Chapter 697

"My father-in-law didn't know. I had some hidden diseases in my body that time. I didn't dare to go far. In addition, my wife gave birth, and I couldn't get away. It wasn't until the children got older, the business was stable, and my body was almost healthy that I found an opportunity. But I didn't expect Well

Wen Jinrui gently shook his head and sighed deeply. Seeing this, the old man took up the cup again and drank the water. Then he stared at the cup and said, "at that time, there was a boatman here, but there were several. I don't know which one you said?"

Hearing this, Wen Jinrui hesitated a little, and then said: "at that time, because it was just a relationship of employment, I didn't ask so clearly. When I left later, because I was seriously ill, I didn't have the chance to ask."

Speaking of this, Wen Jinrui gave a little meal and seemed to be thinking about something, "but I remember that he was the biggest shipowner in the business here at that time. He was extremely righteous. Later, when I wanted to ask his name to repay his kindness, he just said something and didn't have to say more, so I didn't know his last name."

Smell speech, the father-in-law looked up to Wen Jinrui, a pair of muddy eyes can not see what is thinking, a moment later, it seems that Wen Jinrui is not like lying, the old man this is to move his eyes.

After picking up the kettle and pouring a glass of water again, the old man picked up the cup but didn't drink it. Instead, he looked at the hot water in the cup for a long time. Then he said, "you said, but the boatman surnamed Lin?"

Hearing this, Wen Jinrui didn't respond, but the old woman was suddenly stunned, and a trace of sadness flashed across her face. Then when she found that ye Shuli and Wen Jinrui were looking at her, the old woman quickly put her hand on her face and wiped it: "what is this in her eyes, now I'm aware of it..."

Smell speech, the old man looked at her, and did not say anything, but the face is a little ugly, and then straight at Wen Jinrui, seems to be waiting for his answer.

"It seems to be surnamed Lin, but when I was on the boat, those people didn't call his name, so I'm not very clear. I only know that the boatman was very generous and generous. At that time, people here and business people had a good relationship with him. I don't know what the father-in-law said about him?"

Wen Jinrui recalled the record of the boatman in the historical line he had seen, while observing the change of the old man's look, but gradually he was sure that the biggest boatman in business here at that time was Lin.

"He should be right." A moment later, the old man sighed and said that he picked up the cigarette he had put down before.

But this time, the old woman still lowered her head and rubbed her eyes there, but she didn't notice it. Only when the old man lit the cigarette and it smelled of smoke, did she look up, but finally she lowered her head and didn't mean to stop it.

Seeing this, ye Shuli frowned slightly. It seems that the two old men are not right. They always feel strange. Is there anything to do with the boatman surnamed Lin?

"If the situation is the same as I said, it should be the boatman surnamed Lin." Seeing that the old man didn't mean to speak, Wen Jinrui affirmed what he had just said, so as to continue the topic.

But as soon as Wen Jinrui's voice dropped, the old man suddenly looked up and said to him, "as you can see, the docks here have been taken away by the government, and the rest of these small places are not enough for the freighters to come, so I'm afraid you can't do it to repay your kindness."

Wen Jinrui looked at the old man with doubts and asked, "even if the wharf is gone, the boatman can do something else, and he is the man of fan Wu. Even if the business is not done, people should still be here, right?"

Seeing Wen Jinrui's eagerness and expectation, the old man gently shook his head and then sighed. It seemed that it took a lot of effort to say this sentence, "people are no longer here. You can't repay this kindness."

"No? Is it not here or... "

"In a word, you can't repay the debt. The docks are in the hands of the government. There are only freighters coming and going, and they won't take you to visit, so let's stop here and go back."

After that, the old man took a deep breath of his cigarette and coughed. The old woman on one side also came and patted him on the back. Except for worry, Wen Rui saw something else on the old woman's face.

That's Guilt?

Aware of this, Wen Jinrui looks at Ye Shuli and gives her an inquiring look. But the next moment, before ye Shuli looks at the old woman and wants to respond to Wen Jinrui, she suddenly sees tears floating in the old man's eyes.

Although the next moment was brushed away by the old man without any trace, ye Shuli was sure that she did not read it wrong. For a moment, there were many more questions in her heart.

Is it hard to say that the old man is the original servant of the boatman surnamed Lin? But judging from their age, they should be wrong.

Although the record of the boatman surnamed Lin in the historical line is not very detailed, it can be seen from the words that the boatman should be still in his prime at this time, and this is only a few years ago. Besides, all the work on the ship is hard work, and the two old people should not be able to do it.But since he was not his former subordinate, why did he show such a look?

"Father-in-law, I don't know what happened here. The boatman is very nice and has such high prestige here. How could he suddenly stop doing cargo ship business? And how could the wharf be taken away by the government?"

Also see the two old look wrong, Wen Jinrui thought or directly asked out, but now the focus is on the boatman surnamed Lin.

Although there are many doubts now, it is obvious that according to the historical records at that time, although the dock was not in the hands of the boatman at that time, at least a large part of it was like this, but now it was suddenly taken away by the government. Although some can be guessed, there must be something else.

"We are just ordinary people and fishermen who are so far away. How can we know these things? However, I heard that this matter involves a lot. Let's not ask. Let's go back quickly so as not to cause any trouble."

After a moment of silence, when the old man raised his head, his face had returned to normal, but it was a bit colder than before.