Mu Chen

36. Regularization

What Mu Wen saw was two children embracing each other.The son was crying, and he couldn't bear it.

He hurriedly came over and put his arms around the two children, "Go home first. Aunt Lin is taking care of you. Let's go back and put on a coat for Xiaoyong. We have to keep a vigil tonight. Dad and the factory have agreed that Xiaoyong will be here first." Let's stay at home. Let's go, don't freeze Xiaoyong."

Yu Yong never looked up, he just hugged Mu Chen tightly, and Mu Chen hugged him even tighter.

Mu Wen had no choice but to send the two children to the back seat of the car with bumps and bumps, and took Yu Yong's coat and returned it to the people in the auditorium.

The car will be home soon.Upstairs, the neighbor, Grandma Zhang, poked her head out, "Mr. Mu, you guys are back. I heard something happened in a daze. Someone smashed your door early in the morning. When I came out, your door was unlocked. I locked it." What's the matter?"

When getting out of the car, Yu Yong raised his head and wanted to break free from Mu Chen's embrace, but Mu Chen only took off one sleeve, and stuffed Yu Yong's arm inside.Both of them were thin, and their down jackets were bulky, and Mu Chen in the clothes was still half-arming Yu Yong, at first glance, he thought they were alone.

Mu Wen saw Yu Yong walking with his head down, but Grandma Zhang didn't notice.Just coped with it, "Well, thank you, Aunt Zhang, for locking the door for us, the child is in a hurry."

Grandma Zhang was still talking, but Mu Chen quickly opened the door and pulled Yu Yong in, and led him directly into Mu Wen's back room, escaping from all the sounds.

After Mu Wen entered the room, he saw two children sitting on the big bed, Yu Yong lowered his head, and Mu Chen hugged him without taking off his coat.

Mu Wen walked over gently, bent down and pulled down the zipper of the down jacket, and took it off, "Xiaoyong hasn't eaten breakfast yet, Chenchen, you accompany Xiaoyong, dad will cook a bowl of noodles for you."

Yu Yong raised his head dumbly, "I'm sorry, Uncle Mu, I forgot to lock the door this morning."

Before Mu Wen could say anything, Mu Chen stroked his back with his hands, "It's all right, this is a family building, there are no bad people, don't you think Grandma Zhang will help you lock it?"

Mu Wen also rubbed the child's head with his hands. He already knew what happened: the yelling of the sanitation workers attracted his colleagues and people living nearby, and if people gathered, they would call the police.

Someone in the crowd recognized Yu Jianguo and went to the community to call Lin Lan. After arriving in the community, more colleagues were attracted.One of them has a child who is also Yu Yong's classmate. Knowing that Yu Yong often lives in Mu's house, he ran over to call someone. It was not yet eight o'clock, and there was no one in Mu's house. Yu Yong was still sleeping soundly. The child knocked a few times wake him up next time...

Mu Wen quickly brought out a bowl of noodles. It was too late to knead the noodles, so he cooked the noodles directly, but boiled the small rapeseed and poached eggs, and finally mixed in the beef sauce, which looked very appetizing.

Muchen pulled Yu Yong to sit down at the desk, and handed the chopsticks to him, "Xiao Yong, eat something, it's almost noon."

Yu Yong obediently took two bites, then raised his head to look at Mu Chen and his father, "Brother Chen, don't you want to eat?"

Muchen held back the astringency in his eyes, "Xiaoyong eat, we ate breakfast late, and we're not hungry yet."

Yu Yong stopped making a sound, and lowered his head to eat the noodles bit by bit.

Mu Wen sighed secretly, "After dinner, Chenchen, you can sleep with Xiaoyong again, and Dad will go and see if there is anything that can help. Don't lock the door behind you, just sleep on the big bed in the back room, and don't open the door if anyone knocks. The family members all have keys. I’ll pick you up when it’s done over there.”

Seeing that Yu Yong didn't respond, Mu Wen unconsciously sighed, "Xiao Yong, don't listen to what other people say, this is an accident, no one can blame it, your father is a hard-working man"

Mu Wen couldn't continue talking, put on his coat and went out.In the room, after eating a bowl of noodles, Yu Yong's face was no longer pale, and there was still fine sweat on his forehead.

Muchen put the bowls into the kitchen, didn't wash them, and went into the room again, "Xiaoyong, go to sleep again, brother sleeps with you, we just wait for my dad at home, don't listen to anything else, don't even think about it .”

Seeing Yu Yong nodding, he asked again, "Will you still wash your face?"

Yu Yong shook his head, he didn't go into the back room, but went to his little bed, the quilt on the bed was not folded yet.

Mu Chen didn't say anything anymore, went to the bathroom and twisted a hot towel out, and saw that Yu Yong was already tucked into the quilt in a sweater.

He walked over and turned the child over and gently wiped his face, pressed on his eyes for a while, then dug his hands out of the quilt and wiped them clean one by one.Then he took off his sweater, lifted the quilt and took off his outer pants, only to find that the child was only wearing this pair of underpants, recalling that when he heard the knock on the door, he just casually put on the sweater and outer pants and went out.

Mu Chen touched his legs, but luckily it wasn't particularly cold, so he relaxed and covered the child with a quilt.I went to find some towels again, and when I came back, I saw Yu Yong huddled into a ball, with his head covered by the quilt.

Muchen reached in from the end of the bed, and wiped the child's feet with a hot towel.He didn't clean up any more, just threw the towels on the table, took off his coat and squeezed into the small bed.

Originally wanted to pull Yu Yongpa into his arms, but the child was stubborn and did not turn around.Muchen had no choice but to pull the quilt to his shoulders so that his head was exposed, then lay on the side and gently stroked his back with one hand.

After a long time, Yu Yong's muffled voice came out, "Brother Chen, actually I don't like my dad at all. I didn't talk about it when I was young, but now when I see him pull his face down, I start to get scared and want to leave He is far away, thinking how could he be my father, he"

At this point, his voice was already choked up, and Mu Chen didn't answer, but just pushed a little harder along Yu Yong's back.

After a long time, Yu Yong sniffed, "I can't remember how many times he hit me, but I can't forget some of the things he said. When I was a child, I once picked up a kettle, and the water in the kettle was scalded. feet, he ignored me and just pointed at me and scolded, 'Why didn't I burn you to death'"

Mu Chen didn't speak, but paused for a while with the hand on Yu Yong's back.

Yu Yong's voice was very low, "I thought at the time, it would be great if he were someone else's father, and it would be great if he died... But Brother Chen, why did I feel so sad when he really died? I didn't want him to die, did he make me think so to die? Did I kill him?"

Muchen didn't listen to Yu Yong's finish, so he turned the child vigorously, "Don't talk nonsense Xiaoyong, don't talk nonsense, it has nothing to do with you, it has nothing to do with anyone, did my dad stop talking just now, it was an accident, everyone No wonder."

Yu Yong's voice was still low and his eyes were closed all the time, "But I heard them all say, if my mother and my father hadn't just quarreled, my father wouldn't have been drinking alone outside. Brother Chen, they started talking yesterday. Noisy, I sneaked out while they were not paying attention, I felt very annoying at the time and wanted to hide away, you said that if I persuaded them at home, would it mean that my father would not die? "

Mu Chen gently kissed the child's forehead, left and right eyes, chin and the tip of the nose a few times, just like Yu Yong's comfort after being "rescued" by him when he was a child and returning home.

"Don't think about it, baby, don't think about it, don't let yourself get into a corner. Maybe they will do it when you are at home. It's not your fault, it's not your fault, like my dad said, you can't blame The power outage in the factory can't be blamed on the cold weather, it can only be said to be an accident. Besides, it was really just an accident. Don't be afraid, you still have Brother Chen, Brother Chen is always with you, good boy, don't be afraid..."

Yu Yong finally hugged Mu Chen and cried in his arms, his voice getting louder and louder.

Muchen pressed him tightly into his chest. Although his heart ached terribly, he finally felt relieved. Yu Yongmu's blank appearance early in the morning made him more uncomfortable and worried than Yu Jianguo's death.

After being confirmed by the police, this was just an ordinary drunken accidental death, and the trade union came forward to prepare for the funeral.

Mu Wen never went home to pick up the children. Even when he came back at night, he only said that he had told the person in charge of the factory: Yu Yong was too young and the weather was cold. He didn’t wear a coat when he went out early in the morning. He had caught a cold. There is no way to keep the spirit, let the two children sleep peacefully.

In fact, Lin Lan's elder sister, Lin Hong, made an idea for her crying younger sister when she came here: ask the factory to promise to solve her work problem, not only to become a regular but also to be transferred, and at the same time ask for a pension.

At one point they said that Yu Jianguo went out to drink because of a power outage during working hours, and the factory was also responsible; Dismissing orphans and widows who can't live... all kinds of playing cards.

She was talking about everything, crying for a while and arguing for a while, Lin Lan just kept crying, and finally the person in charge reported the situation to the factory manager, and the factory replied that it was okay to become a full-time employee, with a pension of [-] yuan and a job transfer no.Lin Hong also said that even if Lin Lan became a regular in her current position, her salary would be low, and she would not be able to support her children...

After tossing for a long time, the factory agreed to make Lin Lan a regular and transferred to the warehouse.

Originally, everyone felt miserable about Yu Jianguo's death.

Yu Jianguo was a simple and honest person when he was not drinking.He has a quick temper and is easy to argue with others, but he is also quick-tempered, spares no effort in work, and loves to help others. After a long time, everyone knows that this person is just a dog with a temper, and he is not a bad person.

Now that he suddenly left like this, thinking of his disharmonious family, and all kinds of rumors about Lin Lan and Wu Ping'an in the factory, and looking at Lin Lan who doesn't say anything except crying, and Lin Hong's attitude of being a hob Gradually, the sympathy for Lin Lan was mixed with a trace of contempt.

In the afternoon, more people came to hear the news. Even though no one stood up to say anything in the funeral home, there were a lot of people here and there who said that the Lin sisters were ugly, and the scene was very ugly for a while.

Mu Wen was reluctant to let Yu Yong come to listen to these words, so he reasoned that Yu Yong had suffered from cold.

The people in the unit expressed their understanding, but the Lin sisters were busy fighting for rights and interests from the factory, and didn't care about Yu Yong's whereabouts.Hearing Mu Wen said that the child was sick and couldn't make it through the night, and he didn't ask about the child's condition, whether he was frightened, one was busy crying and the other was busy arguing, Mu Wen could only sigh.

Mu Wen didn't say these things when he went home. Seeing that the two children were nestled in the small bed, he didn't let the children get up, so he quickly made dinner.After eating and tidying up, seeing Yu Yong's condition was okay, he let the children go to bed early. After following such a day, besides being sad, he was also really tired.

In the end, the funeral was handled simply. The relatives in Yu Jianguo's hometown only came with a sister and two nephews, and there were no people in charge.

The factory is presided over by people from the trade union.Farewell, speech, cremation, buying a cemetery, and sending them to the cemetery are all paid by the factory.The speech was also given by a person from the factory office. It summed up Yu Jianguo's short 40-year life experience, and recalled some examples of his seriousness, responsibility and willingness to help others in his work, and it ended.

The family members did not speak. Yu Yong was too young, and Lin Lan was almost speechless after crying for several days.

Originally, according to the local customs, all the helpers were invited to have a meal after sending them away, but Lin Lan obviously didn't realize this, she just leaned on the factory blindly sadly.

Lin Hong might have thought of it, but she didn't say anything.And everyone didn't plan on this meal at first, they sighed that this man is pitiful, he will leave at the age of 40, and they also sighed that Yu Yong is pitiful, he lost his father when he was only ten years old.

Muchen stayed by Yu Yong's side from the beginning to the end, except for the farewell ceremony where Yu Yong stood by his family and separated for a short while.Now that my ears are full of pity, I just want to take the child far away from all this.

Mu Wen asked for two days off for him, and he will go to school tomorrow, but seeing Lin Lan's appearance, Mu Chen is not at ease to send Yu Yong back.

They came back in Mu Wen's car, and after a brief wash at home, they saw that the factory car had also returned, and Mu Wen took Mu Chen to send Yu Yong home.

The door of Yu's house was left open, and Yu Yong went in directly.Elder Sister Zhao from the trade union who sent Lin Lan back in the room was giving her an account, "It's nine thousand and four in total, please order it, Xiao Lin, this is a list of gifts, please take it away. You should take a good rest for two days this week. Work starts on Monday, and you can report directly to the hardware warehouse, and I have agreed with your section chief."

Lin Lan cried for too long and was already too dumb to speak, and she was too weak to sit still. She leaned on the table and mouthed "Thank you" to Sister Zhao.

Lin Hong wanted to take the money, but Elder Sister Zhao just gave her the gift list, pushed the money directly to Lin Lan, and asked again, "Xiao Lin, please collect the money little by little, and Xiaoyong has to go to school in the future. You have to take care of it."

Mu Wen could see Eldest Sister Zhao's defense against Lin Hong from the sidelines. Maybe Lin Hong's fighting power these days made her vigilant, but obviously Lin Xiaolan didn't think about it, she didn't count it, she took it and put it in the drawer casually.

Sister Zhao got up and was about to leave, "My task is completed, I will leave first, Xiaolin, in the afternoon, tomorrow at the latest, you can deposit the money." After thinking about it, she might still feel uneasy, and then said, "How about you Give me your booklet, and I'll keep it for you?"

Lin Lan waved her hands quickly, and said with a hissed throat, "No need, Sister Zhao, I've troubled you too much, I'm fine, I'll go to work in two days."

Sister Zhao said no matter how much money she had, she said hello to Mu Wen and left.

Lin Hong gave up his seat to Mu Wen and the others, pulled Yu Yong, held the child's hand and said with great pity, "Xiaoyong is pitiful, and your mother is also pitiful. From now on, you must be filial to your mother."

Turning to Mu Wen again, "Uncle Mu, it's thanks to you these few days. You see, I am a big family, and I have to leave tomorrow. How will this orphan and widow live in the future!" He wiped his eyes , Lin Lan next to her was already crying again.

Mu Chen grabbed Yu Yong's shoulder and pulled him out of Lin Hong's hand. Just as he was about to say something, Mu Wen pressed his head, "Pack up your schoolbag with Xiaoyong, go."

Seeing Mu Chen pulling Yu Yong away, Mu Wen turned to Lin Hong again, "Auntie Xiaoyong, don't say that, now is a new society, children are all children of the country, there is nothing pitiful or pitiful. Besides, Our Xiaoyong is so obedient, he knows how to help the family since he was a child, and he studies well, so he will definitely be a promising boy in the future."

Lin Hong always felt that something was wrong, but before she could say anything else, Mu Wen said to Lin Lan again, "Xiao Lin, I think you are not in a good condition now, and you have been tired for the past few days, why don't you rest early today , Xiaoyong, I will take it first? The child has not recovered from the cold, so don't pass it to you again, I will bring it to you when he is fully recovered. "

Lin Lan said softly, "Thank you, Dr. Mu, thank you all."

Seeing the difficulties she said, Mu Wen hurriedly stopped her, "You can't speak anymore with this voice, do you have Pang Dahai at home?"

Lin Lan nodded and said, "It's enough for you to soak two capsules. The water should not be too hot to drink, but you must drink plenty of water. Be careful not to catch cold, which will also make your throat swollen. Rest more. I will take the child away first. gone."

When I got home, Mu Wen saw that Mu Chen was still angry, and it was a little funny, "Well, Auntie Xiaoyong didn't mean anything malicious, maybe she's not very good at talking."

Looking at the two children, he said softly, "You don't have to be angry, there is everything in this world, you just listen to what you think is right, and anyone else can say whatever they like. Xiaoyong, you too, this There may be some gossip for a while, so don't pay attention to it."

Seeing Yu Yong nodding his head, Mu Wen said again, "Okay, Chenchen, you take Xiaoyong to help Dad clean up the house, and I will cook, what do you want to eat?"

Yu Yong looked at Mu Chen, "I can do anything, just listen to Brother Chen."