Jiang Province, Nanjiang City, Xieyang Town, there is an ordinary small village called Huangjiayuan.

The state policy is good, and the peasants now have money.

Whether it is really rich or compared, the conditions are slightly passable, and every family has a two-story small building.

At the head of the village, the one with three small tiled houses is extremely unsightly.

The small tiled house has been around for more than 20 years.

Weeds grew on the roof, and the windows were broken.

The four walls of the house, every place, show poverty and destitude.

At ten o'clock in the evening, in the courtyard, an old man who had just returned from the field, his feet were covered with mud, squatting on the ground, pulling a large bowl of rice, without any vegetables, and gnawing on pickle gnocchi.

A woman in her fifties, emaciated, with gray hair, dressed modestly and washing her clothes.

The old man's name is Huang Jiandang, and he was born on the founding day of the party on July 1, and his father named him the founding of the party.

The thin woman's name is Chen Xiulian.

These two people are Huang Xiaoyu's parents.

There is a lot of age difference.

Huang Jiandang is forty years older than Huang Xiaoyu.

When I was young, I never had children, and at the age of forty I was old.

Huang Jiandang has no knowledge, no ability, he is honest and duty-oriented, except for drilling a little bit of bull's horns and admitting some dead reason, there are no other shortcomings.

Living on a few acres of land at home, he was originally quite comfortable.

Ten years ago, my father was bedridden, spent all his family savings, and owed a lot of debts, and after three years of delay, he finally left.

As soon as the front foot left, my mother was diagnosed with kidney disease, dialysis, treatment, and the debt was not paid off, and she owed a large amount of debt, and she did not keep it.

In this society that can't afford to be sick, old, or even die, the small people in the village, with two sick numbers in the family, and hundreds of thousands of debts, are basically collapsed.

Huang Jiandang is not smiling, silent, and life has tortured this man to an inhuman appearance.

The only thing I am glad to have is to have a good son, obedient and filial, and excellent in character and learning.

Three years ago, he had excellent results in the college entrance examination and was on the list in Nanjiang City.

That result is enough to go to Tsinghua University and Peking University.

However, if I didn't go to study medicine, my son's head was pumped, and for the sake of a woman, he went to Jiangcheng University, and he even made a special adjustment for archaeology.

After that, the relationship between father and son was stiff.

Chen Xiulian: "Lao Huang, the debt owed by our family is only more than 30,000 yuan." ”

Huang Jiandang lowered his head and pulled the rice, and snorted.

Chen Xiulian: "The money earned can't be repaid in full, and the girl of the second family gets married in a few days, and the money must be left." The youngest grandson of the old turtle head family has just been born, and the money for the full moon wine must also be prepared. When I was eleven, the children of the third sister-in-law's family wanted to buy a house in the urban area, which was a big deal, and they helped us a lot. ”

Huang Jiantang paused, his eyes were blank, he was stunned for a while, and then pulled the rice in the bowl: "Hmm." ”

"Also, our little fish, it's summer vacation soon, save more money and buy him some delicious food. I wronged this child, and I haven't asked my family for a penny for three years. Lao Huang, seeing that he is about to be a senior, and the tuition fee for the last year, we really don't prepare for him? ”

Bang dang.

Huang Jiandang put the bowl on the ground fiercely, and said with a calm face: "Don't give it!" Something that has no interest, for the sake of a woman, I don't want my future. I'll treat him for the past twenty years, and I've raised it for nothing! ”

Chen Xiulian: "Okay, okay...... It's been three years, and there is no hatred or father, but you two can't do the same. He is sensible and has his own choices. What's so bad about liking a girl? Didn't the fortune teller tell us a few hours later that if Xiaoyu didn't have a child at the age of twenty-two, he would never have a child in his life. Do you think your old Huang family is the last one? Besides, what's wrong with studying archaeology. After graduating, you might be the kind of expert you talk about on TV. ”

Huang Jiandang glared: "Expert fart!" Digging graves and exhuming corpses, damaging yin morality, and creating evil things, is an expert in farts. ”

Chen Xiulian gave him a blank look: "How can you say that?" The little fish will go into the formal sector, that's the state. How can you say that? ”

Huang Jiandang shook his head: "What's the matter, isn't the formal department digging graves and exhuming corpses?" ”

Chen Xiulian sighed: "Alas...... Forget it, it's already like this, it's useless to say anything more. Anyway, Xiaoyu's tuition for the last year must be prepared for him. You don't care, I'll sell the family's grain, sell the family's sheep, smash the pot and sell iron, and if it's not enough, I'll sell blood! ”

Huang Jiandang snorted coldly and got up.

The body can no longer stand up straight, and he has worked hard all his life, his spine is rickety, and his shoulders are high on one side and low on the other.

He took off his ear and smoked most of it, leaving only the cigarette butt in his mouth, two pieces and five packs, even so, he was reluctant to smoke. When I couldn't help it, I only took a few puffs. A cigarette is sometimes lit and extinguished several times.

Entered the house, lay under the bed, pouted his buttocks, pulled for a long time, and took out a wooden box.

The wooden box was full of crumpled cigarette boxes.

Inside each cigarette case, there are fifty pieces......

He took out an empty cigarette case from his bosom, carefully stuffed it with fifty yuan, two ten-dollar cigarettes, four five-dollar cigarettes, and ten cigarette cigarette boxes, put them in the wooden box, closed the lid, and put the wooden box back under the bed.

He sat on the floor against the bed.

With a cigarette in his mouth, he covered his face with his hands, he couldn't see his expression, but his voice was a little whimpering: "Six thousand seven hundred and fifty, two hundred and fifty is still missing...... Five more nights will be enough. Dad is sorry for you...... Dad, I'm sorry for you......"

Outside, Chen Xiulian shouted: "Lao Huang, come and help me dry my clothes." Oh, my old waist......"

Huang Jiandang hurriedly rubbed his eyes and walked out.

Dry your clothes and get up and head out.

Chen Xiulian: "Still going to work? Huang Daren is clearly to rectify you, why do others give one hundred and five in one night, and give you one hundred. I think let's just stop doing it, can you still stand it? ”

"It's okay, it's okay. Isn't it normal for me to be old and give less money? ”

Huang Jiandang's mood suddenly improved, this old man who has been rough all his life has never played romance.

He doesn't know what romance is.

He only knew that he would be very happy when he collected enough money from the wooden box to collect 7,000 yuan and handed it to his daughter-in-law.

One kilometer east of Huangjiayuan Village, there is a kiln factory.

Eighteen caves, like a circular corridor opening the door. There were bricks piled up inside, and there were fire holes on them, and the coal stones came down from the fire eye building, and all the bricks in the cave were burned red.

Race against time, burn one more brick, and turn one penny more.

The cave burned in circles.

When the first gate was burned, the bricks of the ninth gate were transported outward, and the bricks were filled in.

The bricks were still hot, wearing two layers of gloves that were all worn out, and the fingers were exposed, and the calluses were covered in blood.

A cart pulls hundreds of bricks.

There was a big blower blowing in the cave, and the sky was full of dust.

The old man coughed up phlegm, which was thick and black, and shook off his snot, which was also full of dust. When you are thirsty, you go to the water pipe and drink the cold water pumped from the ground. His skin was dark, he was shirtless, and his face and body were hot and red.

He leaned his back and pouted his buttocks, leaning forward as far as he could, the road was uneven, and he pulled the brick cart outside step by step, panting while unloading the bricks......

In the darkness, a young man, standing not far away, his eyes were red, his lips trembled slightly, and his heart was like a knife......

(End of chapter)