see you in spring

Chapter 166 Today is different from the past [-]

After hanging up the phone, Liu Quantao looked at the empty living room and sighed with a complicated mood.

The turning point in his prosperous life seems to have started when he got on the plane flying to Wucheng.

He contracted the disease and narrowly escaped death before saving his life.After finally returning home, his wife of more than ten years wanted to divorce him.Even though he has a health code, his mother and brother still treat him as a virus and guard against it.Now he no longer holds the position of regional manager. He used to send greeting messages to his subordinates every three days, but now he doesn't even send a message.And his boss, who had appreciated and trusted him over the years, now has a 180-degree turn in his attitude towards him.

Liu Quantao really regretted boarding that plane, but Mr. Wang had told him to go to Wucheng, and there was no way he would not go.

Therefore, this is actually his fate.

Liu Quantao sat blankly for a while, then looked up and saw the clock on the wall. It was already past three in the afternoon.He remembered that he had promised his son to cook him ribs at night, and he sighed again.

He never thought that one day he would worry about buying some meat for his children.

Since Mr. Wang won't reimburse him, he still has to find a way to get the card in his mother's hand to get her to take out the card. After all, the family still has to live.

At this time, the total money he had on him was less than 100 yuan, but in his mind, it was probably impossible for him to buy food and daily necessities for a few days.But it should be more than enough to buy a meal of meat.With this thought in mind, he held his waist that was still aching, stood up, slowly put on his coat, put on his mask and gloves, opened the door, and walked out.

Liu Quantao had not been to the supermarket to buy food for many years. At this time, he was standing on the supermarket shelf, looking at the short ribs that cost more than 90 pounds per pound with a look of surprise on his face.

That's my sons' favorite food, fresh and tender, top-quality short ribs with little crispy cartilage.

He never thought that this spare rib would cost more than 90 pounds!
He asked the meat salesman in an incredulous tone: "Is this the price of a pound of ribs?"

The salesperson was busy weighing meat for other customers. She glanced at him and said angrily: "The price has been reduced. It was over [-] in the past two days."

"Are ribs so expensive now?" Liu Quantao couldn't believe it.

The other party saw that he had never seen the world, and pointed to the few black and black tail vertebrae on the edge: "If you think it's too expensive, you can buy that one, 35 a pound."

Liu Quantao took a look at the pile of tail vertebrae. The meat on them had been shaved off, and they could only be used for soup.He originally wanted his sons to eat meat, but he didn't expect that the money he had could only buy them soup.

Comparing the two types of meat together makes the pile of tail vertebrae look like garbage.And how could he let his son eat garbage?
Liu Quantao gritted his teeth, pointed at Xiaopai and said, "Bring me a pound."

The other party took three of them and prepared to chop them. Liu Quantao quickly added: "I only want one pound."

The other party glanced at him and threw one of them back.

Liu Quantao carefully carried this small bag of extremely light short ribs to the queue to check out, and he finally got in line.He took out his mobile phone and was about to swipe his card, but found that his mobile phone's data network was disconnected.

People in the long queue behind him were all looking at him. Liu Quantao couldn't open the card with the swipe, so he tried to open the payment page again in a hurry.

"Is the mobile phone in arrears?" the cashier reminded him.

Liu Quantao was stunned for a moment. His mobile phone had not been recharged since he was hospitalized. It was very likely that the mobile phone was in arrears and had no network connection.

Because he often makes phone calls, his monthly package fee is 68 yuan, which he never thought was a big deal before.But at this moment, if he paid the package fee, he wouldn't be able to buy anything at all.

A penny stumps a heroic man.In full view of everyone, Liu Quantao silently put down the ribs in his hand and walked out of the supermarket quickly and dejectedly.

When I returned to the community, I saw a familiar neighbor. When I saw him, I took a long detour and walked away in advance.This made Liu Quantao, who had not bought back the meat, even more depressed.Entering the elevator room, just as the elevator came down, after he entered, a mother walked in with two children at the back. Seeing him inside, she turned around and ran out with the two children in fright.

Liu Quantao clenched his fists so tightly that his nails were almost embedded in his flesh.

Although he told himself countless times in his heart not to pay attention to those people.But humans are relatively social animals, and it’s hard for them not to care if they are so rejected by their own kind.

Frustrated, lonely and a little angry, Liu Quantao returned home.

The youngest son immediately came up to us happily: "Dad, what delicious food did you buy for us?"

Liu Quantao was empty-handed and didn't know how to answer.

"Dad, didn't you buy ribs? Didn't you say you were going to make ribs for us to eat tonight?" the younger son shouted dissatisfied.

"Tiantian, dad..." Liu Quantao wanted to tell him that his dad went to the supermarket, but because his mobile phone was in arrears, he couldn't buy the meat back.But when these words came to his lips, no words came out.

A huge sense of frustration enveloped him, making him feel like a waste.

Today, he has no job, his wife is getting divorced, and he can't even buy some meat for his son. He is a complete waste.

Sun Yan also walked out of the room. Seeing that Liu Quantao's face looked wrong, and thinking about what she heard him saying to Liu Quanhai in the room at noon, she had roughly guessed his current situation.

She called her youngest son over: "Tiantian, did your mother tell you that you have been coughing for the past two days and should not eat anything too greasy?"

"But I don't have a cough today." The youngest son pouted: "I just want to eat ribs, and dad also promised to give us ribs tonight. Dad doesn't keep his word."

"I asked dad not to buy it today. I'll wait for you to eat the ribs in a few days until they are all ready." Sun Yan used a tone that could not be refuted, allowing her youngest son to transfer all his grievances to her.

After the child went to watch TV, Liu Quantao said to her with gratitude and guilt: "Thank you just now."

Sun Yan put the last bit of rice into the pot: "You have also seen the situation at home. Before you came back, your mother and your brother ate separately from us."

Liu Quantao was startled. She used "your mother and your brother". She used to call them "mother", but now she calls them "your mother". The meaning of separation is very obvious.

Liu Quantao felt uncomfortable, but he couldn't say anything else.No one mentioned the matter of eating separately to Liu Quantao. Thinking of his mother's virtue, he quickly asked: "Then where can you and your child get money to buy things?"

Sun Yan glanced at him and said with a mocking expression: "My parents gave it to me."

Liu Quantao's heart twitched. He originally wanted to put off Sun Yan's divorce. If he couldn't put it off anymore, he would fight with his father-in-law and mother-in-law to get them to stand on his side and persuade Sun Yan.

Now that he knew that Sun Yan had relied on his parents-in-law for financial support some time ago, he knew that this line of work was hopeless.

Which parent would let their daughter stay in a home where she has to ask her parents for money for food?
"Yanzi, I...I really didn't expect you to be like this at home. I'm sorry for you, I..." Liu Quantao was already a little incoherent.

Sun Yan avoided him: "Stop saying unnecessary words. If you really feel sorry for me, then sign the divorce agreement quickly."

Looking at Sun Yan's back as he turned to go back to the room, all the anger and frustration he had received today rushed towards him in an instant. Liu Quantao was so depressed that his head suddenly felt stinging. He covered his head in pain and pressed against the kitchen wall. He slowly squatted down and let out a low moan, like a trapped animal.

(End of this chapter)