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At nine o'clock in the evening, Qi Yin and Aunt Zhai closed the store after taking inventory together. Aunt Zhai's son who was in junior high school came to look for her, and the mother and son rode an electric motorcycle home together.

"Xiao Yin."

Before leaving, Aunt Zhai said to Qi Yin, "You also know the situation in the store. It is losing money every month. Auntie plans to stop doing it this month. Look..."

Qi Yin laughed "Oh" and said, "It's okay, I'll help you finish it together."

"This month's salary may be delayed to you.

Auntie also knows about your family's situation, but... Hey, everyone is having a hard time now, so please be considerate to Auntie. "

"Well, I understand."

While her son was urging her, Aunt Zhai scolded him, and continued to tell Qi Yin: "Actually, Auntie thinks that you should go to school, study some books and get a diploma, even if you go out to work, you can earn more than others.

Look at your good friend's father, Wang Yutong's father, how capable he is, he has bought a house in Beijing within three years, and has become a big boss.

Wang Jianguo did not catch up with the resumption of the college entrance examination back then, but he also finished high school. It is even more different now. People of your generation will be eliminated by society after they do not go to college.

Did you not even finish high school? "

Qi Yin answered quickly: "Isn't it because my mother is sick, and the family has no money, so I don't want to do such trivial things as studying, let's live my life first and then talk about it."

Aunt Zhai let out a long sigh, feeling very regretful: "I heard that you used to study very well, and you were the top student in your class, and you got the first place in every exam..."

Qi Yin smiled even more: "No, no, no, it's just a little bit higher in the class occasionally."

"That's amazing. Unlike my son, who has poor grades and dies, he just spends money indiscriminately."

"Aunt Zhai, I have nothing else to do and I'm leaving first."

"Hey, slow down."

When Qi Yin went to the vegetable market next door, it was still time to close the stall. She bought a handful of cabbage, and when she passed by the pork stall, she saw a pile of white meat on the chopping board, and asked the boss how to sell the meat.

The boss took down the cigarette dangling from his mouth, squinted his eyes in a cloud of green smoke and said, "You want this suet, take it, take it, it doesn't cost money."

"Huh? How about that?"

The boss shook his head, threw the meat into a plastic bag, and handed it to Qi Yin: "Take it, no one wants it anyway, so I'll clean it up if you want."

Qi Yin doesn't like Internet cafes very much.

Walking into the Internet cafe, several shirtless men sitting at the door looked at her. She sat in front of the computer without looking sideways, looking at a screen full of gimmicky icons, and found the fat penguin during the process. , use two fingers to press numbers and letters on the keyboard to log in.

There is no news in QQ, and it is dead silent.

Qi Yin stared at the empty friend column for a while, then clicked "Search", and she could already memorize Wang Yutong's QQ number.

After entering the eight-digit number, he found Wang Yutong's QQ. Qi Yin looked at the pink elephant's profile picture for a long time, flipped through her personal information, and didn't click the button to add a friend for a long time.

It was very late when I got home, and Qi Yin was growling with hunger.

She put lard suet in a pot and boiled a teacup of lard, put the leftover oil residue into a bowl, brought the cooled cabbage in vinegar, and poured it into the lard-soaked pot to reheat. The hot and sour taste mixed with the aroma of meat steamed up, making her mouth water.

Qi Yin ate a large bowl of white rice with cabbage with lard added, soaked the rest of the rice in water until soft, mixed cabbage and oil residue into it, and fed it to Yang Su.

As he approached Yang Su's bed, he smelled a familiar stench.

Qi Yin calmly feeds her first, and will not go on a hunger strike after having the oily residue, Yang Su, and eats actively.

After eating, Qi Yin turned her left and right again, pulled out the bed sheet and threw it into the sink.

Aunt Zhai once suggested that she buy some diapers and come back. She can't just wash Yang Sula once, and she won't be exhausted.

Qi Yin went to the supermarket to look at the price, and he decided to forget it, just wash it.

Recently, Yang Su couldn't control herself more and more, and sometimes she didn't notice even after stretching the bed.

Qi Yin couldn't get over the trouble of washing with three meals a day, and Yang Su's old sores were not getting better, and other complications continued.

Qi Yin invested almost all of her income in Yang Su's medical expenses. Her illness was a bottomless abyss. No matter how much money and energy and hope were invested, they all disappeared without any response.

Yang Su was paralyzed in 95, and it has been 8 years this year. Qi Yin had lost her temper countless times, and in the end she found out that she was just playing a one-man show.

She knew that Yang Su did it on purpose and kept silent.

As long as Yang Su shuts his mouth, he is a corpse, escaping everything from this world.

Once you open your mouth, you are asking for debts. I don't know whose debts you are asking for.

Qi Yin turned off the light after washing and lay down on the bed, still unable to fall asleep.

She opened her eyes and looked at everything familiar in the room, but there was no sound in her ears.

Over the years, her daily life has not been a bit turbulent, cooking, shopping and going to and from get off work.

She walked the same way and looked at the same people, not a single detail of this room had changed.

She forgot what year it was and how old she was.

Life is still, the world is still, and even the moonlight leaking in from a small window is extremely monotonous and boring.

Aunt Zhai quickly closed the shop, and gave Qi Yin 600 yuan of salary for the last month a week later.

Qi Yin originally wanted to use the money to buy a new sewing machine, so it would be good to open a small shop at home and continue making clothes for people.

On the same day, Yang Su got stuck in the sputum and almost suffocated. She called an ambulance and took her to the hospital. After sucking the sputum, she stayed in the hospital for observation.

Fortunately, Yang Su still has medical insurance, otherwise 600 yuan would not be enough to plug his teeth.

After Yang Su was admitted to the hospital, Qi Yin felt a little more relaxed. On the way home, she felt a little hot. Only then did she realize that it was already May of 2004.

The college entrance examination is coming soon.

"Have you got the admission ticket?" "Yes."

"What major did you apply for?"

When Qi Yin passed by the bus stop, she heard two female high school students talking about the college entrance examination. She stopped and stood behind them and pretended to wait for the bus to listen to them.

"My mother said that international trade is very good, but I don't know, so I just reported it."

"My father said that girls are good at studying history, and then my aunt said that it is difficult to find a job in history and cannot apply for it. The whole family argued for a long time without an answer, so I didn't bother to talk to them. I applied for computer science myself."

"Computers? After you graduate, you will be repairing computers?"

However, I think it is a bit difficult for me to get into Xiamen University. I didn’t do well in the exam last time. I regret that I applied to Xiamen University as my first choice. I should apply to Fuzhou University for insurance. "

The two girls talked for a long time, and the car came.

Qi Yin really wanted to hear what they had to say again, and it happened to be another trip, so he followed them in the car and went home.

In May, Sunshine City has entered a high temperature of over 5 degrees. Qi Yin wanted to buy a new sewing machine and couldn't afford it for a while, so he asked Master Zhu from the factory to help her repair it at her home.

This master Zhu has repaired cars for half his life, and he is a bit talented in repairing everything. After tossing at her house for a long time, he really did it.

Qi Yin especially thanked him for wanting to keep him for dinner, Master Zhu, a man in his 50s, how can he eat at the little girl's house, he said you are welcome, and then you can talk about anything at home, and then left with a broken bag.

After the sewing machine was repaired, Qi Yin was finally able to find customers and earn some living expenses.

June came unknowingly amidst the busy schedule, and Aunt Zhai helped her pull the strings to pick up a big order for a primary school to make school uniforms.

Originally, this kind of thing must be done in a factory. Aunt Zhai and the school purchaser are old acquaintances. She told her about the situation of Qi Yin's family, and they were very willing to help, so they gave the job to Qi Yin.

Time is very tight, she has to make 9 sets of clothes by hand by September, and she will be busy day and night from now on.

But she is very excited. The money can earn at least 3000 yuan. She has never made so much money at one time when she grows up.

The sun was scorching hot, Qi Yin took out a large pile of cloth from the cloth store, almost blocking his own vision.

She walked out with difficulty and stood at the bus stop waiting for the bus.

A black Nissan stopped and waited for a red light with the windows half open. Wang Yutong sat cross-legged on the passenger side of the car and ate a Nestle tuber. He heard something and laughed.

Qi Yin's eyes locked on her almost immediately, and he recognized her instantly.

Wang Yutong was fighting with the person in the driver's seat: "Beep again, I'll lose your green tongue!" After shouting, the car drove away.

Qi Yin stood where she was, and the sun was shining in June, making her feel cold all over.