Chapter 79: Trivial Events from the Year Before (Part 2)
Compared with Shi Qingqing, her mother's bowl of egg water seemed thin and hypocritical.
"Yes, I will do my best. If we work together again next year, you can't be so lax. In fact, you can still earn a lot. Although I don't know why you always pry the worthless oyster meat, but next year we will work hard together. If I earn a lot for you, it will also be the same as earning a lot for myself.
Sister Qingqing, I'm going back."
Shi Qingqing was a little surprised that he called her sister, but she didn't care about it. She nodded and said okay, go slowly.
Suddenly she was the only one left in the yard. The fishing village was particularly lively during those days, and the sound of playing cards was sometimes deafening.
This made Shi Qingqing's yard seem even more lonely.
She rubbed her hands together and said, "I'll call him tomorrow. Whether I go home or not, I'm going to make this New Year's Eve a great success."
Spring Festival couplets should be painted with gold lacquer, the food should be chicken, duck, fish, seafood and other delicacies, the word "Fu" should be pasted all over the room, and the corridors should be pasted with red ribbons.
Only she and her husband had the New Year's Eve dinner, with no third person involved, and they didn't even use serving chopsticks.
Thinking of this, Shi Qingqing trotted to the kitchen and looked at the two layers of tableware clearly divided for guests and home use, and added fish plates, a large soup basin, a noodle kneading basin, flower-shaped vegetable plates, and bone-spitting plates.
From the time I placed the order to the time I washed my hands, my chest of drawers expanded.
The dough could not be stuffed in the kneading basin and remained outside.
Shi Qingqing looked at her belongings with satisfaction. They were new and beautiful.
After washing and going to bed happily, Shi Qingqing woke up the next day and still went out to sea for half a day.
She planned to shorten the remaining 27 kilograms of task to 20 kilograms and then come back.
As soon as Shi Qingqing left, Zhao Fengnian came back, exhausted.
Next to him was a limping man.
The man was in his forties, of average build, with a square face, and looked reserved. "Why don't I just get by in the park? Lend me your pot and I can make a living... I don't think it's appropriate to come to your new wife's house during the Chinese New Year. Don't let me make you and your wife unhappy. It's not right to go to someone else's house during the Chinese New Year."
Zhao Fengnian was a little hesitant, but he felt that his wife just didn't like his unconditional and endless support for those who were asking for more. His cousin was different.
At that time, Zhao Fengnian had the opportunity to cross the class because of his good height, long arms and legs and agile body. He played ball with his schoolmates and was noticed by their physical education teacher. After participating in extracurricular training for a few months, the teacher was willing to recommend him to participate in training in the city.
After this training camp, more than half of the players will get a place on the basketball team. According to the teacher who discovered Zhao Fengnian, he will be able to participate in the provincial competition within three years. At that time, people are not so crazy about chasing money, and sports competitions still have some sense of reality and collective honor.
As long as Zhao Fengnian brings food, transportation and registration fees, at least he won't have to go home to farm or work outside.
Although he was barely able to go hungry at that time, he had a good appearance and was a good athlete. The teacher even thought that he might be able to make a living with his looks in the future.
The cousin who was sweeping toilets at school was very happy when he heard about it. He went home and discussed with his family. He thought it was a good thing to have such a young man in the family, and opportunities were hard to come by. So he paid for Zhao Fengnian's food for three months of training.
At a time when no one was able to get enough food and clothing, giving this grain to my cousin's family would mean reducing their own food rations for three months.
It just so happened that Zhao Fengnian's biological mother fell "sick" at this time. She begged him earnestly, saying that he was the most obedient child and she also hoped that he would have a bright future. However, the family was really penniless. Zhao Fengnian gritted his teeth and went out to borrow money at a time when he was a young man and cared most about his reputation.
My cousin and aunt gave half, thirty each and fifty each.
It was not difficult to get another 80 yuan to go home. At that time, my eldest brother had already started a family and married his first wife.
It is impossible to say that the family had no money to support the family. However, no matter how Zhao Fengnian begged, only his two younger sisters gave five yuan each. Later, when the eldest brother saw that his younger sisters had already given money, he also gave five yuan.
Zhao Fengnian shamelessly went to find the teacher. The teacher sighed and took out fifty yuan, saying that as a physical education teacher, this was the only money he could give to help him.
Just when they were short of ten yuan to make up the total, Zhao Fengnian's mother fell down and started limping. She told Zhao Fengnian that she was in so much pain that she used Zhao Fengnian's money first.
Zhao Fengnian was still a child, and at that time he was a little confused by the two words "filial piety" and "future".
Later, in order to pay back the money to her son, Zhao's mother rolled down the mountain and returned home covered in mud. Zhao Fengnian was beaten by his brother, who asked him if he wanted to kill his mother.
Later, Zhao Fengnian did not go.
The food has been returned.
One year and six months later, he repaid the money that those people had lent him.
After that, I started working very early.
His cousin once helped him without asking for anything in return. Later, after the Chinese New Year, he was waiting for a bus to go out to work in another city. His cousin felt sorry for his thin clothes and gave him 70 yuan to buy some clothes.
This time when Zhao Fengnian returned to the fishing village and saw his cousin at the technical secondary school train station, he learned that the other party had been cheated. He was told that he could get five times the salary during the Chinese New Year and could work anywhere as long as he went. He didn't leave a phone number or address, so he had to find it himself and wait for someone to pick him up.
This is simply a strange trap.
So we brought them back and settled them down for two days. There are no tickets for long-distance buses now, so we might have to spend the New Year here.
As he approached the front door, the yard was still locked, but Zhao Fengnian walked in neither hurry nor slow, because he was carrying the key with him when he went out.
After opening the door, the clean yard came into view.
My cousin's eyes were full of joy for Zhao Fengnian. This daughter-in-law is very virtuous and loves cleanliness.
Along the way, Fengnian said that his wife was good at making money and was caring, but he didn't expect that she could also do such a good job in housework.
This child will be blessed sooner or later. When he was only nine years old, he dared to use firecrackers to drive away two human traffickers and save his daughter. His cousin Huang Qiushi knew that this child would be blessed in the future.
Zhao Fengnian was not so blind as to take the person to the master bedroom. He had also stayed in the guest room for a few days, and there were all the necessary things there, so he took the person there. Then he boiled water and urged his cousin to wash his hair and take a bath. He washed his cousin's clothes and shoes, cleaned them, and hung them up to dry.
Even the luggage bags were used for washing.
My wife bought some laundry detergent, and the clothes came out clean and smelled fresh.
She even forbade Zhao Fengnian to use her special soap on his clothes. Zhao Fengnian would not be so forgetful as to use his wife's things casually.
There were vegetables, eggs, ham, instant noodles and luncheon meat at home. Zhao Fengnian made a pot of noodles and ate it with his cousin.
Huang Qiushi always wanted to work, but Zhao Fengnian wanted him to have a good sleep.
While the two were talking, someone outside the door shouted, "Buy a drink!"
Zhao Fengnian walked out of the room and saw a half-grown child staring blankly: "Is the boss lady not here? I want to buy a bottle of mango-flavored drink. Here is the money."
He was holding a ten-dollar bill in his hand.
Zhao Fengnian didn't know that his wife had started a new business, but he quickly went to the remaining two rooms on the first floor and found a room full of drinks, wine, candies, couplets and other things.
Fortunately, the outermost boxes of fruit juice drinks were marked with prices. He chose the mango flavor, took the ten yuan and gave the change.
The half-grown child left with the big drink. Within ten minutes, a few more children came and joined together to buy a bag of candy.
Then a few more customers came, and the money came in one by one. Huang Qiushi was stunned.
It's such a good deal, why isn't his wife at home?
Zhao Fengnian said calmly: "She has her own plans. My wife is very capable, but I still want to go to the beach to wait for her. I guess she has gone out to sea again. Cousin, I will lock the door and go out for a while. I will be back in an hour or so. You can take a rest or eat some melon seeds and peanuts..."
The room was locked while we were talking.
Huang Qiushi: …
Suddenly, I felt that Zhao Fengnian was trying to trick people into returning home to be slaughtered.
And locked him up.
Shi Qingqing didn't go home at this moment.
She was so happy.
Because she pulled a naughty kid out of the water, the parents wanted to thank her, and she was the one who contracted the mudflat.
When she said that the boss needed the oyster meat urgently and had no time to stay here, it meant that she would definitely solve this problem for Shi Qingqing!
"You jumped down to save my child in the middle of winter. How can this be considered easy? This is a life-saving grace! You must stay for a while. My husband will be back soon. I must thank you with him and my whole family!"
In the clinic, the child's mother refused to let Shi Qingqing leave.
Shi Qingqing changed into dry clothes and the doctor checked her out. There was nothing abnormal at the moment, but she was being watched closely by the naughty mother and she really couldn't leave for a while.
As a result, the father knew that Shi Qingqing, the "black-hearted boss", insisted on having oyster meat in such a cold weather, so he waved his hand and gave all the oyster meat he had on the beach to Shi Qingqing.
Then the whole family went out to help Shi Qingqing dig.
Shi Qingqing smacked her lips in her heart and prayed to God to let them slow down. After all, the others were digging oysters for themselves, and at present only Zhao Fengnian was counted.
As a result, when the naughty kid's grandmother gave Shi Qingqing a bowl of oyster meat, Shi Qingqing was stunned.
Does this pot of oyster meat count? ? ? ? ? ?
With disbelief, Shi Qingqing took calls from other people in the family.
Except for the child himself and the eldest sister who was married, the digging of everyone else was counted in the number of tasks.
What is going on?
Shi Qingqing was confused.
But looking at the oyster meat that she had dug for most of the day and the amount that was almost the entire quota, Shi Qingqing almost screamed.
"It's hard to dig after dark. Let's do it tomorrow," suggested the naughty child's grandmother.
Shi Qingqing shook her head and did what was asked of her. It was enough that someone asked her to dig for free and still helped her.
Suddenly she was only three pounds short of the task.
Strange, if the oyster meat in the sister's hand also counts, then her mission today will be completed successfully!
Forget it, one should not be too greedy. There is no time to continue the experiment now. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve.
"I'm going back home to celebrate the New Year tomorrow. Thank you very much for giving me these. I'll dig a little more and then go back. You guys should go home first. It's cold at the seaside at night so don't stay too long."
The hostess chatted with her for a while, held the flashlight and accompanied her to dig for a while before reluctantly saying goodbye.
Before leaving, I left her my phone number, saying we should keep in touch.
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