ushernet Chapter 123 Lucky Coin
Chapter 123 Lucky Coin
Chapter 123 Lucky Coin
"Huo Ming, help Grandma Zhu and bring them to our house for dinner today." Qiu Jianshe spoke with a frown.
He walked up to Du's father and said, "You are the head of the family. If this matter continues, the street will know..." He left the words unsaid.
Father Du was stunned, and suddenly remembered the new job he and Mother Du had planned, and immediately said, "Okay, we'll go home now."
Turning around, he slapped his son in the face, using a clever slap that made a loud sound, without even his cheeks turning red. "You little bastard, how dare you curse your grandmother like that!"
Erbaozi was stunned by the slap. Du's mother, who was throwing a tantrum on the ground, immediately jumped up and grabbed Du's father by the collar. Before she could lose her temper, he said something in her ear. Du's mother immediately changed her expression, and the couple worked together to drag their son, who was on the verge of a rage, back home.
This incident was so exciting that even novels are not as good as it.
Qiu Huoming shook his head. With this kind of family environment, it was no wonder that Du Xiumin had no contact with them in her previous life until she died.
Qiu Huoming still remembered that he met her once when he was working in the south. She was heavily made-up, and when he called her, she not only did not stop, but also ran away, and he could not catch up with her.
In the previous life, at this time, the family of three was still in the countryside, and Du Xiumin was brought back to the village by the couple...
It was Old Lady Zhu who went to ask for the person. He knew about this because the matter of the Du family had become a big deal at that time, and someone from the street came to mediate. There are no secrets in the compound, and if one family knows about it, it will be spread immediately.
A lot of things have changed in this life. Not only did she not go to the countryside, she also passed the pre-examination and took part in the college entrance examination.
Fortunately, in this era, as long as you can get into university, you can get a subsidy and living will not be a problem. Once your household registration is revoked, you can completely break away from your original family.
The people around them dispersed, and Du Xiumin whispered, "Thank you." Her voice was hoarse, and Mrs. Zhu held her hand and said, "Let's go to Huo Ming's house and stay for a while."
Du Xiumin supported her and followed behind Qiu Jianshe. Qiu Huoming took the car at the corner of the wall and went ahead to say hello to Chen Suniang and to add some vegetables and rice to the family.
Chen Suniang was busy in the kitchen. When she heard that they were coming, she immediately washed some more vegetables without saying a word.
During lunch time, the eldest and youngest sisters took their bowls and sat on the small stools, leaving a seat at the table for Du Xiumin and Grandma Zhu.
Qiu Huoming simply stood there, picked up some food, stood aside and listened to their conversation.
"The results will be out on the 25th, don't worry. If you pass the exam, your life will be better. It's a great thing for a family to have a college student, which brings honor to the family." Chen Suniang picked up a piece of food for Du Xiumin with chopsticks and said slowly.
"If...if I fail the exam..." Du Xiumin said in a low voice with a trace of despair on her face.
There was some silence at the dinner table for a while.
"Then let's go south to work. The economic situation in Guangzhou and Shenzhen is very good right now. There are many large factories and they are in great need of workers." Qiu Huoming said, standing behind them.
"It's so far, it must be very dangerous. She won't be able to take care of anything. It's not safe for a little girl." Chen Suniang shook her head and immediately rejected the proposal.
After hearing what Chen Suniang said, Qiu Huoming suddenly remembered the TV series "The Outsider" that he watched that year. It seemed that it was indeed easy for a little girl to get into trouble if she went to that kind of place alone.
He thought about it and reframed his idea.
"Ask Grandma Zhu to get a letter of introduction from the street office. Take regular fleet cars along the way. If you transfer in Shenhai City, you can choose to take the train and stay in a guesthouse. Don't follow those big trucks on the road. When you get to the south, there is a place called the Talent Market. Register there. Don't follow private people. You have a high school diploma and can write and count. You can get a good meal anywhere."
Du Xiumin was raised by Grandma Zhu, so how could she not understand her granddaughter's thoughts? She held the bowl and said, "I'm still here. I'll protect you as long as I'm here. We'll discuss the rest of the matter after the results come out on the 25th. Anyway, even if grandma doesn't want to live anymore, I've made arrangements for you..."
Qiu Jianshe rarely said a word from beginning to end. Only when he heard her say this did a trace of emotion appear on his face.
He was the eldest son in the family. When his mother was seriously ill, she once said something similar to him, which made him feel a little sad.
"There are only two of you registered in the compound at the moment. They are independent households, so they won't be able to control you in the future. You should keep your own household registration book well hidden. After all, you are a family. If the relationship can be eased in the future, you don't have to move out of town..."
Qiu Jianshe cleared his throat and said, "Xiumin is well educated, and we have many local recruits. If they stay here, we can take care of each other."
Du Xiumin shook her head, "I can't stay here, they want me to get married!"
Qiu Huoming was stunned. Du Xiumin was one year older than him and was 19 years old this year. In such a large rural area, many people were married. It was better in the county town, usually after the age of 22.
"They said that they would sell me sooner or later..." Du Xiumin said with her head down.
"How dare they! In this new society, they still dare to arrange marriages!" Qiu Jianshe was immediately furious.
Qiu Huoming glanced at his simple-minded father and didn't know how to respond to this sentence.
Chen Suniang glanced at everyone at the table and said, "Let's eat first, and then we can talk after we finish eating..."
Qiu Huoming immediately took a bite of rice to show his support.
After dinner, we chatted for a while and unanimously decided to wait until the test results came out.
This incident left Qiu Huoming with a very bad impression of this idiot. He was the typical example of an incompetent and furious person who always blamed others for everything. Such a person would sooner or later be severely beaten by society.
In the afternoon, Qiu Jianshe and Chen Suniang sent the grandparents and grandchildren back home together.
This matter has come to an end for the time being.
The next day was Fatty Ding Yu’s birthday. Before noon, Qiu Huoming took his two sisters and walked hurriedly to keep the appointment.
There is no such thing as birthday gifts these days. An ordinary family usually just has a bowl of noodles and a boiled egg.
Ding Yu also took the opportunity of his birthday to get together with a few close classmates and friends. After the college entrance examination, everyone would go their separate ways anyway.
When we arrived at his house, the gate was wide open, and we could hear the sound of guitar strings and someone singing from inside.
When I walked in, I saw it was Ding Hao. He was sitting on the steps in the yard, playing Teresa Teng's "On the Other Side of the Water" leisurely.
He looks very similar to Ding Yu, both have slightly chubby faces and are of similar height. The only difference is that he is nearsighted and wears a pair of black-framed glasses, which adds a touch of literary youth aura to him.
His technique was a little clumsy, and it was obvious that he was self-taught. In the kitchen, Ding Yu and his mother were busy inside. Ding's father had gone to work early in the morning and had not returned yet. In the living room, little-eyed Bao Jun had arrived early and was sitting alone in a chair, looking around bored.
As soon as he saw Qiu Huoming coming in, he immediately stood up excitedly.
Qiu Huoming walked without stopping, and walked directly to the kitchen door with his two sisters. He shouted through the screen door, "Godmother, Fatty, we are here."
"Hey, Huozi, come in." Ding Yu commanded from a distance.
Mother Ding also laughed, "Huo Ming is here... Don't come in, it's a mess inside, take the eldest sister and the youngest sister to the living room to eat a spiced egg first."
Qiu Huoming responded, and without paying attention to the shouting of "birthday man" behind him, he walked towards the living room with his two younger sisters.
"Brother Hao." Qiu Huoming greeted Ding Hao who stopped singing in the middle of the song.
"Come on. I heard you can play it, so you try it." Ding Hao stood up and put the classical guitar in Qiu Huoming's hand.
Qiu Huoming took the guitar and told his two sisters, "Go in first and eat something to fill your stomach."
Then he waved at Bao Jun and said, "Baozi, what are you doing in there? Come out and play with me."
"I'm coming." Bao Jun was already sitting in the living room alone and feeling restless. Upon hearing him call out, he immediately came out.
Qiu Huoming sat on the steps and said, "Well, I'll play a song by Teresa Teng, too."
I don’t feel anything when I don’t play the guitar normally, but when I see others playing, my hands want to move. Qiu Huoming feels a little itchy holding the guitar.
The prelude started, and the sound of strings tinkled. The hot summer seemed to have a hint of coolness, and the chirping of cicadas in the alley was forgotten.
"One day in a certain year and month, like a broken face.
It's hard to say goodbye, so let everything go away...
It wasn't easy, but none of us cried.
Let it come quietly, let it go peacefully..."
Qiu Huoming lowered his voice and hummed softly, while Ding Hao, who was standing beside him, listened attentively.
Before I knew it, the song was over. As the last note fell, I heard Ding's mother's voice in the kitchen, "Huo Ming, sing another song. Godmother loves it."
Ding Yu felt itchy and stopped making dumplings. He washed his hands and rushed out. He just happened to see Gu Xiaoran and Li Ming standing outside the courtyard gate, smiling at Qiu Huoming who was playing the piano.
"Hey, now that you're here, why don't you come in? Come in, come in. Let's make friends through music today." Ding Yu greeted them warmly.
Ding Hao looked around and saw that they were all his brother's friends. He couldn't wait any longer. "Huozi, you can play with the guitar first. I'll go back to the store to do something and come back for dinner."
Ding Hao put his hands in his pockets, ignored Ding Yu, and went out on his own.
Qiu Huoming waved his hand and said, "Hello, friends on the opposite mountain."
He discovered that he and Ding Yu were similar in some ways. They were both people-loving. Strictly speaking, they had a histrionic personality and the more attention they received, the more stable their performance became.
Gu Xiaoran laughed so hard that he bent over. Li Ming bared his teeth and waved his hands, "Da Ming at the foot of the mountain, one more song, one more song..."
This guy has become so cheerful because he is surrounded by red people. Qiu Huoming smiled and looked away, sweeping the strings of the zither, "During the song request period, those who have money can give money, and those who don't have money can show their support."
Gu Xiaoran straightened up, with a smile on his face, "Then I'll order a song called 'Childhood'. I don't have money, but I can support you."
"Okay, wait, I'll tune the strings."
Qiu Huoming lowered his head and fiddled with it for a while. After trying a few notes, he sat up straight.
This song written in the music textbook is a tune that many children in later generations will hum. The familiar prelude sounded...
"In the banyan tree beside the pond, cicadas are calling out for summer.
There was only a butterfly resting on the swing by the playground.
The teacher's chalk on the blackboard was still writing furiously.
A childhood of waiting for the end of get out of class, waiting for the end of school, waiting for games..."
At first he sang alone, and later it became a chorus. He recorded this song on his pirated tape, which sold a lot in the county. In addition, the radio would play some pop songs from time to time, so some of the people present were more or less familiar with it.
She would naturally sing the song that Gu Xiaoran ordered.
She hummed the song from beginning to end. The older and younger sisters who were eating snacks in the living room couldn't stand the loneliness, so they ran out and stayed in the yard, listening to their older brother singing with smiles on their faces.
Mother Ding in the kitchen has always liked lively occasions. Looking at the group of half-grown children in the yard, she was very happy and her hands moved faster.
There is only one dish for lunch today, and that is dumplings. This was Ding Yu's strong request. Instead of having a table full of unpalatable dishes, it is better to eat dumplings. Ding's mother's dumpling-making skills are still remarkable.
There are two kinds of dumpling fillings, one is leek and egg, the other is cabbage and pork. Two of the dumplings have a one-cent coin in each, and they are called lucky dumplings.
As for which dumpling it was put in, she still remembered at first, but when there were so many, she forgot it herself.
The yard was noisy and time passed quickly. A few people were still laughing when they heard Ding's father coming back outside the yard. He also rode a bike to get off work, and his 28-bar bike was parked at the gate of the yard.
When Ding Yu saw his father come in, he immediately straightened up and called out, "Dad."
"Hello, uncle."
"Hello, godfather."
Several people's voices rose and fell.
Father Ding glanced at everyone with a smile on his face, "We are all classmates. Huo Ming, you are here too. Come on, treat this place as your own home. Don't be restrained."
Mother Ding called out from the kitchen, "Xiao Yu, ask them to come to the dining table and set up the table. The dumplings are ready."
Ding Yu immediately walked to the living room, "Come on, guys, move the chairs. Huozi, come with me to lift the table. It's time to eat."
The round table top was placed against the wall in their backyard. It had been scrubbed and the water stains had dried up in the hot summer, so it was just right to be carried back.
It was a bit heavy to hold, so Qiu Huoming and the fat man worked together to put the round table directly on the square table in the living room. Over there, Li Ming was directing the placement of chairs, and the living room was bustling with noise.
Mr. Ding packed his food and rode his bike back to work without coming in to eat.
After a while, Ding Hao came back and went upstairs with the bowl.
Several young people were sitting in the living room, and they started eating when Ding's mother came to the table.
Mother Ding was very kind and unrestrained, and she quickly became friends with the group of children.
"Crunch." Qiu Huoming was eating so hard that his teeth almost broke. He grinned and shouted, "There's something in this stuffing!"
"Oh, I almost forgot, there are coins in two of these dumplings..." Before Ding's mother finished speaking, Ding Yu continued, "It's called a lucky coin. Whoever eats it will be lucky for a whole year! The money belongs to whoever eats it."
Qiu Huoming rubbed his cheeks and said, "Okay, the teeth are still there. I am really lucky."
"Hahahaha" everyone at the table burst into laughter.
This time everyone was much more careful when eating, biting the dumplings with anticipation, hoping that they would be the next lucky one.
It's a new month, I wish you all good luck...
I really don’t have time to update today, I’ll try harder tomorrow :)