Rebirth to create happiness

Chapter 23 Chapter 25

Early the next morning, Zhao Chengcheng woke up.I somehow had a dream last night, in the dream he was studying and reading.When did love study happen?Before fifth grade?Or earlier?
When he was in elementary school, Zhao Cheng's grades were still good. Although he didn't often score double hundred at the end of the midterm, he never scored more than ninety.When did you start to feel that reading was boring?Zhao Cheng reflected on himself.

During this period of time, Zhao Cheng followed Zhizhi to sell corn, and Zhao Cheng got up early every day. Before dawn, he rode his father's bicycle and ran to Dawangzhuang.After delivering the corn, he hurried home, and he had to put the bicycle back on the corridor before his father went to work.As soon as the afternoon class was over, Zhao Cheng also ran to Dawangzhuang. During this time, his father was often outside and wanted to use a bicycle, so Zhao Cheng had to ask this classmate to borrow it today and ask that classmate to borrow it tomorrow.Fortunately, among the group of friends he knew, there were quite a few of them with good home environment.After persisting for a week, Zhao Cheng got 50 yuan from his sister.

Zhao Cheng took the money and his heart was flying.Not only for money, he also saw the change of his old sister from this business.After the cowardly old girl scolded him and Tu Xiaopang aggressively this time, she seemed to be a different person. She not only knew that she had made money selling green corn, but also knew that she had fought for her own interests.

My sister said that their green corn business has been reported to grandma, and grandma also promised not to tell my parents for the time being, even if my mother finds out in the future, she will take care of it for them.Their mother is good at everything, but she values ​​money too much. If he hadn't been clever since he was a child, he would buy firecrackers every time he got the New Year's money. Bao, if you don't want to part with it the next day, don't you have to honestly hand it over to your mother?

Grandma said that he and Zhizhi can keep the money they earned this time, instead of handing it over to their mother.But Zhao Cheng still didn't know what to do. Anyway, Fangfang also likes to watch movies. He will definitely invite her to watch movies once he is capable.So Zhao Chengcai went to beg his old sister to ask Fangfang to watch a movie. Regardless of whether Fangfang appreciates it or not, he only does what he wants to do.

Zhao Cheng knew that his family was not rich.Although my father and mother are paid, they have to buy everything in the county, and my grandma will help me with some side dishes from time to time. Life is still tight, and I don't see meat twice a week.Zhao Cheng especially likes the braised pork cooked by his mother. It is delicious, and his mouth is full of oil when he bites down.It's a pity that this kind of braised pork is only eaten during the festival or when there are guests at home.

Hey. . . . . . !Zhao Cheng sighed.Although he is still in school, he will be eighteen in half a year, so he can be considered an adult.Zhao Cheng knew that the embarrassment of his family was not because his parents made less money, but because his family had a lot of relatives who would cry for poverty.

I didn't see that Fangfang's parents earn about the same as their own, and they have three brothers and sisters to support, so their family's life is much more nourishing.Every time I don't go to school, when it's cooking time, I can smell the smell of meat wafting from Fangfang's kitchen, and I know her food is good.

But what about your own home?A few relatives from his hometown came to look for his father every now and then. The food at home was full of greasy food, and when he went back, he had to let them take away the big and small bags. Zhao Cheng also saw his father stuffing money behind his mother’s back a few times. to those people.

Although those people are not outsiders, they are also the blood of their old Zhao family.But they have hands and feet, so why do they have to give money every time they come to their house?And when they came, they didn't care about anything at all, they didn't even take the vegetable leaves in their hands. Aren't they farming?Don't you even grow vegetables?Zhao Cheng is not being picky. In those days, people would look down on relatives who left empty-handed. Didn’t they see that every time they went back to their hometown in the countryside, their hands were full?It's not that these relatives don't understand these principles, but they don't care about their family at all.A handful of green vegetables is not worth a few bucks, which means something anyway.But his aunts and uncles never did this at all, and if they didn't satisfy them when they left, they would cry and make noise.

Zhao Cheng annoyed them to death. Poor relatives didn't hate them, but it was too much to use their own poverty as an excuse to force their brothers to help.Besides, whether they are really poor is another matter.I remember one Sunday, Zhao Cheng woke up a little earlier, seeing his parents were busy last night and didn’t go to bed until late, Zhao Cheng wanted them to relax for a morning without having to cook breakfast, without making a sound, and secretly took the two yuan he had saved so hard Qian went to the street to buy breakfast, intending to surprise everyone.Walking to the street, I saw my sister-in-law and the well-dressed cousin walking towards their house.For some unknown reason, Zhao Cheng, who was by accident, didn't say hello, hid aside, followed them and turned back.

Along the way, the sister-in-law kept scolding her cousin, saying that she was disobedient and shouldn't come to the second uncle's house dressed so well, otherwise she wouldn't be able to ask his second uncle for money later.Cousin Zhao Cheng retorted with a pouted mouth, saying that she had to dress like a beggar when she went to the county town, and she didn't want to.Besides, there are so many new clothes at home, why don't we let them get smaller if we don't wear them?The little cousin was eight years old that year, which happened to be the time when she loved beauty.

Zhao Cheng followed behind and listened all the way, feeling sour all the way.It turns out that in the eyes of their brothers and sisters, their parents are just bank books and stupid.Yes, whose parents are reluctant to eat and wear, and make their own children reluctant to eat and wear, but try their best to make their younger brothers and sisters who have become families in the country eat well and wear well?
The more Zhao Cheng heard it, the more sad he felt. His sister-in-law didn't expect that someone would follow behind to listen, and she kept talking all the way to teach her children to make troubles when they came to the second uncle's house, or they would suffer and so on.When he came to the door of the house, Zhao Cheng lost the desire to go in, turned around and went back to the street. Zhao Cheng ate a basket of steamed buns and drank a bowl of soy milk by himself.These two things are what he usually wants to eat but is reluctant to buy.

After breakfast, Zhao Cheng wandered around and returned home. As expected, my sister-in-law and cousin were sitting on the sofa in their living room, and there were a few big shoe footprints on the floor.The sister-in-law didn't care at all, she just sat there eating melon seeds while directing his mother to do things, and kept asking his mother to boil a few eggs for them to nourish their bodies, saying that rural people couldn't eat a few eggs all year round.

Zhao Cheng's mother was busy in the kitchen, and she had to pick up a few words from her sister-in-law from time to time, lest the sister-in-law would criticize and say that she looked down on country people and was unwilling to say anything.As for his father, he was sitting next to his cousin, lovingly stroking her hair, saying that the child had lost weight, and that he should really make up for it.

After the eggs were cooked, my sister-in-law and my cousin grabbed three of them, and the plate with just six eggs was empty.Dad looked at Zhizhi and Zhao Cheng, who were dark and thin, and asked mom to cook two more.Zhao Cheng didn't let it cook, saying that he had already had breakfast.He knew that no matter how many more eggs his mother boiled, he, Zhao Cheng, would be able to share one, but it was still his sister's turn, and my sister-in-law would definitely put the boiled eggs in a hurry, and would have the cheek to say that she would take them home. Give my son a taste.

It just so happened that there were only six eggs left at home that day. Zhao Chengma cooked them and planned to cook them one by one, but my sister-in-law took them all and didn't feel embarrassed to make a sound.For a few eggs, it will make his aunt unhappy, but she will sit on the ground and cry.Aunt Zhao Cheng cried loudly, and would cry and sing that the sister-in-law in the city looked down on the country people and was reluctant to give them eggs.Once, he used this trick to provoke the crowds of the entire compound to watch, and once again, their family couldn't afford to lose this person.

Zhizhi watched helplessly, not daring to say anything, but the longing in her eyes let Zhao Cheng know that her sister really wanted to eat eggs.Those six eggs were brought by grandma when she came to their house a few days ago, saying that it was for Zhizhi to nourish her body.Indeed, Zhizhi was fat when she was born. Although her skin was a bit dark like her father's, she was still beautifully dark.Since when did my sister become so thin?
Zhao Cheng was so angry that he closed the door after entering the room and continued to sleep.He didn't see that his rosy cousin had anything to love, but his own sister, Zhao Zhizhi, was black and thin and looked malnourished.

When eating at noon, his sister-in-law desperately put pork belly in the bowls of herself and her cousin, and the big bowl of meat drained within a short time.Zhao Cheng, who is most greedy for pork belly, lost his appetite. He pushed away his rice bowl and stood up. His sister-in-law's mouth was full of oil, and she kept criticizing her younger sister Zhao Zhizhi, saying that it's no wonder that Zhizhi is so thin, and the girls in the city are too delicate. , I don’t even eat such delicious pork belly when I serve it on the table, it’s too picky eaters.

Zhao Zhizhi lowered her head and didn't make a sound, just silently picking up the rice in the bowl.Zhao Cheng was very sad. He knew that his sister liked to eat pork belly very much, but usually when there were guests at home, his parents would ask them not to eat only good dishes.My younger sister is honest and listens to my mother very much, so every time someone comes to the house, my younger sister seldom picks up any food, let alone the few good ones.

Zhao Chengcai didn't care, it's rare to have good food, he always cut the chopsticks firmly and accurately, and let's talk when he is full.For a person like my sister-in-law, the tighter you hold her, the more she thinks she is great.Sure enough, my sister went to Zhizhi's room to sit for a while after eating, and took a lot of clothes and materials prepared by my mother to eat before leaving, and asked my father to take 50 yuan, and finally went to Zhizhi's room to take it away One of Zhizhi's favorite toy rabbits.The rabbit is pink, fluffy and soft to the touch, with long ears, black eyes, and a cute three-petal mouth.It was Zhizhi's tenth birthday when Zhao Tianyu went on a business trip to the provincial capital to buy it.Zhizhi has always liked it and kept it very well.One year and still like new.

The cousin left with Zhizhi's rabbit in her arms. Before leaving, she gave Zhizhi a provocative chin.Zhao Cheng really wanted to rush forward to get it back, as long as Zhizhi said nothing, he was reluctant to give it.But until the cousin walked away with the rabbit in her arms, Zhao Zhizhi just stood there with tears in her eyes and didn't say anything.

Zhao Cheng was disappointed and didn't want to care about it anymore.What's the use of such an old girl who can't even protect her own food and belongings?

He was also discouraged, as if he hadn't taken school seriously since then.No matter how good he is in his studies, if he is admitted to university and has a good job that makes money, isn't it because of other people's work?Zhao Chengcai didn't want to use all his hard work to make money. Instead, he went to raise a bunch of cousins' children. His parents were so stupid because of their brains. He was not a fool.

(End of this chapter)