Ouyang handed Pu Shi a cigarette, Pu Shi lit the cigarette, took a puff, and said

"The three children are at home, let the grandparents take it, there is no way, we can't make money at home, the company goes to work on the eighth day of the first month, and we have to take the car in the afternoon of the seventh day of the first month.

As soon as school started, three children went to school, and the cost was really unbearable"

Li Qing asked

"Simple old cousin, your two daughters are in junior high school,"

"Well, the eldest daughter is in her first year of high school."

Ouyang handed Pu Shi another cigarette,

"Simple old watch, you give me an address, and when I go back to H City to buy goods, I will go to your place by the way"

"If you want to go to H City, you must go to my place to have fun, there are many of our fellow villagers over there, and there are people from all walks of life"

"Light a cigarette?"

"If you don't smoke, your throat hurts when you smoke"

Sending away the simple, Ouyang and Li Qing began to think, simple and honest people, they can find things to do when they go out, and we will also go out to have a look.

The two of them decided to take out all the old clothes and shoes.

Some give it to relatives and friends, and some give money to sell it.

This business can no longer be done, close the store after the New Year, and then find a way.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Ouyang and Li Qing did not renew the lease of Zhang Mei's storefront, and packed some of the remaining clothes and shoes in the corner of the east house.

Ouyang said to Li Qing

"I'm going to go to H City in the next two days."

"There you go"

Ouyang asked tentatively again

"Li Qing, the family has a big place, you and Mengmeng go home to live, right?"

Li Qing shook his head in fright

"Go home and live? You might as well kill me."

Ouyang said

"Li Qing, you really don't want to go home to live, I'll rent a house in Lao Cai, you and Meng Meng, temporarily live in Lao Cai, you must take Meng Meng well"

Ouyang settled Li Qing and Mengmeng, threw away the only 1,000 yuan passbook at home, and gave it to Li Qing.

Li Qing said

"You're away from home, what's the matter if you don't have any money?"

Ouyang said

"I just need to buy the money for the ticket, I have relatives and friends in H City, when the time comes, I can turn around first, I am a big man"

Li Qing hugged Meng Meng and went to the county long-distance bus station to see Ouyang.

Ouyang picked up his luggage and stepped on the long-distance bus to H City alone.

Li Qing walked back from the station with Mengmeng in his arms, and suddenly felt empty in his heart.

At home, it's like losing my soul.,Pull Meng Meng around to play during the day.。

On the fourth day, Li Qing received a letter from Ouyang, which didn't say much, and temporarily lived with his simple brother.

Left a landline phone number, saying that there is something and can call him at a certain time,

He is looking for a job, so Li Qing must take care of himself and take care of Mengmeng.

Li Qing pulls Meng Meng all day long, wandering around, doing nothing, and his heart is like grass.

Staying in the deep hut in the old street, you can't sit or stand.

One day when he went to Li Yun's shop to play, Song Nanzhi told Li Qing that Li Feng and Hou Jiu were making tofu in the old house.

It seems that Hou Jiu is quite capable, not only the fitter tile will do it, but also the tofu will be made, and some of the tofu will be eaten in the future.

"I'll go to the old house to have a look"

Li Qing hugged the cute old house and walked away,

It was almost ten o'clock when I arrived at the old house.

As soon as I entered the alley, I saw a chimney on the side of the entrance of the old house.

Approaching the courtyard, the courtyard door was open, and a pile of firewood more than one person high was piled up in the corner.

Hou Jiu and Li Feng set up a greenhouse in the corner of the courtyard gate, built a large stove, and had two large iron pots.

Li Feng was sitting on a small bamboo chair at the entrance of the pot hole, with a pile of firewood beside him, and he was stuffing large branches into the pot hole, and the red flames were rushing out of the hole.

Hou Jiu wore a big apron, busy working on the stove, a cross-shaped wooden frame hung in the middle of the greenhouse, and below was a large white cotton cloth, tied up at the four corners, concave in the middle, used to sift the pulp, and soybeans were soaked in the water tank by the wall.

Li Feng saw Li Qing and smiled

"Second sister, are you here to play? Moe Meng is getting cuter and cuter."

Hou Jiu also said with a smile

"Second sister, come and see, Feng'er went to the hall to pour a glass of water for the second sister to drink"

Li Qing said

"You are busy, I want to drink water and pour it myself, Meng Meng called aunt and brother-in-law"

"Auntie, Sister-in-law"

"Haha, Meng Meng, speak so clearly"

Li Qing looked around, the east house was locked, and the hall and west house still had courtyards for Li Feng.

"Mom's yard, it's really suitable for a tofu shop, the yard is also big, it's close to the street, the four next door are all making tofu, cute, you don't have to buy tofu in the future"

Li Feng grinned and shook his head, raised his hands and said

"Mengmeng, I eat with my mother at my aunt's place at noon"

Hou Jiu said with a smile

"Mengmeng, try if the tofu made by your aunt is delicious"

Meng Meng nodded and said

"Okay"

Li Qing had lunch in the old house, returned to the old street, and took a lunch break with Mengmeng.

It's almost five o'clock, and I'm going to go to the post office to call Ouyang.

loaded Ouyang's letter, hugged Meng Meng and ran to the post office behind the old street, there was still a queue to make calls at the post office, and there were only two public telephone booths in the hall.

Calling H City across provinces is considered a long-distance call, and the two people in front of them quickly said a few words and hung up the phone.

Li Qing connected the phone, and a person on the other end of the phone asked who he was looking for in Mandarin, Li Qing said that he was looking for Ouyang, and the person said, there is no such person.

Li Qing had an idea and said to find Pushi, the man said you wait a minute, Li Qing listened to the person on the other end of the phone shouting Pushi phone, and asked Pushi which one for a while, Li Qing said to find Ouyang,

Pu Shi was surprised and said you Li Qing, Li Qing also said excitedly Yes, yes, Pu Shi shouted Ouyang loudly,

There was a sound of footsteps on the other side of the phone, Ouyang took the phone, still panting, and the two casually said a few homely words.

Li Qing watched the time fly by second by second, the phone bill was too expensive, he didn't dare to say more, and quickly hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, I realized that I had to ask, but I didn't say a word.

"Mengmeng, let's go find Dad"

"Well, Mommy, Daddy"

Li Qing's heart was sour.

Ouyang didn't say on the phone to let them go, which means that Ouyang didn't settle down well.

What to do? But I couldn't live like this, I endured it for a day and another day.

On the seventh day, Li Qing didn't care about 3721, packed up his and Mengmeng's clothes, took Mengmeng to the county long-distance bus station, and got on the long-distance bus to H City.

Ten hours later, when he arrived at the address where Ouyang wrote the letter, Ouyang saw the mother and daughter, and was surprised, happy and sad.

"I haven't found this job yet, you and Mengmeng are here suddenly, this..."

Although Ouyang didn't say much, Li Qing knew that he and Mengmeng suddenly came, which really caught Ouyang off guard.

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain,"

Li Qing walked around the neighborhood and found that there was a small supermarket at the door, and recruited night shift salesmen to take one day off and one day, 600 yuan a month.

Li Qing thought that he would work the night shift for a while, and Ouyang would work the day shift, so that Meng Meng could go to kindergarten and be easily picked up.

"The small supermarket at the door recruits salesmen, do a day off and a day, I will go to work tomorrow,

You sent Meng Meng to the kindergarten in the past two days and I went to see it, and the boss said I could do it. “

Ouyang led Meng Meng to a nearby kindergarten and sent Meng Meng to the kindergarten.

At first, Meng Meng was still pouting and didn't speak, but after a while, she played with other children.

After a week, Pu Shi said to Ouyang

"Ouyang went to our company to have a look, my brother Pu Hua also worked there, and our company is recruiting again, but the monthly salary is only seven hundred yuan."

Ouyang agreed to go to work.

After a month, Li Qing felt that this night shift was really unbearable, but he still held on.

Ouyang found that Li Qing's face was obviously not as good as before, and persuaded Li Qing

"Otherwise, don't go to work yet, long-term night shifts are not good for your health,"

"Then how can you do it, you can only live for 700 yuan alone, except for the monthly rent of 100 yuan, and Mengmeng's tuition fee of 150 yuan,

I still have to live, I'm still young, it's okay to stay up late, and I can sleep during the day. ”

Ouyang worked for three months in the company introduced by Pu Shi, and the sum of seven or eight or eight per month did not exceed eight hundred yuan.

One weekend, Ouyang wore a clean white shirt and went to the H City Talent Market, took a look around, and prepared to change jobs, but he had no diploma and no skills, and it was really difficult to find a job.