Double Life: My whole world is you

It is not far from the station to my aunt's house, about half an hour's journey. Cheng Qiao, Cheng Zhu and Cheng Ma each carried a bag and walked forward. Although there are direct buses, they are so poor now that they save every penny they can.

The three of them had just walked a short distance when they saw an old lady with yellow curly hair, light makeup, a black down jacket, dark blue jeans, and brown boots, who grabbed Cheng's mother and said, "Little sister Wang, it's really you."

Cheng's mother was also very happy to see the visitor, "Sister Wu, Happy New Year."

After saying this, Cheng's mother pulled Cheng Qiao and Cheng Zhu and said, "Greetings to Empress Wu on the New Year."

Cheng Qiao and Cheng Zhu greeted with a smile, "Happy New Year, Empress Wu."

"Happy New Year! Your two children are so handsome." After she said that, she opened her wallet to give them red envelopes. Cheng's mother quickly pulled her to refuse. Cheng Qiao saw the two of them pulling each other, so she pulled Cheng Zhu and ran ahead.

The two ran about ten meters and stopped. Looking back, Cheng Ma and Wu Da Niang were arm in arm, talking and laughing. Cheng Zhu asked, "Sister, do you know who she is?"

Cheng Qiao has some memories of Aunt Wu. At that time, Cheng's mother worked in a restaurant. One night after work, she picked up a mobile phone not far from the restaurant. It was the latest flip phone of Nokia. Cheng's mother thought about waiting for the other party to call her and return it. As a result, the phone ran out of battery when she got home. The next day, Cheng's mother went out to buy a charger and charged it, and then waited for the owner. It was not until noon that the owner called anxiously. The owner was Aunt Wu.

It turned out that she dropped her phone when she was drinking with her boss at night, and she didn't wake up until noon. Although it was a new phone, she had just moved the memory card of the old phone to it. If she lost the contact information and information in it, it would be an irreversible loss. She didn't expect that someone would answer the phone as soon as she got through, and they also agreed on the location. That day, Aunt Wu bought some fruits for Cheng Ma, and later their company often went to the restaurant where Cheng Ma worked for any gatherings. After a few visits, the two became familiar with each other. Aunt Wu and her husband are both executives of a machinery factory, and they only have one son who is in college. In the last life, Cheng Ma had been in contact with Aunt Wu until Aunt Wu's son graduated and settled in another province. Their family moved to another province and lost contact. Aunt Wu and Cheng Ma are eight years apart, but they have been good friends since they met because of that incident. Cheng Ma said that Aunt Wu is her only friend who is not related by blood.

Cheng Qiao recalled that Aunt Wu had helped Cheng Ma find a job. She looked back and heard Cheng Ma's happy voice, "Really? Sister Wu, thank you so much."

"It's okay. I'll call the HR department later and tell them that you can go to the company for an interview at 2 pm and start work tomorrow." After saying that, Aunt Wu took Cheng's mother to a nearby fruit stand to buy some fruit. Cheng's mother struggled with her for a while, and finally Aunt Wu said, "Little sister Wang, if you still recognize me as your elder sister, take it. It's New Year's Day and it's fate that we met. I bought this for my two children."

"Thank you, big sister, for introducing me to such a good job where I can take care of children." Cheng's mother's eyes were red. "I really don't know how to thank you for buying so much food for us."

"We get along well, so there's no need to say these polite words." Aunt Wu handed her the fruit and said, "We'll get together next time when we have time. Don't worry about the work, you can just report in this afternoon."

After saying that, Aunt Wu stopped a car and left. Cheng Ma carried two bags of fruit and looked at the direction where the taxi left with red eyes. Cheng Qiao and Cheng Zhu ran over. Cheng Ma wiped her eyes with her sleeves and took out two ugly fruits from the bag and handed them to them. The other bag contained two small baskets of strawberries. "Eat them quickly. These are all bought by your mother because she was reluctant to buy them for you."

Cheng Zhu took out a big one from the bag and handed it to Cheng Ma, "Mom, you have one too."

"You guys eat it. Mom doesn't like these." Cheng's mother responded by putting the ugly thing in her hand into her pocket.

Cheng Qiao stuffed the peeled fruit into her mouth, watched her eat it, and asked with a smile, "Mom, have you settled the work issue?"

"Yes! Madam Wu introduced me to work as a cleaner in their factory. The basic salary is 800, and there is 50 for full attendance. If you work overtime, there is overtime pay. The working hours are from 7:30 am to 11:00 am, and from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm, and there are weekends off." Cheng's mother said, "It's such a good job, and it's a formal company. This kind of recruitment is internal, and they don't recruit from outside. I am really grateful to her this time."

Since Cheng Ma didn’t have any skills or education, there weren’t many jobs she could choose from. The factory here recruited general workers in two shifts, working twelve hours, half a month in the morning and half a month in the evening. Not only was the work tiring, but Cheng Zhu had no one to take care of him. When his aunt asked Cheng Ma to live in their house, she said she didn’t agree to Cheng Ma working in the factory, and she wanted to find a job that could take care of the children. In the end, Cheng Ma found a job in a restaurant. Every day, Cheng Ma prepared lunch before going to work, and Cheng Zhu would just plug in the rice cooker when he came back. By the way, Cheng Zhu could bring lunch to his aunt, because Wei Wei and Fang Fang had lunch at school. Dinner was also prepared by Cheng Ma during her two-hour break in the afternoon. Although this job was not particularly good, it could solve their temporary situation, and the salary was higher than working in a restaurant. When they came to the city this time, Cheng Ma was worried. The most important thing was the job, and it was still easy to find a house.

Cheng's mother was smiling all the way until they reached the farmer's market where her aunt was selling fruit. She stopped and put the fruit in her hand into her backpack, took some clothes out of the bag, put them on the bag and held it in her hand.

My aunt sells fruit on a wooden cart outside a farmer's market in the city center. This place is a main road in the city. Thirty meters to the left is the only private high school in the city. Thirty meters to the right is an old ship engine factory, which was temporarily converted into a small repair factory. Later, a small residential building was built there. There is a farmer's market behind it. There are several small walk-up residential areas and retail businesses around the farmer's market. There are two banks in front, the Agricultural and Industrial Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, as well as two large hotels. This place is considered to be an excellent location in the city. I heard that someone in Gufuwan works in the Urban Management Bureau. My aunt has the opportunity to set up a stall here every year to do favors.

When Cheng Qiao passed by the private high school, she stood still for a few seconds and saw a few golden words written on the left side of the iron gate: Xinghua Middle School. Here were her youthful memories and her important friends.

"Sister, what are you sending? Let's go." Cheng Zhu turned around and grabbed her.

It was only 30 to 40 meters from the high school to my aunt's farmers' market. The country had not yet started to build it, and it was Chinese New Year, so there were all kinds of snacks and gifts along the way. The crowd was surging, and Cheng Qiao walked carefully. It took him seven or eight minutes to walk the distance of 30 to 40 meters. My aunt was very happy to see them, and Weiwei was the first to jump up, "Qiaoqiao, I didn't expect you to come too."