The mother said, "Son, let's put incense sticks on your father together, today is your father's birthday." ”

Cheng Yu walked to his father's portrait with his mother in his arms, and incense his father with his mother.

The father on the portrait is dressed in military uniform, and he is heroic. When Cheng Yu was two years old, his father passed away, so Cheng Yu's impression of his father is this posthumous photo. Sometimes, Cheng Yu thinks that if his father had not died for rescuing the child who fell into the water, his mother would not have had such a difficult life, and he would have more happiness. However, everything has happened, and there are no assumptions in life.

Cheng Yu heard his mother talk about his father when he was a child. His father's name is Cheng Heping, his mother's name is Yu Fang, and his name is taken from his parents' respective surnames, so he is called Cheng Yu. Cheng Heping was born in the poor mountainous areas of the western region, and after joining the army, he was admitted to the military academy and served in Yingzhou. The two can be described as love at first sight, and after falling in love for a period of time, they talked about marriage, and after marriage, Cheng Heping transferred to Yu Fang's cotton spinning factory and served as the head of the security section. Later, Cheng Yu was born, and the family of three lived a happy life.

However, this happy day came to an abrupt end when Cheng Yu was two years old.

It was a Sunday morning, and the otherwise clear sky was suddenly cloudy, and the calm sea was suddenly choppy. A volley of huge waves slammed into the shore viciously, and when they were blocked by the shore wall, they were thrown high into the air, and then they were thrown hard against the rocky shore. On the rocky shore, a little boy of eleven or twelve years old was watching the sea, and was suddenly swept into the sea by this huge wave.

Cheng Heping, who was exercising at the beach in the morning, happened to see this thrilling scene. Without saying a word, he jumped into the sea and swam towards the child who had fallen into the water. Children appear and disappear on the crest of the waves, and their lives are in danger at any time.

Although Cheng Heping was very good in the water, the wind and waves that day were too strong, and it took him a lot of effort to grab one of the child's arms, and then swam hard to the shore, and the people on the shore cheered. Swimming to the shore, Cheng Heping was exhausted, at this time, another huge wave hit, Cheng Heping used his last bit of strength, threw the child to the shore, the people on the shore caught the child, but when the big wave faded, there was no trace of Cheng Heping.

Three days later, Cheng Heping's body was found on the beach, 10 kilometers from Yingzhou City. After Yu Fang saw her husband's body, she collapsed and fainted. Thanks to the sisters in the factory, under their care and care, Yu Fang slowly opened her eyes.

Cheng Heping's deeds alarmed the local media, Yingzhou Daily reported on the front page of Cheng Heping's deeds of saving children in the water, Yingzhou City awarded Cheng Heping as an advanced individual, and the government also gave Cheng Yu monthly alimony until he was 18 years old.

The parents of the children who fell into the water were scientific and technological personnel who came to Yingzhou for vacation, and at that time, they lived in a guest house by the sea, and the children ran out early in the morning to see the sea, and they didn't want this to happen. The child's parents found Yu Fang, thanked her, and took out a large envelope full of money and forced it to Yu Fang. Yu Fang cried and said, "I have received your wishes, and I can't ask for this money." If the child's father was still alive, he would definitely not ask for this money. ”

Since then, the mother and son have relied on each other. At that time, Cheng Yu's grandmother was still there, but she was bedridden all the year round and couldn't stand any toss. The mother did not dare to tell her grandmother the news of Cheng Heping's death, so she said that Heping went on a mission in other places, and her mother sent money to her grandmother every month in the name of her father until her grandmother died. At the same time, my mother also has to raise my grandmother in her hometown in the countryside.

Later, the decades-old cotton mill with more than 3,000 workers closed down, and my mother was laid off and made ends meet by doing odd jobs. A few years later, the city carried out the "4050" project, arranged for people with employment difficulties laid off from state-owned enterprises, and my mother was arranged to Yingzhou Media Group to work as a canteen cook. Life at home gradually stabilized.

Cheng Yu saw that a lot of gray hair had been added to his mother's head.

"Peace, 20 years, if you live, it will be more than half a hundred. I am also old, and today, I am honorably retired. ”

Cheng Yu was taken aback: "Mom, are you retired?"

"Yes, my mother is retired, and I will do the formalities today. Yu Fang looked at Cheng Heping's portrait and said, "Heping, our son has also graduated from college, and his job has also been settled, so you can rest assured." ”

"Mom, you said my job was over, is that true?"

Mom said to Cheng Yu: "Your job has indeed been settled." ”

Here's the thing.

This afternoon, the personnel department of the group notified Yu Fang to go through the retirement procedures, and after completing the formalities, he met Lei Ming, the editor-in-chief of Yingzhou Metropolis Daily, in the corridor, Lei Ming was the reporter who interviewed Cheng Heping at that time to rescue the children who fell into the water, and Yu Fang was very familiar with it, especially after Yu Fang went to work in the canteen of the media group, Lei Ming greeted the person in charge of the logistics department many times, asking to take care of the hero's widow.

Yu Fang told Lei Ming that she had just gone through the formalities for retirement. Lei Ming invited Yu Fang to his office to sit for a while.

Lei Ming poured Yu Fang a cup of hot tea and said, "Sister Yu, time flies so fast, you have reached retirement age." Back then, you were in your prime. ”

Yu Fang said: "That's right, you were still a young man at that time, and now you are the editor-in-chief." ”

Lei Ming said: "I, the editor-in-chief, am tired, and now the media is very difficult to do, and the situation has changed far beyond our imagination." ”

Yu Fang said: "Although I don't understand the media, I often listen to the discussions of those editors and reporters in the cafeteria. It's definitely not easy for you to be this family. ”

Lei Ming said: "Fortunately, the foundation of the metropolis newspaper is good, although the revenue has fallen sharply, there is no problem with eating." Sister, what's going on now? I see you have something on your mind. ”

Yu Fang sighed and said, "You can see this, Mr. Lei, I do have some worries these days." Yu Fang told Lei Ming about Cheng Yu's return to Yingzhou after graduation.

Lei Ming listened, comforted Yu Fang and said: "Sister Yu, you don't have to be anxious, although it is not easy to find an ideal job now, but if you think of more ways, it will always be solved." I don't know what Cheng Yu is going to do, if he is willing, I have a chance, it just so happens that there is a reporter in the editorial department who was admitted to the civil service and transferred away, if Cheng Yu does not dislike it, he can come to do it first, ride a donkey to find a horse, and then try to develop. ”

Yu Fang didn't expect such a good thing, and immediately said: "Great, Mr. Lei, this is a great thing, how could he not want to?"

Lei Ming said: "Sister Yu, you don't have to rush to agree, go back first to ask Cheng Yu's opinion, if he is interested, let him come to my office tomorrow, I will talk to him about the current situation of Metropolis Daily, if he is really willing to come, we will make a decision." ”

Yu Fang never dreamed that after she retired, her son could work in a media group, could this be God's arrangement? Could it be that her husband has a spirit in heaven? As the saying goes, a good person has a good reward, and Yu Fang has always firmly believed in this.

Although today is the last day of Yu Fang's work in the media group, and her career has come to an end, when she walked out of the group, Yu Fang's steps were extremely light, as if she was much younger all of a sudden.

After listening to his mother's narration, the dark clouds that had been suppressed in Cheng Yu's heart for many days were suddenly dispersed. He bowed deeply to his father's portrait, and said silently in his heart: Dad, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of my mother, and I will definitely let my mother live a very happy life!"

On this particular night, my mother tossed and turned, and she couldn't sleep with excitement. Cheng Yu almost didn't sleep all night, he imagined all kinds of scenes after he worked at Yingzhou Metropolis Daily, and he was determined to do a big job to live up to his mother and Mr. Lei.

Although they didn't sleep well all night, when they woke up the next morning, both mother and son were in good spirits. My mother made a hearty breakfast, and I have been a cook in the canteen for many years, except for a simple breakfast at home when I was off duty, today is the first time I have calmly made such a hearty breakfast at home.

Cheng Yu ate, found out the news works published during his internship, took his resume, said goodbye to his mother, and then took a bus to the media group building. Sitting on the No. 32 bus, Cheng Yu looked at the city outside the window, and his heart fluctuated. For so many years, my mother just sat on this bus to get up early and rush to work in the media group, how hard and how difficult it is!

When he arrived at the group building, Cheng Yu went to the doorman to register, and the doorman called Mr. Lei, saying that a young man named Cheng Yu wanted to see him. Mr. Lei said, please come up.

Cheng Yu knocked on the door of room 302, and a voice came from inside: Please come in.

Pushing the door in, I saw a middle-aged man in his forties sitting behind the desk, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, with a polite appearance.

Cheng Yu asked, "Is this Mr. Lei's office?"

The middle-aged man said, "I'm Lei Ming, you're Cheng Yu, right?"

Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "Mr. Lei is good, I am Cheng Yu." ”

Lei Ming gave Cheng Yu a seat, poured tea, and after a busy job, he sat down and looked at Cheng Yu carefully: "Xiao Cheng, he looks very similar to your father, handsome and chic!"

Cheng Yu smiled embarrassedly and said, "Mr. Lei has won the award, and I would like to thank Mr. Lei for taking care of my mother over the years." ”

Mr. Lei said: "This is all as it should be, your father is a hero who sacrificed himself to save others, compared to him, what is I doing this?"

Lei always felt that Cheng Yu was a child who knew how to be grateful, and he was worthy of being Cheng Heping's son.

In fact, Lei Ming has been paying attention to Cheng Yu all these years, and he knew that Cheng Yu was the first in the grade department when he took the high school entrance examination, but because the third middle school provided him with a scholarship and waived all tuition and miscellaneous fees, he resolutely gave up the first middle school he wanted to go to the most and entered the big experimental class of the third middle school. During the college entrance examination, Cheng Yu's score can be admitted to a super-first-class college, but it is also because this famous school in the south promised to give Cheng Yu a generous scholarship, and Cheng Yu entered this famous school in the south. Cheng Yu did this just to reduce her mother's burden.

Lei Ming knew that it would be no difficult for an excellent student like Cheng Yu to find a job in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and if it weren't for personal or family reasons, he wouldn't have come to a third-tier city like Yingzhou. In the eighties and nineties of the last century, the newspaper also introduced a number of graduates from key universities, including Lei Ming, but then on the one hand, a large number of graduates from these key colleges and universities poured into Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, on the other hand, the employment environment in Yingzhou has also undergone some subtle changes, and college students are discouraged from small and medium-sized cities. These phenomena are all unfavorable factors for Yingzhou Metropolis Daily, which is eager to climb out of the trough. As the head of this newspaper, Lei Ming's thirst for talents can be imagined.

Lei Ming looked at Cheng Yu's resume and was very satisfied. I looked at the news works published by Cheng Yu during my internship, nodded approvingly, and said: "Cheng Yu, my writing skills are very solid, and I can also see the kung fu of the interview, not bad, not bad, as long as there is a good platform, over time, you will definitely become an excellent reporter." ”

Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "Mr. Lei, you are encouraging me, I have just learned a little bit of skin, it is too far behind you, and I want to ask you to give me good advice." ”

Lei Ming said: "Cheng Yu, your mother should have told you what I meant. I just want to talk to you today about whether you would like to work at Metropolis Daily. ”