The exterior walls of the bungalow are not beautified, let alone kept warm, the red bricks are exposed, there is light snow outside the window, and the door is pasted with couplets that are still bright red, but have already appeared.

Getting up at half past three every day is already an instinct for Wang Jian, his son is still sleeping next to the bed, gently tuck the dirty quilt for his son, get up and put on the cotton jacket that has run cotton, and put on an orange sanitation vest outside.

His legs and feet were a little inconvenient, he walked high and low, but he was no longer in pain, so he came to the back room, picked up some branches, picked up a matchbox with the word Xi, lit a match, lit a newspaper, and threw it into the furnace.

The stove was smoky, and the induced draft fan had been broken for several months, but it had not been repaired, so he lit the fire in the smoke-filled room, coughed occasionally, wiped the smoked tears, took out the branch forked like a slingshot as a curtain, and put on it the rice that he hadn't finished last night, a plate of shredded pepper potatoes, and a few sweet potatoes.

When the meal is hot, put the food on the edge of the stove, pick up the water scoop made of gourd, scoop out the hot water at the bottom of the pot, pour it into the basin, take some cold water, test the water temperature, hold the basin, and limp into the bedroom.

"Double happiness, get up, eat. ”

"Daddy"

Wang Shuangxi rubbed his eyes, was picked up by Wang Jian, put on a green sweater and cotton pants, Wang Jian wiped the towel that was not clean, wiped his son's face, as for washing his hair and brushing his teeth or something, it was a job that was only done once in a few days.

Pull the cord on, but the dimly lit room is still not lit, and you can't afford to expect a light bulb with low wattage and ash and soot to provide enough brightness to this dark room.

In short, the two of them were in this dim hut, around the stove, sitting on a small horse to eat, Shuangxi didn't seem to have woken up yet, dozing off from time to time, the rice was sticking to his face, Wang Jian smiled when he saw it, reached out to pick the rice, and stuffed it into his mouth.

The child ate slowly, grinding for more than 20 minutes, Wang Jian was not in a hurry, but waited for him to be completely sober, after eating, threw the bowl into the pool, took some water and soaked it, and did not wash it.

The father and son went out, Xi'er got on the tricycle by herself, sat honestly in the corner, rubbed her little fingers, there were some chilblains on them, and there was some black mud between the nails.

"Is Dad's garbage truck for garbage?"

"No, I have to pretend to be you, sit tight, dad speed up. ”

Wang Jian is a rough man, he hasn't been to school for a few days, he didn't hear the sadness in Shuangxi's words, this small figure, holding the edge of the car, buried his head in his legs, he heard other children say yesterday that the garbage truck is loaded with garbage.

So what is he?

There were snowflakes in the sky, Wang Jian finally rode to the street sanitation office, signed and registered, and then rode all the way to the street he was responsible for.

The sky is not yet bright, the snowflakes are particularly obvious under the lights, and after a simple cleaning, Wang Jian beckoned Shuangxi to get into the car and began their extra money.

The streets they are responsible for belong to the suburbs, and there are always many big cars that do not obey the traffic rules during the early hours of the morning, driving fast, running at red lights, disturbing people, and causing several accidents.

The two were riding on the crosswalk, a large car passed by quickly, and there were potholes on the road, probably because the truck driver didn't pay attention, and pressed it directly, with a loud bang, which scared the father and son to shrink their necks.

There was a mineral water bottle on the side of the road, which had been flattened, Shuangxi's eyes were clever, and he immediately found out, knowing that Wang Jian's legs and feet were inconvenient, he hurriedly got out of the car and picked up the bottle and returned to the car.

It doesn't matter who drank it, unscrewed the cap and blew on the spout, probably because the cap was not tightened, the bottle did not leak, and it was blown up by Double Happiness, and then twisted it vertically a few times, re-buckled the cap, and put it into a sack.

The garbage truck cleans up the garbage cans from half past five in the morning every day, and before half past five, Wang Jian has to finish the dozen large garbage bins along the way, which is not a small task.

Open a garbage can, ignore the unpleasant smell, rummage through it a few times with an iron hook, there is a broken paper shell box inside, which is mostly wet, and the moment it is picked up, a big mouse bursts out, which scared Wang Jian for a while, but made Shuangxi laugh.

Children are innocent, sadness is always temporary, and children in childhood regard their fathers too majesticly, resulting in good-natured schadenfreude when their fathers are frightened.

What about Wang Jian? The third grade diploma of primary school, he doesn't have much ability, he regards double happiness as the whole meaning of life, and when he saw double happiness smile, he also laughed.

Take off the leaking labor protection gloves, gently pinch Shuangxi to the red cheeks, smile looks a little silly, put the gloves back on, hold the handlebars, step on the left pedal with the left foot, kick the ground with the right leg, the wheel slid for about five meters, and then put the right leg up, and pedaled hard for three wheels.

"Ho ~ phew, fifteen, ten, fifteen, twenty-twenty-three four, just right, take it. ”

"Boss, I often sell scrap here with you, can you make up a whole and give you twenty-four lines? I have to come to you next time." ”

"It's not like you, I collect so many rags this day, this one takes six cents, that one takes one piece, I have to lose dozens of dollars a day, I can't make it up, I don't sell it and you take it." ”

Seeing the boss's tough attitude, Wang Jian had no choice, turned his head to look at Shuangxi, who was sitting in the car in a daze, nodded, and didn't forget to take away the woven bag he brought when he left.

During the lunch break, come and sell some scrap, how much money can be sold depends purely on how much you can pick up, usually pick up five or eight yuan to make a meal, today is a lot, you can save a part.

Back in the lounge of the sanitation office, Shuangxi is a well-behaved child, Wang Jian's colleagues have few dislikes, laughing at these colleagues who are older than themselves teasing Shuangxi, Wang Jian picked up the kettle from the stove, took a cup of hot water for himself, and put the aluminum lunch box on the stove lid and waited for the stove to heat up.

Walked out of the house, pouted a branch, went to the lawn, which was already bare in winter, and used the branch to calculate simple addition and subtraction on the ground, muttering to himself.

"Twenty-four minus ten, plus two thousand seven hundred and thirty-two, equals two thousand seven hundred and forty-six, and the rent and water bill minus two hundred and five, two thousand four hundred and ninety-four"

This account is the tuition fee of Double Happiness, Double Happiness is almost four years old, and he is going to preschool, Wang Jian is a local, but his home is in the most remote rural area in the local area, in order to let Double Happiness receive a better education, he came to the city, although it is only a suburb.

The sanitation salary is 800, plus the bonus is 200, and then picking up the rags, how can you deal with 1,200 yuan a month, and how can you save more than 10,000 yuan after doing sanitation for more than a year.

However, due to a severe cold in the winter, he spent most of Wang Jian's savings when he went to the hospital for treatment, and now his entire family has only more than 2,000 yuan left.

The kindergarten on the outskirts of the city costs 800 yuan a month, and the cost of food is included, but when the children go to school, they have to add new clothes, right?

There is no problem with the tuition fees for the first three months, but what to do with the tuition fees after that, Wang Jian is a little worried, during the period of kindergarten and preschool, life should become extremely difficult, wait until you go to primary school, compulsory education is good, when is the time, it is good to save the money for double happiness to go to high school and college.

After thinking about the little abacus in his heart, Wang Jian stood up, stretched out his legs to rub off the numbers on the ground, stomped his feet, and returned to the sanitation station to serve Shuangxi for dinner.

On February 27, Shuangxi was going to school, and when Wang Jian parked his tricycle at the entrance of the kindergarten, many pairs of eyes were looking at the father and son.

The padded jacket was too expensive, so I didn't buy a new one for Shuangxi, but I wore a new sweatshirt inside, as for the pants and shoes, in fact, they were not classified by Wang Jian into the category of new clothes, clothes are clothes, what does it have to do with pants and shoes?

So before Shuangxi didn't take off his padded jacket, he was still a child dressed in tatters, and the only change that could be seen outdoors was that he had a blue Ultraman Tiga schoolbag, which was now being carried by Wang Jian.

These eyes stared at the father and son, Wang Jian was used to this kind of scrutinizing gaze, but Shuangxi didn't, pulling Wang Jian's trouser leg and standing behind his father.

In fact, the families of the children who go to school here are also very ordinary, either local families with low incomes or children of migrant workers from other places, but no matter what, their family conditions are much better than Wang Jian's.

There are not a few cars parked at the entrance of the kindergarten, and they are all of the grade of Wuling Hongguang and Jetta, or mainly electric vehicles, which are messily placed at the door, but like Wang Jian, who rides a sanitation three-wheeler, he is really one.

Pulling Shuangxi into the house, it is much cleaner than the home of the father and son, Wang Jian lowered his head, looked at Shuangxi who hesitated and refused to enter the house, and urged a little, Shuangxi quietly took off his shoes that had been glued, and stepped on the floor with his toes exposed.

Shuangxi took the initiative to let go of his father's hand, tugged at the edge of the hole in the sock, and stuffed the sock into the gap between his toes, before putting his hand into his father's palm again, looking up at Wang Jian, and pursing his lips.

The children were sent to the classroom, and Wang Jian followed a large number of parents to pay the tuition, and then walked to the door of the classroom and looked at the children sitting on the stools.

Double Happiness sits in the corner of the last row, deliberately far away from the other children, the teacher is smiling in class, and the four-year-old child has a melancholy face.

At the end of the short course, Wang Jian, like other parents, smiled at the teacher and hoped that the teacher would take more care, but the sincere and warm teacher treated the children a little perfunctory to these parents.

Until the parents were about to leave, the children who went to school for the first time began to hug their parents' thighs and cry, without a few exceptions, the same was true of Double Happiness, hugging Wang Jian's thighs, hoping that Wang Jian would take him away.

It's just that Wang Jian understands that the reason for Shuangxi to cry is not the same as that of other children, not because he is afraid of his parents' departure, but because he is simply extremely afraid of this place full of warmth and innocence.

"Take class well, and your father will pick you up in the afternoon. ”

He still broke away from Shuangxi's hand, gritted his teeth at the tear-wet face, walked out of the outdoor activity area of the kindergarten, and watched Shuangxi cling to the fence, like a little beast trapped in a cage.

"Daddy!!"

Ignoring the crying, Wang Jian didn't even dare to look back, exhaled a trembling breath, put on gloves, waited for the electric car in front of him to go first, stepped on the pedals hard, and slowly disappeared in front of Double Happiness

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