Chapter 21: A Different Life
On Saturday, July 15th, the sky was clear and clear, and there was not even a trace of clouds. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 InfoThirty-nine-year-old Zhang Fu is humming a song and cooking breakfast at home.
Now he is an upright and upright officer, and the next step has been determined to be promoted to the director of the Municipal Party Committee Office. He is in a good mood and likes sunny skies like weekends and can go out for a walk after eating. At this time, the phone rang, put down the dishes in his hand, turned off the fire, walked over and grabbed the red phone, "Hey, I'm Zhang Fu!" ”
"Oh, it's Fulu, what's the matter?"
"Eun, good!" Zhang Fude, who hung up the phone, stood in place and thought about it, the phone call just now was from his younger brother Zhang Fulu, saying that since the eldest brother Zhang Fucai's family had come to the city to open a store, they didn't know what to open.
Zhang Fu's eyes narrowed, since the eldest brother would quietly enter the city, he didn't tell himself for more than ten days. This rhythm is not right, or abnormal, as a government official, not to mention the family, the village, and even the office and town, I feel like a character. After all, at this time, not to mention a person who worked in the government after graduating from college, he was also a well-known figure when a secondary school student returned to his hometown.
He knows his brother's family too well, and he is looking forward to him, but when did things change like this?
To tell the truth, he was very conflicted in his heart, on the one hand, he hoped that the eldest brother's family would live better, after all, he had five or six brothers and sisters, the eldest brother was the eldest son, he had no mother since he was a child, his father was devoted to the revolutionary cause, and the whole family relied on the eldest brother and sister-in-law to survive. Even if he can go to school, he completely depends on his eldest brother and sister-in-law, not to mention the younger brothers and sisters, especially the younger sister, whose mother is not there after more than ten days after birth, and it is the sister-in-law's family who raised him, which should be regarded as the general kindness of parents.
But I don't know when, he is a little disgusted with the eldest brother and sister-in-law, he always feels that the eldest brother is like a father pressing on his head, always caring about the eyes of their brothers and sisters who have grown up and started a family, especially what makes him unhappy is that the eldest brother's family has two sons, but his own family has only one daughter, and the family planning is so strict, he doesn't dare to regenerate, this is a thorn in his heart.
The eldest brother's family must not be allowed to start, otherwise they will be subject to them everywhere in the future. This is Zhang Fude's truest idea at this moment, just do it if you want to, he is a man of action, he easily united his younger brothers and sisters to suppress his brother's family together.
Zhang Chenyu didn't know about the second uncle's strange ideas at the moment, but he knew that the second uncle had put a lot of effort into his father, and this matter was something that the second uncle had been working on all his life.
Gotta check it out! Zhang Fude made up his mind, the city is so small, he has time to find the eldest brother's family, he wants to see what kind of business the eldest brother's family can do without his help and guidance, and how big can the eldest brother's family be? Or they are already preparing to roll up and go home to farm and pay off their debts!
When his wife Huo Meng came back, Zhang Fu brought the food and asked, "Where is Xiaonan?" ”
Huo Meng threw the bag in his hand on the sofa and walked to the bathroom, "It's in the back!" "This morning he took his daughter to tutor homework, her daughter is in her third year of high school this year, her thinking seems to be a little slack, and her academic performance has declined sharply, so she will find someone to tutor him.
"I went out in the afternoon, and I heard that they came to the city to do business!" Zhang Fude picked up the rice bowl and handed it to his wife, and his daughter walked in slowly and listlessly and leaned back on the sofa.
"I know, I opened an early shop on the other side of Jianshe Road, and I heard that the business is good!" Huo Meng is from the city, and he works in the education department, so he is very well-informed.
"Then why didn't you say it earlier, when did you find out?" Zhang Fu was a little annoyed that his wife didn't report what he knew and deliberately concealed it!
"What's the hurry, I only found out yesterday, my colleague asked me to go over for breakfast, saying that the newly opened breakfast stall was doing very well, so we went, but we didn't go in on the side of the road!" Huo Meng said while eating: "There are too many people, I can't wait!" ”
Zhang Fude hummed twice, and thought in his heart, "Is the business too good and there are many people, or is it because it can't be done that many people are waiting over there?" “
As mentioned earlier, Zhang Fude is a man of action, and he knows what he knows most about being in the officialdom for many years is on-site investigation, and any words from other people are blown by the wind and cannot stand. In fact, it is due to the low position he is in now, after all, he is also the Lord of Servants.
The so-called name is not justified, go, you must go, but how to go, on what grounds or excuses, and for what purpose? Zhang Fu's mind swirled.
After eating, Huo Meng threw away the bowl in her hand, he knew her husband too well after decades and eighteen years, she stood up and said, "You look like a thief like this!" After saying that, he turned around and walked to the bedroom, and said in the innermost, "Why do you bother? For what? ”
Zhang Chennan, who was not fussy, asked, "What are you talking about?" ”
"It's nothing, your dad will take you to your uncle's house to eat noodles at night!" Huo Meng is most disgusted with her husband's villainous nature.
"Then I'm not going!" Zhang Chennan pouted and said as if he was about to go to the sky: "Their family is so poor and dirty, I don't want to go back to the countryside for the rest of my life!" ”
These words made Zhang Fude's heart beat hard, if Zhang Chenyu was here, he would definitely smirk, you must know that Zhang Fude has always wanted to go back to his hometown to care for the elderly, this only daughter is like this, how can he go back?
Zhang Fude stood up and cleaned up a bag of fruits in the house, these fruits have been a little long, and they will be thrown away, and rural people are the most suitable to eat this, they have a good appetite and a good body. This is what Zhang Fu always thinks and does. He was going to take this to see the eldest brother's family's breakfast shop. After packing up, he shouted at my door: "Are you going?" ”
"I'm not going, there's something to do in the afternoon!" Huo Meng's voice came from the bedroom, in fact, he knew that his wife was embarrassed to go, and he really couldn't afford to lose that face. It is said that most of the people at this time are nested in the village, and it is not new if they don't come out to find a job, but you Zhang Fu is not authentic, you don't know the social development situation after so many years?
Well, you don't know that Zhang Chenxi came to look for you a few times before class, and they didn't want you to find any job or any favors, just like looking for a coolie to do, you all refused, that time was not that sentence, "Farm well, the national policy is good, farming is fundamental, and it will be better in the future!" ”
You're a fool to be a member of someone's family, people come to do business this time, and they don't even bother to give you a message, are you embarrassed to go? Every time someone from his hometown came to his hometown, as long as he was not from the eldest brother's family, Zhang Fude felt that he was like the all-powerful Jade Emperor, and he greeted them one by one and helped him find a job and arrange food and accommodation.
Thinking about this, Huo Meng felt that she really didn't have the face to meet people, not to mention that she knew that the purpose of her husband's visit was not so simple and simple at all, so she chose to escape.
Zhang Fude didn't change his clothes, he wore an old-fashioned jacket and a pair of trousers, and walked towards Jianshe Road with a bag of moldy fruit on his feet and leather sandals.
As he walked, he thought, if the business of the eldest brother's family is really good, what should he do? What should he do if the business is bleak, plan in his heart one by one, in short, he came with a task this time, according to what his younger brother Zhang Fulu said on the phone, he has to suppress the eldest brother's family, otherwise the family will rise up in the future, which will be too bad for them.
Jianshe Road is a newly built street, the road surface is wide, it feels clean, there are a lot of pedestrians here on weekends, it is quite a lively street, but the shops on this street are closed for five or six years, and the roller shutter doors are covered with dust, obviously no one has touched here for a long time.
Looking at the scene on this street, it is not difficult to imagine that the business of the eldest brother's family here will definitely not be too good, and it may even be dismal, and it will be closed soon. He couldn't help but hum a revolutionary song and walked forward.
On the side of the gate of No. 1 Middle School, he saw a small building, obviously growing much more than other houses, he walked over slowly, and finally saw the signboard on the door, "Try to go back and shop early" A few big words of paint are shining in the sun on the signboard!
The eldest brother's family has made a bloody investment. It was around two o'clock in the afternoon when he thought like this, and there was not a single customer in the store at this time, and Zhang Fucai and Wu Huijuan, who were full of food and drink, were sitting on chairs and napping. Zhang Chenyu and Wu Yun were chatting on the side to relieve their boredom.
Zhang Fu stood inside and coughed, Zhang Chenyu raised his head and saw that it was the second uncle, stood up and was about to greet him, Wu Yun asked first, "Do you want to eat something?" "She didn't know the person in front of her, because it was a customer.
Zhang Chenyu smiled: "Second uncle come to pull, come and sit here!" There was no surprise or surprise in the tone, even listless, he knew too well what his second uncle was, especially in the next ten years, he could be said to be doing everything for his family, but his honest parents never wanted to tear his face with him.
Zhang Chenyu's voice and intonation, listening to Zhang Fu's ears at the moment is tantamount to a heavenly sound, this business, how can it be said that it is hot, his face can be said too much, plus his voice, it is obviously discouraged!
He smiled, lifted the shriveled plastic bag in his hand, Zhang Chenyu took it and put it on the table, and said to his cousin: "Go and pour a glass of water!" ”
Wu Yun made a misunderstanding, blushing at the moment, and hurriedly walked inside.
Zhang Fucai and Wu Huijuan also stood up, "Fude is here?" ”
Zhang Fude nodded and didn't answer, just glanced around with his eyes, "When did you come here, how is this business?" ”
Zhang Fu was just about to speak, Zhang Chenyu preemptively said: "It's been more than ten days, hey, this business is really difficult to do, I don't know why, there are almost no people!" I can't hold it anymore! ”
"You guys, you don't even ask in advance, what's the fool, it's not, it's normal if you can't go on, the people in the city can't do it, you guys are here to make a fuss, you can't pack up and go back to farming as soon as possible!" Zhang Fu's sad appearance made Zhang Fucai, who was still blaming his son for hiding from his younger brother just now, glance at Wu Huijuan, and they were stunned.
"But we're still holding down two hundred dollars in rent!" Zhang Chenyu cried and complained with a sad face: "I can't withdraw if I want to!" ”
"Look, what is this going to do? I'll call tomorrow at work to see if I can quit part of it! After speaking, he didn't seem to want to continue the topic, and asked, "Then where do you stay at night?" As he spoke, his eyes were looking around.
"It's on the floor in the store, my dad and I are here, my mom and my cousin are over there!" Zhang Chenyu still said in a deep voice.
Zhang Fude, who understood the situation, stood up and said: "I'm still busy over there, you guys pack up, if you can't go back, don't lose all your money in it!" After speaking, Zhang Fucai left in a dashing manner in his sad eyes, and turned back to shop early.