"The place he sleeps on is covered with sand and straw, and the whole house smells bad. It only needs to be cleaned once a week or two. It's not even as good as the pigs we raise at home."
"I don't know how he managed to persevere all these years. It's so pitiful, but his family doesn't care, and it's none of our business as outsiders..."
Old Master Zhao's forehead veins throbbed as he listened. They had once fought side by side, yet he never imagined their later years would be so miserable. He was too late!
When they arrived at the Di family's door, the family members were having dinner around the table in the yard.
"Auntie Hammer, you have a guest here looking for Uncle."
One sentence made everyone in the courtyard change color: "We're eating, we're not seeing you!"
The person who shouted gave Grandpa Zhao and Ke Meiyu a helpless shrug.
Many villagers had already gathered around to watch the spectacle, mainly because the old man was dressed in green and Ke Meiyu was exceptionally beautiful, like a flower blooming in spring, making her incredibly endearing.
"Grandma Di, Grandpa and I brought some things to visit Grandpa Di. It's not easy for us to come all this way on behalf of the organization. Please let us say a few words to Grandpa Di. The organization is now taking care of veterans and sent us to find out about their situation."
"If you think we're not qualified, then shall we ask the Party Secretary to come over?"
The villagers chimed in, saying, "Auntie Hammer, the organization has come looking for you, aren't you going to open the door? Uncle has had such a hard time these past few years, it's a miracle he's still alive..."
“A person should act with a conscience. You built this brick house with the money your uncle earned from his broken leg. How can you not take good care of your uncle?”
A woman stood up and spat, "It's easy for you to talk when you're not in the same boat. So you don't have any useless people in your family who need to be waited on? My father-in-law lost his legs because of the organization, so the organization should send someone to take care of him."
"We're doing him a favor by providing him with three meals a day and keeping him alive, so how did it become our fault?"
Ke Meiyu said coldly, "You have your own judgment on who is right and who is wrong."
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