Chapter 48: The Mother (part 3 of 3)
The clouds in the sky were accumulating more and more, maybe it was a time to turn around, or forty minutes to go home along the Qingshui River, when Wang Qiang walked to the mossy green bricks in front of his house, the surroundings suddenly darkened.
He looked up, and at some point, dark clouds had covered the sky, and gusts of cold wind came out from all directions, as if to sweep away the residual heat in the air, ready for a heavy rain that soaked the world.
"Hadron?" the mother's voice came from inside.
Wang Qiang retracted his gaze and saw it in the room, only to see his mother holding a needle with thread in one hand and holding a layer of white cloth stacked soles in the other, it should be sewing soles, cloth shoes are still childhood memories, and they are rarely worn when they grow up, his eyes showed a trace of remembrance, and he crossed the threshold, "Mom." Then he pulled a small bench and sat down next to the table of the four immortals, and saw that there was no sound from his mother's sewing soles, and he was very worried.
Because next, he was ready to disobey his mother once.
Yes, Wang Qiang knows that his parents' wish has always been to hope that he will get ahead in a good university, and he has heard his parents praise him for his good test results in front of his neighbors countless times, especially his mother, who still vividly remembers the appearance of his eyebrows, and that expression seems to be happier than picking up 10,000 yuan.
Mother lowered her head, with a needle wrench against the needle butt struggling into the thick sole, the needle wrench is actually an iron wrench, the main purpose is to prevent the object from being too hard needle is not easy to insert, wearing a needle wrench has a place to borrow strength, will not hurt the hand, asked softly: "Why did you come back so early today?"
"I'll be back early when I'm done. Wang Qiang replied casually, but he was thinking about how to talk to his mother about not going to school.
In fact, how could I want to disappoint my mother.
Which is more comfortable to study and go to school than to be tired day and night?
To put it mildly, if conditions permit, Wang Qiang also wants to reminisce about school life, take the time to tease the female classmates who are still in the prime of jasper, chat with good friends who have not met for many years, and sit in the classroom full of gardenia flowers to listen to the deceased teacher Xu often talk about life and dreams.
It's just that life is too hard, I don't work hard, and two years later, my grandfather's diabetes complications broke out, and then my parents went into debt?
Experiencing a piece of poverty again that is chewed on the tongue behind the back?
What crime did you commit by watching your parents walk down the road again and not being able to lift their heads?
People who don't have huge debts don't know what it's like, even if someone else has a very normal look, in their own opinion, they will sensitively think that they are laughing, what kind of shame is that?
Wang Qiang can't describe it, he only knows that in this life, he doesn't want his father's back to continue to bend, he doesn't want his mother's hands to crack until winter, and the thick water seeps out, and he is reluctant to buy a pair of leather gloves to put his hands into the cold and biting well water to wash clothes.
Parents have done enough for themselves.
It's time for me to repay them.
"Mom......" Wang Qiang opened his mouth.
The mother raised her face, smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wang Qiang plucked up the courage to say that he didn't want to go to school anymore, but when he saw her eyes, the words became, "Oh, how much money did you make today?"
Speaking of this, my mother put the soles of her shoes on her knees and said with a smile: "I have earned one hundred and fourteen, and I have hidden two thousand one hundred and fifty, and I will be able to pay off my debts in a few days, and then I will earn your tuition." ”
As she spoke, the hair on her head was blown up by the wind, and strands of silver were as obvious as they were in the colorless black hair.
couldn't help it, Wang Qiang's heart was sour, and he reluctantly smiled: "Yes, you can pay off your debts by earning a few more days." ”
The mother asked, "Did Lu Dahai give you money?"
Wang Qiang didn't hide it, took out a white envelope from his pocket and handed it over, "He gave an extra three hundred." ”
After taking it, the mother sighed: "Didn't you say that it was seven hundred, why did you give more?" She took out the money and counted it, took out three and stuffed it into her son's hand, "I will return it to him later, we can talk about it as much as we want, we can't take more money." ”
knew that my mother was the most kind and kind to others, and she never wanted to take advantage of anyone, let alone say a word that hurt people's feelings. But she also has a very strong time, not a little others insult Wang Qiang, once the village was missing a chicken, the back of the aunt saw Wang Qiang passing by the house, and people suspected that Wang Qiang did it, this sentence reached the mother's ears, she was so angry that she cried, invited a few old people to come over, called the back aunt, she asked the back aunt face to face how did she know that her son stole the chicken, until the back aunt admitted her mistake in person.
At that time, many people said that she protected her head, because except for Wang Qiang, no one seemed to pass by the door of the young chicken, so she carried the scolding for two months without saying a word, as long as others didn't say that Wang Qiang was bad.
In the end, the old bachelor in the south of the village got drunk and confided the truth, and it was the chicken he stole that revealed it.
Wang Qiang knew that his mother's trust in him was not discounted, and he knew that his mother thought about himself in everything, whether it was food, clothing or housing, so he was afraid that his mother would be sad to hear that he didn't want to go to school.
After taking the money, he said, "Oh, I know, Lu Dahai made an appointment with me for dinner in the evening, and I will give it to him then." ”
The mother lowered her head again to sew the soles of her shoes with great satisfaction, and said, "Your father, I haven't sent a letter to Shanxi for so long, I don't know what I'm doing." ”
"He's probably too busy to write letters. Wang Qiang was still thinking about how to speak, and replied absent-mindedly.
"Yes. "Mother is in a good mood," I will take the initiative to write a letter later, telling him that you don't have to worry about your tuition, and that we will solve it ourselves, hehe, he must be very happy to hear it." ”
Although the two were still fighting a while ago, Wang Qiang knew that his mother cared about his father in her heart, after all, he had been married for almost twenty years, and he had already carved family affection into his bones, he took a deep breath, and decided to say, so he said tentatively: "Mom, what are you going to do if I don't get admitted to high school?"
The mother quipped, "What else can you do if you and your father go to the construction site to work as a small worker?"
Wang Qiang understood that she said that she would not be willing to do such a hard job as a small worker, even after graduating from college and going to work in the factory, she was worried that she would not be able to eat or live well, and often called again and again, Wang Qiang said: "If our family money is not enough for me to sign up, and I can't borrow it, what should I do?"
"If you can't borrow it, you have to borrow it, and you really can't smash the pot and sell iron. The mother's tone was very firm, and she raised her eyelids curiously, "Why are you asking this?"
Seeing her come over, Wang Qiang finally relented, gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, I don't want to go to school anymore." ”
The mother's face, which was still smiling, froze instantly, and then, her face turned blue and said, "Why can you go if you don't go to school?"
Finished.
The mother was angry.
Wang Qiang, who knows her personality well, couldn't help but smile bitterly, fortunately, he had prepared a set of rhetoric, hoping to convince his mother.