girl next door

Furthermore, our family's status in the village is not very high, so in the past, during Chinese New Year, few people in the village would come to us to pay New Year's greetings.

Because everyone knows that there are only me and my grandma in my family.

In the eyes of the people in the village, I was just a poor boy with no father and no mother, and my grandmother was half of her body about to be buried in the earth.

The image of my grandma and I in the village is equivalent to the endorsement of the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and the objects in need of help.

In the village, we definitely belong to the kind of people who are very unwelcome and welcome. The villagers in the village are kind and willing to deal with us, but most of them just meet and nod to say hello.

Some people even met and didn't even say hello, for fear that after getting acquainted with us, we would ask them for help.

After all, we are old and young, so we certainly cannot help other people in the village, but we may often need the help of people in the village.

Especially in the past, when my grandma was helping me to study, the family’s difficulties were really hard to solve. My grandma would often ask some neighbors to borrow these oily rice.

It is precisely because of this that many people in the village are even less willing to walk with our family, for fear that we will find them and trouble them.

Someone came to knock on our door on New Year's Eve. This is definitely the first time a big girl got on the sedan chair. I have lived for so many years, and this is the first time I have met her.

After opening the door, I couldn't help squinting my eyes when I saw the three people standing at the door.

The three people standing outside the door at this time were Cao Hongxing's family from the village.

Cao Hongxing used to repair watches in the village. There must be skills in repairing watches, but it is relatively difficult for people. He belongs to the type of fishing for two days and drying the net for three days. Although he didn’t earn much in the past Money, but relying on handicrafts for food, plus his wife, Wu Guihua does some farm work at home. Their family is in our village, and their life is not bad.

But I heard that in the past two years, the business of repairing watches has not been easy to do. In addition, whether he is a motivated person or not, he just sticks to his old job, so the life in the village is counted now, and it is relatively tight. Baba.

As for their son, Cao Dabao, who followed behind them, his grades were not very good. After junior high school, he went to a technical secondary school. In my memory, he seemed to be studying car maintenance.

I remember at that time, my grades were very good in junior high school, and Cao Dabao's grades were very poor. Then I entered high school, and Cao Dabao went to technical secondary school, maybe because he felt shameless. The family is so poor, and it is a waste of money to go to school, saying that I am just ignorant, and I will be a nerd after learning something. It is not as good as their Dabao who is sensible and filial, knowing that he should go to learn technology earlier to reduce the burden on the family. .

In short, she said a lot of things that slandered me and flattered Cao Dabao.

Their family doesn’t live very far from ours. On weekdays, they don’t have any contact with my grandma at all. When they meet, they belong to the type who not only don’t know how to say hello, but also raise their heads up. They like to pick their nostrils. Look at me and grandma, as if they are superior to us.

At this time, Cao Hongxing was only carrying an old hen and some wild mushrooms that had been dried and sun-dried, while Wu Guihua was carrying a basket of eggs. As for Cao Dabao, who was standing behind, he was as tall as a man. Martha, but at this time his head was lowered, giving the impression that he was a dull man who couldn't beat a fart with three sticks.

Judging by their appearance, they should have come to give us gifts.

If other villagers in the village gave us gifts, I might not be too surprised, but when their family gave us gifts, I felt a little confused.

But it was soon relieved that they must go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and they must have something to ask for, so they brought gifts and ran to our side.

But I'm curious, they are also looking for us, what can be the matter?

"Oh, Jiexiong, you have grown taller and handsome again, look how time flies, when I hugged you before, you were still a big kid, now you have grown up , and you have been admitted to such a good university. Among the young people in the village, you are the one who is promising. I used to say that you must be a lucky man, but now it seems that I have really hit the mark!"

When you opened the door, Wu Osmanthus was looking at me, and happily gave me a high hat.

I have to admire that this woman can change her face quickly enough.

I never remember when this woman said that I was promising. Anyway, I heard her slander me behind my back and rub my spine. Every time she looked at me with her nose, I could clearly count her. There are a few nose hairs in the nose, and now I suddenly put on such a face, I really feel a little uncomfortable.

I was even used to seeing her before, and when I saw her suddenly running to put a high hat on me, I still felt a little disgusted.

For this family, I naturally don't like it in my heart, but I really don't dare to show anything on my face. As the saying goes, you don't hit someone with a smiling face when you reach out, not to mention it's still Chinese New Year.

"Aunt Wu, Uncle Cao, why are you here?"

After saying this with a smile, I noticed that they were going to go straight into the yard, and I couldn't just let them go into the nest, I deliberately blocked the entrance of the yard.

These two people are not very smart people, but after living for most of their lives, they still understand some truths. Of course, it can be seen that I am deliberately blocking the door at this time to prevent them from entering.

Wu Guihua still said with a smile on her face:

"Jiexiong, I didn't know that you and sister Xiaoqing came back. You are both busy in the provincial capital. It's rare to come back. We just wanted to come here to give you New Year's greetings! As the saying goes, distant relatives Not as good as neighbors, I think since we live so close, we should walk around more with each other!"

Although Aunt Qing is not much older than me, according to seniority, he is my elder, so Wu Guihua is also called her sister.

Although Wu Guihua said so, the gift in her hand did not intend to be handed over to me.

She only saw her slightly bumping Cao Hongxing with her shoulder, as if to signal him something.

And this Cao Hongxing reacted immediately after being bumped, no matter whether I was blocking the door or not, he just squeezed into the door anyway.

With my current skills, if I really don't want them to squeeze in, they can't squeeze in even if they squeeze their heads, but after thinking about it, I gave up and let them squeeze in.

"Hongxing, Osmanthus, why are you here today, it's cold outside, hurry up and sit inside!"

At this time, Grandma and Aunt Qing also came out of the house. Grandma is kind, no matter whether she has any grievances with anyone or not, she does not hold grudges, she always smiles at everyone, and speaks with extra enthusiasm at this time.

In her eyes, a visitor is a guest. The old lady has lived in the countryside all her life. The biggest shortcoming is that she is too simple. Of course, this shortcoming is also a great advantage in a sense, at least the current Society, a trait that most people don't have.

The members of the Cao family also exchanged warm greetings with grandma, but when they were exchanging greetings, I also noticed that they were looking at Aunt Chao Qing intentionally or unintentionally.

The gifts he brought, except for the dried mushrooms, the eggs and the old hen were all for Aunt Qing.

In this way, the levels are very clear. After all, mushrooms are picked on the mountain. As long as it rains, you can go to the mountain to pick some, and it’s not worth much. Old hens and eggs are relatively cheap. It's worth more.

It seems that they didn't come here today to find us, but their main purpose was to find Aunt Qing.

After entering the house and sitting down, I also poured a cup of tea for each of them. If you hate it, you hate it. Since we are sitting in the house, as the owner of the house, we still have to do our due courtesy.

Cao Hongxing usually talks a lot, but today it is rare that he doesn't talk much, and the main talker is Wu Guihua.

After entering the room, Wu Guihua stopped talking to my grandma and me, and kept talking to Aunt Qing, and from time to time, she would also say a few flattering words.

Just like me, Aunt Qing doesn’t like them, and she doesn’t want to have too many conversations with them, but Aunt Qing has been in business for many years, and she understands the basics of the world, so even if she doesn’t like them, she is always polite and reluctant. In response, seeing Wu Guihua gossiping for a long time without getting to the point, she finally couldn't help it.

"Brother Cao, Sister Wu, if you have anything to say, just speak up!"

Aunt Qing is a very understanding person, of course she knows that the Cao family and his party came to her to ask for something, so she didn't go around with them.

Hearing what Aunt Qing said, Cao's family naturally felt that it was such a troublesome thing, and they wanted to speak up early and tell the matter, so Wu Guihua put on a chest-thumping look, and pointed Cao Dabao on the side hated that iron could not make a steel road:

"Sister Xiaoqing, our two families have been friends for so many years, since you have said so, I will not beat around the bush with you, the thing is like this, our Dabao is not promising, he is an honest child, and he can afford it He is hardworking and obedient, but he is too motivated. He used to study auto repair in a technical secondary school. Later, we found him a job in auto repair in the county. After working for a few days, he said he didn't want to do it anymore. He said that he didn't want to stay in a small county, and felt that there was no development in a small county, and he wanted to work hard in a big city!"

Hearing him say this sentence, I was speechless for a while.

This woman is really amazing. She said that her son is worthless, and later she praised him for being honest, able to endure hardship, obedient, and self-motivated. She seemed to be talking about her son, but if you listen carefully, She was just praising her son in disguise.

If this miscellaneous big treasure is really self-motivated, he wouldn't be looking for a job. He still needs his parents to intercede and find someone to help.

While I was thinking like this in my heart, Wu Guihua sighed again:

"The child wants him to work hard in the city. Naturally, we have no objection, but let us find him a job in the county. We are still capable, but we have never been to a big city. How can we find him a job? Work? I thought you were a big boss in the provincial capital, and the Mercedes-Benz was driving, so I thought you must have connections!"

"Although we haven't been to big cities, we often watch TV. For a big boss like you, it is definitely not a problem to arrange a job casually, so I came to you with the cheek to see if you can think of a way , help arrange work for Dabao!"