The phone rang for a while, and just when I thought no one answered, it was connected.

"Who?" was my dad's voice.

It's a little old, I can barely hear it, but I can still hear it if I carefully identify the tone, that is, my father's voice is right, very tired, and with a hint of vigilance.

In the teahouse opened at home, I often receive strange phone calls, and my father has long been used to it, and sometimes he will chat with strangers about tea for half an hour.

When did he become so cautious about strange phone calls, and there was even a hint of fear in his tone?

"Dad, it's me. I said.

On the other end of the phone, there was silence for a while.

"What are you calling back for?" said my dad, who was stiff.

At this time, I was already sure that something must have happened in my family, and it had something to do with me, otherwise my father would not have spoken to me in such a tone.

Could it be true that as Tong Wangjun said, I became addicted to gambling, and my parents repaid more than 2 million gambling debts for me, and even sold the teahouse?

Thinking of this, I suddenly desperately wanted to go home and see my parents.

"I want to go back. I said.

"What are you doing when you come back? Are you in a gambling debt out there again? I don't have the money to pay it for you, do you have to force your mother to die before you are willing?" my dad said angrily on the other end of the phone.

My heart was stunned, and I was shocked by the tone of hatred in my father's mouth, coupled with a deep sense of helplessness.

When my father was in elementary school, he used the laid-off buyout money and some savings to open a teahouse, and he was not familiar with the tea business at first, so he was deceived and lost 30,000 or 40,000 yuan.

Thirty or forty thousand, which was a huge amount of money for my family at that time. So much so that for a long time, the family couldn't even come up with the money to buy groceries.

But even so, my father was also high-spirited, comforting my mother, asking relatives and friends to raise funds, and learning from knowledgeable tea masters to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

But now, I was surprised that there was a sense of helplessness in my father's tone.

What kind of blow did he endure that would make him feel like this?

"Is it my son?" On the other end of the phone, another voice came, and it was my mother who was talking.

His voice had changed, and he was a little weak, but he still showed concern for me.

"Well, it's me, Mom. I shouted, "Xiaole is also here, I want to take Xiaole back to see you and Dad." ”

"The phone was handed to me, and I said a few words to my son. My mother said to my father, "You go and order the whole dish and come back, cut two catties of mutton, and when my son comes back, I will get him my favorite cumin mutton." ”

"He came back and said that it was no good thing, and he got him cumin mutton, so it was better to throw it away. My dad complained, but after a while, he reminded my mom, "Remember to tell him, we have moved, he is coming, don't go to the original place." It is so far away, with a child, and it is so cold, it will freeze the child. ”

On the phone, my mom said a few words to me, told me the address of my new home, and hung up.

I had no money on me, so I took out half a pack of cigarettes from my pocket, gave it to the boss, licked my face and asked the boss for two yuan in change, and got on a bus.

I sat for half an hour before I arrived at the address of my new home that my mother told me.

It's far from the city center, in a remote neighborhood in the suburbs, and although my family is not in the city center, it is not so remote.

When I entered the community and went up to the third floor, I recognized the house number and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and I was stunned when I saw the person in front of me.

"Mom?" I lowered my head and looked at the person in a wheelchair in front of me, a little confused.

"Xiaole is here too?" The person in the wheelchair was my mother, and when she saw Chen Le in my arms, she opened her hand, "Come, give grandma a hug." ”

"You are really, how did you do Dad, on such a cold day, you just put on such some clothes for Xiaole, and you don't give him a scarf, what if the child is frozen?"

I put Xiaole in my mother's arms, let her hold her, and then pushed her into the room.

The room is not big, very shabby, just one family, even smaller than the house I rented, only more than 30 square meters.

However, the things in the room are neatly arranged and clean.

"Mom, how did you become like this, what happened to your legs?" I asked.

"Do you still have the face to ask? If it weren't for you, would your mother have been forced to fall down the stairs and break her leg?" At this time, my dad came back, carrying vegetables in his hand, and when he saw me, his face was not colored, "Say, what are you doing here, do you want money?"

"It's not easy for your son to come back, can't you talk well?" my mother gave my dad a look, "You wash the vegetables and stir-fry a few dishes." ”

"You love him. My dad said, "Don't look at it, a good home, what kind of failure he has become, what is not good to learn, but he wants to learn from others to gamble, and the family's teahouse and house are sold to pay off his debts." ”

"It's been a few months, and now it's here again, it's definitely a gamble again, right?"

Speaking of which, both my dad and my mom looked at me.

"No, I'm just coming to see you. I said.

"Really?" said my dad skeptically.

"Not really, I'm not going to gamble. I affirmed, "In the future, I want to earn money to support my family and live a good life." ”

"Look, I'll just say, my son won't be so stupid, how can he make a mistake again?" My mother was very happy, and she seemed relieved when I heard it.

"If only he could really be like what he said, he said that more than once. My dad was still not at ease, but he didn't say anything more, went into the kitchen, washed vegetables and cooked.

My dad is very good at cooking, and after more than 20 minutes, he made four or five dishes, and one plate is my favorite cumin mutton, which is fragrant.

This made me, who hadn't been late for a long time, so hungry that my saliva was about to run down.

"If you're hungry like this, eat it. My mom said to me.

I almost gobbled up three bowls of rice, and finally I couldn't hold it anymore before I put down the dishes and chopsticks.

"Dad, the teahouse is gone, what are you doing now?" I asked.

There was a touch of sadness in my dad's eyes.

That teahouse was his dream, but now it is gone, because of me, my mood is also low.

"Your dad is now working as a security guard for others, and he has a regular income every month, and he is not as tired as when he opened a teahouse, and it is much easier than before. My mom took over.

I was silent.

Before I came, I didn't expect this to be the case, my mother's legs are inconvenient, and my father is working as a security guard, so it is impossible for me to leave Xiaole to them to take care of, it will be too hard for them.

"Is there something wrong with you coming here suddenly?" my mom asked, sensing my emotions.

"No, it's nothing, I just miss you a little, come and have a look. I said, "Okay, I should go back too." ”

"Wait, there are still a lot of dishes here, you can pack them and take them back, and you can eat them as soon as they are hot. My mom said.

"No, there are vegetables at home, no need to pack. I said.

"What did your mother say, you just listened, what kind of virtue do you have, don't you and your mother still know?" My dad glanced at me, "You didn't eat much before, only a little more than one bowl, just three bowls of food, and with two babies, I'm afraid the family is about to be unable to open the pot, right?"

"At this time, it's still hypocritical, even if you don't eat, won't Ake eat?

I bowed my head a little in embarrassment, silent, unable to produce a word of rebuttal.

The two of them packed up the dishes on the table and put them on the table, and my mother called me into the room again.

"Two thousand dollars, you take it. "My mom took out a wad of money and handed it to me.

"I have money. I hurriedly said, "You take this money, your legs are not good yet, you still need money, you really don't need to give me any more money." ”

"Take it, I'm your mother, what are you polite to me?" my mother said, "This money is not for you, it's for my granddaughter, how hungry was Xiaole just now? A bowl of porridge with a little minced meat, eaten fine." ”

"For such a big child, you can't always eat these omnivorous, and you have to buy milk powder to supplement your nutrition. The two thousand yuan is the money to buy milk powder for Xiaole. ”

"Mom. I burst into tears and knelt on the ground, "It's my son who is not good, I let you and my father worry about it, I live in such a broken place, I am so old, and I still reach out to you to take money." ”