Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 851
Xiao Wan stepped forward and called the old lady: "Mom, I'm back!"

The old lady let out an oh, looked at me behind her, and didn't respond, then pushed the door open by herself and walked in by herself.

A few men also walked in, Xiaowan glanced at me and motioned for me to follow him in.

After entering the house, it became much warmer, but the smoke was too heavy and choked, making it hard to keep your eyes open.

The old lady sat on the bed and didn't speak. The others stared at me first, and then at the box I was carrying.

Those who didn't know would think that Xiao Wan and I entered a black shop, and these people were going to grab my suitcase.

Xiaowan came over, opened the box, took out the contents, and said one by one: "Mom, this is the gold ring you want! This is your mobile phone, this is your watch, this is your watch. Brother, what you want is cosmetics for sister-in-law! And you, Xiao Kai, here is your automatic pencil case!"

If I hadn't seen their expressions when they took the things, I would have thought it was a touching scene when relatives met.

But they took the things Xiaowan handed them, as if they owed them, without even saying a word of thanks, and hurriedly opened the things, as if to identify the authenticity.

The old lady exaggerated even more, and even bit the ring with her teeth.

That little Kai didn't seem very satisfied with his gift, so he threw it beside the old lady, muttering, "I don't want this, I want an electric car!"

The old lady touched Xiao Kai's head lovingly, and comforted: "Okay, okay, okay! Let your mother buy it for you!"

Then he said to Xiao Wan as a matter of course: "Did you hear, Xiao Kai wants an electric car!"

Xiao Wan smiled and explained: "Mom, the electric car can't be driven here, and I can't get it back, the car can't even fit in it!"

Xiaokai pulled the old lady and said coquettishly: "I don't care, grandma wants an electric car! I want it!"

The old lady was very patient with Xiao Kai, but she yelled directly at Xiao Wan: "Then think of a way!"

Xiao Wan had no choice but to nod helplessly.

Xiao Wan asked: "Mom, are you ready for worship? I want to go now!"

The old lady said angrily: "When you come back to worship, you don't prepare anything yourself, and you want me to prepare it for you? The head of the village goes and buys by himself!"

Xiao Wan didn't complain, but nodded and said, "Okay, Mom, I'll go right away, shall I prepare some for you too!"

The old lady pulled her face and said: "What are you preparing for us? If you have that money, you might as well leave it to the living!"

Xiao Wan walked out helplessly, and I followed.

Walking out of the yard, I asked, "Does this family hate you so much? How about I explain it to them!"

Xiaowan looked at me sarcastically and said, "How do you explain? You said that the man was killed by you, and it has nothing to do with me? They decided that I took Zhang Hua out, but they didn't bring him back! It's only because of me." That's enough, I'll hook you up again, there's no need for that!"

I followed Xiao Wan step by step, and continued to ask: "Didn't Zhang Hua go out to study by himself and find a job outside? What does it have to do with you?"

Xiaowan explained: "When Zhang Hua had the opportunity to return to their county as an accountant, he refused to come back. First, he had me, and second, he felt that there was no future for development here, so he chose not to come back, but , Zhang Hua just left, they must blame me!"

I snorted and said, "Short-sighted!"

Xiao Wan looked at me, and said teasingly: "If you spend half your life in this ghostly place, you will also be short-sighted! Except for the yellow land, the sky is full of wind and sand, what can I do!"

I asked curiously: "Why don't you go out to work? It's not far from the county seat. If you can't, go to the city to work. No matter how poor YY City is, it can be considered a prefecture-level city. It's better than being stuck here!"

Xiao Wan didn't explain, and walked to the east end of the village silently, and knocked on the door of the grocery store. The boss inside was very polite, and he took the initiative to say hello: "Come back to see Zhang Hua? I really want to come back every year." ! This is my new tribute yesterday, take a look!"

Xiaowan nodded politely, picked out a few pieces, and I walked over, putting almost all burnable pieces into the bag given by the boss.

The boss asked me with a smile: "Who are you from Zhang Hua?"

I politely replied: "I am his friend! How much is the total?"

The boss nodded and replied: "Your 158, I'll charge you 150, and this 72, I'll charge you 70."

I took out the money and planned to pay together, but Xiao Wan stopped me and said, "This must be done separately!"

The boss echoed: "Yes, yes, this is the rule!"

After paying the money, the boss said to Xiao Wan hesitantly: "There is one more thing, Zhang Hua's daughter-in-law, I want to talk to you!"

Xiao Wan hummed and said, "What's the matter, boss, tell me!"

The boss said a little embarrassedly: "Zhang Hua's mother, she took a box of instant noodles, two bottles of soda and a bag of bread from me. She never gave me any money, saying that she would give it when you came back! Actually, I also know , this is against the rules, you shouldn't give this money, but you said, this money is just owed..."

Xiao Wan snorted, took out two more one-hundred-yuan bills and said, "See if it's enough, I'll give it to you if it's not enough!"

The boss hurriedly took out the note he had prepared earlier and read: "A box of Huafeng instant noodles costs 30 yuan, two bottles of soda 8 yuan, and a generation of Yuen Long buns cost 7 yuan. A total of 45 yuan is enough! I can't use any of them!"

Xiao Wan didn't take the money handed back by the boss and said: "You keep it, they will buy something next time, just deduct it from here!"

The boss let out a sigh, put away the money, and said to himself: "What's the matter? One or two years is justified. How many years have it been like this! Zhang Hua's daughter-in-law, let me advise you, they Home, you... what's that called... what's so difficult about your desires?"

I added: "It's hard to get enough!"

The boss said loudly: "Yes, yes, yes! Desires can't be filled! Such a big family, who don't work all year round, just live on Zhang Hua's pension, when will it be a head!?"

Only then did I understand why Zhang Hua's family treated Xiao Wan like this, treating her as a natural subsistence allowance!

Xiao Wan just nodded lightly to the boss to express his gratitude.

The boss turned his head away and said to himself again: "What is this!?"

I carried my things and walked behind Xiaowan, thinking that she had been wronged a lot these years, she didn't seem to have any complaints, and she never mentioned a word to me, because I changed her original Happy life, she should blame me, how should I compensate her?

We passed through Zhang Hua's hut and headed towards the back mountain. We passed a muddy path and barely climbed to a big soil slope. The surrounding area was very desolate. There were neither cultivated fields nor planted fruit trees. The weeds are growing very luxuriantly. I am not happy about this. Although the grave should not be placed in a conspicuous place, there is no need to bury it in a barren mountain, right?
What is even more hateful is that when I climbed the dirt slope, I had to continue walking inside. I walked through a small road that no one had ever walked. The weeds on both sides of the road hurt my calf. I saw Xiao Wan walking in front, like a little I don't feel any, I think she is numb on this road, right?
When I saw Zhang Hua's grave, I was so angry that my veins popped up, and I cursed: "This is also called a cemetery? If someone passes by, they will think it's just a small dirt, and it's normal to erect a monument." Right? If you stand there with a piece of wood, you can’t even see the characters! Are you fooling someone? If you need money, would it be that difficult to talk to me? No! Zhang Hua can’t be allowed to stay here, I’ll take him with him Walk!"

After finishing speaking, I excitedly threw off the sacrificial object on the ground, rushed up, picked up a wooden stick, and was about to start digging the grave.

Xiaowan exhausted all his strength, pushed me to the ground, and shouted at me hoarsely: "Can't you let Zhang Hua'an lie here quietly? No matter how good the construction is, he won't be able to go back Here comes those who can remember him, even if there is no tombstone, they will still remember him, and those who don't miss him, even if they are right in front of them, they still can't see him!"

I sat on the ground dejectedly, looking at this small soil bag, on the root of a piece of wood, written with charcoal: "My late husband Zhang Hua..." The words below have long been blurred, I crawled and knelt down to the grave Before, I confessed: "I'm sorry for you. I didn't help you before, and I didn't fulfill my responsibilities afterward. I'm sorry for you in this life. I'll give it back to you when I have a chance in the next life!"

Xiao Wan stood aside coldly, picked up the sacrificial offerings on the ground, found two candles, and stretched out his hand to me. Xiao Wan.

Xiaowan took the lighter, lit the candles skillfully, and inserted them on both sides of the "wooden monument", then took out a handful of incense and lit them, inserted them into the soil, and said to me: "Come on, give Zhang Hua Zhu Xiang, tell him that you came to see him, he will be very happy! Zhang Hua has always told me before, don’t look at A Fei’s usual idleness, he must be the first to rush out when something happens, and stand in front of you People. Moreover, he is a stingy person. If you are one of his own people, there is no reason to say that no matter who bullies the people around him, he will stand by your side indiscriminately. Such a person is real Friend! And he said..."

I stopped Xiao Wan's words and said: "Stop talking! I have failed Zhang Hua's trust in me! If it weren't for me, he wouldn't be buried here! People like me don't deserve friends, and they hurt others and ourselves !"

Xiao Wan sighed and said: "Don't say that, Zhang Hua will be unhappy! He has always been very confident in his own judgment, just like he has taken a fancy to me! Hurry up and light up the incense, it is windy here, and the candles will be gone after a while. Went out!"

I picked up a stick of incense, lit it, and prepared to stick it into the soil. Xiao Wan said: "You count, the incense should be in odd numbers!"

I groaned, looked at the incense in my hand, it happened to be an odd number, and then inserted them into the soil one by one, saying: "Brother, I came to see you, I'm late, I'm sorry !"

Afterwards, we burned paper money together, and Xiaowan said slowly: "At the beginning, I also disagreed, and put the grave here, but their family said that this land is all cultivated land, and there is no extra space, except for this barren hill. In fact, there are many people in the family, and they all rely on Zhang Hua’s money to support the family. Now that he is gone, they have to rely on farming. If there is less land, [-]% of the income will be lost, and some people in the family will have to go hungry. Dig your grave here!"

I wondered: "Isn't it just about the money? Why didn't you tell me? I don't want to use money to make up for my past, it's just a problem that can be solved with money. Why make things difficult for Zhang Hua and yourself?"

Xiao Wan shook his head and said: "This is not a question of money. No matter how much money I have, they will not let me build a good grave. They will say, why don't these money be reserved for the living, and it is better for a dead person?" What is it for? Besides, you have already given me a lot of money, and the company has also given me a lot of money. I gave all of it to their family, but what about the money? As a result, they now have land but not farm. No way, the whole family is counting on this money for a lifetime! Anyway, if they don’t gamble or take drugs, they will live a good life! It’s just that their family is too greedy, and Zhang Hua’s mother is a dead grass, and he has all the money In her hands, the whole family is living a tight life now, and I give them their monthly expenses! Otherwise, why do you think they came to pick me up? They drove me out a long time ago, lest I rob you Zhang Hua's inheritance!"

I said angrily: "Everyone has hands and feet, and they have to live on the money of dead people!"

Xiao Wan said helplessly: "They haven't received any education, and what they can see is only one-third of an acre of land. They have been facing the loess and their backs to the sky all their lives. What can they do? With the straw to save their lives, it doesn't matter." Hold on tightly, how much knowledge do you expect from an old lady, she has money and doesn't hold it in her hands, and she is also afraid that after she dies, like her son, she won't even have a decent cemetery!"

I snorted coldly and said: "She even treats her own son like this. If she dies, she can still count on others to treat her well? You can only repay her if you give her a peach. If you die, don't be gouged." The grave is not bad!"

Xiao Wan hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense! You are talking about his mother in front of Zhang Hua, Zhang Hua has knowledge under the spring, can you close your eyes? Anyway, that is also a mother!"

I thought about it, and said to Zhang Hua's "wooden tablet", "I have no other intentions! Don't worry, I will take good care of your family!"

After we finished burning the paper, I bowed to Zhang Hua again, wiped the "wooden tablet" clean with my sleeve, pulled out the weeds around, sighed, and walked down with Xiao Wan.

Back at Zhang Hua's home, the old lady looked like a stone sculpture, and the old god was sitting on the bed, cross-legged, holding a string of beads in his hand, half-closed his eyes, and didn't know what he was looking at?Several other people didn't leave, they stared blankly at the ceiling, wondering what they were waiting for?
(End of this chapter)