Chapter 3 Picking up Vegetable Leaves (Asking for Collections, Asking for Tickets)

"Give it a go. "The woman said to me, "You want to pass by me."

I stood up and moved out of the way.

The woman didn't even look at me, but walked past me to the door of the room on the side, on the first floor where I lived, next to the door.

I leaned against the wall, smoking a cigarette and watching the woman's movements.

The woman was holding the baby in her arms in one hand, and the other was rummaging in her bag, which was supposed to be the key to the door.

"I'll help you hold the baby, you can find the key. "I saw that the woman was struggling and kindly wanted to help.

"No, please go to the side and smoke, or just put out the cigarette, don't you see any children? The woman glanced at me and said in disgust.

I had some fire in my heart, and I was kind enough to help, but I was told a beating.

Throwing the cigarette on the ground and stepping on it, the woman finally opened the door at this time, and I glanced in.

Spacious!

At least 160 square meters, the walls are covered with tiles, and the decoration is very luxurious, compared to my kennel, one in the sky and one underground.

As if sensing that I was snooping, the woman closed the door with her backhand.

I made a fuss and went back to my house.

Sitting on the bed, looking at Chen Le, who was sleeping sweetly, inherited Tong Wangjun's genes on his small face, and there was a trace of white milk stains on his mouth.

I thought, I can't go on like this.

Today is Tong Wangjun coming to help feed Xiaole, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow? Tong Wangjun and I have divorced, and she can't come all the time.

I have to earn money, buy milk powder, and feed my two daughters.

"But what should I do?" I muttered, frowning.

I don't have a skill, my memory after the age of eighteen is blank, I don't remember anything, I can't do anything. Could it be that I really have to move bricks?

No, that's too embarrassing, I would have had the opportunity to be admitted to a 985 college, how could I go to the construction site to move bricks?

At this moment, I want to have self-esteem.

However, in the evening, something happened that made me quickly throw away this self-esteem.

When Chen Ke came home from school in the evening, he carried a plastic bag with some green leaves, most of which had been cured and some were yellow.

"Where did you buy these leaves?" I asked curiously, "you have money on you?"

"I picked it up, they just picked it up, and it's still fresh. Chen Ke said to me happily as if showing off.

Picked up?

"Why are you running to pick up leaves?" I said distressedly, "Daddy can feed you." ”

"But Dad, I've been picking up vegetable leaves for more than a month. Chen Ke put down his schoolbag, skillfully picked up a plastic basin in the kitchen, took some water, a shallow layer, and the back end was on the side, and began to clean the stains on the vegetable leaves.

Looking at Chen Ke, who carefully brushed off the mud stains on the vegetable leaves and pinched off the yellowish part little by little, for fear of pinching more green vegetable leaves, my eyes were a little pantothenic.

"Did you pick up those two dishes on the table as well?" I asked softly.

"Well, Dad, I was lucky that morning, so good two white radish, others didn't want it, just threw it away, I happened to see it, so I picked it up from the garbage heap. Chen Ke nodded, a little excited, and after a while, a little regretful, "It's just that the radish tastes a little bitter." ”

The white radish that has not yet reached the season is naturally bitter, and it is no wonder that others will throw it away.

Thinking of Chen Ke's appearance of carrying a schoolbag and picking up white radishes in the garbage heap, I couldn't hold back any longer, squatted down, and hugged Chen Ke in my arms.

"Ake, it's Dad who is not good, Dad didn't take care of you and your sister. I choked up and couldn't stop crying.

"Dad doesn't cry, I'm fine. Chen Ke patted me on the shoulder, "As long as you are by my side and Xiaole, our family will always be together." ”

"Hmm. I looked up, wiped the corners of my eyes, and smiled, "Are you hungry, I'll go and steam rice for you to eat, okay?"

"Is there rice?" Chen Ke's eyes lit up suddenly, "But I remember that the rice jar at home has long been out of rice, we have been making noodles for more than a month, and now, even the noodles are gone." ”

Speaking of the back, Chen Ke's mood was a little low.

"Don't worry, Dad has a way, you watch my sister at home, I'll go out and come back soon." I said, "Also, don't wash this dish, leave it away, and Dad will come back and wash it later." ”

"Well, okay, I'm waiting for Daddy to steam rice for me to eat. Chen Ke looked at me with hope.

I went out, didn't go far, and stopped at the door of the woman next door.

After hesitating for a moment, I tried to knock on the door several times, but my hand was raised and put down again.

I'm a face-saving person, I've never borrowed anything from others, and I don't like to accept favors from others. When I was in high school, I went out to dinner with my friends, and if they paid, I would definitely come back next time, and I would have to go to a better hotel.

Call.

Slowly exhaling a breath, thinking of the look of my daughter Ake in the house, I finally knocked on the door.

"What's the matter with you?" the door opened, and the woman I had just met appeared in the doorway, looking at me warily.

"Don't be so nervous, I live next door and I'm really not a bad person. I explained, and then looked a little embarrassed and looked behind the woman, "That's ...... Your house is really well decorated, can I go in and have a look?"

"Your house is ready to be renovated?" the woman asked.

"Uh, yes, it's going to be renovated, so I thought I'd like to refer to it, your house is very well decorated, can I go in and have a look?" I nodded, complimenting.

The woman moved out of the way.

I walked in, looked down at the floor, and then looked around in a pretentious manner.

"This floor is really high-end and high-grade, the color is also warm, and it doesn't look cold at all. "I walked," and the wallcovering, too, goes well with the floor. ”

"I renovated the house according to the renderings, and I personally supervised the construction of the house. The woman said.

"Oh?" I was a little surprised, but I quickly reacted, "so you're an interior designer? ”

The woman's face suddenly showed a hint of melancholy.

I continued to wander around, and when I got to the kitchen, the open kitchen, I saw at a glance the rice bags placed by the cupboards, new, and ununtied.

"This house is beautifully decorated, you are amazing...... By the way, can I borrow some rice from your house and use it?" I said, seemingly inadvertently.

The woman was stunned, obviously not adapting to such a big change in me, one moment she was still talking about decoration, and the next moment she was going to borrow rice.

"The real purpose of your coming to my house isn't to borrow rice, is it?" the woman looked at me suspiciously.

"It's really not, the decoration of your house is really beautiful, and I will decorate it like this in the future. I said, "The rice jar at home is empty, and it's not convenient to buy it now, isn't it?"

"Supermarket downstairs which was very convenient. The woman said, staring at me.

"It's not interesting for you to say that, who doesn't have a difficult place among the neighbors?" I said, "I don't borrow much, just a pound." ”

"I don't borrow. The woman replied categorically.

"Do you really want to be so resolute? You have to think clearly, you are a woman, it is inevitable that there will be inconvenient times, you are so ruthless today, if you encounter difficulties in the future, you will not be able to find anyone to help you. I said.

"I don't need your help. The woman said, then pointed to the door, "You can go out." ”

I was in a hurry, if I really want to go out like this, how can I face Ake?

She is still waiting for me to go back and steam the rice, how sad will she be if I go back empty-handed?

"You woman, why don't you have any sympathy at all? And you are so stingy, isn't it just a pound of rice, you lend it to me today, and I will pay you back ten pounds tomorrow, how about it?" I refused to go out.

The woman glanced at me, as if she didn't want to argue with me anymore, pointed to the rice bag in the kitchen, and said in disgust: "There is a bag of rice, which has not been opened yet, you can move it directly, don't shout here." ”

I'm not polite, face is no longer so important compared to my daughter's belly.

I took the scissors and opened the rice bag, I took another bowl, scooped a large bowl of rice, and then carefully resealed the opened rice bag.

"Borrow so much rice from you, and in addition, borrow another bowl for use, and I will definitely pay you back ten catties of rice tomorrow." I said to the woman, and went out.