Chapter 9 Poverty

As soon as the braised egg walked into the living room, there was a strong smell of wine in his body, and the fish-patterned face was like a ripe peach, fiery red. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info staggered to the sofa in the living room, "plop", his legs suddenly lost their level, and he fell stiffly on the sofa cushion, and his mouth kept muttering: "Stinky girl, Lao Tzu found you, don't discount your legs." ”

"You old thing, you're drinking like a donkey outside, what are you doing here? Forget about the dead outside. When He Wei's mother saw her husband return home drunk, she kicked her legs in anger and rushed to him, slapping him twice in the back of the head.

He Wei's mother's surname is Shen, and her name is Basket, she has long been accustomed to seeing such a scene, and she doesn't know how many slaps she has slapped these days. Because the boiled egg will come home drunk every day, and fall asleep on the sofa like mud, the whole person is not like before, as if he has changed as a person.

At this time, He Wei sat on the side of the sofa, looked at the red Pang Long of the braised egg, and did not say a word. Since he heard his mother tell him about the past of the boiled eggs, He Wei's view of the boiled eggs has completely changed, because he knows in his heart that if it weren't for the careful care of the boiled eggs for so many years, he has paid a huge amount of medical expenses for himself every year, maybe he is still lying in bed now, like a "mummy" (vegetative person).

He Wei took a deep breath, stood up from the sofa gently, and quietly walked to the side of the boiled egg, and called out from the bottom of his heart with tears: "Dad" Then he stretched out his hands and slowly helped the boiled egg from the sofa, and said in a low voice: "Let's go back to the room to sleep, it's too cold in the living room." ”

At the same time, Shen Basket bent over, stood aside, looked at He Wei and the braised egg, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, lowered his head and sighed: "Child, you are finally willing to change your words." ”

At this time, the boiled egg was lying on the sofa, his eyes were closed, he was already drunk like mud, he didn't wake up, and He Wei used his strength to feed, and he shook back to the wooden bed in the room.

The wooden bed in the room was uneven above and below, and the bottom was covered with yellow bricks, and if you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell that it was a wooden bed at all.

Such a simple bedroom, it is how many years of hard work and sweat have been spent by the boiled egg, leaving early and returning late every day, facing the loess with his back to the sky every day, in exchange for such a dilapidated rental house with no walls on all sides.

"Xiaowei, Mom went to the kitchen to make breakfast, after eating breakfast for a while, you have to go outside to find a job, you can't stay at home all the time, do you understand?" Shen Basket, who was standing in the living room, looked at the back of the two of them walking into the bedroom, sighed mournfully, turned around and walked to the kitchen.

He Wei helped his stepfather to the bed, hurriedly ran to the wardrobe, and turned out a shabby quilt from it, which was full of large and small holes, and a wisp of white cotton seeped out of many holes.

When He Wei held the quilt in his arms with both hands, his tongue was like holding an olive in his mouth, and there was an indescribable sadness in his mouth. He really couldn't imagine how they had survived the past eight years, dragging their tired bodies around every morning, and enduring the pain every night with tears.

He Wei took a light step and walked to the side of the bed silently, he didn't dare to make too much noise, hoping that the boiled egg could have a sweet dream tonight and forget about the unpleasant things in the past.

But the boiled egg was lying on the wooden bed, his limbs were stiff and tossing and turning, and his mouth was still muttering softly, repeating the previous sentence: "You stinky girl, Lao Tzu discounted your legs ......"

Just such a simple sentence, repeated in his mouth repeatedly, but in the words, he didn't know how many years of resentment had been buried in it, even in his sleep, He Wei could feel the anger in his heart burning above his head.

He Wei was about to step forward lightly and cover him with the quilt, but there was a knock on the door behind him, the sound was very loud, and the eardrum kept making a "zizi" echo, not like a normal person knocking on the door outside.

Shen Basket, who was making breakfast in the kitchen, heard the sound outside the door, his face was expressionless, and he didn't seem to be surprised by this heavy voice, so he immediately put down the scarred kitchen knife in his hand, turned around and ran to the living room, shouting while running: "Coming, coming, knocking early in the morning, is it enough to eat." ”

Shen Basket ran to the door, stretched out his hand and opened the door, and there was a pseudo-old man in a white vest standing outside the door, holding a shabby fan in his hand and shaking it around, with a hint of a smile on his face, and said slowly: "Ouch, don't you come to inspect the situation and see how your life has been recently." ”

"It's okay to drag your Hongfu, today's meal is not fresh, you have to prepare it in your heart." As soon as Shen Basket saw the man in front of him, his face suddenly became a little ugly.

"Hehe, I'm not here to eat today, I'm here to visit Ling Lang, I don't know if my condition will improve?"

As soon as the old man's voice fell, He Wei happened to come out of the bedroom quietly, and at first glance, he saw his mother and a stranger holding each other outside the door, chatting with each other, and suddenly said, "Mom, there is a guest coming?" ”

"He's not a guest, he's an old acquaintance, and he comes to our house every day to eat." As soon as Shen Basket said a few words, he turned around and walked towards the kitchen, completely ignoring the old man outside the door.

"Why is it so ugly? What is the meaning of rubbing rice, it is the uncle who owes the debt now, and the one who borrowed the money has become a grandson, isn't it out of helplessness. The old man said with a smile on his face, and swaggered in through the door, as if entering the door of his own house, and his facial expression did not feel half shy at all.

He Wei looked at the old man who walked in from outside the door, and felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but his impression was a little vague, and he couldn't remember it for a while. The next moment, he immediately greeted him with a smile and stepped forward to greet him very politely: "Hello, old man." ”

"Who is the old man? Young man, don't talk nonsense, I'm not yet fifty. The pseudo-old man looked at He Wei, murdered him, walked to the sofa, sat down, crossed his legs, wore a pair of worn slippers, and stretched out two fingers to keep picking his feet.

The old man's face was obviously not very kind, but He Wei did not resent because of this sentence, but showed a faint smile on his face, walked behind the old man, and continued to ask: "I'm sorry, uncle, my eyes are not very good, don't go to your heart." ”

Who knew that this sentence not only did not discourage the old man sitting on the sofa, but angered him even more, turned his head and put on a monkey face, and said angrily: "Who do you call uncle?" Don't spew blood, I am dignified, my face is full of heroism, is it as serious as you say? ”

Now He Wei didn't continue to reply, his face became a little exaggerated, it was estimated that he felt that it was not appropriate to say anything, smiled at the old man, turned around and left without saying a word.

"Hey, come back, come back, I have something to tell you." The old man beckoned at He Wei's back, posing as a towering figure, squinting at him.

He Wei heard the voice behind him, and honestly turned around and walked over, and when he came to him, the old man said to him again: "I have a job here, which I specially introduced to you, every day, I just need to walk around the street casually, and I have a lot of income a month, little ghost, are you interested?" ”

"yes, yes, I'm looking for a job, thank you so much." As soon as He Wei heard about work, his voice was still very familiar, and he suddenly remembered who the old man in front of him was, and continued: "Oh, I remember, you were the third uncle who came to see me in the hospital last time, right?" ”

"Look at your memory, your mind is full of tofu dregs, right, even your third uncle can't remember, okay, I came to tell you about this matter this time, and if you agreed, I won't bother you, remember to report on time at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he took out a crumpled note from his pocket, on which the detailed address of the place of work was written. Then he got up from the sofa, walked towards the door, and before leaving, he turned back and said: "The salary is a daily settlement, remember to come to me when the salary is paid, there is the address of my house on the note, you must remember the little ghost." ”

"Okay, I'll remember, thank you, third uncle." He Wei waved happily at the door, and then looked down at the address written on the note, which had two addresses written on it, one was the place of work and the other was the old man's residence.

At the same time, another person walked in at the door, but this time it was a girl, carrying a schoolbag and wearing a trendy outfit, and as soon as she entered the door, she looked sneakily left and right, and after a while, she quickly ran into her bedroom.

When He Wei lowered his head to read the note, he felt a breeze blowing on his forehead, as if someone had walked over, so he immediately looked up and saw that it was his sister who was back and was running to the bedroom in a hurry.

Before He Wei could say hello to her, the girl rushed into the bedroom, quickly closed the door in the bedroom, and it took several minutes to open the door and walk out inside.

But when she came out, she was no longer wearing the dazzling fashion clothes, she had changed into a neat and clean school uniform, and she had removed the heavy makeup on her face.

As soon as the girl walked out of the bedroom, the first thing she did was to run to He Wei's side, put her lips to his ear, and whispered to him, "Big brother, didn't you tell my parents that I went to the Internet café last night to surf the Internet, right?" ”

When He Wei heard this, he immediately shook his head and hurriedly replied: "No, no, absolutely not, I'm not the kind of complainant." ”

"Oh, well, thank you." After the girl finished speaking, she raised her small lips, put them on He Wei's cheek, and kissed them, but the kiss was very casual, just kissing it with a normal mentality, and the girl's facial expression was also very flat.

However, at this moment, He Wei's entire body was as if he had touched an electric wire, his whole body became numb, and his face suddenly became fiery red. Because in another world deep in his heart, there was a girl named Summer, who was exactly the same as the girl in front of him, which caused him to be unable to touch the north in his mind.

After the girl kissed, she turned around and walked towards her bedroom without saying a word, but as soon as she opened her legs, she was dragged back by He Wei.

He Wei grabbed her wrists tightly with both hands, his expression looked very serious, his eyes were full of sparks, and he said to her in a deep tone: "You are summer, right, the summer in my dream, I finally met you again, we can be together well, and we will never be separated." ”

The girl was shocked by the sudden action in front of her, raised her head slightly and looked at him curiously, after a few seconds, the girl didn't know what was wrong, her expression suddenly became cheerful, as if she deliberately cooperated with He Wei and said: "Yes, I am the fairy in your dream, I came down from the sky, I came to you on purpose, how is it, are you happy." ”

"Ah, as I expected, it's great that we can fly together again." He Wei said, looking at her with a very sincere gaze, and felt that the blood all over his body was instantly concentrated in his mind.

The girl's face suddenly changed, and she seemed to find that something was wrong, so she immediately stretched out her little hand and gently patted He Wei's shoulder, and said softly: "Okay, okay, let's stop here, it's all boring, you, I almost really thought of you as the prince charming of my dreams." ”

The girl nudged him hard, put on an impatient expression, turned and ran back to the bedroom, which was extremely luxurious, and completely incompatible with the simple furniture outside, and was a completely different world in comparison.

At the same time, He Wei saw the girl's sudden change, stood in place and was stunned for a while, and after a while came back to his senses, he hurriedly followed up, followed her in the bedroom, and suddenly shouted behind her: "Aren't you really summer?" ”

The girl sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out her hands, looked back at He Wei again, and replied with annoyance: "Are you sick, living in a fairy tale world, go sleep and have your sweet dreams." ”

He Wei still had a surprised expression, looked at the girl stupidly, and didn't say a word, at this moment, Shen Basket made breakfast from the kitchen, walked into the living room, and shouted in his mouth: "Xiao Wei, come and have breakfast." ”

He Wei saw his mother coming out of the kitchen, so he walked out of the bedroom, ran to his mother, and suddenly asked, "Mom, who is the girl in the room, why don't I remember having such a sister before, I have never seen it." ”

When Shen Basket heard this, he put the gruel in his hand on the table, quickly looked up at He Wei, his face changed, and he replied in surprise: "Is she home?" As soon as he finished saying this, Shen Basket slapped the table, immediately rushed into the bedroom, and yelled angrily: "You dead girl, why did you only come back now, didn't you go to school?" ”

(To be continued)