The Burden of the 00s (1)

The mother and daughter talked for a while before going out together.

Before he figured out the situation, Duan Qingen didn't get up and started to check his memory.

This is similar to China in 2000. At this time, the country has been developing rapidly. The high-rise buildings in major cities are bright and bustling, and the young people in the small mountain villages have gone out to work, leaving the elderly with children.

There are many rich people and many poor people.

The rich are extremely rich, and the poor are extremely poor.

But at this time, we have completely entered the modern society, and people rarely starve to death due to lack of food, but earthen houses, cooking with stoves, and dilapidated houses are still very common.

However, everyone has a lot of money, and buying vegetables and meat is just a matter of willingness, not the difference between being able to afford and not being able to afford.

This novel tells the story of a girl.

Her parents went to work in the city, but they encountered an accident. Her father was rolled into a machine and lost a leg and an arm. Her grandmother was anxious and died of a heart attack.

The husband and the child both needed someone to take care of them, so the mother could only bring the father back to live. Therefore, although the heroine's parents were around, her father could not work in this state. Her grandmother passed away again, and her mother had to support the family and work hard every day. She was a child and had to learn to cook at a young age, and she had no time to play.

She had a childhood playmate, the original owner.

The two of them were almost in the same boat, because the original owner's father was a domestic violence man with a bad temper. After he drank and fell into the river and drowned, the original owner's mother lived with him.

The original owner was weak since childhood, always sick, and because of his father, he developed a cowardly character. Later, he accidentally learned that his mother could have lived a good life, but she didn't go because she was unwilling to give up him, a burden, and his temper became even more dull.

Fortunately, the heroine has been guiding him.

The two families are neighbors and grew up together since childhood. Although the heroine's family moved when she was eight years old, they have always chatted when adults called.

The original owner was fair-skinned when he was young. The boy disliked him for running slowly and didn't take him to play. He didn't like the things that girls played with, so it can be said that only the heroine was always with him, talking to him and playing with him.

He regarded the heroine as his only friend and kept calling her from childhood to adulthood. Later, QQ became popular and they communicated on it.

Although they never met again, they had been sharing their lives with each other and regarded each other as the only friend they could confide in.

As the two grew up, the original owner quietly fell in love with the heroine, but he knew that the person he liked would not like him.

The person the heroine liked was the type of tall, strong and athletic type, not a weak chicken like him.

So he hid this love in his heart, only treated her well, and told himself to treat her as a sister.

The story of the heroine also started when she grew up. Like the original owner, she had excellent grades since childhood and maintained them all the way to adulthood. She was a top student in high school. If nothing unexpected happened, she would be able to get into a good university.

The result was that in high school, she was unlucky enough to meet a rich second-generation transfer student.

The beautiful and academically gifted heroine fell in love with this rich second generation.

Their school has strict management and does not allow premature love. The heroine naturally refused resolutely, but this rich second generation refused to give up and even came up with a way to force him.

The heroine resisted fiercely and directly broke one of his organs.

The rich second generation went to the hospital, and she also faced the "court meeting" between public opinion and the rich second generation's family. Her family was just an ordinary family, and of course she could not play with the rich second generation's family. There was no choice but to spread this matter on the Internet and try to create an advantage through public opinion.

After the original owner knew about this, he hurried to the city where the heroine was to comfort his friend.

As a result, a photo of the two together was taken and posted on the Internet. The general meaning was that the heroine kept saying that she did not want to fall in love early and rejected the rich second generation, but she still had a boyfriend behind her back.

This was naturally intended to throw dirty water on the heroine, but even if the facts were there, most people still chose to believe the "stone hammer" across the Internet.

Of course, this "hard evidence" has no impact on the lawsuit between the heroine and the rich second generation, except that she has a boyfriend.

She doesn't have a boyfriend, even if she has a girlfriend, it is an indisputable fact that the rich second generation tried to commit violence. Even if he was injured, it can only be regarded as excessive defense.

After the court's verdict, the Internet became more and more lively.

At first, it was just that the rich second generation's family couldn't swallow this breath, and bought a water army to keep throwing dirty water.

Later, people who were not involved in this matter believed it after seeing the "hard evidence". The heroine received a large number of obscene private messages almost every day, and the original owner was not much better.

He was originally sensitive and introverted because of family reasons, and he never dared to get along with outsiders. He was also a pot-covered head in school, with a big black-framed glasses, and two big dark circles under his eyes due to staying up late for a long time, and many acne on his face.

No matter how good his appearance was when he was a child, it was exhausted.

For many people who can't eat grapes and eat sour grapes, it is impossible for him to be considered to be with the heroine who is good-looking and a top student.

But they thought it was impossible, and no matter how much the original owner denied it, they insisted on accusing him of dating.

There was nothing wrong with dating.

But not being good enough is a point that can be criticized.

The original owner had good grades, but he didn't surprise everyone. He never participated in any class activities and always sat in the corner. He was flattered when others said something to him.

Such a character may make people feel pity and pitiful, but in the eyes of people with bad tempers, it means that he is easy to bully.

When the original owner returned to school, he was faced with classmates who had already ignored him and became even more indifferent to him. There were even a few bad students who deliberately bullied him.

In fact, school bullying is rare among high school boys, but it happened.

After the original owner's reputation spread, even his mother was pointed at behind his back, saying that her son was the so-and-so who had a premature love affair, and that so-and-so was also a promiscuous person.

Rumors are like this, one layer on top of another.

The clumsy original owner wanted to defend himself, but no matter how hard he tried, no one listened to him, and no one would believe him.

He didn't tell the heroine about this, for fear that she would worry.

He silently admitted to the school bullying that was made up for a reason for nearly a year.

Finally, when he was sent home because of depression and could no longer go to school, he hid in the room and listened to the old woman downstairs who liked to gossip about other people's families talking loudly.

"Before his father died, I told his mother that this child looked not smart since he was a child, and his health was not good. He was a burden. I asked his mother to find someone to marry quickly and send the child to his father's hometown. As a result, she refused and insisted on raising the child herself."

"Look, now I'm right!"

"Even if this child is useless, he has a mental illness now. He will have to rely on his mother for his whole life. His mother is really unlucky. Her husband died early, and she has to raise the child for the rest of her life. I don't know how hard it will be in the future. He will be dragged down for a lifetime."

Dragted down for a lifetime...

This sentence kept running in the original owner's mind.

A lifetime...

He has troubled my mother for so long, is he really going to be a burden to her for the rest of her life?

If it weren't for him, my mother would have married a long time ago, and now she might have other children, and her life would be good, not like now, crying every day, worried, and being pointed at by others.

The 17-year-old original owner began to suffer from insomnia all night long. During the day, he tried to force a smile and pretend that nothing happened.

At night, he hugged the quilt and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

Until one day, the old woman who lived downstairs began to say loudly that the original owner was a useless person, a mental patient, and would have no future and could only be locked up at home. The original owner's mother, who was not working that day, heard it.

She was actually a very weak woman, but a mother is strong. She could hear these words, and of course her son could hear them too.

So she went downstairs and asked the old woman to stop talking, but since the old woman could be so blatant, she was certainly not afraid of the original owner's mother.

In the final analysis, she was just relying on the original owner's mother's soft temper, and the original owner was a taciturn child who was now diagnosed with depression.

Whether the life of an orphan and a widow is good or not sometimes depends on what kind of people the neighbors are.

The old woman not only kept talking, but also pointed at the original owner's mother and cursed her. She was always gossiping about other people's affairs, and her mouth was foul. The original owner's mother couldn't say anything to her.

When the two quarreled, the original owner lay on the window to watch.

He watched his mother being looked down upon and insulted because of him.

And looked at the old woman who kept foul-mouthed.

He wanted to help his mother, but he couldn't speak at all, and didn't know how to speak.

His life seemed to be doomed to failure from the beginning. He wanted to help Qingmei, but instead implicated her. He was insulted, but he couldn't even talk back. His mother raised him with great effort, but he couldn't give anything in return. Not only did he not make his mother proud of him, but he also made her looked down upon.

He couldn't even let himself sleep.

Before he got sick, he had heard the old lady who lived in the opposite building gossiping about their family since he was a child.

She said he was a loser, that he was a burden, that his mother was so old and still looked so charming, maybe she was selling it outside, that his mother had a good temper and always said that if you endure for a while, you will have a broad horizon, and he himself was a coward and could not speak.

He always told himself that it would be fine when he grew up, and when he grew up, he would make himself successful, let his mother live a good life, and take her away from here.

But now, he has grown up, but he is more of a burden to his mother than before.

He might want to give up hope of life at that moment.

The only means of revenge for the original owner was to jump off the top of the highest building of the old woman's house, and he happened to fall into the yard of their family who lived on the first floor.

He rarely wore brightly colored clothes, but he deliberately wore red clothes when he went up that night.

After all, they grew up together in this yard, and he knew that the old lady was superstitious and believed in ghosts and gods.

The original owner didn't believe that people who committed suicide in red clothes would turn into evil spirits, but he knew that the old lady would definitely believe it.

If you don't do bad things, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door.

Whether she has done bad things, only she knows it in her heart.

The original owner's idea of ​​jumping down was very simple.

Whether he was a child or now, he is a burden.

Her mother couldn't remarry because she was worried about him. Now, he has grown up and she is being insulted.

He can no longer continue his studies now, and his future is definitely hopeless.

Do you really want to be shameless and let your mother support you for the rest of your life?

So, he jumped.

It's just that he's still too young.

He didn't know that for his mother, it would be better for him to be raised by others all his life than to commit suicide at a young age.

He also didn't know that because of his death, Qingmei would regret and feel guilty all her life, and she could not let go until her death.

I don’t know that his life could have been better and longer.

In this novel, the heroine became completely black because of Zhu Ma's death. She did whatever it took to win along the way. She waited until she entered the shopping mall and endured it for a long time before stumbling upon the rich second-generation family and allowing their family to go bankrupt smoothly. .

The rich second generation who had already joined the company at that time was led by the heroine to break the bones of his legs before he was imprisoned. It looked like that even if he could come out for the rest of his life, he would only end up with both legs disabled.

Of course, this treatment is very satisfying as a novel.

But the heroine was once a kind and lively little fairy who wanted to be a teacher.

In the end, it became like that, and I couldn't let it go until my death.

System: [Mission in this world: Ask the host to change the original ending. 】

[Side mission: Please live a life that is so brilliant that everyone who loves him can rest assured. 】

[There are no points for side tasks, and the host can choose to give up at will. 】

Duan Qingen slowly opened his eyes: [I took it. 】

He stood up, lifted the quilt off his body, and began to check his surroundings.

This is a very narrow room, and the bed is also a small bed for children. Although the place is small, everything in the room is clean and tidy. There is also a desk with several picture books on it.

When the original owner was on vacation and his mother went to work and couldn't take care of him, the original owner would sit at the table and read picture books and do homework.

Occasionally, the heroine who is still a little girl next door will come over to do homework with him.

The two are the same age and both are in first grade.

Girls develop better than boys when they are young. In my memory, the heroine is taller than him, so she always plays the role of protecting him in school.

Duan Qingen walked around the room again and found that they were all very ordinary things. In addition to his clothes, there were also some sundries in the cabinet.

The original owner's parents moved out of the village to make a living.

His father did not get along well with the family and had not been back for several years. His grandmother often came to visit her daughter, but because the daughter-in-law at home was relatively strong, she could not bring too many things even if she wanted to.

This home is a very simple one with two bedrooms and one living room. It is small and a little crowded. It was a second-hand house bought by his parents, and the original owner grew up here.

Duan Qingen had almost finished it. He lay on the edge of the window and looked down. He could just see the courtyard on the first floor opposite.

There were some wire-like things piled inside, and an old man with white hair was cleaning them up.

This is the Tongzi Building. There are four buildings in the courtyard. The original owner lives on the fifth floor. The old lady who is often dirty-mouthed lives on the first floor opposite. It is said that the reason why she has been targeting the original owner's house is because her old man once lived there. The original owner's mother was praised at home for being good-looking.

It was because of this sentence that the old lady was obsessed with grudges against the original owner's mother even though it was her own old man who praised her.

She said she looked like a goblin, and she used to suck people's energy, so she was not a good woman.

When the original owner's father was still alive, she would often tell him whether he had something or not, both openly and secretly.

When I was shopping for groceries, I saw the original owner’s mother walking with a strange man.

Why, she seemed to see a man coming out of their home, but the original owner's father should have been at work at the time.

Why did she witness the original owner’s mother ogling others while buying groceries?

Of course, these are all made up. The original owner’s father was also a bastard. He didn’t dare to offend the neighbors, so he went home to vent his anger on his wife.

The original owner's mother had suffered so many sins before, most of which were due to this old woman.

But she didn't know it yet. She just thought that this old lady just said she liked dirty things. She didn't expect that she would arrange herself at will just to make her feel uncomfortable.

After the original owner's father passed away, the old lady became even more violent when she saw that there was no man in her family.

She has a bad mouth and has two sons of her own. Although the two sons do not live at home but go out to live after getting married, she often says that her son is capable and she herself is a stalker. Even if he couldn't stand it, he wouldn't offend her for an outsider.

Duan Qingen opened the door of the room after probably going through all the situations of the old lady who needed to be solved first in his mind.

Outside, an old lady who looked older than her actual age, almost sixty years old, was sitting on the sofa, holding his mother's hand and talking;

"Mom found this for you with great difficulty. I know you are reluctant to part with it, but you don't have any education. It will be too difficult to raise a child by yourself in the future. Not to mention the hard work, you don't have time to accompany the child. What if the child is alone at home? If something unexpected happens, it will be too late for you to regret it. It is better to just send Qing En to his uncle..."

Just as he was talking, the old lady heard the door opening and saw Duan Qingen coming out. She quickly stopped talking, wiped her tears and waved to him:

"Qing'en, come to grandma, let me see you."

Duan Qing'en walked over obediently and called out, "Grandma."

"Hey!"

Grandma Duan responded, not expecting her grandson to be so obedient this time.

She had come many times before, and the child was always timid. He would hide when he was asked to, and he didn't dare to see anyone.

Now that his father is dead, he is a little bolder than before.

Grandma Duan took him in and held him in her arms.

Duan Qing'en felt her touch his head again and again, and the old lady's calloused hands fell on his face, causing his white|tender face to hurt a little.

Grandma Duan didn't mean it, but she usually did everything with this strength, and she didn't expect that the child's face was tender and her hands were rough, after all, her eldest grandson was already in his teens.

The original owner had this situation before, but even if his face was hurt, he didn't dare to say it, and he endured it until grandma let him go.

Duan Qingen had no intention of holding back.

The seven-year-old boy held by his grandmother said in a clear voice: "Grandma, you hurt me."

Grandma Duan was stunned and hurried to look at her grandson's face: "Oh, it's really red."

She quickly withdrew her hand and carefully looked at Duan Qingen's face, "Fortunately, the skin is not broken. It's grandma's fault. I forgot that my hands are all calloused. Did it hurt you?"

The little boy with black hair and white skin, who was a little pale because of illness, shook his head. The black and white in his eyes, which seemed very big because of his small face, were very cute.

Grandma Duan looked at her grandson who looked so good and well-behaved, and her eyes turned red.

After all, she raised him, how could she not feel pain in her heart.

Poor child, he lost his father at such a young age, and now she has to persuade his mother to remarry. If Xiuhong really gets married, he will really be without a father and a mother in the future.

But no matter how much she couldn't bear it, Xiuhong was still so young, and she was her daughter in her old age, so she definitely couldn't bear to let her raise the child alone and be a widow.

How could there be no man in the family.

"Grandma's dear grandson, I'll give you one dollar, can you go to the canteen to buy some food?"

Grandma Duan wanted to coax her grandson out first so that she could continue to persuade her daughter. After all, it was still difficult to say these words in front of the child.

Duan Qingen was not like other children of this age, who would see money and ignore everything, but pursed her lips and shook her head.

She said in a clear voice: "I don't want grandma's money. It's not easy for grandma to make money herself. You can keep it for yourself."

This sentence made Grandma Duan, who had finally stopped crying and had swollen eyes, burst into tears.

Although she was not a widow, her husband at home was in poor health when he was young and was bedridden. She was a woman, without a man to support her, and she worked hard to raise her son and daughter.

The son is filial, but he has no future. He is just a farmer. When the daughter-in-law married into the family, the family still owed debts for the old man's medical treatment. She can be regarded as paying off the debts with her son little by little.

Grandma Duan knew that her daughter-in-law was not a bad person, but she was poor and had no money, so she was even more concerned about money. Although this daughter-in-law had a bad temper, she really had nothing to say to her son. Because her son felt sorry for the daughter-in-law because of the debts he had previously owed, Grandma Duan always gave in.

Her son was a wooden man. Sometimes his mother was wronged, but he couldn't tell without her saying it.

Grandma Duan didn't think it was a big deal. As a mother, she was all for her children.

But she always saw her daughter-in-law asking her how much money she had for the coffin, and urging her to go to the town to work. Every time when it was time to get paid, she would rush to ask her for money. She still felt a little uncomfortable.

Now Duan Qingen, a seven-year-old child, knows that she works hard, and doesn't want her money. She feels bitter and sad for her grandson.

Such a good child, how could he lose his father?

The family she finally found was a well-off family. The man in the family also lost his wife and had no children. If her daughter married there, they would be a perfect couple.

But the family required that the child could not be taken there, otherwise, Grandma Duan would not have to worry like she is now.

She wondered why her daughter had such a miserable life. She married a man with a bad temper who always beat people. Her husband's family also had a quarrel with her husband. When the child was born, there was no one to take care of the child. Finally, the child went to elementary school and could relax a little, but the man died again.

Even if he beat people before, it was still a salary.

Now there is suddenly no one to earn money in the family, and the child is so young. That means if her daughter does not marry again, she will have to work hard to support the family and take care of the child herself.

These are secondary. The most important thing is how hard it is for a woman to earn money and take care of children alone. Grandma Duan has experienced all of this.

If she meets someone with a good heart, she will occasionally lend a hand.

But if she meets someone with a bad heart, the orphans and widows are the best targets for bullying.

Thieves and gangsters target families without men to protect them.

If the daughter lives in the village with her children, it would be fine. She will be taken care of by her parents. Although the relationship with her husband's family is awkward, they will definitely not let it go.

But now she lives in this city with her children. If she is bullied, it is too late to find someone to help her.

Duan Qingen also understood Grandma Duan's thoughts.

At this time, most people lived in tube buildings, but it was not yet the era when everyone was locked in the door and no one knew each other, and they didn't know their neighbors' surnames and names after living together for several years.

Everyone could basically say a few words, and there were harmonious neighbors and unharmonious neighbors. Anyway, it all depended on who was more confident when getting along.

The workplace was similar.

Without a background, no one would take care of them, and if they met a bad person, they would just grab and bully him.

After all, even if they felt uncomfortable, they didn't have the ability to retaliate.

Grandma Duan had suffered this kind of hardship herself, so of course it was normal that she didn't want her daughter to suffer this kind of hardship again.

He looked at his mother who was secretly wiping her tears.

Her surname was Wang, and her name was Wang Xiuhong, a name that could be found in many villages in this era.

Her personality was similar to that of traditional women, submissive and weak, which could be seen from the fact that she never dared to resist her husband's domestic violence before, and even helped cover it up in front of outsiders.

And she, who is gentle and has always accepted that a husband is the sky and a family must have a man as the pillar, raised the child alone in order to prevent her son from being wronged.

Duan Qingen looked at his mother, and his voice was soft and childish: "Mom, if you want to get married, go ahead. It's okay for me. In fact, I can take care of myself."

He broke out his fingers that still had some flesh and counted carefully for Wang Xiuhong; "I am seven years old this year, in the first grade. The teacher said that the country has nine years of compulsory education. Even without you, I can go to school all the time. After finishing junior high school, if the grades are good, I can get the scholarship the teacher said. If the grades are better, the teacher said that I can be admitted directly without tuition."

"I can't spend too much money. Send me to my hometown. If you are afraid that I will cause trouble to my uncle, you can send me to the kind of boarding school the teacher said. I heard from the teacher that no matter which school it is now, there are scholarships. As long as my grades are good enough, I can stay in school smoothly."

Duan Qingen gave the best solution at present, and he is confident that he can do it.

Don't cause trouble to the old Duan family, and don't be a burden to Wang Xiuhong.

He will definitely find a school that is free of tuition and has scholarships. No matter where he lives during the holidays, it will only be a short-term stay.

These words can reduce Wang Xiuhong's guilt and allow her to make a rational choice.

Anyway, no matter what she chooses, she is his mother, and he will still support her in the future.

Wang Xiuhong looked at her son who had thought about the future well, and not only did she not feel relieved, but she became more determined in her previous thoughts.

"If mom doesn't remarry, mom will take you with her."

Grandma Duan was stunned by what her grandson said just now, thinking that such a little guy actually knew a lot.

Now, when she heard what her daughter said, she immediately became anxious: "Oh, Xiuhong, what are you thinking? Qing'en has explained it so clearly. This child is also sensible. He doesn't want you to suffer. You work hard every month to earn so little money, but you just insist on not remarrying. It's hard for you to make money to support the family, and you don't have time to take care of Qing'en."

Wang Xiuhong straightened her spine, wiped away the tears that fell from her eyes, and said seriously: "If I remarry, I will definitely have another child after I get married."

"I think Qing'en is my most beloved child now, because he is my only child. Maybe when I first got married, I would still think about Qing'en and see him from time to time, but when I get pregnant, I have another child in my belly. What should I do if I like this one more?"

Grandma Duan patted her thighs ; "What's wrong with having another child? I still have you and your brother. I love you both equally!"

"But my brother and I have the same father."

Wang Xiuhong thought very clearly: "I love Qingen now, but what about in the future? I will be a family with others in the future. I will face other children and other family members every day. After a long time, how can I not be partial? Qingen has no father, I can't let him be without a mother. I live with him and love him, and I will continue to love him if I remarry. This is different."

"And his father is gone. If his mother remarries, even if he can go to school normally, the children in the same class will definitely look down on me, Qingen."

Wang Xiuhong is very sure of this. When she was a child, her father was just ill and bedridden. Before he passed away, someone scolded her for having no father.

Even Duan Qingen didn't expect that Wang Xiuhong, who seemed so weak and indecisive, actually thought so much.

Grandma Duan cried even harder after hearing this. She took Duan Qingen and hugged her daughter and cried: "Why are you so miserable? You are about to get through the hard times, but you are so unlucky."

Father Duan passed away too hastily, and there was no dispute. He was not hit by a car, nor did it happen at work. He went out to drink on his day off, and fell off the bridge on his way back.

The next day, he was swollen before he was found.

The police also came to investigate. After confirming that it was an accident, Wang Xiuhong could only send her husband's body for cremation and called both families.

The Duan family was also shocked. After all, although this son had severed ties with the family, they did not expect that he would die so young. They comforted Wang Xiuhong a few words, but did not say to come to see.

On the Wang family side, the old lady immediately began to help her daughter find a remarriage candidate.

If Duan's father had been kind to his wife Wang Xiuhong before, she might not be so anxious. He would start looking for a home for his daughter as soon as his body was still cold.

The problem is that Father Duan is not good to her daughter either.

Her daughter is so young and good-looking, so there is no reason for her to remain a widow for the rest of her life.

Unfortunately, the old lady still failed to convince Wang Xiuhong to marry again, so she could only go back with regret.

Before leaving, she held her daughter's hand and told her to call back if she had any grievances. Anyway, don't carry it alone. If she couldn't bear it anymore, she could come and help take care of her grandson.

Although they all knew that if the old lady did this, the first person who would be uncomfortable and unbearable would be the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wang family. She might not be able to take her with her for a few days before she would be forced to go back again.

Grandma Duan cried once and left.

Wang Xiuhong wiped her tears and started to clean up her home.

Duan Qingen was sitting at his desk, flipping through picture books, as usual.

This family seems to have lost its backbone, but in fact it is not much different from before.

After all, my father was a homeless person before. He would go out to drink after work and come back drunk in the middle of the night. He usually didn't do any housework.

And not only did he not do housework, but he also had his wife wait on him like an uncle. Sometimes he would vomit on the floor after drinking too much, and Wang Xiuhong, who had to go to work the next day, would have to get up in the middle of the night to wipe him. After sitting down, I made sobering soup and went to clean up the ground.

And if he hadn't been completely drunk by this time, he might have been beaten a few more times.

As a husband, he treats his wife badly, and as a father, he never takes care of his son.

For so long, Wang Xiuhong has been raising a widowed child.

At this time, she had grown up in a rural area and had a weak temperament. If it had been anyone else, she would have been unable to bear the urge to divorce him.

Wang Xiuhong and her husband were also on a blind date and had no feelings.

After all, if a person hits you every day, it will be difficult for you to develop feelings for him.

She cried, not because she was crying for her husband, but because her son was losing his father.

Even if the father doesn't take much care of his child, a child without a father will be looked down upon by his peers.

Wang Xiuhong quickly tidied up her home.

After cleaning up, she wiped her tears and was about to cook when there was a knock on the door.

She went over to open the door and saw a beautiful little girl in a little skirt standing outside.

"Hello, aunt, I'm here to see Qing En. Is he there?"

"It's Yuxuan."

Wang Xiuhong forced a smile: "Qing En is in the house, go find him."

Zheng Yuxuan changed his shoes as a familiar person and ran to Duan Qingen's house.

She grew up with Duan Qingen, and they lived across the street from each other. She came to Duan's house almost half as often as her own home, and she didn't see anyone else at all. She just opened the door and went in.

"Qing En, I'm here to find you."

Duan Qingen was writing and drawing in his notebook when he heard the immature girl's voice. He turned his head and looked over, just in time to see a little girl in a small skirt walking in.

She was half a head taller than him. Although she was wearing a small skirt, her temperament was not gentle at all, but rather tough. When she saw Duan Qingen, she took off the schoolbag she was carrying and looked at her beautiful face seriously. He stepped forward and walked straight to Zhu Ma, hugged him and patted his back.

"I went to my grandma's house these two days and just came back. Are you okay?"

Duan Qingen shook his head: "I'm fine. In fact, I don't feel very uncomfortable."

The original owner was young, and although he knew that people were gone when they died, he actually didn't have much affection for his father who never spoke kindly to him, occasionally kicked him when he was in a bad mood, and even always beat his mother.

He cried until he fell asleep simply because he was afraid to cry when he saw his mother crying.

The two of them are just first-grade children.

But maybe due to family reasons, they matured much earlier than their peers. Zheng Yuxuan nodded: "As long as you don't feel uncomfortable, my mother asked me to come over and comfort you."

After saying that, she took out her homework from her schoolbag: "Have you done your homework today? If not, let's do it together."

Now is the time for summer vacation. Teachers usually assign homework that they have to do once a day. This is also to prevent students from forgetting knowledge points. But most, no, it should be said that 90% of students will have fun all summer vacation, and then I spent the last few days crazily catching up on my homework.

At this time, students are basically not watched by their parents during the holidays. There are not many cars on the streets now. Parents basically spent their childhood without anyone watching. Moreover, the folk customs are relatively simple, and basically As long as you live in the same place, everyone around you will know which family the child is running towards, and which family the person passing by is a relative of. If you meet a stranger walking away with a familiar child, you will definitely stop him, and naturally you will There is no need to worry about the child being abducted.

Therefore, students can have fun all summer long, and then catch up on homework in the last few days.

The things they play are much simpler. Children in rural areas go up mountains and rivers, climb trees and catch birds, while children in cities gather together to play playing cards and marbles secretly taken from adults, and draw pictures on the ground. Line hopscotch, little girls playing with rubber bands.

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And before you’ve had enough fun, it’s time to catch up on your homework.

Every time I rush to catch up on homework and throw up, I will say that I will finish it early next time during the holiday.

However, when the next holiday came, they still played as usual.

Commonly known as procrastination, it was also a term that had not appeared in this period.

But because of family reasons, Zheng Yuxuan and the original owner, who matured early, did not have procrastination. The original owner was obedient, and Zheng Yuxuan worked so hard because he heard from the teacher that only by studying hard and getting good grades, and being admitted to university in the future, could he succeed and take his father to a big hospital for treatment.

It was also because the two of them basically did not play with other children, and Zheng Yuxuan's father had lost an arm and a leg, that they were not very popular among the children in this area.

They did not understand that Zheng Yuxuan's father was injured, they only knew that Zheng Yuxuan's father was a weirdo. Even if he usually wore a prosthesis, the children would still run away when they saw him from a distance.

Zheng Yuxuan had a weirdo as his father, of course, he was also a weirdo in their mouths.

She was just a little girl. It was impossible for her not to feel sad after being told that. After hiding and crying once, she would raise her chin and say "I don't want to play with you" when she saw those children again.

Zheng Yuxuan was excluded because she had a disabled father, while the original owner was completely weak and timid. When she was bullied, she would act like a little hedgehog. If she saw the original owner being bullied, she would pull the original owner over and let him hide under her hedgehog belly, and whoever came would prick the other.

There are many pairs of childhood sweethearts, but they can still have such a good relationship even if they have not seen each other for a long time after growing up, mostly because they warmed each other up when they were excluded during the most uncomfortable and lowest period when they were young.

Zheng Yuxuan came to Duan's house too many times. Basically, she came during the day when Duan's father was not there, after all, Duan's father was really bad-tempered.

After finding the homework, she sat on the stool on the left of Duan Qingen with a pencil and began to prepare to do her homework.

Duan Qingen saw this and put away the notebook in his hand.

Zheng Yuxuan saw his notebook with her sharp eyes and asked in surprise, "What is this?"

Duan Qingen showed her the notebook: "My drawing."

"It's really beautiful."

Zheng Yuxuan's family didn't have money to buy her extracurricular books, and she had only read Duan Qingen's picture book. She took the notebook handed over by Duan Qingen and read it very seriously.

On it was a picture of a fat big rat with a long tail rolling an egg. Its squinting eyes were obviously small, but they were drawn to look cunning and proud. It was obviously very excited that it could steal the egg.

And above it, which it didn't notice, there was a pair of cat eyes staring at it intently, and even a raised paw. Next to the meat pad, there were five long and sharp nails stretched out, revealing a murderous intent.

This is a calico cat with a strong body. Even if it is just squatting, you can see that it is a cat that is neither fat nor thin. When squatting, you can clearly see that the muscles of the hind legs are tightened. Obviously, this cat is ready to rush out to catch prey at any time.

Zheng Yuxuan was very fond of it and kept looking at it over and over again: "This is a great painting, Qingen, how are you so good? I didn't know you could draw before."

"I learned it by reading picture books."

Duan Qingen lied without blushing: "Today is also my first time to draw."

"You are so good at drawing for the first time!"

Zheng Yuxuan admired her good friend who grew up with her. She praised Duan Qingen; "Your painting is better than the picture book, but it is not colored. If it is colored, it will definitely look better."

Then she saw a little boy sitting upright in a white short-sleeved shirt asked her: "So if I submit this to a publishing house, will they use my painting to make a picture book?"

Zheng Yuxuan was stunned.

No matter how precocious she was, she could not think of this level.

This should be the earliest that students in grades five or six can think of, and they still have to be under the guidance of a teacher.

Seeing her bewildered face, Duan Qingen continued: "I think my paintings are not worse than those in the book. I want to try. If they really agree to let me paint, they will definitely give me money."

Zheng Yuxuan was even more bewildered: "Why should they give you money?"

From the fact that she didn't ask what a publishing house is, it can be seen that she knows much more knowledge than her peers.

Duan Qingen: "They will definitely pay me for using my paintings. This is called royalties. For example, in my picture book, these paintings are all drawn by people. They draw them and give them to the publishing house, and then the publishing house gives them money."

His tone is still childish. Although it is crisp, you can tell that it is the voice of a child. If adults hear it, they will definitely think that he is daydreaming.

This kind of royalties may not be obtained by serious adults, and how can a child who has just entered the first grade for one semester get it.

But Duan Qingen said this to Zheng Yuxuan, who is also a child.

It is true that children are innocent and easy to fantasize.

And their fantasies are the kind of fantasies that they really expect.

For example, now, when Zheng Yuxuan heard Duan Qingen say this, she didn't doubt it at all and immediately became excited.

"How much money will it be? Will it be a lot of money?"

"I don't know." A child who has never invested before certainly doesn't know how much money there is.

Duan Qingen said; "Let me try and see if they want my paintings first."

Zheng Yuxuan seemed to have seen Duan Qingen start to make money by painting.

She sincerely praised; "Qingen, you are really amazing, you can actually make money by painting, and your paintings are so good."

"But let's do our homework first."