The name Song De Lu is not common, listening to too elegant, inexplicably reminiscent of Wang Xizhi, Liu Zongyuan stream. This is no wonder, because Song Deer is not born in this era, now most of the young people called Yingjie, Wenbo, Zhiyuan and so on, Song Deer is already an old man in his sixties.
He retired a few years ago, and now his main job is to sunbathe in the park. A lot of old people like to bring their stereos and gather in the park to dance, but Song Delu doesn't like square dancing. First of all, he couldn't stand the heavy earthy music, and in addition, their dance steps didn't look very eye-catching, like the radio gymnastics that elementary school students had to do every day. When he was young, Song Delu would dance, wearing a suit and tie, holding his partner's back with one hand and holding her up with the other, as they walked slowly to the accompaniment of elegant piano or violin music, one perfect circle blooming on the dance floor after another. At the end of a song, his colleagues would applaud him, and he would put one hand on his chest and bend over in a gentlemanly manner to give thanks.
Forty-five years of experience in the workplace, Song Deer to many colleagues have given gifts, marriage, children full moon, children to get a good university, the elderly died ...... gift money from the original dozen dollars to the current two or three hundred to start. Song Delu only been colleagues sent three times, once he moved, once his mother died, and the last time is his father died. Because Song Delu has not been married, so there is no child full moon and so on.
A few days ago, the weather suddenly cooled down, and Song Deer got a heavy cold, a fever, and a cough. The cold is a small disease, it is not easy for adults to get, the immune system of adults are close to perfect, a small cold virus is not rampant, has been the body of the immune cells to pull out. Only children will have a cold and fever every now and then, but Song De Lu is now an old man, originally strong immune system is gradually unable to catch, he re-emerged into the immunity of the child.
That's what happened when he got up in the morning, and it was nine o'clock in the morning when he opened his eyes. It's still a good time for young people to dream at nine in the morning, but for old people who don't have sleep, nine o'clock is the time to go home after shopping at the vegetable market. He struggled to get up and then had to lie down again. His head was too sore, his whole body was heavy as a scale, and he still felt cold. After resting for a while, he struggled to get up and picked up the thermometer, 39.6°. This is not a good number, this number shows that if you add another 0.4 °, Song Deer is quartered.
If it's just a cold, you can still fight it off, but a fever can't be helped by a hardened man, your brain is at an abnormally high temperature, like a fish about to get dehydrated, and you can't properly send commands to the various organs of your body to get them to work in harmony. Gotta get up and go to the hospital, he fumbled with the edge of the bed and tried to poke his feet on the ground, but his arms didn't have enough strength to support him after half a day of shaking. He contemplated calling the emergency center, but wasn't it a little too childish to call 120 just because he had a cold and a fever? It might even delay some of the people who were more in need of urgent help. He closed his eyes in resignation and prayed that his immune system still had a fighting chance.
It was one o'clock in the afternoon when he woke up again, and his throat ached as if it had been burned by fire, so it was a good thing that his body gradually gained some strength, and he was finally able to get up and pour himself a cup of hot water. Although there is no hunger, but not eating is more unable to overcome the disease, he touched out his cell phone to order a takeaway for himself. But his hands were too shaky and he couldn't unlock it. His cell phone also does not have the function of portrait unlocking, he does not want to expose his appearance in the phone, he heard that nowadays the fraudsters can take out all the money in your bank card only through a photo. He put the phone on the table and warmed up a packet of milk for himself on the slices of bread he kept in the fridge. Then rummaged through the medicine cabinet for some cold medicine like cephalosporin and ibuprofen and drank it.
The characteristic hypnotic effect of cold medicine made his head groggy, but having already slept through the night, and during the day until one in the afternoon, he really couldn't fall asleep. Outside the window the wind was blowing, the yellowed fallen leaves were swirling in the air, and in a daze, he remembered Lu Xiangyu again. He thought of Lu Xiangyu again. Not "Xiangyu" as in "Lin Xiangru", the Minister of Zhao in "Bauhinia", but "Xiangyu" as in "Mutual help". He wondered if Lu Xiangyu would have a younger sister called Lu Yimo. Lu Xiangyu is not a name that will be available in this era, and the person who can be remembered by him can only be the person of his era.
From the period of the founding of the country to the present Song De Lu, more than sixty years of life experience, he has seen countless beautiful women, Japan's Showa singer, Hong Kong and Macao's TVB beauty, South Korea's top stream idol, Europe and the United States, sexy pornographic star ...... But if you ask him who is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, he will subconsciously think of Lu Xiangyi! I'm not sure how beautiful Lu Xiangyu is, but I'm sure she is. How beautiful is Lu Xiangyu? He didn't know, but he just thought it was beautiful. He met Lu Xiangyu when he was sixteen years old, and now he is over sixty years old, more than fifty years is enough time for him to forget her looks, after the long time passes, only a stubborn name is left, and he is a stubborn person who doesn't want to forget.
He didn't have a picture of Lu Xiangyu - in fact, he had one, which was a group photo of the entire senior class and teachers at their high school graduation. Lu Xiangyu stood in the crowd, wearing a ponytail and smiling quietly, like a mountain peach blossom that couldn't be seen clearly in the rain and fog. At that time, it was still a black and white photo, you had to use expensive film and go through a series of developing, fixing, bleaching, washing and drying before you could get the final product, the complicated process and the long time made each photo seem extra precious. Unlike now, any cell phone can take pictures, connected to a Bluetooth printer, less than three seconds to have a high-definition color photos, as simple as a hand.
After graduating from college, he felt that he could no longer think of Lu Xiangyi not forgetting, so he tore up the photo and threw it into the garbage together with the garbage in the plastic bag. By the time he regretted the next day, he wanted to go and pick it up again, the garbage pool was already on fire, and the choking smell filled his nose. In those days, people didn't talk about environmental protection, and those who couldn't afford to eat had no energy to talk about environmental protection. It was all a fire, burned clean, very simple, and very rough.
Later, he read a poem by Xi Murong, a poetess who wrote at the end of the poem, "Wading through the river, a thousand hibiscus; the poem is also simple, the heart is also simple." It was such a simple time, you could lose the last bit of information about a person so easily, and from then on, all you had left of her was some fuzzy memories, and the human brain is the most unreliable tool for remembering.
Of course, he didn't have Lu Xiangyu's contact information, people didn't have contact information back then, not even a phone, let alone a cell phone or WeChat. People rode bicycles on concrete roads to make a living, and the old green trains spewed thick black smoke and drove past rivers and mountains. In those days, people went to the post office the most, the letter carrier slung his burlap bag through the streets and alleys, handing over one letter after another to its owner. People used Hero fountain pens, dipped in dark blue ink, and lines of sentimental words spread across the letterhead. Some important letters are also written on vertical lines of paper with a brush, and the recipient needs to read them from right to left and from top to bottom, which is as romantic as the ancient times when people used to send letters by wild geese. People also tend to write well, unlike today's children who only send some messy emoticons.
Song De Lu did not write a letter to Lu Xiangyu, or he did, but Lu Xiangyu did not receive it. The reason why Lu Xiangyu didn't receive it is that Song Delu didn't go to the post office to send a letter. Song Delu didn't go to the post office to send a letter because he didn't know Lu Xiangyu's address. At that time, high school was not in every county, and you had to go to the city and take a long bus ride for one or two days. There were so many people in a city that there might be more than one person named Lu Xiangyu. By the time Song De Deer had written his first letter, he realized he didn't really know where to send it. The letter was wrapped in tawny brown kraft paper, and on the cover it was written in a clear script - Received by Miss Lu Xiangyu, who resides in the heart of Mr. Song Deeru.
He tried to recall his memories of Lu Xiangyu, but couldn't remember anything. It seemed that he had confessed his love for her, but was rejected, and that was all. In Song De Lu's time, a man's lifelong non-marriage could be considered shocking, even if his daughter-in-law died, he would still renew his marriage. Forced by social and parental pressure, Song Delu had a few blind dates. He wore a mountain suit, the girl wore a thick braid, wearing a new dress dyed in coarse cloth, they sat in the county party branch of the parlor in a formal manner, each person in front of an enamel cylinder, which is a good coarse tea.
The girls are very satisfied with Song Deer, Song Deer is a university diploma, when the college students than now the turtle doctor is more expensive; Song Deer size or a party branch cadres, which is the official; the key is Song Deer is a scholarly temperament, talk elegant, sitting posture is different from others, not a big old man working in the fields can be compared. But every girl reminds Song Delu of Lu Xiangyu, some of them have Lu Xiangyu's eyes, some have Lu Xiangyu's mouth, some have Lu Xiangyu's voice ...... but none of them are Lu Xiangyu.
He had a three-year blind date with the party in the county, and he was courteous and respectful to every girl. But after each blind date, he did not take the initiative to find the girl, the girl came to him for dinner, he also used work to excuse. Until the fourth year, finally no one to introduce him to the girl, because this year Song Deer was typecast as a "rightist", whisked to the countryside to herd sheep.
Song Deer is a city dweller, has never done farm work in his life, the village chief gave him a hundred sheep at once, and let him lead to the head of the slope every day to put. The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of a long journey, and it was a long time ago that I was in the middle of a long journey, and it was a long time ago that I was in the middle of a long journey, and I was in the middle of a long journey. Although he couldn't sit in the office and drink tea, but he could lie on the grass and watch the sky, Song Delu thought it wasn't too bad. The most important thing is that his parents finally will not rush him, are to be whisked to the sheep, rush what use? The most important thing is that his parents will finally not rush him, and he will be thrown out to the sheep.
He was lying on the slope, chewing dry food when he was hungry, drinking spring water when he was thirsty, hiding in the shade and sleeping when he was hot, and thinking about Lu Xiangyu when he woke up, and his sheep were running all over the slope, like a cotton candy floating in the wind.
The above hit ten years of "rightist", Song De Lu released ten years of sheep. Some smart youths have long been corrected, because they are good at sheep herding, or good at farming, or good at chopping wood. Song De Deer's sheep really bad, no one has taught him how to put in the end, sometimes he came back, sheep are still missing a few, angry village chief led the group to go up the mountain in the dark to look for; sometimes his sheep have not yet reached the mountain began to eat, eat or the village head of the family's wheat, and to the village head of the angry; and he will not pick a good grass, a year to put down, some of the sheep are starving than he is even skinny ... ... ...Song Delu think, the reason why the village head has not beaten him, probably because he every time to do the review is particularly serious, listening to the group are in tears.
At first, the mayor was also moved to tears, thinking that Song Deer is a good seed that can be "reformed", but after a long time, the mayor is also lazy to take care of him. The first time I saw this, I was able to get the ball rolling, and I was able to get the ball rolling, and I was able to get the ball rolling, and I was able to get the ball rolling, and I was able to get the ball rolling, and I was able to get the ball rolling.
Without a letter of recommendation from the village chief, Song Deer is not panicked, the less sheep less sheep, to eat wheat seedlings or to eat wheat seedlings, the starving thin sheep or hungry thin sheep ...... First of all, even if the sheep are fattened up will not be given to Song Deer to eat a mouthful of, and secondly, the village chief has not invited him to eat his family's steamed bread, the most critical is to put the sheep on the run with the play as if every day, but also The most important thing is that the goat herding is just like running for fun, and every day is also free to take care of the food.
Ten years later, Song De Lu returned to the county, or the party branch, the official also rose a level.
This is the first time I've ever seen a woman in the world who has been in the same position as me, and I've never seen her in the same position.
Song Deer peacefully work from work, to engage in the celebration of the time also with colleagues to go to the ballroom dancing. There are also a number of female coworkers on the Song Deer secret glances, but he did not look at the eye, like an old monk for many years. There may be some rumors that he is single, but Song Delu is a decent person, treating people well, colleagues have difficulties at home he will also lend a helping hand in a timely manner, so most people are just joking with him, saying that he is the contemporary "Isaac Newton".
The time is such a long flow of water, Song Deer's position in the promotion, hair gray, as if only the heart, or Ying Ying as the beginning. The first time I saw this was when I was a kid, and it was the first time I'd ever seen a kid in a movie, and it was the first time I'd ever seen a kid in a movie.
That heavy cold plus high fever made his whole person much more depressed, without the kind of spirit in the past. He suddenly realized that he was really dying, and had a kind of sadness that his days were numbered. Song Delu considered going to the old people's home, now the country's policy is very good, and he is a life of dedication to the country, he can spend the rest of his life in the old people's home free of charge. But if he goes to the home, he will have to listen to others, eat on time, sleep on time, and not run around. College students from a nearby university would come to the home regularly to visit him, tidy up his house, trim his nails, and when he sat in his wheelchair with a group of young faces behind him, the photographer pressed the shutter, and he was on the news, with the headline "Retired Elderly Cadre's Cozy Life in the Home". Some barber students from the technical school would come to practice on him and cut a haircut that he could not accept. These students may be out of goodwill, may be for volunteer points, but in any case, Song Delu do not want to be blindly by them.
This year's winter is still as cold as in previous years, and near the end of the year, Song Delu wore a thick parka and elaborate boots and walked into the human resources office. The human resources office was warmly air-conditioned, and only one person was on duty.
"Although it may be a bit disrespectful to say this, ...... at your age, we really can't arrange any suitable work for you." The person in charge looked at Song De Deer's cane leaning to one side.
"There's nothing disrespectful, you're quite right." Song De Deer waved her hand, "But I'm not here for a job, I want to post a job for a nanny."
"This ...... old man, I do want to help you, but there are less than twenty days to the New Year, this is not a time to get a nanny." The person in charge was a bit embarrassed, "If you're not in a hurry, we can post a job posting for you at the beginning of spring next year, that's when people come out to look for work at their peak."
"Hahaha, I also understand, but I recently feel that my body is not as good as it used to be, and there are no children and family members, some worry that I will not die in bed on New Year's Eve without anyone knowing." Song De Deer smiled.
The person in charge was also convinced by his black humor of laughing at death, he held up his glasses, "If you really want to recruit a nanny now, it can be, but ...... this time of the year the cost may be much higher than before."
As we approach the end of the year, everyone is thinking of going home for a reunion, train tickets are going up, airplane tickets are going up, vegetables and meat are going up, it's the most precious time of the year, no one wants to sacrifice it, and if you want someone's services, it's only right that they come at a higher price. "I know, it's not supposed to be easy to find someone at this time of year. But I still have some savings, so that should be enough." Song Deeru's eyes were sincere.
"It's great that you understand." The person in charge breathed a sigh of relief, not that there aren't people who make a fuss over this, "I can post a job posting for you, but you still shouldn't hold out too much hope, according to my work experience, it's basically impossible to recruit at this time of the year."
"That's fine, just post it as you please, I'm not coming with the determination to find one for sure." Song De Deer smiled kindly.
"Then please give a rough idea of the requirements and salary, I'll register you." The person in charge sat in front of the computer.
Song Deer roughly stated his requirements, and the person in charge helped him make some minor changes to make it more likely that he would be able to recruit someone.
A few days later, Song was sitting in the living room watching TV when the doorbell rang. Who would visit a lonely old man in the middle of winter? Song Delu curiously opened the door.
It was an old woman who looked to be in her fifties, Song De Deer didn't think he had seen her before, "May I ask who you are?"
"You are Mr. Song, right? I saw your job posting on the HR's website, and I'm here for an interview today." The old lady smiled a little restrainedly.
"Please come in quickly!" Song De Deer made way for her.
The old lady sat on the sofa and surveyed the layout of the house, Song Delu made her a cup of tea.
"Honestly I didn't think there was really anyone else coming at this time." Song Delu spoke up.
"I'm at home alone and idle, my son and daughter-in-law and granddaughter are all out of town for the New Year and not coming back, so I thought I might as well find a part-time job." The old lady smiled and explained.
"This ...... can be convenient to ask your age?" Song De Deer looked at her somewhat gray hair.
"I belong to the horse, this year fifty-five." The old lady replied.
Fifty-five should find themselves a nanny, Song Deeru embarrassed to say explicitly, "Then you have experience as a nanny?"
"I haven't babysat for anyone as old as you, but my granddaughter is something I've taken care of since she was a child." The old lady answered honestly.
That's total inexperience. Although it is said that the old become young, but there is still a difference between the elderly and children, right? The children at most a fall or something, but the old man is not moving to go to the hospital ah. Song De Lu then asked, "Then your health?"
"I'm just a little osteoporosis, when it rains, easy to knee pain, but everything else is very healthy, the eyes do not blurred ear is not deaf." The old lady went on.
"At the risk of asking, are you in a hurry for money because of something recently?" Song Deeru felt that at such an old age, coming out to work at the end of the year might be something difficult to talk about.
"This is not the case, my son has a successful career, my old partner has also passed away for many years, the house at home is also bought, and I do not have any major illnesses that require hospitalization." The old lady said with a smile.
Then why did you come to be a nanny ah? Song De Lu really can not figure out, watching TV at home is not good? And he did not quite want to hire the old lady, he did not feel that he suddenly had any problems, the old lady can take him to the hospital, and it is very likely to do the nanny work when the old lady herself first problem, Song Delu heard that osteoporosis is very easy to fracture the bones of the people, and he had to spend money to take the old lady to the doctor. He wants to recruit people in their prime, people who are capable of taking care of him.
As if she could see his confusion, the old lady explained to him, "I came here after carefully reading Mr. Song's job advertisement. You are in need of someone who can make you lunch and dinner, right, and clean up twice a week, do laundry twice a week, and don't have to come over at any other time. I'm not much of a sleepyhead and I get up early in the morning, so I can cook three meals for you. As for cleaning, I sweep the floor every day at home, and I see you have a vacuum cleaner, so there's no problem with that. Washing clothes isn't difficult either, you have an automatic washing machine, so I just throw the clothes in, wash them and then take them out to dry on the rack. I think I can do all these jobs well enough to bother you today."
The old lady put her words politely and reasonably, indeed she can do what Song Deeru wants, but her age is just a bit too old for Song Deeru to decide.
"I thought that one person at home for New Year's Eve is over, two people at home for New Year's Eve is also over, and I can still get some pay, so I came." The old lady added another sentence.
Song De Deer's mind slightly moved, two people together in the New Year ah ...... since the parents died one after another, Song De Deer is a person in the New Year, although there are some relatives and friends to call him to let him go over together to eat New Year's Eve dinner, but he is an outsider, sitting in a family of other people, it is really a little twisted, but also to give the children The red packet was sent. These years on New Year's Eve he is a person to fry a few dishes, drink a little wine, watch a little Spring Festival Gala and go to bed as usual. He took another look at the old lady in front of him, smiling kindly, watching the Spring Festival Gala together might not be bad. "How about a week's trial then? If I'm satisfied then I'll transfer to the regularization, the probationary period is paid by the day, and after transferring to the regularization is paid by the month, is that okay?"
"No problem!" The old lady looked happy.
"I haven't asked your name yet?" Song Deeru asked again.
"An Yimo, the 'Yimo' of mutual love." The old lady said with a smile.
Song Deer people are silly.