Chapter Twenty-Six: A Warm Family
From then on, I used my leisure time to see her, every time I went to her house, she was always very happy, from afar, holding my hand and asking about the long and short, the cold and the warmth!
I have heard her say more than once that her life is very hard, her godfather died of bone cancer early, and she has a well-behaved daughter named Xiaoya, who is studying at a prestigious university. When Xiaoya was very young, her godfather died, and it was her godmother who supported the family with her weak shoulders. My godmother didn't have a formal job and relied on a small business to make ends meet. From morning to night, I had to get up early the next day to buy goods, sold vegetables, sold shoes, sold pastries, and opened a commissary. For a two-parent family, it is not easy to train a college student, let alone her. She always said impatiently that a family without a man is unsound! She is not afraid of being bitter or tired, and what she is most worried about is whether her daughter will be able to form a sound personality when she grows up! She tries her best to make up for the lack of fatherly love with her motherly love! Xiaoya is very filial to her, which makes her godmother very comforted!
Godmother's popularity is very good, she believes in Buddhism, is a famous living Bodhisattva within a radius of several miles, for other people's requests, she rarely refuses, a college student at a time, door-to-door sales socks, 10 yuan 3 pairs, she accepted without hesitation, not wearing a few days, socks on the jump! But every time she mentions this matter, she always has to say seriously, that college student is not easy, to climb several buildings, not necessarily sell a pair, although she does not buy much, it will indeed give this child spiritual comfort! This kind of kind character has been inherited, and when she sees the kittens and puppies wandering on the streets, Xiaoya always has to take them in, feed them carefully, and even save a little herself, but also ensure that they are full! Once she saw an elderly lame beggar under the bridge, she felt very pity when she saw it, so she took a lunch box to deliver food to the old man every night! The old man was very grateful, and said again and again: "This girl is really good, is it the daughter of Guanyin Bodhisattva." ”
When my godmother was 45 years old, she finally harvested the second beautiful love in her life, and under the strong recommendation of the neighbors, a middle-aged man who was 3 years older than Gan's mother walked into Gan's mother's field of vision, he was not tall, he was not handsome, but he had a manly temperament and the stability of a middle-aged man! He was modest, honest and responsible! We all affectionately called him "Uncle Han". I heard that he was divorced from his wife, his ex-wife cheated, and the two had a boy, which was awarded to his ex-wife! He was not good at talking, but he was a very dedicated person, and he ran long distances in the logistics company! As soon as he got up from work, he forgot to sleep and eat, and once he ran a long distance to Xinjiang, in order to deliver the customer's goods in a timely manner, he was stunned for three days and three nights without closing his eyes, and finally he was so sleepy that he slept in the car for more than half an hour, which was really thrilling.
Every time Xiaoya comes back from school, she always happily stuffs the money into Xiaoya's hands, and sometimes her godmother finds out and says, don't spoil this little girl too much, it's not a good thing to develop the problem of spending money indiscriminately. Xiaoya is also very thoughtful, she saves all the money given by adults, and when it comes time to pay the tuition, she can reduce the burden on her godmother!
In this family, I saw the kind and compassionate hearts of each member, they are all thinking about each other, everyone twisted into a rope, facing a long and difficult life together, step by step from depression to solidity, each member is full of hope for life, which makes me very moved, I think of this Paralympic Games, although these athletes are not healthy, some of them also compete with prosthetics, but their healthy parts of the body, the degree of development is stronger than that of able-bodied people! In this crippled family, everyone seems to be a healthy part of the crippled body, or it may be a prosthetic leg of Hou'an, although they are mutilated, but they cooperate no worse than the able-bodied family.
Compared with countless broken families, our happy life is particularly precious, people are so dissatisfied, some people will never think of how happy they are, how good they are to have a sound family, they will always find out some such or that unsatisfactory, let themselves be troubled, then, when you are troubled, think more about those who are far inferior to your broken family!
The time to register for the graduate school entrance examination is approaching! Twenty years of hard study has another chance! The students are constantly busy! Xiaoya is no exception; like other students, she has filled out the form and signed up attentively, and the teacher recommended her to choose a finance major! Fortunately, the admission rate of their school is 80 or 90 percent! The whole family is very happy, and soon Xiaoya will be a graduate student, and there is only one thing that makes her godmother stumped! Xiaoya said that the tuition fee for the graduate school entrance examination costs 60,000 yuan, and it cannot be paid in installments, and it must be paid all at once.
The godmother gathered the family's savings, less than 10,000 yuan, and Uncle Han said that even if she smashed the pot and sold iron, she would also make up the tuition fees for the child, and the godmother was so sad that she cried several times. Godmother's popularity is very good, and friends are also very enthusiastic when they hear this, and they have taken out their savings, although the money is not too much, but after all, it is a little bit of an adult's heart. In response to this, we have set up a Sunshine Scholarship Fund! We have also made a red box like the Hope Project, and registered the names of our friends who donated. The third uncle regarded Xiaoya as a famous pearl in his hand, and took 30,000 yuan from home in one go! He also kept encouraging Xiaoya, saying that he must study hard, and the third uncle will subsidize him for a postdoctoral fellow in the future. The enthusiasm of the group is like charcoal in the snow, which warms the heart of the godmother! The godmother said movingly that when the child is working, she will definitely return the principal and interest to the group. It's not easy for everyone to make money. Godmother's heart is not steady. Godmothers rarely borrowed money from others before.
Among my godmother's friends, most of them are working-class, and everyone is on a dead salary, and their lives are very tight, and I heard that the third uncle took out the money behind his wife's back, because they said they were going to quarrel and divorce. My godmother felt very uncomfortable and decided to consult about student loans. Lend the money and repay the third uncle's money first. In this way, she will be sure of her heart.
She went to several credit unions to consult, and the service staff told her that the student loan was not for individual students, but for schools. It was enough to go to the school for consultation, so the godmother found the school again.
"Hello, teacher, do you get a student loan?" asked my godmother politely.
"Yes, what's your condition?"
"My daughter needs 60,000 yuan for graduate school, can you lend me a loan?"
"60,000 yuan! Is the eldest sister mistaken? Are you sure it's 60,000 yuan? Is your daughter a student at our school?"
"Yes, she said she needed 60,000 yuan!"
"Eldest sister, our school's MBA graduate students are the most expensive majors, 15,000 a year, 30,000 yuan for two years, and all majors are paid once a year. Are you mistaken? You'd better go back and ask your daughter what happened. ”
The godmother was stunned for a while, at a loss, her daughter has been very well-behaved since she was a child, how could she lie to herself, she is not a child who loves to spend money! What is the reason? The godmother's heart was beating for a while, and after a period of sadness. I dialed my daughter's number.
"Are you in class?"
"Mom, what's the matter?"
"Tell me the truth, how much is the tuition fee for the graduate school entrance examination?"
"60,000!"
"Say it again!, you say it again!" said the godmother angrily.
“6…… 60,000!" my sister said with some embarrassment. "Mom, we have two out-of-town classmates in the same dormitory, and the conditions at home are very difficult. I really wanted to help them, and they also consulted the school for student loans, but they could only borrow 6,000 yuan a year, which was still not enough. I really can't bear to see them give up the opportunity to go to graduate school. So I made up a good-natured panic. My intentions are good. ”
The godmother was silent! I felt very uncomfortable, knowing that I was wrong to blame my daughter. The daughter's mind is kind, she meets the standards of a graduate student with both ability and integrity, thinking that this godmother didn't say anything, she hung up the phone gently.