Early in the morning, after Qi Na finished eating the blessed noodles on the first day of the new year, Qi Hong urged him to go to his grandmother's house to pay New Year's greetings. My grandmother is old and lives outside the west gate of the county seat, the west gate of the old county seat.

Qi Na followed Qi Hong and his sister-in-law through the old streets and parks, walked for half an hour, talking and laughing all the way, and when they passed by the commercial street, they also went to change the mobile phone card, and finally used the IPhone mobile phone. The sister-in-law is obviously even happier than the brother.

When I entered my grandmother's house, the two uncles were chatting, taking the cigarettes and alcohol they brought, and the old cousins in the living room gathered around to play cards and mahjong. Seeing the two of them coming, they said hello and said good for the New Year, so they went to see their grandmother, wrapped a red envelope as usual, and asked Qi Hong when she could see her great-grandson.

The sister-in-law smiled embarrassedly, and Qi Hong only said that it was too fast.

Then I went to Qi Hong's father-in-law's house, my sister-in-law's family was also very kind, originally just going to stay for a cup of tea, but at lunch, I drank three bottles of liquor with relatives I didn't know, until Qi Hong's tongue was big.

When he returned home, Qi Hong fell straight on the bed, unable to sleep, and his sister-in-law was distressed. My mother made strong tea for Qi Na, Qi Na waved her hand, the strength of the wine had already gone down, and with her own physique, two more bottles of liquor would not be a problem.

When chatting together in the living room, my sister-in-law mentioned buying a house again, they had already been optimistic about a real estate project, and they also knew the person in charge of the developer, but after all, they had no money in their hands, although their parents said they supported, but their total retirement salary was only more than 1,800 yuan, which is not high in a small county, plus Qi Hong was married before and also took debts, and his grandparents were not in good health, and various medical expenses also cost a lot of money. So the family's financial situation is average. Dealing with rising housing prices is clearly stretched.

The mother advised her daughter-in-law not to worry.

My sister-in-law obviously cared too much about buying a house, and when she heard her mother-in-law speak, she didn't say anything more. But after all, I was very unhappy.

Qi Na asked how much is the down payment?

The sister-in-law hesitated: "Now we have a down payment of 30%, and we have a fancy of 720,000 yuan, and a down payment of 220,000 yuan." ”

Qi Na thought for a moment, this amount of money was nothing in his eyes, and it was an astronomical amount in his brother's eyes.

But he didn't want to agree too happily, especially when his mother hadn't said anything yet, so he nodded and asked about the house type, location, floor and other details.

The sister-in-law felt that the brother-in-law should have some money, but he didn't say anything, and the disappointment on her face flashed, but when it came to the property she liked, she became excited and talked endlessly about the various benefits of the house.

In the second year of junior high school, Qi Na accompanied his father to duty, and his father is now looking for a job as a janitor in the Management Committee of Asakawa Industrial Zone. The old father said that this was still found by someone.

He went upstairs to inspect, leaving Qi Na to sit in the communication room, there was no air conditioning, only a sun lamp, and other electrical appliances only had a telephone and a lamp.

"Where's Lao Qi?" A Humpty Dumpty man walked in with a red face, and Qi Na hurriedly got up and said that his father had gone to inspect.

As he was saying that his father was back, the Humpty Dumpty man glanced at him, then at Qi Na, and said, "The rules of the agency are that you can't enter strangers casually. You pay attention. ”

The father hurriedly explained: "This is my son. ”

"It's not your son." Humpty Dumpty is uncomfortable looking for the New Year: "Now that young people are outside, they don't know what to do in the road, and the unit asks you to watch the door, and you have to obey the rules." ”

The implication of his words is that Qi Na's appearance is not a good thing, Qi Na's eyes jumped, but his father was so old, he didn't feel angry, he immediately stood in front of his son, smiled at Humpty Dumpty, and said ha: "Director Wang, it's a joke, pay attention in the future, pay attention in the future." ”

The fat man turned around and muttered away, and the father turned around to comfort his angry son: "When I go out, people don't mess with me, I don't mess with people." But you can't be a hedgehog, and you can prick people when you see them. If you can endure it, you have to endure it, it's not a big deal, one or two words of, just don't hear it. ”

Qi Na thought that his father must have encountered this kind of thing more than once or twice, but for the sake of the family, no matter how big the grievance was, the father had to bear it. He felt that he had done too little, he used to be a turtle with a shrunken head, he didn't have much money, he could only do what he could, but now that he has money, he still doesn't say anything, so why bother? The money is given to the family, what are you afraid of, it's your parents and brothers.

When he got home, Qi Na discussed with them, asked his father to quit the janitorship, and then gave 200,000 yuan to his mother, and they paid the down payment to his sister-in-law.

He took another 200,000 yuan and asked his father to start a small business.

His parents stared at him, as if they had reacquainted with him.

In the evening, old classmate Li Wenwen really called and confirmed with him the specific time and place of the ten-year reunion of junior high school classmates.

Qi Na promised to fulfill the contract.

Li Wenwen suddenly said again: "Are you going back to Ningnan in the fourth year of junior high school?" ”

got a positive answer, Li Wenwen told him that there was a classmate who had been in graduate school for two years, and recently found out that he had leukemia, and several classmates made an appointment to visit her on the sixth day of junior high school.

Qi Na asked who it was, and Li Wenwen said, "Jian Ning." ”

Qi Na sighed, her heart was not touched a little, she was one of the best grades in the class, and she was liked by the teacher, but she had a docile personality and was very kind to her classmates, and everyone liked her very much.

"Didn't she go abroad?" Qi Na asked.

"She is a single-parent family, the conditions are not good, and the mother's health is not good, there are conditions there. I had to go back to the county seat to work. I was unwilling to go to graduate school again, but I was diagnosed with leukemia last year. Li Wenwen introduced it simply, and she was a little sad when she said it, and her nose was blocked.

Qi Na hung up the phone, thought about it for a long time, and called Li Wenwen again, wanting to visit Jian Ning tomorrow.

Li Wenwen hesitated for a moment and agreed, and made an appointment with the place where they met in the morning.

Hearing that Qi Na said that she would visit her sick classmates tomorrow, her mother was a little unhappy, thinking that this was a bad thing, but she definitely couldn't prohibit it, no matter what, now Qi Na's position in the family is already very high. The daughter-in-law heard that the brother-in-law made a down payment for them, and she couldn't wait to call her mother to report the good news, and made an appointment to book a room tomorrow.

Anyway, their old man finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Life is finally getting better.

Early in the morning of the third year of junior high school, Qi Na rushed to the department store in the center of the county, took 10,000 yuan from the ATM, put it in a red paper bag, and asked the commissary owner for a pen, wrote down the words of blessing, and then waited until Li Wenwen and another female classmate, Fan Ning.

Fanning also had excellent grades in middle school, and Jian Ning was called Shuangning in the teacher's mouth. Take pride in it.

Jian Ning went home for the Spring Festival to recuperate, so they didn't have to go to the hospital, and Fanning led the way to Jian Ning's house.

A large area of three- and four-story buildings north of the county hospital was the residence of the former hospital, but now it has been brushed and demolished, and the residents have basically moved out, and the community is lonely, and Jian Ning's family lives here.

Fanning took the lead and saw Jane's mother busy in the kitchen in the corridor, while Jianning was sitting on the sofa watching TV, giggling at the party sketch. Wrapped tightly in thick clothes, wearing a woolen hat, the air conditioner was blowing hot air desperately.

Seeing Fan Ning and Li Wenwen coming in, Jian Ning was very happy, but unexpectedly, behind them was a moving mountain, which pressed over, and Jian Ning exclaimed.

Li Wenwen giggled and said, "I didn't expect it, I also brought a handsome guy over to relieve your boredom." ”

It was only then that Jian Ning recognized it as Qi Na. patted his chest and said, "Why is it so long, so tall." ”

The tallest girl in it, Fan Ning, is only one meter six, Jian Ning is not tall, there is a delicate air in her eyebrows, although she is slightly swollen in her illness, but she is obviously in a good mood at the moment.

Qi Na smiled at her embarrassedly, "I'm scared of you." ”

The four classmates sat down together, Jian Ning beckoned them to drink tea, eat tea eggs, and eat sugar, and Jane's mother warmly beckoned them to stay for lunch.

Li Wenwen said that there was an arrangement, so she had to talk about it next time.

Janine was disappointed.

After chatting for a few words, Jane's mother couldn't help but talk about Jian Ning's condition, and began to sobble as she spoke, Jian Ning's eyes turned red, and her mood became worse and worse.

Qi Na took the initiative to take over the topic and asked about the treatment, Jane's mother said that she was waiting for the bone marrow, and the doctor said that she would need 400,000 yuan, and now she has high foreign debts, so she can only wait for the demolition and get the money to go for surgery.

Saying that, Jian Ning couldn't help but complain: "You are just good at talking, the pension is eight hundred for other families, and seven hundred and five for our family, the demolition and measurement of the house, the carport downstairs, other families have given four thousand, and our family only has three thousand, which is to bully our orphans and widows." Everyone comes to bully me, no matter how good you talk to you, when I die, what will you do? ”

She said she started crying.

Jane's mother panicked: "Can't cry, can't cry." ”

Fanning was anxious and sat down next to Jianning to comfort her.

Li Wenwen burst into tears, "Now that medicine is so developed, there must be a way." Xiao Ning, you'll be fine. ”

Qi Na kept silent, and then said: "Then you got the demolition money, where will you live in the future?" ”

Jian Ning stopped crying and said, "I can only go to my uncle's house, and my father has no relatives anymore." Most of my stay in the hospital was long, and my mother must have died of sin. ”

Out of the door, Li Wenwen was still in tears on the way, Fan Ning must have come over often, but it was very calm, and the three of them were speechless by default. Back in the city, there is a world of difference from the lonely community of the county hospital.

Qi Na suddenly said, "I have a stomachache, you guys go to the hotel first." ”

He found the ATM, the only two bank cards he had, took out 90,000 yuan, found a red plastic bag to put it, strode back to Jian Ning's house, and when he pushed the door in, they were cleaning up the table to eat lunch, and they were all taken aback when they saw Qi Na.

When giving the red envelope just now, Qi Na deliberately avoided Li Wenwen and Fan Ning's sight, but Jane's mother was a little surprised that the red envelope was so thick.

Now he carefully placed another bag of money on the table, for fear of frightening them.

Qi Na said: "This is 90,000 yuan, when I go back to Ningnan, I will send you money to come over, treat the disease well, be a daughter, not only talk about filial piety, but also treat the disease well, for your mother." ”

With that, he turned around and left. Jian Ning was dumbfounded.

Her image of Qi Na is not profound, and the thin Qi Na in junior high school barely impressed most of her classmates. But today he made too much of an impression on himself.

At the class reunion at noon, for the most part, and the teacher was present, Qi Na sat quietly aside, Fan Ning sat beside him, talking about the past, more about mentioning Jian Ning's time together, Qi Na smiled bitterly: "That is the good memory of your scholars, it is purgatory for students like us." ”

He diverted the topic and asked about Fan Ning's recent situation, Fan Ning was in the Investment Promotion Department of the Management Committee of Qianchuan County Industrial Zone, Qi Na said that his father was working as a porter, Fan Ning was taken aback: "Master Qi is your father?" ”

She followed and said, "There are very few surnames like Qi, I should have thought of it a long time ago." ”

Qi Na shook her head: "If it wasn't for this morning, I'm afraid you wouldn't remember me." ”

Fan Ning smiled: "Whoever is good to Jian Ning, I will remember." ”

Qi Na glanced at her, feeling that her words were very meaningful, Fan Ning asked him about the current situation, Qi Na said that he was in a foreign company, and he said by the way that he was in Ningnan Sanyang Group before.

Unexpectedly, when he heard the six words of Ningnan Sanyang Group, he immediately jumped up and asked him what he did. Qi Na shook his head and said, "I have already resigned. Now I am in charge of the IT department of a clothing company. ”

Fanning sat down disappointed and sighed, and in less than three seconds, she lifted her spirits again and asked Qi Na to contact her old colleague, hoping to search for some opportunities.

She said: "It is too difficult to attract investment now, the chemical industry is not good, the polluting industry is not good, and they all want to recruit high-precision and cutting-edge industries, where it is so easy." Sanyang wants to expand the production line, and it is estimated that half of China's development zones have received the news, and we should have little chance. ”

Qi Na smiled and said: "Nine times out of ten, Sanyang's production line is settled in the Dongshan District of this city, so you don't have to think about it." ”

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, noisy in the restaurant, twenty-six years old is in the prime of life, and it is also the time to love to express yourself, men and women are inevitable, and the old teacher smiled and watched all this.

Fan Ning, who was beside Qi Na, muttered, "It would be nice if I went to help Jian Ning so enthusiastically." ”

When Qi Na heard this, he felt bored for a while, as if he had a psychological reaction to the life in the county town that was out of place, sighed, and said to Jian Ning: "There is a chance to come to Ningnan to reunite." Then he said hello to the teacher and Li Wenwen and left.