The tenant who is going to collect rent this time is a bit special. He is an old man. He is eighty this year. He rents a detached house outside the Fourth Ring Road for almost sixty years. The house was not Chen Shi's house before.
Yes, later on, the head of the household had a special requirement for selling the house, and it was only sold to those who wanted to buy it and rent it out. This condition blocked many people, and many people bought it just to live in it or for other purposes.
At that time, Chen Shi's family bought it and continued to rent it to this old man. The old man did not give you a penny less, nor did he bargain with you. He would give you the rent as much as you said, for one year at a time, but the premise is that it must always be paid.
Rent here.
The old man is a retired teacher. He has no children and lives alone. He has never bought a house. He has money, but he rents here. The most important thing is that he hardly goes out and is there every day.
The problem now is that there is going to be demolition there. The demolition company contacted Chen Shi. The main reason is that this old man has a lot of talents all over the world. Many big guys are his students. Now he rents Chen Shi's house. The demolition company has pushed this matter to Chen Shi.
Chen Shi, it means that you are the landlord and you make the decision. If the old man were an ordinary old man, there would probably be many solutions.
Almost all the houses around this area have been demolished, and the demolition company also revealed to Chen Shi that if they can ask this old man to leave, they can pay an extra 5 to 10% of the demolition fee. Now no one dares to do anything to the old man.
The old man used tough tactics, and many big bosses went to see him every now and then. It was up to the old man to decide what those big bosses wanted, but the demolition company couldn't wait any longer.
I have been undressed for more than half a year, so I can only keep negotiating with Chen Shi. Chen Shi also has a big headache. When he drove over, the car could not drive in. It was surrounded by fences and construction, and only his own building
The single-family courtyard in the center of the entire area is still there, and it is not in harmony with the surroundings at all. The most important thing is that there are basically no buildings in the surrounding areas.
Walking over, he found the door open. Chen Shi walked in and saw the old man watering flowers in the yard and listening to the radio. The old man was in great health. He was already eighty years old. He also worked out every day and was all muscled.
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"Hello, Grandpa Zhao, I am Chen Jianghe's grandson, and my name is Chen Shi." Chen Shi said hello to Zhao Guodong, Mr. Zhao.
Mr. Zhao put down the shower in his hand, then looked back at Chen Shi, went into the room and took out a teapot and two cups and said, "Sit down and have a sip of tea. Did the demolition company ask you to come?"
When Chen Shi heard this, he didn't know what to say. He knew the purpose of his visit. His grandfather also told Chen Shi not to be disrespectful to Mr. Zhao. Chen Shi quickly got up, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea for Mr. Zhao and said, "No.
, I’ll come over and take a look, don’t worry, if you don’t want to move out, I won’t agree to sign the demolition document, and I won’t be short of the demolition money.”
Mr. Zhao held the tea cup and was silent for a long time. Chen Shi didn't know what to say. He had an aura of no desire and no desire, and he gave people the aura of a gentleman. The word gentleman is rarely used to describe a person. After all, this
Ci is not necessarily a complimentary word in today's society, but Mr. Zhao has this aura about him.
"That's it, let me leave. You can't delay things just because of me. This is your house. You are the landlord and I am the tenant. I have to leave due to circumstances and reasons. Moreover, this place has changed. It's time to leave."
Mr. Zhao's complexion suddenly turned aging, as if he had lost all his energy.
Chen Shi looked at Mr. Zhao and said: "Mr. Zhao, I know I shouldn't ask, but I want to know, why do you keep renting here? You gave up a better platform and a lot of preferential treatment, and you have been renting here.
High school teaching here.”
Mr. Zhao has been teaching hard for fifty years. There is a high school nearby. It was ranked among the worst schools in the city at that time. However, Mr. Zhao forced the students in his class to get five key undergraduate courses, and the rest were the worst.
I also went to a junior college.
Although there was no top pick, it did break the record of this school. This school was about to be delisted before, but Mr. Zhao saved it. When he went from being a university professor to teaching in high school, many people did not understand what Mr. Zhao was thinking.
, taught in this high school for twenty years.
Mr. Zhao has taught many outstanding students, and this high school is now considered a key high school in the area. However, more good schools have invited Mr. Zhao to go there, but she has rejected them all.
Mr. Zhao looked at Chen Shi and said: "Because it is close to where I live, I teach here. Your grandfather is an interesting person. I like chatting with him. He is a wonderful person. As for why I live here? Because
Waiting for someone to come back, I have been waiting for sixty years, and I haven’t come back yet, so I probably won’t come back.”
Mr. Zhao looked up at the sky and said after a long time: "Look, the sky has changed. It used to be blue sky and white clouds, but now it's all foggy. Just like me, I used to be a young man, but now half of my body is buried in the ground.
Don’t worry, I’ll leave here tomorrow.”
Chen Shi looked at Mr. Zhao and said, "Mr. Zhao, could you please tell me the person you are waiting for? Maybe I can help you find him? I am in the media field now, so I still have some advantages when it comes to missing persons notices."
Mr. Zhao picked up the shower head and continued to water the flowers. While watering the flowers, he said: "I don't want to look for it. I want to wait. If the person who is waiting comes back, it proves that the other person still cares about me and forgives me. If I look for it,
The meaning has changed. If the other party wants to come, he can come at any time. If the other party doesn't come, I will wait.
Waiting for a day is waiting, and waiting for a lifetime is waiting. If you can't wait, it proves that the other party doesn't want to come. I'm going to go to a nursing home. Don't prepare a vacant room for me. People are old and may leave one day. I don't want to.
Dying in your house will cause trouble for you and others.
Although it's okay to die of old age, it's not good either. After all, your family renting a house is considered a businessman. When doing business, it's better to be friendly and make money, and it's not good to be angry."
Chen Shi stood up and walked towards Mr. Zhao and said, "What if the person you are waiting for forgets you? Maybe he got amnesia due to an accident, and the other person may be waiting for you too?"
"Maybe, that would be good. If the other party forgets me, the other party is happy. If the other party is also waiting for me, then by waiting for each other, we can at least keep the best aspects of each other in our memories. You see, I am already eighty.
, when the other party sees me, he may not be able to recognize me. Our appearance will always remain in the best of times." Mr. Zhao returned to the house after saying this.
Chen Shi was a little curious, who was Mr. Zhao waiting for?
After leaving Mr. Zhao's residence, Chen Shi called his grandfather. After all, Mr. Zhao took the initiative to leave. In fact, the main reason was that Chen Shi came over. Mr. Zhao left very wisely. Zhao Guodong, who did not give anyone face, actually Chen Shi
He took the initiative to leave as soon as he arrived. Maybe he was waiting for the landlord to come.
"Grandpa, who are Mr. Zhao waiting for?" Chen Shi asked curiously.
"Wait for his fiancée. At that time, many people left China. His fiancée and her family went to the other side. At that time, Lao Zhao's family members were in China and refused to leave. His fiancée asked Lao Zhao to accompany her, but Lao Zhao knew
Ah, if he leaves, something will happen to his family.
At that time, Lao Zhao refused to leave. Her fiancée wanted to stay, but Lao Zhao would not let her go. If his fiancée wanted to stay, then her fiancée's fate might be very miserable. So her fiancée left with hatred, and when she was leaving
He even angrily told Lao Zhao that he would never forgive Lao Zhao in this life.
Lao Zhao only replied: "I'll wait for you. If you don't come back, I won't marry you. We can meet again one day."
How can I say this? No one is right. The fault is that I was born in the wrong era and met the right person. The two of them seemed to be childhood sweethearts, and they were married at the same time. It is a pity that the marriage was broken like this.
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Chen Shi asked: "Then can we help Mr. Zhao look for it?"
Grandpa Chen Shi said on the phone: "You think I didn't help find it, or that other people didn't help find it. She has so many disciples and disciples, many of whom are capable. I found the news back then and helped to erase it."
Well, I used a lot of contacts and it took me three years to find the clues, and then I covered up the clues.
When Lao Zhao's fiancée left that year, the ship she was on sank, and no one survived. But Lao Zhao didn't know that. And there were more than one shipwreck at that time, but Lao Zhao's fiancée's ship was not registered that year, so it was a shipwreck.
After searching for private boats, I found the shipyard and found out this news.
Lao Zhao lives with a smile on his face. I want to tell him the truth. I'm afraid he won't be able to think about it. I might as well keep him waiting. I have another idea, so I can continue to live. If I let him know the truth, he will probably be even more uncomfortable and sad.
Blame yourself.
Because Lao Zhao didn't know who heard someone say that his fiancée was pregnant when he left. Do you think if he knew this, would he collapse or just die?
He also thought to me that he didn't know whether it was a daughter or a son, and maybe one day he would bring his descendants to see him. He had saved a lot of money, and even gave me the money to help him invest and manage money.
All given to his descendants. As for that house, it was the former house of Lao Zhao's fiancée's house. His own ancestral house was lost in gambling by his younger brother and was mortgaged to others.
Lao Zhao now lives in that house because he wants to feel the atmosphere of her fiancée. It is the place where they played since childhood, where they met and fell in love, and where they want to keep another memory.
I have been hiding it from him. Sixty years have passed now. Times are developing, and demolition there will be a matter of time. But you don’t have to worry. I already have a countermeasure. I have already found someone to play the role of his fiancée’s descendant.
, at least we can’t let Old Zhao die with hatred.
After letting him live a few more years, I also researched his fiancée's affairs for a long time. At that time, I said that the old lady had Alzheimer's disease. Later generations only found out about these things in her diary.
Mrs. Zhao never got married. She gave birth to a child and raised the child single-handedly. Then the old lady had this disease for twenty or thirty years and died a few years ago."
Chen Shi didn't know what to say. It's impossible for his grandfather to care about Mr. Zhao's inheritance. He probably wanted him to be happier for the rest of his life, or maybe he wanted him to die without regrets after a hundred years. After all, after waiting for so many years, he wanted to
If you knew the truth, it might really be over in no time.
It is true that people who fall in love live in the wrong era. In that era, such things were by no means an exception. Many people really waited for their whole life to never marry. Maybe if a person really has one person in his heart, he can no longer accommodate another person.
, sometimes people’s obsession is indeed very powerful.
In the past, everyone said that if a couple lives together, they will grow old together. In fact, the understanding of marriage is a lifetime. Nowadays, people’s understanding of marriage is to get married and have children. They have forgotten that a house full of children is not as good as a couple halfway through. The meaning behind this saying is to find a couple.
A companion, a person who will accompany you throughout your life.
As time goes by, as we grow older, we will find that we are getting more and more lonely, because we have no companions. This companion is someone who talks to each other and takes care of each other. It can be a friend or a relative, but
In the end, you will find that your parents will leave, your children will start families and start businesses, and your friends will basically not be in contact when you reach your fifties or sixties. Your lover will be your companion.
But people nowadays no longer value these things. Partners can be replaced at any time and found again. The most important thing is to live happily. Mutual tolerance and understanding are becoming less and less. The older the generation, the more they care about marriage and partners. They all say that teenagers
Husbands and wives come to stay with each other, and many old people really only love one person for their entire lives. I don’t know if it’s because we young people are traditional or because they are more open-minded than us.
Most elderly people basically feel that their partners are the most important, followed by their children. But now most people value their children more and feel that their partners are secondary.
Maybe everyone takes love very lightly, and it will only become lighter and lighter in the future. Most people will feel that they live a thorough life and that the most important thing is to live well. In fact, everyone is becoming more and more indifferent and selfish.
Especially now that men and women have different views on love. Women raise the issue of divorce more than men. Nowadays, a small number of girls like to talk about women’s freedom. In fact, both men and women need freedom, but if we bring this into marriage
, is no longer free.
Chen Shi drove back. Grandpa must have had a countermeasure and he didn't need to worry about it. But Chen Shi didn't know what to say to Mr. Zhao. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing to let him live in a beautiful lie.
I drove to the next house to collect rent. The tenant of this house was more interesting. He was a young man in his early twenties, and the person renting him a house was an aunt in her early fifties. Yes, she was the kind of aunt you think of.
I don’t want to be a young man who struggles.
The aunt rented this house specifically for this young man for two years. Now the rent has expired and she is going to renew the lease. However, the aunt cannot be contacted, so she can only go to the house to have a look. The young man who does not want to struggle is still there.
Do you live there? I haven't been able to contact the tenant.
Chen Shi drove the car to a community in the East Fourth Ring Road, entered the community and came to Building 1602, No. 3. He knocked on the door, but no one answered. He asked the community security guard, who said that the tenant seemed to have paid the property fee recently, otherwise the elevator would be charged.
He stopped and continued to ring the doorbell. After a long time, there was movement in the house and the door opened, which startled Chen Shi.
A young man in a wheelchair with severe black eye circles opened the door to Chen Shi. Chen Shi was a little confused. This guy seemed to have been hollowed out. He was very weak and limp, and his lips were white.
"Um~ I'm here to collect the rent. Are you ready to renew the lease?" Chen Shi asked.
