end of ten days.

"Are you reckless?" She raised her voice again, "When can't your store be expanded? Do you have to expand when Chengcai gets married?"

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

"What are you talking about?!"

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

I knew by heart what she was going to say next.

I was brought up by her and the old man through a lot of hard work.

It was easy to take me alone, but they had to work so hard to take care of two people. I don't know how tired they are all these 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 could I have found such a good job.

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

She did not agree.

She asked me to go out to work to earn tuition for the bottom brother.

I also heard that she discussed with the old man that she would marry me off when I was 17 years old, in exchange for a bride price of 1 yuan, and send Chengcai to study in the city.

If it wasn’t for the teacher who came to the village to teach me the tuition and let me go to high school, I should have returned to the mountain village by now. I am 33 years old and have teenage children. The focus of my daily work is how to take good care of a pig and five chickens.

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

She is the light of my life.

"Do you know how many people you have lost to me?!" She continued to yell, "You are 35 years old! Do you know that you are 35 years old?! You can still earn money for many years?"

"Mom, I'm 33 years old." I said.

"You don't have to get married in your 30s! You and I are ashamed!" She took a deep breath, "Is there anyone in the village who is not married in his 30s? They say you are sick, do you know?"

"So I don't want to stay in the village, Mom." I smiled wryly, "I want to live another life."

"You don't want your brother to think about it!" She returned the topic to the topic again, "You will get 20. Your brother buys a house in the county, and you don't need to pay for it in the future, do you want it?"

"I can't get out." I reiterated my point again, "Chengcai is 32 years old and hasn't even had a job yet. Why should he get married? Is he capable of planning for his future?"

"It's up to you!" she said, "Aren't you a famous big boss in Chengdu?"

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

"It's the one who sues. You will sue. Those bosses are afraid that you won't get it?" She continued to indoctrinate me with her thoughts, "You ask them for money, and if they don't give you the money, you will sue. Do you want it?"

It's so ridiculous.

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

"Next week, June [-]th." She said cursingly, "There's only one week left, hurry up!"

"Okay, then I will definitely pack a red envelope."

"Red envelopes?! What a fucking day..."

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

Although I have worked hard for so many years, no matter when and where, as long as I receive a call from home, I will definitely fall into a state of collapse.

My family never thought even a little bit of it for me.

In their eyes, I have only two roles.

Either go back and marry someone, earn a bride price, and become a reproductive machine from now on.Either earn money in Chengdu, send it home, and become a money-making machine that never stops.

I took out a box of width and narrowness from my backpack, and bit one with a blank expression.

I'm really tired right now.

Dealing with family members is more tiring than going to court.

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

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

Seeing that it was Xiao Sun, I put the cigarette in my mouth again: "Scared me, what's wrong?"

"I see that you have been answering the phone for a long time. I am afraid that there is something wrong. Are you okay?"

"I am fine."

Xiaosun took the cigarette case in my hand very skillfully, and also took out one: "Sister Zhang, I haven't seen you smoking for a long time, what's the matter?"

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

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

"Sister Zhang, as I said before, if you quit, I will quit, and if you smoke, I will smoke." He took a breath of cigarettes, and slowly closed his eyes, "If we want to maintain a healthy body, we will raise it together, if we want to ruin our body Let's spoil it together."

I sighed dumbfounded after hearing this: "What is this called? You linked your body to me, is it fair?"

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

Xiao Sun said similar things before, which made me feel a little uneasy, so every time I can only do not respond.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Xiao Sun spoke again, but this time the tone was a little unnatural: "Sister Zhang, I don't have a live tomorrow, I bought an extra ticket for Ren Xianqi's concert, I heard you like him very much, we want to go together Want to see it?"

I took out my portable ashtray, put the ash away, looked up and asked, "Xiao Sun, you just happen to be out of work tomorrow, you just bought tickets for Ren Xianqi, you just bought 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 between the boss and the subordinate with you, I want to Get to know you a little bit."

The little boys nowadays are really courageous. Even though I have seen so many storms in the lawsuit field, my heartbeat is still accelerated by what he said.

"But sister Zhang...you have always closed yourself up, and I have never been able to enter your heart." Xiao Sun said nervously, "This life is still very long, we...do you want to go together?"

I looked at Xiao Sun's clear eyes, lowered my head silently, and inserted the cigarette into the ashtray that I carried with me.

For some reason, I was extremely disappointed when I heard this.

I am like a bamboo basket full of holes, I have no right to hold anyone's tenderness like water.

"Xiao Sun, you... are 26 years old this year."

"Yes, sister Zhang, I will be 27 years old after my birthday."

"I'm seven years older than you." I said blankly. "You are young enough to find a better partner, and you will have a better life. If you chain yourself to me, someday You will find that I am riddled with holes, and everything I have now is just my disguise."

There was a little more silence in the air, only the music from the wedding in the distance was muffled.

"I... I don't care if you are riddled with holes or broken, I am willing to use everything I have to help you make up for it." Xiao Sun's eyes gradually became firm, "Sister Zhang, I like you, no matter your age , Don’t ask about your background, don’t ask about your past. What I like is you who are strong, hard-working, serious, and persistent. I have thought about every word I said for a long time, and now I am only waiting for your answer.”