After being stunned for a long time, the two old men finally understood what Zhao Lei said.
"W-what did you say?!"
The old man's voice was trembling a little because of his anger.
Zhao Lei heard the sound of the old man hitting the ground with his crutch on the other end of the phone.
His face was full of bitterness.
He understood the old man's anger.
But……
"That's a pearl that means a lot to me."
He never thought of selling them.
Even when he first saw them he knew they were worth a lot of money.
…
"What is important or not?"
The old man was furious, "How important is your family?"
"No matter how important it is, is it important to have your own nephew's marriage?"
The old man gasped for air.
"Dad, don't get excited."
Zhao Lei said with some worry.
His hair is already gray, not to mention the old man’s age?
At such an old age, I cannot withstand too much emotional fluctuations.
…
"do not get excited?"
The old man cursed loudly. "With a son like you, how can I not be excited?!"
"As I grow up and my wings harden, I don't listen to anything we two old guys say anymore."
"I asked you to find a stable job but you didn't listen. I asked you to start a family but you didn't want to..."
"Even now, I'm quite old, and I'm still alone."
"Nothing accomplished!"
The old man touched his chest and stopped cursing.
The old lady spoke, and compared to the old man's swearing, the old lady spoke with a bit of sincerity, "Leilei, Xiaofeng is the only child in our Zhao family."
Leile?
Zhao Lei was in a daze.
When he grew up, he rarely heard this title from his parents.
Most of them are called "Zhao Lei" by their parents angrily.
"Zhao Lei, why are you so ignorant?!"
"Zhao Lei, let's go. Don't you like going out? If you walk out of this house now, don't come back!"
"Zhao Lei, let's just pretend that we don't have you as our son!"
"Zhao Lei..."
He was surprised to find that he remembered these words clearly.
The anger I felt when I first heard it, and the sadness afterwards, now that I think about it, it seems like it happened just a second ago.
He put his hand on his heart.
There was a moment of discomfort that made him frown.
…
"You have no descendants, so what's the use of keeping these pearls?"
The old lady understood it rationally and moved her emotionally, "Is it possible that you still plan to take it into the coffin?"
Zhao Lei pursed his lips.
That's really what he planned.
He didn't receive many gifts in his life.
Such a special gift is one of a kind.
He cherishes it.
Those were his gifts, why couldn't he take them into the coffin?
…
"Xiao Feng is your brother's child. He is your nephew, which is equivalent to being your child."
"My own child is getting married. How can you, a capable elder, not help?"
The old lady's tone became slower and slower, "We don't necessarily want your money."
"Isn't there nothing we can do?"
"The girl's parents must demand such a large amount of bride price."
"Unless our family sells the house, how can we get so much money?"
"But selling the house was impossible."
The house is fundamental.
The elderly will never consider selling their house unless it is a last resort.
"After we two old guys die, the house will be yours, and you can do whatever you want with it."
"But now that we two old guys are still alive, we must have a place to live."
"You can live with Zhao Miao and the others."
Zhao Miao is the name of Zhao Lei's younger brother.
Zhao Miao's house was bought by the two elderly people when Zhao Miao got married. They paid a down payment with the money they had saved for most of their lives.
Large area and good location.
In his opinion, the two elderly people can definitely live there.
Especially now that Xiaofeng is going to start his own business.
The room became vacant.
Moreover, the two elderly people are very old, and their daily life is always a little inconvenient.
With just the two of them living there, they wouldn't have time to react if something unexpected happened.
Wouldn't it be great to take this opportunity to move there?
…
"How is that possible?!"
The old lady objected.
Why not?
Zhao Lei was puzzled.
"We are used to living as two people."
"I'm used to living here."
"I won't bother the kids."
"Besides, we are close to Miaomiao's family, so it is convenient for us to do anything. We don't need to deliberately live together."
There is nothing wrong in saying this.
but……
Isn’t this a special situation?
"I don't want my share."
Zhao Lei stated, "You can give all the proceeds from selling the house to Xiaofeng to supplement Xiaofeng's betrothal gift."
In fact, if he didn't say this, he thought that his share of the money from selling the house would not be included.
Mr. Zhao rubbed his face.
…
"no!"
the old man shouted.
"You traitor!"
"You actually asked us to sell the house?!"
"This is the house we've lived in all our lives!"
"We don't care after we die, but as long as we live for one day, we will live in this house for one day!"
…
"Old man, please take it easy."
"This traitor makes me so angry..."
The faint sound of two old men talking could be heard on the phone.
Zhao Lei lowered his eyes and looked at the snow-white bedding in the ward.
In addition to the usual smell of disinfectant in hospitals, he also smelled a faint scent of flowers.
He tilted his head.
Then I saw the flowers in the glass vase on the bedside table.
These are flowers sent by little friend Xiao Xiao.
Speaking of which, he will call Xiao Xiao later and ask him not to come during this period.
He didn't want the troubles at home to affect little friend Xiao Xiao's mood.
He took a deep breath.
Trying to absorb the fragrance of flowers, as if absorbing some kind of strength.
The old man's angry curse came again on the phone.
"Zhao Lei."
It's Zhao Lei again.
Zhao Lei smiled bitterly.
"If you don't want to give money to Xiaofeng, what about us two old guys asking you for it?"
"Will you give it or not?"
Zhao Lei pressed his temples, with a hint of exhaustion on his face, "It's not that I don't want to give it to Xiao Feng..."
If he really had so much money instead of relying on selling pearls to get so much money, he wouldn't need the old man to make this call. He would add the money after knowing Xiaofeng's situation.
but……
"Then what do you mean?"
The old man was a little impatient, "Don't talk about what you have or what you don't have."
"Just give me a confirmation. Will you give me the money or not?"
"I……"
Don't have that much money
The rest of the words died in his throat.
He knew that saying this would only make the old man angrier.
…
Zhao Lei took the bag containing pearls.
Open the drawstring, and a warm shimmer looms in the dark bag.
If you look closely, you can see a few hints of golden pink in the shimmer.
very beautiful.
It will be even more beautiful if put in water.
This is what little friend Xiao Xiao told him.
When he saw the pearls almost melting in the water, he was amazed again...
