"It's Zijun, oops, it's been a long time since I saw you come to Lao Shi for dinner, my Xiaobao has already gone to work, working in the subway company, and he is very busy every day, and he and I often talk about you......"

Aunt Zhang, who was shining shoes, actually met Xu Zijun and chatted.

The distance between the two is not very far, but Zhang Fan feels a little pinched, when eating, he shines his shoes, how to look at the two things that don't match, how to make do with them.

But whether it was Xu Zijun or that Aunt Zhang, they all felt that it seemed to be normal, and it was not strange for them to be shoe polished.

Fortunately, this egg fried rice tastes good, and the pickles taste unique, but Zhang Fan feels that everything else can be ignored.

"Working in the subway, that's pretty good, Xiaobao has always been quite sensible, you don't have to work so hard, when he marries his daughter-in-law, you can help bring your grandchildren at home......"

Xu Zijun seems to be very familiar with the situation of Aunt Zhang's family, it turns out that this Aunt Zhang's family once rented Xu Zijun's house.

One stay is many years.

At that time, Xu Zijun and Xiaobao were about the same age, but Xiaobao has always been more sensible and obedient than Xu Zijun, and his grades seem to be good.

There are fewer and fewer opportunities for the two to meet.

After this was not met here, they chatted very enthusiastically.

"How can there be that blessing, although Xiaobao is sensible, he goes to work in the subway, and the salary is also good, but compared to the current housing prices, the pressure is really great, our family has worked hard to get together 500,000 yuan, and has not yet delivered a small apartment, Xiaobao talked about a girlfriend, it is from our hometown, and the woman wants a bride price of 300,000 yuan, which has not yet been settled......"

Zhang Fan was eating a skewer of barbecue, and when he heard the bride price of 300,000 yuan, he was also shocked.

Although he has money, he will not worry about money, but he knows that for an office worker, what does a bride price of 300,000 yuan mean?

If a person's salary is 5,000, he can only save 300,000 yuan for five years without eating or drinking, but once the rent, water, electricity, and transportation expenses are removed, 5,000 yuan can be saved for 1,200,000, which is considered very economical.

But in Jiangcheng, a salary of 5,000 is the norm, which is not the minimum wage.

In this way, it may take more than ten years for 300,000 people who are slightly worse to save, and then getting married is not only a bride price, but also wedding photography plus a wedding wine, as well as red envelopes and other cumbersome things that make people collapse.

These all cost money, counting the 300,000 bride price, and at least 500,000 to get married.

This doesn't include the house and car, no wonder this Aunt Zhang is here to polish people's shoes, ten yuan once, how many times does it take to wipe it to earn it back?

"With such a high bride price, isn't there a man in Jiangcheng who buys a house, and the woman decorates and marries?"

"Hey, that's a local, people don't look down on my family's conditions, go to my hometown to find a daughter-in-law, there is a few beds of luggage to marry, the bride price is for the woman's parents, people say that it is not easy to raise a daughter......"

Aunt Zhang sighed, extremely helpless, she bent over to polish people's shoes, very hard to solicit business, bowed her head and bent down for a long time to exchange for ten yuan.

"But it's not easy for you to raise Xiaobao, I remember, you saved money to send Xiaobao to cram school, and you spent a lot of money to find good teachers for your children everywhere......"

"Hey, now that there are more men and fewer women, what can I do? The woman has a younger brother, if she doesn't agree, my little treasure is almost thirty years old, this is dragging on, I'm afraid I'm going to beat the single, no matter how difficult it is, it's good for the family to stay up......"

Aunt Zhang sighed, her face full of indescribable sadness, it was really too difficult.

Her family is just an ordinary person, and she is not patriarchal, anyway, she also responded to the call of the country and gave birth to only one child, and later she couldn't make money in her hometown countryside, so she came to Jiangcheng to work.

began to rent Xu Zijun's house, and the family was also diligent in their work, always wanting to save money to buy a house of their own, but the house price would always rise much faster than their income.

Watching the price of the house rise every year, they can't get a house of their own, and after Xiaobao went to work, he took out a loan for 30 years and reluctantly mortgaged a small house.

Even after giving the down payment, they have to repay more than 8,000 per month, which is really too difficult for their family.

The local people are not happy about the situation in their family, the bride price of the girl in their hometown is very expensive, everyone is like this, and they have no room for bargaining, either agree, or they will break up!

On the one hand, there is an older and older son, and on the other hand, there is a high bride price and mortgage, Aunt Zhang and her husband hurried out to shine their shoes after the completion of the work.

Because Lao Shi's business is good here, there is a large flow of people, Aunt Zhang is shining shoes here, and the business is actually good at night, so she can subsidize the family, so she works very hard.

"Zijun, I'll polish your shoes, don't need money, Auntie will clean your shoes, you are also a good boy!"

Aunt Zhang was busy with the work at hand, and someone over there used a mobile phone to pay, so he quickly took out a WeChat QR code hanging on his chest to collect money, and when he saw Xu Zijun, he wanted to help him wipe his shoes.

It's free, and it can be regarded as their own heart, and Xu Zijun's family was really good to them at the beginning.

Otherwise, the two would not have been so polite when they met today.

"Well, okay, Aunt Zhang, I'll wipe it, my shoes are just dirty......"

Xu Zijun hesitated, said generously, and then took out his mobile phone and swept it at Aunt Zhang's chest, who lowered her head to wipe the dust on her shoes.

Then the WeChat of the payment will be displayed.

Xu Zijun remembered that he often played with Xiaobao when he was a child, and he had dinner at his house, and although he didn't have much contact over the years, the memories of people when they were children were the best.

After thinking about it for a while, he entered 10,000 yuan and directly chose to pay!

Over there, Aunt Zhang happily polished Xu Zijun's shoes, and she didn't notice that she had received such a large amount of money in her mobile phone.

"Zijun, have you found a daughter-in-law? Your family is gone, let's find a person who agrees, and then there will be a few more relatives, if your parents are here, they will definitely be as happy as me......"

Aunt Zhang mentioned Xu Zijun's deceased parents, which made Xu Zijun's nose sour, but she lowered her head and didn't want to say anything.

I feel a little sad in my heart, if his parents are still alive, it is estimated that they will be like Aunt Zhang, trying their last bit of strength for the child.

And there are too many people like Aunt Zhang.

Zhang Fan on the side looked at the forehead lines on Aunt Zhang's face, still happily shining Xu Zijun's shoes, and his heart suddenly moved!