our Young Master He's boyfriend?"

I froze for a moment, and then replied: "It can be!"

The little nurse smiled and said, "Not bad, interesting! Come with me!"

As I followed her, I said, "How come you have become a 7-11 convenience store, open 24 hours a day?"

The little nurse smiled and said, "These are all waiting in line for an appointment. It's cold, so let them come in and wait."

Walking to a doctor's lounge, she knocked on the door and winked at me and said, "The lounge is soundproof and no one is disturbing you!"

I smiled helplessly, opened the door and went in.

He Dashao was dressed in a white coat, with his hands in his pockets and gold-rimmed glasses, still youthful and beautiful.

Seeing me, holding a KFC family bucket, I happily took it, opened it and started eating.

I said dissatisfiedly: "Shouldn't old classmates have to hug each other when they meet? Do you think I'm delivering food?"

Young Master He put down the fried chicken in his hand, and hugged me firmly.

I hurriedly pushed her away and said, "Have you washed your hands yet? Don't stain my clothes. I'm paying it back to the doctor. You don't pay attention to hygiene!"

(End of this chapter)