Chapter 1 The Ordinary Life of Ordinary People
Zhou Xiaoyun had been sitting there motionless for two hours.
In front of him is an ordinary mirror, and a delicate face is printed in the mirror.
The face was already a little spotted, and a few crow's feet appeared in the corners of the eyes. When I think of my girl, although I can't call it beautiful, I am also cute and white. Now the youth and liveliness are gone, and only the vicissitudes and depression of life are left. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed deeply.
Twenty-eight! Twenty-eight! Twenty-eight! ……
These words swirled in her head, lingering, until later, buzzing. She felt her head start to hurt again, and reached out and rubbed her temples.
But I don't want people to rub their heads more and more when they are irritable, so in a fit of anger, they waved their hands in the air, but they didn't pay attention to a "bang" and broke the teacup on the side of the table. The teacups shattered on the wooden floor, and some of the hot tea spilled on the floor, but more on her legs. It was a hot summer, and she was wearing a floral dress, and her legs were suddenly burned red. She limped to the edge of the pool and wrung some cold water with a towel and applied it to her legs.
After resting for a while, I felt better. Then he went and brought a broom and dustpan to sweep up the debris on the ground, and then took a mop to suck the water off the floor. After being busy, I finally breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at my phone again, it was already five o'clock. The scream was broken, and I had to pick up the child
She hurried out, got on an electric car, and hurriedly went to the kindergarten to pick up her daughter.
Thinking of her daughter, Zhou Xiaoyun finally swept away the bad mood of the whole day and began to ease up.
The daughter's name is Niuniu, and her name is Li Xintian, who is lively and cute, six years old this year, and is already in a large class. Now I am studying in a private kindergarten in the county, and I should go to primary school in the second half of the year.
Zhou Xiaoyun has to hand the child to the kindergarten at half past seven in the morning and pick it up at half past four in the afternoon. It's getting late today, and I don't know how much the teacher's face will have to look at when I get there. Thinking of this, Zhou Xiaoyun began to get upset again.
In fact, regular kindergartens are better, not only full care, but also good food. When my daughter is growing up, how can I eat at noon in kindergarten to meet my physical development needs!
When Niuniu just turned three years old, Zhou Xiaoyun inquired everywhere about the kindergarten, which has good facilities, good teachers, good food, and a few in the city are good, but the tuition is too expensive. I have 500 a month, I work hard in the factory for a month, and I only earn 1,230 when I work overtime, and my husband Li Tianyu does it as an individual, doing some small business, earning more and less in January, and loves to eat, drink and have fun outside, and it is only a pitiful point to take home, and I can't count on it at all.
Remove the rent of 300 per month, 200 water, electricity and gas, firewood, rice, oil and salt, and then there are favors, where is there enough for my daughter to go to a good kindergarten!
Later, I had to find a private kindergarten nearby, and the money for lunch and snacks in the morning and afternoon in January was only 200. It's just that Zhou Xiaoyun felt sad when he thought that he couldn't even afford to pay for his daughter's better-than-life kindergarten.
When Zhou Xiaoyun arrived at the class, it was already ten o'clock. There were only a few children in the class who were not picked up. Niu Niu stood pitifully at the door waiting for herself. I can't help but hate myself in my heart, I've survived all kinds of days, I'm twenty-eight years old, is I still a teenage girl? If it weren't for the sadness at home, where would I be late to pick up the child!
Zhou Xiaoyun accompanied the smiling face and carefully picked up Niuniu, pretending not to see the teacher's impatience, and warned himself in his heart that he must not be late next time.
Niuniu was very happy to see her mother, and chirped like a bird: "Mom, I'm hungry, I want to eat your roasted fish." ”
Zhou Xiaoyun's tired heart suddenly soared, and he responded with a smile. took her daughter to the vegetable market, bought Niuniu's favorite fish, and bought meat to prepare for Li Tianyu's favorite braised pork.
When everything was done and the meal was served, it was already seven o'clock.
The rented room is not big, but it was neatly cleaned up by the skillful Zhou Xiaoyun.
There is nothing valuable at home, there is a 25-inch panda color TV bought when I got married, and an old-fashioned double-cylinder washing machine. I was reluctant to buy air conditioners and refrigerators, and Zhou Xiaoyun was bent on saving some money to buy a house in the city, so all expenses could be saved.
Adhering to the principle of never wasting and never spending a penny more, there are few large items at home. There are not even many furniture, a large bed, a small bed for children to sleep in, and a four-door wardrobe. A dining table, a few stools. Shoe racks are also a bargain bought at the wholesale market.
In addition to going to work and taking care of the children every day, Zhou Xiaoyun cleans.
This small rented house has poured her countless hearts and souls into it. Zhou Xiaoyun made curtains, tablecloths, and TV covers with cheap flower cloth, and the washing machine was also covered with a blue flower cloth. The floor is beautifully mopped. On the table are also small puppets that she skillfully made, which she made in the toy factory and secretly brought home.
Now the table has been set up with braised pork and sweet and sour fish, a plate of cold cucumber, three bowls of rice, and a large bowl of seaweed egg soup.
just waited for her husband Li Tianyu to come back.