Chapter 836 Come often in the future
Lao Shitou used to be the top leader of the unit. He was tough and decisive, but also old-fashioned and stubborn. He once had a happy family and had three children with his wife.
The eldest brother served in the army and died in the self-defense counterattack war. The second brother was admitted to university in 1977, but drowned while swimming in the summer vacation. The third brother had a girlfriend in 1983, but because of jealousy, he was stabbed to death by gangsters.
The continuous heavy blows made Lao Shitou's temper become strange, and this unbearable temper became more rampant after his wife passed away.
He would go around causing trouble for the neighbors every day, hanging around the compound and surrounding areas. Any trivial matter would become the fuse for his rage. He was hated by everyone in the compound, and everyone called him "the stone in the cesspool" behind his back.
During this period, Lao Shitou retired. He left the job he had worked for decades and had no worries, so he decided to commit suicide.
But at this critical juncture, a family moved next door to him. The head of the household was Ouyang Jing, a top leader transferred from another unit to replace Lao Shitou. The couple had a bad relationship and were always quarreling every day. The two children in the family were also restless, naughty and doing whatever they wanted.
This family became a stumbling block and a thorn in the eye of Lao Shitou's suicide plan. He decided to teach them a profound lesson before he died...
The story took shape bit by bit in Lin Weimin's mouth. His tone was flat, without any pauses, and a vivid, tragic and joyful story poured out.
After Lin Weimin finished telling the story, his mouth was dry. He took a sip of tea, but the tea had already gone cold. He glanced at the time and told a random story. Half an hour had passed.
Everyone listened very attentively. They didn't know when the children's fighting could no longer be heard in the room. They sat or stood around Lin Weimin, listening more attentively than the adults around them.
The ending of the story is tragic. Lao Shitou and the Ouyang family had a quarrel and those days became a rare warm time in his life, but in the end, he chose to end his life by suicide without any regrets.
“Wow, wow, wow…” Several children burst into tears after hearing the story. Little Doubao was the youngest and didn’t understand much, but she cried the most.
The children burst into tears and the adults felt bad too. After hearing this story, they felt like a huge stone was blocking their hearts.
Several female comrades who were busy in the kitchen heard the children crying and ran over to ask, "What's going on?"
Qu Xiaowei explained that the children cried because of the story. They didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Tao Huimin said to Lin Weimin in a veiled manner, "What the hell are you doing? Why did you mess with them for no reason?"
Lin Weimin helplessly told another joke: "A matchstick was walking on the street. He felt itchy on his head, so he kept scratching it, and it caught fire."
It was an extremely old-fashioned and boring joke, but it made the kids around him laugh so hard that they fell over.
Children's happiness is so simple.
A light-hearted joke finally helped the people around him to pull themselves away from the story he had woven.
"Weimin, is this the content of your next novel?" Qu Xiaowei asked.
"Not really, I just wrote it down as I felt it." Lin Weimin replied.
After he finished speaking, Qu Xiaowei looked at him with a very strange look.
There is one part of envy and nine parts of vicious jealousy hidden in it.
Lin Weimin could probably understand what he meant: Damn, you’ve already pretended to be so powerful.
Tong Zhonggui exclaimed: "Teacher Lin's story is wonderful, it is much better than "To Live"."
Yu Hua on the side: ???
After all, I'm right next to you, so you can flatter me if you want. Could you please consider me?
We are all intellectuals, so can we please stop pulling others down?
"Indeed!" Yu Hua nodded. "Teacher Lin's story did not deliberately sensationalize the death of Lao Shitou's wife and children. Instead, it was very calm and restrained. This made his character more vivid and lively, and gave the story a rich emotion. Until the end, when Lao Shitou committed suicide, the emotion reached its peak, and it makes people feel heartbroken when they think about it."
Mo Yan nodded slightly, "Yu Hua is right!"
When several people were discussing heatedly, Shi Tiesheng silently pushed his wheelchair to the window. His back seemed a little lonely. The discussion fell silent and everyone didn't want to disturb him.
Little Doubao ran over curiously, took a look at Shi Tiesheng, then ran back to Lin Weimin's arms and asked, "Dad, why is uncle crying?"
The little girl probably forgot why she was crying just now. Lin Weimin hugged her and said softly, "Because uncle misses daddy."
The protagonist of Lin Weimin's story is called Lao Shitou. He has the shadow of Shi Tiesheng's father, as well as the shadows of thousands of husbands and fathers. They are as solid as a rock, have a strong temperament, and are not good at speaking, but they use the simplest actions to interpret their love for their wives and children.
Old Shitou was unfortunate. His three children died young one after another. He had to see his own children die. His wife, who had always been by his side, also passed away before him. He lived a lonely and helpless life in the world.
But he was also lucky. He sent his loved ones away one by one, and there was no one left in this world that he cared about.
Perhaps God also realized how cruel he had been to this stone-like man, because in the last moments of his life, due to various coincidences, he became friends with a family of troublemakers who seemed to cause him all kinds of trouble.
But in the end, he chose to commit suicide according to his own wishes.
He was not afraid of living alone in this world, he just wanted to reunite with his family.
He was like the stone in the cesspool, smelly and hard, but he loved his wife and children deeply. When there was nothing left in the world worth his concern, he left resolutely without any nostalgia.
After a long while, Shi Tiesheng turned around in his wheelchair and said to Lin Weimin: "Weimin, please write this story."
Lin Weimin nodded, "Okay."
Having personally witnessed the birth of a novel, the others were quite excited listening to the conversation between the two.
Qu Xiaowei couldn't help but reminisce about the past, "Weimin's ability is really enviable. When we were at the Institute of Literature Research..."
With inspiration for new works, Lin Weimin's spare time every day is basically occupied by creation.
The stories he told everyone at Shi Tiesheng's house were based on three film and television works. The character of Old Shitou was inspired by the protagonist Chandler in a later movie "Manchester by the Sea". His three children died in the fire. The pain of losing a child would make people feel desperate.
Stone's experience was even more tragic than Chandler's. If Chandler's experience was a fatal blow, then Stone's experience was like a blunt knife piercing the flesh. He lived in the pain of losing his son for half his life.
Coupled with the death of his spouse, the character's suicide becomes justified.
In terms of character, he borrowed some ideas from the protagonist Shi Guangrong in a later TV series "The Passionate Years", who was an old R-soldier who came from a humble background, had a tough temperament, and walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. The actor in the TV series is not good, but the role is indeed a classic.
The overall framework of the story is based on a classic movie called A Man Called Ove Decides to Die. The content of the movie is not complicated, it tells the story of a man named Ove who decided to commit suicide to follow his wife Sonya after her death but failed.
However, Lin Weimin did not take the warm and touching path at the end of the film in his setting.
In the movie, Ove was redeemed by his neighbors, but eventually died of a heart attack, leaving the audience with a tinge of sadness.
However, the ending that Lin Weimin arranged for Lao Shitou was that Lao Shitou died generously after experiencing a period of warm time. This not only reflected a man's determination to die, but also was full of his deep and passionate love for his wife and children.
Once his ideas were mature, he started writing very quickly. In less than a month, most of the novel had been completed. Lin Weimin has recently regained some of his youthful vigor.
This weekend, Lin Weimin came to Yanjing Hospital again.
When he saw him, Mr. Wan smiled and asked, "You've been coming here quite frequently lately."
"I'm just worried that you'll be bored! Besides, Doubao misses you too."
The little bean bun ran into Mr. Wan's arms. After picking up the little guy, Mr. Wan's smile never stopped and he played with the little bean bun with great interest.
After a while, Mr. Wan couldn't keep up with Xiao Doubao's energetic pace, and she was carried by Tao Huimin to talk to Li Yuru.
Mr. Wan and Lin Weimin sat on the sofa and chatted. Mr. Wan asked Lin Weimin a few questions about work. Mr. Wan also asked about Lin Weimin's creation. When he heard that Lin Weimin was creating new works recently, Mr. Wan was very pleased.
"You are still a writer after all. You should never forget about creation."
"I understand." Lin Weimin responded.
The teacher and the student were chatting, and Mr. Wan suddenly said, "The food in the hospital is too mediocre recently."
Lin Weimin understood what he meant and said, "How about I order you a meal?"
In recent years, many restaurants in Yanjing have started providing take-out services.
"When the restaurant prepares it and sends it to us, the taste has changed and it's not delicious," the old man complained.
Lin Weimin smacked his lips, feeling a little embarrassed. "Your request is a bit high!"
Mr. Wan's expression was serious. "Forget about the embarrassment."
As soon as Lin Weimin saw his expression, he knew that if he didn't agree, he would definitely not be in a good mood when he came back next time. This is what is called being a child.
"Then I will discuss this with my wife and the doctor first."
"What's there to discuss? Let's have a meal..."
Mr. Wan grumbled in dissatisfaction, but he also knew that he had to pass this level, so he gave Lin Weimin an encouraging look and said, "Go ahead."
Lin Weimin smiled, ran to Li Yuru and whispered a few words.
After he finished speaking, Li Yuru glanced in Mr. Wan's direction. Mr. Wan turned his face away very unnaturally, pretending to be indifferent.
"He is becoming more and more greedy." Li Yuru started to speak ill of Mr. Wan.
Mr. Wan has been recuperating in the hospital for many years, but he is not completely unable to go out. He occasionally goes out to participate in some officially organized activities.
It’s just that he’s not in good health right now and there are too many things he needs to pay attention to, so he seldom goes out.
"Eating hospital food all day long will make you sick of it no matter how delicious it is. Isn't that right, Master's wife?" Lin Weimin pleaded for mercy.
Li Yuru said helplessly: "It's not that I don't want him to go out, let's ask the doctor."
Lin Weimin had no choice but to find the doctor in charge of Mr. Wan again. After some communication, Mr. Wan successfully got the opportunity to dine outside the hospital.
After coming out of the hospital, Mr. Wan was in a very good mood, as if he was a prisoner who had seen the light of day again.
"What would you like to eat?" Lin Weimin asked.
"Roast duck." Mr. Wan said eagerly.
"Roast duck is cold in nature and cannot be eaten," said Li Yuru.
"Then let's eat Donglaishun." Mr. Wan was unyielding.
"The doctor won't let you eat that much meat."
…
Mr. Wan suggested three places, and Li Yuru rejected all three. The old man got angry and sat on the stool in front of the hospital entrance.
"I'm not going! If you can't eat this or that, what are you going to eat?"
Lin Weimin quickly comforted him, "Look at you, I didn't stop you from eating, you just have to avoid certain foods! Fengzeyuan, how about Fengzeyuan? They taste great, let's pick a few dishes and try them."
Mr. Wan sat there and glanced at Li Yuru. Seeing that she didn't say anything, he calmed down a little.
"Okay, let's go to Fengzeyuan and order some mullet egg soup."
"Then you have to eat less, that thing is very nutritious." Lin Weimin warned.
Mr. Wan was slightly unhappy and said, "Well, I'll try it."
Lin Weimin brought the old couple to Fengze Garden. Although Li Yuru said they were not allowed to eat, when they really arrived at the restaurant, Li Yuru did not stop Mr. Wan, and the old man had a delicious meal.
Back at the hospital, he patted Lin Weimin on the shoulder.
"Come often in the future!"
(End of this chapter)
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