In the reception area, Xu Jingming was sitting there, drinking boiled water and looking at the fitness club. Judging from the decoration and the area, it was pretty good.
"Brother Xu." A familiar voice.
Xu Jingming looked up and saw Yang Qingshuo walking towards him with a smile. People say that Xu Jingming was young and became the main player of the national team early. In fact, Yang Qingshuo was one year younger and was the youngest brother of the first team of the national team.
The once handsome young man has now gained weight, his hair is even a little gray, and his eyes are a little tired.
"A Shuo." Xu Jingming stood up.
"Come on, let's sit inside." Yang Qingshuo led Xu Jingming into a small parlor with partitions nearby. Yang Qingshuo brought some snacks and fruit plates from the side and poured two glasses of water.
"Brother Xu, thank you for your help this time." Yang Qingshuo sat down and said.
Xu Jingming noticed that Yang Qingshuo's right hand was always wearing gloves, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with your hand?" It's such a hot summer, and his right hand was always wearing gloves.
Yang Qingshuo's expression froze for a moment, then he smiled nonchalantly and took off the glove on his right hand. It was a prosthetic leg. Although it was made of bionic skin that looked like a real right hand, you could still tell it after a little observation.
"Your hand?" Xu Jingming couldn't believe it.
"Prosthetic limbs." Yang Qingshuo smiled and put on his gloves, "It happened last year. The iron frame of a high-rise building fell off at high altitude, and there was a little baby downstairs. You know, I am a professional martial arts player, and my nerves are all over the place.
I had specially practiced it, so I immediately rushed over and grabbed the little baby and saved him. I blocked it with my right hand, but it was smashed by the iron frame and had to be amputated."
"How could this happen?" Xu Jingming was a little confused.
"I'm a fortune teller. What I almost hit was not this hand, but my head." Yang Qingshuo shook his head and said, "The iron frame fell from a height of dozens of meters. If it hit my head, I would be dead."
It’s just a hand now. It’s worth it to survive as a little baby! And now the prosthetic technology is very good. I can carry a plate and pour water, and some simple tasks, the prosthetic limb can also do it.”
Xu Jingming nodded slightly: "So you left the Sports Bureau?"
"This is a brave act for a just cause." Yang Qingshuo said, "The Sports Bureau also gave me rewards to learn from me. But I lost my right hand and was not suitable to be a professional coach after all, so I was transferred to the office to do some administrative work. Administrative work
My salary is a little low, about 10,000 yuan a month. After all, I am ranked 19th in the world of martial arts. It is not difficult to find a job with a monthly salary of tens of thousands, so I came out to make a career."
Xu Jingming understood.
Most sports bureau jobs do not pay high salaries. Only professional and powerful coaches are hired, and the hiring salaries are quite high. For example, Master Liu Hai, the head coach of the national team, has an annual salary of tens of millions. Being a professional coach for a provincial team,
The monthly salary usually starts at 50,000 yuan! But for administrative work, you are just an ordinary member of the sports bureau, and the salary cannot be compared with that of professional coaches.
"A Shuo, if you need my help in any way, just ask," Xu Jingming said.
"It's already a big help that you can lend me money this time." Yang Qingshuo said with a smile, "What I want most now is to see you, Brother Xu, get married soon. How old are you? You are already thirty this year."
"Twenty-nine years old!" Xu Jingming said quickly.
"In my hometown, we calculate the age according to the actual age." Yang Qingshuo said.
Xu Jingming blinked: "Don't worry about me about getting married. I'll get married in a few months."
"What a happy event, who is it?" Yang Qingshuo asked.
"Li Miaomiao." Xu Jingming said, "Don't spread the word. When the wedding happens in a few months, you will definitely get it."
"Li Miaomiao, is it the Li Miaomiao who sings beautifully? Or does it have the same name?" Yang Qingshuo asked.
"is her."
Xu Jingming nodded, "Miaomiao and I don't know much about many things about getting married and having children, but you are experienced. Let your Xiaoyu and Miaomiao talk more later."
Yang Qingshuo was a little embarrassed, lowered her head and took a sip of water: "Xiaoyu and I are divorced."
"Divorced?" Xu Jingming was stunned.
"Well, it happened in the first half of the year." Yang Qingshuo nodded.
Xu Jingming understood something in his heart.
Last year, A Shuo became disabled. As a professional martial arts player, he still uses a spear! His right hand is disabled? He can no longer use a spear. He cannot be a professional coach at all. His future income will be greatly reduced. This may be due to divorce.
One reason.
"The divorce rate is high now." Xu Jingming said.
"The divorce rate here is almost 50%." Yang Qingshuo shook his head, "It's better to be alone, it will save a lot of trouble."
Xu Jingming nodded.
He could feel that A Shuo had a lot of bitterness in his heart.
"By the way, I will be leaving Binhai soon and will return to my hometown to settle down." Xu Jingming chatted with his good brothers, chatting about life and some gossip in the circle.
Half an hour passed like this. While chatting, Yang Qingshuo was also very relaxed, as if he had returned to college and the days when he was training with the national team.
At that time, I had no worries and only focused on martial arts.
"Brother Xu, it's time for me to go back." Yang Qingshuo looked at her watch and said, "I still have to cook for my son when I get back."
"Hurry up and do your business." Xu Jingming also stood up.
"It's rare for you to come over. I was supposed to have dinner with you, but..." Yang Qingshuo was a little embarrassed.
"Haha, I'm going to the capital as well, so hurry up and take care of your son." Xu Jingming said.
Xu Jingming vaguely understood that A Shuo lost his father a long time ago, and his mother is now seriously ill and hospitalized. Now he is raising a child alone... there must be a lot of hard work.
"I'm leaving first." Xu Jingming got into the smart car booked online at the entrance of Jiaxin Fitness Club.
Yang Qingshuo carried a backpack and watched Xu Jingming leave, then put on a helmet and rode an electric car towards home. Although driverless smart cars are now very common and you can buy a car without a driver's license,
Yang Qingshuo sold his car long ago.
Half an hour later, Yang Qingshuo returned home after buying some vegetables from the market.
This is a large flat-floor house with an area of 200 square meters, which is considered very good in Jinmen City. I spent 5 million to buy the house back then.
"Dad." A boy lying on the sofa wearing virtual glasses excitedly took off his glasses, ran over, and hugged his father.
"Taotao, did you enjoy the game?" Yang Qingshuo said with a smile.
"You can have a lot of fun during the summer vacation." The boy said happily, "And I also played math and Chinese games in the morning. I have reached the 55th level of addition and subtraction in mathematics, and I have also passed the 22nd level of the Chinese pinyin game.
Already."
"That's great." Yang Qingshuo kissed her son.
The boy hugged his father closely and enjoyed spending time with him.
"I'll make dinner for you." Yang Qingshuo said.
"Okay." The boy sat back obediently and put on the virtual glasses. There was a robot next to the sofa. The robot was the boy's only companion at home.
"I can only afford the cheapest first-level intelligent robot. I don't have time to spend time with my son, so I have to let the robot accompany me." Yang Qingshuo, who was in the kitchen, glanced at his son in the game and felt quite guilty.
The first-level intelligent robot can only clean, help look after the son, and simply chat with the son. There is not much else, such as cooking, which is too complicated for the first-level intelligent robot to complete.
"What I can do is try my best to maintain my son's life." Yang Qingshuo looked at this family.
If you divorce your wife, your property will be divided equally!
It seems that Yang Qingshuo still lives in this house, but he needs to give his wife 3.9 million in cash! All the cash in the family, including the real estate, has been mortgaged with 2 million in cash... all of it was given to his wife.
To make matters worse, his mother was seriously ill and could not help take care of the children. Moreover, the cost of treatment for the serious illness was very high. He had already mortgaged his property to the maximum limit and even sold his car.
He is now heavily in debt, but he must hold on.
"Didi didi."
Yang Qingshuo pressed her watch, and a light screen appeared. She was a fat woman in her fifties or sixties with a haggard face. She was Yang Qingshuo's mother.
"Xiao Shuo." Yang's mother's breath was also a little weak, "I checked a lot of information on the Internet. I have a genetic defect, a rare disease. Special medicines only delay, and there is no cure at all. It's better not to bother.
, I will go home and spend time with my grandson, and my life will be happier, and you will be more relaxed."
"Mom, don't worry. I signed a long-term contract with the company and I'm rich." Yang Qingshuo said, "Just feel free to treat me and don't worry about anything else. I'll see you around eight o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Xiao Shuo." Mother Yang really felt sorry for her son.
In just over a year, she became disabled, lost her good job, got divorced, and was heavily in debt. Now she is raising a child alone and has to take care of her mother. Mother Yang wants to seek death, but she knows her son's character very well. If he seeks death...
...I am afraid that my son will suffer for the rest of his life.
"Mom, I continue to cook, Tao Tao is still waiting to eat." Yang Qingshuo said.
"Okay." Mother Yang also hung up the phone.
Yang Qingshuo put the lid on the pot and watched the flames rise in silence.
"How come my life has ended up like this?" Yang Qingshuo thought.
He was also the proud son of the emperor!
"If I had listened to Brother Xu, listened to the coach, concentrated on martial arts, and not fallen in love and gotten married early... I would have gone further in the World Martial Arts Competition, and my income would have been much higher. I wouldn't be so embarrassed now."
Yang Qingshuo recalled the past.
He fell in love when he was a freshman in college. It was his first love. After joining the national team, he kept in touch with his ex-wife through virtual networks. When he was 22 years old, he got married as soon as he reached the legal age for marriage.
The baby is born.
Although he is also very dedicated to martial arts, he must admit that falling in love, getting married, and having children have distracted him a lot of energy and made his achievements lower. You must know that he is one year younger than Xu Jingming. Compared with the same age group
, he is completely comparable to Xu Jingming.
"I'm not as focused as Brother Xu. I didn't suffer any fatal injuries during my time in the national team. Brother Xu even broke his leg. A few years later, he could get up again and make it to the quarterfinals of the World Martial Arts Competition! His marksmanship is also praised by the entire world martial arts circle.
It is recognized that he is one of the top ten marksmen in history and has earned the title of Gun Demon. I am also a gunsmith..." Yang Qingshuo said silently, "I am content with the status quo and want to spend more time with my wife and son. I am not as good as Brother Xu at all.
Such dedication.”
"Time will not come back again, and it is useless to regret and worry. Just move forward step by step." Yang Qingshuo lowered his head and touched his watch. A light screen popped up. Yang Qingshuo clicked on it and began to pay: water bill, electricity bill, gas bill, virtual bill
Internet fees, son’s milk money, monthly loan repayments...
There is no hope for his career, he is in heavy debt, he has seniors at the top and young at the bottom, and he can only rely on himself for everything.
He is the backbone of this family!
Yang Qingshuo looked up and saw the thin body of her son Yang Tao wearing virtual glasses sitting on the sofa in the living room: "Tao Tao, dad can't give you much, but even if I risk my life, I will make you happy."
Big enough to be able to support oneself in this society!"
The aroma of meat simmering in the pot gradually spread to the living room.
"Dad, it smells so good." His son Yang Tao sniffed and shouted happily.
"I've cooked the pork ribs you like, and they'll be ready later." Yang Qingshuo said with a smile.
…
Xu Jingming was sitting on the high-speed train returning to Binhai City, looking out the window.
"How could this happen?" Xu Jingming understood Ah Shuo's current situation, and felt heartbroken and helpless. "He is disabled, his career is ruined, and the whole family still has to rely on him..."
"All I can do is help, but in life, Ah Shuo still has to fight on his own." Xu Jingming said silently, "A Shuo, come on!"
In life, sometimes you can't resist, you can only endure it silently.