Chapter Seventy-Six: An Inexplicable Emptiness
On Yinglong's desk is a children's drawing, framed in a delicate frame.
It was a colored pencil drawing by my precious son.
Xiao Yingrui drew two adults on white cardboard, a tall man and a woman with long hair and a skirt, and the two reached out to hold a cute little boy in the middle.
There was also a small dog beside the man, and behind him was a small house, with wisps of cooking smoke rising from the chimney on the roof.
There was a white cloud in the sky, and there was a sun on it, and a happy bird flew in the sky.
The most striking thing is the two adults, and the cheerful smiles on the children's faces, with the corners of their mouths slightly upturned upwards and their big smiling eyes.
The whole children's painting is full of a happy and joyful atmosphere.
Xiao Yingrui said to Yinglong and Yuxin that this was his parents and his home. Although there is no such house and puppy yet, he will definitely have it in the future.
When Xiao Ruirui said this, with a very serious look, his long eyelashes flickered and blinked.
Yinglong was very moved, and his home was happy in his son's heart. So he kept the little painting next to his desk so he could see it at all times.
The position of the baby son in Yinglong's heart is irreplaceable. He loved the child more than he loved himself. For the sake of this family, Yinglong is willing to pay.
Every evening, Yinglong sits at his desk reading a book or turns on his computer to browse the web. Xiao Yingrui always ran over with a smile, blindfolded him from behind with his fleshy little hands, and then asked him to guess who it was, while he couldn't help but let out a "hee-hee" laugh.
Yinglong will be happy and deliberately not say Xiao Yingrui's name, and keep shouting: "Who is it?"
But he grabbed Ying Rui's little hand, picked him up and put him on his knees, and hugged him in his arms.
Xiao Yingrui couldn't help but tap the computer keyboard with his little hands, making a "crackling" sound, and even flipped through his father's books, pouting and muttering words that even Yinglong couldn't understand.
At this time, Yinglong will open a storytelling software on the computer and play some fairy tales for Xiao Yingrui.
Xiao Ruirui obediently snuggled in his father's arms and listened carefully to fairy tales.
Whenever I go home and see little Yingrui, it is the happiest time of the day for Yinglong. During the day, Yinglong was busy in the unit.
Needless to say, the work is very hard, and Yinglong's tasks have increased a lot, and at the same time, he has to juggle other jobs, so he doesn't have much free time at all.
However, this job can bring him a little subsidy, although the money is not much, but Yinglong thought that the family also had a lot of expenses, so he simply took the job, after all, he was willing to pay for the money.
In order to save money, Yinglong eats both breakfast and lunch very economically. My son is in kindergarten, and lunch and breakfast can be ignored, so he and Yuxin just cook dinner at home.
In order to save money and pay for the heavy expenses of the family, they fought hard.
But this money alone is far from enough, Yinglong's mortgage loan must be repaid on time every month, plus other expenses, Yinglong is a little out of breath.
Although Yu Xin also bears part of the expenses, the combined income of the two people is still a bit stretched.
As a woman, it is not easy for Yu Xin to be able to bear the family expenses, and the money she spends on herself every month is actually not much.
Yuxin didn't buy those expensive skin care products to get more careful care. She is also saving all expenses and spending her little money at home, all to maintain this hard-won small family.
To be honest, Yuxin also felt very tired, the heavy work made her a little dizzy, and she also had to take care of the children, she felt a little overdrawn.
But for the sake of this family, she chose to suffer silently and simply gave up her entertainment time. Sometimes classmates and friends asked her to meet, but she chose to refuse.
Yinglong got a part-time job, which is a job of tutoring children. Every night I go to a tutoring class run by a teacher and patiently help the children to complete their homework.
These children are very naughty, and sometimes it takes a long time for Yinglong to explain the wrong questions to several children one by one until they no longer make mistakes.
Some children even make trouble and start with other classmates, which makes Yinglong feel ashamed.
Yinglong felt a headache, a big man was indeed not suitable to be a tutor, but in order to earn money, he had to take on this job.
Every day, it was not until the last child had finished his homework that he said hello to the employer teacher and left the classroom.
But by this time, it was already late, and Yinglong rode home on his motorcycle.
When he returned home, he found that the light was still on in the living room, and Yuxin hadn't slept, but she had already coaxed Xiao Yingrui to sleep.
Yinglong said to Yuxin tiredly, persuaded her to rest early, and then went to the bathroom to wash up, and sat at the desk to take care of some unfinished things.
But sometimes he would sit on the sofa and chat with Yu Xin for a while, talk about things at home, talk about some daily trivialities, and care most about Xiao Yingrui's affairs.
Whenever they talked about their family's financial situation, the two couldn't help but sigh a few times.
Yu Xin actually understands Yinglong's thoughts, but their qualifications are still young and they can't get a higher salary, which is of course not surprising.
They know that there are things that are not in a hurry now, and that it will take some time.
Yinglong once went home and asked Yuxin: "It's so late, you haven't slept yet?"
Yu Xin responded when she saw Yinglong coming back: "I just put the baby to sleep, I just want to watch TV, you come and sit down." ”
Yinglong leaned his body on the sofa, held Yuxin's hand and said, "I'm still waiting for me so late, in fact, you can go to bed early, you have to go to work tomorrow!"
Yu Xin pouted: "If you don't come back, how can I sleep?"
Yinglong was a little apologetic: "I worked for this job, and I came back late, so it's really hard for you." ”
Yu Xin asked, "How much does your job cost?"
Yinglong was a little regretful: "It's not much, it's only a few hundred." ”
Yu Xin said: "Since it's not much, then you have to think about it, it's not worth it for so long and so little money!"
Yinglong was silent for a moment: "But so far I have only found this part-time job, and there is no other suitable one!"
Yu Xin persuaded Yinglong: "You can't earn enough money, but your body is your own, be careful not to exhaust yourself." ”
Yinglong sighed: "But you can't do it without money! ”
Yu Xin disagreed with him: "If you don't have a good body, that's all you can't do, what if you can't bear it like this?"
Yinglong pondered for a while, and felt that what Yu Xin said also made sense: "Okay, if I work for a while, I will quit this job." ”
Yu Xin continued: "Think about it, how long have you not walked with me and Xiao Ruirui at night?"
Yinglong realized that what Yu Xin said was really like this, he hadn't accompanied Yu Xin and his son out shopping for a long time.
And Yuxin stayed at home alone to watch TV with the child, and then coaxed him to sleep.
Yinglong felt that he couldn't go, and gently patted Yu Xin's hand and said, "It's really too difficult for you! ”
Yu Xin smiled slightly: "I know you can't help it, it's all for this family." ”
Yinglong let out a long sigh: "If only I had money." ”
Yu Xin couldn't help but comfort him: "There will always be bread and milk." ”
Yinglong remembered what Yu Xin's father had said at the beginning, and when Yu Xin's father thought that he did not have the conditions to marry Yu Xin, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Is it that he is not qualified enough until now, and he is not as good as others, so he is struggling. Although he gave everything for this family, his income was still limited.
Yinglong felt speechless, it was so difficult to make money. He felt stressed and wanted to find a way to get out, but where could he find the "antidote"?
Yu Xin also knows Yinglong's predicament, although she also has an income, but it is also very limited. But for the sake of this family, she has already borne part of the expenses.
Although her parents thought that Yinglong's financial ability was not good, she still chose Yinglong, because Yinglong was more sincere and good to her.
Although Mr. Tao has financial strength, what kind of person is that? Besides, he is really not sincere enough to her. Although he cared about her very much, he became half-hearted when it came to marriage. Even though Mr. Tao later confessed his mistake to her, she still could not forgive Mr. Tao for his mistakes.
Since she chose Yinglong, in fact, Yuxin just wants to find a sincere person who can care about her and care for her.
Yinglong's dedication, Yu Xin saw it, but he also found that Yinglong was getting farther and farther away from her and the child in order to work, and the time spent with their mother and son was too little.
Yuxin inevitably felt a burst of loneliness and loneliness.
She is afraid of being left out in the cold, especially after the arrival of Xiao Yingrui after marriage, which shifts the focus of their lives to their children.
Yinglong's gaze on Yu Xin became less and less, and he didn't care about her as much as before.
Yu Xin still hopes that Yinglong will pay more attention to her, but he is busy with part-time jobs in addition to work, and in order to make money, he stays a lot of time outside.
Even if Yuxin sometimes wanted to have a good talk with him, she had to wait until the dead of night, unless Yinglong returned home early to see him.
But there were some things that I wanted to say to him immediately, but Yu Xin waited for so long, and in the end, she couldn't open her mouth.
Besides, as soon as Yinglong came back, he was busy with his own affairs, and he didn't even have time to talk together.
In fact, Yuxin wants someone to be by her side all the time and help her relieve her boredom, Yinglong used to be her interpreter flower, and she used to confide in him every time she had troubles, but now she doesn't even have the time to talk together.
Therefore, Yu Xin gradually left a vacant seat in her mind, and she wanted Yinglong to fill it, but Yinglong was busy with life. It is clear that now they lack deeper communication, so the common language is becoming less and less.
I work hard every day, and the burden of life is heavy on my body. Even though they were still young, their mood was getting worse and worse.
Yinglong is busy for the sake of the family, and Yuxin gives up everything in order to take care of the children.
In the eyes of the neighbors, they are a harmonious little family, a young and promising young couple with a smart and lovely child. However, the afflictions are unknown to others.
Yinglong always thought that as long as he worked hard enough, he could raise this little family well. He can eat the hardships that others can't bear. For the sake of this family, he is willing to pay. As long as a family of three can live happily, even if it suffers a little, it is nothing.
But he also knew that in order to make money, he may have ignored the feelings of Yuxin and the child, but he didn't have much time to take care of everything.
He had only one simple thought: "When I earn enough money to pay for everything, I will give up all my work to take care of the family." When the time comes, I will compensate Yu Xin and her baby son, even if I walk with them every day, I can't shirk it. As long as that day comes, everything will be fine!"
However, time will not wait for anyone, although Yinglong is still working hard for life, but Yuxin is suffering from the emptiness that inexplicably hits.