Master had never mentioned all this in front of Ning Xiaofan before his death. It was because of this accidental death that Master's old father came to handle the funeral arrangements and only learned about it from the old man's mouth.
Master's old father also said that in addition to my mother's poor health, Master's family also has a crippled younger brother who is lame and cannot take care of himself, and a wife who has always been very weak and even infertile.
After learning about the difficulties faced by his master's family, Ning Xiaofan had the idea of resigning. Although his boredom with this high-risk industry was one of the reasons, the most important reason was that he needed money and a new job with high income.
For him, only by getting a high-paying job can he better compensate his master's family.
Of course, Ning Xiaofan would not give up this job easily until he found a new job. For this reason, he specially found a wealthy businessman who had been helped by him. And the wealthy businessman also appreciated his love and promised
As long as Ning Xiaofan joins his company, he can get a high-paying job that is twice as high as his current income.
After receiving the promise from the wealthy businessman, Ning Xiaofan reported his resignation without hesitation.
After Ning Xiaofan submitted his resignation report, the company did not treat him badly and gave him three months' salary, which added up to more than 50,000 yuan. After receiving the salary, Ning Xiaofan only kept a small change and took out 50,000 yuan.
The round number is specially prepared to be delivered to Master's family...
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The Qianshan Scenic Area of Shayin Mountain has been developed by tourism developers. Although the winding mountain road is winding and rugged, the road condition is not bad. At the foot of the mountain, there are many taxis. After some haggling, Ning Xiaofan got on one that looked a bit...
Old van.
Entering the gate of the scenic spot, Ning Xiaofan paid an additional 50 yuan for a ticket to enter the scenic winding mountain highway.
The van drove on the winding mountain road for about two hours, then exited the winding mountain road with better road conditions, and bumped on a dilapidated mountain road for another half an hour, until the road conditions ahead made it impossible to continue driving.
, the van stopped.
After Ning Xiaofan got out of the car, he saw the driver sticking his head out of the window and said: "Little brother, if you walk along this mountain road for more than ten miles, you will reach the back mountain. When you reach the back mountain, you will see
In a place called Taohuaxiang Farmhouse, there is a branch road. If you turn to the left branch road and climb over a ridge, you will see a village, which is the Qinglin Village you are going to."
"Okay, I understand, thank you big brother."
"Well, you have to hurry up. It started to fog early today, and it might rain. If it rains heavily, it will be difficult to walk on this mountain road."
After the driver reminded him again, he turned the car around and left.
The more than ten miles of mountain road is not far, but it took Ning Xiaofan almost an hour to walk. Just as the driver pointed out, entering the back mountain, a house called "Peach Blossom Fragrance Farmhouse" reflected the scenery.
As you can see, there is indeed a branch road on the left side of the farmhouse.
After reaching the fork in the road, the mountain road becomes steeper. All the way up, you climb a mountain ridge. When you look down from a high place, you can vaguely see the villages hidden in the shade of trees in the valley below.
There should be Qinglin Village.
They almost arrived at their destination. Ning Xiaofan was in a good mood. After taking a short rest, he quickened his pace and headed towards the valley below...
Qinglin Village, as its name suggests, is quite dense with trees. From a high place, one can only faintly see the corner of the rooftop building. After descending from the ridge, one cannot even detect the existence of the village until close by.
Maybe it was because of the arrival of strangers. As soon as Ning Xiaofan approached the village, he heard the sound of dogs barking. Then, several children ran out chasing each other and ran to Ning Xiaofan.
, several children stopped, each with their eyes wide open, looking at the stranger with curiosity.
"Uncle, which one are you looking for?" a dirty-looking child with a runny nose asked, quite politely.
"I'm looking for Wang Lingen. Do you know where his home is?" Ning Xiaofan said with a smile.
"Wang Lingen, oh, I understand. You are looking for Grandpa Gen. He is at home. I will take you there..."
After the child finished speaking, he ran towards the village, shouting as he ran: "Grandpa Lao Gen, there is an uncle from the city looking for you..."
The snot-nosed kid is quite discerning. Looking at Ning Xiaofan's clothes, he can tell that he is from the city.
Ning Xiaofan saw that the child was running so fast, and was afraid of losing him, so he quickened his pace and followed him. The remaining children also jumped behind Ning Xiaofan, shouting "oh oh" in joy.
, I don’t know what “oh” means?
The village is not big, and the buildings in the entire village are relatively scattered. At a glance, there are no more than forty households, and most of the buildings are relatively old, with earthen walls and black tiles, or gray bricks and black tiles, and there are even a few rooms.
It is a thatched house. It seems that although the environment of Qinglin Village is peaceful, the economic conditions are very bad.
However, Ning Xiaofan still saw several well-renovated two-story buildings. One of the two-story buildings had white tiles on the exterior wall, which stood out among most of the old buildings, giving people a feeling of standing out from the crowd.
Feeling, he must be one of the few wealthy households in the village.
What surprised Ning Xiaofan was that the child running in front with a runny nose ran straight to the building with white ceramic tiles. He poked his head towards the main entrance of the building and shouted: "Old man!"
Grandpa Gen, someone is looking for you."
The snot-nosed kid didn't yell a few times before an old man with gray hair and a rather energetic look walked out of the door.
Ning Xiaofan took a look, wasn't that Master's old father, Mr. Wang?
"Shan Yaozi, who do you think is looking for me?"
"An uncle, he seems to be from the city. Here, it's that uncle!" The snot-nosed kid stretched out his little hand and pointed towards Ning Xiaofan who was walking towards him.
"Master, it's me, Xiaofan, do you remember me?" The old man was right in front. Ning Xiaofan said loudly as he quickly walked up to the old man in three steps and two steps at a time.
"Are you Xiaofan? Why are you here?" Mr. Wang's expression changed slightly, as if he was a little surprised by Ning Xiaofan's arrival.
"Master, I came here specifically to visit you. Are you in good health?" Ning Xiaofan didn't notice Mr. Wang's expression and enthusiastically stepped forward to hold Mr. Wang's slightly rough hand.
"Oh, it turns out you came here to see me. I'm in good health. Come on, sit in the room, sit in the room..." Mr. Wang glanced at Ning Xiaofan who was carrying a backpack, smiled, and put Ning Xiaofan on his back.
He led him towards the door and shouted into the house: "Old lady, a guest is here. It's our son's apprentice..."
Following Mr. Wang's shouting, a plump old woman with a round face walked out of the door.
The old woman had never seen Ning Xiaofan before, so she looked at him with some doubts, and then looked at Mr. Wang. At this time, Mr. Wang gave her a subtle wink.
The fat old woman didn't seem to understand Mr. Wang's cryptic look. She was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but ask Mr. Wang: "Old man, you just said that he is Yan Wazi's apprentice?"
"You are Master, I am Xiaofan. I am here specifically to visit you this time..." When Ning Xiaofan first met his master's father, Mr. Wang, he called him master, but he did not know who his master was.
What should he call his mother? No one taught him, so he just made up a nonsense name: "Master's grandmother". When he thought about it, "Master's grandmother" was easier to call than "Master's grandmother", as long as there was no difference in seniority.
However, as soon as Ning Xiaofan, the master's wife, spoke out, the fat old woman seemed a little confused and didn't know how to respond. After all, Mr. Wang and the fat old woman lived in the mountains all year round, so they didn't know the seniority titles between masters and successors.
Seeing that the old lady in his bed was a little distracted, Mr. Wang on the side said quickly: "Old lady, let me tell you, his name is Xiaofan. You have never seen him before. I only saw him this time when I went to Zhongchuan to handle the funeral of Yan Wazi.
Don’t forget, Xiaofan even gave a lot of money out of his own pocket to treat your back problem..."
While introducing, Mr. Wang winked at the fat old woman. This time, the fat old woman seemed to understand and said "Oh": "It turns out to be Xiaofan, please sit down in the room..."
As the fat old woman spoke, she suddenly said "Ouch": "No, my waist is hurting. Xiaofan, I have to go back to the room to rest. Let our old man talk to you..."
As soon as Ning Xiaofan heard this, he quickly stepped forward to support the grandmother and said with a worried look: "Grandma, are you okay? I'll help you back to the house..."
Ning Xiaofan supported the grandma with a worried look on his face, but he was a little confused in his heart. When the grandma came out just now, she was so angry. How could this problem with her waist come out so easily?
Although Ning Xiaofan cared about this grandma very much, he was not a wooden fish. Grandma looked rosy and looked good. I remember that when my master came to handle his funeral affairs, he said that grandma was in very bad health. Later, he even talked to his grandpa about it.
After a few phone calls, I said that my grandma had suffered the loss of her son and was so sick that she couldn't even get out of bed. Why didn't she look like her at all? It had only been more than a week. How could an old man who couldn't get out of bed be so energetic?
The more Ning Xiaofan thought about it, the more something was wrong, but he couldn't ask. Full of doubts, he sent Grandma into the room. At this time, Mr. Wang stretched out his hand to support Grandma and motioned for Ning Xiaofan to take a seat in the living room.
The fat old woman helped her into the house on the side of the living room.
While Mr. Wang was helping the fat old woman into the house, Ning Xiaofan took a look at the living room he was in.
This living room is very spacious and well decorated. Not only is it fully equipped with home appliances, there is also a set of leather sofas and a mahogany coffee table placed in the center of the living room. Although the layout and furnishings of the living room are very rustic, you can feel that the room is
The owner's financial condition is not bad.
Looking at the scene in the living room, Ning Xiaofan's doubts became more intense. When he was organizing his master's funeral, he heard Mr. Wang say in front of him more than once why the conditions at home were not good? What difficulties were there at home? But
Everything in front of me is almost incompatible with what Mr. Wang said...
