Chapter 168: Making a Living

Tian Nongxiang had just left the entrance of the village when an ambulance rushed over him, and when he turned to look, tears were already streaming down his face. With each step, fragments of torn memories would rise up in his mind, slowly reassembled.

Tian Xiang! My name is Tian Xiang! The memories of the past are like a long dream, and they have begun to be re-enacted. It was from that year......

It was late autumn, and the rain was still blowing from time to time, falling on the forehead and burrowing into the collar, and it began to feel a little winter. Tian Xiang shrunk his neck and pedaled the dilapidated bicycle under his feet quickly.

He has been working part-time for more than three years. The scope of part-time jobs is very wide, such as tutoring, supermarket cleaning, chores in fast food restaurants, air conditioning installation, and even part-time work on construction sites. Although he ran the train in front of his classmates, he looked like he didn't care. In fact, only I know my own situation.

Tian Xiang's parents died early, and he didn't remember what his parents looked like. For as long as he can remember, only his grandparents have accompanied him. In fact, he also has two uncles, strictly speaking, there are three, but the second uncle died in a car accident ten years ago, leaving the third and fourth uncles. However, these two uncles did not want to see Tian Xiang, as early as when he was a child, he advocated to send him out, because his grandfather and grandmother were reluctant, the old couple pulled him up with a handful of and urine. Because of this, the relationship between the two uncles and their grandparents was very tense. In Tian Xiang's memory, they never spoke calmly to each other. At first, Tian Xiang didn't understand what their quarrel was for, until one day when he was in the third year of junior high school, he overheard a conversation between two aunts.

One said: "The two old things regard that little bastard as a treasure, how can our sons do their best?"

The other responded, "Don't worry, wait for the two old things to crawl anymore, let that little mongrel go to support them." ”

These two sentences were deeply imprinted in Tian Xiang's mind. Every time I close my eyes, I seem to be able to see the two aunts pointing and scolding.

The days are slow, but they are also fast. A few years later, the admission letter from a key university was delivered to Tian Xiang.

That summer, my grandfather spent all his savings to raise enough money for his tuition.

Also that winter, my grandfather, who had been tired all his life, collapsed into bed. On the night near the end of his life, his grandfather held Tian Xiang's hand tightly, and a thousand words turned into a pool of cloudy tears sliding down his cheeks and falling down the pillow. Tian Xiang held his grandfather's hand and cried bitterly. Watching his loved ones drift away, he only had helpless wails but nothing he could do.

After the Spring Festival, Tian Xiang decided to drop out of school and take care of his elderly grandmother at home. Indeed, without her grandfather, her grandmother lost her most powerful pillar of life.

Spring has already begun, the cold of winter is gradually receding, and the early spring sun shines on the walls of the corridor, reflecting the figure of my grandmother.

"Xiang'er, go back to school! I still have your two uncles to take care of, don't worry. Grandmother called him to her side, her voice a little hoarse.

"But ......" Tian Xiang was not very comfortable with the two uncles, especially the two aunts, every time he saw them, he would remember the conversation he had heard for many years.

"They are my sons after all, if you drop out of school, how can you be worthy of your grandfather......" Grandmother choked up.

In the end, Tian Xiang couldn't beat his grandmother after all, and nodded.

"It's just that what will happen to your tuition and living expenses in the future?" said the grandmother, wiping tears from the corners ......of her eyes.

"Grandma, I can support myself, don't worry. I'm worried about you, I'm afraid I'll be angry with them. You wait, when I graduate and find a stable job, I will definitely take you over, and I will provide for you. Tian Xiang said categorically.

A few days later, his trembling grandmother sent him to the entrance of the village, and told him thousands of times, looking at the thin and distant figure of his grandson, and the old tears were full of tears.

Indeed, Tian Xiang did it. For more than three years, he has worked countless short-term jobs to earn enough for his tuition and living expenses, and every time he goes home, he will stuff hundreds of dollars for his grandmother. But every time he was leaving, his grandmother secretly stuffed the money back into his package.

It's winter again, and I'll be able to see my grandmother again. After this winter, it only takes half a year for me to graduate and fulfill my promise. Before he could make good on his promise, he had to earn enough money to live on for those months. The bicycle under my feet was pedaled very fast, and when I turned the intersection, it was a construction site.

In recent years, the provincial capital has been renovated with great efforts, especially in urban villages, where entire areas have been demolished and entire buildings have been built. This is a great opportunity for large construction companies. Of course, it is also an opportunity for Tian Xiang, because he does not have to worry about finding temporary work. The key is that under this chaos, you can still pick up a few wools.

A few days ago, he found a job moving bricks here, although he was tired and his salary was less, but he ended every day. For Tian Xiang, this is simply a good thing. Especially when I work overtime at night, I can still make up for my life with a few pieces of scrap iron and rotten copper before leaving.

Tian Xiang despised this kind of petty theft in his heart, but there was no way, life, he couldn't eat enough and despised it. Therefore, it is usually despised and wool at the same time, and how to do it, but it is just not too much.

"Yo, your kid has finally arrived, and he can't go to school at a young age, but he can endure hardships. Zhao Defa, the foreman of the contract, laughed and scolded.

Tian Xiang stopped while laughing, "Are you praising me or scolding me?"

"Hehe, you kid, you can't praise or scold. Zhao Defa said with a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"Zhao Tou is in a good mood today, it seems that there is a shortage of manpower today. Tian Xiang was sarcastic as he walked forward.

"Whoever says it's not a class, is drizzling, and someone asks for leave and doesn't come. Damn, I know that sleeping with my mother-in-law is not as reliable as your kid. Zhao Defa's saliva flew sideways.

"Zhao Tou, can you stay away from my face when you speak? Before you could stand firmly, you sent me a pouring rain. Tian Xiang wiped his face exaggeratedly.

"Get out! Don't pull the calf, move the bricks! Don't even think about leaving if you don't finish today. Whoever dares to steal and play tricks, Lao Tzu will drown him with a mouthful of spit!" Zhao Defa bared his yellow teeth and crossed his face.

On the hill-like red bricks, seven or eight workers dragged people in the broken rain, tossed upstairs, and made noise until midnight. Although each person in the middle has added two steamed buns, he is now hungry and has his heart close to his belly.

After receiving the day's wages one after another, the workers coaxed, "Working overtime until midnight, Zhao Tou has to treat him!"

"It's easy to entertain, the work of the food stalls!" Whenever this happens, Zhao Defa will have a sense of accomplishment. After all, the food stalls don't cost a lot of money, and two bottles of two pots can be done with a plate of peanuts.

There is food to eat, Tian Xiang is naturally happy. But Zhao Defa's food is not delicious, because the guests he invites are usually only wine and no food, and he pours people to death, and if he can't pour them, he will say that you didn't plant them;

Therefore, when he heard Zhao Defa's promise, Tian Xiang hurriedly waved his hand, "You go, you go! I have to go back, so I won't join in the excitement of my brothers and uncles." ”

"You kid can say that you can't talk to people, these people you call Uncle is reliable, damn it, you left out two words, deliberately, right?" Zhao Defa laughed and scolded.

Tian Xiang stuck out his tongue, smirked at everyone, and turned around to pack up his tools.

"Boy, you pack up, let's go first. Zhao Defa waved his arm and walked away with a few workers.

After cleaning up briefly, Tian Xiang took a piece of stainless steel in the corner of the wall into his arms, looked around, and walked quickly towards the bicycle......