The moment his father went out, Qiao Lu followed behind his father. She suddenly wondered what her father had done to provide for the three siblings to go to school.

When Qiao Jianjun sat at the bus stop, Qiao Lu wanted to sit next to her father, her heart was like a knife when she saw him borrowing money from his cousin in embarrassment, and when the borrowing money was fruitless and he left in a hurry, Qiao Lu had never seen such a sad and helpless figure.

Guilt filled her entire chest, walking in the bustling crowd, her chest was about to explode, but she desperately tried not to cry.

Why do you want to study abroad, and why embarrass innocent parents?

She thoroughly understood how sad it was to be born poor, and even if the opportunities were low-handed, they would be very distant because of money.

She wants to go home and tell her parents that she won't go to study abroad, she will find a company with good treatment, and she will cover all the expenses of her younger siblings in the future, and they won't have to work so hard.

But even after thinking about it ten thousand times, she still couldn't let herself give up. If she were given a few more years, she would have developed new catalytic methods to convert natural gas more efficiently. This thing is called a dream, this seed has been nurturing in her heart for several years, and finally grows into a small sapling, how can she be willing to cut it alive?

Qiao Lu's chest hurt, and she had to sit down on the bench and pound her chest constantly. Many passers-by looked at her sympathetically, and a few well-wishers asked her what was wrong, but what could Qiao Lu say? Was it because her father was working too hard, or was her dream about to be shattered?

At lunchtime, she practiced several times with a small mirror to make sure she could show a flawless smile before entering the store. There were a lot of guests at noon, Qiao Jianjun was busy in the back kitchen, Qiao Lu took a look, and his father looked as usual, as if he was not the one who lost his soul in the crowd just now.

After the whole family finished eating and the guests were gone, Qiao Jianjun touched his hair and said, "I'll go to Lao Dong's house next door to get a haircut, you look at it!"

Jolene puffed out her cheeks and said, "Dad, your hair doesn't grow at all!"

"It's too hot, and it's annoying to be a little longer. ”

After Qiao Jianjun finished speaking, he walked out. Qiao Lu silently looked at her father's back, thinking to herself, maybe her father just didn't want to stay at home.

Lao Dong's craftsmanship is very good, and after shaving, he also gives a head massage of about five minutes. Qiao Jianjun was pressed very comfortably, and the sudden blood vessels on the top of his head were all quiet.

"Old Joe, do you have something on your mind?"

Qiao Jianjun smiled bitterly: "How do you know?"

"Hey, you've got everything on your face. After Lao Dong cleaned up, he pulled a chair and sat next to Qiao Jianjun, and said, "Let me guess, it shouldn't be a quarrel with my younger siblings, I've been quiet all morning, and I haven't heard you two arguing." Why is that? Could it be that I can't bear to have a daughter?"

Qiao Jianjun said: "Lulu wants to go to the United States, of course I am reluctant, but she went to Shanghai for four years to study, and I am used to her not being at home." I'm worried that she won't be able to go, and the taste of ambition is hard to pay, it will really hurt for a lifetime!"

Lao Dong smiled: "To put it bluntly, isn't it just the word 'money'?"

Qiao Jianjun also smiled: "I really can't hide it from you." ”

"I still have 20,000 yuan here, I've saved it for many years, and I don't need to store it there anyway, you can take it first!"

Qiao Jianjun didn't expect Lao Dong to be so refreshing, and for a while he suspected that he had heard it wrong-he didn't mention borrowing money at all, why did Lao Dong lend it to him?

"No, I didn't think about borrowing your money. Qiao Jianjun said truthfully.

"Why not? Because this is my coffin book, or is it because Da Ming exchanged his life for it?" Although Lao Dong smiled, the corners of his eyes moistened: "I won't be able to die for a while, give this money to your family, Da Ming will be happy." ”

"Still no, although I am in a hurry to use the money, but I have principles, you have a little bit of family background, how can I be embarrassed to use it?" Qiao Jianjun insisted.

Lao Dong blinked his eyes and held back his tears: "Old Qiao, I, Dong Changyong, am not a very generous person, but I really want to be generous to your old Qiao family."

Do you remember? Da Ming has been gone for less than two months, and his mother has gone with him. At that time, I drank every night and sat in the door during the day in the sun, like a living dead. At that time, you didn't persuade me a lot, but where could I listen? Every day I thought about how to die, and went over there to reunite with them.

The big guys persuaded me for a while, but when I saw that I couldn't persuade them, they slowly dispersed, and since then I have become a poor person in their mouths. But your old Qiao family is different, you send three children to send me wontons every day, and invite me to your house for dinner during the New Year's holidays, even if I don't eat, you have never been discouraged, whether you should send food or send, I keep these in mind.

Do you know how I got around this bend later? You always advised me that 'people can't be resurrected after death, and life must be lived' and 'live for the two of them', but your third child is different. Linlin never persuaded me, she saw me basking in the sun, squatting next to me like a puppy, and told me very happily that she was not the first to the bottom, and the teacher praised her. She also told me that her grandmother's watermelons were about to rot in the ground, but they were all taken away by a kind businessman! The big black dog of the fourth grandmother's family was sick, but before she died, she gave birth to a litter of puppies, not to mention how cute they were! The fourth grandmother was reluctant to sell them, and she wanted to raise them well. She said that she eats skewers at the entrance of No. 2 Middle School, and always eats more at a time, so that her grandmother can go home early after selling out... Every time she told me a lot of innocuous little things, I didn't answer, she just said it vigorously. Maybe it's because I've heard too much about the little things she said, but one day, I can actually see the flowers bloom and the grass is green... I said 'thank you' to Linlin, and then I felt like I was alive. ”

The corners of Lao Dong's eyes were shining, but he still smiled and said: "So, Lao Qiao, how can I repay the kindness of your family?

The westerly sunlight gradually penetrated into the room, and Qiao Jianjun also recalled that time. I didn't expect that the good things that the family did inadvertently could be rewarded.

"Take it, we're both happy people, don't talk about the mess. Besides, just for you Qiao Jianjun is famous, am I still worried that I won't be able to get the money back?"

Qiao Jianjun couldn't resist him, so he had to agree to him. Although he didn't say anything, the corners of his mouth kept curling, and he was very energetic to work. Jolene wondered how Dad had suddenly become so happy.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Qiao's family was having dinner in the wonton restaurant when the sliding door opened suddenly. Qiao Lin shouted in surprise, "Brother Da Kun, why are you here?"

Qiao Kun brought two watermelons, stood at the door and refused to come in, always emphasizing that he had eaten and had something to tell Qiao Jianjun. Qiao Jianjun was very unhappy, but he came to the door, and it was difficult to drive him away, so he had to go outside.

Qiao Kun said with a smiling face: "Second uncle, what my wife said, don't take it to heart." She is used to living a hard life, and it is inevitable that she will be a little picky, and she will break every penny in half, and I am used to it. ”

Qiao Jianjun's face was still pale: "I think she is not only slamming the door, but also uneducated! Why is her speech so ugly, don't let Huanhuan learn from her!"

"That's that, I'll teach her a lesson when I get home. Qiao Kun said, took out an envelope from his pocket, and said, "Second uncle, I only have 5,000 yuan in my hand, and the rest is in my wife's hand, and I won't be able to come out." You don't have to pay me back this money, just treat it as a big red envelope I gave to Lulu. ”

"W-how?"

"Second uncle, if you hadn't taken me out of the village, where would I have been able to buy a house in the city and become a city person? Qiao Kun smiled shyly: "Zhi'en Tubao, it just happened to be what you taught me!"