"Everyone knows that he used to be a money man, and he is still in his forties, so no one has ever tried to deal with him." Zhao Min said: "My mother is honest and has no independent opinions. Plus, she really can't take care of my brother and me."
Son, I just listened to my grandma and uncle."
After Zhao Min's mother took her and her brother to get married, her stepfather was indeed very kind to the three of them, as if they were back to the old days.
When Zhao Min was fifteen, her body was torn apart, and she became a big girl, but she was lame, which was a pity. People in the village said that if this girl hadn't been lame, she would have been beaten.
Zhao Min studies well and wants to get into university. She knows that universities only recruit lame students. As long as they get into university, they will be able to support themselves in the future. This is her only way out.
When she was in the first half of high school, she came home from the county high school on a weekend. On that day, her brother-in-law was feeding her second child to a full moon. Her mother took her little brother there, but she did not come back that day.
In the evening, her stepfather, who was always like a father, came back after drinking and launched a beastly attack on her.
She fought hard.
The stepfather went crazy due to drinking, but he was also confused due to drinking, so he failed in the end.
She had no strength at that time, and her stepfather was extremely frustrated. While scolding her, he whipped her with a bamboo stick and beat her with a rope with a hook from the bundling truck. She rolled on the ground, with heavy bruises falling on her belly, ribs, and back.
, bloody scars-----
"The next day my mother came back with my little brother, and she saw me lying on the bed like a dead person, making a fuss with that beast--that beast kneeling in front of my mother--
--
I lay in bed for a full month, and my mother waited on me every day, crying all the time. I asked my mother why she didn't leave this house, but my mother just cried and said that your brother is still young------
At that time, I hated my mother. If she hadn't brought my brother and I to marry that beast, I wouldn't have done the same.
When I could walk on the sidewalk, I told my mother to go to school and asked her to give me food and living expenses. My mother gave me five hundred. Maybe that beast was afraid that it was not enough, so she asked my mother to give me two hundred more.
I took the money and went straight to work instead of going to school.
I have done all kinds of jobs over the years, picking vegetables in restaurants, washing dishes, washing rotten peaches in a cannery, cooking for the construction team------when I didn't come to our house, I worked in a shoe factory, and the supervisor was a
You pervert saw that I was lame and easy to bully and wanted to take advantage of me, so I scolded him in front of everyone and stopped doing it."
After listening to Zhao Min's story for a while, Yaru asked: "Have you ever gone home?"
Zhao Min was silent for a moment, her eyes filled with tears that had stopped, and she said: "I've been back, I've been back twice - I miss my mother, I miss my brother - wu wu, Yaru
Aunt--"
Zhao Min got into Yaru's arms and cried again.
It was already dark when Yaru returned to the courtyard. She went directly back to her room without turning on the light, and sat half-leaning on the bedside.
She was disturbed by Zhao Min's incident and has not come out yet. She sympathized with this lame girl and even felt sorry for her. On the way back, she thought, what can she do to help her?
Yaru is a kind person. Kind people have one thing in common, that is, they are compassionate and helpful.
She thought that what she could do to help was to take care of her at work and teach her craftsmanship. Other than that--she didn't know what else she could help with. If she could help, she would definitely do so unconditionally.
"Hey——" She breathed out and said to herself: "The girl is very good, but she is lame. If her feet are not lame, she can find a good home -----"
She reminded herself by talking to herself, and turned to look out the window. It was already dark, and the lights in Lao Tan's house opposite were on.
Yaru said "Huh", thinking that he was back? Didn't he say that he went to watch his son play? After the game, he took his son out to play, but he didn't play with his son for a long time?
She didn't know that Lao Tan had come back early.
Yaru washed her face first, and then came to Lao Tan's house with Zhao Min's affairs in mind.
Lao Tan woke up and saw it was getting dark before turning on the light. When Yaru entered the room, he was peeing in the bathroom. He heard Yaru shout: "Are you back?"
"I came back early." Lao Tan said.
"You came back early? When did you come back?" Yaru asked in confusion.
"Be back at one o'clock."
"Didn't you take your son out to play?"
"No, the coach won't let me. It's a closed management." Lao Tan picked up his pants and pushed the door open. He smiled at Yaru and then said, "I'm sleepy when I come back. I just woke up."
"Have you eaten yet?" Yaru asked.
"Nope."
"I looked to see if there was anything else to eat in the kitchen, but I didn't eat either."
After finishing speaking, Yaru went into the kitchen, and soon came out with a plate of dumplings and a plate of mixed dried tofu. Then she took garlic, soy sauce, chili oil and vinegar, and a small plate of pickles.
Lao Tan poured a glass of white wine.
While eating, Yaru told Lao Tan the story of Zhao Min. The story was so detailed and emotional that she shed tears.
"Old Tan, do you know what I admire most about you?" Yaru wiped her tears and asked.
Lao Tan was a little stunned and asked: "What's the matter?"
"It's the fact that you recruit disabled people to work. This is a good thing." Yaru said seriously and seriously, even a little excited.
"Yeah."
"Yes, you did the right thing, I admire you."
Lao Tan joked: "If you admire me, don't leave. Just stay here."
"It's not true to talk about it." Yaru glared at him and started to put away the dishes.
Lao Tan made tea, sat on the sofa and watched Yaru cleaning the table, mopping the floor, changing garbage bags, and tidying up the wardrobe. Yaru's movements were natural and skillful, as if she were at home, and she was a virtuous and capable housewife.
Yaru noticed that Lao Tan was looking at her stupidly, and while arranging her clothes, she asked: "What are you looking at, stupidly?"
Lao Tan didn't lie, he told the truth: "Let's see you work."
"What's the point of working?"
"It's a pleasure to watch you work. Sha Leng, Li Zheng, fast, clean, speed, good."
Yaru chuckled and ignored Lao Tan.
Soon, Yaru finished her work, walked to the sofa and sat down next to Lao Tan, picked up the tea that Lao Tan had poured for her and drank it in one gulp, and then poured another cup.
"You said it would be great if Zhao Min's child wasn't lame, and he was pretty." Yaru thought of Zhao Min again.
"No one is perfect - if you like her so much, it would be over if you accept her as your apprentice." Lao Tan said.
"That's what she has in mind--I don't know what she thinks."
"You have such overflowing sympathy that you would rather give yours to whomever you pity. Let me tell you, it's easy to suffer a loss this way."
"It's okay to suffer a loss. Don't you say that a loss is a blessing?"
Lao Tan laughed angrily and said, "No one has ever suffered such a loss like you."
"How do you know that I am at a disadvantage? Don't talk about me. You have to be like me when you see me. I don't know you yet."
Lao Tan nodded in recognition and said nothing.
"I'll keep an eye on her for a month. If she works well for a month, I'll accept her as my apprentice. Do you think that's okay?" Yaru asked.
"Okay. Don't worry about the work. The main thing is to look at the character. If your character is not good, you don't know." Lao Tan reminded.
"I think that kid can do it. I've seen it in the past few days."
"What you said is so good, I'll go take a look one day."
As if she couldn't wait any longer, Yaru said, "Come to work with me tomorrow."
"No, my son has competitions in the morning and afternoon tomorrow, so I have to cheer him on," Lao Tan said.