The man was very old. From the information, he was almost 90 years old.
It was said that he was very quiet in the nursing home and didn't like to participate in group activities.
Other than eating, sleeping, and admiring the scenery every day, he only read.
His children were also old and couldn't visit him often. His grandchildren were even fewer.
Gu Nianzhi and Huo Shaoheng walked over with the volunteer group.
The two of them were newcomers, so they watched how others did it and imitated what others did.
Gu Nianzhi observed for a while and realized that there didn't seem to be a set pattern.
The volunteers chatted with the elderly in the nursing home in twos and threes, played games, played cards, played mahjong, sang, played the erhu, and played the pipa. It was like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea and showing off their skills.
Gu Nianzhi was amazed.
She whispered to Huo Shaoheng, "The people who came to visit these elderly are also middle-aged and elderly …"
Young people didn't volunteer at nursing homes.
Without batting an eyelid, Huo Shaoheng said, "People have a compassionate mentality, especially when they're about to enter old age."
Gu Nianzhi nodded and followed him slowly on the lawn in front of the nursing home building.
The lawn was lush and green. As they walked, the morning dew soaked her and the hem of her pants.
When they arrived under the tree where the man was, Gu Nianzhi smiled and handed over a book they had prepared. She said, "Hello, we're a volunteer group. You're in a good mood today."
Gu Nianzhi was very good with words and acted naturally. She didn't care whether the person responded or not. She almost forced the book onto the person's knees and continued, "This book is very interesting. It's a novel about something that happened decades ago. I wonder if you're interested?"
The man heard this and pushed her book to the ground indifferently. He said stiffly, "I'm not interested. I never read novels."
Gu Nianzhi almost couldn't control her expression. "You never read novels?! Then what do you do in your spare time? "
The man frowned. "What I do in my spare time has nothing to do with you."
There was really no way to talk about this …
Gu Nianzhi blinked and quickly changed the topic. "It's not my business. I'm just curious. Sir, what were you reading just now? "
The man's expression relaxed slightly. He lowered his head and said, "Ants moving. What can you read under the tree? Of course, only ants move. "
Gu Nianzhi walked over, bent down, and followed the ants under the tree to move.
Ants were busy moving things into a pile of loose soil at the foot of the tree.
Gu Nianzhi smiled and said, "… They're moving to the Da Huai An Kingdom, right?"
The man looked up and looked at Gu Nianzhi in surprise. His voice was much gentler and less stiff. He asked, "You know about the Pagoda Tree Anguo?"
"I know." Gu Nianzhi straightened up and stood under the tree. She clasped her hands behind her back and said, "It's from a dream of grandeur. Chun Yu Mu dreamed that he accidentally entered the 'Da Huai An Kingdom.' He married the princess as his son-in-law and had five sons and two daughters. He had an illustrious official position. In the end, when he woke up, he realized that it was just a dream. The so-called 'Da Huai An Kingdom' was just an ant hole under the large locust tree in front of his house."
"Yes, life is just a dream, an empty joy." The man let out a long sigh, and his mood became even lower.
Gu Nianzhi saw that he seemed to be very emotional, so she immediately took the opportunity to ask, "Why do you say that? I don't think life is a dream. Although everyone will return to dust in the end, the meaning of life is not in the end, but in the experience. "
The man looked up and smiled at Gu Nianzhi. He said very kindly, "It's really interesting to talk to young people. You're really full of life. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers …"
Gu Nianzhi, "…"
She really wanted to look at herself in the mirror to see if there was something wrong with the makeup on her face.
Huo Shaoheng said calmly, "We're also old. Although we're younger than you, we're still quite far from the word 'young people'."
"Haha, is that so?" The man's eyes were a bit cloudy, so he couldn't actually see Gu Nianzhi and Huo Shaoheng's faces clearly.
But because he couldn't see their faces clearly, he wasn't fooled by their disguises.
Just from Gu Nianzhi's voice, the speed and tone of her speech, and the natural vitality in her words, the man concluded that the woman in front of him was in her early twenties.
However, since Huo Shaoheng said they were old, the man didn't expose him.
He only looked at Gu Nianzhi and said to her, "Can I trouble you to push me back? I'll treat you to tea. "
Gu Nianzhi quickly nodded. "Thank you. We came with the volunteer group today, and it's our first time here. What do you usually do with the volunteers? Do you want to play cards? "
She pushed the man's wheelchair towards the nursing home building.
This nursing home was a very high-end nursing home in C City.
The building had elevators, and there were several professional nurses stationed on each floor. There were also doctors who regularly came to check on the elderly.
Each elderly person had their own small suite, less than 30 square meters, but it had a bedroom, living room, and bathroom. There was no kitchen.
Meals were delivered on time every day.
Gu Nianzhi and Huo Shaoheng pushed the old man up to his floor and into his small suite.
The old man stood up from the wheelchair and leaned on his cane. He asked shakily, "What kind of tea do you like to drink? I have green tea, black tea, coffee, and fruit juice here. "
Gu Nianzhi and Huo Shaoheng actually didn't know how to eat or drink here, but they still said politely, "I'll do it. What kind of tea would you like to drink?"
The old man nodded and smiled. "Thank you. I'd like black tea."
Gu Nianzhi saw a row of cupboards facing the wall in the corner of the living room. There was a coffee machine and a water heater on the cupboard below.
Gu Nianzhi boiled water and made tea. She placed it in front of the old man and found a bag of muffins in the cupboard. She opened it on a plate and brought it over.
The old man was very happy and said, "Black tea with muffins is also very good. In the early years, we used to eat butter on bread and Colombian black coffee."
C City had always been the first city to internationalize in the Huaxia Empire, and it used to be the largest city.
The people here were very knowledgeable, especially the older generation. Many of them had experience studying abroad in their early years.
The old man in front of her had such experience.
Gu Nianzhi sat across from him with a smile. She held a cup of green tea in her hand but didn't drink it. She asked, "What did you do in the past? You must have been abroad, right? "
"I came back from studying abroad." The old man became a chatterbox and gradually chatted with Gu Nianzhi. "Many people went abroad at that time, and many people came back as well. We all didn't want to stay abroad. "
"Yes, yes, yes. Home is still the best." Gu Nianzhi nodded repeatedly. "What did you study? Did you work here after you came back? "
"I studied mechanical manufacturing. After I came back, I taught at the university here until I retired." The old man recalled the past, and his smile grew. "Are you young people also interested in things from so long ago?"
"Of course I'm interested!" Gu Nianzhi's eyes seemed to light up, and her expression was very infectious. "I'm very interested in that era! A few decades ago, there was a big change in policy. Everything was different. Reform and opening up were really great! "
"… Oh, reform and opening up …" The old man snorted. He was obviously not as enthusiastic.
Gu Nianzhi sensed the change in his mood and said, "Yes, the reform and opening up was a huge opportunity. Look at how many rich people have been created? From households with tens of thousands of yuan in the beginning, now one can't even be considered rich in a million yuan. Tens of millions are just the starting point. Time has really changed … "
"Time has changed …? Haha … "The old man laughed again." It's not a good thing to infinitely expand people's yearning for wealth. "
"This is inevitable." Gu Nianzhi said perfunctorily. She was thinking about how to naturally lead the topic to Qin Huichang's family.
Huo Shaoheng blew on his coffee and said calmly, "Yes, too much emphasis on the pursuit of wealth is indeed not conducive to social stability. Especially in the early days, people often had the opportunity to get rich overnight. It's already very difficult now. "
"Get rich overnight …" The old man seemed to have thought of something and muttered over and over again. He said regretfully, "Yes, get rich overnight … But some people just don't have this life!"
Gu Nianzhi perked up and quickly said, "If they don't have this life, that means they don't have the opportunity to get rich overnight. What's there to regret?"
"You can't say that." The old man got into a chatty posture and confided in Gu Nianzhi. "I used to have a colleague whose family owned a piece of land in Z City in the south. You know, at that time, Z City was just a small fishing village. Having a piece of land there wasn't much."
"But he suddenly sold that piece of land. In less than half a year, that piece of land was actually enclosed into the special economic area of Z City. His value suddenly increased a hundredfold!"
Gu Nianzhi was excited and tried her best to suppress her emotions. She asked carefully, "Your colleague has land in Z City? Why did he suddenly sell it? Is he regretting it so much that his intestines have turned green? "
The old man looked even more regretful. He shook his head and said, "He won't have the chance to regret it. Not long after returning from Z City, his family of three was involved in a car accident and broke up. "
"They didn't even see the day when this piece of land would become successful."
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This is today's second update: Chapter 1775, "A Dream of Nanke".
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