Chapter 12 Reality Turns People Unrecognizable
My father looked at me and shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I can't answer your series of questions even with ten mouths." It's not too early today, so I'll answer your first question first. When your grandfather was deprived of his source of cash, he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and how could a boy who was still in school support himself? So he thought, your great-grandfather won't give it, but so many relatives can't all turn him away, so he visited him one by one, thinking that if each family borrowed one or two hundred yuan, his dream of studying abroad could be realized. But I didn't expect that I had eaten all the way to the end behind closed doors, and every relative had already received a warning from your great-grandfather and rejected him one after another. After a while, your grandfather was surprised to find that if you didn't compromise with your great-grandfather, let alone studying abroad, even your livelihood would become a problem. ”
I listened attentively, and naturally substituted myself into the story: "When I think about it, my grandfather's life was really difficult. ”
My father nodded slightly, which was regarded as a sign of approval for me: "Yes, your grandfather has been very depressed for a while after such a blow. Fortunately, he has classmates and friends who have grown up with him since childhood, and he stays at his house, so he is not from sleeping on the streets. After a while, your grandfather didn't know whether he really wanted to start from the bottom, or if he wanted to embarrass your great-grandfather, and he actually applied to work as a bookkeeper under his old rival. The old opponent was also unpredictable, and he did not shy away from the son of the enemy, and opened the door generously to welcome him in, and let him take care of the account without concealment. Originally, everyone thought that your grandfather was a momentary righteous anger, and he would naturally go back obediently in a few days. But he didn't expect that he was determined to do it to the end, and he actually became the shopkeeper of the branch from the bookkeeper. He spoke of the wonderful, but he also took a sip of tea as slowly and methodically as storytellers did, and hurt my hoisted appetite a lot.
After a while, he said, "Your grandfather originally had a bit of a young man's heart, and he was also a little proud of his success. But he never thought that it would be easy to fall into the trap when he got carried away, all of which was designed by the old opponent in advance. Within a few weeks, his true colors were revealed, and he even claimed that your grandfather had lost money in his account. Naturally, your grandfather would not admit to this trumped-up charge, so he was imprisoned in a small dark room, and his life was embarrassing, and he had to worry about the disaster of imprisonment that could come at any time. I don't even mention your grandmother about this paragraph, so I naturally have no way of knowing. ”
When I heard that this story was about to tilt in the direction of the unsolved case, I was naturally anxious: "What about the ending?" You always know the ending. ”
The father smiled slightly, but the smile was a little helpless: "Later, it was naturally your great-grandfather who paid the money to save your grandfather." As for the previous efforts and struggles, it was naturally in vain. ”
At my age, my favorite is the happy ending of "good finally triumphs over evil", and this kind of story is obviously beyond my capacity. After my father left, I was very sad for a while, thinking that tomorrow would be the last rehearsal, so I reluctantly rested.
After saying that, Shi Yizhi really did not break his promise, and the clothes promised to everyone arrived as scheduled. Wei February's touch was said to be a dress shipped from Paris, and his mouth kept muttering: "Wow, this is exactly what kind of wine and meat stink." Just this outfit, no less than a few hundred oceans, right? And that fur coat, my God, how many foxes do you need to make it? Senior Shi is really wasted this time. ”
Shi Yizhi is still the kind of appearance that chokes people half to death when he opens his mouth: "Hengzhi has a few dollars in our family, and that's all I can do." ”
Wei Eryue was stunned for a moment, and saw that he looked sincere, without the slightest sneer or banter on his face, so he had to say insincerely: "Yes, I'll just say it casually, senior, don't take it to heart." ”
Maybe it was out of the righteousness of the same hatred, maybe it was because of the persistent efforts, or maybe because of these beautiful costumes translated by Shi Yizhi, in short, this rehearsal can be said to be a great success. Instructor Mary brought us the opinions of the leaders who came to watch the rehearsal, saying that everyone who watched the performance would feel the same way.
Everyone's original nervous mood was instantly healed, and everyone's emotions were completely ignited. Everyone expressed their ambitions, and the final word was Su Qianmu, who said: "All disasters will pass." ”
The first performance at the fundraiser was an unexpectedly huge success. No one would have imagined that we, the students, would be able to perform the essence of this masterpiece with the rehearsal of stitches in our spare time. Celebrities we had only seen in the newspapers and on the radio shook hands and encouraged us to support the cause of national salvation with our actions. Where has a teenager been treated like this, where has he been entrusted with such a heavy responsibility, and immediately a heart beats violently in the chest, even if it is covered with liver and gall, liver and brain smeared on the ground.
Many adults often look at hot-blooded young people with a condescending and critical tone, feeling that such young people are the most easily instigated, but they will always lack reason and subjective judgment. In other words, it means that young people had better fool, otherwise why are they always young people who act as cannon fodder every time!
Of course, immersed in this sudden happiness, we will not think of this, looking at the higher and higher amount of donations, our hearts are surging with an unprecedented pride, as long as this unity continues, China will no longer be the passive beating of the boss China.
After the performance, we became a well-known person. Shen Yi was invited by the pictorial "Good Friends" to take a set of photos and became a real pictorial girl; Su Qianmu was exceptionally recruited into the student alliance and became the leader of the parade together with the college students. Even Wei February, I and I suddenly became the focus of everyone, and we were often recognized by sharp-eyed people: "Yo, isn't this the actor of the student troupe in the newspaper, I really hope I can be like them." ”
When I went home on this day, I was surprised to see Shen Zhongping, who I hadn't seen for many days. He sat on the sofa in the living room, with a bulging briefcase next to the armrest, and a 29-inch suitcase at his feet, full of eyes about to go away.