After writing the letter, Wang Qiang went to the town to send a letter on the long-lost 28 bar, one hoped that his father would come back early and would not have to work on the construction site, and the other was eager to know if Fang Yueqing could crack the arcade substrate.

After sending the letter.

Ride home.

The door was locked, and the mother was nowhere to be seen.

Took out the key to open the door, Wang Qiang pushed the bicycle in, and the two letters were sent, and he pondered what would happen in the future.

As soon as he put the bicycle feet down, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and then a familiar figure stepped into the threshold.

"Why did you go just now?" the mother frowned and said, "I went to your grandparents' house, and when I came back, I was gone, and I looked for you several times." ”

Wang Qiang said inexplicably: "I'm going to send a letter." ”

His mother looked at him, "Forgot what I told you just now?"

"What's the matter?" Wang Qiang didn't react.

"Let you go with me to my grandmother's house to pay back the money, you remember. Mother shook her head helplessly.

Wang Qiang patted his head and said with a smile: "I almost forgot, you take the money, let's go?"

The mother went back to the bedroom to get the money.

He stood at the door and waited, who expected that his mother would come out and stuff a stack of money into his hand, Wang Qiang didn't understand what it meant, and said, "What are you doing with the money?"

Mother said seriously: "You should know how much your cousin helped our family, when the family was separated, your father and I couldn't support you, or she helped us everywhere, although the old lady is not very good-tempered, but if you say anything ugly later, don't be serious, you know?" The money is earned by you, and the tuition fees are also borrowed from you, of course, you have to do it yourself, by the way, go to the three-door cupboard in your house and take out the soybean milk powder sent by your aunt, and you can't say anything to repay the money to others. ”

Wang Qiang was dizzy, knowing that his mother wanted to fight for face, "There's no need, you can give the same ...... as your cousin."

His mother interrupted him with a sigh and said seriously: "If you want to give it, you can give it, and besides, the soybean milk powder has to say that you bought it back to honor her, you know?"

Wang Qiang couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Chengcheng, I know." ”

He ran to the bedroom and pulled out a large package of orange packaged soybean milk powder from the three-door cupboard, which was VV soybean milk, which is not yet famous all over the country, but is only popular in the range of Su, after all, the brand was established in Xuzhou in 92.

Soybean milk powder is temporarily given away, especially for the elderly and children. Wang Qiang remembered that his cousin was greedy, and other people's soybean milk powder was used to soak and drink, but she was not, so she directly tore open the small bag and poured it into her mouth to chew dry, which was quite interesting.

After taking the soybean milk powder, Wang Qiang said: "Let's go." ”

Although my grandmother's house is separated by two or three rooms to the north, my mother is very cautious and locks the door and gate tightly, after all, there is a large amount of "huge money" in the house, so I have to pay attention to safety.

……

Stone Road.

Mother and son headed north.

Looking not far away, the rice in the field has become yellow, and it is estimated that it can be harvested after a period of time, and then the countryside will be busy, commonly known as farming.

"Do you remember what you said?" asked the mother.

Just now she kept saying that she wanted to be polite to her grandmother, Wang Qiang listened to it eight hundred times, "Mom, I'm not a child, remember, I really remember." ”

Mother told me a thousand times: "Your cousin and grandmother are really good enough for our family, not to mention how many times she has borrowed money, a few years during the New Year's holidays, she knew that your father and I had no money to buy meat dishes, so she specially brought fish and meat over, as well as those new clothes when you were a child, half of them she bought, she just loves to talk about it, and you don't want to blow up your hair if you don't like to hear it later." ”

Wang Qiang basically knew these things, and came to his grandmother's house while listening to his mother's explanation.

Grandma Tang's house is a three-room bungalow, unlike Wang Qiang's house, which has no decoration with red walls and black tiles, the outer walls of her house are full of coin-sized mosaics, and Grandpa Tang's retirement salary is four or five hundred a month, which is more than many people's salary, the family is relatively good, and the children work well, so there is no need for the two old people to worry, so they have the ability to help Wang Qiang's family.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw that the house was full of neighbors, and there were cousins and three older card friends sitting on the table of the four immortals, each holding a long card, and it was estimated that they were either playing nine colors or eight hu.

This is a unique way of playing in Jinghai, which is different from the way of playing in Sichuan and Shu, and as for other places, long cards do not seem to be very popular.

And next to the door, there were still three or four old ladies sitting talking and laughing, but they didn't see their grandmothers.

The mother walked in first and greeted, "Uncle." ”

Wang Qiang followed and stepped into the threshold, "Grandpa." ”

Grandpa Tang, who was playing cards, looked sideways and said with a smile: "Cheng Lin Qiangzi is here, sit down." ”

Grandma Li's eyes were sharp, and she shouted, "Xiao Zhong, Qiangzi brought you soybean milk powder." ”

Xiao Zhong is the nickname of Grandpa Tang, and older people call him that, and Grandpa Tang said after hearing this: "What kind of money are you wasting this child, I have food with your grandmother, and you take the school to eat, ho?"

A few of his poker friends gossiped about it.

"Qiangzi honors you. ”

"That is, you still don't want it?"

"None of my own grandchildren are so good...... A pie. ”

"Bump. ”

The four of them went back to the cards as they spoke.

Over there, Wang Qiang put the soybean milk powder on the side shelf, and then sat down with his mother and said a few words to a few old ladies.

Grandma Fu asked, "Qiangzi, I heard that you went to Shanghai to play?"

Wang Qiang, who was sitting on the small bench, said, "Yes." ”

Aunt Yu said: "Have you gone to see the Oriental Pearl? I heard my son say that it is being built, and he is old." ”

Wang Qiang said with a smile: "I haven't built it to see what it's doing, I'll see it when it's built." ”

If memory serves, the Oriental Pearl will not be put into use until next year.

"The rice harvest will be almost in another week, are you all okay?"

"Who are you please, you have to work hard, but Cheng Lin, you have to help your mother-in-law, she has to take care of your father-in-law, and she has to be busy in the fields, which is hard enough. ”

"You know, it's been like this in previous years. ”

Several old ladies surrounded her mother and chatted about the shortcomings of the family.

On the contrary, Wang Qiang listened to them talk leisurely, but most of the time, they were talking about their own family affairs, and several people could talk about it.

"Eh, Zhao Li is here. ”

"Zhao Li, Cheng Lin and Qiangzi are here. ”

"I also brought you and Xiao Zhong soy milk powder. ”

The mother quickly got up and said with a smile: "Big barley." ”

Wang Qiang also followed: "Grandma." ”

"Hadron is here. Grandma Tang was not very tall, her shawl hair was tucked behind her ears, shining in the sun, and the familiar smell of hair oil permeated after she entered the house, she smiled and said a few words to Wang Qiang, and then her eyes pulled to her mother's face, and she said with a glance: "Have you signed up for Qiangzi?"

The mother said restrainedly: "I have reported it." ”

Grandma pulled a small chair and sat down, "Well, that's good, it's not me saying you, I'm in a hurry to find someone to borrow money when school is about to start, what if I delay my registration?"

The mother smiled and said, "I'm not afraid that you will be inconvenient." ”

Grandma Tang said, "How do you do it? It's my business that I'm inconvenient, but you can't miss your child's studies, and last year too, there was no way to find me to borrow money on the first day of school, so you just came early? Could it be that you still expect a few relatives from your mother's side to lend you money? You, you, you are dozens of years old, and you can't see who is good and who is bad, and last year you almost knelt down for your cousin, did he lend you money?"

Wang Qiang was stunned, "What did you kneel down for my uncle and grandfather?"

"Don't interject. The mother glared.

"Don't interject at anything. Grandma Tang reprimanded: "Why doesn't your cousin refuse to borrow money when he earns 800 a month in business? ”

Wang Qiang then understood why he didn't have much contact with his cousin and grandfather at home later, it turned out that there was such a thing, hearing this, he couldn't help but look at his mother, and felt distressed for a while.

She almost fell to her knees?

For the sake of his own tuition, begging others to scold others? No wonder I saw my mother borrowing money several times and there were traces of crying on her face.

Grandma Tang looked at him and sighed: "Qiangzi, in the future, you will earn money to honor your mother, it will not be easy for her and your father." ”

Wang Qiang nodded vigorously, "I will." ”

Grandma Tang sympathized: "Your family is poor, and the second child wants to lose face and suffer crimes, I asked him to go to Shanghai with Yun Qiang to work, your father can't let go of his face, he died on the construction site and earned three hundred yuan a month, Yun Qiang can talk as a leader in the unit, if the second child follows, let alone four or five hundred a month, why can't he let go of face?" Yun Qiang is her son, and the second refers to Wang Qiang's father, because he is the second in the family, so the village calls the second child, of course, this title is not unique to Wang Qiang's father, many people in the village will be called the second child, but now it is Wang Qiang's father, and the cousin is naturally called.

The mother explained: "Baoguo is afraid of troublesome eldest brother. ”

"It's not a hassle to have trouble. Grandma Tang was angry and said with a smile: "It's not to make him a leader, you can tell me about you husband and wife, you have been running a family for more than ten years, why can't you hide any money? Yes, there is a part of the reason why your father-in-law has to give fifty yuan a month for medicine for diabetes, but this is not a reason, in my opinion, you are farming at home, and I asked Yun Qiang to find you an errand in Shanghai, which may be hard, but it is better to earn money than to be busy in the fields, and they are all in their forties. ”

Wang Qiang preemptively refused: "My mother has found a job in Shanghai." ”

"Have you found it?" Grandma Tang looked at her mother in surprise, and said with a smile: "Even if you are a little self-motivated, work hard, if you have any trouble, go to Yun Qiang, I will inform him and will help you." ”

The mother looked at Wang Qiang suspiciously, but said in her mouth: "Thank you, Damai." ”

Looking at his mother who was told a few times by his grandmother, Wang Qiang felt strange in his heart, even if he knew that his grandmother was for his own good, alas, it was not easy for his parents.