Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Migrant workers return home
The rising sun, a new day in Xiahe Village, kicked off amidst the crowing of chickens in every household.
The other people’s house just crawled down the hot kang reluctantly, and the old Xu’s house was already busy.
Today is the day when the old Xu family’s baby, Xu Fan, who has not returned home after three years of working in the provincial capital, went home.
“Xiuzi, when the water is boiled, take the porridge on the stove to your father.”
“Eh! Got it, mother!”
In the old Xu’s yard, Zhang Limei, the old mother of Xu Fan, slaughtered the old hen on her hand while shouting at a watery girl in the kitchen.
She would be very busy with her daughter, but it was a joy to think of Xu Fan who was about to go home!
Speaking of it, the old Xu family’s life has not been so easy these days.
Xu Fan’s father, Xu Aiguo, worked for Zhang Mazi at the construction site in the county seat. He accidentally got his legs pierced by steel bars. He is still lying in the house and has no money to go to the hospital for treatment.
Xu Fan’s younger sister, Xu Xiuxiu, immediately graduated from high school and was admitted to college, but she has no eyebrows so far.
These accumulations should be stressful, but Zhang Limei is confident that when her son returns home, all this will be solved!
A while ago, when Xu Fan came back with money, he said on the phone that in a while, he could become the general manager. When that happens, his salary in one month will rise to eighteen thousand!
Now that I take the time to come back, not to confess good news to my family, what is it?
“Patriotic daughter-in-law! How about killing chickens? Your Xu Fan, why haven’t you returned?”
I was wondering whether my son was tired out alone in these years. Outside the yard, a middle-aged woman led a beautiful-looking girl into the yard.
“Huh? Aunt Cui, what are you?”
Seeing her neighbor Aunt Cui’er leading her daughter in, Zhang Limei couldn’t help being confused.
“Ouch! Patriotic daughter-in-law, isn’t this because Xu Fan is going to come back and bring my daughter to take a look!”
“Your Xu Fan is twenty-three, and it’s time to marry a wife. Look at Meiyue from my family, she looks beautiful and has a strong butt. Xu Fan from your family will marry him back, so you can hold a big fat boy in the next year!”
“Mother! What are you talking about!”
Being so boasted by her own mother, Meiyue’s face was flushed, and after complaining, she looked at Zhang Limei.
Expectantly asked: “Aunt Zhang, I heard that Brother Xu Fan has become the general manager. He has a salary of more than 10,000 yuan. Is it true?”
In the countryside, mothers depend on their children. Zhang Limei saw that his son Xu Fan was so touted, and the spine that had been bent by the years had become quite tall and straight for a time.
“Aunt Cui, I’m really embarrassed, Xu Fan from my family found a girlfriend in the provincial capital, Meiyue, you may be sorry…”
Xu Fan sent Zhang Limei a picture of his girlfriend. The people in the city are beautiful and they wear western style. Most importantly, Xu Fan likes herself.
Zhang Limei pondered and turned away the marriage of Aunt Cui, but Aunt Cui was not discouraged.
“Hey! Patriotic his daughter-in-law, city women, how can my rural women serve people? Don’t push me in a hurry. When Xu Fan comes back, let him have a good chat!”
“Yes! Aunt Zhang, Brother Xu Fan and I haven’t seen each other for a long time. Even if we don’t talk about marriage, I will recount the old times with him. It’s the assembly…”
The reluctant and flattering attitude of both mother and daughter made Zhang Limei dumbfounded!
But the son is liked, and she is always happy as a mother.
“Ok?”
Just about to agree, I could only hear the sound of a tractor clattering from outside the yard.
“Huh? Aunt Zhang, isn’t the one sitting on it, Brother Xu Fan?”
Hearing Meiyue’s voice, Zhang Limei subconsciously looked out of the courtyard.
Behind the slowly approaching tractor sat a thin young man with beautiful features and a long-distance running fatigue on his face.
This figure overlapped with the figure that Zhang Limei thought about day and night, and finally turned into tears that couldn’t stop her eyes…
“Xiuzi! Hurry! Come out! Your brother, your brother is back!”
Zhang Limei cried with joy! This would yell, and after calling out his daughter Xu Xiuxiu, he greeted him outside the yard.
…
“My son, you can count as coming back, my mother has been thinking of you all these years…”
The tractor stopped at the gate of the yard, and Xu Fan’s nose became sore as his mother came to him in tears.
He has been alone in the provincial capital these years, so why doesn’t he want to be home?
“Okay, mother! Don’t cry, isn’t this for others to see jokes?”
Forcibly squeezing out a smiling face, Xu Fan wiped away the tears from Zhang Limei’s face, and then carried off the luggage on the tractor.
“Go, let’s go in and talk.”
“Brother, Xiuxiu will help you with your luggage!”
At this time, Xu Xiuxiu stuck out her tongue and graciously helped Xu Fan carry her luggage.
“Bad girl, brother didn’t care for you in vain!”
Xu Fan petted his sister’s head and led a group of people into the yard.
“Brother Xu Fan, haven’t you all become the general manager? Why don’t you wear a suit?”
“This body, isn’t it too cold…”
Walking into the yard, Meiyue whispered and complained. Aunt Cui looked at her and gave her a quick glance.
“Bad girl, why do you dress so well? In Xiahe Village, who can you dress for?”
“…”
Seeing Meiyue’s depressed face being scolded, Zhang Limei grinned bitterly, and said, “Aunt Cui, what Meiyue girl said is correct.”
“Son, you can’t always think about your family. You have to spend money. Besides, you are now the general manager. You have to wear a good outfit to be worthy of your identity, don’t you?”
“Yes, yes, brother, you look very handsome, with a suit, you must look better!”
What you said and I said, the smile on Xu Fan’s face suddenly became miserable.
“Mother, you may be mistaken…”
After taking a deep breath, Xu Fan could be considered as plucked up courage, and this will tell the truth under the eyes of everyone incomprehensible.
“I was fired this time…”
Thinking of the experience of my brother colluding with his girlfriend to frame him in order to compete with him for the position of general manager a few days ago, Xu Fan felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart.
But soon, he cheered up, smiled, and said to Aunt Cui’er who was on the side: “Aunt Cui’er, why don’t you stay at my house for a meal at noon today?”
“No, no, no, that’s too much trouble, Xu Fan, you just came back, talk to your home more, your dad is waiting for you to take care of it, so Auntie will leave first.”
Hearing the truth about Xu Fan’s downfall, there was no joy on Aunt Cui’s face just now. This would be like hiding from a plague god, pulling her own girl, and slipping away!
“Huh, it turns out to be a poor ghost, it’s a waste of time…”
Hearing what Meiyue murmured when she came out of the yard, Xu Fan guessed something and felt funny in her heart. This woman, and her girlfriend in the city, are really the same force…
Do you really feel helpless?
Looking back, looking at his mother and younger sister who looked a little embarrassed, Xu Fan said with a smile: “Mother, Xiuxiu, I’m not worried, what are you worried about?”
“Don’t worry, it’s just being fired, I won’t just fall down like this!”
This is what Xu Fan said in his heart. He would cheer up and ask with a smile: “Right, where is my father?”
“Brother, Dad…”
Father Xu Aiguo didn’t come out to greet him. Xu Fan only felt a little strange. It would seem that something was wrong with his sister’s hesitation.
“Xiu Xiu, what is going on?”
Seeing Xu Fan’s serious expression, Xu Xiuxiu pouted aggrievedly and confessed: “Brother, when he was working on the construction site a while ago, he was injured and broke his leg. Now he can’t get out of bed…”
“what?”
Anxious flashed across Xu Fan’s face, and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
Zhang Limei smiled bitterly: “My son, you called home at the time and said that if you work hard for a while, you can become the general manager. We are worried that this will affect your work, so we just…”
“…”
Xu Fan couldn’t help smiling. It’s useless to be entangled at this moment. He shook his head and said, “Go in.”
Immediately, Xu Fan followed the two into the house. After entering the parents’ bedroom, he saw Xu Aiguo lying on the bed.
He would look pale and very haggard. He saw Xu Fan walk into the house, gritting his teeth and trying to get up, but soon, the severe pain in his leg made him sweat and he fell on the bed again.
“Dad, you lie down well first.”
Xu Fan rushed over and held Xu Aiguo in hold.
Seeing the thick bandage on his father’s leg, Xu Fan’s face was full of unbearable, and asked: “Mother, why not let my dad go to the county town to be hospitalized…”
Xu Aiguo’s leg injury is very serious. If he does not receive treatment in the hospital, it is possible that this leg will be destroyed directly.
Zhang Limei looked bitter and explained: “In the beginning, I was raised in the hospital, but then the money you sent home was exhausted, and we had no money, so we had to take home first…”
Xu Fan was a little puzzled, and asked, “Mother, my dad was injured on the construction site. Isn’t there any compensation?”
His father worked under the head of the contractor Wang Mazi in the county seat. It stands to reason that Wang Mazi should be responsible for such a thing.
Zhang Limei shook her head and said with a wry smile: “Wang Mazi said that this is because your father didn’t pay attention. He doesn’t care. You also know that Wang Mazi has contacts with people who are not inconsistent. He doesn’t give it. We can only eat. This dumb loser…”
“hateful!”
Xu Fan hit the wall directly with a punch! Father and son received the same treatment, and at this moment, he is full of anger! I swear in my heart, when the time comes, I must find Wang Mazi to settle the account!
“Ahem…”
At this time, I only heard Xu Aiguo coughing in bed, and said pretendingly with a smile: “Okay, son, don’t talk about it, when Xiuxiu graduates, let her go out to work with you, when the time comes , Your pressure will not be that great!”
Although Xu Aiguo had been lying on the bed, he heard all the words in the yard just now.
Over the years, Xu Fan has paid a lot for this family. Now that his son is suffering from unemployment, Xu Aiguo thinks about it and can no longer put pressure on him.
But Xu Fan was anxious when he heard it. He dropped out of high school with the first grade of the whole year in order to give his younger sister the opportunity to study!
A while ago, my sister even confessed to herself, telling herself that she had scored 600 points in the mock exam! This result is enough to go to Tunghai University. It would be a pity to give up!
What Xu Fan said, can’t let the tragedy that happened to her be repeated on her younger sister!
“Father, Xiuxiu must read this book!”
Xu Fan said firmly with a face.
He knew the reason why his parents were so cruel to let his sister drop out of school.
money!
Now that my father needs a lot of money to heal his injuries, how can I spare Xiuxiu to go to school?
But this does not mean that Xu Fan will give up because of this!
He took a deep breath, forced a smile on his face, and said, “Father, mother, don’t worry! I’ll find a way for money! Xiuxiu can go to college! Your legs must be cured! ”
“Our old Xu family, it’s not that easy to fall down!”