Cao Wei burst into tears when he heard his mother's inquiry, fortunately, there was a cover of the night, so that the people he cared about could see him crying into tears, otherwise he didn't know how to end it, so he gritted his teeth and adjusted his breathing a little, and said in a somewhat stiff voice

"Mom, I'm leaving at six o'clock, and I don't want to eat when I get up so early! You don't care! I'll go to sleep first! ”

Although Cao Wei deliberately spoke quietly, no matter how he adjusted the volume, it couldn't hide his heartbroken voice, although Li Maixiang couldn't speak, but she was more of a delicate mother, hearing her son's voice was a little choked, and her heart was like a knife in an instant, but she didn't have anything to do, although she wanted to give her life to her son, but even if she took out her life, it couldn't change the current situation of being forced to choose, because for her son, if marrying a daughter-in-law is a top priority, there is a decent and stable job, that is something bigger than the sky, the only thing that can be done at the moment is to let the child have a full stomach and then go to Yan'an, then sigh, turn around and walk towards the kitchen cave!

After Cao Wei finished speaking, he returned to the cave and lit a cigarette as quickly as possible, sat on the edge of the kang and smoked one after another, looking at the earthen cave where he had lived for three generations, except for the kiln wall where he couldn't see his five fingers, as if looking at his dark future, the more he looked at it, the more he lost, the more he looked at it, the more regretful he became, and the more he looked at it, the more confused he became! I didn't take off my shoes and lay on the quilt, falling into a contemplation like ten thousand arrows piercing my heart!

The next morning, not long after the chicken crowed for the first time, Li Maixiang woke up, began to touch the black clothes, first came to the cave where Cao Wei slept, touched whether his kang was still hot, and found that there was no problem, gently stroked his son's hair, sighed and gently closed the kiln door, and returned to the kitchen cave again.

Li Maixiang just walked out of the kitchen cave, Cao Mancang sat up, touched the pipe and frowned tightly, and smoked a cigarette, beating a drum in his heart, I don't know if my son can sign a formal employment contract this time, whether it will affect his son's future because of this blind date, if so, it will be useless to regret it.

When Cao Mancang was depressed, Li Maixiang walked into the cave with his shoulders slumped, so he said a little irritably

"You crazy old woman! Most of the night, I don't sleep well, and I wander around the yard! ”

Li Maixiang glared, because her son was going to work at dawn, and her mood was extremely bad, looking at a red spark on the kang flashing and flickering, the older she was, the more irritable she became, she turned on the light and communicated in their unique way

"Sitting on the kang and smoking, it is easy to catch fire if the spark falls on the quilt! My son is going to take the car to Yan'an at six o'clock in the morning, and he can't be hungry, so get up and make breakfast now! ”

Cao Mancang heard Li Maixiang complaining that he was smoking on the kang, and instantly felt uncomfortable, thinking that this loser girl, old and old, has become a fine man, I have smoked on the kang all my life, and I can't do it this morning, but when he heard that he couldn't let his son go out hungry, he instantly sat down on the kang as if he had lost something, and took two puffs of cigarette holders, and said helplessly

"Oh! Then you can do it quickly! Don't burn porridge and hot steamed buns in the morning, there is nothing to sell on the road, make a few poached eggs for the baby! It's not easy to get hungry after eating! ”

Li Maixiang because she had never walked out of the mountains, and the farthest place was the town, and when she heard that there was no food sold on the road, she suddenly became nervous, and quickly ran over to count the eggs in the egg basket, and found that there were only eight eggs, and turned around and walked over a little anxiously

"There is no food for sale! What if the baby is hungry! Now it's too late to cook the pot helmet, there are a total of eight eggs left in our house, make three poached eggs to eat at home, boil five eggs and eat them on the way, will my son be hungry! ”

Cao Mancang heard that his daughter-in-law gave all the eggs to his son, and instantly felt that the thief was not a taste, because he lived his life, and the eggs for his son to go out were not enough to make up ten, I really didn't know what it meant for me to live in the world, so I sighed and said

"It should be about the same!"

After Li Maixiang got her husband's permission, she hurriedly ran over to get the eggs, but when she took the eggs to the water tank and was about to scoop them for washing, she suddenly stopped and continued to gesticulate

"Make poached eggs for my son first! Or give the boiled eggs first! ”

Cao Mancang hesitated slightly, thinking that the chicken was called for the first time It was not long, and now the maximum is more than four o'clock, the earliest shuttle bus for his son at six o'clock in the morning, and he got up at half past five, and there was still more than an hour

"Do you have pig brains? Now that my son hasn't gotten up yet, who are you making poached eggs for! When I wake him up, you're making poached eggs, and now Xiaolan has boiled the eggs, put them in cold water and ice them, so they can be peeled when they eat! ”

Li Mai arrived at the unit's eyes with a fragrant aroma, thinking that if I didn't have a pig's head, how could I find such a blind man with round eyes, but I was afraid that this stubborn old man would be in a hurry, so the sweeper of the kang flew over, so he pursed his lips and didn't say a word, but quickly made a fire to boil water, and began to boil eggs for his son.

The rooster had just finished crowing for the third time, and Cao Mancang hurriedly got off the kang and said while putting on his shoes

"It's almost five o'clock! I'll call the baby up, and you can start making poached eggs! ”

Li Maixiang heard that she was going to call her son to get up, so she hurriedly went over to help Cao Mancang out of the door, and when she came back, she put the eggs soaked in cold water on the snowdrift and brought them back, took the towels and dried them one by one, and put them in a plastic bag, because the hot poached eggs are the most delicious, and the body is warm after eating, and her son will not freeze when she walks on the road and sits in the car, so she will take the eggs in her hand, and her ears are pricked up to listen to the movement in the yard, and she wants to beat the eggs into the pot when her son enters the door.

Cao Mancang leaned on the wall and came to the cave next door, and when he just pushed the door and was about to ask his son to get up to wash his face and eat, he didn't expect Cao Wei to stare at it with some surprise

"Dad, it's not dawn yet, why did you get up so early!"

Cao Mancang pursed his lips, thinking that you are going out today, how can I sleep, but he has always been the image of a strict father in front of his son, so he turned around and said as he walked out

"Your mom is afraid you've overslept, let me come and have a look! Now that you're up, go wash your face and eat some poached eggs your mom made for you, and the shuttle bus is almost time to come! ”

Cao Wei's eyes lit up when he heard the poached eggs, because he liked to eat the poached eggs made by his mother the most, but he was thinking that his parents were usually reluctant to eat eggs, so he pretended to be angry and said

"Dad, you can eat with my mother! I drank a little too much yesterday and stopped eating today when my stomach was upset! ”

(End of chapter)