I am the Odd One Out Chapter 77

The text on the rectangular wooden board hanging on the side of the darning shop began to be stained, and the word "woven" engraved in the middle gradually became blurred. The door of the darning shop still opened at sunrise and closed at sunset, but no customers came. . Father Shen still sat in the shop every day. After Shen's mother passed away, his soul seemed to follow her, and his dull expression was like a piece of furniture beside the counter. The maid was still busy in the Shen family, and the sound of breaking bowls and basins was still heard. Such noises gave the Shen family some life.

Another year passed, and Father Shen also fell ill. He seemed to have the same illness as Mother Shen. He kept coughing and coughed up blood. The gray-haired Chinese medicine doctor and the lean apprentice became frequent visitors to the Shen family again. Father Shen did not stay in bed, but sat in the shop for treatment. So when the Chinese medicine doctor came, some figures would appear outside the door of the darning shop. They came to appreciate the Chinese medicine doctor. The person who sang the prescription had a mellow voice like an old actor in a play. The lean apprentice stood aside, leaning over the counter and writing furiously, still using the same nine-flavored medicine.

One afternoon after winter, two two-carriage sedans stopped in front of the Shen family's darning shop. Alex came out of the sedan in front. He walked hesitantly towards the shop and looked at his father who was sitting inside. My father was already in his final years, and he called out uneasily:

"Father."

His father looked at him motionless, and he shouted again. At this time, his father took a long breath and said with a trembling voice: