Back from work in the evening, Guo Xiang parked his car under a tree at the entrance of the alley.
It's difficult to drive a car in the alley. Generally, she parks her car outside. She drives her car in and stops at the door unless there is an emergency.
When I got out of the car and walked into the alley, I suddenly heard someone shouting for help and several people swearing.
Guo Xiang looked forward. Two or three small gangsters surrounded a 60 year old man, kicking and scolding. The old man's glasses were hit on the ground, squatting on the ground with his head in his arms and calling for help.
"What are you doing?" Guo Xiang shouted.
"Why don't you mind your own business? The old man owes us money. It's only natural that he owes us money. " One of them said viciously.
Guo Xiang frowned, "then you can't beat someone like this. He's so old. What if he kills him?"
"Can you manage it?" The little gangster was unhappy. "He didn't pay back the money. He deserved to be killed!"
Then he raised his fist and smashed it on the old man's head. Guo Xiang grabbed his hand, "hit me again and I'll call the police!"
The man struggled twice and didn't break away. His face changed. They were used to fighting and knew that Guo Xiang had some Kung Fu in his hand. "OK, look at the beauty's face today, old man. We'll come back to you in two days. Don't blame us for being rude if we don't pay back the money!"
When Guo Xiang saw him say so, he let go. Several people looked at her and left.
"Sir, how are you?" Guo Xiang hurried to help the old man.
The old man trembled his hands to touch his glasses. Guo Xiang quickly picked them up and handed them to him. Half of the glasses feet had been broken. The old man put his glasses on his nose. They almost fell off, so he had to hold them with his hands.
"Girl, thank you!" After seeing Guo Xiang clearly, the old man thanked him repeatedly.
"You're welcome!" Guo Xiang nodded, "are you... Those people want to blackmail you?"
"That's not true. I really owe them money and can't pay it for a while..." the old man was a little embarrassed.
"How much do you owe?" Guo Xiang asked curiously.
"A thousand!" The old man stretched out a finger.
Guo Xiang frowns. To tell you the truth, 1000 is really not little for people now. I don't know what the old man wants so much money for?
But she didn't ask a lot when she was a stranger. She's not the virgin. She can't say to pay him back?
"What about your family? Let them find a way." Guo Xiang said.
"I have no family." The old man smiled bitterly, "no children."
Guo Xiang sipped at the corners of his mouth. He was also a poor man and said, "where is your home? Let me take you home. "
"No trouble." The old man waved his hand. "My house is in front. It's just a few steps away."
"Your home is in this alley?" Guo Xiang was surprised that the economy of having a house here should not be bad?
"My house is also in front. I have medicine. I'll help you with some medicine by the way." Guo Xiang said.
"No, no, I'll just go home and do it myself." The old man shook his head.
Hold the wall and stand well. I almost knelt down when I wanted to step "ouch". I may have been hurt by several people just now.
"Be careful!" Guo Xiang hurriedly held the old man again, "let me help you over."
Anyway, he said it's not far ahead.
"Thank you!" The old man nodded and couldn't walk any more. It would be better if someone helped him.
Guo Xiang helped the old man go forward, crossed his yard, and then went two further to the old man's house.
No wonder I haven't seen the old man before. Guo Xiang thought that she won't go any further when she gets home, so she rarely meets the people inside.
At the door, the old man took out his key and opened the door. Guo Xiang helped him step into the threshold.
The yard was in a mess, filled with various shelves. Some semi-finished porcelain was scattered on the shelves, and some porcelain fell to the ground.
Guo Xiang didn't understand. Is it still a porcelain processing factory here?
"Let you laugh." The old man looked at his messy home and was a little embarrassed.
Guo Xiang took a clean chair from the yard and asked the old man to sit down. "I have medicine at home. I'll bring it to you."
"No, it's too much trouble." The old man waved his hand again and again.
"It's all right. I'm a doctor. I have ready-made medicine at home." Guo Xiang smiled.
The old man was a little surprised to hear that she was a doctor. "That's troublesome."
Guo Xiang nodded, went home and went straight into the room to get the medicine box.
"What's the matter? Hurt? " Gu Zhennan asked hurriedly when he saw her looking for the medicine box.
"It's not me. I just met an old man in the alley. He was injured and had no family. I gave him some medicine." Guo Xiang said, lifting the medicine box.
"I'll go with you!" Gu Zhennan said, take the medicine box.
The old man was still sitting in the living room with a dim light on. He sat there alone and looked very pitiful.
"Uncle!" Guo Xiang shouted.
"Hey, are you here? It's too much trouble for you. " Said the old man.
"It's all right. It's no trouble. I'm used to it." Guo Xiang smiled.
The old man was a little surprised to see a young man coming in behind Guo Xiang. Guo Xiang quickly said, "this is my lover. Come with me..."
"Trouble..." the old man was more and more embarrassed.
"It's all right!" Gu Zhennan answered and put down the medicine box.
First, I found the trauma medicine and wiped the medicine for the injury on the old man's face. I found that his glasses had been glued. I used a piece of white tape to stick the glasses feet. They were very old and should have been worn for a long time.
After wiping the wound on his face, Guo Xiang rolled up the old man's pants again. He found a large piece of blue on his ankle. He quickly touched it with his hand and turned his ankle. Fortunately, he didn't hurt his bone, so he took medicine to help him rub it up.
"Little girl, it's really troublesome for you..." the old man was very embarrassed when he saw that Guo Xiang didn't dislike it at all.
"It's all right. We're not neighbors. We should take care of each other." Guo Xiang smiled.
The old man sighed heavily and seemed very melancholy.
"Sir, who are those people? Why do you owe so much money? " Guo Xiang asked.
"It's a long story..." the old man sighed again and talked about his situation.
The old man's surname is Rong and his name is Rong Yunxiang. He used to be a teacher in a university in Beijing, teaching archaeology.
He was sent to the countryside in the 1960s and came back after more than ten years. The government also returned his yard to him.
However, he was too old to continue teaching, so he retired and now lives on a meager retirement salary.
Although he used to be a university teacher, he hasn't worked for so many years. In fact, his retirement salary is not as much as that of other teachers. Of course, normally, it's enough for him to use alone.
However, because of his occupation, he has always been interested in collecting cultural relics. He collects good things in the countryside these years, and spends all his little money on it.