Heartfire Chapter 25: Tengzhi's cart
Su Wei received a letter from Teng Zhi, with money in it, it turned out that he went to Huaiji to work with his friends.
I heard that he was working as a master in a paper product, and I think this job is something Teng Zhi really likes.
He didn't come home for a long time, and we didn't see each other.
I have very few memories of my father, and in a year, the only thing I can see Teng Zhi is the holidays.
Our mother and daughter are often in dire straits, in his eyes, it may be the fire of fireworks, and there is no need to take it as a thing at all, just in the letter, there is no mention of greetings, Su Wei did not write in the reply, we live in Yali's house.
This time, Su Wei received a letter from Teng Zhi, saying that he would go home this week and planned to quit.
He was wearing the same dark blue coat, this coat, which no longer looked like dark blue, and the surface had turned into a gray-blue fluffy fabric, as if he had been wearing the same dress every day, and after washing it had turned into old cloth, and he had returned with a small cart.
Before he came back, Su Wei took me back overnight, and when I stood in front of the courtyard, my heart suddenly became uneasy.
His whole image didn't look like a young master at all, like a ragged wanderer in the alley, looking very decadent.
Maybe he never liked him under the glamorous skin, and gradually became simple.
His cart was really durable, and although the iron rods on the outside were covered in earthy yellow rust and white paint, the screws still didn't loosen.
He placed a wooden board on a small cart, a blue hand duffel bag pressed against the board, and a white sack pressed on top of the duffel bag, which contained bedding such as quilts, sheets, and felt.
There was also a white plastic bucket in my hand, I stepped forward to read the words in the middle of the white bucket, I opened the waste paper on the bucket, it was full of wire, and there were a few large stones under it.
In addition to carrying this bucket, he was able to hold a red bag, which contained two large bags of coarse grain biscuits, and when he looked through the bag, there were some mildew spots on the surface, and he was reluctant to throw it away, and kept it.
"Father, why did you bring back so much garbage?" The luggage I flipped through.
"What kind of garbage, you know what, it's worth selling like these wires." Teng Zhi pulled away my hand, covered the waste paper tightly, and inserted the waste paper into the gap with both hands.
"These quilts are all thin, and there is a big hole, there are so many quilts at home, you can just bring one, you can't use any of these, look at this one." I pulled the quilt open and immediately smelled a strong smell of medicinal oil.
"I take it back and wash it, what can't be used, how warm it is to sleep in winter." Teng Zhi pulled the quilt over, stuffed it into the sack, and knotted the bag with his hands.
"I can't stand it, what the hell are you doing outside?" Su Wei crossed her hands on her chest, looked at the luggage in front of Teng Zhi and muttered.
"Here's a biscuit, Sissy, for you." Teng Zhi picked up the coarse grain biscuit and put it in front of me.
"What kind of broken coarse grain biscuits, I love to eat this kind of junk food every day, don't give Xixi a bad stomach, you have to eat enough for yourself, don't harm others." Su Wei pulled the coarse grain biscuits and threw them on the ground.
"If you don't eat it, I'll eat it." Teng Zhi picked up the coarse grain biscuits and put them on the table.
"Father, this is already moldy, throw it away." I said, pointing to the bag of coarse grain biscuits.
"Throw what, okay." Then Teng Zhi turned around and packed his other luggage.
I hid the whole grain biscuit in a box when he wasn't looking, so he couldn't find it, and when he forgot about it, I threw it away.
"Father, many of these clothes have a hole, you see your bottom clothes, they are all torn like this." I picked up a pair of undergarments and raised them in front of him.
"This is called Ruosheng to make up for it." Teng Zhi looked at Ruosheng.
I saw Ruosheng hesitantly take it.
"If Shengcai is too lazy to pay attention to you, you can make up for it yourself." Su Wei glanced at Teng Zhi.
Teng Zhi and I laughed.
Teng Zhi is indeed a very diligent and thrifty person, he is not willing to spend a penny, his daily necessities are often used until they can no longer be used, and they will be replaced, he is very stingy with himself.
I have never guessed Teng Zhi, he is such a frugal person, he usually does not have a large amount of expenses, it is said that the previous place still includes food and accommodation, but he is suspicious of Su Wei's request to increase the food fee. He said that Su Wei is also a person with a job, and he said that the money he gave her every month was not enough, and he suspected that she had embezzled it. He had never considered the pressure that Su Wei was under in this family, as well as her responsibilities and obligations as a mother.
"Where are you going to find a new job? You're going to check it out tomorrow? Su Wei came into the room and said to Teng Zhi.
"Got it, I'll check it out tomorrow." At this time, Teng Zhi was packing his things.
"Then you don't have to give me money?" Su Wei stretched out her hand to look at Teng Zhi.
Teng Zhi looked at Su Wei, and Su Wei glanced at Teng Zhi.
Then, Teng Zhi took out some loose money from his pocket, and there were notes mixed in it, which were torn out at random and used as memos, with uneven edges, and numbers and some codes written on them.
Mixed in the middle was a dark brown card sleeve that had been cracked where the halterneck was fastened.
Inside the card holder was a brand new coin.
"Huh? Show me. Teng Zhi pulled out of the card sleeve.
"Father, will you give it to me?" I blinked at Teng Zhi.
"No, give it back to me, it's a fake coin, don't use it." Teng Zhi snatched it from my hand.
"Huh? Fake? Where is it fake? Let me see. I took the coin again and looked back and forth, left and right.
"Here, the print here is not clear, it is fake." Teng Zhi pointed to the stamp of the coin and taught me how to distinguish the real from the fake.
"Then how did you get a counterfeit money?" I asked Teng Zhi.
"There was a guy in the factory who borrowed money from me, and when he paid me back, he gave me fake coins." Teng Zhi said with a smile.
"Then why don't you ask him for the real thing?" I put my hands on my waist.
"Alas, forget it, so as not to worry so much, those people in the factory are bad-hearted." Teng Zhi's expression became very serious, and he described it to me with wide eyes.
"Don't learn badly, I'm telling you, don't hook up with those gangsters outside." Teng Zhi pointed at me.
"I don't, who do you think I am?" I sighed and replied to Teng Zhi.
"I'll tell you this, don't say that your father didn't remind you when the time comes." Teng Zhi continued to rummage.
Then, he put the things back in his pocket, and pulled out a white bag from his back pocket, tied a knot, and circled it several times, and when he opened it, there was a stack of money inside.
The next day, I came back from the door, and as I was about to walk to the door, I slowed down and Ruosheng helped me open the door.
"Father, aren't you looking for a job today?" I patted Teng Zhi on the shoulder.
Teng Zhi was stunned and looked at me.
"yes? I walked around and didn't find a suitable one, and others didn't accept me, thinking that I was not fluent in speech. Teng Zhi stretched out his hand in his pocket and spread it out.
"You think it's that easy to find? If it's so easy to find, everyone has a job to do, and where will there be unemployed people. Teng Zhi continued.
I covered my ears with my hands and pretended to be brushing my hair behind my ears.
When he had finished talking, I got up and went back to my room.
"You haven't got a job yet? What's going on? Su Wei asked Teng Zhi as soon as she came in.
"Then what can I do, I'm almost fifty years old, it's hard to find." Teng Zhi spread his hands.
"Then you can't sit here every day, you can't find it in the morning, you look for it in the afternoon." Su Wei slammed the cup to the ground.
Teng Zhi was silent, looking ahead with empty eyes.
"All I earn is my mother's money, and I rely on what you give, how long can I use it." Su Wei clasped her fingers on her thighs.
"Anyway, I'll go look for it, you leave me alone." Teng Zhi turned to leave.
"Look at that dead look, it's really fine." Su Wei glanced at Teng Zhi.
During this time, Teng Zhi was reading martial arts books, looking at some martial arts pictures, and even imitating those movements.
When he saw me next to him, he would describe to me how great the extraordinary kung fu of martial arts was, and he had always admired him and wanted to learn such powerful kung fu.
He said as he clenched his hands into fists.
For the past few months, Tengzhi is unemployed.
He doesn't look for a job, and does the same work as Ruosheng at home.
I can see that the law has completely lost confidence in Teng Zhi, and the matter of the tavern is not intended to be touched by Teng Zhi, and even the disgust for him, but Jinyu, his love for him is still only increasing, maybe this is maternal love.
One night, when Su Wei asked about his work, he said, after reading this martial arts book, let's talk about it.
"Take a look, what's so good about martial arts books, wait a minute, I'll tear up the martial arts books, see what you think." Su Wei was so angry that she tore off the pages of the book in his hand and stepped on the ground.
I was stunned and looked at the shredded paper on the floor.
I looked at Teng Zhi, and Teng Zhi smiled at me, as if to signal, don't be afraid, my mother is making a fuss like this.
Next, I didn't dare to ask Su Wei for the money, so I had to ask Teng Zhi.
"Father, give me money, I want to buy something." I stretched out my hands and looked at Tengzhi.
"Is that enough?" He exhibits a stack of loose money.
I nodded.
Then, Teng Zhi took out a coin from his pocket and gave it to me.
In addition to these, I also saw that he had a lot of loose money in his pocket.
Every time, when I was short of pocket money, I found all kinds of excuses to take money from Tengzhi.
He would always give it to me in a steady stream, but when Su Wei asked him about the money, he shook his head and said resolutely no.
Another nephew of the law heard that Teng Zhi had no job yet, so he came to our house and said, "Brother Teng, why don't you go to Dongyun with me, there is a relative there, tell him, it's still okay." ”
After discussing with him, Teng Zhi began to pack his things that night.
He pulled out the trolley from behind the wooden door of the living room, wiped it with a damp cloth, and then went back to the drawer of the closet in the room, took out his blue duffel bag, and stuffed all his clothes into it.
"Don't you have to fold it? There must have been a lot of wrinkles when you took it out. I grabbed his finger and pointed at the clothes inside.
"No!" Teng Zhi continued to stuff.
Seeing this, Su Wei looked around the room, walked to the red plastic bucket behind the door, bent down and picked up a large bag of biscuits, and handed it to Teng Zhi, who looked at Su Wei and took it.
"Don't you eat? Give Sissy to eat. Teng Zhi turned his head to look at Su Wei.
"Won't I buy anything for Sissy? You take it and eat it. Su Wei pointed to the bag of biscuits.
Teng Zhi opened the bag and looked at it.
"Why are you turning everything around? Every time it's like this, I tie it up, and you take it apart again, and you say it's a cookie. Su Wei pulled the bag of biscuits, tied the knot, and stuffed it into Tengzhi's bag.
"Like a child, so curious." Su Wei patted Teng Zhi's back.
That night, I lay on the sofa in the living room, turned my head to look at Tengzhi's cart, everything was ready, everything about Tengzhi was pressed on the cart, it started again, accompanied Tengzhi to start a new life.
As soon as I wake up tomorrow, the smell of Tengzhi in the house has dispersed.
I closed my eyes and slept until dawn.
When I woke up, everything in the house was still there, my father was gone, the cart was gone, and I missed it so much.