Ten Days End

"You idiot?" She raised her voice again, "When can't you expand your store? Do you have to expand it when you are successful and married?"

"Mom, 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 far away, trying to make my ears quieter.

I recited what she was going to say next.

She and her husband raised me with great difficulty.

It would have been easy to take care of me alone, but they had to take care of two people so hard. I don't know how tired they were over the 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 would I have found such a good job.

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

She didn't agree.

She asked me to go out to work to earn tuition for my brother who ranked last.

I also heard her and the old man discuss marrying me off when I was seventeen, in exchange for a gift of ten thousand yuan, and sending me to the city to study.

If it weren't for the teacher who came to the village to teach and gave me tuition to go to high school, I would have returned to the mountain village now, thirty-three years old with a teenage child, and the focus of my daily work is how to take care of a pig and five chickens.

The teacher told me that if I want to change my life, I must go out and see the world.

She is the guiding light of my life.

"Do you know how many people you have lost for me?!" She continued to shout, "You are thirty-five years old! Do you know that you are thirty-five years old?! How many years can you still make money?"

"Mom, I'm thirty-three years old." I said.

"You are over 30 and you are not married! Your husband and I are ashamed!" She took a deep breath, "Who in the village is over 30 and not married? They all say you are sick, you know?"

"So I don't want to stay in the village, Mom." I smiled bitterly, "I want to live a different life."

"You don't want your brother to want it!" She once again returned to the topic, "You give him 200,000 yuan, and your brother will buy a house in the county town, and you don't have to pay for it in the future, okay?"

"I can't." I reiterated my point of view again, "Chengcai is already 32 years old and has not even had a job so far. Why should he get married? Is he capable of planning for his future?"

"You can!" She said, "Aren't you a famous boss in Chengdu?"

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

"It's just to file a complaint. If you can file a complaint, those bosses will be afraid of you?" She continued to instill her thoughts in me, "You ask them for money, and if they don't give you money, you go and file a complaint, okay?"

It's really ridiculous.

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

"Next week, June 6th." She cursed, "There's only one week left, hurry up!"

"Okay, I'll give you a red envelope when the time comes."

"Red envelope?! You bastard..."

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

Although I have been working hard for so many years, no matter when and where I get a call from home, I will definitely fall into a state of collapse.

My family has never considered me even a little bit.

In their eyes, I have only two roles.

Either go back to marry, earn a dowry, and become a reproductive machine and never contact each other. Or make money in Chengdu, send it back home, and become a money-making machine forever.

I took out a box of Kuanzhai from my backpack and bit one with an expressionless face.

I am really tired now.

Dealing with my family is more tiring than fighting a lawsuit.

I just lit a cigarette when the door of the emergency passage was pushed open. I subconsciously hid the cigarette behind me. After all, many people are full of malice towards women who smoke, and 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 back in my mouth: "You scared me, what's wrong?"

"I saw you answering the phone for a long time, I was afraid there was something wrong, are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

Xiao Sun took the cigarette box from my hand very skillfully and took out one: "Sister Zhang, I haven't seen you smoke for a long time, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." I shook my head, "Family matters."

After saying that, I paused, looked at his hand that lit the cigarette, and asked: "Didn't you quit smoking?"

"Sister Zhang, I said before, if you quit, I will quit, if you smoke, I will smoke." He took a puff of cigarette and slowly closed his eyes, "You need to take good care of your bodyWe can raise it together. If we want to ruin our bodies, we can do it together."

I sighed with a mixture of laughter and tears after hearing this: "What kind of words are these? You are tying your body to me. Is it fair?"

"It's fair." Xiao Sun nodded, "Sister Zhang, no matter what I do, I just want to be with you."

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

Seeing that I didn't say anything, Xiao Sun spoke again, but this time her tone was a little unnatural: "Sister Zhang, I don't have anything to do tomorrow, and I bought an extra ticket to Richie Jen's concert. I heard that you like him very much. Do you want to go and see it together?"

I took out my portable ashtray, collected the ash, looked up and asked: "Xiao Sun, you happen to have nothing to do tomorrow, and you happen to buy Richie Jen's tickets, and you happen to buy two tickets, and he happens to be my favorite star, what do you want to do? "

"I..." Xiao Sun paused, his ears were red, and after a long time he said, "Sister Zhang, we have known each other for many years. I don't want to stay in the relationship of superior and subordinate with you. I want to know more about you."

Nowadays, young boys are really brave. Even though I have seen so many ups and downs in the court, my heart still beats faster when he said that.

"But Sister Zhang... you have always closed yourself off, and I can never get into your heart." Xiao Sun said nervously, "This life is still long, shall we... go together?"

I looked at Xiao Sun's clear eyes, lowered my head silently, and put the cigarette in the ashtray.

For some reason, I felt extremely lost when I heard such words.

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

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

"Yes, Sister Zhang, I will be 27 after my birthday."

"I am seven years older than you. "I said expressionlessly, "You are young and promising, you can find a better partner, and you will have a better life. If you tie yourself to me, one day you will find that I am full of holes, and everything now is my disguise."

The air is a little quieter, with only the music of the wedding in the distance.

"I... I don't care if you are full of holes or broken, I am willing to use everything I have to make up for you." Xiao Sun's eyes gradually became firm, "Sister Zhang, I like you, regardless of age, background, or past. I like you who is strong, hardworking, serious, and persistent. I have considered every word I say for a long time, and now I am just waiting for your answer. "