those days

A Sunday in December of [-].At dawn, He Yuan and Su Qingyi got up.On such a rest day, being busy is not as easy as going to work one day.

The vegetable shop on the street opened at eight o'clock, and the two got up early to buy vegetables, and went to the breakfast shop to buy fried dough sticks and soy milk. When they got home, Su Siyuan still had no intention of getting up at all.Su Qingyi wanted to call him, but He Yuan stopped him, telling him to sleep a little longer.

"He couldn't afford to buy his breakfast a long time ago." Su Qingyi sat down and sighed.

He Yuan scooped up a bowl of soy milk for him, "For such a big kid, don't worry about him."

"Does it work? It's getting more and more unruly. The other day, he told me that he wanted a watch. It's just that people who have no sense of time need a watch."

"My child is really tired after studying for a week." He Yuan started making love between father and son again.

"Who isn't tired?" Su Qingyi disagreed with his point of view, just took a sip of soy milk from the bowl, and then put it down again, "I never slept in when I was studying. At that time, my grandfather was still there. The three meals a day are set at regular intervals, and if you don’t wake up in the morning, you won’t have nothing to eat, but the empty seats will make my mother’s face look bad, so my brother and I get up at the same time whether we go to school or not.”

"Your big family has a lot of rules." He Yuan pulled half of a fried dough stick and handed it over.

"It has nothing to do with the family," Su Qingyi took it over, and continued, "He is seventeen years old, who in this alley does not help the family with some work? He has never done anything, your old man I can't bear it, but you were at work when you were his age."

"Isn't that right? Why don't you let him go to the coal shop to buy coal with me later, and keep him idle, okay?"

"He won't go. He said that the clothes should be dirty, so we should go." Su Qingyi dipped the fried dough sticks into the soy milk bowl. This is what he learned from He Yuan, and it can relieve greasy.

"Aren't you also reluctant?" He Yuan raised his hand and nodded at him.

"Oh," Su Qingyi smiled, "It's a debt collector."

The debt collector slept until almost eleven o'clock, and he was still yawning when he opened the door of his room and came out: "Dad, Uncle He, you two wake up so early?"

Hearing the movement, Su Qingyi glanced back at her son: "What time is it early?" He was helping He Yuan tidy up the winter cabbage that he had stored half a month ago, rummaged through it, and threw away the rotten cabbage outside. Code it again.This is what every household often does after winter. In winter in the north, Chinese cabbage is pointed at the dining table, and if you don’t look through it frequently, the whole family may have to eat rotten cabbage that has been frozen all winter.

Su Siyuan said with a playful smile, "Isn't it already noon?"

"Hurry up and wash your face and brush your teeth," Su Qingyi looked at his hair sleeping like a bird's nest, waved her hands in distaste, "Fuck that hair, it's so messy."

He Yuan did the work without saying a word, he thought he had been helping Feng Yuzhen with these tasks since he was a teenager.His father is not at home all the year round, and his mother has a bad waist. He really can't imagine letting him watch the adults work like Su Siyuan, without helping him at all.But he also knows that each generation has its own characteristics, and even the apprentices in their factory are not as hardworking as they used to be.

Su Siyuan cleaned himself up, went back to the house and squeezed some cold fried dough sticks, came out to eat and said, "Hey dad, I'm not at home for lunch, I'll go out with my classmates later."

"Stop eating?" Su Qingyi asked him.

"Don't worry about it," Su Siyuan finished eating the fried dough sticks, and rushed in front of the sink, "I'll come back for dinner."

Before Su Qingyi had time to say anything, she heard the door of the courtyard rang. Su Siyuan rushed to open the door, and it was indeed Xu Peng, "I said you are a big girl? Why do you have to carry a sedan chair to pick you up after such a long time to go out? "

"Fuck you, uncle," Su Siyuan smiled and pushed him, then turned around and said, "Dad, I'm leaving."

Su Qingyi walked over to him and closed the open courtyard door, and said helplessly: "Listen to his mouth, now he speaks foul words as soon as he opens his mouth."

"Hey, all boys are like that." He Yuan finally finished his work, got up and patted the ashes on his hands.

"I learned it all from you, right?" Su Qingyi went back to the house and took the soap to the sink for him, and teased, "I didn't realize it before, but it was only these two years that I saw your essence."

"What's the essence? Swearing?" He Yuan rubbed his hands, "I never said anything like your uncle in the past."

Su Qingyi caught him, and immediately raised his finger: "Hey, did you say that?"

"That doesn't count," said He Yuan, "what's the matter? Do you think we, the working class, are less educated than you?"

Hearing this, Su Qingyi immediately made a booing gesture at him, "Hush your voice, it's great for people to hear you." Right now, the hat on Su Qingyi's head has not been taken off, and she has been in the investigation stage, talking and doing things Have to be cautious everywhere.

Just saying that, the gate of the courtyard was really pushed open, He Yuan and Su Qingyi were startled, but Aunt Zhang just came to remind them that the non-staple food shop just came with octopus, don't forget to buy it.

"But I haven't eaten fish for more than two months. Two days ago, Xiao Yuan told me that he was greedy for it." Su Qingyi said.

"Then I'll go now, don't be late and run out." He Yuan went back to the house, took the non-staple food book and the coal purchase certificate, and said, "By the way, I will go to the coal store again, so as not to run away in the afternoon."

"Wait a minute," Su Qingyi hurried back to the room and took the scarves and gloves of the two of them, "Let's go together."

"You go home, you are afraid of the cold."

"It's boring to line up alone." Su Qingyi wrapped He Yuan's scarf around him, and stuffed the gloves into him, "It's good to talk."

The two of them went out together, and by the time they entered the house again, more than an hour had passed.After a while, the coal delivery came.

In fact, it’s not just winter. People can’t do without the stove all year round for cooking and cooking. Every family’s yard will build a coal pool with bricks for storing coal, kindling charcoal, and chopping firewood.The coal delivery man helped unload the coal into the coal pit, and He Yuan simply put it away again.After finishing work, it was past lunch time, He Yuan asked Su Qingyi: "Are you hungry? If not, let's take a shower first? Get covered in soot."

"Okay, I'll pack my clothes and go."

When the two came back from the shower, they took a simple bite, He Yuan packed the octopus, and Su Qingyi did the laundry.No one is idle.When Su Siyuan came back, it was almost time for dinner.

"Hey, do you really eat fish today? I said why it smells like this when you enter the alley." Su Siyuan entered the door and poured a large glass of water, then sat down at the table.

Su Qingyi was setting the bowls and chopsticks, and reminded: "Wash your hands."

"Hey!" Su Siyuan washed his hands, and stood at the door of the kitchen to watch He Yuan put the cooked food on the plate.

"I have something to say." He Yuan didn't need to turn his head to know what he was thinking.

Su Siyuan laughed aloud, and said frankly: "Uncle He, can you tell my dad for me? Just..."

Before Su Siyuan finished speaking, Su Qingyi's voice came from behind: "What are you talking about? I'm right here, tell me yourself."

"Just..." Su Siyuan stood between the two adults, faltering, "I just told you about that last time."

He Yuan looked back at Su Qingyi: "What happened last time?"

Su Qingyi tapped on her wrist.

"Oh, about the watch." Like every time, He Yuan let Su Qingyi take a step forward and said, "If you can't, just buy it."

Su Siyuan knew that he had won half of the battle, and watched his father's face, waiting for the other half.

Su Qingyi stepped over him to pick up the plate He Yuan handed over, and said, "Let's talk after dinner."

After the meal, Su Siyuan eagerly helped clean up the dishes, and Su Qingyi finally vomited: "Look at your performance this week, don't let me hear dirty words again."

"I promise I'll never say it again!"

After returning to the house at night, Su Qingyi took out a passbook and a stack of receipts from the drawer.He Yuan lit a cigarette and leaned over to take a look.

"I have the money, where can I get the tickets?" Su Qingyi said worriedly, "After Xiaoyuan told me last time, I remembered to inquire about it. What a coincidence you said, our office is the nearest Someone is going to get married, and they are looking for watch coupons everywhere. If you can find one, you have to wait for someone to get married first. I don’t have the nerve to ask for it.”

"I said to give him my piece, but you are not happy."

"Can you be happy? That's our token of love."

"Then you agreed so happily just now?" He Yuan poked Su Qingyi's forehead, "All right, I'll ask my master when I go to work tomorrow, maybe he can make a difference."

"Ask."

Speaking of which, after Su Qingyi was transferred to another post in the past two years, he was treated like an ordinary clerk, with a monthly salary of 80 yuan, and He Yuan could earn 100 yuan.In fact, the two of them together cost more than [-] yuan to raise one child, which is supposed to be quite affluent in these days, but Su Siyuan's child can't stand the extra money.While Su Qingyi was nagging him, she also felt that He Yuan was used to him. In fact, he was the same. When she thought about her own reasons, Su Siyuan had been inferior to others since she was a child, and she was no longer willing to wrong him in other aspects.

Su Qingyi was silent for a while, and finally realized that He Yuan was smoking, and couldn't help nagging: "When did you quit smoking?"

"..." Now He Yuan was silent.

"What about talking to you?" Su Qingyi asked again with a smirk.

"Let's forget about it," He Yuan wrote lightly, "This is all I have to spend money on."

"Didn't you hear Doctor Xing say that smoking hurts your lungs?" Su Qingyi took out a cigarette case from his pocket and looked at it, "But if you really can't quit, just smoke a better one."

"Won't that cost more?"

"If it is more expensive, you will be reluctant to smoke," Su Qingyi put the cigarette case back into his pocket for him, "It will help you quit smoking."

"You really understand me." He Yuan pinched his cigarette and came up to hug him numbly.

Su Qingyi said in distaste, "It smells like cigarettes." But she didn't push him away.

After going to work the next day, He Yuan asked Zhou Songmin if he could get watch coupons.Zhou Songmin asked him what he was doing, and when he explained the matter, Zhou Songmin said: "I really have a different idea, so, isn't it the winter solstice on Saturday, I bring it from home and eat dumplings by the way."

So on Saturday night, the three of them went to Zhou Songmin's house after get off work and school.After eating the dumplings, He Yuan mentioned the watch coupon to his master, and Jiang Yun directly took out a newly bought Dongfeng brand watch.

He Yuan was taken aback: "Master, what are you doing?"

"What are you doing?" Zhou Songmin put the watch box on the table and pushed it to Su Siyuan, "It will be eighteen years later, you are a young man."

Su Siyuan wanted to answer but didn't dare, squinting at Su Qingyi.

"This won't work, it's too costly." Su Qingyi's tone didn't mean to discuss.This watch costs more than 100 yuan. Zhou Songmin, who has worked for most of his life and is lucky enough to survive as an eighth-grade worker, only earns a hundred yuan a month, which is several months’ wages for ordinary workers. Freshman is cheap.

"What's the cost?" Jiang Yun walked over and stuffed the watch box into Su Siyuan's hand, "Take it, your grandfather and I usually don't spend money, so why save money? Isn't it just for the children."

Su Siyuan was holding the watch box, still looking at Su Qingyi, seeing Su Qingyi and He Yuan touching eyes, then looking at He Yuan again.

Zhou Songmin looked around at the three of them, and said to Su Siyuan, "What are you looking at them for? They don't matter to me."

Su Qingyi was very embarrassed, but Zhou Songmin's words had already reached this point, he couldn't say anything else, so he could only remind his son first: "Thank you, grandpa and grandma."

Su Siyuan sweetly said a lot of good things, then turned around and ran to An Yunsu's house.As soon as he left the house, Zhou Songmin saw that Su Qingyi seemed to have something to say, so he quickly blocked his mouth: "We don't have so many things, and besides, how many years can we keep this? Wait until later." The children also go to work, but the money can’t be spent any more.”

After returning home that night, the two went to bed. Su Qingyi and He Yuan sighed: "Master Zhou said the same thing. Xiao Yuan has no chance to go to college. When he graduates from high school and can't find a job, he will have to jump in the queue." Wives and children, spend a life more ordinary than yourself.

Su Qingyi never thought that she would have a child before, and when she had a child, she never thought that her child would live like this for the rest of her life.The changes of the times are never expected.

"There's nothing wrong with it," He Yuan pulled him in front of him, "As long as you're alive, good things will happen sooner or later."

This year Su Qingyi was already 44 years old, and she was embarrassed to say some things, but she only said to herself in her heart: Yes, meeting you is the greatest blessing in my life.