Modern longevity: starting from Baduanjin

Chapter 3
People are going to die, and money is already a foreign object to Zhou Shen, but he still has to think about grandma's future life.

If you have money, you can let others take care of you.

No money, no filial son in front of the hundred-day bed.

Because Zhou Shen didn't answer the phone yesterday, the project manager was going to scold him bloody.

But when Zhou Shen took out the inspection report, the project manager immediately swallowed the words in his throat, comforted him with a gentle voice he had never seen before, and helped him go through the resignation procedures at an unprecedented speed.

And this month is paid according to the whole month's salary, including performance bonuses, overtime pay, project bonuses that were in arrears before, etc., and he was paid nothing less.

Before leaving, he personally sent him to the elevator entrance and watched him leave.

Zhou Shen's hometown is in Huaijiang City, Dongjiang Province, which is next door to Shanghai, more than 400 kilometers away from Shanghai.

At 03:30 in the afternoon, Zhou Shen left the South Station of Huaijiang High-speed Railway Station with a suitcase.

Then I took the online car-hailing car that was reserved in advance and went straight to Xiaozhou Village, Linhuai Town, Xinyang County, below Huaijiang City.

Sitting in the back seat, Zhou Shen looked at the silhouettes of street trees receding rapidly on both sides of the road, and his heart became more and more nervous.

He didn't know how to face grandma when he went back.

How sad would grandma be if she knew that her only eldest grandson was going to die in a few months?

"Hey……"

Thinking of such a scene, Zhou Shen couldn't help feeling sad and sighed deeply.

Half an hour later, the car entered the area of ​​Linhuai Town. On both sides of the road were small new rural villas with elegant environment and shady trees.

The small villas here are rural nursing homes, which are very cheap. The two-story 120 square meters with a small yard cost about 6 to 180 yuan, and the three-story 20 square meters cost only [-] yuan.

However, very few people buy. Young people go to big cities. Even if they get married and buy a house, they go to Xinyang County and Huaijiang City to buy.

After driving along the spacious cement road for less than two kilometers, the online car-hailing car turned left into Xiaozhou Village and stopped in front of a two-story villa.

The old house of his family a few years ago was also demolished, and the square meter was equal to the square meter. He also compensated the village more than 4 yuan, and took a small house of 120 square meters.

After paying the fare on the mobile phone, Zhou Shen got out of the car and opened the reserve area, trying to take out the suitcase.

As a result, the force was too strong, and the liver area of ​​the right abdomen suddenly convulsed. The pain caused his eyes to turn black, and he almost fainted to the ground.

The driver in the driver's seat saw from the rearview mirror that Zhou Shen was holding the trunk of the car for a long time and did not respond. Out of curiosity, he opened the door and walked out.

Seeing Zhou Shen clutching his chest with a painful look on his face, he couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter, are you okay?"

Zhou Shen covered his chest and shook his head.

The driver helped him take out the suitcase and put it on the ground, then drove away quickly.

Zhou Shen held the suitcase and took a breath. After the sharp pain gradually disappeared, he pulled the suitcase and walked slowly towards the gate of the courtyard.

Under the wall at the entrance, in the garden where green plants or flowers should have been planted, a lot of vegetables were planted, such as green onions, cabbage, lettuce, and leeks. There was also a shelf on the side of the wall, and green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc. were planted.

Not only his family, but basically every household in the surrounding area is like this.

Rural people's vegetable-growing skills are deeply rooted in their bones. They don't focus on vegetables in front of and behind the house, and they are embarrassed to go out to meet people.

Hearing the sound of the suitcase pulleys outside the door, Zhou Shen's grandma Zhang Xiu'e, who was folding clothes in the house, stood up and looked at the door. When she saw that the eldest grandson had returned, she was overwhelmed with surprise.

"Da Shen, you're back!"

The little old lady yelled and hurried out to greet her.

Dashen is a bit awkward to read in Mandarin, but when spoken in their local dialect, it is pronounced the same as "Dasun", which is very intimate.

Zhou Shen happily put his arms around the little old lady who was less than 1.6 meters tall and had a slightly hunchback, and shouted happily: "Grandma! I miss you so much."

As he spoke, he bowed his head and kissed a few hard on the top of grandma's gray head.

The little old lady reached out and grabbed the trolley case in Zhou Shen's hand, and said with a smile on her face, "I didn't tell grandma in advance when I came back, and said I missed grandma."

"I want to give you a surprise..."

Zhou Shen had a sunny smile on his face, but a trace of pain flashed between his brows.

……

The eldest grandson came back, and the little old lady cooked a lot of dishes at night, including fish, meat, melons, fruits and vegetables, and killed an old hen that laid eggs.

The small villas in the new countryside do not allow sheds to raise chickens, so the little old lady transformed the side of the small yard where the sundries were kept into a chicken coop. Seven or eight old hens were raised in it. Take it out and sell it for some money to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

In addition to eggs, the little old lady will also fold vegetables that cannot be eaten, put them in a small tricycle, and ride to the entrance of the vegetable market in the town to sell them at a stall.

In fact, Zhou Shen will send money to the little old lady every month. She is not short of money, but it is just the habit of thrift.

Zhou Shen ate in small mouthfuls, chewing slowly.

Rice, vegetables, chicken, pork, and fish are ground with teeth before swallowing.

When drinking soup with a spoon, you have to blow off the oil on the top, and only dare to drink it when you can see that there are no broken bones in the soup.

Although the little old lady on the side was puzzled, why did the grandson who used to gobble up his meals now eat like a little girl?

But the joy of the eldest grandson's return overshadowed the doubts in his heart, so he didn't ask in detail.

Instead, they asked Zhou Shen's girlfriend Zhang Zihan.

"Dashen, when do you and Xiaohan plan to get married?"

"Uh……"

Zhou Shen wanted to do the same as before, find an excuse to deal with it first, and wait a few days to say it earlier.

But seeing grandma's expectant eyes, he really couldn't bear to lie, so he was silent for a while and said, "Grandma, Zihan and I broke up."

Contrary to Zhou Shen's expectation, the little old lady didn't show any surprised expression when she heard the words, and she didn't even ask why they broke up, but just comforted: "It's okay, we'll just split up. My Dashen is so good, I will definitely find you in the future." Better girls."

Looking at grandma's plain and kind face, Zhou Shen couldn't help feeling warm.

This little old lady with little culture is stronger, braver and more understanding than he imagined.

Next, Zhou Shen and grandma chatted about the parents' short stories.

After dinner, there was a shout at the door.

It was the old lady next door who asked Grandma Zhou Shen to go to the town to do a square dance.

Seeing Zhou Shen came back, the old lady next door came in for a chat, and then urged his grandma to leave quickly.

Grandma Zhou Shen was reluctant to go at first, and wanted to stay at home with her eldest grandson, but under the persuasion of the old lady next door, and Zhou Shen also said to go with her, she took off her apron and locked the door.

After going out, I got on the Old Tou Le of the old lady next door, and drove towards the town center two kilometers away.

The old lady next door is in her sixties, and the old man happily sneaks through the endless traffic.

Linhuai Town is located at the intersection of the three counties under the jurisdiction of Huaijiang City. There are many vehicles passing by every day, and people come and go.

Soon the old lady next door drove the car to Yuanzhen Central Primary School.

The town center primary school was relocated to the north of the town, and the remaining buildings were used as the town government's office and the activity center for the elderly, while the cement playground was covered with plastic surfaces at the expense of the town.

Half of it is used as a basketball court, and the other half is used as a square dance venue for the elderly.

At this time, the LED lamp posts above the venue were lit up, and the lights were bright. There were many people playing basketball on the basketball court, and on the other side of the square dance venue, there were also many middle-aged and elderly people gathered.

Zhou Shen followed the old lady to the square dance venue.

He didn't notice it before, but today he discovered that the square dance venue was actually divided into several "cliques".

There are slow-paced elderly square dances, middle-aged square dances and ballroom dances with moderate intensity, and fast-paced young women's square dances.

A big horn is placed in front of each phalanx.

And his grandma and the old lady next door naturally belong to the elderly phalanx.

Seeing grandma greeting a group of old ladies familiarly, and then dancing with the dance, Zhou Shen also had a happy smile on his face.

But with a smile, his eyes couldn't help getting moist.

Zhou Shen turned his back and wiped the corners of his eyes, and walked towards the fitness equipment area on the river bank north of the school.

Under the shade of the trees, some people are playing chess, some are playing cards, some are practicing the parallel bars, or slapping or hitting trees, and all of them are old people, with very strong hands, which makes Zhou Shen, a young man, very ashamed. Very envious.

Once upon a time, he was as agile as these old people, but now he is only [-] years old, but he is already faltering and terminally ill. It is ironic to think about it.

Zhou Shen walked up to the old man who was hitting the tree with his back, and asked casually, "Father, is there anything special about hitting a tree?"

The old man smiled and said, "Of course it's fitness."

Zhou Shen asked suspiciously: "Is it possible to keep fit by hitting a tree? Who said that?"

The old man said: "You don't understand this. From the perspective of traditional medicine, hitting the tree with your back can dredge the meridians, strengthen the body and drive away evil spirits;
From the perspective of modern medicine, hitting the back can also relax the sacral muscles on both sides of the spine, improve local blood circulation, and increase the body's immunity.

Hitting the tree with your back after long-term exercise can relieve neck, shoulder, low back pain, cough and expectoration, and indigestion. "

"Oh oh oh!"

Zhou Shen nodded repeatedly.

He originally thought that these old men were feudal superstitions and didn't know how to practice blindly, but they made him speechless because of their rationale.

After chatting with the old man for a few minutes, I found that he really knows a lot, not only knows all kinds of meridian knowledge, but also has a deep understanding of scientific health preservation knowledge.

Zhou Shen was ashamed when he heard it, and realized that he was really ignorant.

I can't wait to hit the tree twice with the old man.

Unfortunately, thinking of his own body, he could only sigh.

(End of this chapter)