End of ten days

"Are you so rude?" She raised her voice again, "When will your store not be able to be expanded? Do you have to expand it when you are mature enough to get married?"

"Mom, be reasonable." I said, "I decided to expand first, and he decided to get married later."

"What are you talking about?!"

I frowned and held the phone away, trying to clear my ears.

I knew what she was going to say next.

I was raised by her and the old man through all kinds of hardships.

It was easy to take care of me alone, but they had to work so hard to take care of two people. I don’t know how tired they have been over the years.

In her description, if she hadn't taken such good care of me, I would never have been admitted to Southwest University of Political Science and Law, nor would I have been able to find such a good job.

But I clearly remember that when I graduated from junior high school, I cried and howled that I wanted to go to high school.

She didn't agree.

She asked me to go out to work to earn tuition for my brother who was last in the family.

I also heard that she and the old man were discussing that they would marry me off when I was seventeen years old, in exchange for a gift of 10,000 yuan, and send me to study in the city.

If the teacher who came to the village to teach had not paid my tuition and allowed me to go to high school, I would have returned to the mountain village now. I am thirty-three years old and have a teenage child. The focus of my daily work is how to take good care of one. Pig and five chickens.

The teacher told me that if you want to change your life, you must go and see the outside world.

She is the light of my life.

"Do you know how many people you have lost to me?!" She continued to shout loudly, "You are thirty-five years old! Do you know that you are thirty-five years old?! You can still make money for many years? "

"Mom, I'm thirty-three years old." I said.

"You are over thirty and don't get married! You and I are both ashamed!" She took a deep breath. "Is there anyone in the village who is over thirty and doesn't get married? They all say you are sick, do you know?"

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\u003e"So I don't want to stay in the village anymore, Mom." I smiled bitterly, "I want to live another life."

"You don't want your brother to have sex!" She once again brought the topic back to the topic, "You can give me 200,000 yuan, and your brother can buy a house in the county town, and you won't have to pay for it in the future. How about that?" "

"I can't get out." I reiterated my point of view again, "Chengcai is thirty-two years old and has never even held a job. Why should he get married? Is he capable of planning for his future? "

"Fuck you!" she said, "Aren't you a famous big boss in Chengdu?"

"Mom, I'm not a boss, I'm a lawyer."

"You are the one who wants to file a complaint. If you can file a complaint, those bosses are afraid that you won't be able to do it?" She continued to instill her thoughts in me, "You ask them for money, and if they don't give you money, then you go and file a complaint. Do you want it?"

How ridiculous.

"Mom, this is not only illegal, but also unfair." I said, "When will Chengjae get married?"

"Next week, June 6th." She cursed, "There's only one week left, so hurry up!"

"Okay, I will definitely give you a red envelope when the time comes."

"Red envelope?! You bitch..."

I didn't listen to her continue talking and hung up the phone.

Although I have been working hard for so many years, no matter when or where I receive a call from home, I will definitely fall into a state of collapse.

My family never thought about me in the slightest.

In their eyes, I only have two roles.

Either go back and get married, earn a betrothal gift, and become a fertility machine from then on. Either make money in Chengdu, send it back home, and become a

The money-making machine never stops.

I took out a box of Kuanzhai from my backpack and bit into one with an expressionless face.

I'm really tired now.

Dealing with family members is more tiring than fighting a lawsuit.

As soon as I lit my cigarette, the door to the safe passage was pushed open. I subconsciously hid the cigarette behind me. After all, many people are full of ill will towards women who smoke, and I wanted to avoid this kind of trouble.

"Sister Zhang?" Xiao Sun stuck his head out and looked at me curiously.

Seeing it was Xiao Sun, I put the cigarette in my mouth again: "I was shocked. What's wrong?"

"I see you've been answering the phone for a long time, I'm afraid there might be something wrong. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

Xiao Sun took the cigarette case in my hand very skillfully and took out a cigarette: "Sister Zhang, I haven't seen you smoking for a long time, what's going on?"

"It's okay." I shook my head, "It's about family."

After I finished speaking, I paused, looked at his hand that was lighting the cigarette, and asked, "Didn't you quit smoking?"

"Sister Zhang, I've said it before, if you quit, I'll quit, and if you smoke, I'll smoke." He took a puff of cigarette and slowly closed his eyes, "If you want to take good care of your body, let's take care of it together. If you want to ruin your body, we'll do it together." Let’s just waste it together.”

After hearing this, I sighed dumbfounded: "What are you talking about? Is it fair for you to link your body to me?"

"Fair enough." Xiao Sun nodded, "Sister Zhang, no matter what I do, I just want to be with you."

Xiao Sun has said similar things before, which made me feel a little uneasy, so the only thing I could do every time was not to respond.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Xiao Sun spoke again, but this time his tone was a little unnatural: "Sister Zhang, I have no time to live tomorrow. I bought an extra ticket for Ren Xianqi's concert. I heard that you like him very much and want to come together. Go and have a look?”

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I took out my ashtray, put the ashes away, raised my head and asked, "Xiao Sun, you happen to not be able to live tomorrow, and you happened to buy Ren Xianqi's tickets. You happened to buy two tickets, and he happens to be my favorite star." ,what do you want to do?"

"I..." Xiao Sun paused, his ears were a little red, and he said after a long time, "Sister Zhang, we have known each other for many years. I don't want to stay in the relationship of boss and subordinate with you. I want more Get to know you a little bit.”

Little boys nowadays are really courageous. Even though I have experienced so many ups and downs in lawsuits, I still feel my heart beat faster when he talks about it.

"But Sister Zhang... you have always kept yourself closed, and I have never been able to get into your heart." Xiao Sun said nervously, "This life is still very long. Do we... want to go together?"

I looked at Xiao Sun's clear eyes, lowered my head silently, and put the cigarette into the ashtray.

I don't know why, but when I heard this, I felt extremely disappointed.

I am like a bamboo basket full of holes, with no right to hold anyone’s tenderness.

"Xiao Sun, you... are twenty-six years old this year."

"Yes, Sister Zhang, I will be twenty-seven after my birthday."

"I am seven years older than you." I said expressionlessly, "You are young and promising enough to find a better partner, and you will have a better life. If you tie yourself to me, one day You will find that my body is full of holes and everything is just a disguise."

There was a bit more silence in the air, except for the muffled wedding music in the distance.

"I...I don't care whether you are full of holes or broken, I am willing to use everything of myself to help you make up for it." Xiao Sun's eyes gradually became firm, "Sister Zhang, I like you, regardless of age. , regardless of origin or past. What I like is you who are strong, hard-working, serious, and persistent. I have thought about everything I said for a long time, and now I am just waiting for your reply. "