1. Chapter 1 Episode 1 A penny is hard to beat a hero
"Hey, super learning, I'm Zhang Youquan, your fourth brother-in-law......"
"I know, what's the matter with the fourth brother-in-law, you say. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
On the other end of the phone, there was a panting voice, as if he had just finished a strenuous workout and his breath had not calmed down.
"Well, it's nothing, are you busy, then you are busy first......"
"Don't, if you have something to say, it's not bad if you're busy."
On the other end of the phone, a middle-aged woman sitting on the side, wrapped in a green headscarf, with a wrinkled face and gray hair, pushed her elbow against Zhang Youquan, signaling him to tell the truth.
Zhang Youquan looked embarrassed, sighed after a while, gritted his teeth, and said in a heavy tone: "The fourth brother-in-law wants to borrow some money from you......"
There was silence on the other end of the line.
The depressing atmosphere was pervasive, Zhang Youquan's face was flushed, he had never begged anyone in his life, no matter how difficult it was, no matter how hard it was, no matter how big the wind and waves, he would have carried it alone, and now if there was no way, he would not easily talk to others.
"How much do you want?"
"The loan for Yi Chun to buy a car is still 60,000 or 70,000 ......"
Zhang Youquan can't go on, everyone is rural, not rich, in the era of 02, in a remote village like Suolong Village, there are few tens of thousands of deposits.
"Fourth brother-in-law, I won't hide it from you, I used to have some savings, but recently I contracted a piece of land in the countryside, preparing to dry the greenhouse and do the four-season vegetable business, and I don't have much in my hand......"
Hearing this, the flame of hope in Zhang Youquan's eyes slowly extinguished, perhaps because of his personality, he smiled slowly, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes bulged, and the wrinkles deepened, pretending to be fine, comforting: "Your business, I have also heard, such a big stall, it really needs money, and it is difficult for you, forget it if you don't have it, I'll think of a way to do it......"
"Fourth brother-in-law, I still have a few thousand yuan in my hand, if you are in a hurry, I will call you first......"
"No, no, I, Zhang Youquan, haven't reached the point where I can't live, so I'm hanging."
Hanging up the phone, Zhang Youquan looked at the middle-aged woman with expectation, shook his head slightly, and there was silence in the room again.
"Zhang Youquan, what's the matter with you, thousands of yuan are also money, no matter how much, you borrow it first, and you can make up a little bit of it......"
"Bastard, don't you know the situation of Chaoxue, dozens of acres of land, hundreds of greenhouses, fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, all need money, he lent us the money, and his land is no longer growing vegetables?" Zhang Youquan shouted angrily.
"Hmph, now blame me, if you hadn't been stubborn at the beginning, you would have said something for half a month, and return the 20,000 yuan you owe Zhang Youran to him, as for this kind of field?" The middle-aged woman also blew up and complained vigorously.
"Just your kindness, you are the most kind-hearted in the world, Zhang Youran's family was sad at the beginning, you gave the food at home for the winter to others, and now people are interested, look at how people treat you, 20,000 yuan, every day like urging to collect debts, you are brothers, not as good as my sisters, cool ......"
"That's enough, Lao Tzu spit a pit, I want to pay back the 20,000 yuan, don't worry about it......"
After speaking, Zhang Youquan was furious and walked out of the house.
In the room, the middle-aged woman cried in a low voice, and a white and tender hand gently put it on her shoulder and patted it slightly, as if to comfort her.
The owner of this hand, Zhang Yifeng, male, 23 years old, father Zhang Youquan, mother Lan Xiangling, brother Zhang Yichun, graduated from the second class of the 02 public administration major of Nanzhao University.
Zhang Yifeng likes dark clothes very much, his clothes will always only have three colors, black, burgundy, dark gray, at this moment, he is wearing a black T-shirt printed with a mysterious pattern, black jeans on the lower body, thin figure, sunken eyes, clear facial features, quite a mixed race, but in fact, he is pure Chinese blood.
His eyes, inherited from his father, are deeply sunken, at a glance, giving people a deep and boundless feeling, when he was in high school, a very beautiful girl said to Zhang Yifeng, your eyes are like two black holes.
At that time, Zhang Yifeng was quite simple, and he couldn't hear the girl's voice at all, so he shyly smirked, and then, there was no more.
In fact, the meaning of the girl is very clear, your eyes are like two black holes, deeply attracted to me, if Zhang Yifeng is enlightened, he should take advantage of the situation to say a sentence, then, are you willing to be attracted to me all the time?
Then, make up for it on your own......
The budding movement of his youth is as beautiful as poetry, why does Zhang Yifeng feel like he wants to?
Born in poverty, it's not his fault, maybe he can continue to change the situation of poverty through hard work, but God always likes to play tricks on people, and if he doesn't give Zhang Yifeng a chance to work hard, he will be overwhelmed, and he can't wait to crush Zhang Yifeng to death in the ravine.
"Mom, don't cry, I'll ask my cousin, he is a civil servant, he should have some savings......"
Sure enough, Lan Xiangling stopped crying, and looked at Zhang Yifeng fixedly, Zhang Yifeng suddenly felt Alexander, took out the old one from his pocket and didn't know how many hands, anyway, his father didn't want it, change his brother, and his brother disliked it before he fell into Zhang Yifeng's hands, and he could barely talk, and Zhang Yifeng was about to give up.
In his mother's expectant gaze, Zhang Yifeng trembled and dialed his cousin's phone.
The cousin's name is Zhang Huaizhong, who is the cousin of his father Zhang Youquan, and the most amazing person in Suolong Village, the director of a cadre rest house in Chuncheng, and the leader at the department level, in Yanglin County, that is, the county magistrate, the county, the party committee, the secretary, and the secretary.
Zhang Yifeng is the first time in his life to call this kind of official, although the president of the university is nominally a department-level cadre, but what the hell, the president is elusive, four years of college, Zhang Yifeng only knows the name of the president, but he has never seen it once, the opening ceremony is still presided over by the vice president.
Because Zhang Yifeng is also a college student, and he has a bit of interest, this cousin naturally takes special care of Zhang Yifeng, and will come to Zhang Yifeng's house to visit and chat a few words during the New Year's holidays.
"Doodoo ......"
"Hey, Xiao Feng, ......"
After a while, the phone was picked up, and a voice full of energy came, and the majesty in the tone seemed to cross the barrier of time and space, making Zhang Yifeng and his mother Lan Xiangling breathe rapidly, and their bodies involuntarily bent slightly.
"Uncle Cousin, I'm Zhang Yifeng, didn't disturb your work, right?" Zhang Yifeng took a deep breath and spoke.
"Today is Saturday, I'm resting at home, Xiaofeng, is there something wrong with you?" Zhang Huaizhong asked with concern.
"Ahem, cousin, it's like this, something happened at home, I want to ask you, is it inconvenient for you to lend me some money......"
"What, borrow money?"
Before Zhang Yifeng finished speaking, there was a sudden exclamation on the other end of the phone, and the voice should be the aunt, that is, Zhang's wife, there was a quarrel on the phone, and then the phone was in the hands of the aunt.
"Mother doesn't care who you are, our family is not a bank, we don't have so much money, don't come to harm our family if you're poor, pop."
The phone hung up, Zhang Yifeng's face turned red, and he clutched the phone and didn't let go.
After a while, the mobile phone in Zhang Yifeng's hand rang, Zhang Yifeng looked at the screen with a tense face, the caller ID was Uncle Cousin, Zhang Yifeng sighed lightly and picked it up.
"Hey, cousin......"
"Xiaofeng, your aunt is this temper, don't care, as for borrowing money, my cousin can't help it, your sister has just been admitted to college, and the tuition fee is a lot of money, and our family has just bought a house, and the mortgage and car loan are ......"
"Uncle Cousin, it's okay, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and I'm thinking of other ways." Zhang Yifeng said with a smile.
What if he doesn't laugh?
"Well, then that's it, when the Chinese New Year comes, Uncle Cousin will come to you for a drink, and now that you have graduated, you can drink."
The most hopeful person, with a desperate attitude, threw Zhang Yifeng's hopes into the stinky ditch, and what he took with this family was despair that was even more desperate than despair.
Now Zhang Yifeng finally understands his father Zhang Youquan, it is this man who is not tall who uses his shoulders to support this family.
He couldn't help but think that the tuition fee for his four years of college, with a leader like Zhang Huaizhong, was heartbroken for his daughter's tuition, so how did a poor family like theirs, who were walking on the food and clothing line, make up the tuition fees?
He didn't dare to think, he was afraid, he was trembling.
A penny is hard to beat a hero.
The strong father also seems to be tired, with a straight torso, slightly rickety, smoking more than before, scolding when drunk, beating people at every turn, all this, Zhang Yifeng was silent, and silently carried his hangover father to the bed.
The person who caused this family disaster, Zhang Yifeng's brother, Zhang Yichun, a 26-year-old young man who is taller than Zhang Yifeng and is also thin, may be more appropriate to describe as a 'rice worm'.
In the early years, Zhang Yichun helped people drive loaders outside, and his life was free, but later, he felt that he had long skills, looked down on driving, and wanted to do something by himself, so he went home and fooled his father and mother, saying that he was buying a big car, delivering goods on the construction site, and keeping it to make money.
Zhang Yifeng still remembers that his brother at that time was high-spirited, swearing, and speaking clearly, Zhang Youquan knew his son's character very well, smiled cautiously, and did not talk.
Hundreds of thousands of cars, Zhang Youquan gritted his teeth and bought it, in his words: "My son has grown up, it's a good thing to have ideas, no matter how poor I Zhang Youquan is, I can't drag down the child." ”
The car was bought, what Zhang Yichun said was gone, and hundreds of thousands of cars, like scrap copper and rotten iron, were placed on the field, which seemed to be laughing at Zhang Youquan's stupidity.
The huge loan, his brother Zhang Yichun didn't care about it, his father took it all in, and Zhang Yichun went out early and returned late, with a group of fox friends all day long, addicted to computer games.
There are many times when Zhang Yifeng sees his brother coming home, lying on the sofa like a corpse, that kind of unspeakable anger is burning, if the person in front of him is not his sibling brother, Zhang Yifeng can't wait to strangle him.
"Rotten wood can't be carved!"
Zhang Yifeng couldn't bear it anymore, he ran out of the house angrily, and came to the old house in the village that had been abandoned for a long time, this old house, the walls are earth-based, the roof is covered with a layer of black tiles, it is in disrepair, the rain seeps, and the soil on the ground in the house forms bent traces, which is very dirty.
The back door of the old house is a weather-beaten, mottled and broken wooden door.
Zhang Yifeng stepped forward, hesitantly stretched out his hand, and held the door handle.
"Although I, Zhang Yifeng, am a bastard, a soft egg, and a rotten egg, I am not a ruthless person."
"In this life, I swear that I must earn a lot of money so that my parents can live a good life, definitely!"
Crunch.
With a slight force, the wooden door opened......