Chapter 4: Pledge
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Home, still that home, small but warm.
Fifty square meters, is divided into two bedrooms and a living room, a bathroom and a kitchen, are very compact and narrow, just a simple functional distinction, comfortable is not to talk about.
Gao Mu also has a younger sister, Gao Lu, who is three years younger than him, and is in junior high school, and the family of four living in this house is not good or bad.
However, at this time, commercial housing in the small county town was still relatively scarce, and this house was also the welfare housing of his father's unit, and there was only the right of residence and no ownership.
"Mom, I'm back. ”
This mother, Gao Mu who shouted tears were half hidden, and his voice was choked.
"Komaki is back. ”
Zeng Shufang walked out of the room, holding a sweater in one hand and a big needle and thread in the other: "Isn't there a sports meeting today?
"Hey, so unlucky, I broke my foot during the game. ”
Gao Mu said, a pair of eyes staring directly at Zeng Shufang's face, unwilling to leave.
He was afraid that all this was an illusory dream, and that in the blink of an eye, everything in front of him would shatter, separate, and finally disappear like a mirror.
"I've broken my foot, hurry up and sit down, I'll see if it's serious?"
Her mother, Zeng Shufang, is in her forties this year, but the traces of the years have climbed up her cheeks early, and when she heard that Gao Mu had injured her foot, the wrinkles on her forehead were very obvious.
I'm fine, you sit down. ”
Gao Mu grabbed Zeng Shufang's arm with his backhand and pulled her to sit down together.
The dream didn't wake up, holding Zeng Shufang's hand was still real, it was still there.
Tilting his head slightly, he held back the moist tears in his eyes, he didn't dare to bow his head, for fear that the tears would fall.
"What am I sitting on, do you want your feet?"
Zeng Shufang was confused by Gao Mu.
"Mom, don't worry about it, my brother's feet must be fine, and he has been used to it since he was a child. If it's serious, will he be able to go home on his own?"
Behind the door of the other bedroom, a delicate little head with a ponytail poked out, and he looked at Gao Mu's feet and said.
"Little Dew ......"
Gao Mu looked at this familiar and unfamiliar, immature sister, with mixed feelings, his eyes were red, and his tears could no longer be controlled.
"Oops, what's wrong, why are you still crying?"
Zeng Shufang looked at Gao Mu who was in tears and was taken aback.
She doesn't remember the last time Gao Mu cried in front of her, when she was a few years old, and she couldn't believe it when she saw her son, who was in his third year of high school, crying.
"Brother, what do you mean, why did you see me crying?" Gao Lu walked out of the room in disbelief, raised his hands innocently, and looked at Gao Mu in surprise: "How old are you, and you are still crying, are you ashamed!"
"Go, which eye of yours saw me crying. Gao Mu hurriedly covered his face with two big hands, wiped away the tears on his face, and gave a bright smile at noon: "I accidentally hit my foot just now, it hurts too much, okay?"
"Hurry up and show me. ”
Zeng Shufang hurriedly squatted down, took off Gao Mu's shoes and socks, and ignored the "fragrance" of Hong Kong feet, and carefully observed.
One hand supported Gao Mu's feet, and the other hand gently pressed on his ankles, which made him familiar with the handling, which also proved that Gao Muwei's feet were indeed rich in experience.
"Does it hurt? Or is it here?"
Gao Mu gasped twice, he didn't know if he didn't press it, and he was half dead in pain when he pressed it.
"I know that I have the habit of breaking my foot, and I deserve it so carelessly. Zeng Shufang is a typical knife-mouthed tofu heart: "I'll go get safflower oil and wipe it for you." ”
"Hey......
Gao Mu smiled stupidly, the heart that was scolded by Zeng Shufang was sweet, and the treatment that he hadn't had for many years was a different taste in his heart.
"Brother, you can't be stupid, are you? Gao Lu stepped forward and reached out to touch Gao Mu's forehead: "No fever!"
What kind of eyes, you are smirking, I am obviously smiling happily, okay? I am so happy to see you, this is a sincere smile from the bottom of my heart. ”
Gao Mu let Gao Lu play tricks on his forehead, and he really smiled happily.
"Cut, I was annoyed yesterday, and he said that he didn't want to see me again in the future, but today he became happy. Gao Lu pouted: "Xiaolin is right, a man's mouth deceives people's ghosts, and ghosts will believe your words." ”
Gao Mu's eyes lit up, and he said with a bright smile: "How many men's mouths have she been deceived to have such feelings?"
"Hmph, I won't tell you. ”
Seeing Zeng Shufang coming over with safflower oil, Gao Lu jumped back to his room.
Safflower oil is very effective in the treatment of bruises, and it is a special medicine for Gao Muwei's feet.
Under Zeng Shufang's rubbing, rubbing, and patting, and at the insistence of Gao Mu, who has rich experience in injury, gritted his teeth, the symptoms were alleviated a lot.
"Okay, sit here and don't move, and I'll give you another wipe in the evening. ”
Zeng Shufang stood up, picked up the sweater that had been put aside before, and continued her needlework.
"Mom, thank you. ”
Gao Mu suddenly stood up and gave Zeng Shufang a big hug.
"What's wrong with you today, surprised?"
Zeng Shufang looked at Gao Mu with tears and laughter, and always felt that something was wrong with Gao Mu today, which was weird.
"It's nothing, I just miss you. Gao Mu smiled, and then pointed to the clothes in his hand: "Are you doing processing with incoming materials again?"
In this era, the family-style processing of incoming materials has just emerged in their small county, mainly to embroider patterns and logos on some clothes.
Zeng Shufang glanced at Gao Mu suspiciously: "I don't do this, what do I use to supplement my family." These were all just arrived in the morning, and if I hadn't gone earlier, I wouldn't have been able to get a single turn. ”
Because of the closure of the factory, Gao Mu's mother was laid off in three years, and now in addition to taking care of the family's daily life, she relies on doing some odd jobs to earn some change to support the family.
Because she can use a sewing machine, the processing of this sewing icon is her main job.
"I don't have to do it if I can't grab it, just so I can have a good rest. Gao Mu said disappreciatively.
Since he had done it all over again, it was impossible for his mother to continue to suffer these hardships.
"You said it easily, I'm resting, what are you eating! You are about to take the college entrance examination, and Xiaolu is also about to take the high school entrance examination, can you afford it with your father's little dead salary?"
Zeng Shufang shook her head and said Gao Mu, and the needle in her hand fell through the thread, and she was extremely skilled.