Chapter 117: The Second Journey
When there was still a month after leaving school, Sister Xiaoru and Shengzi came to discuss with their mother that they wanted to take advantage of my finished exam, and go back to their hometown in Hunan together.
Mother said to grandma like this: "Mom, I want to take the first year of junior high school and Dandan home with Xiaoru to see, now Yan'er has not given birth yet, she can still take care of herself, and Xing'er and her third sister are still busy coming over, do you think it's okay?"
Grandma said, "You should have gone back to see it a long time ago, and let the boss accompany you back, do you want to know when and when you will leave?"
Mother said: "This time Xiaoru and Shengzi will also go back, let's prepare, we will leave in a few days, and you and your father will work hard for a few days." ”
Grandma said, "Okay, you can go home with peace of mind, stay at home for a few more days, and accompany my old mother-in-law, by the way, bring some money and things to the family when you go back." ”
The mother smiled and said, "Mom, you are really worried about your life!"
Grandma smiled but did not say a word, and her mother's words were exactly the same as what she had thought when she was younger.
When my father came back and heard my mother's words, she was silent, and my mother looked at my father's embarrassed look and said, "If you're busy, forget it, and talk about it next time." ”
Father said: "Mr. Liu just gave me the position of deputy factory director, I know how many pounds and taels I have, shirked a few times, said that I do some technical work, the factory let me manage the fear of not working, Mr. Liu did not agree, Mr. Liu trusts me so much, we also know that our own two brushes are not as good as the strong son, I want to make more efforts, diligence can make up for the clumsiness often in the factory to see more, find problems to solve in time, we can not drop the chain in production." It's a bit ...... to leave me at this time , I also really want to go back to see our parents, so I am in a dilemma, one is afraid of disappointing Mr. Liu, and the other is afraid of being sorry for my parents, a dilemma. ”
The mother pretended to be angry: "When did you learn to speak in a roundabout way? You learned it all from Qiangzi! Hmph, you will also be smeared with oil on your mouth, and you are still in a dilemma?"
My father knew that my mother was joking at a glance, so he smiled and said: "That's it, I'm now focusing on my career, go back and tell my parents, saying that I will go back to see the second elder, if people don't go back, the ceremony will also come, you take out half of our family's money, which is considered our filial piety, right?"
The mother nudged her father and smiled: "I don't mean to complain about you, you have made a lot of progress with Qiangzi now, really, anyway, now you are much stronger than before in dealing with people and speaking skills, you, work for Mr. Liu with peace of mind, you don't have to worry about anything, this time there are Shengzi and Xiaoru, the children are older, and it is not as difficult to bring as when you were a child, you can rest assured." ”
The three of them found out, and they all looked at me with pleading eyes, all of them eager.
If you want to go to grandma's house with me, go and ask Sister Xiaoru first, and then go home to discuss with your parents, and after passing two levels, it will be my third level!"
The first level is almost nothing, and Shengzi dares to be the master of the house, but he also looked at Sister Xiaoru's smiling appearance before he said proudly: "It just so happens that there is no one to brag about on the road, and you are my little followers!"
It's easy to say, after all, I've been there once, and his father agreed to it again and again on National Day, but his father was a little unhappy and said: "The three babies are all college students, what are you making up for fun, you still help me at home." ”
Douzi pouted and said, "Dad, I just graduated and want to go out and have a look, and besides, when they all go to school in the future, will I have a chance to play with them again?"
His father said, "Play, still want to play, your father went out to pick up dung with a dung basket on his back so early as you did." ”
Douzi said: "I can't pick up the dung basket you give me now, it's all dirt and dirt when you pick it up, as soon as you say it, you mention the past, can you compare it with now?"
Douzi's father still wanted to say, but Douzi begged: "Dad, don't worry, I'll go out like this, just once, and promise never to go out again, and help you and your mother work at home every day!"
Douzi really broke his promise in the future.
The night before leaving, the National Day Dad and Douzi Dad went to their father and mother respectively, saying that they had caused you a lot of trouble and made you bothered, and then they all took out a stack of money and said, this is the child's road ticket money and accommodation and meal money, and the parents have been shirking it, or the grandmother took it happily and said: "Give it to you! Don't eat or drink on the road? The money is the heart, and you can rest assured if you take them!"
The grandmother who changed the norm made the mother a little unpredictable, and when they left, the grandmother said: "Eldest daughter-in-law, you can't be flexible, if you don't take them, you will definitely not be able to let go of them, only now take it, they can go home with peace of mind, otherwise they will give you the money, and when you come back, deduct some car money and give them the rest, or buy them a few clothes on the road." ”
Mother couldn't help but admire her grandmother's words, and thought to herself: This old lady has made great progress, and now she has learned to deal with problems tactfully.
My father borrowed Qiangzi's car, and the third sister of Yan Gu learned to drive early and got a driver's license, and today she can finally send us away.
Shengzi told Xing'er: "Xing'er, drive up and down the mountain slowly these days, your sister has a big belly, remember to get in and out of the car and hold on, it doesn't matter if the car touches, don't touch people." ”
Xing'er retorted: "Worry about it, you are familiar with the road, you haven't seen me driving, come down! I will personally drive you to the station, and then let you see my aunt's level,"
Acting like an elder reprimanding a junior, Katsuko knew that he was a younger generation, so he smiled and said, "Auntie, please get in the car!" and then said unconvinced: "It's not the time for you to shout brother with snot when you were a child!"
made Sister Xiaoru pull the iron egg and smile back and forth.
Three three get nine, big bags and small bags set off.
This time is different from last time, just one iron egg needs to be taken care of, and the rest are basically taken care of by themselves.
The four bare-bottomed children got together, and there were endless words along the way, coupled with the cloud and mountain fog cover on the way of Katsuko, the journey became easy and pleasant. Both National Day and Douzi went out for the first time, and it was strange to see everything along the way, and they asked questions.
When I got off the train at Zhengzhou Station and was ready to transfer, I remembered my lame aunt, since there was a phone at home in recent years, their husband and wife were grateful, and they had to pay New Year's greetings and greetings to their grandparents during the New Year's holidays, and we didn't call them when we came.
When the train was about to get to the exit, the bastard and I were the first to notice that they were waving at us from a distance through the fence gate.
The lame aunt led us to their house again, the shop is new, Chunsheng told us: the lame aunt's tailor shop business in the past few years has been surprisingly good, and then the two of them discussed expanding the business, rented a large shop on the street, there is a small garment processing workshop in the back, and hired five employees to process and make clothes, and gave birth to a boy.
Coincidentally, the lame aunt called home in the morning, the original meaning was to ask Aunt Yan about the birth day, she was afraid of missing the full moon wine of the uncle's child, and she had already promised grandma that she would go home to congratulate, and grandma answered the phone, and also revealed our information to this lame aunt who almost entered our house.
The lame aunt said to the grandmother on the phone: "Auntie, you haven't regarded me as your own relative, shouldn't you have told me about such a big thing earlier?" ”
The grandmother on the other end of the phone laughed: "Silly child, it's not that the aunt doesn't say it, I complain that the aunt is too confused, I didn't expect you to be still in Zhengzhou, I just think about you at home!"
Lunch was eaten in a restaurant outside, and we took three taxis to the station, which was the first time we took a taxi, although there were also in the town and county, including Katsuko's illegal operating car, but we had never taken such a regular taxi once.
The lame aunt gave us two gifts in packing boxes that we could carry, saying that they were all souvenirs to bring to my grandmother's house, and now the four of us have a task, and it is good that it is not heavy to carry it in turn.
There were a lot of people queuing up to get on the train at the station, and we slowly lined up at the end and slowly moved forward, and my mother said, "Anyway, it's a sleeper, so I'm not in a hurry to squeeze with them." There are a lot of us, don't get separated, hold hands and take care of the luggage. ”
A child with a lower head than me squeezed around in the crowd, as if looking for someone, we don't worry, but Sister Xiaoru doesn't rub sand in her eyes.
Just as the boy approached his mother and reached out and quietly reached into his mother's pocket, a hand like iron pincers grabbed his hand, followed by a whispered scolding: "How can you learn to steal if you don't learn well at a young age?"
Others couldn't hear it, but we all heard it, and Sister Xiaoru, who was holding an iron egg in her left hand, looked directly at the boy holding her right hand.
As soon as Guoqing and Douzi heard this, they leaned forward, and Douzi also shrugged the backpack on his body up, looking like he was ready to attack.
Sister Xiaoru immediately stopped the two of them with her eyes, Katsuko led the way in front with a big bag and a small bag, and the noisy voice made him not pay attention to the situation behind him, just holding his head high to watch the flow of people in front.
As soon as the boy saw that he had been arrested, he suddenly looked pitiful, he pretended to be very aggrieved, tears flowed out at once, and he whispered softly: "Auntie, please let me go, I don't have the money to buy a ticket home, so I stole this time, I was wrong, please let me go." ”
As soon as the mother was about to ask, Sister Xiaoru said to her mother, "Auntie, don't care," and let go of the boy, took out twenty yuan from his pocket, and said, "Auntie spared you this time, hurry up and go to the police, and let them find a way to send you home, and you can buy some food with this money." ”
In fact, Sister Xiaoru has long seen that he is a habitual thief, skilled in his skills, and quick in his movements, it is by no means a year or two of hands-on work, and even the cute look is pretending to come as he says, but Sister Xiaoru didn't have time to deal with him, so she sent him away hastily.
The boy took the money, didn't even say a word of thanks, slipped away from Sister Xiaoru, and flicked his fingers on the money twice when he left, making two crisp sounds.
Sister Xiaoru watched him burrow into the crowd and shook her head helplessly.
Katsuko turned around at this time and beckoned everyone: "Follow close, follow close, watch me move forward!"