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Grandpa and grandma both retired and had saved money all their lives. Before they left, the old house they lived in was being demolished. After discussing with each other, they decided to give one of the two lost houses to their daughter and the other to their son.

In the end, before the house was demolished, something happened to Gu Yishu.

Later, because the whole project was postponed, Gu Yijian took care of the house affairs after the two elders passed away one after another.At the beginning, he also talked to Xi Chuzhi, and asked him whose name he would write in the room book. Xi Chuzhi knew that he was not in good health, so he said Xi Zhikong's name at that time.

So the real estate written in the house book in front of Gu Yijian belonged to Xi Zhikong, but Xi Zhikong himself had no knowledge of it.

More than a month ago, Gu Ying's condition developed suddenly, and the doctor advised them to start a new round of chemotherapy as soon as possible.Liu Ping is just an ordinary company employee, with a monthly income of more than 4000 yuan, while Gu Yijian's income is high, but it is not stable.Now they have sold two cars to treat their children, spent all their savings, and owed a lot of debt.

Early the next morning, after Xi Zhikong and Jiang Wen Jiangyan greeted each other, they took the bus to Gu Yijian's house. After hesitating for a moment at the entrance of the supermarket downstairs in his community, he decided to go in and buy something for his cousins.

The boss of the convenience store intended to fire him because he was sick and delayed his work before, but seeing that he had to support himself at a young age, he gave him two days' salary when he settled the bill.He didn't spend much money when he was sick recently, and he didn't have anything to spend money with Jiang Yan's family, so he easily saved a few hundred yuan.

After strolling around the supermarket, he bought a Transformer for Gu Jie, a small schoolbag for Gu Ying, and then bought a carton of milk and some nutritional products to enter the community.

This was the first time Gu Yishu came here after his death. Gu Yijian also said before that he would take him over to live with him, but he always felt that it was inconvenient, so he politely refused.

He was even a little nervous when he rang the doorbell.

Xi Zhikong had never met his little cousin, but he could probably guess that it was a lively little boy when he heard the crying sound from the receiver.

Gu Jie was born to save Gu Ying. The doctor said that the best and fastest way to cure Gu Ying's illness is for the couple to have another one—umbilical cord blood to save lives. Gu Yijian understood.

In the year when Gu Ying was hospitalized, the couple was pregnant with Gu Jie. In order to take care of his wife and daughter, Gu Yijian quit his original job and found a regular job and two part-time jobs. Life was very difficult.

But what can be done, he wants Gu Ying to live, and also hopes that the little life in Liu Ping's stomach will have a good living environment after it is born.However, misfortunes never come singly. Gu Jie was diagnosed with the same disease as Gu Ying when he was more than one year old after his birth.

Like a bolt from the blue pushed him into the abyss of despair.The illness of the two children is slowly dragging down the family.

Regarding Xi Zhikong's civil affairs subsidy, Liu Ping had no intention of giving the money to Xi Zhikong from the moment the staff approached him.At the beginning, Gu Yijian clearly expressed his opposition, but at the same time he also received a call from the hospital to remind him to pay. After paying 1 yuan to the hospital, he acquiesced to Liu Ping's actions, but perhaps his conscience has not yet Completely wiped out, and agreed with Liu Ping to give Xi Zhikong 500 yuan of living expenses every month.

However, just a few months ago, the family's expenses were getting bigger and bigger, and even 500 yuan was too much for him, so he told Xi Zhikong that Yingying's illness was getting worse and she needed more money. No more 500 yuan will be given.

Xi Zhikong was sitting on the sofa at Gu Yijian's house, Gu Jie was sitting alone on the tatami mat playing with toys, and called his brother inarticulately.Gu Yijian came out of Gu Ying's room with a thermometer, and said apologetically, "Your sister has a fever again, I should have gone to find you."

"It's okay uncle, it's important to take care of my sister."

Gu Yijian looked at the things that Xi Zhikong put on the coffee table, a lot of words stuck in his throat and he didn't know how to say it, he just said dryly: "Why do you buy so many things, Ajie has so many toys, you look……"

"I saw it downstairs, so I just bought it." Xi Zhikong couldn't help looking around the living room, everything was in a mess, there were still unwashed dishes in the kitchen, and he asked again: "Where's auntie?"

"Oh, your aunt went to buy vegetables. I heard that you are coming, so she went to buy vegetables and cook for you." With an unnatural smile on Gu Yijian's face, he

I didn't know that I could be so guilty in front of this nephew.

From the moment he entered the door and saw Gu Yijian, Xi Zhikong felt that he had something to say, and it was not easy to ask directly. He thought that he should come to visit from time to time, especially after Gu Yishu passed away, but his life It's really a mess, I don't have the extra mood to visit relatives and friends, but sitting on the sofa now feels unprecedented cramped and pressure.

"Ajie, come quickly, do you think Brother Xiaokong bought you?" Gu Yijian tried to use Gu Jie to resolve the awkward atmosphere, and used scissors to remove the Transformer's outer packaging and coax Gu Jie over.

Gu Jie put down the little train in his hand and staggered to the side of the coffee table, pointed at the bumblebee in Gu Yijian's hand with his little finger, and smiled with two cute front teeth, "Wow! Robot!"

Transformers are Xi Zhikong's favorite toy. At first, he was afraid that children would not play with Transformers anymore, but now seeing Gu Jie's excited appearance, he was relieved.

"It's called Bumblebee. My brother liked this toy the most when he was a child." Gu Yijian put the battery in, turned on the switch and handed the Bumblebee to Gu Jie. Gu Jie immediately jumped up with joy, and said vaguely:

"Bumblebee! Bumblebee!"

Xi Zhikong played with Gu Jie for a while, and Liu Ping greeted him when she came back from buying some vegetables, and seeing that it was getting late, she hurried to the kitchen to start working.

At the beginning, no one spoke at the dinner table, Xi Zhikong always felt that the aura of the uncle and aunt in front of him was not right, so he ate by himself in embarrassment, and occasionally gave Gu Jie a piece of ham sausage.Liu Ping stepped on Gu Yijian under the table, Gu Yijian coughed lightly and said, "Xiao Kong, there is something... Uncle and your aunt want to tell you..."

"Well, uncle, tell me." Xi Zhikong thought, if Gu Yijian wanted him to move in and live with him, he would say that it would be more convenient for him to live at home after the college entrance examination, or he would give himself the living expenses—see Gu Ying and Gu Jie was so ill that he had to politely refuse.

After all, he is an extremely kind and gentle child, and he can't imagine how complicated the world of adults is.

"Your grandparents left you a house. It was originally reserved for your mother, but then something happened to your mother—" Gu Yijian thought about how to say and wanted to sell his house to Gu Jie and Gu Ying to see a doctor In the opening remarks, I found that I couldn't continue talking here.

No matter how much Liu Ping kicked him, he couldn't tell.

So Liu Ping put down the bowl suddenly, and continued his words: "Later something happened to the eldest sister, and your father said that your name was written in the room book, Xiao Kong—now Gu Jie and Gu Ying are sick, and my aunt wants to discuss it with you. Sell ​​your house and return it to you when uncle and aunt have money, what do you think?"

Xi Zhikong stopped chopping rice. He looked up at his uncle and aunt in front of him. He didn't realize it for a moment, and said slowly, "House? What kind of house?"

"The house your grandparents lived in before was demolished and lost two houses, one for our house and one for yours." Liu Ping explained, pulling a tissue to wipe the soup from the corner of Gu Jie's mouth, and then said: " It's the demolition complex in the south of the city, and the location is good, so it should fetch a good price, but no matter how much it is, Auntie will definitely pay you back in the future."

"I..." Xi Zhikong actually doesn't know much about real estate, and he doesn't know how to deal with this unheard of real estate.

He didn't respond, and remained silent. Liu Ping thought he was going to refuse, and quickly said, "Xiao Kong, if you are worried, Auntie will send you a note, and the money will definitely be paid back!"

"That's not the problem, Auntie, it's a business to see a doctor for younger siblings—"

"If we hadn't really been helpless, we definitely wouldn't be able to find you, Xiaokong, help your younger siblings!" Liu Ping almost burst into tears, and Xi Zhikong suddenly felt an invisible pressure from all around him pushing towards him.

He was worried and didn't know how to respond, so Jiang Yan called him telepathically, and after hanging up the phone, he hurriedly said that the school had something to do with him and was about to leave.

Liu Ping thought about what else could happen since the school was on vacation, she was obviously trying to evade her rejection, and was about to speak out to stop her, when Gu Yijian waved her hand hurriedly.

They made it so clear that they wanted to sell the house, but when Xi Zhikong left, he still didn't think about taking away the real estate certificate. Liu Ping chased him out for a few steps and asked him to call back as soon as possible, and he hurriedly agreed. , and then into the elevator.

As soon as he left the gate of the community, Jiang Wen called him again and asked where he was. He told him the name of the community, Jiang Wen, and asked him to wait there, saying that he had something to look for, and sent him home by the way.

Xi Zhikong waited at the gate of the community for about thirty minutes. Lian Guangji's car slowly stopped on the side of the road. He trotted over and opened the door to get in the car. Jiang Wen was also sitting in the back row, looking very pale.

She has never been cold in front of Xi Zhikong.

Lian Guangji saw from the rearview mirror that her whole face was so dark that it couldn't be darker, he quickly comforted and said, "Don't be too angry, didn't you discover this in time..."

"Shut up!" Jiang Wen suddenly said loudly, which made Xi Zhikong tremble, and she quickly said again: "Xiaokong, it's okay, it's okay."

"Uh... Is Aunt Wen in a bad mood?"

Xi Zhikong tentatively moved towards Jiang Wen, and as soon as he sat down, Jiang Wen grabbed his hand—holding him tightly with both hands, his mouth curled up and his eyes filled with water vapor, and he was about to cry up.

"Aunt... what's wrong with you..."

Jiang Wen made up her mind, she didn't care about appearances, she raised her hand and wiped her eyes and said, "Xiao Kong, Aunt Wen asked you, Aunt wants to recognize you as her godson, do you agree?"

"..."

Xi Zhikong sat stiffly on the spot with the back of his chair, and stammered, "Well... Aunt Wen, why... why did you suddenly say this..."

He thought to himself, hasn't he already become half a son after so many years? What's the difference?

"——No, not a godson, Xiaokong, from now on you will be with Yanyan, you go to school together, we live together as a family, from now on you will be my son, my aunt treats you just like Yanyan, even more It's okay for the banquet, okay?"

Xi Zhikong was a little stunned after being shocked, why doesn't this sound like adopting a godson?

But Jiang Wen choked up more and more, thinking of the fact that she overheard when she had dinner with Lian Guangji and some friends in the morning, she felt depressed and panicked.

Lian Guangji's friend who works in the civil affairs department mentioned that they were investigating the distribution of subsidies recently, and happened to randomly check the work of caring for the children of prisoners. When talking about such a typical case, Jiang Wen asked more questions as soon as she heard it. The friend said The investigation has reached the final stage, and after the conclusion is made, the responsibility for parking subsidies will be investigated.

"Tell me, how long have you been without living expenses? How have you been here in the past few months?" Jiang Wen opened her arms to Xi Zhikong and hugged him tightly, tears streaming down her face Scroll down, "You are like this, how can I feel sorry for Miss Yishu...Xiao Kong, it's all because of Aunt Wen's fault, it's because Aunt Wen didn't take good care of you, Auntie shouldn't be!"

Lian Guangji slowed down a little, looked back, then took out a tissue and handed it to Xi Zhikong.Xi Zhikong took it and wiped away Jiang Wen's tears, and said softly, "Aunt Wen has taken good care of me, and she didn't feel sorry for Mom at all. Don't cry, Auntie, Brother Yan should feel distressed when he sees it."

"Distressed?! Obviously you are the one who needs it the most. Your aunt Wen seems to be blind, why didn't she see that you had such a difficult time?" Jiang Wen blamed herself more and more, wishing to turn back time and start over again However, since Xi Zhikong went to high school, he has taken people with him.

Xi Zhikong could only pat her on the back, endured the soreness in his eyes and curled the corners of his mouth to say it's okay.

After returning home and sitting in the living room, Jiang Wen was still crying, repeating those words of guilt and self-blame.Jiang Yan, who heard the commotion, also came down from the upstairs bedroom, sat beside her and tilted his head and asked, "Mom, what's the matter? What happened?" He looked at Xi Zhikong, then at Lian Guangji, tightly Then he said, "Did Dad bully you again?"

"Hey, you kid!" Lian Guangji casually picked up a pillow and threw it on Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan smiled and dodged, holding Jiang Wen's face in both hands: "Ms. Jiang, your eyes are almost swollen from crying. What's the matter, tell Xiao Jiang?"

Jiang Wen didn't say anything, he asked Xi Zhikong again: "What's wrong with you Aunt Wen, why did you go out and come back crying like this?"

"Uh, actually, I don't know very well..." Xi Zhikong also sat beside Jiang Wen, continuing to comfort her in a low voice.

After a few minutes, Jiang Wen seemed to have finally sorted out her mood. She wiped her tears and took a deep breath, then turned to face Xi Zhikong, and said, "Xiaokong, let's ignore your uncle's family from now on, and don't say anything. reason!"

"what?"

"Did you know that after your father's accident, the civil affairs department gave you a monthly living allowance of 1000 yuan? There is also a one-time tuition subsidy of 5000 yuan before high school starts?"

Xi Zhikong suddenly froze.What is the 1000 yuan living allowance from the civil affairs department?What 5000 yuan tuition subsidy?

He hadn't heard of it all.

"Also, your grandparents left a house for your mother—they came to you today to discuss the house?" Jiang Wen grabbed Xi Zhikong's wrist, gritted her teeth and said, "Xiaokong, Aunt Wen Let me tell you, you are still young and you don't understand many things, if you don't know what to do, you can tell Aunt Wen, and Auntie will handle it!"

"The house...they said they sold the house to see a doctor for younger siblings..."

"No! Xiaokong, you can't agree! It's not about money, even if they are short of money, your uncle can lend it to them—"

"It doesn't matter if you don't pay it back." Lian Guangji said.

"Shut up! Why don't you pay it back? You have to pay it back! But it's Xiaokong's house, I won't allow them to sell it!" Jiang Wen has been on the verge of breaking out since she found out about the news, and she was so angry that she just wanted to rush to their house Make a good theory and ask them if their conscience will hurt if they deduct a child's living expenses.

Lian Guangji only stopped her after talking about it, and ate all the bullets she fired indiscriminately.

And Xi Zhikong was in a state of bewilderment.

Early in the morning, he learned that he had a house that might be worth millions. He wanted to sell this house without even seeing his uncle or aunt. Let’s not mention it for now.Later, he learned that half of his monthly living expenses had been deducted by his uncle and aunt for several years. When he was worried about tuition and living expenses, they even deducted the remaining half.

All kinds of complicated emotions in his heart entangled his whole thinking. It is not angry or wronged, but there are many problems that he can't figure out.

He used to have a cautious and grateful heart because of their support, thinking that he would repay them well after working. In any case, he never thought that his closest relatives would deceive him like this.

The younger brother and sister are innocent and sick. Isn't he innocent if he has suffered all the hardships of life just to survive at a young age?