Although the dinner at Erman's house is not as dazzling as the golden delicacies of the Shutao family, it has a bit of warmth and closeness in the world: braised pork, fish head with chopped pepper, stir-fried pork with leeks, tomato and egg and cabbage ball soup, the aroma is so fragrant that it looks like no less than two bowls of white rice, which is a pity.

Father Yang took out a bottle of Luzhou Laojiao that he had hidden for a long time and asked Erman: "Do you want to have two drinks with Dad?"

Yang's mother said: "Erman will drive later, and she can't drink, so why don't you let her drink tea instead of wine?"

Seeing that her father was happy, Erman didn't want to spoil the fun like this: "I'm not driving today, I'm staying here, come, Dad, pour me a drink." ”

Mother Yang saw that the family was so harmonious and happy, so she didn't stop it, but she had mixed feelings in her heart, and she felt uncomfortable about how long this beautiful scenery could last. How she wished Er Man had moved back in.

Father Yang poured good wine for Erman: "Come and let's have a drink first." ”

The wine rolled into Erman's throat, a little hot, Erman pursed his lips and said, "Seeing that you are now in harmony, I will be relieved." ”

"How are you doing at work lately?" asked Father Yang.

"It's okay, I met a friend who wants to sign a good list with me, and the income should be good this month. ”

Mother Yang smiled: "Since the income is good, then give me the money, and I will save it for you." You also know that you young people are not worthy of our older generation, and you can't save money. You young people, now you have become a moonlight clan, and I don't know where you have spent all the money for the white flowers. ”

When Erman heard that Yang's mother was going to supervise her finances, he felt bad in his heart.

Thinking about the fact that since graduating from college, she has been coaxed by Yang's mother to buy a house, and later bought a car, and followed her with a butt loan.

Now I have to give the little balance to my family, and I don't know how I can have a good life.

Many students with good conditions, Erman watched them travel everywhere, and they also had the money to buy high-end cosmetics and clothing, which made Erman envious. Although I don't say that I want to be on a par with scholars, I look at those working-class classmates, and my life is not much better.

She lowered her head and said, "Mom, although my income is good now, I have paid off the car loan and housing loan, and I don't have much left, so how can I have any money for you to help me save it." ”

Mother Yang thought for a while and said, "Then you still have the money to rent a house outside?"

"Mom, I'm committing a crime against the wind. A few days ago, I signed a high-value policy, thinking that this year's rent would not have to be worried, but who knows, the customer withdrew the insurance, and my commission was naturally less, and now I am stretched, and my life is not as good as you think. ”

Mother Yang heard Erman say this, she couldn't bear it, and her heart was very uncomfortable, she forced a smile and said: "Look at it, I said don't go out to rent a house, the home is so comfortable, although you can't take care of three meals a day, but you will always go home for dinner, and if you want to the next day, you can also take it to the company for lunch." Now, in addition to your rent, there is also your food and drink problem, aren't you cocooning yourself?"

Father Yang heard that there was a complaint in Yang's mother's words, so he said: "Erman has also grown up, and she is in charge of her own life, so there is nothing wrong with this." ”

"You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, you have to know that now there is another place in the house to use money, if everyone thinks like this, one out is one out, and only cares about their own comfortable life, then who still cares about this family, who still cares about your life and death?"

When Erman heard what Yang's mother said, he asked: "Mom, what's the matter? Aren't I paying for the car loan and housing loan now? Where is there an extra place to use the money?"

Father Yang interrupted her instantly: "Your mother just wants to help you save money, she is talking nonsense, there is nothing to use money at home." Here, have another drink. ”

At this time, Mother Yang could no longer hold back the grievances in her heart, and tears began to fall.

Erman looked at it, put down the wine glass he had just raised, and asked curiously: "Mom, okay, what are you crying about?" Okay, okay, I'll give you the money as soon as I pay my salary this month, okay?"

"Xiaoman, I wanted to hide it from you, but I know that paper can't contain fire, and one day you will have to know. ”

"Tell me what the hell is going on. Erman coerced and lured to find out what was going on in this family.

It's strange to say, her parents were originally arguing, but now they are so harmonious, something must have happened.

Yang's father was a little unhappy, and said to Yang's mother: "The child's pressure is already big enough, you still have nothing to do, aren't you obviously sincere to make Erman trouble?"

"The child is under a lot of pressure, so I don't have a lot of pressure? Who is the fault of the problem, it is you who has an accident, and it is not me, now I want to tell the truth to Erman and let everyone solve it together. You're good, you sing red face, let me sing black face, in that case, I don't want to be a good person, I have to tell Erman about it!"

Erman watched the sparks splash between the two elders, and said, "Don't you guys quarrel, what is there to say, what happened?"

Mother Yang began to cry and cry: "Erman, your father is ...... Your dad was diagnosed with throat cancer. ”

The chopsticks in Erman's hand fell on the table in an instant, and she never expected that such a thing would happen at home. Erman said, "When?"

"When you just moved out, your dad checked out the tissue in their unit, and it was already ...... It is already an advanced stage of cancer. ”

"So, have you started to treat it?" asked Erman eagerly, her heart was like a sponge full of water, just like that, squeezed by the fact that it was thundered, and tears flowed involuntarily from the bottom of her heart.

Mother Yang sighed and said: "How can we have so much money on hand now, I thought about it for more than a week, thinking about how to tell you, so that you can think of a way to help my father raise money, but your father won't let me say it." Your father said that if this disease can't be cured, don't treat it, anyway, more than half a hundred people, sooner or later they will return to the west by crane, and you can't drag a young man like you back, after all, you still have a lot of youth, and you can't delay your good life because of his illness. ”

"What is there to talk about life and not life, the most important thing now is to raise money for my father's treatment. Now the family has lost the interest in eating, and the three of them frown, as if tomorrow is the end of the world.

"What about the money, where is the money?" asked Yang's mother.

"Why don't you sell the car?" Erman now suddenly felt that he was desperate, and anything he could think of could be sold for money.

Father Yang sighed and said: "How much can your car be sold for? There is no way at all, forget it, I will stay up for a few more months, anyway, it is in the late stage, and the chance of treatment is very small, you save some money to give me a beautiful funeral, I will be content." ”

"Dad!" Erman sobbed at this time, "don't say that, we're sad enough about this now, no one wants you to leave us so early, don't say such frustrating things, okay? Don't worry, I'll definitely be able to think of a way." ”

Mother Yang saw that the dishes in front of her were almost cold, snorted and said: "Come, let's find a way to do this after today, what we have to do now is to finish these good dishes, don't live up to my mother's craftsmanship." ”

Erman couldn't eat the meal anymore, so he picked up the wine in his hand, clinked glasses with her father, and poured a few glasses in succession. The three of them hastily finished dinner, Erman got up and leaned back on the sofa, picked up the phone and sent a message to Lixuan: Lixuan, can you lend me some money?

Lixuan replied: When the renovation of Shutao Gallery is finished, I will pay for me, and I will give it to you.

Erman simply replied with a "good" word, because she no longer had any strength, any mood, any expectation to fight for anything.

She thought to herself, this woman is over thirty, if there is no man by her side, then it means that everything has to be carried by herself. She felt so pitiful now, it was impossible to find someone to hug and cry for, let alone someone by her side to carry some weight for herself.

Erman can only ask Lixuan for help now, because Lixuan is a person who is indifferent to the world, he will not laugh at her because of Erman's misfortune, he will only do what he wants. It's not that Erman didn't think that Shutao could help her, but she was pitiful enough in front of Shutao on weekdays, and she didn't want to expose her miserable life to her nakedly, after all, the biggest insult to people was to be seen by others The flaws and facts that she wanted to hide the most.