Chapter Eighty-Seven: Family Affairs
Carrying two bags of things out, Lou Cheng suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and he couldn't say a lot of words he had prepared, so he was stunned and said, "Dad, Mom, this is my gift to you." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
"Gifts?" Lou Cheng's mother put down the things in her hand and looked at him in surprise and suspicion, "Why do you want to buy us gifts? Did you make any mistakes at school? Don't worry, we don't blame you." ā
Seeing that his mother had such a misunderstanding, it was really his own mother, Lou Cheng almost lost his laughter, and his embarrassed emotions dissipated a lot, and while handing over the gift, he explained: "No, this is the first money I bought purely by myself, the woolen sweater for my father, and two sets of warm autumn clothes for you, you go and try it and see if you can wear it." ā
"Did you earn the first money to buy it?" Lou Cheng's mother was stunned at first, and then couldn't hide her smile, and said happily, "Oh, this, this, I know how to be filial, oops, it's good to have this heart." ā
Lou Cheng's father took the bag, took out the woolen sweater inside, coughed and said: "What kind of gift to buy, you are still studying, it is not easy to make some money, keep it for yourself, your father and mother are not short of clothes to wear." ā
As he spoke, his right hand clutched the cardigan tightly, as if no one could snatch it away.
Seeing this scene, Lou Cheng was amused and wanted to cry, and endured the tumbling emotions and said: "Don't worry, I have private money for myself, you can see if it is suitable." ā
Lou Chengma's eyes were already slightly red, and while looking at the label, she nagged: "If you want to buy clothes as gifts, tell us first, if you buy it wrong, you will have to wait for a few days to change it for the New Year, have you kept the receipt? ā
"Hehe, I'm sneaking through your closet. Lou Cheng turned himself in.
"You kid, your head is getting smarter and smarter. Lou Cheng's mother laughed and scolded.
Lou Cheng's father read the label, pushed up his glasses and wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "You earned money from work-study?"
"No, didn't I say before that I joined the university martial arts club? It turned out that some martial arts talents improved quickly, and after the holidays, they simply signed up for a ring competition, entered the elimination stage, and got a prize of several thousand yuan. "Lou Cheng shrunk fifteen thousand to thousand.
This is not an intentional deception to parents, but based on practical considerations.
Although I started high school, I didn't have to hand over the New Year's money or anything, and kept it as a private house, and the money was not strictly managed at home, but the bonus of 10,000 or thousands was put in my own hands, and my mother was probably not at ease, afraid that she would spend it indiscriminately, and she would soon squander it, after all, she was still a student who had not officially entered the society.
If she offered to help herself save 10,000 yuan as a daughter-in-law, she couldn't refuse at all, she couldn't say that this was used to chase your future daughter-in-law, right?
"Martial arts competition?It's easy to get hurt!Why do you want to go to the competition!Are you injured?" Lou Cheng's mother was startled, and there were a bunch of words crackling.
Lou Cheng posed for bodybuilding: "Mom, you see me jumping so lively, where does it look like an injury? And there are high-level referees and supervisors in the official competition, minor injuries are not in the way, and serious injuries are rare." ā
"That's not good, it's inevitable that there will be accidents!" Lou Cheng's mother said worriedly.
Lou Cheng smiled and said: "If you really want to talk about accidents, it's not safe to take a car, can you still not take a car?"
"Bah, bah, don't crow!" Lou Cheng's mother waved her hand.
At this time, Lou Cheng's father opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't say it, Chengzi went home this time, and I felt that he had changed a lot, he was cheerful, and he was also assertive." ā
After a pause, his gaze turned to Lou Cheng: "You are now an adult, since you have made such a choice, then we also respect your choice, just mention two words, first, you can't waste your studies, and second, don't give up the path you choose easily, no matter how hard and tired you are, remember that you chose it." ā
"Well, Dad, I chose the road myself, and I have to finish it on my knees!" Lou Cheng replied in a popular phrase on the Internet.
Lou Cheng's mother glared at his father: "What kind of adult? I just went to college, what kind of adult?"
"At that time, there were a lot of eighteen-year-old babies with babies. Lou Cheng's father replied in a low voice.
"Hmph, then you don't have a partner at the age of twenty-six!" Lou Cheng's mother revealed his old bottom.
Seeing that his mother and father were arguing and no longer chattering about martial arts, Lou Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and after being busy, he helped clean up the last bit of things.
"Hey, you know how to earn performance. Lou Cheng's mother looked at it angrily, "Come, help me carry these things." ā
The dogleg lifted the things, Lou Cheng opened the road first, went out of the community, and went straight to the platform.
It's Chinese New Year's Eve, Xiushan is basically gone, you can only wait for a taxi or bus, of course, when you come back at night, Lou Cheng's father and Lou Cheng's mother also have other ways - several people in the community know each other to make a living by driving, which is commonly known as a small black car, make a phone call, give more money, or someone to pick up.
This is the advantage that the neighbors used to be in the same factory and were quite familiar with each other, and it is also a detail in the life of small citizens.
Nine stops on the road, after a transfer, the family of three arrived at Lou Cheng's grandparents' house.
This is an elevator apartment that has only been repaired in recent years, and the old couple sold the old house that they bought out as a down payment and lived here with the second uncle of Lou Cheng.
The elevator went up and reached the sixteenth floor, and Lou Cheng knocked on the security door.
After a while, the door opened, and a young man in his twenties smiled and said, "Chengzi, I've been back for so many days, and I haven't come over for a meal?"
Lou Xiang returned to his home, took out his slippers familiarly, and said while changing: "Hehe, too many classmates have appointments." ā
The one in front of him is his cousin Lou Yuanwei, who is also about 1.75 meters tall, not fat but born with a round face, his facial features have the characteristics of the Lou family, he is filial, his head is lively, and he takes good care of his younger brothers and sisters.
In the three years of junior high school, his family situation was not good, and he had almost no pocket money, all thanks to this cousin from time to time, so that he did not have low self-esteem.
Lou Yuanwei is good at everything, but he loves tossing too much, in his third year of high school, he felt that studying in college was boring, so he entered social work early, and later resigned to start a business, tossed milk tea shops, cake shops, Taobao online stores, etc., and got a restaurant before, but these have either not made money, or they were good at first, and they got worse and worse, so they had to close down, and after a few years, his parents, that is, his second uncle and aunt's family were about to be emptied, and he had no choice but to ask his grandfather to tell his grandmother and return to the old place to work.
"Yes, it's a good mix. Lou Yuanwei said with a smile, took out the slippers from the shoe cabinet, and handed them to Lou Cheng's father and Lou Cheng's mother, "Dad, auntie, come in quickly, it's windy outside." ā
Lou Cheng's father ranked first among the three siblings, but because of his focus on studying, he didn't get married until he was twenty-seven years old, so that Lou Cheng was more than five years younger than Lou Yuanwei of his second uncle's family.
Entering the living room, Lou Cheng first heard the sound of the TV and the sound of cooking in the kitchen, and a middle-aged man with gray hair appeared in front of him.
"Second Dad, Grandma and Second Aunt in the kitchen?" he greeted with a smile.
This is his second uncle Lou Zhiqiang, well, the three brothers and sisters of the Lou family are called Zhisheng, Zhiqiang, and Zhixian.
"yes, waiting for your mother's help. Lou Zhiqiang nodded.
"You are so capable, what else do you need my help with?" Lou Cheng's mother Qi Fang sarcastically said.
The best relative she often hangs on her mouth is Lou Zhiqiang.
Lou Zhiqiang didn't study much, chose to be a soldier, entered the cooking class, got married after changing jobs, and drove in the Xiushan City Health Bureau.
In the words of their colleagues in the unit, this person's mouth is too stinky, bitter and mean, even if he will not show it in front of the leader, but the rumors will always pass on, so he has repeatedly delayed.
Fortunately, he also knew some people, so he simply left his job without pay, and found a relationship to contract a canteen.
Lou Cheng's parents once asked him to borrow money in the most difficult time, but he rejected bitterly, plus Lou Cheng's grandparents felt that the eldest son had studied and had a chance, so he didn't need to take care of it too much, and the second son had no ability and needed help and subsidies.
Of course, the responsibility of living together and taking care of the old couple is also completely handed over to Lou Zhiqiang and his wife, and they have the right and the obligation.
Hearing Lou Cheng's mother Qi Fang's sarcasm, Lou Zhiqiang sneered: "There are more dishes to be made." ā
In the past few years, the canteen business has declined, he has not contracted anymore, and his son is too tossed, and the family is about to be hollowed out, which makes him anxious, his hair is a lot grayer, the whole person has become silent, and scathing words have rarely appeared
Qi Fang said that after a few sarcastic sentences, he still went to the kitchen.
"Chengzi, I'll go back to the room to play games first, and stay in the living room and be nagged. Lou Yuanwei patted Lou Cheng's shoulder and whispered.
"I can't escape the first day of junior high school, but I can't escape fifteen. Lou Cheng couldn't help but laugh and quipped.
In this matter, he heard his mother nagging, saying that his grandparents and second uncle felt that Lou Yuanwei was too tossed, and wanted to find him a daughter-in-law to manage him and determine his temperament.
"A day can be chic!" Lou Yuanwei replied with grief and indignation.
Seeing him enter the room, Lou Cheng turned around and walked to the sofa and shouted "Grandpa" to the old man sitting in the main seat.
This white-haired old man who is still in good spirits is his grandfather Lou Debang, who is partial to his second son and very fond of his grandson. ā
Sure enough, it's a family, and they all ask the same questions...... Lou Cheng scolded twice, casually talked about the school, and then turned his head to look at a middle-aged woman who came out of the kitchen, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, where is Xixi?"
"She, lying in the guest room, you go and talk about her, her grades have dropped again recently, if she is half as obedient as you, I will be satisfied!" Lou Zhixian sighed.
As a primary school teacher, I couldn't teach my daughter well.
"Okay. Lou Cheng readily agreed, "Eh, where is my uncle?"
"He, Knorr clamored to buy a hand cannon, so he had to take him to a nearby supermarket. Lou Zhixian pointed out the window.
Ma Jiale is their youngest son, just seven years old, and there is a full nine years difference between him and his eldest daughter Ma Xi.
Standing up, Lou Cheng walked to the guest room, only to see that there was a desk lamp on, dim, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl was lying on the bed playing with her mobile phone.
"Xixi, don't you say hello when you see the second brother?" Lou Cheng said to the rebellious girl with a smile.
Ma Xi kept Qi bangs, showing a little cuteness, and pouted when he heard this: "It must be my mother who asked you to come in and talk about me, let me study hard, right?"
"Okay, I won't say it. Lou Cheng sat on the edge of the bed, "What are you sulking here?"
He could tell at a glance that this cousin was sullen.
Ma Xi's facial features are just ordinary, but the girl's youthful breath came to her face, and she said hatefully: "I don't want to go out to look at them, Ma Jiale, Ma Jiale, I think it's almost the same as Ma Jiabao!"
Lou Cheng smiled and shook his head: "Just angry about this?"
Without waiting for Ma Xi to answer, he continued to take care of himself: "To be honest, my mother usually nagged her grandparents about partiality, and was always entangled in the affairs of the house, but in my heart, I always felt that this was not a big deal, especially when I recently went to other places to read books for half a semester and saw a lot of things, and I didn't take these things to heart. ā
"I have hands and feet, I can read and have talent, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to make money, so why do I have to care about that little bit of things? ā
Yes, I earned 15,000 yuan in ten days!
Yes, a professional nine-grade to eight-grade level ring competition, the championship prize is more than 100,000 yuan, if you enter the professional martial arts circle and become a high-grade powerhouse, will you care about a house in a small city?
"Second brother, what exactly do you want to say?" Ma Xi listened with relish, but knew that Lou Cheng definitely didn't just say this.
Because of her younger brother Ma Jiale, her relationship with her father's relatives is not very good, but she feels that Lou Yuanwei and Lou are like their biological brothers.
Lou Cheng sighed: "I'm telling you, it's useless to sulk, when you have seen more, your vision is high, you are self-reliant, and your younger brother is downplayed, there is nothing to fight for, who your parents love, and you love yourself is the most important." ā
Ma Xi took a deep breath and slowly spit out: "Second brother, what you said is quite reasonable......
"And to improve your vision and knowledge, and have the ability to be self-reliant, the best and most likely way for you is to study, read good books, be admitted to a big city university, and have the ability to make your own living in the future. Lou Cheng was serious at first, and suddenly smiled evilly: "So, study hard!"
Ma Xi was stunned, and then raised his voice: "Wow, you go around, or about studying!"
"I'll just say that, whether you listen or not. Lou Cheng stood up and walked out of the guest room slowly.
Seeing his back disappear, Ma Xi was stunned, and it took a long time before he said to himself:
"Study hard ......"