Life is more than just living

Early on Saturday morning, Chen Xu took the early train back to Beicheng. After getting on the bus, there was a person sitting across the aisle seat who kept looking at Chen Xu. Because her vision was too straightforward, Chen Xu finally discovered it under her long gaze. Chen Xu turned around and saw that this person was Wang Xiuxia, her head teacher in junior high school. Chen Xu nodded and said hello to her, "Teacher Wang." When Wang Xiuxia saw Chen Xu greeting her, she quickly said, "Oh, it's really you. I looked like you when you got in the car just now." Chen Xu nodded and smiled. , no more words. But Wang Xiuxia was unexpectedly enthusiastic. She changed places with the people next to Chen Xu and sat next to Chen Xu to talk. Chen Xu's indifferent response was not enthusiastic.

Speaking of Wang Xiuxia, Chen Xu was not grateful. Wang Xiuxia knew Chen Xu's situation. Not only did she not take care of Chen Xu, but what was even worse was that Chen Xu had been exploited by Wang Xiuxia throughout junior high school. Chen Xu cherishes learning opportunities and works hard, and has always been No. 1 in his grade. Wang Xiuxia asked Chen Xu to help out on a voluntary basis in her cram school. To put it bluntly, he was doing odd jobs. Day students would go directly to the cram school after school. Wang Xiuxia knew that Chen Xu could cook, so she asked Chen Xu to cook in order to charge more. Sometimes the food is delicious and everyone has finished it, so Chen Xu can only eat one meal. Chen Xu can obviously eat in the school cafeteria, but Wang Xiuxia has to let Chen Xu go directly after school. There are few teachers in the cram school, and there are students with poor grades who need individual tutoring. Wang Xiuxia asks Chen Xu to be responsible for one-on-one lectures. In three years, Wang Xiuxia did not give Chen Xu any money. Instead, she would directly lock the cram school classroom when the cram school ended during holidays, leaving Chen Xu with nowhere to go. With Teacher Lin Pei and Zhuyu in front of him, Chen Xu felt that people like Wang Xiuxia were in vain as teachers. It seemed that a person's character had nothing to do with his profession. Although I was very dissatisfied at the time, I didn't dare to express it. Now that she saw Wang Xiuxia again, those past memories came back to her mind, and it was difficult for her to have much respect for such a teacher.

Wang Xiuxia pretended to be familiar, "Chen Xu, you are the most promising student I have ever taught. At that time, you were ranked No. 1 in the county during the high school entrance examination, and you were admitted to a key university during the college entrance examination. I remember that you were still in It's on TV!" Chen Xu said lightly that it was not worth mentioning. Wang Xiuxia seemed unable to tell that Chen Xu didn't want to talk in depth, and then asked: "Have you graduated now? What kind of job do you do?" Chen Xu didn't want to say too much to her, so he just said lightly, "Be a clerk." Since there was no detailed explanation, Wang Xiuxia thought that Chen Xu was working in a company, and she felt a bit contemptuous in her heart: After all, he is a child from a poor family! What if you go to college?

When she was approaching Beicheng, Wang Xiuxia suddenly said: "By the way, Chen Xu, Teacher Liu's child in our cram school is getting married next week. He can't come to class. Can you help teach for two days?" Chen Xu turned around and looked at it. Wang Xiuxia glanced at it and smiled, "I'm sorry, Teacher Wang, I don't have time." Wang Xiuxia was a little embarrassed and asked, "Are you guys open on Saturdays and Sundays?" Chen Xu said, "Normally, we have rest, but I want to watch Grandma, I can't help you, I'm sorry." Wang Xiuxia didn't stop there. After getting out of the car, she chased Chen Xu and said, "Oh, um, Chen Xu, it's only two days. I won't let your help go in vain, I'll give you 200 Yuan." Chen Xu looked back at her and finally couldn't bear it anymore. "Teacher Wang, you are so generous! How many vacations did I help you with during junior high school? After the high school entrance examination, you still didn't let me go. You gave me a point. Money? Even if you give me 50 yuan for a holiday, I will be grateful. Now I don’t need it! 100 a day, right? You can find someone else! Ten years ago, your cram school hired a teacher for each class 100 yuan, right?”

Wang Xiuxia didn't expect that Chen Xu would dare to say this. Her face turned red and white and said, "You kid has no conscience for saying this, right?" Chen Xu looked at Wang Xiuxia sarcastically and said, "Yes. I don’t know if I have no conscience, but I know that my heart is red! Teacher, what is the color of your heart? It can’t be black, right? Actually, I don’t want to say such ugly things, but I find that you are really shameless "Who gave you this confidence? Do you think you can still control me today?" Wang Xiuxia was so angry that her chest heaved and she was speechless for a long time. Chen Xu suddenly felt as happy as drinking ice water in June. She finally took a breath and rushed home happily.

When I got home, I found that there were a lot of people standing at the entrance of the alley. Some people had not lived here for a long time and now they were back. It turns out that this place is really going to be demolished! It is said that the relevant departments will come to measure the house tomorrow, and everyone is talking about it. There are several well-informed people who have revealed various insider information to everyone. Grandma Chen, Grandma Liu and Zhang Yong are also there. Grandma Chen and Grandma Liu were old and had little understanding of what others were saying. Zhang Yong just listened silently. After Chen Xu listened for a while, he said to grandma, "Grandma, let's go back!"

After returning home, Chen Xu read the "Letter of Intent for Demolition" and carefully looked at the house price calculation and compensation and resettlement methods. Chen Xu looked at the worried grandma and said, "Grandma, don't be afraid. I'll rent a house soon. We don't have anything valuable at home. It's just a few pieces of clothing, luggage, pots and pans, and it's not difficult to move." , Chen Xu was ready to go out to find a house. At this time, Zhang Yong and Grandma Liu also came over and asked Chen Xu why he was going. Chen Xu said he was looking for a house, and Grandma Liu quickly said: "Xiao Xu, my eldest son has moved to Longcheng, and his house is vacant. He asked me to move to his house. Let your grandma live with me. Well, we both have a companion, and you can save some rent."

Chen Xu hesitated, "Isn't this inconvenient?" Grandma Liu quickly said, "What's the inconvenience? My son's house is big, more than 100 square meters, with three bedrooms. I want to live with your grandma Live closer so that we can take care of each other." Before Chen Xu could nod, grandma said, "Then we can't live in vain. I'll pay some rent every month!" Grandma Liu said, "If you think we'll live in vain, Sorry, I’ll give you 100 yuan a month, and we’ll pay the water and electricity bills.” Chen Xu agreed after thinking about it. Grandma and Grandma Liu live together and can indeed take care of each other. Chen Xu can rest assured and just visit every week. At this time, Zhang Yong was hesitant. Renting a house is very expensive, costing several thousand yuan a year. Zhang Yong meant renting a bungalow. He said that he had been working as a caregiver in the past two months, but he only had 3000 to [-] yuan on hand. Really It's not enough to rent a house.

Grandma Liu said next to her: "How about you live with my son, and it's also [-] per month, do you think that's okay? There are exactly three bedrooms. Anyway, you are not at home at night, and you come back to sleep during the day." Zhang Yong was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Isn't that inconvenient? What will happen if Xiaoxu comes back? Where will he live?" Chen Xu said: "I was originally worried about my milk, so I squeezed in time to come back every week. If grandma is willing to follow If you live together, I will come back every week to check on you and not live there." Grandma Chen was short of money and did not advocate renting an independent house, so she decided to live with Grandma Liu.

Chen Xu went to the store and bought some packing bags, and when he got home, he started to help his grandma pack clothes. Grandma said, "Why don't we hurry now? This house has been demolished and demolished, but there has been no movement for several years." Chen Xu smiled, "No matter what, be prepared. This will save you the trouble of being in a hurry."

Until the afternoon, people outside were still there. Everyone had different opinions: some thought the compensation was unreasonable; some were eager to demolish it immediately; others were waiting and watching; some organized everyone to speak out unanimously, saying that the demolition policy was unreasonable and that everyone should unite. ...Chen Xu ignored these and just helped pack things. But unexpectedly, siblings Chen Zhihua and Chen Zhigang both came as if they had made an appointment.