Chapter 5; negotiate

I didn't say anything more, but stared at her quietly, I don't know what she was thinking now, but I wanted to run away, because I felt that I couldn't withstand the second blow. But looking at the faces of my tablemates, I really want to gamble, what if it can be done? After all, if it can't be done, my life in the Xiang family will definitely be difficult.

"Get ready, I'll take you inside."

After telling me a word at the tablemate, he took out the key to the lock of his house and began to open the door. After a while, the door of her house was opened. Before she entered the house, her mother's voice came out from inside, "Yu Ying? Is it you home? Her mother asked, and Yu Ying replied yes and pulled me into the house.

Yu Ying's home is very good-looking, and so is her mother.

"Huh? This is Zhou Tian, did you go to school today? She asked, and before I could say anything, Yu Ying stood in front of me and answered for me, "She went to school today, Mom, is there still the job recruitment you told me last time?" What do you think of Zhou Tian? Suitable for drying. ”

"Recruitment? This is the problem of our commissary, it has been found, and no one is needed yet. And Zhou Tian is still young and can't work. Zhou Tian? Come and stay at Auntie's house, Auntie will tell your father that when your parents are done, they will come and take you home, you see how it goes. ”

"But my sister said that my father entrusted me to the care of relatives, and it was still not troublesome."

"It's not troublesome, it's not troublesome, you and Yu Ying are at the same table or good friends, isn't it good to go to and from school with Yu Ying, and it's not like there is no place to live at Auntie's house."

"This. I need to ask my family. ”

"I'll call your dad." After Yu Ying's mother finished speaking, she went to find her mobile phone and called my dad.

The phone was quickly connected, and Yu Ying's mother quickly explained what had happened, but I heard it clearly, and my dad was a little hesitant on the other side of the phone. After all, it's better to be at a relative's house, because there will be this level of relationship, and if you go to someone else's house, it's a bit bad.

"I know, but I think it's better to live with her sister. You may not know that she is now living with a relative on her mother's side, and the child has lived in our house for a while, and I am afraid that she will not be comfortable going to your house. ”

"Her mother's relatives?"

"Well, so I thought I'd better let her live at her sister's house. After all, we gave them money to take care of my children. ”

"Give money? How much is it given? ”

"A few thousand yuan, which is enough for their family's food expenses, I hope they will take care of my children during the time when my mother and I are not at home, so I give a lot."

"Ah, I see, then don't bother." Yu Ying's mother hung up the phone with a smile, and when she looked at me again, her eyes revealed joy and excitement, "Classmate Zhou, your father told me that he gave your sister money to take good care of you, if you are not used to living in your sister's house, come to Auntie's place, you see that Yu Ying likes to be friends with you very much." ”

"No, she asked me today if there was any way to make money. Look at her shoes, how dirty they are, they didn't wash them yesterday afternoon. ”

Yu Ying retorted loudly, but I was a little ashamed of it. By the time I finished my homework last night, it was late. I don't know where the shoe brushes are at home, so I don't have them. This morning, alas, this morning's events are still not mentioned. This is the first time in my life that I wipe my face with a foot cloth.

"Classmate Zhou, why didn't you brush your shoes last night because that sister of yours was not good to you?" Yu Ying's mother asked me, but I didn't know how to tell her.

"I didn't have time to brush my shoes because I was too late to do my homework last night."

"And what do you say about your hair, it's a mess, don't they give you a comb?" Yu Ying asked, I raised my hand and touched my head, subconsciously not knowing how to explain this matter. I'm a person who loses my hair easily, and if I comb my hair, it's easy to lose it, and when the time comes, if they see me like this today, they will definitely start to dislike me again.

So I didn't use a comb, I just started combing with my hands.

"Do you know your sister's cell phone number?" Yu Ying's mother asked.

"No, I rarely interact with her, and I meet directly to talk about things."

After I said this, Yu Ying's mother suddenly became very sad, "Let's eat first." Yu Ying took the initiative to reach out and pull me to sit on the table at their house, and gave me a very reassuring look by the way, and told me, "Zhou Tian, you must eat more in a while, so that you can taste my mother's craftsmanship." ”

"Okay."

"Don't talk so much about it yet, go and wash your hands before you sit down." Yu Ying's mother said, Yu Ying secretly smiled at me, and then whispered to urge me to wash my hands with her.

We went to the sink in front of her bathroom, squeezed the hand sanitizer and started washing our hands. In the process of washing her hands, Yu Ying didn't forget to smear more hand sanitizer on me. Several times, I stopped being inhibited and started playing with her, smearing the hand sanitizer on my hand frantically on her hands.

Yu Ying laughed dryly, and just as we were playing hard, Yu Ying's mother suddenly appeared behind us.

"Let me see what you two are playing? Well? Don't wash your hands. Children who do not wash their hands on time to eat will cancel a small red flower. ”

"Huh? Ah~ Mom, why is this matter tied to the little red flower. Yu Ying looked very helpless, while Yu Ying's mother laughed secretly, and after a few seconds, her expression became serious again, "Ahem, of course you have to tie it with the little red flower, the little red flower is to praise the children who perform well, can you get the little red flower if you don't wash your hands well?" ”

"Of course you can get it, I'll quietly paste the little saffron on it while you're not paying attention." Yu Ying said, Yu Ying's mother listened to her words, it was angry and funny, "Okay, then you post it, if you post it, this week's little red flowers will not be counted." ”

"No, no, I'll wash it." For the sake of her little saffron, Yu Ying didn't focus on playing, but quickly washed and dried her hands and put the cloth she used to wipe her hands next to me, "This is a cloth for wiping hands, you can use this to wipe your hands after you wash your hands." ”

Yu Ying looks very well-behaved and cute, but she wasn't like this before. When I was at the same table for a semester, I have the impression that she has been doing her own thing except for chatting with me every day about a little gossip and research question types, and she is a very busy one at any time, so I really haven't seen her like this.

"Zhou Tian? Look at what I'm doing, hurry up and wash your hands, it's time to eat, and the food will be cold after a while, and it won't taste good if it's cold. Yu Ying said, I came back to my senses and hurriedly washed and dried my hands, and then turned to look at them.

"Well, you don't have to be so fast, I just squeezed a lot of hand sanitizer for you, you don't have to wash it again to see if there's any foam or something."

"Stinky girl, what kind of hand sanitizer are you squeezing into someone's hands?" Yu Ying's mother said, as if jokingly, raised her hand and patted Yu Ying's head gently. Yu Ying immediately covered her head, and as if she had received a big blow, she cried out in pain.

"I didn't hit it, let my mother see it." Yu Ying's mother looked very worried, but her eyes were a bad taste that she couldn't tell.

"You're hurting me right now, it's going to be a big swollen bubble."

"It's so serious, then mom apologizes to you, what gift do you want as compensation?" Yu Ying's mother asked her softly, Yu Ying thought for a long time, and finally decided, "I want to buy a new watch, this watch has been worn for a long time." ”

"But didn't you buy it a few months ago?"

"I lost the one I bought a few months ago, Mom who told you. I accidentally threw it away, so I picked up the old one to wear, but now that the old one is useless, I need to buy another one. After Yu Ying finished speaking, she was afraid that she would not believe it, so she simply took her watch and showed it to her mother.

Her mother took the watch, looked left and right to make sure it was broken, and then sighed, "Well, let's buy you one." ”

No anger, no annoyance, just a very flat sigh and said I'll buy you another one. It's like a TV series, and the mode of getting along seems to be acted. If it was put in my house, I guess I would say that I was wasteful, and then there would be no then.

But what they just said about the little red flower, I only saw this in kindergarten. is indeed praising children, Yu Ying is her mother's child.

"Okay, let's go out to dinner, I'll wash my hands and come out."

"Got it." After Yu Ying finished speaking, she took the lead and walked forward, I followed her out, and at a glance I saw a small blackboard not far away, on which a small table for the week was clearly drawn, starting from Monday to Sunday. Today is Monday, and Yu Ying has already obtained a small red flower in the morning.

"How can I help?"

"What's the busy, you don't need it, the dishes are already finished, what are you looking at." Yu Ying came up and looked at it, "It's a form, don't you have it at home?" ”

"Without this, I would like to ask, if you get enough little red flowers in a week, what good things will your mother reward you?"

"It will fulfill a small wish of mine."

"I see."

When the conversation fell, we didn't continue the conversation. The things Yu Ying used, such as the watch just now, were no more than twenty yuan. It seems that Yu Ying's family needs to obtain a small red flower through performance, and then use the small red flower to exchange for a small wish.

Yu Ying, like me, is the second child in the family, but her life seems to be happier than mine.

Her sister. I heard that I went to high school in the city this year because of my good grades, and the tuition over there is free, so I'm really a great person.

"Come and eat." Yu Ying sandwiched an eggplant for me, and she also sandwiched one for herself. Today's lunch at their house is turnips, eggplant, tomatoes and eggs, as well as porridge and steamed buns. I didn't move my chopsticks and picked my hand under the table, which meant that Ying's mother came out and talked for a while before she started to move the chopsticks.

"Does Zhou like to eat eggplant? Listening to Yu Ying, you like to eat eggplant very much, like Yu Ying, you are at the same table, there must be a lot of topics to talk about. ”

"Yes, Auntie."

"Also, we also have a common idol, that is Dong Wendong, who is good at singing and dancing and can act, I like all-round artists very much."

"Really." Yu Ying's mother looked very surprised, Yu Ying snorted, and said proudly, "Of course it's true, when we have free time after class, we will discuss Dong Wendong's new drama and new songs." ”

"Wow, that's great. It's good to enrich your extracurricular life. I remember that you don't usually have a small notebook to memorize lyrics, remember to share it with Zhou, you know? ”

"I know, but I'm not the only one who has the lyrics, Zhou Tian also has it."

"Really? Student Zhou. ”

"Huh? Ah, yes, sometimes I copy the lyrics in my notebook. ”

"Look, look, Dong Wendong's lyrics are really good, and sometimes they can be used as writing."

……

We discussed it for a while, and by the way, we finished all the meals. Yu Ying's mother looked at the time and said to us, "It's okay, you can see if there is any homework that has not been completed." Now it's time to do your homework, hurry up and finish it. ”

"I'll help you, Auntie."

"No, no, you put down the bowl and let Auntie come, and you follow Yu Ying to do your homework."

"I'd better help."

"Don't need you, kid, go do your homework." Yu Ying's mother snatched the rice bowl from my hand and went to the kitchen. I was also about to follow, but my hand was grabbed by Yu Ying in time, "I don't need your help, come and accompany me to do my homework." ”

"But," I don't know what to say, and if I don't, it doesn't seem good.

"Eh, you're a guest, where is the reason for guests to wash dishes, come and do your homework." Yu Ying took me to the sofa and handed me my schoolbag, I was still a little relieved, until I saw Yu Ying's mother waving at me not far away and asking me to follow Yu Ying to write homework on the sofa, so I took out the homework book and wrote.

"Oh? I can't see that you are such a well-behaved child. Yu Ying teased in a low voice, I only felt helpless, "I wasn't a disobedient bad boy before." ”

"Hmm. I don't know, so let's do my homework. Yu Ying's words were half and half, which always made me feel that she still had something to say to me, but I couldn't ask.

After finishing the homework, I was a little hesitant because I didn't know who I was going to give today's one to. If you want to give it to Xiang Yi, then what should I do with Yu Ying, I ate at her house, and the work matter has not been negotiated.

Why don't I talk to her again, what if it works? Thinking of this, I couldn't care about anything else, and hurriedly went to find Yu Ying's mother.

At this moment, she was washing dishes in the kitchen, and I was standing at the door, not knowing what to say, so I had to knock on the kitchen door first, "Auntie, my homework has been written, help you wash the dishes." ”

"Huh? Classmate Zhou, you finished writing so quickly, but you still have to go to school, so don't interfere. ”

"That, Auntie, I want to ask about work, can't I really do it?"

Yu Ying's mother was stunned, and then continued to wash the dishes, saying while washing the dishes, "It's not that I can't do it, it's just that my aunt has found someone now." ”

"That's right, that's okay, I'm sorry Auntie, I'm a little bothered."

"Student Zhou, there's nothing to disturb, I'm glad you can come and find a job, but I don't think it's suitable for you to enter society too early. If you are not happy to stay at your relative's house, then come and stay at your aunt's house. Yu Ying is home alone now, I am sometimes busy, I can't take care of her emotions, the two of you are together, so it's good to have a companion. ”

"Thank you, Auntie."

"It's okay, think about it." After Yu Ying's mother finished speaking, she was busy with other things, and I followed Yu Ying to the location of the school.

"Zhou Tian, I'm sorry, I didn't know that my mother was no longer recruiting, I blamed me for not paying attention to these things, today I suddenly remembered this, so I pulled you over directly and didn't even ask you, or I'll show you the rest? Or I'll go back and talk to my mom tonight to see if there's a way to make money. ”

"Thank you Yu Ying, it's just that I think I may not be very good at this, so I'd better quit." I was a little hesitant, after all, Yu Ying's proposal was very good, and I just didn't know how to make money.

"Well, are you going to give up? But are you really willing? I can't understand why your relatives left you alone after taking you into her house, shouldn't she have introduced you to her home first? ”

"Let's not talk about this matter anymore," I hurriedly interrupted Yu Ying's words, and when I passed by the door of a community, I also deliberately looked inside, I couldn't say what it felt, I just felt stuffy.

"Look at you, I'll say that you have been wronged, and you still don't come to live in my house."

"You guys are really nice, but. So, I'm going to call my family this afternoon and talk to them about the problems I'm facing, and then ask if they can support me to go to the tutoring center for dinner. ”

"Tutoring center?"

"Uh-huh, eat a meal and sleep at my house at night."

"Okay, can I go to your house on the weekend?"

"Of course, you are always welcome to come and play with me."

"Oh, why didn't I think of that. No, why didn't you think of that? ”

"Because before your mother called my dad, I didn't know that my dad had given me money from my relatives to support me. All I know is that after I came back from the hospital, my sister told me that I was going to stay at my relative's house in the future, and I thought that someone had brought me this oil bottle, and I didn't have a penny on me, so I thought about making money. ”

"I see, I see. Then after school, let's go to your relative's house with my mother to ask for money, she didn't take care of you, the money must be returned to you, and then you can live at home with this money. ”

"That being said, it should be difficult to do, after all, how old I am, my parents will definitely think that I can't manage money."

"Huh? Well, it seems that your life is destined to be difficult at all times, so what are your plans. ”

"It's just the plan, if my dad doesn't agree, forget it. I felt that the money from the tutoring center must be a little more than the money for my relatives, so I asked first. ”

"Oh, are you going to stay at your relative's house tonight? Anyway, don't you know how to cook? Do you want to come to my house and study first? ”