The county is not too far from Liuhe Town, not too close, the county school can not go home every day, two days off on weekends can still go home, early Saturday morning, in addition to the classmates in the county, those who should go home have gone home, and there are far away from the home, there are not many people on the campus, Wang Xiaobai and Chen Jianbin each rode a bicycle, and went out to find Zhao Ziqiang at eight o'clock in the morning.

After looking for a morning and not finding it, the two simply separated and searched, and when they met at noon, Chen Jianbin said to Wang Xiaobai excitedly: "I inquired, Zhao Ziqiang's house is in the east, a row of bungalows, quite remote, an old man selling pickles told me!" ”

Wang Xiaobai perked up, dragged Chen Jianbin and said, "I invite you to eat ramen, and go to his house after eating." ”

Wang Xiaobai dragged Chen Jianbin to eat ramen, and Chen Jianbin said to him: "Xiaobai, Zhao Ziqiang is really your relative?" Buddy chatted with the old man who sold pickles, Zhao Ziqiang is not a good thing, graduated from a technical school, and did not look for a job, so he gnawed at home, and he didn't even have a daughter-in-law, and people thought he was ......poor."

When he arrived at the ramen shop, Chen Jianbin sat down and chattered and poured the news to Wang Xiaobai, Wang Xiaobai smoothed it out, and a little understood what was going on, Zhang Chunhua he saw on the grave was a lonely widow, the man died early, and the child died when he was five years old, leaving Zhang Chunhua and Zhao Ziqiang to rely on each other.

Zhang Chunhua was afraid that his son would be wronged, so he never looked for a man, so he dragged his son to grow up, it hurt like something, Zhao Ziqiang was normal at first, but after failing the college entrance examination, he gave him a blow, and he gave up on himself a little bit since then, went to a technical school, and studied cooking.

It stands to reason that chefs are very good at finding a job, but Zhao Ziqiang is a bit of a master and a low hand, a good restaurant doesn't want him, and he doesn't want to go to a bad one, so he simply took out all his family savings and opened a small restaurant, and found a partner, but the business is very bad, after a year, the hotel can't be opened, and he loses a lot of money, and his girlfriend also blows.

Since then, Zhao Ziqiang has become even more decadent, he simply doesn't do anything, gnaws at home, fortunately Zhang Chunhua makes a good pickle, spicy cabbage, garlic eggplant, pickled garlic...... The taste is very authentic, every day I push a cart to the market to sell pickles, the business is not bad, but the business is good, I am also a pickle seller, I can't make a few dollars.

Zhang Chunhua worked hard to support the family, hoping that one day her son could cheer up, find a job and find a daughter-in-law, and she would be relieved. But instead of cheering up, Zhao Ziqiang became addicted to gambling, playing mahjong every day, losing nine out of ten bets, and he didn't have a job, so he could only ask Zhang Chunhua for money every day, Zhang Chunhua stole if he didn't give it, soaked in the mahjong hall every day, owed a lot of money, and people came to collect debts, and Zhang Lao Niang went to pay it back.

is such a son, Zhang Chunhua is not reluctant to give him money, but playing mahjong is not the right way, Zhang Chunhua also hopes to save some money for his son to marry a daughter-in-law, he is old, how long can he live? I couldn't take care of my son for a lifetime, I worked hard every day to make pickles, sell pickles, get up earlier than anyone else, and go home later than anyone else, and finally couldn't stay up, and died of a heart attack in the vegetable market.

Chatting with Chen Jianbin is an old man who buys pickles next to Zhang Chunhua, Zhang Chunhua's family knows everything clearly, the old man said that Zhao Ziqiang was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, full of righteous indignation, judging from the news that Chen Jianbin heard, it is not difficult to deduce that the old lady secretly saved 20,000 yuan for her son to marry his daughter-in-law, but the illness was too urgent, and he had no chance to tell Zhao Ziqiang.

It is not difficult to understand what Zhang Chunhua looked like when Wang Xiaobai saw her, why she was reluctant to walk on Huangquan Road, she was still worried about her uncompetitive son, no wonder the old lady's sigh seemed so sad, helpless and worried, she really responded to the old saying, and she didn't feel at ease when she died.

After listening to what Chen Jianbin said, Wang Xiaobai felt that he had come to the right place, no matter what, the old lady's last wish was to hope that her son would be well, and 20,000 yuan was not much, it was the last wish, right? But knowing the cause and effect, Wang Xiaobai felt a little uncomfortable, and felt that Zhao Ziqiang was really unlucky.

"Your relative is really not a thing, Xiaobai, we really want to see him, what should Zhao Ziqiang do if he wants to borrow money from you?"

Wang Xiaobai sighed and said: "I am also a relative of my family, and I have heard about it, so let's meet him." ”

After the two finished eating the ramen, they rode their bicycles to the row of bungalows at Zhao Ziqiang's house, and when they inquired, they found out where his house was, but when Zhao Ziqiang was mentioned, everyone pouted, which showed how unpopular he was.

When I arrived at the alley and rode forward, I didn't wait for Zhao Ziqiang's house, but I saw two people at the door of his house beating a man, and the man begged for mercy: "Big brother, I didn't say I wouldn't pay you back, I'll pay it back tomorrow, and I'll pay it back tomorrow ......."

The beating was two bald heads in their thirties, with horizontal flesh on their faces and gold chains around their necks, they looked like social people, Wang Xiaobai didn't have to guess, he knew that it must be Zhao Ziqiang who was beaten, he stopped the car, and was about to find something to take advantage of, bricks, sticks and the like, Chen Jianbin also stopped the car and asked: "It was Zhao Ziqiang who was beaten?" ”

"It should be, this is too special mom to bully people, and they all hit the door!"

Wang Xiaobai found a brick, and just held it in his hand, Chen Jianbin grabbed him and said, "Don't look for it, everyone is gone!" ”

Wang Xiaobai looked up and saw that the two bastards had gone away scolding and scolding, and the man who was lying on the ground was left screaming, Wang Xiaobai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the two high school students fought with the bastards in society, they couldn't get cheap, it was best to go, and the province caused trouble, and ran to the man lying on the ground with a cigarette and asked, "Are you Zhao Ziqiang?" ”

The man was in his early thirties, a little thin, wearing a ragged hoodie, his hair was messy, his face was pale, his eyes were blank, his head was broken, and he was bleeding along the top of his head, which was very miserable. ”

"I'm your distant relative, from Liuhe Town, Brother Ziqiang, I have something to look for you, let's go into the house and talk!"

Wang Xiaobai parked the bicycle, helped Zhao Ziqiang and walked towards the house, Chen Jianbin followed into the yard, Wang Xiaobai said to Chen Jianbin with a wit: "Old Chen, you give us a sentry at the door, if there is anyone who comes to ask for an account, you call us." ”

"Okay, go ahead, buddy will ...... the door for you"

Chen Jianbin didn't have any heart, standing in the yard to sentry, Wang Xiaobai helped Chen Jianbin into the house, looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh, his family is really poor, it's the same as washed with water, not to mention the black, the quilt on the pit can't see the color, there is nothing messy, not even an old TV.

How did you become poor and become so virtuous? It is estimated that Zhao Ziqiang sold everything that could be sold at home, and when he entered the house, Zhao Ziqiang sat on the kang with a sigh of relief, looked at Wang Xiaobai and asked, "Who are you?" Our family has no relatives in Liuhe Town, just like me, if there are relatives who will not come to see me, say, why did they come to me? ”

Wang Xiaobai groaned and said softly: "Yesterday I went to the grave in Dongshan and met your mother!" ”

Zhao Ziqiang's eyes widened suddenly, and he lost his voice: "What are you talking about?" It's been almost a year since my mom died, what nonsense are you talking about? You're really insane, right? ”

Wang Xiaobai ignored him, and said to himself: "What I met was your dead mother, or a ghost, she didn't worry about you, and she hasn't walked on Huangquan Road so far, so she asked me to help her do something, find you, and tell me that under the big water tank behind your kitchen, there is a CCB card, which has 20,000 yuan in it......"

Before Wang Xiaobai's words were finished, Zhao Ziqiang jumped up and shouted: "! Went straight to the kitchen, the speed of the action scared Wang Xiaobai, and he followed, turned to the kitchen, and saw that the dark kitchen was full of jars and jars, full of dust inside and out, obviously no one had used it for a long time.

In the corner on the right side of the kitchen, there is a big water tank, the water tank is so big that no one can hug it, and there is no water in it, Zhao Ziqiang is like playing chicken blood, and he is trying his best to push the water tank, the water tank is too heavy, and he has not pushed it for a long time, and he is sweating, turning his head to look at Wang Xiaobai, and greeting politely at all: "Dude, come and do me a favor!" ”

Zhao Ziqiang's IQ ...... Wang Xiaobai is also very helpless, Zhang Chunhua is an old lady, she hid the card under the water tank, does she move the water tank every time? It must not be moved, the floor of the kitchen is a brick, it must be hidden under that brick, Wang Xiaobai shook his head, squatted down and buckled brick by brick.

Zhao Ziqiang still didn't understand, looked at Wang Xiaobai curiously, continued to push the water tank, and when the fifth brick was buckled, the brick was loose, Wang Xiaobai pulled out the brick, and there was a bank card in a plastic bag under the brick, and before Wang Xiaobai could see it clearly, Zhao Ziqiang stopped pushing the water tank, grabbed the plastic bag in Wang Xiaobai's hand, and said ecstatically: "Lao Tzu is going to turn over the book today, damn it, win back all the losses!" ”

Wang Xiaobai's body stiffened, stood up and said to Zhao Ziqiang: "Your mother hopes that you can use this money to find a daughter-in-law, or live a good life, your mother is dead and you are not at ease, so you can't let her save her worry?" ”

Zhao Ziqiang took the bank card, rolled his eyes at Wang Xiaobai, and said, "It's your business!" How old are you? Come and teach me a lesson, are you really my relative? ”

Wang Xiaobai trembled angrily, didn't say anything, turned his head and left, walked to the door, and heard Zhao Ziqiang shouting to him: "Hey, that kid, what is the password?" ”

Wang Xiaobai took a deep breath, feeling that he was really a scum with Zhao Ziqiang, he turned his head and said to him seriously: "Zhao Ziqiang, your mother raised you to be in her thirties, she didn't expect you to support her, nor did she expect you to be filial to her, and she couldn't count on it, she would worry about you all her life, and she didn't worry about it when she died, let me tell you that you were stuck there, but until now, have you ever asked your mother about it?" You're really not a thing, your mother doesn't owe you anything, I don't owe you anything, you deserve to be beaten to death like this, by the way, the password is 123456, gamble, you think you're worthy of your mother, just continue to gamble, anyway, in the next life, she may not still be your mother......"

Wang Xiaobai didn't know why these words were so slippery, and turned around and left after speaking, leaving Zhao Ziqiang alone in the room with a bank card and stunned......