"I'm sorry, boss, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
However.
What Lin Ming never expected was that the old man he met would bend down and apologize to him.
The old man's originally rickety body bent down at this moment, with his head resting on his ankles.
When he saw the old man's movements, Lin Ming felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.
He was the one who bumped into the other person, why should you take the initiative to apologize to him?
Is he afraid that if the car is damaged, he will seek compensation from her?
"Old man, it's okay. It was my fault. I bumped into you. Are you okay?" Lin Ming helped the old man in front of him and greeted him with concern.
The old man's clothes are shabby and his hair is ragged. He looks like a beggar. Now he is picking up empty bottles everywhere.
Anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance how difficult and embarrassing the living conditions of the elderly are.
"Old man, why are you picking up bottles alone outside? Do you have something to hide?" Lin Ming helped the old man sit down on the stone pillar next to him.
Seeing Lin Ming, a young man with an aristocratic appearance, who has an easy-going attitude and is very approachable, the old man also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Boss, I'm fine, thank you."
The old man obviously didn't want to say anything more.
However.
The more the old man acted like this, the more serious Lin Ming became.
In this area, both security and environmental sanitation are handled very well. There are no bottles for the elderly to pick up.
Why did she come here to pick up the bottle?
"Old man, if you have something to hide, you might as well say it. Maybe I can help you."
Lin Ming looked at the old man in front of him and smiled slightly.
Everyone will grow old at some point. Although his current life span is ten times that of a normal person, he will eventually grow old. Even the system has said so.
There is no truly immortal god in the universe.
Facing Lin Ming's repeated questioning, the old man was stunned again. This time, her expression relaxed, obviously hesitating.
She was thinking about whether or not to tell the stranger in front of her about her affairs.
"Old man, don't worry, I'm not a bad person."
Seeing the old man's hesitant eyes, Lin Ming smiled slightly.
"Young man, I came here to find my eldest grandson to help me," the old man said.
"Looking for your eldest grandson?"
Lin Ming was stunned, pointed at the company building behind him, and asked: "Old man, does your eldest grandson work here?"
Now this building is filled with employees of the company.
If this is the case, Lin Ming really can't imagine that people's hearts can be so ugly.
People who work in the company, even interns, have a guaranteed monthly internship salary of 10,000 yuan. With such a high salary, my grandmother is reduced to making a living by picking up garbage.
When he thought of this, Lin Ming felt a surge of unknown anger in his heart.
If that were the case, he would never sit idly by.
"Old man, can you tell me why you picked up these bottles? Isn't it possible that no one in your family cares about you?" Lin Ming didn't know that his words touched the old man's wound.
Two lines of tears suddenly fell from the old woman's vicissitudes of life.
She stretched out her dry, rough hands to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said sadly: "My son and daughter-in-law all despised me and kicked me out of the house."
Hearing this, Lin Ming felt a blockage in his heart.
He took out a bottle of water in the car, unscrewed the cap, and handed it to the old man in front of him: "Old man, don't worry. Speak slowly and I can help you."
After listening to his words, the old woman stopped her hands and looked up at him with a pair of vicissitudes of life in her eyes, full of hope.
"Young man, are you telling the truth?"
The old woman's voice was trembling when she spoke, with excitement, sadness, and gratitude.
Lin Ming nodded solemnly: "Old man, believe me, I am the owner of this building, I can definitely help you."
"Boss, thank you. Boss, you are such a good person."
The old woman listened to Lin Ming's words and did not doubt it at all. A pair of rough old hands covered with calluses tightly grasped Lin Ming's wrist.
"Old man, there is no need to thank me. You can talk about your affairs first."
The old woman nodded and said: "My hometown is a small village in your province. My son has settled in a big city outside and has not come back for several years.
Later, my son came back to see me and said that he wanted to take me to live in a big city. He was worried that I was alone in my hometown, and he didn't know what happened to me.
Because there were still crops growing in my hometown, I refused to leave. In the end, my son asked people to harvest all the crops, and everything in the house that should be sold was sold. Those that could not be sold were given away or demolished.
In the end, the house was demolished by the state, and my son received 10,000 yuan for the demolition.
In desperation, I had to agree to my son and follow him to the big city.
When I first came here, my son and daughter-in-law were very kind and filial to me. They would accompany me for a walk every day when they had time.
But as time went by, they began to dislike me.
I have only been living in my son's home for four months. My daughter-in-law doesn't like me anymore. She dislikes me for being dirty and smelly. She calls me a beggar and a beggar. She no longer cooks for me. She cooks every time.
At that time, we only cooked hard dishes for young people, so I could only cook by myself.
I don't dare to complain. I know it's hard for my son to earn money outside and support a family. I'm afraid that he will quarrel with his daughter-in-law if I tell him. I don't want to make my son and his wife unhappy because of me.
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Later, my daughter-in-law not only stopped cooking for me, but also never asked me to serve it. When I ate, I could only eat outside with a bowl in hand.
Later, they became more and more annoyed with me and kicked me out directly. I originally thought that my son would come back to pick me up after knowing about it, but the day my daughter-in-law kicked me out, I waited outside for a day and waited until my son
When I got off work, I told him, but my son didn't believe me. Instead, he scolded me, saying that I was troublesome, so I must have caused the trouble.
Originally, I still had hope for my son, but later, my son began to dislike me more and more. He looked at me like a stranger. I begged him to give me something to eat, but he ignored me at all.
I knew that I was despised by them, and I wanted to go back to my hometown and live on my own without troubling them, but I was an old man who didn't know the way and couldn't read. I begged my son to send me back, but he still ignored me.
He said: The house in my hometown has been demolished, so why go back? I can still survive even if I pick up garbage here. They say I am a burden and can’t do anything.
My son said this to me, and I gave up completely. From that day on, I made a living by picking up garbage outside. At the beginning, I could only rummage through the trash cans for food, and then pick up some bottles to sell.
Slowly, I made a little money by collecting bottles and selling them, and slowly, I survived on this."