Blackstone Code

There are eight members of the family, and everyone obviously shows their love for life, but after chatting alone with the female reporter for a while, the queen.

There seems to be some bad atmosphere in this family.

No one shows a different attitude from the past. They still love life and still help the elderly and children.

But I don’t know why, but everything is different from the past.

At night, the old man was carried to bed and lay down. After thanking his son and grandson with a smile, he turned off the light.

There was no light in the dark room.

When we were on the ground, although it was very dark at night, there was still some natural light.

At least people can see the stars, and the light from those stars can light the way.

But in the shelter, there is no light, that is, there is really no light. Everything is terribly dark, so dark that you can't see anything.

It's like vision has been stripped away.

The old man used to think that such darkness was a good environment. When he lived on the ground, he occasionally needed to wear an eye mask to fall asleep.

After entering the shelter, you can quickly fall asleep without wearing an eye mask.

But today, he couldn't sleep.

He has been thinking about what the female reporter said to him, and whether he has done anything for this family since entering the shelter.

There is no doubt that he has contributed nothing except causing trouble to his family!

This made him very sad. He was also a strong person when he was young, but now, he lives like this.

Maybe, I really am a burden to them.

He leaned sideways, clasping his hands together and resting his cheeks, thinking this.

The invisible room no longer gave him a sense of tranquility and comfort. Instead, it made him frightened, frightened, and uneasy!

He turned on the bedside lamp, and he was suddenly afraid of the darkness!

The old wife who was sleeping on the other side of the bed looked back at him and said, "Do you need to use the bathroom?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, "No, I don't need to, I just..."

The old wife was also troubled. She frowned and said, "The lights you turn on need electricity. You know what I mean. We can't relieve them of their burden. It's best not to increase their bills."

You need to pay the electricity bill. It seems that the electricity will be inconspicuous for a while, and a light bulb with dozens of watts will not cost much if it is used until dawn.

But once sleeping with the lights on becomes a habit, it will quietly add an extra expense to the family that should not be there.

The old man quickly turned off the bedside lamp again, "Yes, I have turned it off."

Although the lights were turned off, his thoughts became more turbulent. This feeling of not being needed by people, but becoming a burden to his relatives hurt his heart.

It wasn't until late at night that he fell asleep.

The next morning, after a simple wash, he sat in his wheelchair and enjoyed breakfast, which was about a tablespoon of basic meal.

Some people said that this thing was made by cockroaches, but he didn't know if that was true.

But there are many people who say this, and some scientists have previously believed that cockroaches are very good food raw materials.

It has a strong reproductive capacity and can quickly decompose a large portion of the domestic waste produced in the shelter.

It not only provides people with a source of protein, but also solves some troubles in life.

Fifty grams of food was not much for an old man. He saw his eldest grandson and his wife and left part of the food for the children to eat.

And that little baby who looks a little thin is not cute at all. He is too thin because he lacks nutrition.

His mother has run out of milk because she has not had enough to eat for a long time, and the price of milk powder is now ridiculously high.

Almost all natural pastures around the world have stopped production. Without milk, how can we get milk powder?

So he started eating this food early. Fortunately, it was very soft and the puree could be digested well by the child.

"I can't eat anymore." He handed over the food on his plate, "You guys can eat, I'm old and I don't need this."

The other two old people also saved their own food and gave it to others.

This change made the atmosphere in the family a little weird, because they had never done this before the female reporter came. After a brief silence, the male protagonist decided to take only half of the old man's ration.

After breakfast in the morning, the old man and his wife returned to the room.

"You don't feel right today." His wife discovered some clues. After all, they were two people who had lived together for almost a lifetime.

She can immediately detect any changes in her husband.

The old man rubbed his eyes with his palms, "She's right."

The old lady asked in confusion, "Who?"

"...(the hostess) or...(the eldest grandson's wife), what did they say?"

"I'm talking about the female reporter." The old man explained, "She said we were a burden. I thought about it seriously for a long time, and I think she was actually right."

"Look at me now, I can't do anything, and I have to add a lot of work to them every day."

"I understand the feeling of not having enough to eat and having to do manual labor. I am like a sinner, dragging down the whole family."

"Food, medicine, and taking care of me...(Grandma), I have never felt so useless!"

He punched his thigh hard a few times, but unfortunately, the feeling was not strong. He was a paralyzed patient and he was losing control of his thigh.

The old lady did not refute immediately. She also considered this issue after the female reporter reminded her.

But at this time, she had to stand up and "think about the good things, the difficulties will eventually pass."

Some tears flowed from the old man's cloudy eyes, "After I wear them all down?"

"Then leaving a mess for them and myself dying. This is the most irresponsible approach and idea. I can't be so selfish!"

Listening to her husband's thoughts of seeking relief, the old woman also got a little angry, "We don't think you are troublesome, why do you dislike yourself?"

The old man's voice was already trembling a little, "I don't dislike myself, I just... you know, I hope you all live a better life..."

Before his wife could say anything, he said, "Leave me alone for a while."

The old lady walked over and hugged the old man, "No one will dislike you, we still love you, and everything will pass."

After she finished speaking, she kissed the old man's forehead and left.

The old man pushed the wheelchair to the bedside table, opened the drawer, took out a piece of paper and a pen, and began to write a suicide note.

He has experienced a lot in his life. He has not been defeated by difficulties or life. He has survived tenaciously to this day and has his own family and children.

But in the end, he was defeated by himself.

Destroyed by poverty.

He took the pen, thought for a long time, and finally wrote a line——

"It's a pity that we have to say goodbye this way..."

After a long time, the old man finished writing the suicide note and hid it in his underwear pocket.

He didn't seem to say anything depressing the whole day, and he was always very optimistic, just like he had been in the past.

At night, he even hugged his wife and son and told them "I love you."

In the evening, he told his wife that he hoped to be able to wear his favorite suit in two days.

Although his wife was not sure why the old man did this, she just put on a suit of clothes that cost more than two hundred yuan, and she had no reason to stop him.

A few mornings later, he ended his life in the toilet after breakfast wearing the most expensive clothes he had ever bought in his life.

When the female reporter heard the news, her scalp was numb and she rushed in first. The cameraman frantically focused the camera on the old man's purple face, and her breathing became rapid!

This big news is done!

The family members who rushed over rudely pushed away the female reporter and cameraman, but they didn't care at all. Instead, they took the initiative to step back to take pictures of the grieving family members.

They found the suicide note from the old man's pocket, and everyone cried bitterly after reading it.

More than an hour later, people from the Seventh District Administration came and took away the old man's body and burned it. There is no burial environment here. Everyone will be burned to ashes and then put into small jars.

After losing an old man, everyone's mood became extremely low.

The old man's wife has been blaming herself. She has obviously noticed that something is wrong with the old man's mood, but she was still deceived by his pretended optimism!

At night, she sat on the bed holding the old man's relics and couldn't sleep.

She recalled all the happy times they had had, and her heart felt as painful as being bitten by a poisonous snake!

Looking at the old man's photo, she felt that the whole world had fallen into darkness...

The next morning, she was found dead on the bed in her bedroom. She slit her wrists and held her husband's portrait tightly when she died.

Two old people died at once, but apart from pure sadness, the atmosphere in the whole family didn't have... too much anger.

The wife of the master's son showed a sense of relief that "everything is over" even when no one was around.

Without the two old people and the medicines that they have to spend every week, the family's savings are enough to make their life more comfortable.

She was even vaguely looking forward to the last old man's realization that it would be best to leave suddenly at some point, so that life would become better.

The female reporter did not continue to interview the family. Although doing so was indeed very effective in news, she also knew that doing so would sting the hearts of the audience more intensely.

But it doesn't help her in getting what she wants. Instead, it will have a negative impact on her.

She just had to wait a while and report on the changes in the family's lives.

Use "the new look of a happy family life after the old people have left" to compare the previous poor living environment.

She doesn't need to explain anything, the audience can understand what she wants to express.

Only this time she didn’t say it, the audience came up with it themselves!