Northern Myanmar: Years of Dehumanization

"Little sister, where is mom?"

"Brother, you are the elder brother! I knew you would be fine. Mom even lied to me..., Mom, come on, brother is calling!"

On the other end of the phone, my sister was stunned for a few seconds before reacting, and then she said with a choked voice.

There was lightness in her words, and she seemed a little happy.

I raised the corner of my mouth. After all, there are still people who care about me. This is why I can endure it here.

I just hope that one day I can escape from here and see my sister and mother.

It's just that now there seems to be another person I care about in my heart.

That is Xiao Xun who wants to be my wife.

That was not a good sign in this place, but I couldn't ignore the voice inside me.

"You kid, what nonsense are you talking about? Didn't I tell you that you are in that place, where life and death are unpredictable, how can you make a phone call?"

The younger sister's voice fell, and a voice came over.

However, it was not the mother's gentle voice, but the father's somewhat rough voice.

He came to my sister, took the phone from her hand, and shouted to me:

"Who are you? Why are you pretending to be my son!"

On the other end of the phone, my father's voice sounded accusatory.

Obviously, he didn't believe that I could call him.

"Dad, it's me!"

There was a complicated look in my eyes, and I had never thought of talking to my father on the phone.

When I asked my family for money, he directly replied that he had no money.

Although I know that if I were faced with such a situation, I would probably say the same thing.

However, I just can't get over this hurdle.

At that time, my father was too ruthless.

Even if he lied to me at that time, I would still feel very happy, but he didn't even give me this opportunity.

I don't blame him, but I don't want to talk to him.

"Xiaobai, are you really a noob? Are you really okay? Too..."

On the other end of the phone, my father's voice sounded surprised and excited.

"Dad, where is my mother? I want to talk to her for a while."

Listening to my father's voice on the other end of the phone, I interrupted him and told him that I wanted to talk to my mother.

"Hey...old lady, please answer my son's call."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time before my father let out a long sigh and then called my mother over.

There was a bit of hoarseness in the voice, as if it was difficult to speak.

"Xiao Bai, are you really okay? Have you lost weight there, are you eating well, have you caught a cold..."

"Hey, Xiaobai, don't blame your father. At that time, the family was really..."

My mother is a country girl and a simple person, and she still cares about me in the same way.

I believe that many mothers are like my mother. What matters is not how much money you make, but whether you take good care of yourself.

At the end of her words, her mother still sighed and wanted to defend her father.

"Mom, is your waist feeling better?"

Before my mother could finish everything, I interrupted her and asked.

"It's better, don't worry."

When my mother heard my question, she also knew that I didn't want to talk about this topic, so she went around it.

I chatted with my mother for a long time, and finally I asked about my little sister.

"Are you obedient at home, little sister? How are you studying?"

"Brother, I am very obedient. I ranked first in the class in the final exam this time! Moreover, after school I will go to the mountains to dig herbs..."

The mother gave the phone to the little sister, and the little sister answered sweetly.

I also had a smile on my face, as if I saw my little sister looking up at me.

There were pear dimples at the corners of his mouth, full of pride.

However, when she said the following words, my eyes showed heartache.

I can imagine the little girl going up the mountain to collect herbs with a small basket in her hand.

This is how poor children become masters early.

Especially in our family, my father is disabled and unable to work.

My mother has no skills and works as a farmer in the village with two acres of land.

After a busy year, I don’t have much money left after teaching my younger siblings, and I still have to deal with family expenses.

Life is hard to come by.

Originally, I was supposed to be the breadwinner of the family, and I was supposed to make money for the family.

At that time, I was able to subsidize my family living in a factory building in the town.

You can imagine that such a thing will happen.

Even your closest relatives can send you to a dead end!

However, I survived and am doing pretty well here now.

"Little sister, you don't have to dig out herbs for the time being. I will give you a sum of money."

My eyes were slightly red and I said to the other end of the phone.

"Brother, when will you come back?"

After hearing my words, the little girl did not become happy as I imagined. Instead, she asked me when I would go back.

Hearing what my little sister said, I was stunned for a moment, and I couldn't help asking myself, yes, when will I go back?

"Quickly, after things are finished here."

I shook my head, my eyes dimmed, and I didn't know if I could go back.

"Xiaobai, when you come back, mom will post some of your favorite pot stickers for you, and..."

The mother's voice came over again, and this conversation was really endless.

"Mom, that's it, I'll go and get busy first."

I interrupted my mother and hung up the phone. It was so windy that there was sand in my eyes.

I took out a piece of Huazi, sucked it up, and suppressed the waves in my heart very hard.

This money must be spent!

I asked Xu Bing, here in the park, the supervisor has this power.

After I finished smoking, adhering to the principle of not being selfish, I called Xiao Xun over and signaled her to call grandma.

Although this little girl is a bit ruthless in deceiving others, she is absolutely unambiguous when it comes to her grandma.

The first salary she earned from a part-time job in her life was to buy a mobile phone for her grandmother.

In this way, she can call her grandma at any time and understand her situation at any time.

As we all know, old people are prone to some diseases.

That time, if Xiao Xun hadn't called, her grandma wouldn't have answered the phone.

Xiao Xun discovered an abnormality. Even if the old man was sent to the hospital, he would probably be separated from the yin and the yang.

Xiao Xun, this little girl, has nothing to say to the grandma who depends on each other for life.

Therefore, Xiao Nizi was very excited when she heard that she could call her grandma.

That day, Xiao Xun and her grandma talked a lot, and it was the first time I saw Xiao Xun’s smile like that.

That smile that comes from the heart.

"Are you done? Just hand over your chips when you're done."

When Xiao Xun hung up the phone, I came to her, stretched out my hand and asked her for chips.

"Huh? Haven't you become a supervisor? Are you still short of chips?"

Although Xiao Xun was confused, he still took out the 50,000 chips he was carrying and put them in my hand.

"Only 50,000? I was thinking you would give our grandma more money!"

The corners of my mouth turned up and I looked at Xiao Xun in front of me with interest.

"What did you say?"

Xiao Xun asked with surprise on his face and disbelief.

"What's wrong? I'm a supervisor. Is it normal to be able to send money?"

I glanced at Xiao Xun, and the smile on his face became even brighter. This guy finally made me pretend to be tactful.

"Wait a minute, I'm going to borrow some from Sister Yun now..."

Xiao Xun was not happy when he heard what I said, so he went out and asked Liu Mengyun to borrow some more.

However, when she passed by me, I pulled her back.

"Okay, let me lend you some, just one hundred thousand. The old man should be able to spend it for a while."

"Besides, if you can't afford it, you can still pay it with your body..."

I shook my right index finger and said in a teasing tone.

To be honest, I really have no intention of asking Xiao Xun to pay back this money.

After all, I was greedy for her performance share.

Including the money given to me by the group leaders, I now have almost more than 800,000 chips.

In fact, the money that the supervisor sent back to the country was not real money at the beginning. Instead, he used the obtained chips to exchange for money, passed through the water room, and then sent it back to the country.

According to my idea, leave 100,000 chips for emergencies.

The rest was all sent back, 700,000, and 100,000 was given to Xiao Xun, leaving 600,000.

The transfer station charges some fees, and my family will get almost 500,000 yuan.

Of course, this is on a pro-rata basis. The more you transfer, the more expensive the handling fee will be.

Before I finished speaking, Xiao Xun hugged me, with a look of emotion on his face, stood up on tiptoes and blocked my mouth.

His eyes were full of gratitude, which made me feel a little embarrassed.

"I will pay you with my flesh now!"

After a while, I felt that my breathing was not smooth, and Xiao Xun finally let go of my mouth.

Then he said this to me.

My face turned dark and I couldn't help but twitch the corner of my mouth.

Good guy, you don’t care whether you can change your feelings or not, you don’t want to return them in the first place, right?

"Ahem, I think people still have to have dreams. Shouldn't you think about it, what if we can pay it back?"

Seeing Xiao Xun's somewhat fanatical eyes, I coughed, couldn't help but cover my waist, and stepped back.

"No, hubby~, I don't want to work hard anymore~"

Xiao Xun looked even more excited when he saw me like this.

Even her voice turned into a whisper.

She stepped forward, but I backed away. I couldn't escape her pursuit, but I couldn't fly without my wings.

Since I can't escape, I can only open my mind and enjoy it.

I was sweating profusely, looking at Xiao Xun with blurred eyes below me, with bitterness in my eyes, and helplessly shook my head.

By the way, I shook off the sweat drops on my head.

But just a moment of my amazing skill caused Xiao Xun under me to be dissatisfied.

I saw her face was slightly red, her brows slightly raised, and her hand held my arm tightly.

I couldn't help but open my lips lightly, and my voice was a bit reproachful:

"What are you doing! This is the critical moment, use your strength~"