Chapter 10 Poverty and Disease

Late at night.

He Xiao and Xu Yuan walked towards the dormitory together, this swinger didn't go out to fool around today.

Passing by the door of the 24-hour supermarket, the two went in to buy some instant noodles and eggs, planning to cook noodles at home.

"He Xiao, tomorrow I will get up early to go to Gome, and I plan to buy that new smartphone. ”

When he was about to get home, Xu Yuan suddenly clutched his chest in pain, as if he had made a difficult decision.

"Is that the smartphone called Apple?"

He Xiao looked at him in surprise, he also knew that the mobile phone was the latest, but he didn't understand it carefully, and it was said to be very expensive.

"Yes, full-screen mobile phones, everyone said that after this mobile phone came out, the current mobile phone was eliminated. ”

Xu Yuan showed yearning, but immediately felt extremely uncomfortable, and his face was flushed as if he had angina.

"This thing is so expensive, my monthly salary is basically gone after buying it!"

Sure enough, there is a price to be paid for pretending.

However, Xu Yuan reminded He Xiao that he had wanted to change to a new mobile phone for a long time, and his flip phone had been used for almost three years, and he really couldn't do anything except make calls, and the batteries were swollen and not decent.

Back home, after eating instant noodles, the two of them retreated into their rooms and didn't come out.

Xu Yuan came to the living room halfway to get some toilet paper, He Xiao saw it in his eyes, knowing that this guy didn't do good things, so he got out of bed and silently closed the door.

Leaning on the head of the bed, He Xiao put the laptop on his lap and looked up the news about the smartphone.

It is produced by a company called Apple, the address is abroad, He Xiao doesn't know when this company came out, anyway, the official website page looks quite high-end.

The mobile phone is full-screen, there is only one button at the bottom, and the price is 6,500 yuan, which is really expensive, no wonder Xu Yuan is distressed like that, He Xiao feels like he has been pinched in his heart after reading it.

Click on the big picture and appreciate it carefully, it's really good-looking, just like a work of art, many celebrities are already using it.

It is not difficult to see from the reviews below that this smartphone is indeed very fresh, and the pixels and operating feel are qualitatively different from the previous generation of mobile phones.

Looking at the photos of the main interface of the mobile phone taken by those consumers, He Xiao suddenly felt that this so-called smartphone has a strong sense of familiarity.

He took out his black phone and compared it with the computer, and the similarity was as high as 99 percent.

It's just that my black phone has a larger screen and looks better.

He Xiao immediately understood that the black phone was the smart phone of his own world, but it was more advanced, and it came from another time and space.

From this, it can be inferred that the time and space in which the black phone is located should be a few years more advanced than the world it is in, but the gap between the two is not too big.

"Parallel time and space, there should be a lot of similarities between the two sides, right? ”

He Xiao fiddled with the black phone, imagining wildly in his head.

......

Early the next morning.

He Xiao went out with Xu Yuan in the end, and walked into the mall with a smile, and when he came out, his expression became more and more ugly.

"It's expensive!"

The two spoke in unison.

Xu Yuan was okay and bought one for his own use.

He Xiao was different, he bought four directly, and his wallet was deflated by half at once.

Of these four mobile phones, one is kept for his own use, and the remaining three are reserved for his parents and sister.

More than 20,000 yuan, He Xiao's salary for a month, changed four boxes.

Except for the money that he usually saves in his bank card to buy a house, He Xiao has more than 10,000 savings left in his hand.

"One night back before liberation. ”

He Xiao felt congested, in Yanjing, there was 10,000 yuan in his hand, and he really didn't have a sense of security at all.

After coming out of the mall, He Xiao and Xu Yuan found a small shop to have a meal of cross-bridge rice noodles, and then he went to the courier company himself and sent all three mobile phones.

"Doodoo ......"

Squeezed on the bus home, He Xiao called his mother.

"Hey, son, what's wrong?" the mother said in a heavy tone after answering the phone.

"Mom, I sent you a courier, remember it when the time comes, don't know whose one is not to sign. ”

"What did you buy?"

"Hey, keep it secret. He Xiao planned to surprise his parents.

"That's right...... Okay, Mom knows, are you short of money over there? You don't need to ask your dad to transfer some points for you, you are alone in Yanjing, don't be wronged by yourself. "The mother of the child is worried, the mother has been a treasure since he was a child, almost never scolded, usually afraid that He Xiao is busy with work, and does not dare to call him, now it is not easy to get in touch, and immediately opened the chatterbox, expressing his feelings of missing, connected into a string, and he can't stop seeing it.

"Mom, don't give me money, I'm living a very nourishing life here, but if you are short of money, remember to tell me, I've been earning a lot recently, 11,000 in my pocket, some are money!"

He Xiao was really afraid that her mother would go to the bank to give her money after hanging up the phone, and she could do it.

"Okay, then my mother can rest assured, there is no shortage of money at home, you just have to work hard. “

Mom laughed, her voice full of love.

"By the way, is my sister at home?"

"Your sister goes to work, if you want your sister, call her on her phone. ”

"That's done. ”

After hanging up the phone, He Xiao dialed his sister He Jin's number again.

My sister seemed to be busy, and it took a long, long time to get on her phone.

"Sister, why are you so slow? Guess what I bought for you?" When facing his sister, He Xiao's tone was a lot more relaxed.

"Little rabbit, what are you buying for me for? How many times have you said don't spend money indiscriminately? I don't know if I'm going north if I earn some money, right?"

Unexpectedly, after her sister He Jin answered the phone, she scolded her head and face, and counted her younger brother spending money indiscriminately.

He Xiao is a little weak here, he knows that his sister is different from other girls, she is a very pragmatic person, she is not interested in jewelry, cosmetics, mobile phones, these vain things, and she is plain every day.

What a blind face for that wickedness.

He Jin is three years older than He Xiao, she has been a beauty since she was a child, and she was rated as a school flower when she went to school, and many boys sought after her, the most exaggerated is that in the second year of high school, the love letters He Jin received in a semester were almost as thick as her notebook.

Facing her beautiful sister, He Xiao once suspected that they were not born by the same mother.

In stark contrast to the appearance of the angel is the devil's temper, He Jin has been naughty since she was a child, stealing bird eggs from trees and going down to the river to fish and shrimp, she doesn't have the appearance of a big girl.

And every time He Xiao was beaten, it was his sister who came forward to help solve it, carrying an iron spoon to chase the stinky little eggs who bullied He Xiao for eight streets.

Other people's families are younger brothers protecting their sisters, and Lao He's family is older sisters protecting younger brothers, and it's all reversed.

In the face of such a guy whose strength is off the charts and his sister's strength is max, He Xiao has no choice but to honestly accept his "delicate" character and live in the shadow of his sister for more than 20 years.

It wasn't until he left to Yanjing to work hard that he escaped from the clutches of the devil and breathed a sigh of relief.

But now that I am scolded by my sister like this, the horror of the past is all back in an instant.

He Xiao immediately stopped talking, for fear that his sister would be angry and come to Yanjing with a big stick to beat him.

Suddenly, He Xiao heard a few words of admonition from his sister's side, such as "call during working hours" and "don't go to deliver food yet".

Then there was her sister's soft-spoken apology, and her soft tone didn't look like her at all.

He Xiao on the other side of the phone was stunned for a moment, his strong sister was wronged outside?

How can there be a girl who delivers takeaways!

At this moment, He Xiao felt that his heart was suddenly grabbed by someone, and it hurt!

"Sister, why did you run to deliver takeaways? Did you encounter a problem? Didn't you do a good job as a salesperson before......

He Xiao waited until the voices of the other people over there gradually disappeared, and immediately couldn't help but ask.

"It's okay, the sales job is messed up, and I came out to change jobs, which is higher than my previous salary. ”

My sister's tone returned to relaxation, but He Xiao clearly remembered that she was not like this last second!

That kind of aggrieved and helpless, nodding and bowing attitude, is the first time in He Xiao's memory of more than 20 years.

"Sister, tell me the truth, what happened?"

“......”

The person on the other side of the phone was silent for a long time, and finally sighed lightly, "Grandpa has a cerebral hemorrhage and is hospitalized." ”

"What?!" He Xiao buzzed his head.

"The doctor said that there is still a cure, the amount of bleeding is 40, and it must be about 80,000 or 90,000. My sister's voice was a lot lower.

"Why didn't Mom tell me anything!" He Xiao was a little angry, when she called just now, Mom didn't reveal anything about these things.

He now knows why his sister quit her job as a shopping guide in the mall and ran out to do this kind of takeaway, just to earn a little more money to treat his grandfather!

And the funny thing is that he just spent more than 20,000 yuan to buy a mobile phone.

"Sister, don't deliver takeaways, that's what the old men do, what are you doing as a girl?"

"Fart! I don't do it, the money is blowing?" my sister seemed to be riding an electric car, and she spoke with a sense of wind.

He Xiao was distressed again, he couldn't imagine the appearance of the sister who smiled and showed a row of small tiger teeth, and looked like she was suffering outside.

"I'll pay the money, don't worry, I'm very important to my boss now, and I can earn 20,000 yuan a month!"

"Then you don't spend it? I can earn eight or nine thousand for food delivery, no less than you. He Jin refused.

"I said don't do it if I don't let you do it! I'll call you for the money! Okay, hang up!"

He Xiao seemed to be angry, and it was the first time she lost her temper with her sister when she was so old, and her tone was categorical, and she hung up the phone directly after speaking.

The bus stopped, He Xiao trotted down, found a bank near his home, took out the card that was stored to buy a house, plus the money in his hand, more than 60,000 yuan, all transferred to his sister's account.

This card that saves money to buy a house, the money in it has always been in and out, He Xiao will not move a cent no matter how hard he is, but he didn't expect to take it out all at once today.

"At the end of the day, it's still fucking poor!"

Coming out of the bank, He Xiao rubbed his face, and there was only one thought left in his mind.

Earn money! Make money! Make money!