On January 23, 1989, there was heavy snow in the sky.

On both sides of the dilapidated railway, dozens of figures bent down to pick up the cinders on the ground and skillfully threw them into the basket.

Tao Xueming shuddered and picked up a small piece and threw it away.

"You hit me!" said an angry voice from a teenage girl.

Tao Xueming glanced at the other party, and sighed in his heart, a familiar scene.

It has been half a month since he was reborn, and Tao Xueming has gradually accepted this fact.

Ten days ago, Tao Xueming was taking his girlfriend to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a certificate, who would have thought that the door would fall and crush him to the ground.

When I opened my eyes, I was reborn back 30 years ago.

"Smack. A cinder smashed into his head.

"Tao Xueming, what do you mean, you won't apologize if you hit me, believe it or not, go back and tell my mom that you bullied me!"

The girl just now pinched her waist and looked very fierce.

"I didn't see it. ”

Tao Xueming said and walked to the front with the basket.

Behind him, the girl's curse could be heard.

The corners of Tao Xueming's mouth twitched, the girl who scolded was his stepmother's daughter.

His own mother ran away when she was three years old, and she has been living with her father ever since.

But his family is too poor, his father still has rheumatism, and his daily life is very inconvenient, so he can't take care of Tao Xueming.

My father's three older brothers don't care about them at all.

Later, under the introduction of the village matchmaker, he found a widow from the same village and became a son-in-law.

Tao Xueming pursed his lips, his father was a son-in-law, and even with himself, he followed the sender under the fence.

Being looked down upon.

Just as he was wandering, a child about his age walked by.

"Little Taozi, how much have you picked up, will you eat when you go home? ”

Tao Xueming shook his head, picked up a few pieces in total, and when he went back, his stepmother would definitely not give him food.

"I'll give you a little. ”

"You don't need buns, you don't have much, take it back to your grandfather, it's been very cold these days. ”

Tao Xueming rejected Bao Zhipeng's kindness, he knew that the other party had a grandfather in his seventies at home, and he needed these coal pieces more than him.

"Baozi, let's go to the county tomorrow, don't ask what you're doing, just follow me. ”

Bao Zhipeng nodded.

"It's snowing heavily, let's go back. ”

Tao Xueming carried a basket on his back and walked towards the village through the snow, and when he passed by the railway crossing, he clearly heard the ridicule of the villagers.

Tao Xueming's face turned red, everyone knew that he was the son of his son-in-law, and he couldn't raise his head in the village at all.

Dozens of minutes later, Tao Xueming walked into a very broken courtyard, and he entered the room with a basket.

The room is very small, about a dozen square meters, dark and damp, the windows are paper-paste, and the cold wind blows.

Tao Xueming laughed at himself, this is the price of being a son-in-law, living in a leaky earthen house, cold in winter and leaking rain in summer, and living for more than ten years.

"Son, come back, let's go eat. ”

Dad walked in with a smile.

Tao Xueming nodded and followed him to his stepmother's room.

The stepmother slept with her own daughter, with a three-layer bed and a stove to burn coal.

The coal they picked up had to be burned here, and the room of their father and son was not given a stove at all, so it could be warmed up every day when they came here to eat.

"Boy, how many did you pick up today?"

A caustic voice came.

"Not much, just a little. Tao Xueming lowered his head.

"Bang. ”

The stepmother slapped the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and said with a straight face: "Then you won't have anything to eat tonight, look at how much my daughter has picked up!"

Daughter Cai'e jumped out, and a hippie smile poured a lot of cinders on the ground, several times more than Tao Xueming.

"You're so stupid, a man, not as many as I picked up. Cai'e said with a mocking look of disgust.

Dad was embarrassed and didn't dare to speak, because this family is called by the stepmother.

"You don't have anything to eat tonight!" the stepmother snorted coldly, and then began to serve rice, not Tao Xueming's share.

Dad wanted to share his food with his son, but the stepmother slapped the table: "You dare to give him food, you two won't have anything to eat tomorrow!"

"Dad, you eat, don't worry about me. Tao Xueming said bitterly.

At this time, the anger in his heart was screaming like a boiling kettle.

Why don't you give food, why!

Tao Xueming lowered his head, his eyes were red with anger, if he hadn't been reborn and could hold back, he would have planned to turn his face.

He exhaled a breath from his mouth, he couldn't turn his face at this time, this family was decided by his stepmother, and once he turned his face, he and his father would be kicked out.

It's cold and snowy, and if you drive it out, you will freeze to death.

"Both father and son are waste, eat my family, drink my family, and have to support this old man when they are old. ”

Cai'e muttered dissatisfiedly.

Dad didn't react after hearing this, he was used to it.

Tao Xueming was furious in his heart, and he didn't allow others to say this about his father.

Dad has bad legs and feet, so he has to go back and forth ten kilometers every day to find work in other villages.

The money earned every day is handed over, and the stepmother doesn't work at all, spending her father's money to support the family, and in the end she scolds them for being a waste.

I was reluctant to even buy the medicine money for my father.

Tao Xueming clenched his fists, angry in his heart, tomorrow, at the latest, he will go to the county tomorrow at the latest, and seize the opportunity to change his fate.

Although it was poor in this era, gold was everywhere, and you could make a fortune by doing anything.

"Is the mother at home?" said the old man's voice outside the door, and then the village chief walked in.

"Village Chief, why are you here, sit down quickly. ”

The stepmother moved the stool with a smile on her face, and after the village chief sat down, she glanced at Tao Xueming: "This child, why didn't he sit at the table to eat." ”

"There is food, there is food. ”

The stepmother immediately pulled Tao Xueming to the table, served Tao Xueming with a bright smile, and put the only piece of meat in his bowl.

"This kid is a picky eater and often doesn't eat, and I'm almost angry. The stepmother slapped Tao Xueming lightly, looking very doting.

Tao Xueming sneered in his heart, you just pretend to be you, you always show that you are very good to your husband and wife in front of outsiders, but in fact, you have no conscience at all.

"Mom, the village will go to the county to buy food early tomorrow morning, and you will give me the food stamps at home. ”

"Good. ”

The stepmother immediately went to rummage through the boxes and cabinets, and then took out a few food stamps.

"Find someone and follow me to the county to pull grain. ”

The village chief said.

"I'm not going, I'm going to do my homework tomorrow. ”

The colorful goose shook his head and said.

"My son goes, he is young and strong, and he will definitely be able to do it. ”

The stepmother patted Tao Xueming on the shoulder and said.

Tao Xueming sighed and nodded in agreement.

"Then you eat, and the village will gather early tomorrow morning. ”

The village chief left with a smile, and the stepmother was sent all the way to the gate of the courtyard.

After sending off the village chief, the stepmother returned to the room, and she saw Tao Xueming drink up the only piece of meat and a big bowl of porridge, and her face changed instantly.

"What are you doing, who told you to eat, you spit it out for me!"

The stepmother's face was red and her ears were red, and she roared directly.

"My meat, you ate my meat!" Cai'e also shouted.

Tao Xueming didn't say anything at all, wiped his mouth, got up and left.

The stepmother was so angry that she yelled: "Tao Dagang, look at the good things your son has done, are you going to be angry with our mother, get out of me!"

Dad laughed dryly, didn't dare to say a word, got up and went out.

"Mom, I'm so angry, I don't have any meat to eat. ”

Cai'e said aggrievedly.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry with those two waste father and son, I'll let that old man work a few more days these days, and I'll take you to the town to buy sugar gourds to eat when I send money. ”

"Mom has secretly saved a lot of money for you to study. ”

"Thank you, Mom!"

Cai'e said with a grin.

……

Tao Xueming sat on the kang head, and when he saw his father coming back, he took out the piece of meat that was hidden from his pocket.

"Dad, I didn't eat it, keep it for you, you can eat. ”

Dad pursed his lips and shook his head: "You eat, you eat, you have to move food tomorrow......"

Tao Xueming directly tore the thumb-sized meat in half and said, "Let's each have a piece, Dad, you haven't eaten meat for half a year." ”

Dad laughed, and just as he was about to continue refusing, Tao Xueming directly stuffed the meat into Dad's mouth.

Tao Xueming also swallowed the remaining half of the meat, and said in a firm tone: "Dad, tomorrow I will go to the county to do a big thing." ”

"Don't worry, when your son turns over in the future, she will definitely turn her face with that old woman, she won't want to ride on our heads in her life!"

The corners of Dad's mouth showed helplessness, shook his head, and lay down and fell asleep.

After Tao Xueming lay down, he couldn't sleep from the cold, and when he closed his eyes, he saw the ugly face of the old woman, and he was even more angry in his heart.

"Dad, my son will become the first 10,000 yuan household in the village. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Dad, my son didn't lie to you. ”

"Sleep. ”