"Brother Dabao, how much do you think these things can be sold for?" After wiping his sweat, Li Erhu was very satisfied with the two people's harvest today. When he was picking up garbage just now, he dug out more than fifty yuan from the garbage.
This was equivalent to what they had earned from picking up trash all morning, so Li Erhu also had a smile on his face at this time.
"How much can these things cost? It's not summer, and we don't even have a drink bottle. What a shame." Obviously, Zhao Dabao was not as relaxed as he appeared on the surface, and he cursed with a hint of worry in his eyes.
.
"No, we have been unlucky since we were expelled from school. When we go to restaurants to serve dishes, they think we are ugly. We didn't choose to be ugly, and we haven't hindered anyone." Li Erhu said about his experience this month.
Also feeling a little depressed.
"They are afraid that the two of us standing there will affect the restaurant's business, and I can't blame them. It's not them I hate the most." Zhao Dabao narrowed his eyes, with a hint of sternness in his eyes.
"Yes! If it hadn't been for that *** Wang Zihan, we wouldn't be in this situation."
"After all, they are rich and powerful, and the two of us are like duckweeds. This society is very realistic. Get to work quickly, get more waste paper boxes, sell them later and send them back. Your mother's illness cannot be delayed any longer.
"Sighing, Zhao Dabao leaned down with unwillingness in his eyes, picked up the garbage on the ground with both hands, and threw it all into the trash can.
"Brother Dabao, when I went back during the Spring Festival this time, my aunt asked you to bring some money back. You gave all the money to me. What should I do if my aunt asks me?"
"What can I do? Just say that I haven't made any money. Stop asking and get to work quickly." After muttering, Zhao Dabao frowned when he remembered that his mother called him earlier and said that his family was short of money to build a house.
"Brother Dabao, my aunt said she would find a wife for you. If you don't get any money back, the matter will be ruined." Li Erhu continued to ask.
"If it's bad, it's bad. We'll deal with it later. Your mother's illness is the most important. We can't delay it any longer. I'll use the money to treat your mother's illness first!" Zhao Dabao said with no doubt.
"But I heard from my aunt that this time it was the little widow from the neighboring village that she finally found. She was quite beautiful. It would be a pity to miss her."
"Why are you talking so much today!" Zhao Dabao was a little angry after glaring at Li Erhu who kept talking.
"Er Huzi! We are brothers. We have been brothers since childhood. Do you understand? Your mother and my aunt always loved me when I was a child. I, Zhao Dabao, am not rich, but I still remember who treats me well.
, whoever treats me badly, I am willing to use this money to treat my aunt, do you understand?"
"Er Huzi, I promised my aunt to help you get ahead. Originally, you were getting better by following Mr. Ye, but this time you were implicated because of me. I can't help you, and I feel guilty in my heart. I'll give this money to auntie."
I feel comfortable when I am cured, do you understand?"
Shaking Li Erhu's shoulders, Zhao Dabao's eyes were a little red and his voice was a little broken.
I vaguely remember what I said seven years ago when I walked out of the mountains with Er Huzi, who had been a bit stupid since he was a child. He stood at the entrance of the village and said to his white-haired mother and Er Huzi's mother, who was seriously ill.
talk.
"Mom, aunt, just watch. If Erhuzi and I don't show off our behavior when we go out this time, even if we die outside, we will never go back to the mountains to beg for a bite of food from your fellow villagers. You just go ahead.
, at least three to five years, and at most seven or eight years, the two of us will definitely return home in fine clothes."
Zhao Dabao's words are still vivid in his mind. Every time he thinks of his original lofty ideals and then looks at the current reality, he always feels an inexplicable sadness.
It has been seven years since they left the mountain. During these seven years, he and Erhuzi have suffered all kinds of hardships. There is no so-called rapid rise. The stubborn two people have not returned to the mountain for seven years, and have not seen the old man once.
Mother, the two of them just stubbornly stick to their previous decisions.
"But my mother is not in good health either." When Zhao Dabao said this, Li Erhu's eyes turned red.
"It's okay. When I called, my mother said she could still hold on. I'll cure my aunt's disease first, and then I'll treat my mother's disease later." Zhao Dabao smiled and said very casually. In fact, he was the only one.
It was clear that his mother was also seriously ill. Although the old mother lowered her voice and deliberately pretended to be fine during the phone call, Zhao Dabao could vaguely hear that her mother's asthma was getting worse again.
After years of hard work, my mother's body is not much better than my aunt's.
"Brother Dabao, how about we become beggars like others? I have heard from beggars eating in restaurants these days that they can beg hundreds or even thousands of dollars a day." Li Erhu asked timidly.
Zhao Dabao, who originally had a good face, suddenly turned gloomy after hearing what Li Erhu said.
"Er Huzi, listen to me. If you dare to do that despicable thing behind my back, I will break your legs. Do you understand?"
"Ming...understand." Li Erhu was a little scared when Zhao Dabao glared at him with such cold eyes. This was the first time he saw Zhao Dabao with such a ferocious look.
"Er Huzi, the consciences of those fake beggars on the street have been eaten by dogs. They deceive others' sympathy and make ill-gotten gains. Sooner or later they will be punished by God. Do you understand? Your mother and my mother both believe in this.
Fate, people who believe in Bodhisattvas say that we can become rich and powerful, but that is not achieved by begging!"
"People can't be arrogant, and they can't be without pride! Without dignity, life has no meaning. Fake beggars can make a lot of money, but they also cause real beggars to have no food, you know?
?This is a violation of moral integrity. If the villagers find out, they will be stabbed in the back."
Zhao Dabao's words were serious and meaningful. It doesn't matter if you are poor, but some things cannot be lost, especially people like them who come from the mountains. They are looked down upon by others. If they don't even look down on themselves and do despicable things, then
No one will think highly of you anymore.
Zhao Dabao's words made Li Erhu tremble. His mother had said before she left seven years ago that people are poor and ambitious and cannot be looked down upon by people outside the mountain. But what Dabao said
That's what it says.
"Brother Dabao, don't worry, no matter how poor you are, I will never go behind your back to ask for it!" Li Erhu gritted his teeth and said solemnly.
"Hey, that's right. We are the ones who want to do big things in the future. We don't want to do things like begging from others!" Zhao Dabao patted Li Erhu's neck and leaned down.
"Hurry up and get to work. You picked up fifty yuan in the morning. You can have a good meal at noon. There are only eight meat buns, four yuan, four per person. You treat me this time. It's different now. You have to save money.
Mom, we can save money if we can." "Hey!" Li Erhu nodded in agreement, with an optimistic expression on his face again, and he helped Zhao Dabao load the garbage into the trash can.
"Brother Dabao."
"Um?"
"Do you think if Mr. Ye was here, he would help us?"
"What, you still want to work as a security guard at Yucheng University? Let me tell you, you will never get ahead as a security guard there." After hearing what Li Erhu said, Zhao Dabao said while picking up trash.
"That's not what I meant. Teacher Ye is usually so kind to us, giving us cigarettes and alcohol. Now that we have been expelled, we haven't even invited him to a meal, so we still feel that we can't live with it." Li Erhu said with an embarrassed look.
In the past few months, Teacher Ye had given them cigarettes and drinks more than once. Although they were thrown to them casually, Li Erhu remembered it clearly.
"It is indeed a bit bad, but what can we do now that we have been expelled? Besides, Teacher Ye is a person who does big things. He may not remember little people like us. Just say hello when we meet him in the future."
"Is it enough to just say hello? You even ran away without saying a word, and you have done so much harm to me. Why should you have a big meal? At least eight meat buns!" Just before Zhao Dabao
As soon as I finished speaking and was about to throw the last bits of garbage into the trash can, there was a sudden sound from behind.
But when Zhao Dabao and Li Erhu heard this voice, they both froze in place.
Slowly stood up and turned around, the two of them saw Ye Huang leading Gao Hu and Gao Jian slowly walking in. Ye Huang had a faint smile on his face, and the two people behind looked at them.
With a touch of admiration.
"Teacher Ye? Why did you invite this?" Looking at the sudden appearance of Emperor Ye, Zhao Dabao could hardly believe his eyes. Thinking of the predicament that he and Er Huzi were in at the moment, his face couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He originally wanted to wipe his sweat.
, but my hands were full of smelly garbage, so I had no choice but to give up.
"Teacher Ye, I remember that you usually call me Brother Ye. Why did you change your name after not seeing me for two weeks?" Emperor Ye frowned, looking very angry.
"Look at the way we are now, will calling you Brother Ye lower your status?" Zhao Dabao stretched out his dirty hands, looking slightly embarrassed and miserable.
If I were still a little security guard in school, I would naturally call him Brother Ye, but now that I and Er Huzi are useless, just homeless people picking up garbage on the roadside, how dare I call them Brother Ye.
Zhao Dabao's words made Ye Huang's expression soften again. It is very valuable for a person to be able to distinguish the identity gap between you and me and call us different names on different occasions and in different situations, especially if you are like
The two people in front of me were such impoverished people.
"You were fired, and you just kept picking up trash?"
Glancing at the nearly full woven bag, Ye Huang asked.
"No, I started to serve the dishes, but it turned out that the two of us were too ugly. They quit after one day of probation and gave us fifty yuan. We had no choice but to pick up garbage and work as migrant workers. Erhuzi and I didn't understand
Those things, even if you want to go there, others don’t want them.”
Speaking of this, there was a hint of desolation in Zhao Dabao's eyes, and the life in front of him made people feel desperate.
