The bar in the corner of the living room is slightly heated and the smell of alcohol is intoxicating.
Cheng Tianyuan shook the red wine glass and took a sip. He turned sideways and saw that Ahu had already drank more than half of the glass. He was so angry that he wanted to go up and grab the glass.
"You only have one glass! No more!"
Ahu laughed and put his long arms around his arm.
"Brother, how many years have we not drank like this?
Um?
It seems like decades ago?
Do you still remember when we opened a small shop by the river?
When the goods arrive in the evening, we move and load them with Amin, working hard until we are sweating profusely, and then each of us sits at the door with a bottle of beer and enjoys the river breeze, drinking and bragging at the same time! Hahaha!"
Cheng Tianyuan squinted his eyes and fell into memory.
"Of course I remember... Ranran wasn't born yet at that time.
Not a few decades, maybe thirty years."
Ahu was stunned for a moment and shook his head slowly: "Why does it feel like a long, long time to me? It must be forty or fifty years."
"Nonsense!"
Cheng Tianyuan shook the red wine glass and whispered: "I don't drink much, and you haven't been able to drink for many years, so you can't remember clearly."
After hearing this, Ahu didn't know what he thought of, and let out a long sigh.
“I remember when I was young, I was as strong as a cow! I was tall and strong, and people around the street called me ‘Big Tiger’.
When I opened a small supermarket with you, your wife, and Amin, I often went to the sports car, and one person could carry two people when carrying goods."
Cheng Tianyuan reminded: "When you were wholesale clothing in the provincial capital, you were also very strong, with tendons all over your body! I could never carry you."
Ah Hu smiled bitterly and laughed: "Look at me now, I am taller than this, taller than that, others are the "three tallest", but I am taller than several.
The whole body is covered with gout. If you don't pay attention, the pain will make you doubt your life.
Being able to walk well and eat well is already a great thing.
What I usually eat should not be too fatty or too sweet. Sometimes I spend too much time thinking about whether I can eat it and simply throw it away. It’s not interesting at all.”
"If everyone can be a hero for a lifetime, how can there be a world for young people?"
Cheng Tianyuan frowned and said: "We must admit - we are all old.
Being old is not just about age, but also physical aging and degeneration. Various organs are like old machines and need to be repaired from time to time. There are many problems and the work efficiency is still poor."
"I'm getting old..." Ahu squinted his eyes and sighed, "I have to admit, we are all getting old.
Every time I see the little tiger, I can't help but laugh.
Children are our continuation, and our grandchildren are the continuation of our children. In this way, generation after generation, they are slowly passed on.
And when we get old, we have to admit that we are really old even if we don’t want to admit it.”
"I didn't admit it."
Cheng Tianyuan explained: "I am indeed old, but I don't dare to mention it in front of my mother and father-in-law.
We all recognize old age, but what about them?
It is true that the body is getting old, but the mentality still needs to be correct.
Lingling has also retired within the past two years, and she barely manages things, just generally controlling the direction.
There are old people at the top, and they are all very old, and there are young people at the bottom. They seem to have grown up, but in fact they are still unable to support themselves.
Therefore, this big family still has to rely on us to support it.”
"In ten years it will be different."
Ahu said: "The younger generation can get up."
Cheng Tianyuan nodded and agreed: "It should work."
When Ah Hu said this, his eyes turned red unconsciously.
“I don’t know if my poor health is hereditary.
When I was young, I was in good health, but Wang Qing was not very good and fell ill from time to time.
Later, we were worried that she would suffer too much and we did not dare to have too many children.
When I was in my prime, my body began to collapse and slowly became a medicine jar.
I thought I was unlucky enough, but I didn’t expect..." "It doesn’t matter much."
Cheng Tianyuan whispered: "The main reason is that Xiao Huzi's living habits are not good. He always takes advantage of his youth to act recklessly. He eats whatever he wants, eats a lot of junk food, and has a messy schedule. He often stays up late.
With the way he was struggling, no matter how good his body was, it would break down within a few years.
Fortunately, he is still young, corrected in time, and can recover in the future.
You are different, you have all the diseases of the elderly, and you can only rely on prevention and treatment."
Ahu sighed again and took another sip of wine.
"He acted like this, which sounded a warning to the young people in the family and took them as a warning.
You tell the juniors, don't imitate him."
Cheng Tianyuan patted his shoulder and said warmly: "Little Huzi will be fine."
Ahu smiled, with tears in his eyes.
"Brother... when I first heard the news, I was completely stunned.
I was suddenly... very scared, really scared."
Cheng Tianyuan nodded and squeezed his shoulder hard.
He and Ling Ling have also experienced this kind of mood, not to mention that they are father and son who are closely related by flesh and blood! "Don't think about it, drink a few more sips, and go back to the room to sleep."
Ahu glanced at the antique clock in the corner and muttered: "It's only after nine o'clock."
Cheng Tianyuan reminded: "It has been dark outside for several hours.
The weather is very cold, wouldn’t you feel comfortable getting in bed early to hide?”
"...I couldn't sleep after tossing and turning."
Ah Hu smiled bitterly: "The longer I lie down, the more uncomfortable I feel."
Cheng Tianyuan clinked glasses with him and whispered: "Drink the rest. I'll eat something and watch TV with you."
Ah Hu didn't dare to drink too much because he didn't want his body to be unable to hold on at this juncture.
When his son was about to enter the operating room, he wanted to hold the little tiger in his arms and cheer him on, giving him support and confidence.
After a while, the two of them were sitting in the living room eating melon seeds and watching TV.
Ahu spit out the melon seed shell and said: "Brother, after Xiaohuzi recovers from the hospital, Wang Qing and I plan to move to the Imperial Capital.
I discussed it with her and she agreed."
Cheng Tianyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay.
I have advised you to come here a long time ago, but you have been dragging your feet."
Ahu curled his lips and explained: "There are all real estate properties in the provincial capital, and I plan to leave them all to regular intermediaries.
Nowadays, it is so convenient to transfer money via mobile phone. You can know everything with just a few clicks on the screen.
The provincial capital is not my hometown, Rongcheng is. Anyway, I am just a passing visitor.
A place with family is a home.
My daughter will graduate next year and will be able to do an internship after the new year. It happens that she also wants to find a job here.
My son and daughter all come here. My mother is gone, and there are only a few people in the family, so naturally they have to move closer here.
As a family, it’s better to get together.”
Cheng Tianyuan understood the mood of the couple very well at this time.
As I get older, I want to be closer to my children so that I can take care of each other and have more opportunities to entertain my grandchildren. I don’t want to live too lonely.
"Buy a house nearby and live in it, or live in a garden. We can keep each other company."
Ahu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Let's choose a place between Xiaohuzi's villa and their garden.
Your neighborhood is full of high-end courtyard houses and old Western-style buildings, and we can’t afford them now.”
"Let the little tiger pay for it."
Cheng Tianyuan said: "You only live there for two, there is no need to live in a big room.