The autumn night wind brought a hint of coolness, blowing the hair on Zhou Xiaomei's forehead. If you look carefully, you can see that there are two lines of hot tears flowing on this beautiful woman's face.
She just came out of Xiaojun's house.
Every time I come here to see the two children, I always stay for an hour and then leave. Today I stayed a bit long. First I finished my homework with Xiaojun, then I played with the clever and naughty troublemaker Xiaoying for a long time, and then I stayed with the two children.
I watched cartoons for half an hour.
In the end, motherly love burst out. She bathed Xiaoying in a big basin, wiped her clean and carried her to the kang. She spread out a small mattress and read stories to the child until she fell asleep.
When she straightened up and got off the kang, the child's little hands subconsciously grabbed the skirt of her clothes in her sleep, and her little mouth squirmed and called: Mom——
At that moment, her heart trembled, and the softest piece of flesh in her heart was touched and a little broken------
Holding back the tears, she asked Xiaojun to sleep again, then said hello to grandma, walked out of the bungalow, walked out of the small courtyard, and walked to the silent street.
As a woman, she is a mother, and she has a son who is as old as Xiaoying.
The sound of her mother's voice broke her heart and reminded her of her son who was far away in her hometown.
Who can be closer to someone than the flesh that falls from one’s own body?
She is both lucky and unfortunate.
God is up there looking at all living beings in the world, as well as suffering and happiness. It is affectionate and has given the world love, family affection, parents, sisters and a warm home; it is also ruthless, watching the suffering of kind-hearted people in suffering.
Struggle, suffer pain and misfortune.
Some people say that suffering is a wealth that can train and sharpen people and make them strong.
But who wants to go through suffering?
Suffering often exists from birth. There is no choice but to experience and face it. This is also the reality of life. It is not cruel, it just exists.
We often associate suffering with destiny, but this is not the case if we think about it carefully. Suffering may be destiny, but destiny is in the hands of those who face and experience it. It is related to people's will. Strong people will walk out of the ups and downs and find a path filled with joy.
On the road of hope, weak people will drift with the crowd and even succumb.
Regardless of whether they were born in hardship or were reincarnated into wealth, when people reach middle age, they have completed half of their lives and experienced the vicissitudes of life. There is almost no need to comment on luck or misfortune at this time, it is just a summary of the first half of life.
Zhou Xiaomei's good fortune is that she has not experienced the same suffering and hardships as Lao Tan. She has a good and wealthy family and has never had to worry about food, clothing and clothing. Her misfortune is the setbacks and failures of relationships. In a certain respect, this is also
Very common thing.
When she saw the sensible Xiao Jun and the smart and well-behaved Xiao Ying, she thought of her son emotionally. She felt sorry for the two motherless children and felt happy for her own son. Naturally, she shed tears in excitement.
Lao Tan and Gu Yi were drinking in the small private room of Haidong store.
"Have you considered becoming an agent?" Lao Tan asked.
"What's the point of this? It's settled." Gu Yi said.
"Can you use Sun Yucong's house in vain?" Lao Tan asked.
"Why don't you use it in vain?" Gu Yi curled his lips like a rogue, and then said: "I'll pay him rent when I make money, but it's not in vain. The house is rented out now, and it will expire in June next year at the earliest."
Lao Tan thought for a while and said: "There's no rush, besides, I don't have any plans to develop in Suzhou this year. I have time. During this period, you should go to Suzhou for inspection so that you have a good idea."
"Don't worry, brother, your brother and I won't fight an uncertain battle. Remember the girl named Qiao who came back last time. We talked privately when we were playing with her on the grassland. If I do it, she will join the family.
"
"Yeah?"
"She means to invest in one company first, and if it's good, we can cooperate. If she has money, it won't be a problem to invest in eight out of ten companies, and it won't break her muscles or bones."
"Are you familiar with her?" Lao Tan asked.
"It's not bad." Gu Yi introduced: "My family is rich, invisible rich, and they can be counted in Suzhou. Her brother is great, and he is a partner with Boss Sun. When I have time, I will go to Suzhou to take you to visit her brother's house. She is so talented
It’s called home, and it won’t sell for even 100 million. Many movie stars use his home to make movies.”
"What's going on? Is it an ancient house? Entering the courtyard?" Lao Tan asked.
"I'm sure you were right. It's true that Liu Jinyuan, from the Qing Dynasty, was the boss."
"It's worth 100 million---who has enough money to open a dumpling restaurant with you?" Lao Tan was doubtful.
"That's her brother's house. If she can't do it, she only has more than 10 million. Now, 10 million is nothing in the eyes of rich people. If nothing else, your dumpling restaurant's annual turnover is only 10,000.
More than 10,000."
"That's true. My goal is to exceed 100 million within two years. When I exceed 100 million, I will retire, take good care of my body, and start traveling."
"I will accompany you then."
Lao Tan smiled and said: "By then you have already got your eye on money, and you still have time to accompany me? You are not as open-minded about money as I am."
Just as Gu Yi was about to retort, the private room door opened and Zhou Xiaomei walked in.
Lao Tan saw that her eyes were a little red and she had obviously cried. He felt that Gu Yi was not an outsider, so he asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhou Xiaomei sat down and said softly: "It's okay, I just went to see Xiaojun Xiaoying, and I miss my child a little bit."
"If you want, just go home and take a look." Gu Yi said.
"Just thinking about it, I will go back to the provincial capital for a meeting this time. After the meeting, I will go home to see the children." Zhou Xiaomei turned to Lao Tan and asked, "Uncle, are you going back? How about we come together."
Lao Tan thought for a while and said, "Let's go together. I haven't been back for a long time. It's the eighth day of the lunar month. I want to go home and see my mother."
"Oh, I would have forgotten if I didn't mention it. It's the August Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the meeting, I will go home to see my mother." Gu Yi said.
"When I was young, I missed home. It was good to go back once a year, but sometimes I couldn't go back even during the New Year. If you don't live at home, you don't know how expensive food and rice are, and if you don't raise children, you don't know the kindness of your parents. Now that you are a father, you know that it is not easy for parents.
"Hey, when I find out that my parents are getting old too------I go home often and see, they all sing like this--" Lao Tan said with emotion.
"How can a person have no home and no parents?" Gu Yi also sighed.
"Mom is calling me home. When mother is gone, I will call her home ------" Lao Tan said.
The three of them were silent for a while, each thinking about their father and mother, and the atmosphere was heavy and sad.
Zhou Xiaomei's mother's face appeared in front of her eyes, then her father's face, and then her lovely son------
A slightly gloomy bedroom appeared in front of Gu Yi's eyes, with his lonely mother sitting on the bed and his father's portrait hanging on the wall------
The first thing in front of Lao Tan's eyes was his mother's face, then four old houses, and then the four old houses were replaced by the yard, house, and kang of the fifth sister's house. His mother was sitting on the kang with a kind face-----
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People who are away from home are homesick——
Especially during the Chinese New Year and holidays.
"Come on, let's drink." After a long time, Lao Tan picked up his wine glass to break the silence.
Gu Yi picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Lao Tan, and said with a choked voice: "Celebrate the festival with me this year."
After speaking, drink it all in one gulp.
Zhou Xiaomei also picked up the wine glass, clinked it with Lao Tan and drank together.
Now that we all decided to go home to spend the August Festival with our mother, our homesickness disappeared.
Zhou Xiaomei talked about Xiaoying going to kindergarten: "It's time for Xiaoying to go to kindergarten. I heard that means he has no money and is waiting for his father to provide funding."
"Hey, the child's life is miserable." Old Tan sighed.
"You just need to pay the medical expenses. There are many families in need like this and we can't help them," Gu Yi said.
"It's because I can't help - I don't have enough money and don't have the ability." Lao Tan said.
"Brother, you don't look like a kind-hearted person, but you have the heart of a Bodhisattva." Gu Yi joked.
"You have never experienced hard times, you will know after you have," Lao Tan said.
"Brother, even though I'm older than you, I really haven't experienced the hardships you have. At that time, my family was in a business, and my father was in charge of purchasing in the factory. My sister and I were the only ones in my family. Our food was better than other people's, and our clothes were better.
OK, remember I still had ten cents of pocket money in my pocket when I went to school." Gu Yi recalled.
"I'm envious, a kid from a rich family." Old Tan lit up a cigarette.
"It's not a good thing to have good family conditions. I haven't endured hardships, so I think everything is as it should be. ------In my family, I'm the kid, and my dad still values boys over girls. But I'm spoiled by him. If I don't, I'll just get ahead.
It’s like this.”
"Isn't it nice of you to do this? Black and white take both sides."
Gu Yi smiled bitterly and said: "Just bury me. In today's society, money is still easy to use. Without money, you are nothing."
"Aren't you planning to make money now?" Zhou Xiaomei said with a smile.
"It's all up to Brother Tan to help me. It won't work if he doesn't help me," Gu Yi said.
Lao Tan said: "Help, you must help. Helping others means helping yourself. Who wouldn't do this cheap thing?"