Make a living

The place where Zheng Haichuan lived was considered to be the earliest developed area of ​​Pengcheng. The dilapidated and crowded urban village is surrounded by row upon row of high-rise buildings.In such an environment with a large population, of course, there are also shopping malls that provide food, drink, entertainment and various types of consumption.

Go out of the village and walk 500 meters to the right, which is a comprehensive shopping mall.

The landmark building built more than ten years ago now looks a bit outdated, and the merchants settled in it are not high-end and fashionable, but they can meet the daily dining and shopping needs of residents and white-collar workers.

Zheng Haichuan took his little nephew's hand and walked slowly along the curb to here.

To be honest, Zheng Haichuan's money that has just arrived and hasn't been spent yet can't afford him to spend in this mall.

Zheng Haichuan still remembers that when he first came to Pengcheng with his brother in his teens, he went shopping in the shopping mall and wanted to buy some special products for his family to send back.But good guy, he didn't expect that in their county town, you can buy a pair of tea mugs for ten yuan, and the price here can be four zeros, and the two pieces of cloth-sewed pants hanging in the window would also cost Hundreds of dollars?

Zheng Haichuan really doesn't understand such prices, but looking at those urbanites in the store who can pay and swipe their cards casually and are well-dressed, a sense of envy and inferiority arose in his young heart for the first time. Come.

He was wearing cloth shoes with holes in his feet, and the jacket on his body was uniformly matched by the back kitchen when he was a pier in the county town. He could only feel a few dozen yuan in change all over his body. Standing on the beautiful tiles, he looked like The old hen who entered the golden nest.

Although the passers-by were just shopping on their own and didn't pay attention to him, but he stiffened his body and tried to imitate the people around him with his head held high, for fear that he would be driven out of the shopping mall by the security guards if he showed his true self.

At that time, Zheng Haichuan was not used to such an environment, and felt uncomfortable all over. He returned to his hometown after a short stay.

But because of the ubiquitous TV and Internet, his thoughts are not confined to the small villages and county towns.Zheng Haichuan, like his friends who have never been to big cities, absorbs all kinds of things from the outside world with freshness and curiosity, and gradually realizes that there are so many interesting things in this world, and so many different people.

Similarly, he also gradually understood the class gap.

As the saying goes, the dragon begets the dragon, the phoenix begets the phoenix, and the children of mice can make holes.There are dragons and phoenixes in this world, and of course there are mice and cockroaches.Zheng Haichuan knows that his family has been farmers for three generations, and he will not grow up to be a dragon or a phoenix, but so what?

Dragons and phoenixes have the way of flying to the sky, and mice have the trick of making holes.Although the taste of life is not the same, as long as there are family members, happy things can be found anywhere.

Zheng Haichuan really thought so. It wasn't until last year that his elder brother was injured and carried back to his hometown, and he ran around, only to realize that some things were still simple for him.

Some things seem to be just a step over a hurdle, but when you really go over it, you can feel that there is a chasm across the sky.

He begged his grandpa to sue his grandma for breaking his leg, but nothing came of it.

Hey, why did you think of this again?

Zheng Haichuan slapped himself on the face twice, causing the little boy he was leading to look up with concern.

"It's okay, what does He Miaoer want to buy later?"

Zheng Haichuan bent down to pick up his little nephew, thinking in his heart: You can cross the river by boat, and you can cross the river by walking.Sooner or later, he will be able to claim his elder brother's medical bills!When the eldest brother gets better, everything will be fine.

Golden phoenixes can also fly out of the ravines. His Xiaohe Miaoer has a bright future in the future, and good days are yet to come!

When the uncle and nephew entered the mall, Zheng Haichuan followed the signs to the escalator.Now that Zheng Haichuan came to this big shopping mall in the city, he no longer felt the awkwardness he had before.There are many nearby residents who come out to wander around, carrying vegetable baskets and pushing baby carriages. Everything is no different from the county town.

It's all the same for eating and drinking, but the environment here is a little brighter, and the people are a little richer.

Zheng Haichuan is stupid, but he is open-minded and has long accepted his current situation.If he envies this one and envies that one all day long, how aggrieved and uncomfortable he will live?

Zheng Haichuan is not stupid, he will not do that kind of thing.

He has to work hard, earn money, and feed the little boy in his arms!

"If you want to buy anything, Dad Yao will buy it for you."

Going down to the first floor, Zheng Haichuan asked Zheng Jiahe again.

The pharmacy is on this floor. In addition to daily medicine stores, there are also supermarkets and snack areas on this floor. Zheng Haichuan saw many children dragging their parents to the place selling snacks.He also followed the direction of the crowd and walked towards that end.

It's just that the hem of the clothes was pulled by a small hand.

"I don't want to buy it." Zheng Jiahe raised his head and said seriously, "Dad Yao, let's go home after buying the medicine."

Although he is still a four-year-old child, he is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.

When Zheng Haichuan saw the big black eyes on his little nephew's thin, pointy face, he felt bored and panicked.

"Why did you promise me at the roof?"

He lowered his head and bumped his nephew's head with his forehead, "Are you sure you can lie to Dad?"

Zheng Jiahe covered her small forehead, a little puzzled and aggrieved: "But... But I really don't want anything."

The voice in the arms was small: "There are all in the house."

Clothes, shoes, food, and drink, Yaoba prepared everything for him, Zheng Jiahe thought in his heart, he couldn't be greedy.

Mom... That woman said before that if you want this or that, sooner or later you will be caught and eaten by Xiong Xiazi!

Zheng Haichuan didn't know what his little nephew was thinking, but he noticed the clarity in his little nephew's eyes, and realized that the child was indeed not lying.

On the contrary, Zheng Haichuan felt powerless.

"impossible!"

He simply took Zheng Jiahe to the food stalls that were divided into several rows, walked by one by one, and asked: "Candied haws, can you eat it? Small cakes, meat floss! This stewed chicken wing is a bit fragrant, try a bunch ? Hey, there are hot and sour noodles for sale, would you like a bowl?"

Zheng Jiahe's eyeballs did not move away from the various snacks on the table for a while.But he just looked at it for a while, then turned around and buried his little head on his uncle's shoulder.

"You really don't want to eat?"

The head on his shoulder shook his head violently.

"I heard you swallow."

Zheng Haichuan started to lie again.

The little body in his arms froze for a moment, and then he said sullenly, "Papa Yao's cooking tastes better than all of them."

Zheng Haichuan was obviously the older one, but he was coaxed by his nephew's words.He said cheerfully, "That's right! Your Yaoba was an apprentice in a restaurant! Yaoba can make all the things sold in these shops!"

"It's fine if you don't want to buy the food here. Dad Yao bought the raw materials to make the same food for you. It's even more hygienic than the food here."

Zheng Haichuan also figured it out, instead of forcing his Xiaohe Miaoer, he walked towards the other end of the mall instead.

"Which one of the ones you want to eat the most? Dad Yao will make it for you!" He turned the person in his arms and asked forcefully, "Don't say no, you have to say one! Dad Yao is paid today, so you don't have to worry about us eating." of."

Now Zheng Jiahe didn't resist anymore, after all, he was still a child, it was not appropriate to restrain himself to this extent.After learning that the family had enough money, Zheng Jiahe sniffed the aroma in the air and licked his lips: "Brine...chicken wings."

Fragrant, soft, and the bones can still suck out the juice to eat!

"Haha, yes, after buying the medicine, let's go buy some chicken wings!"

When Zheng Haichuan got the answer, he was so happy that his steps took a lot longer.

It was almost nine o'clock at this time, and the vegetable market in the village had already closed.It happened that there was a large supermarket on the basement floor, and Zheng Haichuan was going to buy tomorrow's vegetables there.Although it will be a little higher than the price outside, it is within his tolerance range, so it doesn't matter.

At the same time, Qi Yu, who had just finished a surgery and got off work, also appeared in this shopping mall.

Randomly found a fast food restaurant for dinner, Qi Yu pondered about tomorrow's arrangements, and walked towards the supermarket.

The scientific research project he is working on recently has reached the critical stage, and he needs to spend a lot of time doing simulation experiments.He is on vacation tomorrow, and he doesn't want to go out. Buying some cooked food and cold dishes in advance can save a lot of time.

A certain person suddenly flashed in his mind, but Qi Yu put that figure aside in an instant.He is not like some idlers who have nothing to do. A big man spends his energy on cooking and washing dishes all day long, wasting precious time.