Reborn Petty Citizen

Zhang's mother is now a person who has seen the world, and she has changed her previous habit of never caring about family affairs. From occasionally being involved in family decisions to holding half of the family's voting rights, it only took such a short time. half a month.

Most of the decisions she made were good. Although Zhang's mother was a woman, she was much stronger than some men.She is open-minded and sincere, hard-working, decisive and resolute, standing with Zhang's father who is soft and indecisive in everything, and Zhang's father is like an upside-down door.

Sure enough, unlike Zhang's father's silly joy, Zhang's mother touched the essence of the matter the moment she read the notice: "It's useless for us to come to the house in the village. Who will live in it? Now it's more convenient to get money in the city."

Zhang's father has basically no opinion on this. The house is good, but it will take three years, and the family's job prospects are good now, so they will definitely not return to the village in a short time. If this is the case, there is nothing wrong with taking money.

"My mother's place..." Father Zhang was a little hesitant. He glanced at the two children, probably wondering whether he should discuss this topic in front of the children.But Zhang's mother's puzzled expression made him bite the bullet and continue, "If I take money, my mother will definitely give me some..."

Zhang's mother's expression changed from smiling to a little cold.

It's not that she is too small as a daughter-in-law. When she first got married, she still sincerely wanted to alleviate her mother-in-law's difficulties.It's a pity that Grandma Zhang doesn't like Zhang's father, the eldest son. On the contrary, she loves Zhang Ze's glib uncle deeply.Later, because of the marriage of aunt Luo Hui, Zhang's father and Zhang's mother became more and more difficult to live in. In the end, they were "separated" by the uncle's family and their grandmother, and they almost ended up leaving the house.

Zhang Ze and Zhang Ti were in their teens, and they didn’t get a New Year’s red envelope from their uncle and grandma. The uncle’s family lives in Zhang’s big tile-roofed house, and they can watch Zhang Ze’s family have nothing to eat with peace of mind.Zhang's mother can bear these things, but if she is a junior, what can she do if she can't bear it?

But she absolutely cannot accept Grandma Zhang's behavior of choosing Zhang Ze to be a spoiler when she is in the hospital. Zhang Ze fell into the water first and then was hacked by a knife. As if to die, from that moment on, Zhang's mother decided to break up with this so-called "mother-in-law".No more contact.

It's not long now, and the pain of being torn hair during the fight is still vivid. Zhang's father really hit Zhang's mother's sore spot at this time.

"You know your mother, a dutiful son, do you have the ability to make your two children less wronged?" Zhang's mother glanced at her husband coldly.Since leaving the countryside and starting her own business, her horizons have become wider and she has gradually become disgusted with Zhang's father's timid personality, and her speech is no longer as cautious as before.

Zhang's father obviously didn't forget the absurd thing in the hospital, and he didn't get angry when Zhang's mother stabbed him like this, but lowered his head with a guilty conscience.

Zhang Ze pulled Zhang's mother's sleeves - too much quarrel between husband and wife hurts feelings.

Zhang's mother gritted her teeth, but she didn't vent her grievances, because Zhang Ze was the first to change the topic: "Mom and Dad, I have an idea in my heart, do you think it will work?"

Zhang's mother never gave her children a bad look, and Zhang's father was worried about a step in the lower corner, so they all motioned him to continue talking.Zhang Ze said: "My mother sells and collects stalls like this every day. Not to mention hard work. If the city is rectified in the future, it will be difficult to continue to do business. You two are getting older, and it is hard to find a suitable business. If you What a pity that it can’t be done because of those little troubles? Now that the house in the village has a resignation fee, it’s better to use it to buy a storefront. Let’s be more formal. At that time, hire a few people and add more varieties, and the business will definitely be successful. better."

He came up with this idea mainly because of two concerns. First, the housing prices in Huaixing City will skyrocket in the future. Even if he doesn’t do business himself, the rent he bought will be enough for his parents to spend their old age in peace.The second is that he really can't trust his father at all!

After living for more than [-] years, he has never seen a man who is less firm than his father. He believes what people say, never worrying that he will be deceived, and his vision is still shallow. .His personality has suffered a lot in his life, but he still hasn't improved at this age.Now the owner of the dilapidated temple house in the village is registered as Zhang's father. If you are not careful in the past few days when you go back to deal with the change, the uncle's family may have to take advantage of it.So before that, he had to give Zhang's father a shot in the arm, so that his subconscious would have a hint that the money must not be used for other purposes.

Father Zhang hesitated when he heard it. His temper has been fixed in his life. He resisted doing business when he was working. Although he saw cash in business, he still disagrees with the risky decision of opening a store that requires investment. .

Zhang's mother was not the case, her eyes lit up immediately: "Okay! When the brat grows up, he can give advice to the family!"

Zhang Ze smiled, "I also heard people say today that the more you invest, the more income you will get."

Zhang's mother nodded thoughtfully. Of course, she had thought about opening a store. She always heard people mention it when she was setting up a stall, so it's no wonder she wasn't tempted.She didn't dare to mention it before, mainly because the family had no money. Now that such a large windfall came suddenly, her mind inevitably became active.

Seeing Father Zhang's hesitant to speak, she became a little angry again.However, she has been married for many years, and she has a good idea of ​​her husband's temper, so she didn't make a big fuss, but made a decision: "That's it, and then decide what to do when the money arrives. Even if you don't use it to do it For business, it’s better to buy a house to save the rent.” She said, and told her husband, “I’ll give you the passbook at that time, and you can go directly to the village government and ask them to transfer the money to the passbook.” She was also worried. Zhang's father has cash in his hand, and Luo Hui's family is definitely good at coaxing people. When the time comes to cheat Zhang's father of the money with a few words, his family may be about to cry without tears.

After Zhang's mother made a decision, Zhang's father no longer thought about how to deal with this matter, and nodded happily. Zhang Ze stared at his expression of not taking it seriously for a while, and suddenly said: "Anyway, school is not started. How about I go back with you, Dad. If they want to discuss the details of the contract, I can also help. "

Zhang's mother dismissed it without thinking: "Your injury is still not healed, you have to change your medicine every day, and you can't run around."

Zhang Ze was a little anxious: "After the stitches are removed, it will recover very quickly. I will pay attention to the medicine. I actually don't want to run away, but you also know those people in the village... My dad went back alone, what should I do if I was deceived by others? Change It must be a lot of money to sign the money. You have to do business again, otherwise you will go with me."

Zhang's father was a little annoyed: "You treat me as your father and I'm an idiot? Who is going to cheat on our crap? Don't think that all the people in the world are so bad. Without the help of the villagers, I can raise you two little bastards." ?”

Zhang Ze frowned, really wanted to say yes regardless, but I was worried.But he deeply understands his father's unrelenting urgency when it comes to the issue of dignity, so he has no choice but to turn his attention to his mother, hoping that she can turn the tide.After all, Father Zhang is still willing to listen to his wife's advice.

But Zhang's mother has other concerns: "I will find a solution for your father, you can't go back with him. You will go to school soon, what if you can't make it in time? And now I have a new job to take care of children , I can’t take care of all the stalls in a while, and your father is not here, so you have to watch it for me with Ti.” Although Zhang Ti is one year older than Zhang Ze, Zhang’s mother does not care about it because of her shy personality. Dare to shoulder the heavy responsibility on her shoulders.Although Zhang Ze used to appear to be more detached, but after the injury, he was obviously enlightened, and his words and deeds were more stable than before.What the family lacks most now is money, and it is precisely because of this that Zhang's mother finds another job after setting up a stall. If Zhang's father returns to his hometown, she will put down the income that is more early, it will undoubtedly seem quite reasonable. The loss outweighs the gain.

Zhang Ze was silent for a moment, and tentatively said, "Can't you quit that job?"

"Impossible." Mother Zhang lowered her head, her eyes were deep and calm, she and her son looked at each other, but it was difficult to tell him why she cared so much about this job.So he could only shake his head firmly and irresistibly.

Zhang Ze was so powerless that he wanted to lose his temper.For the first time, he felt that the mother who had learned to be strong was actually not as perfect as he had imagined before.

"However," just as he was about to make up his mind to follow his father secretly when he left in frustration, Zhang's mother suddenly straightened up, and her calm eyes fell on Zhang's father, "Son is right, if you make you so headless If you go back without thinking, you will never get the money back."

She stopped the unconvinced husband who wanted to refute, and said her final decision: "I will bring you 1000 yuan in cash. The round trip fee is 150 yuan, and you'd better not spend all the rest. You If mom and your brother want money, no more than 500 yuan will be accepted. As for the change of signature, I will open another passbook for you, and you will ask the village government to put the money in it intact, and Put the receipt issued by the unit in a bag and bring it back for me to see. If you lose a penny, Zhang Caijun, you can go back and live with your mother and brother for the rest of your life. I will raise the girl and son."

Father Zhang widened his eyes in disbelief: "What do you mean by that?"

Zhang's mother did not know where she learned a cold smile, she stretched her neck, her eyes widened with only a slight curve at the corners of her mouth, and she nodded to him: "That's what you think."

"...But that's my mother! It's my brother!"

"I haven't heard of anyone who is the eldest brother and has to pay living expenses after the younger brother gets married. You can shut up about that. As for your mother, don't forget what she said when the family was separated. Everyone in a village can Testify to me. She said that we should use the tile-roofed house and five acres of land plus all the livestock to offset all the living expenses we should give her in the future." Zhang mother paused, took a deep breath, Suppressing the unbearable memories that emerged in my memory, "But she is not kind, we can't be unrighteous, I will give what is due, although I hate her very much. But if I want to go home for the New Year, I will give it to her personally."

Father Zhang's eyes widened, as if I was about to lose my temper.But after looking at his wife for ten seconds with arrogance, like a deflated ball, he bowed his waist and shrunk his shoulders, and softly said: "Oh."