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Huali walking stick

After my father retired, he purchased two pieces of equipment: a large water brush and a walking stick

By Tony SchowalterPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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Huali walking stick
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After my father retired, he purchased two pieces of equipment: a large water brush and a walking stick.

The big water brush, which is made of a sponge, with a plastic pole on it, writes on the ground. This is a kind of exercise and cultivation, everyone is very supportive, both to prevent Alzheimer's, in the body and mind is very good. As for the cane, it was opposed by everyone. The father was considered to be a manifestation of old age, and normal people are playing to the younger side, so how would he dress up as an old man?

But my father is bent on using his cane, and every time he goes out, he must be on it.

Once one night, my father took a walk to a city village, feeling that the place is a very beautiful environment, there are green trees, there is clear water, especially a bamboo bush, through a breath of fresh air, they walked in. Suddenly a big yellow dog pounced, showing sharp teeth that will bite. It was too late, that is fast, my father hastily switches the cane, just bang on the sharp teeth, and then fly up a foot, the dog kicked away, and then pull out the cane, head on to hit down. The owner rushed forward to hold: Sorry, please give it a way out. Back to shout animal, still do not kneel?

I saw that the yellow dog obediently prostrated on the ground, to the father cast a sad look. The father touched the cane, fortunately, the wood is hard, or constantly disabled.

Since then, my father is cane is not away from his body, even sleep also wants to put it on the pillow side. Once I got tired of walking, there was a bus passing by, so I came up to take it. There were not many people on the bus, he found a seat in the middle. Three young people stared at the cane in his hand. One came close to touch it with his hand, uncle, what kind of wood is this crutch made of?

You see.

I want to say it is huanghuali.

What you say is what it is.

That's so expensive oh.

You guess.

At least one hand, the young man lifted a hand, 500 yuan.

My father only smiled slightly.

5000 yuan?

Father still smiled.

Could it be 50,000?

Father said you say how much it is. The three young people were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.

The car drove out of the outskirts of the city, on a bumpy dirt road, and three young people began to act. Each hand a dagger, reaching out to more than a dozen passengers: the wallet phone was handed out.

In the face of small car bandits, a car full of people is ashen, and the front has begun to pull out money. The father saw the situation and said, I said three, see they do not have a lot of oil, even after the collection is not worth the money of my cane, how about this?

Three people then came together, three sharp knives flashing cold light, what do you say?

We bet a hand, you three if you can take over it, it belongs to you, if not, good boy goes back to correct good people.

The first thing you need to do is to go back to your home.

No, it's a bet, willing to bet to lose.

But even if you win, a piece of wood, but also can not change the money.

I'll buy it back for 50,000, is that OK?

Deal.

Three young men surrounded my father in the middle of the car, three sharp blades glittering in the sunlight. The father used his cane to pick a knife in front of him, and then turned his wrist to lift a youth to the ground, the head of the cane a top, the back of the youth fell on his back, the cane a loop, the side of the youth fell out of five steps away, before and after less than 30 seconds. The father then stood in place, hands on the head of the cane, smiled, and said, convinced? Go back to being a good person.

The bus left the three people behind and started again. A busload of people gave a thumbs up to the father, but also to the father's hands of the cane to look at.

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Tony Schowalter

Success costs money, and time is also a cost, the value of time is the cost of saving.

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