sleepless tonight

Chapter 3 Picking up Vegetable Leaves

"Let me go." The woman said to me, wanting to pass by me.

I stood up and moved away a bit.

The woman didn't even look at me, and walked past me to the door on the other side, which was on the same floor as where I lived, and the door was next to the door.

I leaned against the wall, smoking while watching the woman's movements.

The woman held the baby in her arms with one hand, and the other was rummaging through the bag, which should be the key to the door.

"I'll hold the baby for you, you can find the key." Seeing that the woman was struggling, I kindly wanted to help.

"No, please go to the side to smoke, or put out the cigarette, don't you see any children? There is no public morality at all." The woman glanced at me and said disgustedly.

I felt a little bit annoyed, and I kindly helped, but I was reprimanded.

Throwing the cigarette on the ground and stepping on it twice, the woman finally opened the door at this time, and I glanced inside.

Spacious!

At least 160 square meters, the walls are covered with tiles, and the decoration is very luxurious. Compared with my kennel, one is in the sky and the other is underground.

As if sensing that I was spying, the woman closed the door behind her back.

I made a fuss and went back home.

Sitting on the bed, looking at Chen Le who was sleeping sweetly, her small face inherited Tong Wangjun's genes, and there was a trace of white milk stains around her mouth.

I thought, I can't go on like this.

Today, Tong Wangjun came to help feed Xiaole, what about tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow?Tong Wangjun and I are already divorced, she can't stay here all the time.

I have to make money, buy milk powder, and support my two daughters.

"But what should I do?" I murmured, frowning.

I don't have any skills, and my memory is blank afterwards, I have no impression of anything, and I can't do anything.Is it possible that I really want to move bricks?

No, that would be too embarrassing. I had the opportunity to be admitted to the 985 college, how could I go to the construction site to move bricks?

At this moment, I want to respect myself.

However, at night, something happened that made me throw away this self-esteem very quickly.

When Chen Ke came home from school at night, she was carrying a plastic bag in her hand. There were some green vegetable leaves in the plastic bag. Most of them were dried up and some were yellow.

"Where did you buy these vegetable leaves?" I asked strangely, "Do you have money?"

"I picked this up. They just picked it up. It's still fresh." Chen Ke said happily to me as if showing off.

Picked up?

"Why did you go to pick up vegetable leaves?" I said distressedly, "Daddy can support you."

"But Dad, I have been picking up vegetable leaves for more than a month." Chen Ke put down his schoolbag, picked up a plastic basin in the kitchen skillfully, filled some water, put it on the side, and started Clean the stains on the vegetable leaves.

Looking at Chen Ke who carefully brushed off the mud stains on the vegetable leaves, and pinched off the yellowed parts little by little, for fear of pinching more green vegetable leaves, my eyes were a little sour.

"Did you pick up those two dishes on the table?" I asked softly.

"Well, Dad, I was very lucky that morning. No one else wanted two such good white radishes and just threw them away. I happened to see them and picked them up from the trash." Chen Ke nodded, a little excited , After a while, I felt a little regretful, "It's just that the radish tastes a bit bitter."

White radishes that are not in season are naturally bitter, no wonder others throw them away.

Thinking of Chen Ke carrying a schoolbag and picking up white radishes in the trash, I couldn't bear it anymore, squatted down, and hugged Chen Ke in my arms.

"Ake, it's my father's fault. My father didn't take good care of you and your sister." I choked up and couldn't cry.

"Daddy don't cry, I'm fine." Chen Ke patted me on the shoulder, "As long as you are by my side and Xiao Le, our family will be together forever."

"Yeah." I looked up, wiped the corners of my eyes, and smiled, "Are you hungry, I'll make you some steamed rice, okay?"

"Is there any rice?" Chen Ke's eyes lit up immediately, "But I remember that the rice tank at home has long been out of rice. We have had noodles for more than a month, and now, even the noodles are gone."

Speaking of the latter, Chen Ke's mood was a little depressed.

"Don't worry, Dad has a solution. You stay at home and watch over my sister. I'll be back soon after I go out." I said, "Also, don't wash this dish. Let it go. Dad will come back to wash it later."

"Well, okay, I'll wait for my father to make me steamed rice." Chen Ke looked at me expectantly.

I went out, didn't go far, and stopped by the door of the woman next door.

After hesitating for a while, I wanted to knock on the door several times, but I raised my hand and put it down again.

I am very face-saving, I have never borrowed anything from others, and I don't like to accept other people's kindness.When I was in high school, I went out to eat with my friends. If they paid for it, I would definitely invite them back next time and go to a better hotel.

call.

Letting out a breath slowly, I finally knocked on the door, thinking of the look in the eyes of my daughter Ake Qiji in the room.

"What's the matter with you?" The door opened, and the woman I met just now appeared at the door, looking at me warily.

"Don't be so nervous, I live next door, I'm really not a bad person." I explained, then looked a little embarrassed, and looked behind the woman, "That...your house is really well decorated, I can go in and have a look see?"

"Your house is going to be renovated?" the woman asked.

"Uh, yes, it is going to be renovated, so I want to refer to it. Your house is well decorated, can I go in and have a look?" I nodded and praised.

The woman stepped aside.

I walked in, looked down at the floor, and then pretended to look around.

"This floor is really high-end and high-grade, and the color is warm, so it doesn't look cold at all." I walked casually, "Also, this wall covering is also good, it matches the floor very well."

"I decorated this house according to the renderings. During the construction, I personally supervised it." The woman said.

"Oh?" I was a little surprised, but I quickly realized, "So you are an interior designer? No wonder, this house is so well decorated, it feels like home."

A look of melancholy suddenly appeared on the woman's face.

I continued to walk around, and when I arrived at the kitchen, the open kitchen, I saw the rice bag next to the cabinet at a glance. It was new and hadn't been untied yet.

"The decoration of this house is really beautiful, you are amazing... By the way, can I borrow some rice from your house for use?" I said seemingly unintentionally.

The woman froze for a moment, apparently not adapting to such a big change of mine, one moment she was talking about decoration, and the next moment she wanted to borrow rice.

"Your real purpose of coming to my house is not to borrow rice, is it?" The woman looked at me suspiciously.

"Really, the decoration of your house is really beautiful, and I will decorate it like this in the future." I said, "The rice tank at home is empty, so it's not convenient to buy it now, isn't it?"

"There is a supermarket downstairs, which is very convenient." The woman said, staring at me.

"It's meaningless for you to say that. Among the neighbors, who doesn't have a difficult place?" I said, "I don't borrow too much, just a catty."

"No." The woman resolutely refused.

"Do you really want to be so decisive? You have to think about it clearly. As a woman, you will inevitably be inconvenient. If you are so unfeeling today, if you encounter difficulties in the future, there will be no one to help you." I road.

"I don't need your help." The woman said, then pointed to the door, "You can go out now."

I was in a hurry, if I really wanted to go out like this, how would I face A Ke?

She is still waiting for me to go back to steam the rice, how sad will she be if I go back empty-handed?

"You woman, why don't you have any sympathy at all? And you are so stingy, isn't it just a catty of rice, you lend it to me today, and I will pay you back ten catties tomorrow, how about it?" I refused to go out.

The woman glanced at me, as if she didn't want to argue with me anymore, pointed to the rice bag in the kitchen, and said annoyedly: "There is a bag of rice that hasn't been opened yet, you can just move it away, don't shout here .”

I'm not polite. Compared with my daughter's belly, face is not so important.

I took the scissors and opened the rice bag. I took another bowl, scooped out a large bowl of rice, and then carefully sealed the opened rice bag tightly.

"Lend you so much rice. Besides, I will borrow another bowl. I will definitely pay you back ten catties of rice tomorrow." I said to the woman, and then went out.

(End of this chapter)