Qin Jian's home is located in a small town more than ten kilometers away from the northwest outer ring of City G. This is a small town with a permanent population of less than 100,000. With the progress of urbanization, although it is far from the city center, there is a subway
With the support of convenient bus lines, this humble suburban area does not lack popularity.
The Kangjian community where Qin Jian's family is located is a very ordinary residential community in the town. Compared with the villa areas in the south of the town that cost millions, the Kangjian community in the north of the town can only be regarded as a civilian area.
After leaving the subway station, Qin Jian went to the parking area in the square outside the station and pushed out his broken-down moped that made a loud clang as soon as he drove it. Although the car was broken, it was enough as a means of transportation.
Riding a broken bicycle, Qin Jian returned to the downstairs of his home in Kangjian Community in a happy mood, humming a tune all the way.
The residential buildings in Kangjian Community were built more than 20 years ago, so they are not comparable to those high-end commercial buildings today. The six-story building looks a bit dilapidated under the erosion of wind and rain, and the security doors in the corridors are also rusty.
It was extremely filthy. The communicator used to communicate with the residents in the building was covered with a layer of dark dirt. There were very few numbers to identify the residents. The entire security door was covered with various psoriasis-like stains.
small advertisement.
Using the letter of credit to swipe the access control, Qin Jian ran up to the sixth floor and opened the door of Room 602. Unexpectedly, he did not smell the aroma of his mother cooking. What surprised him even more was,
After entering the door, there was no guest in the small living room, and the dining table that was usually folded up for fear of taking up space was not put in place.
"What's going on? Didn't mom agree to invite people to the house for dinner to celebrate tonight? Why is there no one there? Are you still buying groceries?"
Qin Jian raised his head and looked at the electronic clock hanging on the wall. It was already a quarter past five in the afternoon. Did he go shopping at this time? When will he be able to cook a dish? My mother usually does things neatly.
You would never do such an unreliable thing.
At the moment of doubt, the communicator hanging by Qin Jian's ear suddenly vibrated slightly. He quickly pressed the Bluetooth port, and sure enough, his mother's voice came into his ears:
"Ajian, where are you now?"
"I just got home. Mom, didn't you say you wanted to cook food for a treat? Where are you?"
"Oh, it's all my fault. I was so busy here that I forgot to inform you that you won't be eating at home tonight. How can we deal with such a big deal at home, that our Ajian can be admitted to Wenhua College? I decided to go out to eat.
, I have contacted the hotel."
"Mom..." Hearing this, Qin Jian felt warm in his heart. Mom is the best to him in the world. "Where are you booking? I'll come over right now."
“The ‘Yueyou Restaurant’ in town, the ‘Dapeng Hall’ on the third floor.”
"The more big restaurants there are...Mom, what can we do? It's super expensive there." This time, my mother went to such a high-end restaurant as "luxurious" to buy herself a celebration drink, which made Qin Jian feel uncomfortable.
Startled.
Qin Jian's family is a single-parent family. Since his father passed away when he was five years old, his mother and he have been living together. Her mother's job is average and she can only be considered a working-class person. The two of them rely on her meager income.
Live paycheck to paycheck.
If my father hadn't left me a house to live in, life might have been even harder.
Yueyue Restaurant is considered to be the most expensive restaurant in this town. A typical table there without drinks costs one to two thousand yuan, and if drinks are included, it costs at least three thousand yuan.
My mother only earns more than a thousand yuan a month, so a meal like this costs a month's salary, which shows how extravagant it is. That's why Qin Jian was so surprised.
"How can you be casual about such a big thing? Besides, I'm inviting your uncle's family this time. If it's too shabby, you'll be laughed at."
"Why did you invite your uncle's family?" Qin Jian felt very uncomfortable when he heard that his mother had even invited his uncle's family.
Grandpa and grandma are the only two children, mother and uncle. Logically speaking, for such a big happy event as his entrance into high school, he should call his uncle to come, but Qin Jian didn't like this uncle at all.
My grandfather was a businessman, and his family's financial situation was considered good even in G City. Later, when he got older, he passed the family business to his uncle.
Uncle Fang Dahai is a relatively philistine person. He has always looked down on his father because he is rich. I remember when I was young, my mother did not have any contact with the family for a period of time because of this matter. Until now, she and her natal family
The relationship is not very good, especially after the death of my grandfather and grandmother, I rarely have contact with my uncle and his family.
No wonder Qin Jian was wondering why his mother called his uncle's family here this time.
"After all, we are all a family, and the past has passed. Mom is the only brother I have, and you are the uncle. If your uncle doesn't come to this big happy event, there will be no excuse..."
Even though his mother said so, Qin Jian was still unhappy, but there was nothing he could do about it, so he agreed, locked the door, went downstairs, got on his broken moped, and headed towards the Yueyou Restaurant in the center of the town.
When we arrived at Yueyou Restaurant, the commercial street in the center of the town was already lined with cars. This was the busiest place in the town. It was dinner time, and it was even more lively and lively.
He found a place where the moped could be parked and parked the broken-down car. Qin Jian strode to the main entrance of the Yueyou Restaurant. Although the doorman opened the door for Qin Jian politely, Qin Jian was still able to open the door for him.
There was a hint of contempt in his eyes.
"Tch! Dogs look down upon people!"
Qin Jian couldn't help but complain in his heart, and walked straight into the hall without paying attention to the doorman.
"Ajian, Ajian."
Qin Jian followed the voice and saw his mother standing in front of a huge screen carved with white jade calling him, so he quickly walked up.
"You kid, why are you still wearing this T-shirt and you don't know how to change it?"
My mother started scolding her as soon as she came up. It could be seen that she had dressed up specially today. In addition, she was in high spirits on happy occasions. She looked much younger. If it hadn’t been for the long-term hard work that left deep scars on the corners of her eyes.
The mark was so deep that Qin Jian even felt a little afraid to recognize him.
"Mom, you are so beautiful, I can't even recognize you."
"You brat, you have such a poor mouth. Fortunately, your Aunt Shen bought you a new set of clothes this time. She said they were given to you as a celebration gift. You should hurry up and change into them. You can't be careless on a good day like today."
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"oh……"
No matter how old a child is, he will never grow up in the eyes of his parents. Being scolded by his mother, Qin Jian felt warm in his heart, "Mom, let's go up."
"You go up first. Your uncle and his family haven't arrived yet. I'll wait a little longer."
"Oh, I'll go up first." He said this, but Qin Jian didn't think so in his heart. His uncle just loved to show off, and he didn't know how long he would have to wait for his mother to come.
