Chapter 3 Carrying a Secret
The sound of the night rain lingered outside the window, and Wu Wei, who was lying on his back on the bed, tossed and turned, sleeping, and thinking about it, which reminded Wu Wu of a poem by Li Shangyin.
Getting up and sitting in front of the desk, Wu Wei slowly opened the locked drawer, and there was only an iron box with the words "Little Bear Biscuits" inside.
Carefully take out the tin box, put it on the desk, and gently wipe it with your hands, cherishing it very much.
When the tin box was opened, there was a diary and an old envelope, and there was a word on the envelope, the color was a little dull, and there were some scratches, but it was still clear that it was the word "dream", and the writing was very immature.
Wu Wei took out the diary, read and recalled page by page, all the records were related to Mu Yuxun, one of the pages was sandwiched with a broken five-dime banknote, heartache tears filled his eyes, overflowed with the blink of an eye, dripping on the diary, and soaked through the words in the diary.
After clipping the old, tattered, five-cent coin with shoe prints into this page, Wu Wei continued to flip through it, picked up a leaf, looked at the light, and admired it carefully, and the sound of poofing came out of Wu Wu's mouth.
Wu Wei recalled today, whether happy or sad, word by word recorded in a new page of the diary.
After that, Wu Wei looked at the envelope that was already somewhat thick, stroked the word "dream", and said in his heart: If it is a dream, I hope that one day you can make me continue to be intoxicated and not wake up.
Wu Wei compressed all his weakness, incompetence and sorrow here, and only took away his strength, self-confidence and gentleness.
After putting away the tin box, standing in front of the window, looking at the sky without stars and moons, I thought for a long time and made up my mind, she can, I can.
Mu Yuxun returned home, put the umbrella on the balcony, then returned to his room, took off the school uniform, changed into clean clothes, and walked into the toilet with the school uniform, put the school uniform into the washing basin, poured water, sprinkled with laundry detergent, soaked, and prepared to wash it by hand later.
looked at the clock, it was only six o'clock, took out the textbook to review the homework, sorted out the notes, and studied can be said to be the only way for Mu Yuxun to pass the time, there is no other entertainment.
Elegant and elegant, sitting upright in front of the desk, stretching his legs, one arm on the desk, one hand holding the pen and sliding on the notebook, under the foil of the lamp, the hair fell down the cheeks, demure and gentle.
Mu Yuxun's adoptive mother is a very ordinary worker who comes home at 9 p.m. every day. Exhausting work, meager salary.
Mu Yuxun looked at the time, it was already eight o'clock. He turned off the lamp and went into the kitchen to get ready to cook.
Mu Yu Xun's meals are very monotonous, usually steaming rice, stir-frying a vegetarian dish, and boiling two eggs. This is also the reason why Mu Yuxun is relatively thin.
After washing the rice, pour in the water, plug in the power of the rice cooker, and go to wash the vegetables.
After cutting the dish, I played with the lower bangs with my fingers and placed them on my ears so that they did not obstruct my vision. is like a hard-working daughter-in-law, serving her in-laws.
After doing all this, Mu Yuxun walked into the toilet, sat on the small bench, put the washboard into the basin, and washed the school uniform. Wash your clothes on the balcony and place a washbasin under them so that the dripping water doesn't fall to the ground.
Mu Yuxun, who had cleaned up everything properly, did not rest, and turned into the kitchen to stir-fry.
Pour the scrambled greens onto a plate and boil the eggs. Mu Yuxun holds a bowl of rice, chews with green vegetables, there is no delicacy at all, it is far less delicious than the ramen at noon, and Mu Yuxun's life can only be described as an ascetic.
After the eggs were boiled, Mu Yuxun was almost finished eating. Holding the grip of the iron pot with both hands, pour the boiling water that is still bubbling into the vegetable sink, turn on the faucet, rinse it with cold water, and take out the eggs that have cooled down.
After washing the pot and bowl and putting it back in its place, peel an egg and eat it, while the broken shell is left on the table. With a saucer buckled on the uneaten greens, Mu Yuxun returned to the room and closed the door.
Mu Yuxun, who was lying on the desk, listened to the movement, and after ten minutes, there was a sound of unlocking, and Mu Yuxun was still lying on his stomach, listening carefully to the sound.
A woman pushed open the door with her thick fingers, her face was a little dark, her curly hair was slightly white, and no one would have thought that she was just over forty. This is Mu Yuxun's adoptive mother, Mu Shengnan.
Since picking up Mu Yuxun, who was still an infant, Mu Shengnan's life has undergone earth-shaking changes. For the sake of this baby, Mu Shengnan divorced her husband who advocated throwing the baby back to its place, broke with her biological parents, and often worked two jobs, just to provide for Mu Yuxun's school and family expenses.
Flowers have a reblooming day, but no one is young. Although Mu Shengnan has given everything for Mu Yuxun, he often beats and scolds her, Mu Shengnan, who should be praised by people, is often said to be mad, but no one helps Mu Yuxun.
Some people say that Mu Shengnan has extreme love and hatred for Mu Yuxun, loves her and gives everything, and hates her for ruining everything. But even Mu Yuxun didn't know that every time her mother beat her, she was secretly crying in the quilt with her awards and photos of her childhood. Except for Mu Shengnan himself, no one knows why.
Mu Shengnan walked to the kitchen, looked at the broken eggshell on the table, revealed a kind face that no one had ever seen, slowly picked up his hands, and threw them into the garbage bag.
Removing the plate holding the dish, there was still an egg in it, Mu Shengnan covered his mouth with his hand, not daring to make a sound.
I put a bowl of rice that was still warm, and sat on a stool and slowly chewed the delicious taste in my heart.
Mu Shengnan, who finished eating, put a plastic bag on the table, containing 100 yuan of change and some sanitary napkins. This is Mu Yuxun's living expenses for the next month, not one day earlier, not one day late, once every four weeks.
Mu Yuxun was lying next door, although she couldn't hear clearly, there were still small voices coming, these small and imperceptible sounds made Mu Yuxun feel that someone needed her, and the feeling of being needed made Mu Yuxun warm.
I can't remember when my mother's temperament changed greatly, and she became extremely stingy, like a miser, I only remember the final exam of the first year of junior high school, and the top 30 of the grade, my mother excitedly stewed braised pork for Mu Yuxun, and beat her the next day.
Obviously they live together, but they don't see each other a few times in a month, and they talk through the door. Mu Yuxun sometimes misses her deeply, and even hopes that her mother will beat her up, at least she can look at it twice.
Pick up the pen in your hand and continue to review your homework. Even if you can't go to college, you have to get the admission letter, even if it's a dream, you have to carry it, tell yourself that you once had half a dream, Mu Yuxun told herself in the depths of her heart.
Mu Shengnan staggered back to his bedroom, squatted on the side of the bed, lifted the mattress, pressed a passbook, and the passbook also held a few hundred-yuan bills, Mu Shengnan took out two hundred-dollar bills from his pocket and stacked them together.
Looking at the money, there was a little more hope in his eyes and a little less tiredness, as if this was his daughter.