Room 703, Unit 3, Building 16, Xingheyuan Community, Chaoyang, Beijing. This is a house with two bedrooms and one living room of less than 90 square meters.
It was already past two o'clock in the night, but the light in the second bedroom was still on.
Cao Shujie was too busy again and fell asleep on his desk.
His forehead was pressed on the computer keyboard for a long time, and several square red marks were left on it.
The screen of the desktop computer was still flashing with light, and on the open Word file, the letter N filled the screen.
This state of staying up until midnight has lasted for a long time. He only rests for four or five hours a day. He is so tired that he snores like thunder.
Cheng Xiaolin got up in the middle of the night to change her daughter Mengmeng's diapers. When she heard the snoring coming from next door, she couldn't help but feel distressed.
I got out of bed, opened the door softly, and closed the master bedroom door.
When she came to the second bedroom, Cheng Xiaolin didn't dare to take a big step. She walked to her husband, stretched out her hand and pushed her gently, calling: "Husband, husband..."
"Huh?" Cao Shujie grunted in his sleep. He had insufficient blood supply from pressing his arm for a long time while sleeping, and the pain in his arm caused him to wake up from the pain.
He raised his head, rubbed the red backs of his hands with each other, and his eyes fell on the lower right corner of the computer screen. In 2011, he was a little confused at first, but he woke up after a while.
Cheng Xiaolin was nagging him: "Husband, I have told you several times not to work so late and sleep more. I didn't read the news that there are many people who stayed up late and died suddenly. If you do the same thing, what will we do?"
Cao Shujie wanted to tell his wife that he died suddenly after staying up late 12 years ago, and he was not yet 40 years old.
But his reason told him to keep this secret in his heart.
"Husband, why don't we go back to our hometown? We're not in the capital anymore. If you do this every day, I'm really afraid that one day you won't be able to hold on any longer." Cheng Xiaolin said it again. She had mentioned this issue more than once.
In the past, Cao Shujie would definitely have made excuses and prevaricated the situation.
But not this time, Cao Shujie nodded and smiled at his wife: "Okay!"
The sound of 'ok' fell on Cheng Xiaolin's ears. She was stunned for a long time, then she put her arms around Cao Shujie's shoulders and asked him: "Husband, did you agree?"
"Honey, you're right, you're going to die if you keep it up any longer. Go home, I'll spend more time with you." Cao Shujie was very happy this time.
"Hmm, then you go and resign at dawn. I also went to the kindergarten to quit my job. The house..." Cheng Xiaolin looked at the house that she had only lived in for two years, gritted her teeth and said, "Sell it too.
Just use the money when you go home."
"Okay!" Cao Shujie smiled: "I'll listen to you."
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A week later, Cao Shujie left the capital in a 10 model Elegant Edition 4L LaCrosse and headed towards the highway.
I quit my job, sold my 9-square-meter house for 560,000 yuan at 30,100 yuan per square meter, and got rid of all the furniture and appliances.
After the house was sold and the loan was repaid, there was still 720,000 yuan left. Even if the money was not recorded in a short period of time, their lives would not be affected.
"Dad, where is the little dog?" As soon as the car got on the highway, Mengmeng, who was sitting in the safety seat, couldn't stay still.
She twisted her cute little round face and looked for puppies everywhere.
Cheng Xiaolin coaxed her: "Mengmeng, when you get to grandma's house in the afternoon, you can see the puppy. It's so cute."
"Really?" Mengmeng's eyes widened subconsciously.
She has been very fond of puppies and kittens since she was a child, especially when she cries, no matter how much she is coaxed, it doesn't work, but as long as she is told to take her to see the puppies and kittens, she will definitely stop crying.
"Mengmeng, can your parents take you back to grandma's house?" Cao Shujie also said, "When we go back, we will build a beautiful house ourselves, and then dad will take you to play in the mountains every day."
"Playing?" Mengmeng quickly twisted her body to look outside the car, but she was restrained by the safety seat and could not move: "Mom, little daddy is playing."
She was talking about a small park, but she couldn't explain clearly when she was in a hurry.
Cheng Xiaolin quickly coaxed her: "Mengmeng, we are in the car now. When we return to grandma's house later, there will be a big orchard. It is blooming now and it is beautiful."
"Really?" Mengmeng blinked and looked at her mother expectantly.
Cao Shujie drove all the way, listening to his mother-in-law talking nonsense in the back seat. He was not tired at all.
I had some food at the expressway service area along the way and rested for an hour before continuing on the road.
It wasn't until after 4 p.m. that we got off the highway.
Mengmeng became active again after a good sleep. She said she no longer wanted to sit in the safety seat and had to let her mother hold her.
But not long after, she felt uncomfortable in her mother's arms again, and she had to sit side by side with her mother on the seat.
If Cheng Xiaolin hadn't stopped her, she would still have wanted to stand on her seat. At this time, Cheng Xiaolin felt tired.
"Dad, where's grandma?" Mengmeng couldn't sit still anymore. She wanted to get out of the car, but regardless of the car still running, she stretched out her hand to pull the door handle.
Cheng Xiaolin was so frightened that she hugged her quickly, raised her hand and twisted her butt hard twice, but Mengmeng didn't feel any pain at all and even smiled proudly.
"Mengmeng, if you are naughty again, I will beat you up." Cheng Xiaolin was very angry.
Mengmeng is good at everything but disobedient.
After being frightened by her mother, Mengmeng started to act out. She rushed over and lay on her mother's lap. She didn't care that she was still in the car. She held her mother's arm and swayed back and forth.
After a while, she turned over and lay on her mother's lap again, with her little head pointed upward, and raised her little arms to greet her mother.
While doing it, he shouted: "Mom, mom..."
It seemed like she was so wronged.
Cheng Xiaolin was so angry that her stomach ached. She said to Cao Shujie who was driving in front of her: "Husband, look at your daughter, she is annoying me to death."
"I really shouldn't have wanted her in the first place, just keep her to make people angry." Cheng Xiaolin said.
Cao Shujie glanced in the rearview mirror and couldn't help but want to laugh.
Fortunately, the length of his car is 5 meters, the wheelbase is 2870 meters, and the rear space is large enough for the two of them to toss around. Otherwise, there would be no room for his daughter to roll around.
More than half an hour later, the car drove into a village at the foot of the mountain.
This is Cao Shujie’s hometown, Caojiazhuang, a village famous for its kiwi and apple cultivation.
Before the car stopped, Mengmeng knelt on her mother's lap and looked out of the car window. Suddenly she saw a white-haired puppy running past. She was startled and shouted: "Mom, look,
Small dog."
"Hey, Mengmeng, are you annoying?" Cheng Xiaolin was going crazy.
Cao Shujie, who was driving, burst into laughter.
When he saw his mother Wang Yuelan, an old face immediately appeared in Cao Shujie's memory.
Every time when he came back during the holidays and was about to leave, he could see his mother in the rearview mirror stupidly standing at the gate and watching from a distance...
