Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

Of course, Hou Tianming and his wife are not improper people. They are just forced by life.

Hou Tianming was an orphan. It was not easy for him to work in a factory and get a decent job. Later, he met his wife Chunjuan, who worked in a shoe factory. They lived a happy life.

Chunjuan's parents helped take care of the children, and they lived a very comfortable life. But something unexpected happened. Chunjuan's father suddenly had a stroke and was paralyzed in bed. Then Chunjuan's mother was knocked down by a bicycle on the way to buy groceries. She lay in bed and couldn't get up. The key point was that the bicycle ran away. With the elderly and children in the family, the tangible pressure overwhelmed them.

If they were sick, the factory would reimburse them, but their parents were just ordinary people, and their medicines all depended on the salary of Hou Tianming and Chunjuan. The two of them only had a total of more than 60 yuan a month, and they had to spend nearly 40 yuan on medicines every month. This left more than 20 yuan to support six people, and life was very tight.

As Chunjuan's father's condition worsened, the medical expenses continued to increase, but Hou Tianming and Chunjuan's salary would not increase because of this. Their life was getting harder and harder, and at this time Hou Tianming remembered what some friends had said when they were joking.

Because Hou Tianming and his factory were next to Niu Dahua's store, many workers would go there to buy cigarettes. So they knew something about Niu Dahua. Everyone in the factory knew that there was an old woman named Niu Dahua in the store. She was over 40 years old and still had no man. To put it bluntly, she was still an old virgin with a terrible temper. So everyone tried to buy cigarettes when Niu Dahua was not around or went to the salesperson next door to buy things. After all, if Niu Dahua said she was scolding you, she really was scolding you. Who wants to buy something and be scolded for no reason?

Hou Tianming also heard what they said when he was drinking with others. Several men joked, "Hey, don't underestimate Niu Dahua because she's old. She's still a virgin! Besides, anyone can marry her. We only make about 30 yuan a month, but I heard that Dahua makes more than 50 yuan a month in a store."

"Wow, I actually get so much salary in a month?" Hou Tianming said as he picked up some peanuts and put them into his mouth.

"Of course. After all, he is a fourth-level salesperson. It's easy for him to earn more than 50 yuan a month, and the treatment in his store is very good. Alas, it's a pity that we are born to work hard, so we can't get such a good job." The worker next to Hou Tianming couldn't help but shook his head and said.

"Hey, she has such a good life, it's all because of her sister. I heard that the reason why Niu Dahua has never married is because she has been taking care of her sister all the time. It is not easy to worry about her sister all the way. After her sister got married, her brother-in-law, Jinsheng, the manager of that store, arranged for Niu Dahua to work in that store." Another worker shook his head and said.

"Wow, so there is such a hidden story here."

"Yeah, who said it wasn't? Okay, okay, why do we have to talk about this person? I don't want to run into her when I go shopping. I've run into her several times before, but it made me sick. Come on, stop talking, stop talking, let's just drink." As he said that, he raised his glass.

"Bang." Several people started drinking.

The worker next to Hou Tianming took a sip of wine, put down his glass, nudged Hou Tianming with his elbow, and said to the other workers: "If you ask me, it must be you. I ran into Niu Dahua when I went to the store with Tianming to buy things. She was the only one there at the time, and I was thinking that maybe she would say a few words to me today, but what happened?"

"What's the result?"

"That's right, don't keep us in suspense."

"Hey, Lao Lei, stop talking, stop talking, let's just drink. It's really nothing." Hou Tianming heard what Lao Lei said and immediately remembered the scene of that day. Thinking of this, Hou Tianming's face immediately turned as red as a monkey's butt.

The other workers didn't think anything was wrong at first, but when they saw Hou Tianming's expression, they immediately realized that there must be something fishy going on. They immediately grabbed Lao Lei and said, "Lao Lei, come on, tell me what's going on? Look at your face, it's as red as your butt. What's going on here?"

"Cough cough cough...Tianming, it's nothing. How about I tell everyone about it?" Lao Lei coughed twice, then looked at Hou Tianming and said.

"Old Lei... let's stop, it's not necessary, why don't we continue drinking." Hou Tianming wanted to change the subject quickly, but who knew why Old Lei suddenly brought up this matter. When Hou Tianming thought about this matter, he felt embarrassed.

"Anything else, Lao Lei, you can't just listen to Tian Ming. Who are we talking to? Hurry up and talk." Several workers were as anxious as ants on a hot pan. Who wouldn't want to eat this hot melon?

"Lao Lei... I'll buy you a pack of cigarettes later, please don't say anything, don't say anything..." Hou Tianming was extremely anxious at this time, and quickly grabbed Lao Lei's arm and said.

When Lao Lei heard what Hou Tianming said, he was about to agree, but was immediately interrupted by several workers.

After all, how could the other workers miss this opportunity? Several workers looked at each other and said, "Lao Lei, don't listen to him. We will pool money for you to buy two packs of cigarettes, no, three packs of cigarettes, just tell me."

"Okay, Tianming, if you ask me, this is not a shameful thing. Besides, I told them not because they wanted to buy me three packs of cigarettes, but I just thought it would be nice for everyone to have a good laugh about it. Don't you think so? Besides, even if I told it, no one would say anything." Lao Lei said with a smile, but it would be weird for anyone to believe that he didn't do it for the three packs of cigarettes.

"Lao Lei..." Hou Tianming couldn't help but get even more anxious when he heard what he said. This call was intended to awaken Lao Lei's conscience, but Lao Lei didn't care about Hou Tianming's face at all for three packs of cigarettes. Besides, it had nothing to do with him, right? After all, it wasn't him who was embarrassed, and Hou Tianming wasn't embarrassed by himself, right?