The last weekend of the year. Because of the seven-day holiday during the Spring Festival, it is necessary to take a series of holidays, so I will have a holiday on Saturday and go to work on Sunday. Chen Xu took the morning bus back to Beicheng on Saturday, ready to buy some New Year's goods to send back to his grandmother's house, and then return to the unit in the afternoon. Because Chen Xu didn't have a car, he could only take a car back and forth to Beicheng. In winter, the days are short, and the unit is far away from the bus station, so I have to go back on Saturday and Sunday afternoon every time, and this time I can only come back on the same day.

Chen Xu bought chickens, ducks, fish, peanuts, melon seeds, vegetables and fruits at the farmers' market. These days, the temperature is low, and the outside is a natural refrigerator. She also bought a pair of couplets and blessing window flowers, influenced by Wu Sixian and Han Yidao, Chen Xu felt that the New Year should have the appearance of the New Year. She also bought two small red lanterns, which were more festive to hang during the Chinese New Year. It's a bit unrealistic to walk back with such a large pile of things, and you have to take a taxi back. She struggled to get them to the entrance of the market, when an empty taxi came in the distance. She hurriedly put down her things and waved to stop the car, and as soon as the car stopped, suddenly another person wanted to ride in the car. Chen Xu just wanted to say that I stopped the car first, but suddenly found that it was an acquaintance, and she shouted happily, "Aunt Li!" "It turned out to be Aunt Li from the People's Hospital, who was in charge of the quilt, and she also came to purchase New Year's goods, and she took a lot of things in large and small bags. Aunt Li saw that it was Chen Xu, but she was embarrassed to grab it, so she said, "Ah, it's you!" If you stop the car first, you can sit first! Chen Xu asked where Aunt Li's house was, and when he said it, he found that it was not far from his home, so he said, "That's it, Auntie!" The two of us will take a taxi and I'll take you home first. said that these two people put things in the trunk and then sat in the car, Chen Xu directly gave the driver ten yuan, because ten yuan was enough to get from here to her house.

Aunt Li happily pulled Chen Xu and said, "Chen Xu, I haven't seen you for more than four years." Chen Xu explained: I have been working near the school for four years in college, and I have not come back. Aunt Li knew Chen Xu's situation and asked her what she was doing now, and heard Chen Xu say that she had been admitted to work in the Municipal Procuratorate, and she was very happy for her. Aunt Li patted Chen Xu's hand and said, "Chen Xu, your experience is really inspirational, hard work will pay off, you have changed your fate by yourself." Back then, you were a child, not afraid of being dirty or tired in the hospital, how difficult it was to be a nurse there at night! Nowadays, people can't endure hardship or tiredness, and there is a serious shortage of nurses in the hospital recently, and no one can do it to add money! ”

Chen Xu said with a smile: "This shows that everyone is not short of money." Aunt Li continued: "Now the male nurse is more popular, because he has strength!" The kind of bedridden old man who needs to move and turn over or something, it is easier for men to do it, but no one wants to do it. When he said this, a thought suddenly flashed in Chen Xu's mind, but he didn't say anything. just asked, "Aunt Li, your phone number hasn't changed, has it?" Aunt Li said: "It hasn't changed, it hasn't changed, the phone number hasn't changed over the years." I'm afraid that others won't find me. Chen Xu remembered Aunt Li's number, because when he was in high school, he left Aunt Li's phone number for the head teacher.

While talking, when he arrived at Aunt Li's community, Chen Xu got out of the car to help Aunt Li take down her things and said goodbye. Aunt Li said happily: "Chen Xu has time to play!" Chen Xu got into the car, and the driver sent her to the entrance of her house's alley, because the alley was too narrow to get in. Chen Xu got out of the car and took the big bag out of the trunk of the taxi.

After Daniel Zhang came from the outside, he saw that Chen Xu had taken a lot of things, and consciously reached out to help her pick them up and deliver them to her door. Daniel Zhang didn't speak, just wanted to leave, Chen Xu suddenly called out to him, "What are you doing now?" Have you ever wondered how you'll live your life in the future? Daniel Zhang exhaled hard and said, "I have been looking for a job in the past few days, and the factory has been on holiday for the New Year, so I can only wait for the first month to go and see." Today, I ran in vain for a long time, and I didn't find a place to employ people. ”

Chen Xu continued to ask: "Then what kind of job do you want to find?" Daniel Zhang looked down at the tips of his shoes and said, "I can't pick the way I look now, it's not me who picks the job now, it's the job that picks me." When I came out, my mother gave me 500 yuan, and in the past few days I have cleaned up the house and bought two more bags of coal, which is almost gone. I'm in my 30s, so I can't go and ask for food! I can't steal and rob, now as long as I can take care of the food, I will do it, and I don't dare to think about whether I can earn money or not. I can't let others celebrate the New Year happily, I'm starving to death here! ”

Chen Xu suddenly said: "I have a way to make money, I don't know if you want to?" The two of them were talking, only to hear a voice from inside, it turned out to be Liu Jiaxin's grandmother who was about to go back after this string. Grandma Chen was sending her out, and the two old ladies opened the door to see that there were a lot of things at the door, and Chen Xu was standing and talking to Daniel Zhang. Grandma was not happy to see Chen Xu and Daniel Zhang talking, so she quickly said: "Oh, Xu, why are you standing outside?" It's been so cold, come in! ”

Because there are more things, even Grandma Liu is not in a hurry to leave, help move things in, Daniel Zhang also reached out to help, but Chen Xuluo was clean and followed in from behind. Grandma Liu was more gossipy, looked at the big bags of things, and said to Grandma Chen: "Let me see what kind of New Year's goods Xiaoxu does?" She opened the bags one by one out of sight and looked at them. Daniel Zhang was leaving, Chen Xu chased to the yard and said, "I have a few words to tell you!" Daniel Zhang looked up at her, it seemed that Chen Xu was doing well, I don't know what she is doing now, but he doesn't seem to have any position to ask.

Grandma Liu gossiped and pushed Grandma Chen, signaling her to look out, through the glass window, Grandma Chen saw Chen Xu talking to Daniel Zhang, she was very unhappy, who is her granddaughter, she is a person with a good job, how can she talk to a labor prisoner who has just come out? She walked to the door and shouted: "Chen Xu, it's cold outside, come into the house!" Chen Xu understood that her grandmother would not let her pay attention to Daniel Zhang, but she could not chase Daniel Zhang's yard to talk, otherwise there would be gossip, so she said to Daniel Zhang: "You come in with me, and you will leave after I finish." ”

Grandma Liu and Grandma Chen were surprised, and Daniel Zhang and Chen Xu entered the house again. The two of them no longer looked at those New Year's goods, but stared at these two people. Chen Xu didn't care about the eyes of the two old ladies, and said directly to Daniel Zhang: "If you really don't pick a job, I have a way, you see if you can do it?" I used to be in junior high school to winter and summer vacations, I worked as a nurse in the people's hospital, almost all the patient's family members will pay you every day, for people who have no money, this job is still good, hard is a little hard, but the income is okay, I don't know how much money is now, I was in the first year of junior high school when people gave me 50 yuan on New Year's Eve, now it should be more than that time, if you want to know how much, I can call you and ask. Daniel Zhang said: "You can use as much as you want!" I can eat for a day if I work for a day. I'm running out of money to eat now, and a big man can't go to his knees and beg, right? As soon as Chen Xu heard this, in front of everyone, he called Aunt Li and said, "Aunt Li, I have a neighbor who has time now and is willing to be a nurse." Yes, it's a man. Do you think you can help find a job? Aunt Li on the other side hurriedly said: "Oh, that's great, several copies of asking me to help find someone!" You've helped us solve our urgent needs! I'm sorting things in the refrigerator now, and I'm going to the hospital right away! Well, you can ask him to go to the hospital to find me, or come to my house and come with me. Chen Xu said: "That's it, I'll take a taxi to the gate of your community and wait for you, and you will take a car to the hospital with my neighbor after you are busy." Aunt Li said again and again: Okay! I'll have to wait about half an hour to get down. ”

Chen Xu looked at Daniel Zhang and said, "Aunt Li is good, she will take care of what you need to do roughly, she knows more about this." Daniel Zhang asked, "Then do I need to bring something?" Chen Xu thought for a while and said, "You can buy a bottle of water or get a water cup." Take a thicker coat," Daniel Zhang quickly said, "Then I'll go back and lock the door, and I'll go." When Daniel Zhang went out and locked the door, the two old ladies were still looking at Chen Xu stunned.

Chen Xu didn't speak, and then walked out of the door and waited for Daniel Zhang. Daniel Zhang returned to the house, took a clean thick coat, quickly ran out and locked the door, saw Chen Xu waiting for him, did not dare to delay, quickly followed Chen Xu to the street, took a taxi to the door of Aunt Li's community to wait, because he didn't want Aunt Li to wait, Chen Xu simply explained a few words of her experience as a nurse. Daniel Zhang asked in a low voice, "Have you been working as a nurse at that time?" Chen Xu nodded, "Yes, at that time, my parents didn't want me, and my grandmother didn't care about me anymore, and I didn't even have money for food." People have to live, and those who have hands and feet will not starve to death! She said plainly, as if those hard years were nothing

Daniel Zhang said sincerely: "You are amazing, a little girl supports herself." Chen Xu smiled, "I thought it was difficult at the time, and it doesn't matter if it's over." It's the same with you, you just came out of the inside, maybe a little out of touch with the life outside, and you'll be fine after a while. I think you can make a transition as a nurse at the moment, and when you solve the problem of eating, you can slowly find a suitable job. Daniel Zhang nodded repeatedly, the driver got out of the car to buy cigarettes, Daniel Zhang finally mustered up the courage and asked: "Xiaoxu, do you still hate me?" Chen Xu looked outside, did not look at Daniel Zhang, and said after a while: "Daniel Zhang, when I used to call you Brother Xiaoyong, it was true that when you were your brother, I didn't have any relatives at that time, and I regarded you as my relatives." You don't know how upset I am when you treat me like that. ”

Daniel Zhang's eyes were a little sour, but he held back so that he did not shed tears, he clenched his fists hard, stabilized his emotions and said, "I will be a good person and live well in the future." I know I'm sorry for you, and I don't know how to make amends, and I really regret being such a jerk now. Chen Xu sighed, "Don't mention the past anymore, it's not something to be happy about!" ”

Chen Xu kept looking outside, and suddenly saw Aunt Li walking out in a hurry. Chen Xu hurriedly got out of the car and called Aunt Li. Aunt Li came over, Daniel Zhang also quickly got out of the car, Chen Xu introduced to Aunt Li: "Aunt Li, this person is Daniel Zhang, my neighbor, he is willing to be a nurse, please take more care of him in the future." Daniel Zhang hurriedly bowed to Aunt Li, and Aunt Li hurriedly said, "Oh, I can't do it!" Don't be so polite, now many hospitalized people ask me to help find nurses, and everyone who is going home for the New Year. Few people are willing to do it, and you have helped me a lot this time. Chen Xu said again: "He hasn't done it, you can guide him more." Aunt Li said in a big way: "Don't worry, it's on me." It's not that difficult, as long as you are willing to work hard. While talking, the driver came back from buying cigarettes, Chen Xu said: "Auntie, take him over, I still have to go home to help my grandmother do some work, and I have to go back to the unit in the afternoon, so I won't accompany you over, goodbye!" ”

Chen Xu walked home slowly, and when he got home, Grandma Liu had already gone back. Grandma looked at Chen Xu dissatisfiedly and said: "Xiao Xu, your child is too soft-hearted, everything has to have a limit, Daniel Zhang's kid has been reformed or not reformed for the time being, how did he treat you before, how can you still deal with him?" Why help him? ”

Chen Xu looked at a lot of things that they had opened, but they didn't classify them, she put some chickens, ducks, fish, meat and eggs away, and said, "Let's put these in the warehouse, and it will be the New Year in a few days, just put them outside, anyway, we don't have a refrigerator." But the grandmother was worried and said, "What if I leave it outside, what if I lose it?" Chen Xu smiled: "Probably not!" If we don't make noise, how can others know where to put it? I remember there was a little jar in that barn, and we put it on the cover so as not to attract rats. He ran twice, put his things in, gave her the fruit and the two underwear he bought for his grandmother, and then said, "I'll cook, I'll have lunch, I'll have to go back in the afternoon, and tomorrow the unit will go to work." "

While eating, grandma was still saying: "Don't take care of that Daniel Zhang in the future, he is not a good thing!" Chen Xu was not anxious or annoyed, but said flatly: "Anyway, Daniel Zhang has helped us before." Now he's in trouble, and I'm helping him. Grandma didn't give up, "Why are you so kind?" Chen Xu said while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks: "I remember the time when I was lost when I was a child, and he carried me back." He bought me food on the way, and he didn't have much money at that time, but with a bite of his food, he didn't go hungry. If he hadn't brought me back at that time, maybe I'd be kidnapped. ”

Having said this, grandma was very weak-hearted, she listened to Chen Zhihua's words and sent the child to Zhou Fenglan, she thought that Zhou Fenglan was still in that hotel, so she threw the child outside the hotel, let her go in to find her mother by herself, and then left, but she didn't expect Zhou Fenglan to leave there. Today, Chen Xu brought up the old things again, which made her grandmother's face a little unbearable, so she didn't say anything else. Chen Xu is indeed a person who does not miss the old evil, not to mention Daniel Zhang, that is, she has a very bad attitude towards Chen Xu for more than ten years, and she has to beat and scold. But Chen Xu still thinks of that little bit of old love to this day and takes more care of himself.

Chen Xu knew what her grandmother wanted to say, but she firmly believed that the past should be passed!