Early in the morning of September 1st, the whole family got up before 7 o'clock. Lao Ma sat on the balcony, watching the family of four in the unique smell of tobacco in Weibei in a circle, so lively.

I didn't get up after nine o'clock during the whole summer vacation, but I got up early this morning, and the little man sat on the sofa like a rag doll in a red dress - his eyes were round and not flashing, his little face was dull and stiff, and his five bodies were still there. One time Zhiyuan held a bowl to stuff her with food, one time Gui Ying came over to comb her hair and wipe her face, one time Zhiyuan put the schoolbag on her back, and one time Gui Ying put socks and shoes on the baby...... Tsai Tsai is quite methodical, I signed up this morning, went into the classroom in the afternoon to meet the new class teacher, and went to self-study as usual in the evening. After getting up, the teenager got dressed and washed, packed his schoolbag, took his documents and tuition fees after breakfast, said hello, and rode a bicycle to school alone.

It was almost eight o'clock, and the husband and wife couldn't take care of their own meals, so they brought all kinds of documents, carried the rippling big bunk and small bits and pieces, and went out of the house noisily. Before leaving, the husband and wife instructed the child to say goodbye to his grandfather, and the old horse looked at the little white face, fluffy yellow hair, short body, and wooden expression from afar...... In a trance, he mistakenly looked at Gui Ying more than 30 years ago. At that time, he was also looking at the cigarette, lying on the kang from afar, watching Gui Ying's mother and his brother pack her schoolbag and organize her clothes...... At that time, I was just as much a bystander as I am now.

At first glance, it was more than 30 years ago! How could time pass in such a hurry! How many thirty years does a human life span have? Two are sixty years old, three are ninety years old! The old horse didn't know if he could survive the third one, but he only knew that the past two or thirty years were terrifyingly fast! In the small village of Majiatun that has not changed for hundreds of years, I always thought that I had not changed much, but after coming here, I always looked at the rickety back of my rocking chair in the reflection of the opposite building at dusk, and realized how old I was! Every time I see the soft and tender little hands, I know how terrible the folds on my body are!

In the rare morning breeze, the old horse tasted the bitterness of time. How did his little daughter grow from such a small idiot to such a big man today! Thinking of Gui Ying's past, Lao Ma felt guilty.

The home is so quiet, so quiet that people are not used to it. In a blink of an eye, I spent a whole summer vacation with the children in this house, and now it's September again, I don't know if the dogtail grass in the valley of Yingge Valley is all withered and yellowed all of a sudden! The old horse smelled the grass fragrance of Weibei in the smell of smoke in Weibei.

At half past seven in the morning, the high-speed rail arrived on time! Hyosung led Mei Mei out of the high-speed rail station with a suitcase and a bag, and the two went around the station, and finally left the station after half an hour and arrived at the square at the main entrance of the Chongqing high-speed rail station. As soon as I went out, I saw that the school was already there with a long red banner, three or five blue and white tents, and two or three buses parked to welcome the new students! Dozens of senior brothers and sisters dressed in the name of the school saw that Mei Mei looked like a freshman, and two or three came forward to ask politely.

In this way, the mother and daughter got on the school bus, all the way through the mountains and around the water, undulating and bumping, through the window to see the hills on the left, the river and waterway on the right, the light rail hanging high overhead, and the buildings looming at the feet...... It is really a mountain city, and the regional scenery is so splendid and unique, as if you have traveled to another world! The mother and daughter watched the road intently, and an hour later, the bus arrived at the campus in Yubei. Entering the school gate, it was another world.

Following her brothers and sisters, Xuemei took her mother through the green space, the stadium, the office building, the teaching building, the Yuxiu Lake, the studio hall, the library, the dormitory building, and the three-story restaurant next to the main road of the campus......

Bao Xiaoxing, who had never seen a university, went all the way to look at the young students who were full of grace and walking through the park with books in their arms, and his heart was happy and envious. When I arrived downstairs in the freshman dormitory of the college, the counselor was waiting there, and Bao Xiaoxing, as a parent, smiled and shook hands with the counselor and chatted.

At ten o'clock, the senior brothers helped Zhong Xuemei carry her luggage to the dormitory building, and Xuemei found her dormitory and bed by herself. The female college student happily got to know her new roommate, and after greeting the children, Bao Xiaoxing was busy helping her daughter unpack and organize her things - taking out the clothes and putting them neatly in the closet, shoes in the shoe closet, and daily necessities on the desk......

"Mom, don't worry! You take a break! Zhong Xuemei, who was sitting in a chair, said to her mother.

"It's okay, it's okay! I'm not tired now, and I'm energetic, so I'll give you a whole by the way! ”

"Your mother is so good, my parents came to see me off the day before yesterday, how can they help me with my things, and I went to the city for a trip early!" The new roommate said to Xuemei.

Hyosung smiled at the kid and turned back to get back to work. No one can understand how complicated Bao Xiaoxing's feelings are at the moment as a mother! This may be the last time she will help her daughter organize things, and in the future, she will graduate from college, find a job in an ideal city, fall in love, get married and have children - she may not be able to help Xuemei in her life in the future, taking care of her studies and growing up, and providing for the elderly is the first thing she will do in the future. From the moment Mei Mei went to college, their mother and daughter's lives were about to fork apart! Hyosung cherishes this moment and cherishes it immensely.

In other words, as a mother, she never wanted Mei Mei to stay in Guangdong to go to college, but she was more willing to obey Mei Mei's will! When the bird is big, it will fly away! Mei Mei is such a strong and stubborn child, she knew that she couldn't keep it. Sometimes she secretly selfishly hopes that Meimei will be as weak, stupid, and slow as she learns, so that she will not fly far away, and will need her and stick to her for the rest of her life!

Loneliness is what everyone is afraid of, and the way to avoid loneliness is to find a partner to start a family, and to stick to their children to tie up the first half of their lives! Hyosung has seen too many parents like this, and she doesn't want to! No matter how reluctant you are, you must fulfill the freedom of your children! Only with absolute freedom in hand can people grow by leaps and bounds. Even if she is alone in the second half of her life, she does not want to become a burden to her children.

On this day, Zhong Neng was extremely busy, Hyosung Meimei was not at home, and the man in charge was not at home, and he still drank and slept during the day and night. After the school starts today, he wants to ignore the poor baby anymore, and no one cares! Early in the morning, the old man Zhong carried a lot of things and pulled Xuecheng to the school to register. The baby granddaughter has a new starting point, and the eldest grandson has also been promoted to the fourth grade, so he can't drag his feet and start a new journey!

Time will make the body decay, but it will not make a person's heart decay. Zhong can reflect on himself, he still has the strength, the heart, and the "hard work" in the young people's mouth, even if he is sixty-six, he should not resign himself to fate and obey the old!

At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, after completing the reporting procedures, Bao Xiaoxing took his daughter's arm and visited the youthful and bright university campus - the wide and flowing avenue of law, the majestic and majestic judicial center, the erudite building with loud books, the fully functional school playground, the Roman Forum with stone steps erected with Roman columns, the Yuxiu Lake full of koi fish, the beautiful Grand Canyon, and the large unicorn sculpture symbolizing judicial justice...... At seven o'clock in the evening, the mother and daughter happily went to the school cafeteria to eat, and after eating, the mother and daughter sat on the edge of Yuxiu Lake, blowing the evening breeze to enjoy the tranquility of the lake and the tranquility of the university. Xuemei, who started an independent life, had a lot to say, but she suddenly leaned her head on her mother's shoulder but couldn't say it, maybe she didn't want to disturb the purity at the moment. She was puzzled by her father—why he had become the way he was, why he was always avoiding her, and when had his mother ignored his changes......

Xuemei has long been aware that there is a serious problem in her parents' marriage, and the problem is so serious that her original family can be dissolved at any time. The girl has many doubts and annoyance, and the more she grows up, the more she dare not ask at will, for fear that she will not be able to accept the answer. At such a peaceful and pleasant moment, Xuemei thought of Xuecheng and her grandfather, sat up straight suddenly, took out the phone to report her safety to her grandfather, and talked about what she had seen today.

On Monday morning, Wang Yaer, a newcomer who had recently arrived, suddenly knocked on the glass door of Manager Ma's office.

"Manager Ma, Joden has something to look for you!" Wang Yaer is the newly recruited secretary of Joden in the company, with a long face, long hair, a straight nose and big eyes, a thin waist and long legs, and a twisted waist and hair when walking, so twisted and pinched. Gui Ying remembered it after seeing it once, there was no intersection on weekdays, just a nodding acquaintance.

"Oh, got it! I'll go right over! Gui Ying raised her chin in response, and Wang Ya'er twisted her waist and walked away.

Small money is always looking for - the first time in the world, Gui Ying muttered in her stomach. Closing the file, Manager Ma stepped on a centimeter-high heel and went to Mr. Xiaoqian's office. After entering, Xiao Qian saw her coming, and quickly stood up and walked out of the office to greet her.

"Joden, are you looking for me?" Gui Ying asked with a smile, although she didn't like to call others by their English names, why were others obsessed with being called like this.

"Oh! A little thing! Come on, come on, Sister Gui Ying sit and sit! Joden said as he closed the office door.

Gui Ying wondered, what did the two of them have to say behind closed doors? Hearing that this pedal was lustful, Gui Ying hurriedly covered her clothes, and then thought about it, she was so fat that her clothes couldn't cover the waist of the bucket for a long time, and she was afraid that people would rob her! The fat woman thought so and snorted into her nose. When she sat down on the oversized black leather sofa in Joden's office, she thought to herself: The president just called herself "Sister Gui Ying" - strange. Manager Ma didn't know why, and his heart first mentioned in midair.

Gui Ying had just sat down, only to see Joden come out with a brown box, and then sit on the sofa and say to Manager Ma: "This is a little imported tobacco leaves, I know that your father likes to smoke hookah, and I just have a little here - sent by the customer." I don't need it myself, and the family members of our company estimate that Uncle Ma can smoke like this! You can take this back and give it to Uncle Ma! ”

Joden spoke lightly and with a smile on his face, and Ma Guiying was stunned to hear it. She glared at the box Joden was holding in front of her in both hands and said, "Uh...... How do you know ......"

Gui Ying hadn't thought about the second half of the sentence yet, but she heard Joden laugh and say, "What a circle of friends you posted!" I saw Uncle Ma's hookah—it's a rare thing! Another time you posted an emoji of the old man entering the cinema, many people in the company liked it, and I also liked it for you! ”

Gui Ying was a little confused, scratched the back of her head and said, "I remember that I remember, that emoji was taken by my son naughty!" ”

Joden continued to laugh: "I heard a little gossip about your family in our company - that the old man had been the village chief for more than 20 years, that he was heavily fined for smoking hookah on the high-speed train, and that he made the two children kneel down to receive gifts!" And there's more! Legend has it that he used half a bottle of your precious perfume to get rid of the smell of his feet...... Hahaha...... Is there such a thing? ”

When Gui Ying heard these troubles, she blushed and smiled bitterly: "Oh, my dad is an old farmer, it's a joke!" Ugly family, ugly family! What a joke! ”

"No, no, no! What a fun thing I heard! He also said that he burned paper for the old lady's anniversary, and spent five yuan to hire your daughter to kneel and kowtow...... Is there such a thing? Hahaha......" Joden said, looking up and laughing.

When Gui Ying heard this, she shook her head and waved her hand again and again, and when Joden smiled, she said embarrassedly: "My mouth is very broken, and I can't help but be angry with him at home, chatting and complaining with colleagues in the business department, I didn't expect it to reach you!" See the smile, laugh and laugh! See the smile, laugh and laugh! ”

"Nothing! I listened to these things about your old man at the time, and I thought it was very interesting, and I was also very interested, Uncle Ma must be an interesting person with a story! Joden gave a thumbs up, making Gui Ying even more embarrassed, and waved his hand and shook his head to signal him to stop talking.

"Keep this tobacco leaf! Mr. Qian doesn't smoke this, I'm surrounded by young people, how can anyone smoke this! Joden held the box again, and Gui Ying saw that he had been holding it for a long time, and it was difficult to refuse again, so he thanked him and accepted the tobacco leaves.

After chatting jokes and collecting tobacco leaves, the two of them were not so far apart, and Joden suddenly asked, "How has the exhibition been going on recently?" ”

"Ok! A little worse than in previous years! "The business of Ankezhan has always been competitive with the business of magazines and websites, and Manager Ma is not easy to elaborate.

"I've heard that a lot of customers have gone?" Joden lowered his eyebrows.

"It's gone, mainly because the general environment is not good now, many small customers have gone out of business, and larger companies are reducing their expenses, and when it comes to the exhibition, many companies are controlling it!"

"Oh! What about the customers in Long Shisheng's hands? Haven't you counted lately? ”

"Uh......" Gui Ying didn't know how to answer, only lowered her head and said four words slowly: "Less than last year!" ”

"What about the ocean of flowers? Who has more customers in these two hands? ”

"Almost!"

"Oh!"

Seeing that Manager Ma didn't answer much, and the conversation stumbled, Joden stopped asking. After a minute, Joden stood up, turned his head and laughed again: "This Saturday, I organized a few managers to go to Beitou Ancient City to play, and then everyone had a meal together, and after eating, we went to the bar together!" How about it, Sister Gui Ying, you can go together! ”

"Uh...... I...... My dad made an appointment to shoot a foot injury this Saturday, and my husband took my daughter to dance class, so I had to take the old man to the hospital! Gui Ying's lie is quite beautiful, but both adults know that it is a lie.

"Oh, that's fine...... Okay, then I won't bother you! Joden sat back down at his large, bright desk, his hands busy.

Gui Ying understood the meaning of this behavior, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Then the president, you are busy, I'm out!" ”

Joden snorted coldly, and tapped on the keyboard without looking back, and Gui Ying walked out of Xiao Qian's office, trembling in her heart. When I got back to my office, I was still in a state of panic and didn't know what to do. Looking at the box of tobacco leaves, I was even more frustrated.

He Yiming, who also started school on the first day, did not have Xuemei's joy or panic. I signed up in the morning, and after lunch, I found the classroom of the second and third classes of high school where I was located. At two o'clock in the afternoon, the head teacher came, first adjusted the seats according to the ranking of the total score, adjusted the seats and distributed new books, and the students studied freely in the evening. New classrooms, new classmates, new seats...... But there is no new mood at all. At this moment, He Yiming was still thinking about Gu Shuyu in his heart.

Why has there been no news from Gu Shuyu? It must be that she doesn't like him. He Yiming was distracted by this hypothetical fact, and he forcibly depicted Gu Shuyu's face in the illustrations of the history book.

There are only two people in the family all day today, and He Zhiyuan is either washing dishes, brushing dishes, folding clothes and mopping the floor, or hiding in the house and not coming out. Without the doll calling on the side, the old horse felt bored to do anything, listening to Qin's opera, watching TV, fanning, and smoking hookah all lost the joy of the past, especially when he saw his son-in-law, he felt even more aggrieved.

The four-year-old girl doll still has something to do, and he is a forty-five man who cooks and washes dishes every day.