Chapter 2: The Strange Chest (2)
At half past four the next morning, I woke me up when my phone alarmed. I opened the curtain and looked at my mother. She still slept like nothing happened. I took out my diaper and put it on for her.
Every night I have to give my mother an infusion, and I have to see a little more than three bottles of potion before I can sleep.
The family's villa paid off the debt, and I took my mother to share a two-bedroom house with others. My mother and I set up two beds in one room, and the curtain was drawn in the middle to count the wall.
The guy I shared a house with met me on the Internet. My home is Feixi, and I work at a real estate agency. The person is not bad, quite honest.
If you're tall, you're a little fat. It can be eaten, no matter whether there are vegetables or not, the first thing is three bowls of rice. If you come across four bowls of good dishes, it will not be a problem.
Sometimes I joke with him that if there is a food famine, the first one will starve you to death. He smiled innocently and said, "How can that happen in this era? That's it, how developed the means of transportation are now, as long as you find where to eat, you have to buy food on a rocket, and you will starve to death?
That's right.
The snow was cold, and there was no air conditioning in the house. I didn't feel at ease when I was not at home and turned on the electric blanket, so I boiled water and filled two hot water bottles for my mother. One under the feet and one under the armpits. Then boil the leftover food from the previous night in water.
It's almost six o'clock after breakfast, and it's time for me to go to work. Ride an electric tricycle and get out of the community.
The snow stopped, and the whole world was dressed in white, and the beauty made people fantasize.
The snow on the ground was already four or five centimeters thick overnight. The wheels crunched against the snow. It's Sunday, and there are very few cars and pedestrians on the road.
On this icy and snowy day, and on the morning of a Saturday and Sunday, what a happy thing it is to be able to lie in the hot bedding. Who wants to come out so early to be cold.
I can't help it. There are no weekends in the dry express delivery industry.
With pressure comes motivation. I have to pay my mother's medical bills and other expenses every month, which requires a lot of money. I'll have to open a few more lines. The more lines there are, the more goods there are, and the longer it takes.
When others are sleeping, I have to get up early to pick up the goods, and when others go home, I am still delivering goods from house to house. It takes only one dollar to send a piece of goods, how many pieces do you have to send a day to cover the expenses?
When's the time of the day?
I rode on three wheels on the snow. I didn't dare to ride fast, for fear that there would be a ditch covered by snow and I would not see it and sink in. It usually only takes ten minutes to travel, but today I rode for almost half an hour to get to the company. Every day, other people eat three meals a day, but I have to deliver couriers while others are eating. Because there were people in the house at that time. Delivered three times a day, this morning's goods are a bit much, and it was busy until almost eight o'clock to load large and small packages on the car.
A cart full of goods hit the road. First send the goods to the unit and the store, and at this time they are all at work and someone receives the goods. The goods in the house are usually at eleven to one o'clock.
In the past, delivery only had to be put to the doorman, and then a phone call or a message was sent to inform, "Your delivery has arrived at the doorman." "That's it.
By the time I delivered the courier, there were new regulations, and the goods had to be delivered to the customer and signed. It suddenly reminded me of a sentence that my dad often said: Damn, this person is lucky to carry it, and drinking boiling water will burn his tongue and teeth.
But my grandfather always told me that everything is good and bad, God is very fair, and everyone is equal in terms of good luck and bad luck. Good luck can't always be left to you.
Then I asked my grandfather, why do some people have good luck all the time? Everything goes well. Grandpa said that it was because the person had a good mentality, and he could calm down and wait patiently when encountering things. When the opportunity comes, bad luck turns into good luck.
It's called waiting for an opportunity. Such a person's personality is like water, and when he encounters obstacles, he will store there and wait for the opportunity to pour down. Or take a detour.
Grandpa said that there are very few people who can develop such a character. Why is there a golden quote that "a thousand armies are easy to get, and a general is hard to find". That's it.
My grandfather used to tell me that I didn't have the heart to listen to it, and I couldn't understand it.
But when I was a child, my parents often gambled outside and didn't return home, and my grandfather took me with me. He talked to me for as long as I can remember, until he died. I didn't want to hear or remember it, and these words were imprinted in my mind.
The TCM hospital arrived, and here are two parcels. I stopped the car, opened the car door, took out two identical soft packages, and ran into the gate of the Chinese medicine hospital. "Hello! Can you sign for two parcels of courier? I said to the two beauties at the desk.
"This package is mine." One of the big-eyed girls smiled at me, her dark eyes locking my face, her pink lips squirming. The sound is like a silver bell, and it is very nice.
"Then sign this." I put the list on the bar and said to the girls.
The tall, thin girl next to her picked up a pen and signed it. I picked up the list and hurried away.
"So handsome······"
Although he was wearing a helmet, he heard the voice of the big-eyed girl behind him.
My handsomeness is inherited from my dad's genes. My dad is 1.89 meters tall, with fair skin, a tall straight nose, double eyelids and big eyes, which looks a bit like a Russian beauty. Particularly attractive to women. So my dad gambles outside all the year round, and my mom follows him and watches him, afraid that he will be snatched away by other women.
I remember watching Chongqing TV, a large-scale psychological communication and emotional dialogue program hosted by Tu Lei, "Thank you for coming".
The host Tu Lei said such a passage: A woman must have her most basic attitude towards love,
It's about respecting yourself. A kind woman controls a man's stomach, a utilitarian woman controls a man's money, a stupid woman controls a man's body, and a wise woman controls her dignity. Only when you have self-esteem will a man acknowledge your existence and respect your feelings. will take care of you in life.
That's a classic. No matter how closely my mom watched, my dad still played with a lot of women outside. If it weren't for my grandfather's pressure, he would have been divorced and married eight hundred times earlier.
Now that my dad is gone, my mom is so weak that she is in a vegetative state. I really don't know if she's stupid or loyal?
My grandfather is right, women should be self-reliant, in fact, men must be more upright. You see, like my father, who harmed his wife and children, what a sin.
Oh, to the Lenovo computer repair department. Today, his family has the most packages, with more than a dozen pieces in size.
After getting off the car, the car was mostly empty, signed the order and continued to run.
There were more and more people and taxis on the streets, and the snow on the streets was swept up by the cleaners on both sides of the road and piled up into small snowy mountains.
Tricycles are much faster on the road. When I saw my villa on Xiangyang Road, my heart suddenly shook. I was born in this beautiful villa and grew up until I was seventeen years old. But now it's someone else's overnight.
I slowed down and looked at it nostalgically, and a sour taste came over me.
After a period of heartache, I secretly felt ruthless in my heart, Mom, I must earn this villa back, and I will live in it again.
I gritted my teeth and didn't let the tears fall. Then he sped up and left the villa.
The snow was hard to ride and there was a lot of cargo, so I thought I would run late in the morning before I could get home. I didn't expect that today was unexpected, and I sent the goods home earlier than usual. Mainly because of today's goods Lenovo Computer Maintenance Department and the Affiliated Hospital of Medical University, these two account for the majority. Not much bulk.
I wash rice and cook it in the rice cooker first. Wait until you heat up yesterday's pork roast fried tofu fruit. On weekdays, I used my lunch break to help my mother massage her arms and legs. I came back early today, and I was going to give her a massage all over her body.
"Mom, the snow outside is thick today, and the snow scene is always beautiful. I still remember when it snowed last year, I built a snowman in the yard of the villa.
But this year, it won't be able to pile up. It's not because the villa is gone, it's because you're lying here all the time and can't get up. Mom, you're really, what's there you can't think of? No matter how much you love your father, you won't be able to follow him when he leaves. You're only forty years old, you're pretty, and you have a son, so you should cheer yourself up and have the rest of your life. How can you lie here and wait to die? ”
I do this every day while helping my mother massage and chatting with her.
Since the overnight family change more than three months ago, I have also changed from a carefree boy to a man in charge overnight. Every day, I make deliveries in a step-by-step manner, and I am as busy as a mule. Taking care of my mother at home is like a nurse in a hospital. I also learned infusion online, gave my mother hanging needles by myself, and massaged my mother's acupuncture points.
But it's been more than three months since this massage, why hasn't it had any effect at all?
"Mom, you can't lie like this all the time, it's a bit of a disincentive for me, Mom. Anyway, you're like in the TV series, you can inspire me with a single finger. Come on, sit up and I'll help you press your back. ”
I picked my mother up and sat on the bed and massaged the acupuncture points on my back.
"Hmmm······"
Hey, is this my mother's voice?
Just as I was trying to pick my mother up, I heard her snort. "Mom, did you hum just now?" I asked in surprise.
"Uh······h Woo······"
My mother sat on the bed, and I put one hand on her shoulder, and she sat firmly. There was also a whining sound in his mouth. This time the sound was loud and clear.
She woke up. I was so happy that I almost fainted.
"Mom, are you really awake? Oh my god, this god has finally opened his eyes. Mom, hum it to me again. "I was in ecstasy, so excited that I hugged my mother's shoulder and wanted to cry.
"Well, son, son."
The mother actually called her son inarticulate this time. Hearing her wake up and call her son, my tears could no longer be controlled. "Mom······"
"Don't cry, son······ Don't cry. "Mom really woke up, and she stared at me for a long time." Son, son. Tears flowed from her eyes.
Our mother and son hugged each other and cried bitterly for a while. I'm going to eat and go to work.
Before leaving, I changed the hot water bottle for my mother. It's cold before frost and cold after snow. Although my mother woke up, her body was still very weak. Can't let her freeze.
The little fat in the house is named Wang Song. But I always like to call him Chubby, and his job is the same as mine. It's also very hard, I don't go home to eat at noon, and the boss just eats his own at noon, morning and evening.
But what's better than me is that you don't have to be exposed to the wind and sun.
When my mother woke up, my mood was much brighter. Riding on three wheels, I felt that the strength in my body could shake down.
I came to the office humming a little song. Everyone feels very close.
"Xiao Xu, I have something at home today, can I have a few items to deliver for me?"
Xiao Huang, who ran in one direction with me, asked me to deliver the goods on his behalf. This guy bullied me as a newcomer because he was an old employee of the company. Knowing that I have a vegetative mother to take care of, she often asks me to help deliver the goods. Every time, although I said yes, there was always resentment in my heart.
But today, when I heard him ask me to deliver the goods, I didn't object at all, so I readily agreed: "One sentence." ”
"Thank you! I'll treat you to dinner another day. Xiao Huang happily put the goods in front of me, "Place an order." ”
"Who is with whom? You're welcome. "I took the order.
After the seven packages were ready, I started loading my own goods. Fortunately, I didn't have a lot of goods in the afternoon, only about a hundred.
Suddenly, I noticed that there was another courier sent to the old man at the cement factory just like yesterday. The sender's address is only written in Guangzhou, without a phone number and the sender's name.
It's not surprising that we often see lists like this that only have the name of the recipient and no name of the sender.
But it's not uncommon to send it from one address to the same person for two days in a row. And the package is still the same.
After loading the goods, I rode three wheels and set off from the company. Come to the Jade Courtyard to deliver Xiao Huang's package first. Room 301, Unit 1, Building 18.
"301 Express." Standing in the doorway, I shouted loudly.
The door opened, and I saw my homeroom teacher, Wei Yikai, standing at the door. "Teacher Wei? Do you live here? I called out to the head teacher in surprise.
"Xu Zhihan? It's you? Come in, come in. "The head teacher was pleasantly surprised to see me. Very politely let me into the house.
"No need Mr. Wei, your courier." I handed the package to the homeroom teacher.
At this moment, another person came running from inside the house. "It's you again, handsome little man."
Hey, isn't this the big-eyed girl in the morning hospital? Why is she here?
When the head teacher saw me looking at the big-eyed girl with a puzzled gaze, he hurriedly introduced: "Oh, this is my daughter, named Wei Xiaoxiao." Xu Zhihan, it's really a pity that you gave up your studies like this. I suggest that you keep your student status and continue to study at home, and if you don't understand anything, just ask me, and you can still take the college entrance examination at that time. ”
"Huh? Can it still be like this? "My voice was so small that I could barely hear it.
Since the accident at home, I have dropped out of school and come home to earn money to support me and my mother. My dad's creditor came to the door with an IOU and asked us to move out within a certain time. The car and the hotel owned by my parents were also divided among several other creditors.
At that time, I came out of the villa with my vegetative mother with nothing. Later, I found a credit card in my mother's bag, and I overdrew 5,000 yuan to rent a house for my mother's treatment. How can I have the money to pay for tuition?
"Of course, this is a new policy implemented by the state for students in special situations like yours. I'll help you with the formalities, and if you don't understand, come and ask me. Now that you know the address of my house, you can come by yourself. ”
The head teacher told me enthusiastically and patiently.
I bowed to him with gratitude.
Seeing my humble appearance, Wei Xiaoxiao giggled and was happy on the side.
It's a good day, and it's all about having fun. I rode around, delivering to the sixth floor as fast as the wind.
The goods on the car were quickly delivered, and only the smallest one was left, which was also the farthest place, the cement factory.
I got on a tricycle and rode towards the cement factory.
In the snow, there is not a single footprint on the road halfway up the hill. I suspect that there are not many people living in such a dilapidated old dormitory.
Came to No. 5, Building 19, "Old man, express delivery." "I knocked on the door and shouted.
After a long time, the short old man opened the door.
"Your courier. Sign it again. "I put the slip on the courier and handed it to the old man along with the pen.
The old man took it and signed. "Young man, do me another favor and get the box down."
"Huh? Oh. "I was a little surprised at first when I heard that the old man asked me to help him carry the box, but then I was driven by curiosity to agree.
I drove to the big closet. With the experience of the last time, I stretched out my hands and tried my best to carry the suitcase.
But it's weird. The box was still lying there as if it had been immobilized, untouched.
I thought about it for a moment and ran to the outhouse to bring a high stool. Stood on it and looked at the box carefully.
Nothing special, just an old-fashioned old box. It's just locked.
"Sir, you bring the key, I'll help you open the box and take the things out."
I suddenly thought of this and said to the old man.
The old man said that the key was lost. No, forget it today, and find a way tomorrow.
I can't tell him to pick the lock when he says that. Such an old box is not to be pried open, and it is still kept as a cultural relic. I muttered to myself.
Coming out of the old man's house, my curiosity skyrocketed. What is it in this box that is so heavy? How did you put something so heavy in the first place? It's weird.
"Sir, did you put this box on it in the first place?" I turned back to the old man who was about to close the door after me.
The old man looked at me for a moment and said, "I don't remember." ”
Damn, why doesn't this old man know anything? Then why do you have to help him carry the box? I left the cement factory in a daze.