"Give me 20 yuan sweet potato", "I want 20 yuan moss......
Recently, on the West Coast Express subway in Qingdao West Coast New Area at night, a group of passengers surrounded an octogenarian and bought agricultural products in bags from him.
01 "If I could pay by phone, I would have bought it all"
At 7:30 p.m. on March 30, the Qingdao Metro West Coast Express bound for Dongjiakou Railway Station stopped at Jinggangshan Road Station. As soon as the reporter got into the car, he noticed a plainly dressed old man sitting on the love seat, he held a scale in his arms, the trailer on the side was full of bulging bags, and there was a maza hanging on the handle of the trailer.
At this time, a male passenger in a suit, when he saw the old man holding the scale, walked up to him, pinched the contents of the bag with his hand, and asked, "What is in this bag, can I buy it?"
The old man said, "Yes, but I don't have WeChat, so I can only accept cash......"
Because there was no cash, the male passenger reluctantly returned to his seat, but he still looked at the old man's position from time to time.
At this time, the old man slowly got up, staggered over to the other passengers, and tentatively asked if there was any cash to exchange. Seeing the old man get up, the male passenger in the suit also stood up and watched the old man's every move. "Jimi Cliff has arrived. At this time, the subway radio sounded, and the passengers swarmed in, and the passengers in suits immediately stepped forward quickly to guard the position for the old man.
The old man went to exchange cash.
"Forget it. The old man muttered as he returned to his original position. Seeing this, the male passenger in the suit immediately understood that the old man had not received the money, and he turned around and asked the other passengers in the carriage. Finally, it was exchanged for 20 yuan in cash from a female passenger. "Grandpa, what do you have in these bags?"
"There's sweet potatoes, taro, chayote, and moss. The old man said.
"Give me a sweet potato for 20 yuan. ”
The old man slowly put the trailer down, grabbed a lot of sweet potatoes and filled them into the bag, and then took out the scale to weigh it until it was full. "A total of 17.8 yuan, not enough, I'll decorate it for you. The old man said, and took out a few more large potatoes from the sack.
Even though the bag was full, the old man kept holding sweet potatoes bigger than his palms.
"Enough, enough, no need to take it! You let the child get a collection code, if I can pay by mobile phone, I will buy it." The male passenger in the suit suggested with a smile while holding the old man with his hand to prevent him from being shaken down. The old man shook his head and did not answer.
The male passenger's hand was always by the old man's side.
02 Kindness was delivered, and passengers took action
A small act of kindness infects the entire carriage. The passengers in the carriage came up to help the elderly, buying things if they had cash, and helping the elderly pack up their things if they didn't have cash......
A female passenger rummaged through her wallet, took out 20 yuan, and said to the old man, "Grandpa, bring me 20 yuan of moss." ”
The subway is speeding and the carriage is shaking a little. Seeing that the old man was unsteady on his feet and had difficulty moving, the male passenger in a suit directly picked up the plastic bag and helped sell the vegetables.
"How many bundles can you buy for 20 dollars?" The old man gestured and said, "Take four bundles." ”
The four bundles were loaded, and the two plastic bags were already full, but the old man still insisted on weighing them again with a scale, "No, it's still a little closer, take another bundle for the girl, and don't give less if you can give more." ”
At this time, a little girl's voice came out, "Dad, why don't you buy it?" The man replied, "Daddy doesn't have cash, if Daddy does, Daddy buys it." ”
Seeing some scattered vegetable leaves falling to the ground, and the bags were also east and west, the little girl's father leaned over to help clean up until they were back to the same place.
The old man told reporters that he is 87 years old this year, and this is the third time he has gone out to sell sweet potatoes, and his "road to selling sweet potatoes" takes more than two hours. "From the village to Dongjiakou Railway Station and subway station, it takes more than half an hour, and then take the subway to the Jinggangshan Road subway station to sell, sweet potatoes sell for two yuan and five pounds, and it doesn't sell much. "The old man said that these are all hard work in the field for the first year, and a few hundred catties of sweet potatoes can't be eaten, and they will rot at home, which is too wasteful and a pity......
The subway drove to Yinzhu Station, and there were fewer and fewer passengers on the train. A female passenger heard that the old man was from Dongjiakou, sat down next to the old man and said, "I am also from Dongjiakou, it's already dark, you still have so many things, which village are you in, I'll send you home." ”
But the old man rejected her kindness, "No, I have an electric car." ”
The male passenger in the suit told reporters that seeing the old man reminded him of his father. "It's not easy to come out and sell things at such an old age, I feel a little distressed, my father is also in his 80s......"
The passengers helped the elderly man pack his things.
03 Netizen: A group of kind people warm this city
After the release of this heartwarming video, it immediately attracted the attention of netizens. Netizens praised and commented, some netizens felt sorry for their grandfather, and some netizens praised the passengers' loving behavior.
Some netizens noticed the details of the man's actions in the video and praised it, "The eldest brother reached out to help the old man, which really moved me to cry." Some netizens said, "You really have to bring some cash when you go out in the future, the elderly don't know how to use smartphones, and it's convenient for the elderly to have cash." ”
The old man held the scale, and when he saw that the old man was selling things, pushing so many large and small bags, it should not have been sold out. The male passenger in a suit told reporters, "It's really not a big deal, I just want to help the old man reduce the burden of going home, and I also hope that the old man will earn more money." Of course, there are no sweet potatoes at home......"
Small kindnesses are passed from stranger to stranger. As netizens said: It doesn't matter whether you buy sweet potatoes or not, what really matters is that his kindness is like a small flame that illuminates this carriage and warms the hearts of passengers. It's the warmth of the West Coast Express Metro, and it's also the temperature of a city.
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