30: The rest of your life
After several arguments, my father still couldn't resist my stubborn sister, so I finally decided to obey my sister.
After his father and Zhao Xun sent their sisters and brothers home, they also returned to their own home, and Zhao Xun faintly felt that his father was thinking about something in his heart, but he couldn't say it.
Zhao Zhao is still as always, looking for a job, hitting a wall, finding a job, hitting a wall, and then doing this infinite endless loop, sometimes she even feels that her university is really in vain, how can a college student in Tang Tang find a job in such a big town is more difficult than climbing to the sky.
Is it because you are demanding? But she doesn't think she has any requirements, at least she doesn't have to do any coolies after graduating from college, how can the salary be more than 2500? Are these two really very high requirements?
Suddenly, she remembered what her brother had said to her under her Weibo comment, "Sister, why don't you come to Beijing too." ”
Looking at the trees outside that are getting greener day by day, and a few birds that are chirping and singing without walking on the branches, and a few colorful butterflies flying over from time to time, Zhao Xun knows that this is summer.
When it comes to summer, sun, sand, ice cream, and dresses are indispensable.
Summer, is an enthusiastic season, of course, there is a description of the sun, I think the morning sun it is like a delicate girl first show half of her face, and gradually wait for it to be familiar with the surroundings, so lazy it stretched its waist and hung in the air.
At this time, the sun is not the hottest, this is the best time for children to go out to bask in the sun, and it is also the best time for adults to go out to farm, if you have a while, it will be the sun at 12-13 o'clock in the afternoon.
If you go out at this time, you will find that there is really no shade outside, the ground is like a fire that makes you have nowhere to dodge, and even the surface of the earth is hot.
The earth was irradiated until it dried up, the grass was irradiated until it was orange, and even the crops were irradiated until they bent down, which suddenly reminded me of the fable from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" - Hou Yi shoots the sun.
I'm sure you've all heard it since childhood.
Legend has it that in the ancient period of our country, there was a severe drought on the earth, because Emperor Jun and Xihe had 10 children, and it turned out that several of them were suns, and they lived in OOCL, so these 10 suns took turns to run out in the sky every day, shining on the earth.
But sometimes, they all come out together to irradiate the earth, which brings great disasters to the people, the heat scorches the forest, and also dries the earth, and the seedlings and plants are dried, so that the people are not able to make a living, and there is a drought year after year, and the crops are not harvested, and the people are crying out again and again, and they are filled with drought and poverty to everyone here.
In order to save mankind, the poor clan leader of the Eastern Clan of the Xia Dynasty, "Hou Yi", crossed the four seas and eight wildernesses alone, he took a bow and shot arrows, and shot at the nine suns together, only to see a sudden burst of fireball in the sky, and a three-legged crow fell.
Sure enough, he really shot down nine suns, and in the end, there was only one sun left in the sky, and the people cheered, and from then on the climate on the earth was suitable, all things could grow, and the people lived happily ever after.
Later, he shot and killed the beast snake god that happened to eliminate the harm for the people. Therefore, the people believe that he is the "God of Arrows".
But later, because he was betrayed by his cronies "Han Xun", he finally died in a tragic end.
(Note: Han Xun, also known as Han Xun, Han Yi, the monarch of the Xia Dynasty, the surname of the concubine, Ren You, the leader of the poor tribe Hou Yi, later killed Hou Yi, and according to legend, killed his master, after seizing the power of the poor family, the world that had been divided for 54 years since Taikang lost the country was reunited, and in his later years, he began to be arrogant and lascivious, did not practice political affairs, indulged in women's wine every day, and finally died in the battle of Shaokang's restoration, his reputation has not been very good, Confucius's Confucianism called Xiaoxiong, Later, he was removed from the history books of the leaders who ruled China. )
This story has always been a beautiful myth and legend in our country, told by the old people to the children, and the children told it to their children, so passed down from generation to generation.
On this day, Zhao Xun returned home early, and along the way, she thought again, if it weren't for Hou Yi shooting down the other nine suns, it would be really miserable now, and the earth should not be described as hot now.
The conditions at home are really not up to the point of installing air conditioners and fans, so in the summer, her family can only rely on manual cooling breeze.
As soon as she entered the house, she was surprised to see her father slumped on the sofa at the door.
"Dad, didn't you go out with me in the morning? Why did you come back so early? Didn't you go to the restaurant? Isn't this exactly what the guests eat, isn't the business in the store bad? Zhao found a series of questions, and suddenly popped out like a small steel cannon.
"Hey, yes, didn't I go to a restaurant? Why am I still here? ”
Zhao Xun looked confused.
"Dad, are you alright?"
Zhao Xun looked at his father, who was extremely abnormal today, and thought to himself what was going on with this old man today, how he was talking and upside down.
"Alas, maybe people are old, okay, I'll go now." So saying, my father got up and walked into the courtyard.
"Dad, Dad, don't go today, I just came back from outside, it's hot outside, and I guess there aren't many people who come out to eat, so I'll close the door for a day today, okay?"
"I'm really old and confused, useless, I can forget even what I do every day, I said I just thought about what I forgot to do, but I just can't remember, old, old." From time to time, my father still had a broken thought in his mouth.
"It's okay, Dad, then let's be home today, I'll go with you tomorrow, what do you want to eat, I'm looking for you to show your hand, I haven't cooked for you for a long time."
"Okay, Ai, by the way, you go and see if the two children of Lao Liu's family are not at home, if you are at home, call over to eat together!"
"Dad, I'll go grocery shopping later, but it's Wednesday today, I'll go over and take a look, I guess the children are going to school."
"Okay, if you're there, you can call it together, I haven't seen these two children for a few days, and when you come back, you can buy a bottle of wine by the way, and you can drink a bottle with your dad today."
"What's wrong, Dad, are you hungry? It's okay to buy you two bottles and come back, hahaha. "I was too busy some time ago, and I haven't looked at my father carefully for some days, I don't know if it's because the summer sun is too scorching, or if my father is really old, and my dark skin feels like it can really drip oil.
Zhao Xun took a parasol and went out under the sun, she was going to make a cold dish for her father, eat something cold on a hot day, and then mix some coarse grains to be good for the body.
There was still some chicken in the refrigerator at home, so she bought a few side dishes and went back.
On the way, I was still silently counting the money I had just bought vegetables in my heart, and secretly sighed that the prices were going to rise every day, and I really responded to that sentence, "You really don't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt!" ”
Zhao Xun passed by Liu Laizi and their house, stood at the gate and looked at it for a while, no one at home answered her, turned over to take a look, and found that there was a big lock on the door, alas, it was really white with such big eyes, it seems that the children are not at home.
Zhao thought that her father would definitely be disappointed when she returned home.
Seeing that Zhao came back with a few food bags in a big bag, he really brought two bottles of Niulanshan Erguotou, but there was no trace of the two children.
"Looking for a child, have you passed by Lao Liu's house? Are the kids not at home? ”
"Dad, don't be uncomfortable, the two children probably won't go home, I see that the gate is locked, the child shouldn't be nearby, Dad, you said Liu Ya wouldn't go to Beijing, right?" Beijing is the closest to us! ”
"This child is really willful, independent and accustomed, let her lower her head to stay at her aunt's house, she refuses, would rather go out and work hard to earn money, in a big city like Beijing, how can she be a little girl to stand firm? I'm afraid I've been deceived and don't know yet. ”
"This child has her own temper, Dad, don't worry too much, that child is clever, won't fall to the ground, and when her brother comes home from school on Saturday and Sunday, then she will definitely come back, and then I'll go to her to come to our house for a meal, do you think it's okay?"
"That's fine, then you just have to remember it."
"Okay, that's okay Dad, I'll turn on the TV for you to watch, and I'll cook for you."
"Okay, the kids aren't here either, you can just make two dishes, get a peanut for Dad, and eat snacks."
"Okay, Dad, you wait a minute, the dish will be ready soon."
In the past, the father did not speak at the dinner table, and no one spoke, but it was really not embarrassing, but now I always feel that the family at the dinner table should be happy, talking and laughing, so that the food is more fragrant.
"Haha, my girl's craftsmanship is really getting better and better, Dad is really blessed, that is, your brother is not here." My father couldn't help but praise the good food on this table.
"It's okay, Dad, let's call my brother in a moment and ask him how he is doing in Beijing, if the work is going well."
"Okay, by the way, I have to ask her how she is with that foreign girl, every time I ask him on the phone, he is confused and doesn't say anything."
"Okay, we'll ask him later."
"Okay, Zhao'er, do you believe in fate?" Father said suddenly.
"Dad, why did you suddenly talk about this."
"It's okay, let's have a drink and talk casually."
"Dad, I believe in fate."
"Find a child, you go, go live the life you want to live, go live the life you should live."
"Dad, what do you mean by that?" Zhao Xun suddenly put down the chopsticks in his hand.
"Dad doesn't mean anything else, Dad just wants you to have a better life, and you won't have any time to get ahead in your life with me, a bad old man."
"Dad, you're drunk!"
"I'm not drunk, I know in my heart, you can go, you can go anywhere, if you can't do it, go to Beijing to find your brother, and the sisters have something to rely on."
"Dad, you're drunk!"