Different Old Liu

  That day, the weather was great from morning till night. The sky was a brilliant blue and there wasn't a cloud in sight. The air was crisp and clear, if you climbed to a high place to look far into the distance, it's estimated that even if you looked over 100 miles away, it wouldn't be blurry.

  Around ten o'clock, Zhang Jin finished his work and lay down comfortably on the recliner under the pagoda tree again, drinking tea, smoking, and surfing the internet...

  Qī Bīng was also the same, lying on a recliner on the other side of the tea table, holding his own laptop and leisurely watching anime web series.

  As noon approached, the weather got hotter and hotter. Although the dense shade of the pagoda trees blocked out most of the sunlight, the bright light still made Zhang Jin and Qi Bing's eyes feel dry and their eyelids sticky. Although the sea breeze blowing from the other end of the house brought some coolness, it also blew these two lazy people to numbness, making them feel like they were about to melt into a puddle of mud. As a result, Zhang Jin and Qi Bing, who were lying in the shade of the tree, naturally felt drowsy.

  Just as the two brothers were about to "soul out of body" and "people things not awake", the black crystal that was lying on Zhang Jin's recliner, learning from its lazy owner, and dozing off with its eyes closed, suddenly raised its head. This little guy heard a engine sound coming from afar, getting clearer and closer.

  He didn't open his eyes, but simply lowered his hand to stroke the smooth fur on top of Hei Shui Jing's head, saying in a lazy, drowsy voice: "Don't mind him, it's none of our business!"

  Zhang Jin knew that if it was his fellow villagers coming to visit him or see a doctor, they would have walked over. Haigou Village is so small that cars are not needed at all.

  Only Xiaofei and Weifeng, these two iron brothers, can drive to visit their own home. Today is the weekend, but Xiaofei and Weifeng called two days ago, both of them didn't have time to 'go on a rural vacation' today, so this car naturally couldn't be coming for me.

  But before Zhang Jing re-entered the "trance" state, he had to wake up again, "What's wrong? This car has already passed by Uncle Julei's house, how can it still be coming this way? Can't be coming to my house, right?"

  Although Zhang Jin was muttering to himself in his heart, his eyes refused to open. Even if someone came to his own home, he would wait for them to ring the doorbell before getting up, and now that he was comfortable, he might as well sleep in a bit longer!

  The doorbell finally rang, and Zhang Jin had no choice but to open his eyes, get up, and go answer the door.

  Seeing Liu Laoye standing at the door with a bitter face, Zhang Jin was stunned for a moment before speaking to greet him: "Ah, Grandpa Liu is here, please come in, please come in!"

  However, just over ten days later, under the premise that not even a phone call was made, Old Liu came again as an uninvited guest. Although this surprised Zhang Jin greatly, he still welcomed him in without losing his manners. In his heart, he muttered, "This old man shouldn't be some kind of foodie, coming to freeload again?"

  In the living room on the first floor, Zhang Jin and Old Man Liu sat down separately. After some aimless small talk, Zhang Jin finally got to the point: "Old Man Liu, you came today... is there something?"

  As soon as Zhang Jin's words came out, Liu Lao Ye Zi's originally somewhat embarrassed old face suddenly turned red. Old cultural people are particularly concerned with dignity and etiquette, and it is extremely difficult for them to utter a word like "ask". Just like before when friends asked him to change his stubborn temper, he said: "I, Liu, have such a straight back and hard neck because I never ask others for help or do things that go against my conscience! I don't need to nod or bow to anyone..."

  But times are different now. If Zhang Jin were running a restaurant, serving food and drinks here would be acceptable as long as you pay; if he were running a clinic, coming here for medical treatment would also be acceptable as long as you pay; but the key is that nowadays Zhang Jin is staying at home, these businesses are not open to outsiders, so it's inevitable to mention this "ask" word that makes him uncomfortable.

  "This is nothing, actually... " Old Man Liu said hesitantly.

  Looking at the Liu old man in front of him, who was completely different from his fiery temper last time, Zhang Jin also felt puzzled, "Nothing? Then why did you come today...?"

  "Hmm...it's not that there's nothing going on..." Old Master Liu's face was almost purple with rage. Everything is difficult the first time you do it, and asking for help is no exception.

  This is another "nothing" and "not nothing", which makes Zhang Jin a bit confused, but seeing Liu Lao's face that can't be wiped out, Zhang Jin doesn't dare to ask strongly. So he also didn't speak, waiting for Liu Lao to pour out the things in his belly. For a while, the two were silent.

  "This old man must have something up his sleeve, otherwise why would he come all the way here uninvited? Sorry to say it, but I'll just keep quiet and see how long you can hold on." Zhang Jin thought calmly with a hint of malice.

  The hearts of the plebeians are all dark, they especially like to see jokes about big shots with heads and faces, watching them make fools of themselves will even give them a sense of 'these big shots are nothing more than that', similar to **'s pleasure, some psychological balance and extremely inflated sense of superiority.

  These two days, Zhang Jin was bored and went online to check the information of these few "Buddhas" who came to freeload. None of them were not high-ranking officials or famous people, with the lowest being at the deputy ministerial level. It can be seen that Wei Feng's previous introduction, "stomping his foot and making the entire Guangdong province tremble", was a bit exaggerated but not unreasonable.

  Among these few masters, the most famous one is this blushing old man, Liu Laoyezi, who looks like a monkey's buttocks. After all, those few masters are only known for their official titles, but this Old Man Liu not only has a loud official title, but also among contemporary Chinese painters, he is a master-level figure sitting in the top few seats. A renowned national painting master!

  Artists are like stars in front of people, their reputation is greater than those officials who always stand behind the scenes, manipulating everything with laws, regulations and documents.

  In the silence between them, ten seconds passed... half a minute passed... five minutes passed...

  Finally, Liu Lao Ye Zi couldn't hold it in anymore and after being tormented for a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes wide, gritted his teeth, and said out the purpose of this visit:

  "Honestly, I'm here to see you for medical treatment this time. After I left your place last time, I followed your advice and went to the hospital for a check-up. It's indeed what you said, it's not high-altitude heart disease, but 'primary pulmonary hypertension'. However, those doctors seemed helpless even after they knew what the disease was. Later, I thought that since you were able to diagnose this disease with just one look, which took those doctors so many days and dozens of tests to figure out, your medical skills must be much better than theirs. So, today I actually came specifically to ask if you can cure this disease?"