jade carver

Boss Cheng's family provided for two high school students, both of whom were going to take the university entrance exam next year. If they both passed the exam by then, they would have to pay double the tuition fees in one go.After being nagged by his wife for a few days, Boss Cheng finally made up his mind and began to reduce the monthly living expenses for Cheng Ye and the others.Their family has a small labor force. Although the second child sends some money back by mail regularly, he can't afford these people, so he has to save money.

The monthly living expenses were collected by Cheng Ye. He listened to what his uncle had said, and took the 50 yuan.

"Cheng Ye, you also know that my salary is only 500 yuan, and I have to take care of the tuition, food and lodging of you and your brothers and sisters. It's really not much. After two years, when you all go to college, you have to pay for it." I’ll save up to pay the tuition fees for the three of you.” Cheng Boss was a little embarrassed, but he managed to speak out while smoking a cigarette. "Really, you can write a letter to your sister-in-law and ask her to help you order. Now I am the only one working in our family, your aunt is not working, and your grandma is not in good health, all of which need to be chewed... …well."

Cheng Ye carefully folded the crumpled money and put it in his pocket, "Thank you uncle, I understand your difficulties. The vegetables in grandma's small vegetable garden are booming, so we just buy some rice noodles and oil, which are enough for us."

Boss Cheng was really uncomfortable being comforted by a half-grown child. He is also a family-friendly person, but life forces him to let his family take care of others with an empty rice cooker.He sighed, and patted Cheng Ye's shoulder, "My good boy, I'm content with Cheng Yue being half as sensible as you."

He thought for a while, and then tried to make a suggestion, "Cheng Ye, why don't you finish junior high school and go to our vocational high school? This year, the children of the old Meng's family graduated from there and were assigned to a pharmaceutical factory with a lot of salary. ... It's not that Uncle has selfishness, it's better to work down-to-earth and have an iron rice bowl."

Cheng Ye was silent for a while, "Uncle, I must think about it when I go back."

Boss Cheng responded, and watched Cheng Ye go out, and sighed again.The daughter-in-law of Mrs. Cheng heard it in the house, pushed open the screen door and snorted, "You don't have to tell him these things anymore, you, if you tell him, he is kind enough to be a donkey's liver and lungs! They are not willing to listen, it is your sister who instigated , reading and reading... When everyone is a material for reading? It would be nice to spend money for nothing to support them, and you still want to hold them up in the sky?! Finally, the young ones recovered, and the old ones began to get sick again It costs hundreds of dollars to take medicine..."

Boss Cheng is still very protective of his old lady. Hearing that his daughter-in-law has nothing to say, he shouted at her, "What nonsense are you talking about! Let people listen and see who doesn't laugh at you!!"

The eldest daughter-in-law of Cheng was disciplined by the man, and thinking that her goal had been achieved, she gave Grandma Cheng and the others dozens of dollars less every month, so she kept her mouth shut.

Grandma Cheng is not in good health, and Cheng Ye doesn't want her to worry, let alone rush out to work after she finds out, and secretly keep the wages given by Lao Xia to subsidize the family.Lao Xia’s salary is not much, it is paid on a daily basis, ten yuan a day when he has work, and an average of one hundred and ten yuan a month, which is enough to save money.The money, together with living expenses, was kept by Cheng Ye.

Grandma Cheng is slowly letting Cheng Ye take care of the family's money and belongings. She said that she is too old to remember, but even the note written by the guarantor and the house deed are also given to Cheng Ye. disturbed.

After hearing what the doctor said, Cheng Ye insisted that Grandma Cheng drink traditional Chinese medicine for a long time, and always wanted to get some good ones for her to eat.Grandma Cheng has a bad trachea, and she always coughs, so the traditional Chinese medicine in the package has cicada slough.This is quite expensive, and it’s like a medicine primer, a small paper bag.

After Cheng Ye knew that this was the sheath of the cicada pupae, he took advantage of the summer to learn more, and often went to the small woods at night to shine a flashlight on some cicada pupae and came back.

Li Rui was in favor of Cheng Ye's grasping these things. He lived next to the forest farm, and there were not as many cicadas in the whole farm!This thing can only be caught at night, if you want to get more, you will naturally be busy until late, so Cheng Ye will sleep at his house by the way.Another one, cicada pupae have high nutritional value, so Cheng Ye should eat more.

"I checked, this thing is good for the liver, Cheng Ye, you should also eat more, if it's not enough for me, I'll get it." Li Rui used a flashlight to shine a light on a cicada pupa lying on its stomach under the tree trunk, and threw it into it with a branch. in a plastic bag.

"Well, Brother Rui will also eat it together." Cheng Ye was not afraid of these small insects, so he stretched out his hand to squeeze them and put them in plastic bags.Cicada chrysalis generally do not climb very high, and it is easy to find them by bending over. Especially for thicker trees, several of them can be spotted in one go.This thing does not move when it is illuminated, and it can be grabbed by reaching out.

Cheng Ye and the others could grab two full plastic bags in one night, and picked up a lot of cicada sloughs along the way. Cheng Ye was very happy, and hurriedly collected them for future use. This would save a lot of money for medicine.

After doing it for several days, Li Rui couldn't take it anymore. There were too many mosquitoes at night, and he was bitten so much that his arms and legs were covered with bumps.When I went back at night, I was still itchy after applying toilet water, and I tossed and turned under the mosquito net.In the end, I couldn't sleep, so I turned on the light and asked Cheng Ye to help, "Hey, Cheng Ye, pinch this place again, it's tickling me to death..."

Cheng Ye looked at the big lump on Li Rui's elbow, which was a little swollen. It looked scary, so he went under the pillow to get toilet water to smear it on him. "Brother Rui, why don't you go to the infirmary? You seem to have been bitten by a poisonous mosquito..."

Li Rui was pressed by his little hand, taking advantage of the coldness to relieve the itching, he groaned, "What kind of poisonous mosquito! That's two bites together, Cheng Ye, stop applying toilet water, give me a hard time Pinch off..."

"The more you pinch, the more itchy." Cheng Ye was still a little worried, put down the toilet water, took out the cool oil in a small iron box, and gave him a little touch.It's too cold, it's hard to fall asleep after applying it. Li Rui was so itchy yesterday that he wiped it all over his body without paying attention, and got up again in the middle of the night to take a shower to wash off the irritation.

Li Rui felt a little more comfortable, and touched Cheng Ye's body with his hands. It was white and tender, and there was not a single lump missing. "It's a good thing you don't attract mosquitoes, otherwise this flesh and flesh will surely satisfy your cravings."

Cheng Ye flinched when he touched his ribs, and pushed Li Rui away with a smile, "Brother Rui, go to sleep, don't you want to go back to the city tomorrow? You won't be able to get up if you keep making trouble."

Li Rui heard him chuckle, and the itch on his body turned into his heart.He leaned over and nibbled a few bites on the child's neck and shoulders. It smelled like his soap, which was very refreshing. "Strange, I didn't see you wearing long trousers and long sleeves, why didn't you get bitten by mosquitoes?"

"I've been bitten before." Cheng Ye thought for a while, and pulled out the little jade fish on his chest to show Li Rui.He wasn't sure if it was the little jade fish that played a role, but it did have something to do with it. "It seems that after wearing this, I will not be bitten by mosquitoes slowly..."

Li Rui followed Cheng Ye's hand to touch it. The little jade fish was made more moist by Cheng Ye, but it was still not as bright and dazzling as in the old summer house. It was still cool after being held for a long time.Li Rui thought that when Lao Xia gave it to Yuyu, he seemed to say that it was left by the ancestor, so it must be a rare item.He carefully stuffed the little jade fish back into Cheng Ye's arms, and asked him to carry it close to his body, "Keep it away if it's useful, and don't take it down."

He touched Cheng Ye's body again. Since wearing this jade, it seemed that Cheng Ye rarely got sick.In addition to running every day, the current small body is not bad, and it feels a little fleshy.Li Rui turned over and hugged Cheng Ye in his arms, it was really comfortable, and he couldn't help feeling that raising a child is not easy...

Cheng Ye grabbed Li Rui's arm and rubbed it against each other. Like a small animal, he curled up in Li Rui's arms and slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Li Rui went back to the city to do two things, one was to mediate with his parents, and the other was to buy some traditional Chinese medicine for Grandma Cheng to take back.

Li Rui's parents quarreled again. The reason for the quarrel this time was that Li Rui's mother was attending a class reunion. Li Rui's father didn't go with him. When he came back, he heard the driver say that a so-called old classmate was pestering his wife. people.

Li's mother felt that this was a distrust of herself, so she had a big fight with Li Rui's father, but Li Rui's father was convinced that there was something wrong with that male classmate and Li's mother, and almost went to his work unit!Li's mother cried a lot at home, and everyone knew about it. Her face was dull, and she was shut down when she went back to her mother's house. It was really heartbreaking.

The thing that chills her the most is probably Li Rui's father.She has been using the excuse that Li Rui's father loves her to deceive her heart, refusing to admit that she made a mistake at the beginning and married someone who hadn't found a common topic for 18 years.From a superior environment to a backward farm, a husband who couldn't talk to her about her life ideals, vulgar relatives, a son who couldn't realize her wish to go to college... These people couldn't understand the depression in her heart.

She gritted her teeth and persisted for 18 years. When she met her first boyfriend at the class reunion, the man said "You are very tired now", which made her cry.Isn't the glamorous appearance deceiving and paralyzing oneself?Those who understand her are still from back then.

After the class reunion, Li's mother did not contact him again. She has a family and is responsible for her own family.But Li Rui's father's fury and indiscriminate accusations chilled her again. This is indeed a person who doesn't understand himself, and won't even believe it first.

She said the word divorce for the first time.

The response was a furious slap from Li Rui's father!This man is an uneducated rough man, he lost his mind in front of the person he loves the most, refused to analyze, refused to listen to her explanation, and moved his hands.

Domestic violence made Li's mother determined to divorce.She endured it for 18 years. She used to repay her father's favor when she was young, but now that she thinks about it, she wasted her once-in-a-lifetime youth here, and she really fed the wolves for nothing!

When Li Rui came in, Li's mother was sitting on the sofa in the living room and weeping. Her face was still swollen with bloody bruises, and she looked terrible.

On the phone, Li Rui only heard his father say that there was another quarrel, but he didn't expect it to be this serious, so he hurried over to take a closer look.After all, mother and child are connected, he felt very distressed seeing his own mother like this. "Mom, what's going on? My dad beat me?! Don't be afraid, speak slowly..."

Li's mother has been locked up at home by Li Rui's father since she announced the divorce, and she was not allowed to go out for a single step, as if she was imprisoned, and now she saw her son crying even more urgently. "Li Rui, Li Rui, tell your father for me to let me go..."

"Where do you want to go?! Do you still want to find that person!! I can't... I can't! You don't want to leave here today, no, in your life!" Li Rui's father looked like an angry bull, his eyes were all With a red stare, he walked over from the corridor in a few steps.

Mother Li cried in Li Rui's arms. She really couldn't bear such a husband. She didn't do anything wrong to her family, so why was she treated like this? !

Li Rui put his arms around her shoulders to comfort her, then raised his head to persuade his father, he was anxious, and his words were inevitably a little anxious. "Dad! Dad, don't be like this. My mother didn't mean that. Can you calm down and listen? You kept my mother locked up, right? You were the one who hit the face? You went too far this time!"

Li Rui's father was also sloppy, with blue stubble on his face and sunken eye sockets, he had been staring at him for several nights.Hearing Li Rui's words, he looked at his wife's thin body again. In just a few days, he was tortured like this... His eyes were full of pain, but his heart was filled with even greater pain. Any man, I can't accept my wife cuckolding me, even if I think about other men in my heart!

Li Rui wiped his mother Li's tears with a tissue, persuaded her not to cry, and continued to persuade his father, "My mother's face is hurt and she needs to go to the hospital quickly, how about this, I'll take her out first..."

"No! You can't go out..." Li Rui's father committed a stubborn problem and insisted that no one should go out.

Li Rui was also furious, "You can't stop it, it won't let the doctor look down on you! If you were angry back then, you could have demolished the house, but how could you do anything to my mother! How can she stand your fists?" !"

Seeing his wife's disheveled hair and swollen face, Li Rui's father seemed to be a little sober, "I'll take her to the hospital..." He wanted to go, but when he approached, he was scolded. Emotionally unstable, refused to let him approach.

Li Rui's father didn't dare to go there. He loved his wife in his bones, but there were indeed some deep-rooted things that couldn't be removed.It is because I love my wife so much that I make mistakes again and again on this matter.

Li Rui's father finally compromised, and waved them out weakly, "Li Rui, come back earlier."

Li Rui helped his mother up, and walked carefully towards the door. The woman who was half in his arms was no longer as strong as he remembered, and was even trembling slightly.Li Rui felt uncomfortable, so he could only hug her harder, "It's okay, Mom, I'll take you to the hospital."

The doctor at the hospital was an old man. Seeing this situation, he was very angry and asked Li's mother repeatedly if he wanted the hospital to issue a certificate and report to her. "It was your man who beat you, right? I've seen it three times this month! Big men these days are really nothing, they beat their wives every now and then!"

Li Rui is not happy anymore, his family's affairs are already messy enough, and this old man is still involved! "You just need to see a doctor! What are you talking about!"

The old man glanced at Li Rui, but said nothing.

Li's mother was also in a complicated mood sitting there. She would not sue her husband, after all, she had been in love for so many years.But her son didn't even have an outsider who cared about her, which made her feel very chilling.The wounds on his face are enough to constitute domestic violence, but his son prevents him from helping him through normal legal channels. This is tantamount to erasing the evidence for his husband, and he does not even admit the grievances he has suffered.

When Li's mother came out of the hospital, the first thing she said in the car was to beg to leave, "Li Rui, let me go, I want to go back to your grandpa's house for a few days."

Li Rui looked at the gauze on her face, and then at her eyes. He really couldn't refuse his biological mother's request. "Okay, I'll take you there."

"Mom, my dad was wrong this time. He is a rough man. Don't be serious with him! He will beg you to go back in a few days..."

"Mom, do you still remember when I was young, you beat me with a whip when I did something wrong, and I gritted my teeth and refused to admit my mistake. But I reconciled with you the next day, we are mother and son, yes A family is inextricably linked. You should be angry about this incident, but don't hate my dad for the rest of your life... As long as he encounters something related to you, he can't calm down. "

"Mom, does your face still hurt? Remember to apply medicine, don't forget to take anti-inflammatory medicine, and the doctor suggested you to go to the dentist just now, you should remember to go then..."

"Mom, can you call me when you go back? I'll pick you up when the time comes..."

"mom……"

Li's mother heard it in her ears, tears streaming down her eyes, she was very sad, but it was time to make a decision.

No matter how far the journey is, there is an end point to be reached. Mother Li waited for the car to stop, and told her son in a trembling voice, "Li Rui, you must study hard and be a promising person in the future. You have grown up too, so you must take care of him." Take care of yourself... Mom is gone."

Li Rui watched the thin figure walk into the dark tube building, be swallowed up by the dilapidated but high-rise building, and disappear without a trace. His heart felt aching and aching.His eyes were swollen uncomfortably, and the eye sockets were washed away by the pouring fluid, and he lay on the steering wheel without raising his head for a long time.