After pressing it, the crisp doorbell rang.

Then a voice came from inside the house, and a woman asked, "Who is outside?"

Han Xuan didn't know how to introduce himself, so he spoke: "Hello, let's find Ms. Amanda Patton. She used to be called this name, but now she may have changed it.

The address given to me by someone else showed that it was right here. Someone asked me to see her. My former acquaintance wanted to bring her a few words."

"Barton?"

The sound of the iron chains colliding with the lock door was heard, and the door was opened, revealing the face of a middle-aged black woman. She was not tall, had a thin figure, wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, her hair was tied up with rubber bands, and the dark green bib on her chest set seemed to have been doing housework before, and she was covered with a lot of dust.

When she looked outside the door, her eyes were filled with suspicion, and then she found that two young girls standing in front of her were not very threatening, so her eyes gradually began to soften.

A smile appeared on his face and shook his head to tell Han Xuan: "Amanda, Amanda Lavini, the wife is now called this name. Maybe it was Patton before, she has been married twice.

I don't know if Mrs. Ravini is the person you are looking for. I've been here for a short time, just two weeks.

The volunteer assigned by the community usually comes to her, and she stays here alone and needs care for her life, so I come to help when I have nothing to do.

Please come in and sit down. I just made lunch. I wonder if you like eating pilaf rice?

My skills are pretty good. My friend said I should open a restaurant. What a beautiful little girl. My daughter is about the same age as you, but she is definitely not as beautiful as you..."

After looking at Anya, she turned her eyes to Han Xuan. Han Xuan thought she recognized her and was about to say, "Just treat me as an ordinary person."

Who could have guessed that the black female volunteer actually asked him in confusion: "Have I seen you somewhere? I am delivering takeout in a Chinese restaurant, right? It looks a bit familiar."

There are not many yellow people in other places, but this is Flushing. Just like yellow people, they think black people look the same, and black people also think yellow people look similar. In addition, they usually have little news, even if they see Han Xuan on TV, they will not leave much impression, and she did not recognize him.

This is the best and can save a lot of unnecessary trouble. Han Xuan did not intend to explain more, and quietly waved Gabriel, Jason and others to leave first. The black female volunteer turned her back to the door and did not see this scene.

After Anya thanked her, Han Xuan smiled and said, "Maybe, I didn't work in a Chinese restaurant. Occasionally I would pass by here, Flushing is that big, right?

Thank you for your kindness, ma’am, we have just eaten it, the beef noodles tasted pretty good, and of course, the pilaf rice is also delicious.”

The daily diet of black people, including pilaf, roasted chicken, roasted lamb, roasted beef, etc., are all daily foods in Africa. They don’t like the way of stewing, and even bananas and potatoes will be roasted before eating. In addition, they also like fried foods.

After leaving Africa for hundreds of years, most black people still retain their ancestors' eating habits, and hot dogs, ham, fries, hamburgers, etc. were added to the recipe. These things tasted better, but they were not healthy. This may be one of the reasons why blacks have low life span.

Westerners like to use knife and fork, while Easterners like to use chopsticks. In Africa, they usually grab food with their hands.

It can be imagined that many people put their hands into the bucket at the same time, regardless of whether they wash their hands or not, grab a handful of food and put it in their mouths. This phenomenon is normal in Africa.

After the black people came to the United States, they began to talk about hygiene due to the influence of the environment. What she said about hand-pickled rice means eating on a plate with a spoon. Han Xuan could already smell the unique smell of hand-pickled rice...

The apartment has an area of ​​less than 70 square meters. The living room, kitchen, bathroom, and a bedroom make the space layout look very compact.

The stairs are not clean, but the room is pretty good. Through the dried flowers in the bottle, the light blue plaid tablecloth, and neatly placed photos and decorative supplies on the cabinet, you can guess that the owner of this house is a very romantic woman.

"By the way, my name is Paula Washington, my family lives on Twenty-Seventh Street and is already married.

My husband is a construction worker, and I can get a salary. I have three children in the family. The eldest is my sister. My younger son is just talking, and her sister is at home to help take care of him."

Never underestimate the black man's mouth. No matter whether the other person is a man or a woman, Han Xuan and Anya clearly didn't ask anything, and she would soon expose her own true feelings.

He raised his legs and walked towards the room, only a few steps away, Mrs. Washington stood at the door and knocked on the door, asking, "Ms. Lavigne, someone is coming to find you, can we go in?"

It's time for lunch, I've made your favorite hand-pickle…”

In the room, annoyed voice came from the voice: "Who is looking for me?!

Have my damn son come to blackmail me, this poor woman? Tell him that I have no money, I really have no money!"

When Han Xuan heard this, he looked a little confused, thinking that she and Old Patton got married again after breaking up, and gave birth to a son, and he was a son with a very bad personality...

"No, it was your old friend who asked them to come to find you, two young children!"

After Mrs. Washington finished speaking through the door, she turned her head to look at Han Xuan and Anya, and said helplessly: "Mrs. Lavini has Alzheimer's disease, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and the situation has become more and more serious recently.

She often fantasizes the community staff who charge electricity bills as her son, but she can't even tell the other person's name. Last year, she slapped someone for no reason, and our community organization found out that she was sick.

In fact, Mrs. Ravini has no children, and she heard from her neighbors that she had never seen her relatives. She spent the holidays alone.

I have lived here for twelve years and only a handful of people have come to find her. Before I retire, I went to the Sos Supermarket to work to take care of myself. The insurance company also bought it for help. The bank said that her deposit was only more than 2,000 US dollars and had already been used up.

After that, we arranged people to take care of her every day. If the current situation continues, we may have to send her to the elderly nursing home. The government will bear part of the expenses, and her insurance can also be solved part of the remaining ones, and our community will pay.

Don't make her angry after you go in. Mrs. Ravini usually has a good personality. She cries when she gets angry when she is sick, and she will never stop. She has seen it three times. I am really about to have enough, and comforting her is useless."

Alzheimer's disease is caused by nervous system degeneration. The cause has not been explained yet, so there is no cure for it.

Patients can survive for a long time. After losing the ability to live independently, they need to take care of others during this period, and eventually they may even lose memory. It can be said that it is a terminal illness that is not a terminal illness.

There are often incidents of elderly people getting lost in society, mostly due to Alzheimer's disease. Sick elderly people only know how to move forward aimlessly, but forget where their home is, which is very dangerous.

After listening to Mrs. Washington's introduction, I guessed that she might be in the middle or late stage of Alzheimer's disease. This is different from the meeting scene that Han Xuan imagined, and I didn't expect her late scene to be so desolate.

He sighed deeply. I really don’t know what old Patton would feel after hearing about such a thing.

The door was opened by Mrs. Washington, and Han Xuan saw the former ex-wife of old Patton.

Her head was covered with white curly hair, neatly cared, wearing a blue skirt covered with white petals, and a string of pearls hanging around her neck. Her eyes were a little confused, as if she was in a daze. Judging from her wrinkled face, she should have been pretty when she was young.

Just now, Han Xuan saw a photo of Mrs. Ravini when she was middle-aged from the cabinet. She looked really good.

It is said that Old Patton was also very handsome when he was young, and the two were a perfect match. Unfortunately, Americans' souls and thoughts are too free and too self-centered. It is very difficult to make them spend their whole life with someone...

The room is also clean, full of a strong fragrance of flowers, and it smells like lilies. Many elderly people with Alzheimer's disease occasionally have incontinence, so the smell is bad. She is not so serious yet.

Looking at the other person's eyes, it seemed to be recalling who he was. Han Xuan's lips curled up, showed a harmless smile, and introduced himself: "Hello ma'am.

I'm sorry to come to disturb you. I have a former acquaintance who has commissioned me to come and see you. Is it because you were from Montana? Augusta Town?"

She was worried about finding the wrong person before. When she found Ms. Lavini's expression of surprise when she heard this sentence, Han Xuan understood that she was looking for it correctly. The name "Augusta Town" obviously stimulated her.

Continue, "Do you... remember Kanek Patton?

He accidentally learned the address and asked me to come and see how you are doing recently. Mr. Patton wants to get your news."

Augsta Town just surprised her slightly. Old Patton's full name "Kanek Patton" had a much greater impact on the old woman in front of her. Ms. Lavini's eyes turned black and her legs became weak and she sat on the edge of the bed because of excitement.

After she came to her senses a little, she raised her head and asked Han Xuan happily: "Barton?

Is my husband back? Son, go and call your dad to come over for dinner. Who are these two women?"

“…”

Han Xuan had a headache in an instant, and felt that things were even more troublesome at this moment. It seemed that Old Patton should have come here in person.

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