The children of the Qiao family

Chapter 21

Just look at it, the man said, I will find someone to buy the goods right away, this time we will pour some fruit, the banana pears in the northeast of our country, the southerners have never seen it, I will turn it upside down, sell it at a good price, and we will soon It has become a household of ten thousand yuan.

The man stroked Ma Suqin's hair with his giant palm, but Ma Suqin didn't move, he ran away quickly.

Er Qiang only found out later that a play like this would be staged in the factory every once in a while.

This time, it took a long time. I heard that the man made a small fortune not long ago, but he was too greedy and lost it again.

When Ma Suqin was applying safflower oil to Er Qiang, she said to Er Qiang: Don't be stupid next time.

Er Qiang felt pain all over his body, but he said: I am not afraid of him.

Ma Suqin didn't make a sound, and after a long time, she said slowly: He lives in the same village as me.It was good when I was young.He is not a bad person, but he is high-minded, but his life is not good, he will not succeed in whatever he thinks, and he will pay as much as he does.

Erqiang turned over with difficulty, facing the master, lying on the bed made of wooden boxes, and looked straight into the master's eyes.

I miss you, Master.

Ma Suqin said: What?
I miss you, Ma Suqin.

7
The kid Qiao Qiqi has been promoted to the fifth grade.

The grades have been bad.

He is quiet and well-behaved, but it is a pity that he can't concentrate in class. The teacher said he was "wandering in the sky", and punished him to stand when he was criticized.That look was very pitiful, the teacher softened his heart and told him to sit down, and he continued to wander.My memory doesn't seem to be very good either. I struggled to remember some new words in a text, and when I wrote them silently the next day, I almost forgot them again.

As a result, the grades were not up to the chopsticks, and since he was in the fourth grade, he could no longer pass the pass. Later, the teacher stopped spending too much effort on him and moved his seat to the corner of the last row, which was a bit free. Get him to fend for himself.

Qi Weimin was very anxious about this, and made up lessons for him whenever he was free.

The child was lying on the table, leaning against the light, sweating profusely from the writing, with loose eyesight, struggling to pinch a piece of eraser that was only the size of a fingernail and erasing the wrong questions over and over again, finally, it was scratched.

Qi Weimin said: Qiqi, that eraser is too small, you can't use it anymore, throw it away, brother will buy you a new one.

Qi Qi raised her head, looked at Elder Brother with shame, and said: No, no, no.

Qi Weimin touched his sweaty hair, not knowing what to do.

Once when Qi Weimin went out for an interview, he met an old classmate who worked in an education newspaper.Qi Weimin thought about it, summoned up the courage to ask his old classmates for help, and transferred Xiao Qi to a better elementary school. Xiao Qi is about to enter the sixth grade, and this is the most critical year.

Qi Weimin recalled that when he was in school, he was not close to this classmate because of his dissimilar personality. Now that he made such a request rashly, he might embarrass him.Qi Weimin then spent two or three months' wages to ask someone to buy two good internal cigarettes from Nanjing Tobacco Factory, intending to give them to his old classmates.

Qi Weimin, an honest man, wrapped the smoke tightly in three layers and three layers outside. It was so bulging that it was impossible to tell what it was. He hid it in the ground and stuffed it into the hands of his old classmates. I'm even more embarrassed.

The old classmate was still helpful, and after a while, he sent a definite message to Qi Weimin.

When Qiao Qiqi was promoted to the sixth grade, Qi Weimin finally transferred him from the original school to the Provincial Experimental Primary School.

Many years later, Qi Weimin often thinks that maybe this is a very wrong decision.

But Qi Weimin at this time was extremely happy, and said to Qiao Qiqi: Qiqi, this is a very good elementary school. Look at the big building, do you like it?Elder brother was incapable before, so he had to let you go to a normal school, that's why you didn't get good grades, right?This time is great!Our Xiao Qi is about to take off, right?
But Qiao Qiqi didn't "take off" as Qi Weimin hoped.

On the first day of entering school, the teacher gave him a basic test. After such a test, the teacher got a clear understanding of Qi Qi's basics.

The teacher took the test paper and sighed and said: "It's troublesome."

The math teacher especially didn't like Qiqi, and thought he was a elm-headed man, so he appointed a little boy to help Qiqi.

That little boy was the tallest, smartest and most handsome little guy in the whole grade, surrounded by a group of supporters, a little leader, a very sunny kid like a strong pony.

For some reason, this little guy finds Qi Qi particularly unpleasant.In the first week, glue was all over Qiqi's seat, ruining a pair of Qiqi's new upper body pants.

In the first month's test, Qiqi failed as usual, which affected the average score of the whole class.

The eugenic student named Gu Jun asked Qi Qi to go with him after school, saying that he was going to help him with tutoring, but Qi Qi foolishly followed and was taken into a secluded alley.

There, a group of children had long been waiting.

Gu Jun said: These are classmates who want to help you.

The little guys stood in two rows facing each other, forming a passage, Gu Jun asked Qiqi to walk through the passage, and asked each child to slap him.

Gu Jun said, in this way, Qiqi's stupidity can be knocked out, and if the stupidity is knocked out, the person will be smart and pass the exam.

This is how we help you!Gu Jun said angrily.

No matter how dull Qiqi was, she understood that she couldn't go out at this step, but she was pushed vigorously into the "passage".

The boys slapped him vigorously on the head, neck or shoulders one by one, Qiqi stumbled and forgot to protect himself with his hands.After walking down once, Qiqi was dumbfounded.

Gu Jun was a head taller than Qi Qi, he bent down and looked at Qi Qi, his big black eyes sparkled with excitement, and he smiled with interest.Crying, going to cry.He said.

Qiqi's eyes were filled with hot tears, and she struggled to hold back them, but they still fell down.

Gu Jun patted Qiqi's head: Be careful, if others know, there will be more powerful ways to help.

Naturally, the teacher would not know about such a thing, and no one would expose it to the teacher for the sake of Qi Qi.

Qiqi didn't dare to say it, and no one would believe it if she said it.

He didn't dare to tell elder brother that elder brother transferred him after a lot of difficulty, he was afraid that elder brother would be disappointed.

Of course, there was no way to improve Qiqi's grades, and he failed miserably in mathematics, so he was punished to stand up class after class, until his legs shook.

In the class, someone started calling Qiao Qiqi "a pretty little idiot".

Gradually, everyone in the grade called it that.

Qiqi became like a frightened little mouse.

The new school is far away from home, and Qi Weimin will send him there whenever he is free. Recently, when he was walking back and forth and approaching the school gate, Qiqi's face was pale, and he was holding his elder brother's hand tightly, as if he was parting from life and death.

Qi Weimin was very anxious, thinking that he was not adapting to the new environment, and thinking, maybe it would be fine after a month or two.Qiqi has been like this since he was a child, and he is always afraid of the environment he is born in.

Slowly, Qi Weimin felt that something was wrong.

One night, in a daze, Qi Weimin felt a rustling sound in his ears, and when he opened his eyes blindly, he was startled.

Qiao Qiqi was standing by the bed, wearing only thin cotton sweater and trousers in winter.

Qi Weimin took him into his arms and asked him what's wrong.

Qiqi said: Brother, I can't sleep.

Qi Weimin said: I fell asleep after closing my eyes for a while.

Qiqi was as cold as a popsicle from the cold, and when she spoke, her upper teeth collided with her lower teeth, rattling: I heard someone calling me.

Qi Weimin said: No one calls you, Xiao Qi, it's the wind, listen carefully, it's the northwest wind.

Qiqi said: He is calling me.Still calling me.

In the winter of this year, Nanjing was surprisingly cold, and it was freezing in December.On a slightly warmer afternoon, Qi Weimin received a call from the school, saying that Qiao Qiqi had fainted in class.

When Qi Weimin arrived, Qiqi had already woken up, sitting on a small bed in the school clinic and drinking a glass of glucose water.

The teacher said, maybe I didn't eat enough.

Qi Weimin carried Qiqi home and passed by a flower and bird market. Qi Weimin said, Qiqi, brother, let me buy you a small animal.

Qiqi lay on elder brother's back, neither saying yes nor no.

In fact, there are not many varieties of small animals in the market, such as kittens, birds, and turtles.

Qi Qi has been quietly lying on his brother's back, and suddenly moved, saying: "Mouse, mouse!"

It turned out that someone was selling a cage of little white mice, hairy and snow-white, holding the iron cage, and the wire was rustling with their tiny claws.

Qi Qi got off her brother's back, squatted in front of the cage, and looked at the little white mice.

The seller smiled and coaxed: ask your father to buy one.

Then he turned to Qi Weimin and smiled: This one is not worth much, but it is quite rare, buy one for your child.

Qiqi has a new partner, a little white mouse named Mian Baitang.

With soft white sugar, Qiqiye didn't wake up very much.

Qi Weimin squeezed out more time to accompany him and make up lessons for him, but there was still no way to improve his grades.What's worse, he found that Qiqi was getting more and more attached to him, as if he was the only one left in this child's world.

Qi Qi locked himself in a small room without a door, leaving only one window, and that window was him.

Qiao Qiqi failed so badly in another exam, he didn't dare to hide from his elder brother, and Qi Weimin didn't dare to sigh in front of him, comforting him and saying: It doesn't matter, if you don't get into a good school or a good job in the future, It doesn't matter, brother will support you forever.

The second aunt also knew something about the situation, she couldn't stand it anymore, she ran over secretly, had a heart-to-heart talk with Qi Weimin, and told him not to delay his future because of Qiao Qiqi.

The second aunt said: I heard from the boss of the Qiao family that your job has no future. You are smarter than him. If he can be admitted to a graduate student, so can you.Go on reading, don't hang out in this third-rate magazine, mom will support you, if you are capable, even if you get a Ph.D., mom will also support you.

Qi Weimin didn't know how to answer, so he just joked with his mother: "Mom is very knowledgeable now, even a doctor knows it. At that time, you still called reporters a record, hehe."

The second aunt patted the eldest son: Don't drag the topic away. Seriously, it's not that my mother is selfish. Xiao Qi is about to graduate from elementary school. It's not common to stay at our house all the time. I still have to go back to Qiao's house Well, the fallen leaves return to their roots. It is impossible for the son of the Qiao family to start a family and have children in the Qi family.

Qi Weimin said: He is still young.

The second aunt said: He is so young that you are not too young, and he will be 25 after the Chinese New Year.Min, you don’t need to study, you can also consider starting a family.Which mother you fancy doesn't object.

While the mother and son were talking, they heard the door knocking outside. The second aunt was afraid that the second son of the Qi family or Xiaoya had returned, so she raised her legs and wanted to leave.Qi Weimin went to the outer room to see if there was no one there, and suddenly saw Qiqi's schoolbag thrown on the floor of the main room, he slapped himself on the head hard, and was about to rush out.

The second aunt called from behind.

For the first time, Qi Weimin felt that his mother was really unkind to Qi Qi. In a panic, he wanted to say it but couldn't, so he just shouted: Mom!You... you can... ah, really!
There was no sign of Qiqi in the alley, Qi Weimin was sweating all over in anxiety, he only hated himself for being a young man and not being able to fight for land in the street.

Fortunately, as soon as Qi Qi ran out of the alley, he ran into the second son of the Qi family who had just come home. Seeing that the child's face was white and not quite right, the second child stopped him and brought him back Home.

For three consecutive days, Qiqi didn't go to school, Qi Weimin took leave of absence at work, stayed with him for a moment, and slept with him all night and all night.

After this commotion, Qiao Qiqi really became weird. Except for Qi Weimin, she was afraid of everyone, and she was also afraid of going to school. She passed out after taking the exam. She went to the hospital several times for checkups, but they all said it was not epilepsy.

What Qiqi is most afraid of is that elder brother will not want him.When I wake up and dream, I always ask: Brother, will you abandon me?Will you not want me?

In the new semester, Qiao Qiqi's class had a new head teacher, and he heard that he was an advanced teacher, and Qi Weimin's heart surged with hope.

After a little effort, Qi Weimin found out the teacher's home address, and went to the teacher with the audacity to find it.

This is a quite quiet place, with a small courtyard with a single door and a two-story green brick building. It is on a small hillside, close to three universities, and it is a quiet place amidst the hustle and bustle.

Qi Weimin rang the bell on the narrow front door, and after a while, someone came to open the door.

It's a girl.

beautiful girl.

The girl asked: Who are you looking for?

Without further ado, Qi Weimin respectfully bowed to him at ninety degrees.

The girl jumped back half a step, smiled, and said crisply: "The New Year is over, and I don't have any New Year's money for you!"

(End of this chapter)