His eyes were cloudy, and because most of his teeth had fallen out, his mouth was sunken and his words were not clear: "Girl, your grandma doesn't live here. You came too late. If you want to find her, you have to go to that building."
Su Qingyu asked politely: "Which building is this?"
"It's right there. You can get there by walking through the small garden." The old man with a white beard raised his hand and pointed to the dilapidated building that the nurse had introduced. "If the elderly's family members cannot pay the second year's fees in advance, the nursing home will arrange for those elderly people to live in that building.
Your grandma, hehe, I remember she was arranged to stay in room 404. On the fourth floor, they clearly knew that we old people are superstitious about these things, but they arranged her to stay on the fourth floor. "
Su Qingyu looked in the direction of the finger.
The building was gray, with mottled walls like rotting skin, and exposed water pipes like crisscrossing meridians.
Most of the glass on the windows was broken, and some were blocked with old newspapers.
Even without entering the building, you can imagine the terrible living conditions there.
The old man laughed dryly twice, then leaned over and said quietly: "We old people are different from the children in the kindergarten. When we get old, we become a burden to the family. We put us in a nursing home and spend money to buy them some peace and quiet.
I envy the children in the kindergarten, who are also waiting to leave. They will be picked up at dusk, but the only way for us to leave here is death... If we live in that building, we will not be far from death. "
His resentment is deep.
Su Qingyu asked, "How much does it cost per year to stay in a nursing home here?"
"We charge 10,000 yuan a month here, and we need to estimate the expenses for the second year every year. But that building only costs 1,000 yuan a month. If the elderly move in, the annual cost will be enough for them to live there for ten years."
"Thank you!" Su Qingyu was about to leave.
The old man with white beard suddenly called her: "Wait a moment."
"Huh?" Su Qingyu stopped.
The old man's eyes fell on the chessboard, and he stroked the "check" chess piece with his dry fingers.
He asked, "What did my granddaughter tell you?"
The temperature around dropped suddenly.
Su Qingyu saw that the old man was becoming more like skin and bones. As the flesh on his fingers decreased, his nails became more and more prominent and sharp. She took a step back and thought of a foolproof answer in her mind.
"He's my own grandfather, why do you need someone else to deliver the message? You should wait for her to come and talk to you in person." Su Qingyu successfully got the topic out of the way.
"Waiting again." The old man with white beard did not make any special reaction.
The old man who was smoking put out his cigarette on the stone table and said, "It will become a habit. Come on, let's play chess."
The two old men started playing chess.
They were so absorbed in playing chess that they seemed to have entered a state of ecstasy, completely forgetting that Su Qingyu was still there. After that, no matter what Su Qingyu said, the two old men seemed to hear nothing.
Every time a chess piece eats another chess piece, the black energy on the old man whose chess piece was eaten will increase.
It wasn't until one of them won that the bone-chilling temperature eased a little.