Life is more than just living

Cheng Qi looked at Chen Xu and Zhao Yuhan and said, "My husband and I have a really wonderful fate. As long as I am with him, I am not afraid of anything. With him protecting me, I always feel very happy." Next she said——

It was already evening when I successfully returned home. When I got home, I saw General Tie guarding the door. The lights were on in the grandparents' house, and people were looming. Successfully guessed that Li Yuzhen should be in her grandparents' house, and when she went over, she saw that she was indeed there. Not only the mother is here, but also the uncle's family and three uncles and three aunts. Mother kept busy, helping everyone bring tea and water. When she saw her coming back, she just said lightly, "I'm back!"

Because Cheng Cheng was tall, he looked a bit awkward standing in the room. He knew this very well, so he quietly found a corner and sat down to see what happened. Grandpa Cheng smoked his dry cigarette without saying a word.

The atmosphere in the room was very dull. Grandma finally lost her temper and said, "What the hell is this? After all these years of study, the country has assigned jobs to adults. Why shouldn't they?" Aunt Hao Shuxian accompanied her. Smiley face, "Mom, this is how society is now. They either don't want it, or they want to take the opportunity to extort some benefits. Chengcai's father and I discussed that if it doesn't work, just go with the flow and give Chengcai some gifts to the leaders of his unit. . Not only do my parents know that our conditions are not good, we are both private teachers with low wages. In addition, in the past few years, we have been re-study as adults and went to college to pay tuition and living expenses. We have almost used up the money, so we put everyone We all gathered together in my mother’s house because I want to discuss it with everyone. Please help us get through this difficulty,” he said, looking at Li Yuzhen, then at the third child and the couple, and then said, “I will I promised in front of my parents: If we have money, we will pay it back immediately. If Chengcai goes to work, he will have income immediately. I will definitely pay back the money as soon as I have it, and will not delay it. I will be used to being forced in this life, and I am most afraid of it. I opened my mouth to care about others borrowing money, but I really have no choice today, so I just gave up my face and caused this trouble to everyone." Li Yuzhen spoke first, "Sister-in-law, I'm really sorry, you know my life, Dechen doesn't care We, my mother-in-law, can barely make ends meet by relying on those acres of land. Chenggong doesn’t have enough money to go to high school, so this job really can’t help.” Chenggong thought of the money his father found out from the mattress yesterday. , I find it ironic. I just don’t know where the money is now.

The third uncle Cheng Dexian also rolled a dry cigarette and lit it, "Sister-in-law, I have 500 yuan in cash on hand, but I'm afraid it may not be enough. You can take it first." Successful uncle Cheng Dehou saw that his younger brother was willing to lend him part of it. , feeling a little relieved, he said to his parents: "Dad, Mom, we just want to have a fight. Chengcai found a partner in college. That girl's father is the deputy magistrate of our county. It's just a matter of words." If you are successful, you can be assigned to work in the county, but people look down on people like us and refuse to help. Successful people are our parents and grandchildren, so how can we look up to others and beg them! So when it comes to work, how can we After discussing it with us, we decided to solve it ourselves without them. The third brother lent us 500, which should be enough. We don’t ask too much, as long as the unit accepts it. At least we have a job, so I didn’t read this book in vain.”

Grandma Cheng raised her hand to her eyes and looked at it. Then she used her other hand to take off the gold ring and handed it to Hao Shuxian, "Here you go, it's just a gift anyway. Why don't you give more and let them give it to you?" Arrange some work." Everyone in the room was a little surprised, because the ring on grandma's hand was handed down from her ancestors. Grandma always regarded it as a family heirloom. Unexpectedly, because Chengcai went to report to the township government where they were, the leader He politely refused, saying that the township could not pay wages and asked him to find another way out. Grandma really spent a lot of money this time.

The eldest aunt quickly took the ring but said very modestly, "Mom, we are so ashamed. Cheng Cai has been studying for so many years and yet he has not honored his grandparents. Instead, he has spent money on grandma." Grandma Cheng looked at it. Li Yuzhen and Chenggong looked at the third child and the couple again and said, "It's from the second child's family, and it's from the third child's family. There's only one ring. I gave it to my eldest grandson today. Don't blame me for being partial. In the future, we can live well together." So I can take care of the two younger brothers below. If nothing happens, go back and rest early."

Success followed Li Yuzhen back to his house, and he began to pack up the things he wanted to bring. Li Yuzhen came over and asked, is school starting soon? Successfully nodded. After a while, Li Yuzhen asked you again when you went out to work. Did they give you wages? Success remained silent. Li Yuzhen continued: "It's useless to tell me whether to read this book or not. You see, Chengcai has been forced to study by his mother since he was a child. He didn't get into college in the first year, and then reviewed for another year, and finally got into a junior college. , after studying for three years, it is still difficult to get assigned. Even if you go to high school and get admitted to college, what will you do? Your grandma will never pick off the gold slipper for you again. "

After successfully packing the few clothes in his luggage, he felt that the mattress was a little thin, so he took another bed. After thinking about it, he took another quilt. Li Yuzhen came over to stop him. Why are you carrying two sets of luggage by yourself? ? Chenggong didn't even raise his head, "It's not like you don't know that our quilt isn't long enough for me." Chenggong rolled up the two sets of luggage into two rolls and tied them with luggage ropes, then moved them to the rear rack of the bicycle in two parts. It took a lot of effort to tie it up. Li Yuzhen stayed in the room for a while before coming out. She looked at Chenggong and asked, "It's so late, are you planning to leave in the dark?" Chenggong replied, "It's a long way to go, and it would be too late to show up in the morning, so I had to go to the construction site to deal with it all night. Report back tomorrow morning." He successfully tied up his luggage and did not leave immediately. He was longing for his mother's last tenderness. I hope Li Yuzhen can ask herself if she has enough money, or ask herself to take care of her health or something. But Li Yuzhen fell silent.

Success couldn't hide his disappointment as he pushed the car to the door. Chenggong paused for a moment and said without looking back: "Mom, I have to work during the holidays to earn tuition and I won't come back. If I ever get ahead, I will bring money back." Taking advantage of the night, Chenggong said to himself The future has set off.

Because there were no street lights on the country roads, Cheng Cheng cycled a little slowly. In addition, he had two luggage rolls on the back seat, so he could only ride downhill. By the time he got back to the construction site, it was already past nine o'clock at night. I saw the beggar sitting in the finance room with his little sweater in his arms, listless and aggrieved. As soon as the success came back, the beggar immediately resurrected with full health, jumped up and shouted: "Brother, you are back." In fact, this financial office is on the first floor of a basically completed building in the community under construction. There is a simple iron door. There was only a mattress on the bed. He successfully expressed his apology to Xiao Qin, "I'm sorry, Sister Qin, I came back late and delayed your get off work." Xiao Qin smiled generously, "It's okay, little girl. It's quite rare that she can't live without you and keeps asking you why you haven't come back yet. No, she hasn't eaten the dinner I bought for her yet. She said she was waiting for you to eat with her." After successfully expressing his gratitude again and again, Xiao Qin Go home.

If you succeed, you have to stay here for one night. Cashier Xiao Qin is the daughter of Lao Qintou, who works on watch, but she is much kinder than Lao Qintou.

Successfully used the electric stove in the finance room to heat up the food Xiao Qin bought. He fed the beggar first and ate the rest himself. It was only half full, but it was better than nothing. He boiled some water on the electric stove with a kettle and dried the water for the beggar in an enamel jar. Then he took out a half-old towel from his luggage, soaked it and wiped the beggar's face, hands and white and tender feet. Then he opened a set of cleaner luggage and successfully greeted: "Come on, little one, let's go to bed." Seeing that the beggar's skirt was a little dirty, he put the newly bought thin sportswear on the beggar. Beggar put on new clothes, jumped up and down, and stretched out his arms around Chenggong's neck on the bed. Chenggong didn't know what she wanted to do, so he bowed his head and let her hug him. Beggar kissed him hard on the face. Chenggong froze. Although Beggar kissed him twice in just three days, he was still not used to it. After a long while, he said: "Brother hasn't washed his face yet, it's dirty." Beggar retorted with a smile, "Brother is not dirty."

The beggar was singing and dancing on the bed. Cheng Cheng was afraid of falling, so he stopped him and said, "Little guy, be careful, don't fall to the ground." The beggar stopped and stared wide-eyed, "Brother, why do you call me 'little one'?" Where's "Guy'er"? Have you forgotten my name?" Chenggong didn't want to call such a cute little girl 'Begler' anymore, so he said: "Sister, your original name was given by your parents. Of course you can't call me brother. Well, let's come up with a new name. What do you like to call it?" The beggar was stumped. He tilted his head and thought for a long time, "What should I call it? Can I call it Baobao? People on TV call children Baobao. Don't call me 'little debt collector.'" Successfully held the beggar in his arms, rubbed her head with his face and said, "Okay, you will be my brother's baby from now on."

That night, Chengli lay on his side beside the bed and patted the baby to sleep. The baby was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes and refused to sleep. Later, he couldn't hold it anymore and muttered: "Brother, I'm so happy to sleep with the baby." "Cheng Cheng didn't expect that Beggar would say she was happy because someone filmed her sleeping. It turns out that children's happiness is so simple. The bed was very small, and there was another set of unopened luggage at the end of the bed. Success couldn't stretch his legs, so he had to curl up. But he felt very happy. The word happiness probably came to his mind just now due to the influence of the beggar.

After Chenggong was hindered by the assignment of talents, he thought about it repeatedly on the way here. Now he has decisively given up going to high school. Chenggong's college dream was shattered, but Chenggong and his baby's dream of a happy life has just begun.

Cheng Qi said to the two people: "My husband often says that he gave up going to college not because of me, but do you believe it? Without me, I think he would work harder to go to college. He just can't let go of me. Maybe He didn’t even realize it at the time!”

Hearing this, Chen Xu felt very ashamed. Back then, he had thought about success and wanted to be loved by him because he longed for family affection too much. Now it seems that my idea is too whimsical. Cheng Qi and success are a match made in heaven, and no one can interfere with it.