Autumn has arrived, the leaves of the French plane trees all over the streets and alleys of Jiangbei City have fallen leaves, the autumn breeze is bleak, the air in the early morning is a little cool, and people who get up early to go to work wear thick coats.

At half past six in the morning, the road was still shrouded in mist, and occasionally there were morning exercisers and milk-delivering bicycles, and in the mist, a cleaner in a reflective vest was waving a broom to sweep the fallen leaves.

This cleaner is Liu Ziguang's mother, she wears a mask and a hat, skillfully sweeping the fallen leaves, although the cold wind is bleak, but there is a fine bead of sweat on her body, there is a job to do, more happy than anything else.

Now that my son is out of business, he has become the deputy manager of the property company, with a monthly salary of more than 3,000 yuan, and he is also doing business outside, and his income is also a lot.

The most important thing is that my son is about to get married, and I found such a good daughter-in-law, who is beautiful, gentle and virtuous, and her job is so good, she is a regular worker in a public institution, and such a good daughter-in-law really can't be found with a lantern.

Thinking of her son and daughter-in-law, my mother's heart is full of happiness, and there is nothing that makes them happier as parents than their children having a good life.

Although his son is out of business, but in the face of the high and almost deformed housing prices, he still can't help but sigh, in order to save for his son, his mother has always insisted on her own opinion, and continues to work as a cleaner, after all, the income of 800 yuan a month is a lot, and it is not easy to add a little bit to laid-off families, which can add a burden to the children.

The streets were very clean, there were no other clutter except fallen leaves, and of course my mother did not know that every night there would be a group of young men from Zhongyitang who would clean here with brooms in order to reduce her labor intensity.

The sound of a broom scratching the asphalt road rustled, and before I knew it, a black and shiny Audi A6 came out of the mist and parked silently on the side of the road, which was the license plate of the provincial capital, and the number was relatively small.

The front door opened, and a man in a suit came out and shouted at his mother, "Hey, come here." ”

The mother turned her head and glanced at it suspiciously, thinking that she was shouting and others continued to sweep up, and the man shouted at her mother again: "The street sweeper said that you are here, and our leader is talking to you." ”

The mother was shocked, what kind of official actually found her, did she lose something and came to the cleaner to ask if she had picked it up? She put down the broom, untied her mask, and walked over, when she heard someone in the back seat scolding: "Why is Xiao Li so rude!" ”

The driver's commanding posture immediately dissipated, and politely opened the back door of the Audi and said to his mother, "Auntie, please come in." ”

In the back seat of the Audi, a graceful and elegant woman nodded kindly at her mother and asked with a smile, "You are Liu Ziguang's mother, right?" ”

The mother froze, not knowing what to do, and the woman continued, "Hello, I'm Fang Fei's mother. "Mandarin with a provincial accent is soft and pleasant.

Now the mother came back to her senses, and it turned out that it was her mother-in-law who appeared, could it be that she came to talk to her about the marriage of her children? I didn't expect Fang Fei's mother to be so magnificent, in comparison, it can't even be described as dwarfed, it's a world of difference.

As if guessing her mother's embarrassment, the noble lady said kindly: "Get in the car, eldest sister, I have something to say to you." ”

Mom got into the car nervously, she had never been in such a high-end car, her hands and feet were so cramped that she couldn't even close the door, or the driver came to help close the door.

"Xiao Li goes to the hotel." The mother-in-law commanded softly.

Audi started, sitting in the car, I couldn't feel the smell of the leather seats and the smell of the expensive perfume on the woman's body, it smelled very good, the mother calmed down, and asked with a smile: "I have long wanted to see you, I heard Fang Fei say that you are very busy, and you can't spare time." ”

The woman smiled: "Yes, I went to Switzerland some time ago to investigate, and then the work in the hall was relatively busy, this time I came to Jiangbei to preside over a meeting, and at eight o'clock I had to meet a few leaders in the city, so I had no choice but to take the time to see you in the morning, I am sorry to delay your work." ”

Mother smiled very unnaturally, uneasy in her heart, Fang Fei's mother has a good temperament and looks very young, but she is in her forties, looking at the way she directs the driver and the tone of her speech, it is clear that she is a high-level leader.

Fang Fei's mother sat very reservedly, she was obviously more familiar with the roads of Jiangbei City than the driver, and commanded the car to the first guest house of Jiangbei Municipal Government, the four-star Yuejiang Hotel, downstairs, the lawn in the hotel in the early morning was green, evergreen, and the shrubs were lush, because the time was still early, there were no guests at the door, only two polite doormen.

Audi stopped, a neat skirt lady came out of the hall, helped open the car door, took the briefcase from the woman's hand, and whispered, "Director Yuan's box is ready." ”

Mother trembled in her heart, her mother-in-law turned out to be the director of the hall, when she heard that Fang Fei's father was the director of the hospital, she was so scared that the old couple choked enough, and she was worried about this marriage.

Director Yuan, who is the "mother-in-law" of the Liu family, took his mother to the tea restaurant on the third floor, in the box, this is a private room where you can see the river, the decoration is very luxurious, the mother has never entered such a high-end place in her life, she is afraid of the tail, she didn't dare to sit down, and after a while, the waiter sent in the snacks and tea, and then retreated, and there were only two mothers left in the huge room.

"Eldest sister hasn't eaten yet, let's try the dim sum here, the craftsmanship of the special pastry chef is very good." Director Yuan said, holding a teapot and pouring a cup for his mother, and her mother was very nervous, so she hurriedly said thank you, don't be hungry.

Director Yuan picked up a piece of delicate pastry and ate it very gently, and began to talk eloquently:

"I've been working in the province, I don't have time to take care of them, father and daughter have always been very guilty, although I have some achievements in my career, but I owe my daughter too much, Xiaofei is a very strong child, has always had her own ideas, but her ideas are always wrong, when I chose the health school when I took the high school entrance examination, I chose to stay in Jiangbei when I chose a career, which is strongly opposed by me, but after all, because I was too busy with work, it caused a fait accompli."

"Xiaofei studies very well, this is with her father, but her temper is very stubborn, this is up to me, but young people have limited knowledge after all, and they are not thoughtful enough to consider things, we parents have to help them check at critical times, eldest sister, do you say?"

The woman's intuition is keen, and the mother guessed right, the purpose of the "mother-in-law" trip was to break up her son and Fang Fei, but at this moment, in the face of such a problem, the mother could only nod silently.

"That's it, eldest sister Xiaofei is only twenty-one years old this year, and she has not graduated from college in a hurry, so she is in a hurry to get married, I don't think it's a good thing for her, what age is it now, I think young people's horizons should be farther away, I helped my daughter plan it, and I was ready to send her to the United Kingdom to study medicine, and I have already contacted her, so ......"

Director Yuan said, took out a small box from the bag, and her mother recognized it at a glance, it was a gift she gave to Fang Fei, an heirloom of the old Liu family, a pair of jade bracelets.

"Children's emotional problems, parents shouldn't ask too much, but I want to give my daughter more choices, a broader future, eldest sister, can you understand?"

The mother whispered, "I understand Yuan...... Commissioner. ”

Director Yuan pushed the jade bracelet over, sighed and said: "Xiaofei, this kid is also infatuated enough, in order to raise funds for your son's business, the house I left her was also mortgaged, and I took out a loan of 500,000 yuan, alas, it is also very difficult for young people to start a business, this money should be used as an aunt to support him, by the way, I heard that he is a security guard, right?" ”

The mother's lips squirmed, and she wanted to say that her son was the deputy manager of the property, but she still didn't say anything, what is the difference between the property manager and the security guard in front of the department-level cadres.

Director Yuan said a lot more, but his mother didn't listen to a word, and saw that the other party's mouth was moving, and he just nodded mechanically.

Director Yuan Xiaozhi said a lot with reason, and when he saw that his watch was already past seven o'clock, he said: "Sister, I still have a meeting, you eat slowly, and Xiao Li will send you back later." With that, he left the private room with brisk steps.

The mother sat motionless at the table for a long time before picking up the box containing the jade bracelet on the table, clutching it tightly in her hand, dragging a pair of heavy legs out of the private room, and she did not move a single piece of the pastries on the table from beginning to end.

The guests in the hotel also began to go downstairs to eat, and the well-dressed guests and polite waiters shuttled back and forth, and no one paid attention to the aunt in the cleaner's reflective vest.

Out of the hotel gate, the so-called driver Xiao Li did not show up at all, and in fact, his mother would not take the Audi again.

The mother walked all the way back to the place where she worked, shoveled the fallen leaves onto the cleaning car, pulled the car to the garbage station, handed over the car, changed into work clothes, and walked all the way home.

The familiar alleyway, the familiar crowd finally arrived at the door of their house, pushed the door in, and the wife was squatting in front of the briquette stove and blowing the wind with a fan.

"Why did you come back so late today? Soon, the Mid-Autumn Festival is over, and when I turn around, I'll buy a few chickens and fish, and ......," my father said happily without raising his head.

"Old Liu......" The mother snorted and leaned weakly against the door frame, and the father looked up and exclaimed, "What's wrong with you, your face is so bad?" ”

The mother, who had been trying to maintain her dignity, could no longer hold back in front of her relatives, and a large string of tears burst out of her eyes.

"What's going on?" The father panicked, threw away the fan, and stepped forward to support his wife.