Rebirth: Rewriting Youth

Chapter 2: Be cautious about old age

In the car that was driving slowly, there was Jay Chou's Love Only Seven Yuan Coin. Shen Qianli looked along the dim street lights to a place not far away.

A woman wearing a black hip-hugging dress and black stockings was holding a large LV bag in her left hand and a mobile phone in her right hand. She was looking around at the bus stop in front of the hotel in the development zone with her hands folded. She seemed to have seen Shen Yu's license plate. , the woman stood up and waved towards Shen Yu.

Shen Yu understood and drove slowly to a stop and put into neutral.The woman opened the back door, stroked her skirt, sat in elegantly, and then crossed her legs diagonally.The car was immediately filled with a sweet, pleasant smell of perfume.

"Is he the owner of the machine with the tail number 3021? Going to the Marriott Hotel?" Shen Yu asked in a calm tone without even looking back.

The woman said with a tired voice: "Yes." After saying that, she leaned on the seat, folded her hands, and closed her eyes.

Shen Yu shifted into D gear, slowly stepped on the accelerator, and drove the car along the road towards the city.Shen Yu secretly looked at the passenger from the rearview mirror, and what he saw was a pair of long, thin legs wrapped in seductive black stockings.The slender arms are wrapped around the chest, squeezing out the slim curves of the chest, and paired with a semi-hollow and transparent black spun jumpsuit, the hazy beauty is looming, attracting people's imagination.

With a beautiful face, the woman had her eyes closed, and her makeup was exquisite but could not hide the heavy tiredness on her face.

Shen Yu had a rough guess about the passenger's occupation, but so what?This is an era that laughs at poverty but not at prostitution.No one cares how you get your money behind the scenes, what people see is always how you appear in front of others.

As the car got closer and closer to the city, the surrounding light gradually brightened, and there began to be more vehicles on the road.Shen Yu saw that the woman had her eyes closed and had no interest in chatting. Naturally, she had no intention of striking up a conversation.

Cars on both sides roared past one after another, carrying the slightly affluent middle class of the city but still struggling every day.At this point, the shadow of "upper class people" usually does not appear.More often, there are small characters such as company clerks, migrant workers, takeaway riders, etc. riding battery scooters.

Heavy traffic.The bustling crowds are like the tide, the neon lights are dazzling, and the lights are blurry, both illusory and real.

"Hello, we've arrived at the Marriott Hotel." Shen Qianli parked the car in front of the hotel and looked in the rearview mirror.

"Yes." The woman opened her eyes, opened the door quickly and got out of the car.

Shen Yu watched the woman carrying her bag and twisting her hips as she walked into the hotel in a charming way, and couldn't help but sigh, this skirt really flatters her figure.

Turning off the air conditioner and lowering the windows on both sides to disperse the smell, Shen Yu lit a cigarette and drove towards his parents' canteen.

Stopping at a red light intersection, Shen Yu's left hand drooped on the steering wheel, listening to Jay Chou's voice heading north in the car. His right hand was tapping on his legs, watching the whole city bathed in flashing neon lights. .These bright lights, on the contrary, covered up the clear brilliance of the stars and the moon, and even the light inside the carriage felt a few degrees darker.

Shen Yu's mind wandered and he couldn't help but think of his ex-girlfriend.When the two were about to discuss marriage, their father suffered a safety accident.While working, the iron casing lifted by other workers hit his right shoulder, causing comminuted fractures of the acromion and scapula.After the operation, my father's right hand could no longer use strength and was often accompanied by pain.

The owner of this private factory often visited the hospital at first. Later, he learned that his father could no longer work. He quickly settled this year’s contract payment, threw down another 3 yuan, ended the contract agreement with his father, and transferred The boss contracted out all the work in the workshop to another foreman.So the backbone of a family collapsed.

Shen Yu and his girlfriend rushed back from Yanling City on leave, only to see a decadent father and a tearful mother.

The two of them seemed to have aged several years in the past few days, with their white hair suddenly growing thicker and more wrinkles appearing.

The father and mother forced smiles to talk to Shen Yu's girlfriend, trying to downplay the seriousness of the matter.

During this period, relatives also came to visit. Shen Yu felt that his father had always been a little depressed and it was his mother who was dealing with everyone.Shen Yu stayed with his girlfriend for two days before being urged by his father to go back to work.

Two days after returning to work, Shen Yu received another call from a relative. While taking care of his father, his mother coughed up blood due to worry and fatigue, and was eventually diagnosed with ground glass nodules in the lungs.It was a sunny day with a clear sky, but Shen Yu felt as if the sky had collapsed.

Shen Yu made a phone call to his girlfriend, but this time his girlfriend did not go back with him.Shen Yu had no choice but to take a long vacation and took a car back to Yongping County alone.

Fortunately, my mother's surgery was relatively successful, but she won't be able to do heavy work in the future.After learning about these circumstances, my girlfriend made a very difficult decision.

"Let's break up."

"Have you decided yet?"

"sorry."

".I see."

"I'm sorry, oooooooo..."

"I wish you happiness."

Shen Yu didn't cry at that time. He was sitting in the empty corridor of the hospital. Although he tried to cry some tears to match the atmosphere, he couldn't make any waves in his heart.In the end, he chuckled lightly, got up and went to bed with his mother in the ward.

"Beep!" A long blast of trumpets sounded from behind.

Shen Yu came back to his senses and looked at the intersection. The light was already green and he quickly started the car by pressing the accelerator.

Later, Shen Yu quit his job in the project department of a research institute in Yanling introduced by his relatives and stayed in the small county town.In a place where you can see your family and where your family can see you.Whether they are late bloomers or never reach the top of the mountain, they are all just ordinary people.

The sound in the car had switched to the song Hongchen Inn, and Shen Yu hummed along with the music, "Xianyun Yehe Ancient Temple, fast horses fighting in the rivers and lakes, it's nothing more than fame and fortune. How can a person who has a country in his heart be happy and unrestrained?"

I drove to the entrance of Feihong Community and parked the car on the side of the road.After getting off the car, Shen Yu raised his head and glanced at the sign of the canteen: Happy Supermarket.

Shen Yu shook his head. He didn't know what his parents thought about choosing such a bad name.These two storefronts belong to my father’s friend, Auntie Wang, and they belong to this Auntie Wang next door to the supermarket, next door to the next door, and next door to the next door.

After coming out of the hospital, my father was depressed for a long time.Finally, at the suggestion of Shen Yu and Aunt Xiao Wang, we rented these two storefronts and opened this Happy Supermarket.In fact, in addition to the daily consumption and medicine for two people, as well as rent and support for grandparents, they can't save tens of thousands of yuan a year. Compared with the previous income of 30 to [-] yuan a year, it is a huge difference.But at least my father had something to do so that he wouldn't be depressed at home.

Shen Yu walked into the supermarket and saw his father cracking eggs on the computer in the checkout counter again. He immediately became angry and said sternly: "How many times have I told you, play less cards and exercise more?" Right shoulder, watch out for muscle atrophy."

Like a child who was caught doing bad things, his father immediately turned off the interface, turned around and said with a shy smile: "I just played for a while, not for a while, hehe. I asked your mother to heat up the food."

Shen Yu looked at his frail father, whose shoulders were a bit higher and lower, unconscious of his stooped back and increasingly frosty hair. He opened his mouth but said no more.

When my mother heard the sound, she rubbed her hands and walked out of the back warehouse. She said kindly, "It's time to get off work. I'll heat up the food for you."

"I'll do it myself, you go and sit down for a while. Where's Little Tangren? Mom, why are you running to the warehouse?" Shen Yu stepped forward and put his arm on his mother's shoulders and asked with a smile.

Mother said: "Xiao Tang is too lazy at work. Your father just fired her today."

When Shen Yu heard this, he nodded and said calmly: "I'll find someone another day. Don't be so tired, you two."

The mother said hesitantly: "There's no need to find anyone, your dad and I can handle it."

Shen Yu said firmly: "Listen to me. If you can relax a little bit, I will feel relieved too."

We went up to the second floor. This is where my parents lived every day. My mother had tidied it up, but there were too many old and broken things. In fact, many of them were no longer used, but my mother still couldn't bear to throw them away.Shen Yu lives alone in a small three-bedroom apartment in Feihong Community at the back, which his father bought with a loan when he was still contracting a workshop.

Shen Yu took a big bowl, put some vegetables in it, put it in the microwave and gave it a bite.He took out a pair of chopsticks, walked downstairs, sat down at the cashier, and picked up his food casually.

His father looked at Shen Yu and asked, "Has the leader promoted you today?"

"No." Shen Yu said vaguely with his head buried in the rice.

The father pondered for a while and then asked: "Are you squeezed out by a related household?"

Shen Yu paused and said flatly: "Maybe I'm not good enough."

After hearing this, my father sighed, took out the cigarette case from the drawer, suddenly thought of something, looked at his mother who was sitting aside playing with her mobile phone, secretly stuffed the cigarette case into the drawer, and said seriously: "You just need to Do what you should do, and even if things go against your wishes in the end, you have to learn to accept and improve yourself." After a while, when Shen Yu didn't respond, he added: "How about you go out and have a try, Yongping County too small."

Shen Yu finished chewing the food in his mouth calmly and said, "Let me pay off the car loan in the past two years before we talk about it. In the current economic situation, it is difficult to do anything, and it may not be useful to go out."

The father blamed himself and whispered softly: "Hey, it's your mother and I who have dragged you down. It's my inability."

Shen Yu rolled his eyes at his father and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about." Quickly grabbing the last bite of rice, Shen Yu climbed up to the second floor, washed the dishes and chopsticks, and then went downstairs.

When her mother saw Shen Yu coming downstairs, she came over and said with a smile: "Xiaodao, Auntie Xiao Wang introduced you to a girl who works as a nurse in the hospital. Mom saw the photo and found it to be pretty good. You can wait for another day Go and meet?”

Shen Yu walked out and said with a smile: "Mom, don't worry, wait until I save more gifts. I'm going to Didi, let's go."

The mother rushed over anxiously and said, "Hey, why are you so disobedient? Don't run too late. Go to bed early."

"Got it." Shen Yu waved his hand and left without looking back.

Father Shen and Mother Shen watched Shen Yu's car drive away and looked at each other helplessly.Father Shen took out the cigarette case from the drawer again, walked outside the store, squatted in the corner, squinted, lit a cigarette and started smoking.

After Shen Yu saw off several waves of passengers, he received an unexpected phone call.

"Are you still running Didi?"

"Well, why did you think of calling me? It's been so long since the special period. When will you come back?" Shen Yu said with a smile.

"I'm already in Yongping. How about a barbecue later?"

"Son of a bitch, you are so unkind, you didn't even say a word in advance when you came back." Shen Yu scolded with a smile.

"Hey, didn't I just get home this evening? After I finished my work at home, I came to you for a late-night snack. Isn't that interesting?"

"Okay, where?" Shen Yu said helplessly.

"Come on, Datou, I'll call Yebo."

"Okay, see you later." After Shen Yu hung up the phone, he smiled helplessly and shook his head.Turn the steering wheel and drive towards the Big Head BBQ restaurant.

(End of this chapter)