"Hey, don't look at us with such pitiful eyes. We are a little poor, and we are a little unlucky. But our son is very healthy. He is now in the second grade of junior high school and ranked second in the next year's exam.
First, he is so proud of his ancestors. Sometimes my wife says, is it because her mouth is broken that her son will be successful? Haha!"
"And we also had bad luck this year. We couldn't sell the farmland before, but the city actually wanted to develop an ecological park. The land gave us enough money to marry our son in the future, and we all saved it for him.
If you put it in the bank for a year, you can earn some interest, and the money earned by the restaurant can be used every year..."
As the parties involved, Mr. and Mrs. Yang were calmer than Cao Xinmin, who was indifferent. They laughed a few times and looked at each other. There was no trace of disgust or complaint in one's eyes, while the other grinned with satisfaction.
Laughing, always laughing, always laughing, seems to be mocking the painful fate with a smile from the heart, and also seems to be mocking the unfair life with a comfortable and free spirit.
How can it be so easy to talk about ridiculousness in life? The sadness is so painful that you don’t even have the strength to breathe, so how can you find the courage to smile rightly?
The smiles of Lao Yang and his wife were bitter smiles that could not change the current situation. However, after passing through time, they would always find that time can make things that they cannot understand become unimportant, and then they will gradually forget them.
Sometimes they will forget why they moved from the countryside to Honglin City, why they opened a home-cooked restaurant, why they are busy every day and why they have to go to the hospital for review on weekends, and why they can never get better after being mute.
Whenever you forget, it will always become easier. Over time, you will get used to forgetting, or you will subconsciously remind yourself that you should forget, so that it will not be too hard or painful.
"Old Uncle Yang, you spent all the money to buy a wife for your son, so why don't you treat your aunt's disease? Otherwise, you can take your aunt to the provincial hospital. The medical level and doctor quality there are definitely better than those in Honglin City.
And my aunt also has friends there who can help you do a thorough examination..."
Shen Dapeng's suggestion was well-intentioned, but Lao Yang directly declined the offer, "I have discussed it with your aunt. Anyway, there is no cause for this strange disease. Instead of wasting money and time, it is better to focus on the children's studies.
After the New Year is over and we get the money for the land, we will sell the old house in the country and buy a building in the city to take care of the children."
Poor parents in the world, even if they are seriously ill, they still consider the future marriage of their son who has just entered junior high school. In the eyes of parents, the future happiness of their children is even more important than their lives.
This is the unrequited love of parents, unique and incomparable.
"So, we won't be able to eat such delicious pimple soup and pickles in the future? No, I will eat a few more bowls today..."
Li Zeyu ate heartlessly, but the people around him fell into silence, especially Liu Fengxia and Wang Yuying, who were uniquely sentimental women. They stirred the pimple soup with the spoons in their hands in boredom, but their eyes glanced at Lao Yang's wife from time to time. From the smile on her face
There is always a look of loss and helplessness on his face.
Life is such a reality. If it can be wonderful, who would be willing to be ordinary? If it can be safe and healthy, who would be willing to taste failure and disease?
Unfortunately, there are not many "ifs" in the world. It is just a vision-like assumption in the mind when one is in pain and failure. I imagine alone and insist on the possibility of changing the embarrassing situation in my own consciousness.
"Everyone has the right to choose their own life. If you think Lao Yang and his wife are working hard, they may be considered lucky in their hearts. When people reach middle age, they live not only the present, but also the future of the next generation and the ecological environment.
The demolition money for the park's land is enough for their future living, and being content is also a kind of luck."
Cao Xinmin expressionlessly tasted the taste that would no longer be available after the new year, as if he was telling the story of the luck of Mr. and Mrs. Yang. However, he did not even dare to look at the couple. It was more like he was lamenting life for Mr. and Mrs. Yang.
unfair.
A land rent of more than ten or two hundred thousand is an astronomical figure in the eyes of a simple and honest farmer like Lao Yang. He does not understand economic development or macro-control, but Cao Xinmin understands both. Cao Xinmin knows very well that two hundred thousand is an important amount for a farmer.
For rural people who want to live in the city, how can they continue to live if they just buy a house?
It’s just that Lao Yang’s family is full of hope for life, how can he break the beautiful picture of the future? He has the ability, but does not have the power, so in his opinion, Lao Yang’s ability to be content with the status quo is tantamount to being a
A rare kind of luck and happiness.
After a meal, Shen Dapeng, his gang, and Cao Xinmin all had a very unpleasant meal!
The disappointment of everyone in Shen Dapeng was not only because of the embarrassment of life of Lao Yang's family, but also because the negotiations on the construction of the airport could not be successful in the end. Fortunately, Cao Xinmin did not say anything, and there may be another chance in the future.
Cao Xinmin was not disappointed, but helpless at being unable to change the reality. There were too many poor people like Lao Yang. He could still see them from Qingshu County, to the provincial capital, to Honglin City, and even in the capital.
Under the stars and the moon, people worked hard to make a living from dawn to dusk, but he could only watch quietly, unable to change anything.
When paying the bill, a meal for six people only cost fifty-six yuan. Li Zeyu felt that Lao Yang's family was pitiful and wanted to leave without leaving a hundred yuan. As a result, Lao Yang refused to take it and kept the remaining money in his hands.
After being chased out by the wind, I must return it to Li Zeyu, and I only received fifty yuan for the meal.
"This old Yang doesn't want the extra money, but he gave us six yuan. He doesn't make money and can't live anymore? He still has the demolition money and is not short of money." Li Zeyu was holding the wrinkled hand in Old Yang's hand.
50 yuan, and then looking at Lao Yang's back holding his shoulders and trembling as he trotted back, he sighed incomprehensibly.
"Exchanging other people's pity for money is what beggars do. Uncle Yang is a simple farmer with a down-to-earth and honest temperament. By doing this, you are insulting him and lowering your own ambition and vision."
Shen Dapeng patted Li Zeyu on the shoulder with the back of his hand and signaled him to put the money away, "Society is complicated, and everyone has their own track and method of living in it. You are not strong enough to have the qualifications to pity others, let alone in my opinion
Come on, old Uncle Yang is much stronger than us."
Hearing this, Cao Xinmin looked at Shen Dapeng seriously, and the admiration he had not seen for a long time reappeared in his eyes, "Dapeng, you are right, we are not strong enough to pity others, and we are not qualified to do so without their consent.
We will help subjectively, but we can make the living environment simpler."