Chapter 34: Family and the First Pot of Gold
Although the winter in the south is not as bitter as in the north, and it is relatively mild for the most part, this year has been unusual, and people who have been complaining that there is never winter in the south have completely changed their stereotypes. It's as if a man who has been mocked for a long time must find a way to prove how pedantic people's clichés are. In order to break this inherent concept, its various manifestations can be described as unconventional, arbitrary, casual and splendid, first leading a group of big trees to twist their bodies frantically to drive the wind everywhere, so that in the morning it is still as sunny as spring, and the birds are singing and fragrant; at noon, it immediately enters the scorching heat, which is unbearable; at night, it seems that it does not know where to draw the cold current from the north, and it is immediately so cold that people shiver. Then it summoned a haze that covered the entire blue sky and shrouded the entire city in an endless cloud of mist.
In order to adapt to its willfulness, people keep adjusting their mentality and equipment every day to adapt to its chaotic changes, and they can't bear the toss for a while, so they quietly surrender and fall, and all kinds of diseases emerge in endlessly, especially the most colds, and the victims are not only children whose resistance is slightly weaker, but also many adults. As a result, all of a sudden, the hospitals were full of people, presenting an extraordinary lively scene, all kinds of coughs and sneezes mixed with decadent lamentations and sighs passed and spread among the people.
Since Qiangzi found an office location, my hanging heart has finally let go, and I have returned all my attention to my daughter and my mother's rehabilitation training. It may also be because I take care of them so well, so the chaotic weather changes outside have no effect on them. For my mother, at first I taught her to simulate sounds from monosyllables, then words to sentences. Although my mother is speechless, the adult mind is still there, and she works hard, so she quickly improved. The moment my mother called out my name clearly, I couldn't hold back my tears. That "Xiaolan" was so warm and so familiar that I was used to it so much that I couldn't lose it. Whenever my mother makes progress, my happiness in my heart increases by one point, and my hope for her full recovery also increases, so although my mother's rehabilitation training is more exhausting and laborious, it is really tiring and very happy for me.
Hadron may have lost his body because the company was too busy and highly nervous, and he was not spared after all. I thought he was just a common cold, but he had a high fever that didn't go away, and he kept talking nonsense while lying in bed, but when he was sent to the hospital to look at the doctor's serious expression and the hospitalization slip issued, I realized that the problem was serious, and I panicked. And I, who haven't asked my dad for help since I started a family, finally couldn't help but call my dad this time. The moment the phone was connected, a feeling of helplessness came over me, and I almost rubbed my nose and cried. Knowing his daughter Mo Ruo's father, as soon as my father heard my tone, he bought a ticket directly without saying anything. More than ten hours later, a thin dusty and kind figure appeared at the train station, and my heart suddenly gave birth to a very confident heart, and I was not so afraid.
"Why didn't you say it earlier when your mother was sick? How is the strong son? What about Chenchen? You have lost a lot of weight, you child likes to die when something happens, when can such a stubborn temper be changed?"
"I'm fine, it's just Mom, I'm sorry for her. I usually only care about my own work, and I care too little about her, so I don't even notice that she is not in good health, you scold me! I was afraid that you would worry, so I never dared to tell you. Hadron may have been too tired from the company's affairs before, and the weather was also hot and cold, so he had a severe cold. Chenchen is fine. ”
"You kid has been competitive since he was a child, and he has always liked to die by himself when he encounters problems. I also blame me and your mother for not having the ability, you have to fight for everything yourself, you can get to where you are today, it is also because of your stubborn temper, I know you must have paid a lot. Your mother and I are older, and it's normal for you to have a little problem, and you don't have to blame yourself, so it's no wonder you. You take good care of Qiangzi, and your mother and Chenchen will leave it to me. "Dad's understanding of me made me even more sad. I haven't seen him for half a year, his face is thinner, his eye sockets are deep, his cheekbones appear higher, his hair is two-thirds whiter, and the only thing that is gratifying is that his eyes are still so bright. Dad has never been a person who loves to pay attention to things, even if the current conditions are much better than before, he still maintains the habit of frugality for decades, and the cotton jacket on his body is not willing to be thrown away casually after wearing it for several years, in his words, food, clothing, housing and transportation are hard-won and should not be easily wasted. And every time I send him a little bit of home, he basically saves it.
"Lan Lan, this is the money you sent me before, I saved most of it, although it is not much, you keep it. Now is a critical period, you have to get through it no matter what, and it's not too late for you to give it to me when Hadron company makes results, anyway, I don't need it now. With rough and stiff fingers, my father took out a black wallet that was already a little worn out from the black leather bag he was carrying, took out a bank card from it, and handed it to me.
"Dad, I can't ask for it, we can do it ourselves, you can take it first. ”
"Take it, I'm your dad, you have to listen to me this time. It's not like your mother and I can't move, and when you get better, you can give it back to me, and we don't need it anyway now. ”
"Dad!"
"Don't say it, take it, let's go see your mother." After speaking, he directly stuffed the bank card in my hand, this time I didn't refuse, but I couldn't help choking.
Although my father was ready in my heart, I was still stunned the moment I saw my mother with my own eyes. However, he has always been the strongest backing in our family, and he quickly adjusted his mood and returned to his former optimism.
"Old woman, you can't talk to me now, can you? Lanlan, you don't know, your mother's mouth hasn't stopped all day long, I thought at that time that it would be good if she could be quiet, now it's good. Also, quarrels, for most of my life and decades, I have never won a quarrel with her, which is good. When I said this, I saw that my mother always had a sweet smile on her face, and there was a trace of bright tears in the corner of my father's eyes that quietly flashed in the corners of his eyes and quickly disappeared.
No matter whether you are rich or poor, no matter when and where, your family will always be your strongest backing. The arrival of my father relieved me a lot of pressure, in addition to taking care of my mother, he helped me share a lot of housework, and often took my daughter for a walk, so that I had enough time to take care of Qiangzi. A week later, under my careful care, the hadrons recovered. In a hurry, he didn't have an extra day off, and quickly got to work in a race against time. Without any groundbreaking ceremony, without any form of anyone's blessing, the company officially opened in obscurity, and the boss and employees were all him.
On the day of the opening, the weather was also exceptionally strange. Early in the morning, it was fine, at 9 o'clock in the morning, I was just about to go out but there was a strong wind, and then a cool feeling drilled into my neck, and I took a closer look and found that it was snowing - the first snow in Shenzhen, although extremely short and dramatic, but it was really the first time that Shenzhen people saw the snow that is said to be only in the north. I was going to help Qiangzi, but because of the arrival of the snow, the temperature dropped rapidly, and the kindergarten told me to pick up the child, and I turned back to school halfway through. So, I guess on the day it opened, Hadron might have been the loneliest boss in the world. But anyway, three weeks later, I had the good news that Hadron was about to make his first order, and at this time there were only two weeks before the Chinese New Year.
Hadron's first order was a mobile phone. This customer has never met with Qiangzi, so he insists on delivering to his door and trading outside. In order to ensure the safety of the funds, to be honest, it was actually a few thousand dollars in total, but it was really important to us at that time, so we decided to trade with each other after careful discussion.
The agreed time for the customer is 7 o'clock after work. Winter nights always fall quickly, and by six o'clock it is already completely dark. That day was no exception, the sun had already set early and hidden, and the stars and the moon were absent for no reason and did not know where they went. Our mood alternates between excitement and nervousness, which unconsciously adds a layer of mystery to this simple and upright trading activity, making it seem like an underground event. We have no experience in pre-designed a variety of dialogue modes, imagining how to deal with the other party if they want to be picky, etc., and even guessing what to do if the other party is a bad person and wants to snatch the goods directly, in short, we are tired before we see the customer himself. However, things were not as complicated as we thought, and after meeting, the other party briefly tested the power on and off, and quickly took out a wad of cash. While we were still at a loss for what he might begin, they had vanished without a trace. It's that simple!
When we got home afterwards, we held the RMB in our hands as if in a dream, and after relieving ourselves, we laughed for a night. In fact, even after many years, whenever we think of the first pot of gold in our lives, we can't help but laugh. However, it was this joke, which has been talked about countless times, that became the beginning of Hadron's career, and with that strange weather phenomenon became a mark that we will forever engrave in our hearts, and occupied an important place in the difficult years ahead, giving us infinite courage to face difficulties.
Therefore, we later summed up a sentence for ourselves and hung it in the living room:
If the weather can be described as changeable, why not in this life? So, since it is unpredictable, let's just move forward.