My 26-year-old Female Tenant

  After a long journey of 6 hours, I finally arrived in Xuzhou, which is my long-lost hometown. I remember the last time I came back was last year, and half a year has passed in a blink of an eye.

  Walking out of the train station with the luggage in hand, I was blinded by the afternoon sun, but the air was still familiar with the unique smell of Xuzhou.

In front of the square of the train station, I followed the crowd to the fruit stalls on the side of the road, opened my wallet, and there was only more than 100 yuan left in it, and the last more than 100 yuan was the money I spent in Suzhou. Material gains over the past two years.

  I bought some fruit and two packs of cigarettes. The fruit was given to my father and mother, and the cigarettes were naturally reserved for myself to smoke.

Carrying fruit, smoking a cigarette, carrying a bag, and with only 36 yuan left, I walked along the left side of the road to the bus platform, and these are all I can get when I face my mother and father thing.

  …

After a few minutes of wandering on the bus, I finally stood at the door of my house. I raised my hand twice but failed to press the doorbell, because I didn’t know how to deal with it, and I didn’t know how to explain why I came back. .

   "Zhaoyang?" A voice that was not sure if it was me suddenly rang in my ears.

  I looked back, and standing behind me was my mother with a basket of vegetables. She must have gone to the supermarket again to buy cheap vegetables in the afternoon.

  I laughed and said, "Mom, I'm back with your son."

  My mother smiled, opened the door, and asked me again: "Why did you come back suddenly? Do you have a long vacation recently?"

  I still pretended to be relaxed and said: "Mom, I won't go to Suzhou when I come back this time. I will stay by your side in Xuzhou and do my best to be filial!"

My mother is a temperless person, but my words still made her frown. She put down the vegetable basket and asked me: "Didn't you work well over there? Did you quit your job? You have such a temper Why can't you settle down?"

   "Mom, this is not a matter of whether you can calm down. Besides, don't you want me to go back to Xuzhou long ago? Now that I'm back, you should be happy!"

   "Your dad and I would be happy if you came back two years earlier. You are a big boss and you don't have a girlfriend... How do you make us happy?" Mom's tone was very unhappy.

"Mom, my dear mother, please stop nagging me. I came back this time to live and work in peace and contentment. This time I promise to work hard, find a girl to fall in love with, and let you hug me in a year or two." What a great grandson! How happy you and my dad are!"

  My mother looked at me angrily and amusedly, and said after a while: "It's still not serious. When your father comes back later, I'll see how you explain it to him."

  I was still laughing, and said: "Maybe Dad wants me to come back, and maybe later I will have to take out the old wine that has been treasured for more than ten years to celebrate, to celebrate!"

   "I see Xuan!" My mother said, picking up the vegetable basket and walking to the kitchen, and then asked me: "Have you eaten yet? I'll cook a bowl of noodles for you first."

   "No need, wait for Dad to come back to have dinner together, I'll just eat a couple of fruits first."

  …

Before dusk came, I settled my luggage and made my bed again. Feeling the taste of home, I gradually forgot the heaviness in my heart, but I was still worried about my future life. After experiencing the setbacks in life, I was no longer Looking forward to and looking forward to the future as before, but more worried. For example: If my mother asked someone to introduce a girl to me now, but I don't even have the money to treat her to dinner, how dare I look forward to the future under this predicament!

  After taking a nap for a while, I heard the sound of the door opening, and then my mother shouted to me: "Zhaoyang, your father is back, hurry up and eat."

  I responded, and ran to the living room wearing slippers, and I saw the old man carrying a fishing rod and a fishing basket.

  I hurriedly took the fishing props from Ban Dae, and said with a smile: "Ban Dae, you caught a lot of fish today, hurry up and ask my mother to cook the fish and make it a dish to go with the wine."

  Ban Dae nodded, and then asked suspiciously: "Why did you come back suddenly?"

   "Ask my mother."

   "Your mother asked you to come back?"

"No, it's why I came back. I've already told my mother. There is a generation gap between us. It's easier for you and my mother to communicate." I laughed in a guilty conscience. The reason why I didn't want to tell my father personally was because I was afraid of him. Flip, although he looks dull, he is really a climacteric man with a temper.

  Ban Dae looked at his mother again, and his mother said succinctly: "He quit his job and said he wanted to stay in Xuzhou to be with our old couple."

  Ban Dae didn't care about my quitting my job, he frowned and asked, "I don't think you get along well with that girl, what will she do when you go back to Xuzhou?"

Ban Dae suddenly mentioned rice color, and I felt an inexplicable feeling in my heart, but I comforted myself that it is a blessing in disguise. Although I lost my job indirectly because of her, it may be a new beginning in Xuzhou. I have lived a decent life.

I rarely called my father "Dad" and said with a bitter face: "It has nothing to do with her whether I go back to Xuzhou or not. We are just normal friends. You went to Suzhou twice, and I emphasized it to you twice. Why did you forget again?"

  Ban Dae was silent for a while, then said: "I don't understand you young people!"

If I didn't take over my father, my father was not as dissatisfied with me as I imagined that I quit my job and returned to Xuzhou. This is understandable. After all, they are my parents. My side, so I can live a good life in Xuzhou in the future with peace of mind.

  …

  During dinner, the family sat together, and Ban Dae also took out the old wine that he treasured, and both of them poured a glass.

  I toasted Ban Dae with a glass of wine, and then tentatively asked, "Ban Dae, are you unhappy that I quit my job and returned to Xuzhou?"

   "No matter how good the job is, it's useless if you can't save money. It's the same in Suzhou and Xuzhou."

I was a little ashamed by what Ban Dae said, so he hurriedly made a strong promise, saying: "Xuzhou is different from Suzhou. From now on, you and my mother will take care of me, and I will never waste a penny. Every month's salary will be handed over to your two elders for safekeeping." .”

  Both father and mother have no words, and they don’t know whether they don’t trust my future or are dissatisfied with my past.

  My parents and I didn’t have any embarrassment, so we took advantage of the situation and said, “Ban Dae, can you help me arrange a job in your unit?”

  Ban Dae put down his chopsticks and looked at me, without thinking at all, he said to me: "You can figure out what to do about work yourself."

The rigidity of my father made me feel a little uneasy and said: "You are my own father, you can't answer me after thinking about this matter, how can you say that you are also a deputy section chief, or you give me It’s okay to arrange a data storage job in your department! I promise to work hard and not embarrass you! This is not enough!”