Xiangyu

After the heavy snow that had been falling for two days and two nights stopped, the electric emergency repair vehicles finally drove into the street.Although the power department still cannot guarantee 24-hour power supply in the block, for the "reborn" residents, the power supply at night alone can give everyone a temporary respite.

Snowplows drove onto the street in order to clear the road in the shortest possible time and allow citizens to resume normal travel.

The residents on the commercial street in the old city were full of people and well-informed, and soon found out that this was a snowplow borrowed by the city government from a northern city.This is a kind of assistance from a brother city.

On the one hand, everyone thinks that the relevant departments are stingy, and in such an important period, they are not willing to pay for even a batch of snowplows, and on the other hand, they think it is justifiable.After all, in a small southern city like Yuetang, how many times can there be heavy snow like this in a century?

Through the efforts of all parties, the lives of citizens have gradually returned to normal.

Before her life was back on track, Xu Aojun had already made a far-sighted decision—she pulled Qiao Yusong out of the bed in the early morning of the first day when the electric department's vehicles drove into the street.Based on her rich life experience, she predicted that the farmers' market in the neighborhood had reopened, and she would take her son to the market to do some shopping, thinking that the next snowstorm would come when she didn't know when it would come.

The city's beauticians, sanitation workers, began to work one step ahead of the snowplows. They shoveled the snow from the main streets with an unimaginable hard-working spirit.Therefore, when Qiao Yusong and Xu Aojun went out, even though cars were not allowed on the road, pedestrians and bicycles could pass freely.

The farmer's market is not far from Qiao Yusong's house, and the mother and son can walk to it in less than a quarter of an hour.

It's cold in the street, but exercising can warm you up.When Qiao Yusong went out, he couldn't forget the warmth of the blanket, he was shivering from the cold, and after walking for a while, he became much warmer.

Before reaching the farmer's market, there were bustling shouts in the distance.

Xu Aojun quickened his pace, with a smug expression floating on his face with makeup, as if he was saying: I told you to come early!

The strong breath of life reminds Qiao Yusong that life will quickly return to its daily state.He had to pay back the comics he was in arrears for a week, even if he planned to read two of them again, but before that, he had to go to the comic shop to renew the lease.

"Hey! Be careful!" Xu Aojun suddenly shouted.

Qiao Yusong turned his head and found that a sanitation worker had splashed snow on Xu Aojun's high boots while sweeping the snow.

The sanitation worker replied indifferently: "Oh, I'm sorry."

"Hey, what's your attitude?! Sweeping the floor doesn't look at people, are you sweeping snow or people?" Xu Aojun sighed, "Forget it, I have something urgent, I don't want to be as knowledgeable as you!"

The sanitation worker ignored her at all and continued to sweep the snow.

Xu Aojun smacked his lips in dissatisfaction, and stepped on the high boots and walked quickly in front.

Qiao Yusong quickly caught up with her.

Although Xu Aojun left, he was still angry, and muttered: "A sweeper, do you really think you are an 'urban beautician'? Migrant workers are short-sighted, and they put their noses on the face after a few compliments. Don't let me do it again." See her, or you will have to complain to her!"

"Didn't she apologize?" Qiao Yusong whispered.

"Is that an apologetic attitude?" Xu Aojun stared, "You are still my son, you can't even look at people's faces."

Qiao Yusong was speechless.

"That's why I often tell you that you have to study hard, and only by studying well can you be successful. Look at that sweeper, she just ended up not studying. You can praise her for such a small salary for her hard work. A 'beautician', she really thinks she is great, and looks down on people even after sweeping the floor. Why? Because I have no experience! I don't read much, and people believe everything they say. Believe it or not? She must think she is very great in her heart, Get up at four or five o'clock in the morning to sweep the floor, "This is a great spirit of sacrifice! Dedication!" It's so amazing, those who call them "beauticians", why don't they sweep the floor themselves? There is a division of labor in society, and it's not worthwhile to spread it out. Work, in order to let them work with peace of mind, they are crowned with such a good name. They cannot be rewarded materially, but can only be hypnotized mentally. Qiao Yusong, you must not be as stupid as this kind of person, you know? Next The semester is about to take the college entrance examination, don't read comics all day long, it's a serious matter to get a good university entrance exam. Could it be that you want to be like that person just now, self-righteously sweeping the streets?" Xu Aojun said, and finally returned to educating his son.

Qiao Yusong thought to himself: Qiao Zhenhai works in other provinces, and Xu Aojun, who runs a grocery store, only has a junior high school diploma. What kind of diploma do sanitation workers need now?At least a junior high school, right?That being the case, why did Xu Aojun look down on sanitation workers so much?Just because she now runs a grocery store and is called "the proprietress" by people who come and go?

But perhaps, the more lacking and the more worshiped, Xu Aojun extremely admired the scholars who changed their destiny through knowledge, so he gradually moved closer to that group ideologically.It doesn't matter whether she is one of them, but she absolutely doesn't want to be the one who is still tied down by her education level.

"I have no hope in this life, but you are still young, and there are plenty of opportunities. If you don't take advantage of the good times and work hard, will you be like me and your dad in the future? Spending so much money every year to let you study and enroll you in tutoring Ben, the biggest expense of this family is on you, why don't you think about me and your dad doing this?" Xu Aojun walked into the farmers' market, and the first thing he did was to rush to the vegetable section.

Facing the fresh vegetables that hadn't been seen for many days, Xu Aojun's eyes lit up, and he pounced on them like a hungry wolf seeing the meat, completely interrupting her education of her son.

Qiao Yusong dragged the grocery shopping cart and chased forward. When he came to the stall, he saw Xu Aojun and the vegetable seller back and forth bargaining, and arguing with other customers who wanted to buy vegetables.

The farmer's market in the early morning is extremely lively, the sky is still bright, and the enthusiasm of the vendors and customers has set the whole market in full swing.

Qiao Yusong rarely came to the vegetable market, and this was the first time he saw such a scene.Because it is a farmer's market, the vegetable vendors come from towns around the city, and all kinds of local accents can be heard endlessly. In a noisy environment, it seems that frequencies of different bands occupy the entire audio.

Because of the noise, his heartbeat started to speed up.The smells of fruits and vegetables, live poultry, raw meat, and sauces wafted in the dense winter air. Qiao Yusong couldn't breathe fresh air, and his chest gradually became stuffy.

Suppressing the discomfort, he took all kinds of fresh food from Xu Aojun, who had passed all the way, and put them into the grocery cart.

Qiao Yusong followed Xu Aojun, but felt her voice was coming from far away.

She opened and closed her mouth to spit out white lotuses, and her face with heavy makeup was full of spirits. The rough makeup blended with the surrounding environment, and her frown and smile won the favor of the vegetable vendors.If she doesn't like it, she will stare coldly and frown again in a blink of an eye, her blissful appearance looks like a Huadan on the stage.

Qiao Yusong cannot deny that his mother Xu Aojun is a beautiful woman who loves to dress up.Her beauty does not prevent her from integrating into life at all. A lively life is like a brocade, and she is a flower on the brocade.

Although Qiao Zhenhai has been working outside all year round, when he returns to his hometown, he always likes to accompany Xu Aojun to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.Qiao Yusong guessed: Although Qiao Zhenhai asked Xu Aojun to close the barber shop and open a grocery store in order to prevent Xu Aojun from washing customers' hair, Qiao Zhenhai might also be attracted by Xu Aojun's flamboyant personality.

Qiao Yusong didn't know much about his parents' romance, but he knew that when Qiao Zhenhai went to wash his hair in Xu Aojun's shop, he fell in love with this charming and smiling proprietress.

"Hey, let's buy some more corn. Your dad likes to eat corn." Xu Aojun walked towards the corn stand with a vegetable basket full of ingredients in his hand.

Qiao Yusong caught up with the heavy grocery shopping cart and asked, "Dad is coming back?"

"Who knows when he will come back? What if it snows again tomorrow and the road is blocked? The corn can be kept, so buy it first." Xu Aojun said.

The mother and son walked around the vegetable market for nearly an hour. The grocery carts and vegetable baskets were full of Xu Aojun’s preventive measures. Qiao Yusong reckoned that even if the roads were closed again, these ingredients would last them until the Chinese New Year. .

After the two finished shopping for vegetables, there were gradually more pedestrians on the road.

The students are still on winter vacation, and most of the people who are on their way are office workers who have resumed work.

The snowplow drove slowly on the main road, attracting the attention of many people, and everyone rushed to take pictures of this rare scene.

Qiao Yusong yawned and rubbed his eyes.

"Hey, this road is also connected, and Qixing still doesn't have classes? You want to collect money and not do things?" Xu Aojun suddenly asked, "The teacher there didn't notify you, when did you say that classes will start? There is no news in the group?"

Qiao Yusong had already received the information that the cram school would resume, but he didn't want to go, so he didn't tell Xu Aojun.Hearing Xu Aojun's question suddenly, Qiao Yusong couldn't help feeling guilty. He looked not far away and saw two girls who looked like middle school students walking in front with their schoolbags on their backs. Only then did he understand why Xu Aojun asked.

"Oh, let me ask in the group." Qiao Yusong said perfunctorily.

Xu Aojun urged: "Quickly ask, the money for intensive classes during the winter vacation is already more expensive than usual, and classes are suspended for a week without even an explanation. Isn't this cheating money?"

Qiao Yusong was afraid that she would call the training institution, and when she found out the truth, he would be the one who had a hard time. "Well, I'll ask when I get home." He said quickly.

At the traffic light, Xu Aojun stopped.She didn't know what was coming to her mind, but suddenly she muttered: "If you wear gold and silver clothes and heavy makeup so early in the morning, you don't look like a good guy at first glance."

Qiao Yusong didn't know why, and looked around, and saw a young woman in her twenties standing across the road, wearing heavy makeup, and her two huge gold earrings were particularly eye-catching in the gloomy morning. It was consistent with Xu Aojun's description.

Xu Aojun commented on passers-by, Qiao Yusong was used to it, he did not respond as usual.He only hoped that when the sidewalk turned green, they would pass by that woman, and Xu Aojun would not speak his mind again, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

However, the red light at the traffic intersection is only 60 seconds away, and at the countdown of 12 seconds, something shocking happened——

A man standing next to the woman suddenly rushed forward, and while the woman was not paying attention, he tore off the two earrings from behind her with both hands!

In an instant, the woman's screams resounded throughout the intersection.

Across the road, Qiao Yusong clearly saw the blood splatter.

The woman covered her ears in pain, all she could do was yell.

Qiao Yusong was taken aback. Seeing the man grab the earrings and turn around and run away, he was about to rush to chase after him.

However, just as he opened his legs, Xu Aojun held his hand tightly, glared at him fiercely, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Qiao Yusong was surprised, and said: "That person robbed something."

"What's none of your business?" Xu Aojun asked with a suppressed voice.

Qiao Yusong was dumbfounded.

"Someone! Robbery! Someone is robbing!" The woman who lost her earrings regained her senses, covered her bloody ears, and shouted for help.

In the early morning, there were not many people on the road. By the time those who didn't pay attention realized it, the robbers had already run away.

"Robbery! Help!" The woman pointed to the direction where the man left, and stamped her feet anxiously on the spot.

Rather than helping, the people who heard the call for help looked at the intersection she pointed at blankly and curiously, and some people held up their mobile phones to take pictures of the woman.

The sudden incident shocked Qiao Yusong, but what shocked him even more was Xu Aojun's reaction.Xu Aojun grabbed his hand and didn't intend to let go at all. Even though the sidewalk had turned green, in order not to get close to the woman, she chose to pull her son to walk in another direction.

Not long after, the passing patrol police heard the woman calling for help and stopped to ask what was going on.

Soon, the sirens sounded, and the patrolmen on motorcycles chased the man in the direction where he was fleeing.

But at this time the man had left for two or three minutes.

"Did you see? There is a division of labor in society, and the police are here. Why are you meddling?" Xu Aojun held the vegetable basket in one hand, and dragged Qiao Yusong towards home with the other. Spend the money for the New Year. Wearing these two big gold earrings in broad daylight, who else will you steal if you don’t snatch her?"

Hearing this, Qiao Yusong's heart trembled.He tried his best to break away from Xu Aojun's hand.

Xu Aojun looked at him in surprise, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"It's nothing." Qiao Yusong dragged the grocery shopping cart and quickened his pace.