Chapter 56: Life is Impermanent
"Uncle Zhao, give me an ice cream cone, and then give me a bottle of mineral water, mineral water doesn't need ice. Fang Yuan walked into the small shop and said directly.
Fang Yuan, an old resident of Donghu Town, basically knew him, but he didn't come back less after going to college, and he didn't know some new faces one after another, such as Fang Yuanjin's small shop, which had opened a store in the town for more than ten years, and it was strange that Fang Yuan didn't know him.
"It's Xiao Fang, when are you coming back?" Seeing Fang Yuan come in, the owner of the small shop, who was listening to the radio, hurriedly stood up.
Uncle Zhao's son is a few years older than Fang Yuan, and he will be a few years older than Fang Yuan when he goes to school, but he is also a student of Fang's mother, so he is under Fang's mother's control.
And Fang's father is a policeman in Donghu Town, so Uncle Zhao opened a store or something, and inevitably dealt with the police, at that time, there was no chengguan or anything, the chengguan was only established in ninety-seven years, and the police arrested him, and he was under the control of Fang's father.
So when he was in elementary school, Fang Yuan could have walked sideways in Donghu Town, if it weren't for Fang's father who didn't agree with him and hung up, Fang Yuan estimated that he would have already embarked on a crooked path, what was even more terrifying was that Fang Yuan was doing something bad outside, and before he got home, the news had already reached the ears of Fang's father and Fang's mother, and the whole town was their eyeliner, so Fang Yuan was very well-behave......d when he was a child.
"It's been almost a month since I came back. Fang Yuan replied casually, this month he basically stayed at home to learn the DH language, Fang's mother and Fang's father thought he was doing private work, so they didn't bother him.
"I haven't seen you go out, but I often see your father with your daughter, I thought you didn't come back!" As Uncle Zhao stood up, he saw Xinxin and the little girl pulled by Fang Yuan.
"Xiaofei?" Uncle Zhao also knew the little girl, and when he saw the little girl's dirty appearance, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Grandpa Zhao. The little girl cried out quietly and shrank back.
"Come, grandpa will give you candy. Uncle Zhao took two lollipops on the counter and handed them to the two little girls.
This time, the little girl didn't refuse, she took it with a happy face, and held it tightly in her hand, but instead glanced at her father, and when she saw Fang Yuan nodding, she reached out and took it.
Uncle Zhao walked out of the counter and took a bottle of mineral water and an ice cream cone for Fang Yuan, Fang Yuan handed it to the little girl, the little girl didn't take it, just looked at Fang Yuan a little blankly and shook her head.
"Take it, it's hot outside, be careful of heat stroke. Fang Yuan squatted down and said.
"Xiaofei, you take it, this uncle is your father's friend, it's okay. Uncle Zhao said helpfully, Fang Yuan's heart moved when he heard this, he raised his head and wanted to ask, but he looked at the little girl and swallowed the words back.
When the little girl heard this, she glanced at Fang Yuan with some curiosity, and then reached out to take it.
Fang Yuan stood up and said to Uncle Zhao, "Uncle Zhao, you give me another ten yuan in cash, and I will transfer it to you with my mobile phone later." Fang Yuan went out to pick up Lan Caiyi, and he didn't have any money in his pocket, only a mobile phone.
Uncle Zhao didn't know what he was asking for money for, but he still took ten yuan from under the counter and gave it to him.
"These ten yuan are for the drink bottle in your hand, you can take the money and go home!" Fang Yuan bent down and handed it to the little girl.
The little girl was still too young to know how to settle accounts, every time she took the bottle to the scrap recycling station, she would take as much as the boss gave, and she didn't know if it was worth it or not, so she saw that Fang Yuan wanted to accept the drink bottle in her hand, and she happily sold it to Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan took the plastic bag of the drink bottle in her hand, and then asked, "Do you know Jia, do you need your uncle to send you back?"
The little girl shook her head, glanced at Fang Yuan, then at Xinxin, turned around and ran out of the door, but as if she remembered something, she held an ice cream cone in one hand, held the mineral water in her arms, and waved her hand at them with a lollipop in the other hand, a big smile appeared on her stained face, it was very beautiful, but Fang Yuan saw it in his eyes, and his heart was a little sour.
"Uncle Zhao, how much is it in total, I will transfer my mobile phone to you. When the little girl ran away and disappeared, Fang Yuan turned to Uncle Zhao and said.
"Two pieces of mineral water and three pieces of ice cream cone, a total of five dollars. Uncle Zhao said casually.
"Okay, I'll transfer you fifteen dollars. Fang Yuan took out his mobile phone and paid.
"You can give me five yuan, and give me the bottle in your hand, and I bought it. Uncle Zhao reached out and took the plastic bag containing the drink bottle in Fang Yuan's hand, every once in a while, there would be a collection of tattered door-to-door waste cartons, plastic bottles or something, it was not a waste.
"That's not good, the bottle can be given to you, but this money can't be given to Uncle Zhao. Saying that, without waiting for Uncle Zhao to say more, he directly scanned the code and paid.
When Uncle Zhao heard this, he shook his head, sighed and put the drink bottles in the corner of the shop, these drink bottles were worth a few cents at most.
"Uncle Zhao, what did you just say?" Fang Yuan didn't say it explicitly, but Uncle Zhao instantly understood what Fang Yuan meant.
Uncle Zhao took out a pack of cigarettes from under the counter, stuffed one into his mouth, and handed one to Fang Yuan, but Fang Yuan refused, he just wanted to light the fire, and saw Xinxin lying on the counter looking inside, looking at him with a pair of big eyes, so he took it down again, "That little girl's name is Chen Xiaofei, she is Chen Chao's daughter." ”
"Xiao Chao?" Fang Yuan exclaimed in surprise when he heard this, his voice raised an octave.
Chen Chao is one of Fang Yuan's hair and one of his best friends, Fang Yuan, Chen Chao and Ding Heping formed the Dongzhen Primary School Flying Man trio, known as Peter Pan, the name of the very middle two, all influenced by the Hong Kong film "Peter Pan".
Until junior high school, the three of them were very good friends, among which Chen Chao was the best reader, especially mathematics, he was really talented, but unfortunately because of family reasons, he went out to work after graduating from junior high school.
As for Ding Heping, he went back to Xia Jing to study in high school, because Xia Jing's college entrance examination score requirements are low, and he himself is from Xia Jing, so he still had contact at the beginning, but it gradually broke off.
As for Chen Chao, when Fang Yuan was in high school, he still played with him during the Spring Festival every year, but gradually found that he permed his hair, smoked, drank, and played mahjong, and he was completely a social person, and he couldn't pee a pot with a pink student at all, and gradually had less contact, and he didn't have contact at all after he arrived in college.
"What happened to Chen Chao? How could he let his daughter come out to pick up garbage?" Fang Yuan remembered that the last time he saw Chen Chao, the originally thin guy was white and fat, driving a brand-new Santana, and it was said that he earned a lot of money working outside, so Fang's father also compared him with Chen Chao, saying that a person of his age still spends family money, and everyone earns money to buy a house and a car.
"The year before last, their family drove out and encountered a car accident, Chen Chao's parents and his daughter-in-law all died, Chen Chao used his body to protect his daughter, and he was paralyzed, and a good family collapsed all of a sudden. "It's been a long time, and Uncle Zhao is still a little embarrassed when he says it.
"Didn't the insurance company pay for it? And I remember that their family has a house and a car, how can they let such a young child go out and pick up garbage?"
"What to lose? His daughter-in-law drove the car, full responsibility, the insurance company paid not enough money to compensate others, the house was sold, the car was also sold, plus the cost of medical treatment, where is there any money, last year was really exhausted, I had to move back, and now I live in the old house. ”
"Is there no one else in his family? Xiaofei is too young to ....... ”
"What's the matter, you also know that Chen Chao is an only child, Xiaofei has an uncle, but her uncle's family conditions are not good, she took care of it at the beginning, and no one took care of it after a long time. Uncle Zhao said that in the end, the corners of his eyes were a little moist.
Fang Yuan was also silent when he heard this, human nature can't stand the test, rural people have a kind heart, but they also have a cold nature.
Uncle Zhao knocked the cigarette in his hand on the counter, and then said: "We see that this child is pitiful, and he also helps the village one or two on weekdays, but how much can I help? Chen Chao came back this time, probably because he didn't want to die outside, but he suffered this child, and he was so young ......." If you have time to visit him, I don't think you will see him much. ”
Fang Yuan nodded when he heard this, in fact, if Uncle Zhao didn't say it, he would also go.
Fang Yuan pulled Xinxin out of the shop with a heavy heart, Uncle Zhao lit the cigarette in his hand, leaned on the recliner, and Lu Fang's song "Friends Don't Cry" was playing on the radio.
Is there a window?
It will keep you from despairing
Take a look at the world of flowers
It turned out to be like a dream
Someone cried
Someone laughed
Someone loses
Someone is old
It's not the same in the end
Is there a kind of love?
It keeps you from getting hurt
How much has accumulated over the years
A confidant to you
What wine can't wake up
What pain can't be forgotten
Go forward
It is impossible to look back
Friends, don't cry
I am still the home of your soul
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PS: This chapter doesn't ask for recommendation votes and collections, when I write a chapter, I am in tears, I wish all children in the world a happy childhood!