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It wasn't until the land was settled that Han Han planted crops on the contracted land for a year, and he felt that in the poor land, no matter how tired you are, you can't make a plank. At that time, two young people from the neighborhood came to him, and they told him to come to the city to help some people who bought goods to carry their bags and burdens, which was better than farming at home. And so they came to the city. When Han Han came to the city, he had not yet turned seventeen.
When he first came, Han Han was still very unaccustomed to it. One is rusty and can't let go of asking about business, and the other is the problem of accommodation at night. If you rent a house to stay, you will find very little money, and some people are reluctant to spend money on rent. So there were several of them, and they stayed in the empty houses that no one lived in, or under the bridge. When I first came to the city, I was really not used to it. After a long time, I got used to it.
As for the little things they carry with them, they just hide them in those places and no one wants them, those things are just selling garbage, and no one necessarily wants them, and besides, even if people see these things, they generally don't move them, because they can imagine that there is no way to put them there.
As for eating, it is even simpler, they are looking for restaurants that specialize in migrant workers, and the food in those restaurants is very cheap and very cheap. As for the poor quality, for the people who work hard, it is not the same thing at all, and their requirements are just to eat and count.
In this way, Han Han has been in the city for six or seven years. In the past six or seven years, he basically went home at the end of every month to accompany his mother-in-law for two or three days. Every time he had to buy back to his mother-in-law enough food and oil for a month, and some snacks she liked to eat, plus pocket money. As for whether he has saved in the past six or seven years, and how much he has saved, only he knows.
It's just that in the past few years, the thing that makes him the most incomprehensible, the most incomprehensible, and the most incomprehensible thing is that he often finds that there will be five or ten yuan in his bag called Hanako, and every time he has money, there are no more than eight buns in it, or steamed buns, and sometimes there are some clean old clothes in it. He knew that someone was funding and taking care of him, but he couldn't see that person once.
What he didn't understand, and what he couldn't figure out, was that he had never befriended anyone in society before, nor had he interacted with anyone, how could there be such a thing for no reason. Why is this thing only on him alone, the bags of several other people are all put together, why does this person recognize it so accurately every time, and he doesn't make a mistake every time.
For this matter, he also guarded against it a few times, but each time he disappointed him, because every time he defended, he squatted in those corners, waiting for a long time for the person who came to put things, but that person didn't come, so he finally gave up waiting for the strange person who put things.
Qiu Ruihua was born in 43 years, her maiden family is a neighboring village of Mr. Han, she looked at the Han family's three large tile houses at that time, as well as a home with a corner room, and his family has been a knowledgeable and literate person for generations. So as soon as the introducer talked about it, she agreed satisfied.
Who knew that as soon as she got married, the situation would be a little different, and she realized that no matter whether it was family or people, she couldn't see it from her appearance alone. However, she didn't regret it much, because she was poor at that time, and every family was like that. It's just that she originally thought that this family would be so good, but now that she actually arrived at this home, she realized that it was no different from ordinary families. Yes, it is a better house, but this house cannot be used as food.
But after she got married, the decline of this family was obviously different from that of ordinary families, and the decline of this family really made her disheartened. Especially after she gave birth to Han Han, she couldn't open the pot at that time.
It was Han Han and his father who went to the tofu factory, so he barely starved to death. But a few years later, her husband died like that. This thunderous pressure really made this Qiu Ruihua lose confidence in this family.
Now she regretted it, regretting that she married a cultured family that she used to envy, but now this culture is worthless. Especially the old in-laws, they are not yet 50 years old, and they do not participate in collective production and labor, so they are stuck at home and have nothing to do. Only then did she realize the incompetence of those who knew and cultured, and this family would not be able to support her alone no matter what. In this way, Qiu Ruihua was depressed step by step, and he was depressed to the road of abandoning his family.
She left behind her son, who was less than six years old, and her elderly in-laws, and she came to the city dozens of miles away. Her plan was to come to the city to help people wash clothes and take care of the children, as long as she could eat. Who knew that this man was young, had not thought it through, and had come here without any relatives. When she came on the first day, the first thing she thought about was to find a job, and when she found a job, she would find a place to stay.
She wandered aimlessly in this strange city, and she also knew that she chose to go to those back streets and alleys, to inquire about those households, and she would ask those mothers-in-law and aunts who were older than her, and she would ask them, and if there was anyone who needed to wash clothes and take care of the children, she would definitely do a good job.
She asked people like this, that is, the vast majority of people have no way to solve the problem for her, ordinary people, who will take care of other people's affairs, who will inquire which family is short of manpower. In this way, until the evening, she did not visit the work, she was also anxious, people were very hungry, and when there was really no way, she thought to herself: while it is not yet dark, first find a small snack shop to eat, and then go to see a place that can shelter from the wind and rain and go to bed at night.
She walked to the corner of a small street that turned to the main street, where there was a small snack shop selling steamed buns and noodles, and she went in and sat down, and she asked for three taels of noodles. She was the only diner in this restaurant at this time, and a woman in her forties was cooking noodles for her, so she asked the woman who was cooking noodles by the way, and she asked her if she knew if there were people in the neighborhood who needed to wash clothes and take care of children, or people like you who were short of manpower to open a store.
This person is luck, Qiu Ruihua's luck at this time is here, and I don't know why many things are so coincidental. This is also like what people call fate, she just met at this time.
The woman looked at her and looked at her, and she looked at her face and mouth exactly what she wanted. She saw that she was simple and simple, and she sat there carrying a tight burden, and she knew that she had come from afar. She looked at her eagerness to find a place to stay, and a sense of sympathy and pity rose in her heart.
She asked her, "Where did you come from, how dare you come here alone, you are a woman, aren't you afraid of bad people outside?" She said: "I came from a far away country, my man died, and I couldn't support my old in-laws, and I couldn't get enough of half of the food at home all year round, so I went out to find a life by myself." I was afraid, but in order to survive, I still made up my mind to come out and break through. Who knows how hard it is. At this time, she didn't dare to say that she had children, and she knew that if she said that she had children, anyone would condemn her. In fact, deep down in her heart, she still can't bear to leave her child.
The woman put the noodles in front of her, and she said, "You are bold enough." So, do you have any relatives, friends, or acquaintances in this city?" Nothing. "I don't think you look like this, otherwise, how would you be walking outside with such a bag." She saw that her bag was sewn from an old cloth, so she knew that she had come here without a hand.
She watched her eat noodles, she looked seriously, she saw that although she was very hungry, her eating appearance was still so gentle, and she felt very satisfied.
She asked her again, "What if you can't find a job, what if you come back? And even if you do, where will you live?" Did you think about it before you came out?" she was stunned. In fact, she didn't think about these things, but the impulse to come out and break through made her despise these, and her impulse really became a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. If she was the kind of person who was afraid of the tiger and then the wolf, then she wouldn't dare to be like this, and she wouldn't dare to come out so rashly.
Qiu Ruihua heard her say this, and she was really frightened in her heart. She looked at the sky outside and it was about to get dark, although she thought that it would be a big deal at night, so she would squat on the eaves and lie down on the bridge. At this time, I was still terrified when I thought about it, and if I really did that, what would I do if I met a bad guy. It's better if a man is like that, but he is a woman after all, can a woman lie outside like that?
She was anxious and immediately said, "Auntie, I beg you to do a good deed, you can let me stay with you for one night tonight, and in the future, I will definitely repay your great kindness." She smiled, she thought to herself: It's been so long, I just want to find someone to help me with this noodle restaurant, and I always don't like Ruyi, but today I was gently and skillfully sent to the door. She said funny: "I live in a hotel, there are hotels everywhere." Qiu Ruihua was dumbfounded, she turned around and knelt down, she looked at the boss lady with pleading eyes, but she couldn't speak for a long time. She knew that she would have to save and save a few dollars on her to see if she could sustain her living expenses for five days.
The proprietress looked at her like that, she was really afraid of making her sad, she grabbed her two arms and lifted them up, she quickly said: "I'll tease you, don't worry, you can live here with me, you can live here with me for a long time." It's just, are you willing to help me here, just here to help me sell steamed buns and noodles?" Qiu Ruihua's despair from a minute ago suddenly ushered in the dawn, and she knelt in front of the proprietress again, kowtowing with a thousand thanks.