After much turning and changing several vehicles, he and his parents finally arrived at Yuzhou Airport.
His parents, who had never flown before, found everything before them new and fresh upon arriving at the airport.
Even Su Father, seeing the planes on the tarmac for the first time while boarding, couldn't help but pull out his phone and secretly take photos as a souvenir.
Meanwhile, his mother cautiously surveyed her surroundings; although the surprise in her eyes was similar to his father's, she feigned composure, quietly walking through the jet bridge like those worldly city dwellers, not asking a single question.
Su Yi looked at his parents, recalling his childhood.
When his parents first brought him to Yuzhou, to the so-called big city, seeing the towering buildings and crisscrossing overpasses, he had the same expression as his parents did now.
In the past, his parents took him to see the world.
They toiled their entire lives, using their utmost ability to support his education in the big city.
They let him see the vastness of the world and understand its many profound truths.
Now, his parents were old.
And he, in turn, wanted to take his parents to see the world.
He wanted them to experience things they never had the opportunity or money to encounter in their lives.
Once on the plane, as it took off, Su Mother, who had initially been composed, couldn't help but become nervous, gripping the armrest of her chair tightly.
"Mom, it's okay, it will be smooth soon,"
Su Yi said, gently holding his mother's hand.
His parents had shielded him from wind and rain for over twenty years; now that he had grown up, he naturally became their support.
After a few hours of flight.
When the plane landed in Modu, and the three walked out of the airport, Su Yi hailed a taxi back to his residence.
His parents gazed at the sparkling, prosperous night view of Modu, comparing it to the scene in their small mountain village back home, and were profoundly moved.
They had never been to Modu before.
All their impressions of Modu came only from occasional glimpses of the city on television.
They had imagined Modu's prosperity and their son's life in this nationally renowned big city, but no imagination could compare to experiencing it firsthand.
Especially when the two walked into the residential area where Su Yi bought his house.
Approaching the new house Su Yi bought outright.
Seeing the dazzling night view of the Bund outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the sparkling lights of the Financial City and the Oriental Pearl Tower not far away, they truly felt as if they were in a dream.
"Son, this house is quite spacious, it feels even bigger than our house back home,"
Su Father said after looking around, the amazement in his eyes growing deeper.
"A house like this… probably isn't cheap, is it?"
Su Yi smiled and said,
"It's alright, it's currently worth about forty to fifty million yuan."
"Forty to fifty… million?"
Su Father's eyes widened, and he nearly fell onto the ground in shock.
Su Mother's jaw also dropped when she heard that number.
Forty to fifty million…
Let alone forty to fifty million, even if it were ten times less.
Four to five million yuan was already an astronomical figure in Su Father's and Su Mother's minds.
Their son had previously told them that he made a lot of money in the stock market and bought a house in Modu, but he hadn't specified how much he made or what kind of house he bought.
They had originally thought that even the most expensive houses in Modu would only be around four to five million yuan.
When their son said he made a lot of money, their most optimistic estimate was a few million yuan.
They never expected that just buying a house would cost forty to fifty million yuan.
Forty to fifty million yuan!
They couldn't even begin to imagine how much that was!
One must know that in the small mountain village where they lived, building a new house currently only cost a little over a hundred thousand yuan, and forty to fifty million yuan would be enough to rebuild almost every house in their village.
"Why is it so expensive?"
Su Father clucked his tongue after a long moment, regaining his senses.
"Look at what kind of place this is outside, how can it not be expensive?"
Su Mother always sided with her son, so even though she didn't understand why the house was so expensive, she didn't question it.
"This is a place that often appears on TV."
To understand her son's life in Modu, she often watched television intently.
Wanting to learn about the city her son lived in.
And this place, although she had never been there, she felt a sense of familiarity, because looking out, she had indeed seen the surrounding scenery many times on television.
"Mr. Su, dinner is ready."
While Su Father and Su Mother continued to marvel at the house's layout and the surrounding environment, Aunt Liu said with a smile.
Su Yi nodded, then called his parents to dinner.
The family sat in the spacious dining room; Su Father was still in a daze, convinced that his family's ancestral grave was smoking green, allowing his son to achieve such great success in Modu.
"Dad, I'll toast you,"
Su Yi said, pouring a glass of wine for his father.
Su Father looked at the strong-smelling baijiu in the glass before him, which hit his senses directly, subconsciously swallowed, and then, regaining his composure, happily drank a glass with his son.
"This liquor… truly is different from the liquor back home."
Su Father had never tasted such delicious liquor and couldn't help but praise it.
Su Yi smiled and said,
"I had Aunt Liu stock a case for you when she went shopping, but this liquor shouldn't be drunk too much; it gets you drunk quickly."
"With your mom watching, how would I dare drink too much?"
Su Father reassured his son.
Su Yi glanced at his mother, secretly smiled, but didn't refute.
He knew that from childhood to adulthood, his mother had always been the backbone of the family.
"Mom, I've already booked a doctor's appointment for you. Tomorrow, we'll go to the hospital for a full body check-up,"
Su Yi said.
Su Mother replied,
"Actually, Mom's illness isn't a big problem."
"Whether there's a problem or not, we must listen to the doctor,"
Su Yi said with a smile.
Su Mother knew that her son was most worried about her condition, so she nodded and stopped insisting.
"Mom, this is Chu Wan,"
Su Yi paused, introducing her to his mother.
On the way to pick up his parents, he had already explained Chu Wan's ordeal and their current situation.
Su Father and Su Mother had both experienced hardships, and upon hearing about Chu Wan's misfortunes, they were very sympathetic and didn't object to their son's actions.
"Wan'er, from now on, you can treat me and your Uncle Su as your family,"
Su Mother said softly, holding Chu Wan's soft hand as the two, now familiar, sat on the living room sofa after dinner.
"Over twenty years ago, when your Little Yi Ge was only one or two years old, your Uncle Su and I also had a daughter. Unfortunately, that child was born with a tough fate and passed away just over two months after she was born."
This was an eternal pain in her heart.
More than twenty years had passed, and although she rarely, if ever, mentioned it to her husband and son, it remained a knot in her heart.
Originally, after that incident, she and her husband still wanted another daughter.
But later she fell ill, and her body could no longer support another pregnancy.
Wanting a daughter was arguably the deepest hidden heartache in her heart, because she felt that in that era, during those poor and difficult times, it was due to her that the child died prematurely.
Therefore, when she saw Chu Wan, she was truly deeply moved and genuinely happy.
"Mmm, okay,"
Chu Wan said, feeling the warmth of Su Mother's palm, nodding gently, and feeling very happy in her heart.
She had been quite afraid that Little Yi Ge's family wouldn't accept her; in that case… she would be alone again.
But now, she didn't have to worry.
Her father had once told her to always view the world with kindness, no matter what.
No matter what she encountered, she should always approach life with hope and optimism.
Although she couldn't see, she felt that she was already the happiest and luckiest person in the world, having her father's understanding and care for everything, giving her the sunshine of the entire world.
Now there was Little Yi Ge, and Little Yi Ge's family…
She sometimes wondered if she must have done many, many good deeds in her past life to have met such wonderful people as her father, mother, and Little Yi Ge in this life.
"Wan'er, your hands are so soft,"
Su Mother said with a smile.
"In our hometown, fortune tellers say that hands like yours are destined for a happy life."
"Aunt Xiuning, can you read palms?"
Chu Wan asked.
Su Mother replied,
"I can't, but in our hometown, fortune tellers always say that."
"Mom, don't teach nonsense. How can you believe what fortune tellers say?"
Su Yi placed a plate of cut fruit on the coffee table in front of them.
"A fortune teller once said I could get into Tsinghua and Peking University, but… I didn't, did I?"
"Although you didn't get into Tsinghua and Peking University, you were still the first prestigious university student to come out of our village,"
Su Mother said proudly.
"So, when you think about it… the fortune teller wasn't wrong either."
"Oh you, that's superstitious thinking,"
Su Yi said with a chuckle.
Su Mother looked up and glared at Su Father, saying,
"How am I as superstitious as your dad? Not long ago, your dad even took your birth characters and traveled dozens of miles to find a master to tell your fortune."
"What did the master say?"
Su Yi asked with a smile.
Su Father lightly coughed, not expecting to be innocently dragged into this without saying a word, and replied,
"He said you have a noble benefactor in your fate, and if you seize the opportunity well, your future will be boundless."
"What else?"
Su Yi continued to ask.
Su Father hesitated for a moment, then continued,
"He said your marriage line would have twists and turns, your career would be smooth, but your relationships would be relatively less so… Sigh, anyway, for these things, just believe the good parts and ignore the bad ones. I saw it, that master wasn't very accurate either, so you don't need to worry about it."
Su Yi chuckled, indeed not taking it to heart.
Afterward, the family watched TV for a while, chatted for a bit, and then went back to their rooms to sleep.
The next day, early in the morning, after breakfast, Su Yi took his parents to the hospital for his mother to have a full body check-up, and also registered for a specialist appointment to diagnose her illness.
The diagnosis result was more severe than the one from their hometown county hospital.
Su Yi looked at the diagnosis result and felt fortunate that he hadn't let his mother delay her treatment back home.
After that, Su Yi inquired with the doctor about kidney transplants and kidney sources, and with the expert's advice, developed a comprehensive treatment plan for his mother.
Of course, such a treatment plan would incur considerable costs.
Therefore, the doctor also emphasized this point.
Su Yi stated that money was not a concern; as long as his mother's illness could be cured, he was willing to spend any amount.
Furthermore, after the doctor finalized the treatment plan, he directly deposited one million yuan with the hospital to cover all subsequent treatment and surgery expenses.
After finishing these matters.
Over the weekend, Su Yi contacted Gao Feng again and took his parents to visit Gao Feng's parents.
After all, in the vast Modu, the only people from their small mountain village who could make his parents feel a sense of familiarity were Gao Feng's parents, who had moved out of the village with Gao Feng back then.
Gao Feng's parents were also genuinely happy to see Su Father and Su Mother.
After all, being thousands of miles away from home.
It was truly rare for people from the same village to gather in a strange city for tea and conversation.
Moreover, just like Su Father and Su Mother.
In the immense Modu, only Su Father and Su Mother were familiar with their past, able to chat and reminisce about the old days like old friends.
After visiting the Gao family, Su Yi then took his parents to wander through Modu's famous attractions.
At the same time, he took his parents to various shopping malls and bought many daily necessities.
Subsequently, he transferred five million yuan to his mother, so that his parents would no longer have to worry about money and could buy whatever they wanted.
And once his parents were settled.
When he turned his attention back to the stock market.
He saw that at this time, the Shanghai Composite Index, under the heavy blow of multiple negative factors both domestic and international, had broken through the 3373.54 level established during the stock market crash on July 9th, plummeting to around 3200 points.
(End of chapter)
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