The old man shook his pipe, and then took a strong puff, as if to refresh himself.
"You call it an infectious disease, but here we call it a plague." The old man said, as if he was answering Gu Juexi's question just now.
"That plague took away many people, including the Ye family's husband and wife, and the Ye family's youngest son Ye Xuan, leaving only the brothers Ye Shu and Ye Di." The old man said, Still lamenting, "The eldest brother of the Ye family spent his whole life helping the world, but in the end he died of the plague. But this person is selfish."
As the old man said, Ye Yuwei's hand tightened.
"The first person in the Ye family to get sick was Ye Xuan, but when Ye An and his wife wanted to send Ye Shu and Ye Di to someone else's home to take care of them, no one was willing to take care of them. Ye An was afraid that the two children would also be infected, so So he took Ye Xuan to the quarantine facility. Where is the quarantine facility? There are all sick people inside." The old man said, laughing, "The two children, one is five years old and the other is three years old, are at home. If someone is willing to take care of me, I will ask my family to pick up the two children and let them live in my house."
"Then what?"
"Then? Then Ye An and his wife got sick one after another while treating everyone. That night, Ye An burned down the quarantine facility. It couldn't be cured. Everyone was afraid of death, and everyone wanted to leave, but they couldn't. If they came out, everyone in the county and town would die, so Ye An burned down the quarantine station." The old man said, "In those days, there were a few sensible people. Everyone, regardless of the fact that their wives and children were also inside, were burned to death, but the two children, Ye Shu and Ye Di, became the targets of beatings and scoldings among the neighbors."
Ye Yuwei clenched her hands tightly, as if her joints would be broken later.
"Ye Shu and Ye Di are in my house, and my noodle shop can't continue to operate. Every day there are people at the door shouting to let them out." The old man said, chuckling, "Humans, it is easy to forget their roots. It was their relatives who killed them and Ye An who saved them, but no one remembers that they saw their relatives burned to death, but they forgot why their relatives were burned to death."
Gu Juexi held Ye Yuwei's veiny hand with her backhand.
"Ye Shu is a very smart child. He is young, but he knows everything. People can forget their roots, but I can't. The noodle shop is closed, and the family is uneasy here. I have to live well with these two children." The old man As he said that, he looked at Ye Yuwei and said, "Your father is smart and sensible, but he is too smart and sensible too early."
"Then what?" Ye Yuwei spoke again, with a suppressed tone in her voice. She just wanted to know, what kind of person is her father
"Then, my family and I took them away from here. This kid in my family didn't live up to expectations, but Ye Shu and Ye Di are both smart kids. They jumped all the way from elementary school to junior high school and high school, and starting from junior high school, Ye Shu's The child began to learn how to make money as a tutor. When he reached high school, he relied on scholarships to pay for his tuition and would give me money every month. At that time, I knew that this child had a future. At the age of fourteen, he was The university admitted me under special circumstances.”
Gu Juexi tapped the table with one hand. He was suitable for his age. Ye Shu was only twenty years old when he was studying for a doctorate abroad.