"No, you have to read. Even if I have to sell blood, I still want you to study. I will go find Lao Liu tomorrow and work on his construction site. With my strength, I will have no problem making money." Liu Bing said.
"You can pull me down. See if Old Liu still dares to ask you to go there? You went to work there twice and got into fights three times. Each time, you were sent to the hospital. The last time Old Liu came back
I told my dad not to look for him again in the future. He can’t afford to hire someone like you and let you harm others. Brother, I make my own decisions about my own affairs. Just take care of yourself. Don’t fight around anymore.
Just cause more trouble to your parents. I will go out to work after the Chinese New Year, and you will take care of your parents at home." Liu Sisi rolled her eyes at her second brother.
"Wait a minute, let me ask a few things first. The first thing is, did you just say that your mother was in the hospital?" Wang Xudong interrupted the conversation between the two siblings.
"Yes, my mother is hospitalized in the county hospital."
"What's wrong?"
"It's...no big deal, it's just..."
"What is it? What disease? Is it serious?"
"The doctor said it was cerebral thrombosis and cerebral infarction or something. I have been hospitalized for more than half a month, but I am still paralyzed. I can move on one side and cannot move on the other."
"Your dad is in the hospital?"
"Well, my dad is taking care of me in the hospital. I take turns taking care of him. He takes care of me for a few days and I take care of him for a few days. My dad is taking care of me these days." Liu Sisi said.
"Is there a car out here? I want to see your mother." Wang Xudong turned to Liu Bing and asked.
"Yes, there is a car in the second pillar of our village. Sometimes when there is an emergency at home, I call his car. Master, if you want to go, I will call him and he will drive over right away." Liu Bing said quickly,
He wanted to show off in front of Wang Xudong.
"Why do you want to ask him? It's too expensive. He's made it clear that he's blackmailing people. Brother Wang, there's nothing big to do with my mother. You don't need to bother. Just come up with what you want. Stay with us for one night. There will be three people here tomorrow morning.
We can go to the town by trampoline and then take a bus from the town to the county. It only costs a dozen yuan to get there."
"It's okay, Liu Bing, just go and contact the car." Wang Xudong said to Liu Bing with a smile.
"Okay, I'll call him right away." Liu Bing ran and made a phone call.
"Brother Wang, his charges are very expensive, and that person has a bad mind." Liu Sisi persuaded.
"It's okay, Sisi, that's what I'll call you. Tell me about your family situation. You just said you didn't want to go to school. Is it because your family has no money?" Wang Xudong turned around and asked.
"Yes, our place is not good, and the transportation is not convenient. As you can see, no one is rich, and it is the poorest place in this generation. But before, although the conditions at home were not that good, we could still live.
, Mainly because my eldest brother, who is a soldier, can always send some money home every year. This money is enough for our family. In the past, the biggest expense at home was my schooling, which cost 20,000 to 30,000 yuan every year. But this year, suddenly someone came
Notify us that my eldest brother died..." At this point Liu Sisi started crying.
Wang Xudong knew that Liu Jun did not actually die this year, but the rules in the army were to postpone it by one year and stagger the time. This is why Wang Xudong did not come last year and waited until the New Year this year before coming.
"Didn't you get your pension?"
"I got it, but my second brother didn't live up to expectations. You've seen him like this. He's not bad, nor lazy, but he has a hot temper. He always gets into fights when he goes to work on construction sites. This year, he beat people to death.
He was seriously injured and admitted to the hospital. He was also put in a detention center and was to be sentenced. My parents could only spend money to reach a civil settlement with others, and compensated a large amount of medical expenses and other money. It was said that the total amount was more than ten dollars.
He just came back and was not sent to jail. My eldest brother's pension was basically wasted by him. Then, my mother suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized again, and all the remaining money was given to the hospital. The last time I went to the hospital, the doctor said
We have no money again, so we are asked to pay. My dad called everywhere to borrow money, but I don’t know if he got the money."
"According to what the doctor said, even if my mother's disease is cured, she won't be able to take care of herself anymore. My mother can no longer work, my father has to take care of her, and the family has no source of income. My second brother is like this
As you can see, it is unreliable. Don’t expect him to make money to support the family. As long as he no longer causes trouble for the family, he will be lucky. I am thinking about going to Yanjing or somewhere to find a job after the Chinese New Year, and work harder on my own.
It should be able to support this family." Liu Sisi lowered her head and said.
Wang Xudong sat there smoking, listening to Liu Sisi's words without interrupting.
"Do you want to continue studying?" Wang Xudong asked Liu Sisi while smoking a cigarette.
"Of course I do."
"That's it. Don't think so much. Go clean up and take me to the hospital to visit your mother. What you should do at this age is study hard. As for other things, you shouldn't think about it. Although your eldest brother is gone, but
, I am here, from now on, I am Liu Jun, I am your big brother." Wang Xudong smiled and said to Liu Sisi.
"Ah? I..."
"Don't leave me, you, go and clean up. You come with me, your second brother is indeed a bit unreliable." Wang Xudong laughed, got off the kang, and looked around.
Not long after, as expected, a Biguandi F car that looked like it was about to be broken into pieces drove rampantly to the door and stopped. Then Wang Xudong took Liu Sisi and got into the car, leaving Liu Bing alone at home.
This made Liu Bing very dissatisfied. He had always wanted to get closer to Wang Xudong. He admired Wang Xudong from the bottom of his heart.
In the car, Wang Xudong continued to ask about the specific situation of their home, and Liu Sisi kept talking.
Wang Xudong asked Liu Sisi why Liu Jun only told him that he had a sister and never said anything about a younger brother. Liu Sisi told Wang Xudong that it was because in those years of family planning, a family was only allowed to have one child, and their place was very special.
, everyone is preoccupied with having more children, and their family's situation is even more special. Liu Sisi's grandfather only gave birth to a daughter, Liu Sisi's mother. Because he had no son, he was always bullied by others in the local area, and then he found
A door-to-door son-in-law, Liu Sisi’s father came here as a bride-in-law, because his father was a bride-in-law and an honest man. He had been bullied in this village and had been angry all his life, but there was nothing he could do about it. The only one in their family was no match for others, so
Even though they knew it was illegal to have more children, Liu Sisi's parents still insisted on having more children in order to give the next generation more brothers who would not be bullied. (To be continued)