Haining City, antique street, in front of a dilapidated stall.
An old man in shabby clothes was sitting on a pony, his back against the cold wall, smoking his pipe without a mouthful.
The old man is Ren laoguai. He looks at the sky as if he is thinking about something important.
"Brother, I recently bought cut tobacco. Would you like to try it?" An old man in an orange vest and a huge broom came over.
The old man is the sanitation worker of this antique street. He is usually responsible for the cleaning here and is very familiar with Ren laogua.
"Oh? Is it? I'll try it. " Ren laoguai immediately recovered, knocked the cut tobacco in his pipe and put the old man's cut tobacco in.
"Well, it's good. It tastes good." Ren laoguai took a deep sip of his pipe and nodded.
"Yes, my son mailed it to me from his hometown. Here is a bag for you." The old man casually took a small bag full of cut tobacco.
Ren laoguai looked at a bag of cut tobacco with a smile in his eyes: "thank you, old brother."
With that, he got up and went to his stall, took the small porcelain bowl, handed it to the old head and said, "I have nothing to give you. Here you are."
"Oh, no, no, it can't be used." The old man quickly refused.
Others don't know. He knows very well. Ren laoguai's stall looks dirty and broken, but it's genuine. It's really more than those things in the window with lights shining.
"It's all right. Take it and think about it." Ren laoguai smiled at him.
"What? You're not going to set up a stall here? " The old man asked Ren laoguai.
"No, today is the last day." Ren laoguai sighed and looked at the booth, the ancient long street and every stone on the ground.
"Why? Are you ready to open a shop? " The old man hurriedly asked.
He got along well with Ren laoguai. When he was free, he came to talk to him. Now his friends for many years suddenly wanted to leave, and he quickly asked why.
"No, just tired. Go back and have a rest." Ren laoguai smiled.
There are at least hundreds of millions of antiques sold by him, but he still doesn't have much money. All the money has been donated.
"Well, since you're leaving, I'll take the last thing." The old man took the small bowl and carefully put it into his arms.
Then he continued, "brother, wait until I send the bowl home and bring you all the cut tobacco."
Ren laoguai has no other hobbies. He likes to smoke a pipe. He has nothing to give. He can only give him what he thinks is the best.
"Go, I'll wait for you here." Ren laoguai looked at a man in black and said.
The old man nodded and hurried towards home
After the old man left, the two men in black also went to the booth. They were in their thirties and twenties. They were Ren Daoyuan's adopted son and members of the shadow organization.
"Adoptive father, please." The older man in black that year was very respectful to Ren laoguai.
"Wait a minute, I'm waiting for an old friend." Ren laoguai replied calmly.
"Less nonsense, hurry up, don't toast, don't drink!" The young man whispered.
"Shut up, when will you speak!" The older man drank coldly that year.
Ren laoguai parted ways with Ren Daoyuan more than 20 years ago. At that time, he had adopted this older man. He still had an impression of Ren laoguai, and Ren laoguai was different from Ren Daoyuan.
Ren Daoyuan is very strict. He will punish them if he is wrong, and Ren is kind and good to them.
The young man's status was relatively low. He had to shut up and endure everything.
"Xiao Fei, I didn't expect you to remember your childhood. I didn't hurt you in vain." Ren laoguai smiled and began to pack his things.
"I will always remember your kindness to me." The man answered and came to help.
About 40 minutes later, the old man came panting, out of breath and said, "old man, brother, I'm back."
With that, he handed the bag in his hand to Ren laogua.
"Thank you, old brother." Old monster Ren accepted the cut tobacco and was about to leave when he suddenly stopped and handed the pipe to the old man: "brother, this pipe has been with me for many years. I'll leave you a thought before leaving."
"I......" as soon as the old man was about to refuse, Ren laoguai continued: "when you see him in the future, you should see me. If you have nothing to do, stay with me."
Then he followed the two men in black and left without looking back.
The old man looked at Ren laoguai's back and returned home with his pipe.
After the old man returned home, he looked at the pipe in his hand and felt something wrong. Today, Ren laoguai spoke very strangely, and it seemed that something bad had happened.
Thinking of this, he hurried to Kuanzhai Hutong and let the old monster go home
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Haining City, wide and narrow Hutong.
Today's weather is very good. People come and go in the wide and narrow hutongs. It's very lively. The street vendors keep Hawking. Everything seems very peaceful.
In Ren laoguai's home, the two men in black guarded the gate of the hospital.
In the dark room, two old men sat at an old table and looked at each other. They were Ren laoguai and Ren Daoyuan brothers.
The two brothers haven't met since they parted ways. It's been twenty years since they met.
After a long time, Ren broke the silence: "brother, do you want to drink water? Let me get you a glass of water. "
"I'm not thirsty." Ren Daoyuan replied faintly.
"Are you hungry? I'll bake you a cake. " Ren laoguai continued to ask.
"Not hungry." Ren Daoyuan continued to answer, without any emotion in his tone, but stared at Ren laoguai coldly.
"When I was in Renjia village, I knelt in front of the fast horse in order to eat bread. If you didn't fight for my life to save me, maybe I would have died. It's just that the bread in those years doesn't feel delicious now." Ren laoguai sighed.
Ren Daoyuan's face was a little cold, but his eyes softened a little when he mentioned old things.
"Yes, the old cakes can't taste like that anymore." Ren Daoyuan also said with some emotion