within Temptation

Chapter 9 Pressure
Sure enough, my mother nodded seriously, and said: "Your Auntie Qi is an orphan herself, and her dead husband is even a lonely old man. Otherwise, they would not be in the same boat and united with each other. Now they have both gone as husband and wife , the daughter left behind is already helpless and alone in this world. Moreover, your Auntie Qi’s daughter is blind and completely unable to live alone. Relying on relief from the government and help from well-meaning people will not last long. So I thought, it’s better to take her over to live in our family. Although our family is not a wealthy family, we still have the ability to support one more person. Your Aunt Qi is my good friend for many years. I must take care of my daughter's affairs! Xiaoyong, let me ask you, do you support mom in this matter?"

At this moment, the innocent smiling face of a little girl has emerged in my mind.When I was young, Aunt Qi did often come to my house to visit my mother.Sometimes, she also brought her lovely daughter over.I remember that this girl's name is Yingying, I don't know what her surname is, I only know that she is about seven years younger than me.When Aunt Qi brought her daughter to my house for the first time that year, I was already ten years old.And this little girl was not yet three years old.Later, this little girl named Yingying came to our house several times. Until I was 15 years old, Aunt Qi changed her job and took her daughter to live in another city.So far, I have never seen this Yingying again, and I don't know what she looks like now.

Of course, regarding the sudden blindness of Yingying's glasses, I remember hearing my mother talk about it, and it was three years ago, right?It seems that due to an accidental injury, her optic nerve was damaged and she was almost permanently blind.For this matter, my mother even rushed over to visit her, and searched many places for her.However, damage to the optic nerve is no more difficult than damage to the cornea, and it is difficult to heal with surgery.So, no matter what my mother and Aunt Qi tried to treat her, her eyes still didn't improve.

I looked at my mother's firm eyes, and I already knew about the adoption of Yingying. Whether I agreed or not, my mother must implement it.Of course, I have no objection in my heart.But now the actual situation of our family is that I will lose my job soon, and I am not sure whether I can find a job with good salary in the future.My mother retired from her food company last year, and she only has a retirement salary of a thousand dollars a month.My sister and brother-in-law's financial situation will only be more difficult than ours.In order to save money, the family of three had to come to the house every night for dinner.That is to say, my mother's retirement salary actually needs to solve the food problem of five people in our family.As for my salary, my mother never asked me for it.He said he wanted me to save it for myself and use it to marry a daughter-in-law in the future.But in fact, after so many years of working part-time, I have almost no savings.It's not that I'm usually extravagant and spend money like water.On the contrary, I am a person who never adds a piece of clothing if it is not necessary.Usually what I smoke is the Blue Mountain that costs three yuan a pack.The phones I use are all old-fashioned black and white screens that I bought four years ago.If I hadn't asked Sun Dong for help last night, I wouldn't have gone to any bar to drink.Buy some cheap bottled beer at most, it is already very nourishing for me.Most of my money was actually secretly given to my sister.Their family is really difficult. In order to have their own house, they almost gave up everything for it.However, no matter how hard life is, it can't be hard for children.My nephew Liangliang is so cute. As an uncle, I can't give anything else, but to let him eat some good food and wear some warm clothes, I am willing to give my all!
Raising one more person is not as simple as adding an extra pair of chopsticks.After becoming our family, then she is our responsibility!It is difficult for a blind person to create wealth.In her life, she was almost destined to stay at home and rely on the care of others to survive.Since then, her basic necessities of life have immediately become our heavy burden.It may not be obvious now, but as time goes by, my mother will gradually grow old, and my nephew Liangliang will also grow up and start going to school.Old people are inevitably sick and weak, and they need our support and care.Those who have just grown up need to spend a lot of money to grow up.If my job is stable and my income is guaranteed, then I am willing to do what we can.But now... we have problems with self-protection, how can we take on such an extra burden?

Seeing that I didn't make a statement on the spot, my mother seemed to see a trace of hesitation in my eyes. On the spot, her face was pulled down, and she said in a deep voice, "Why? You don't support it?"

I hurriedly put on a smiling face, and said, "Support! Who says I don't support it? It's just...Mom, Aunt Qi's daughter is here. Where does she live? When my sister was not married, I always slept in the In the living room. If our house wasn't too small, my sister wouldn't have to buy a house and move out. Now that she's here, you won't want me to sleep in the living room again, will you?"

Seeing my statement, my mother finally smiled and said, "Sleeping in the living room, what's the big deal? You've been sleeping for more than ten years, can't you sleep for two more years? Besides, you are my son, How could I treat you badly? Yingying is here, and I will let her sleep in the same room as me. This way, it will be convenient for me to take care of her. You, please continue to enjoy your single room. "

I said oh, I was speechless.This is the end of the matter, and it is useless for me to say anything.Regarding my work, I don't want to tell my mother so early to make my mother anxious.And even if I said it, with my mother's temper, this blind girl would still be taken back to live.Rather than worrying my mother a little more, it's better not to say it, but to make her do good things happily.

well!It's just that this way, the pressure on me is even greater!For the sake of this family and our better life, I have to find a stable and good job so that I can reduce the burden on my family and support my family's expenses.Originally, it would have been nice if the company I worked for didn't go bankrupt. The company is small, but the income is still good.Not only is there a certain amount of basic salary, but our salesmen also have a commission for selling products.When I was good, I also took more than 3000 yuan a month.However, with the fierce competition in the market, our company's good days are getting worse day by day.Later, our boss even failed to invest in a project and owed a large amount of foreign debt.In the end, I had to reluctantly sell the company, which made our employees miserable.

My mother seemed overjoyed when she got my verbal support.At this moment, she has already started to eat breakfast, and she said to me while eating: "Xiaoyong, since you have agreed, then mom will leave for City C today to help with your Auntie Qi's funeral. Then bring Yingying back. After I leave, you should tell your sister about this and tell her not to come over for dinner for the next two nights, do you understand?"

I groaned and said, "Mom, you don't plan to ask your sister's opinion first, just tell her and it's over?"

My mother took a bite of the steamed bun, snorted softly, and said, "Don't you know your sister's character? Ask for her opinion? Besides objection, what other opinions would she have? Besides, she is already married, If you don't live here, what qualifications do you have to object to having one more person in the family?"

I had to touch my nose and was speechless again.Indeed, with my sister's character, she would definitely oppose my mother's idea.This kind of thing has happened not once or twice before.Instead of arguing first and getting upset, it's better to cook the cooked rice directly, which makes my sister helpless.

So, I had no choice but to say: "Okay, I will talk to my sister. But Mom, can you go alone? It will be very hard to bring a blind woman all the way back. No matter what, the clothes she changed You have to bring some here, right? Or I can go too, at least I can help carry things and so on, so as to reduce your burden a little."

My mother looked at me with a hint of relief and love in her eyes.With a slight smile, he said softly: "No need, you have to go to work tomorrow. It may take a few days for me to go. Your work is hard-won, so don't treat it carelessly. Mom doesn't ask for it." How can you help, as long as you work hard and save some money to marry a good wife in the future, Mom will have no regrets in this life."

My heart suddenly felt sour and astringent. I wanted to say something, but I didn't know what to say for a while.When I was young, I was ignorant, and I did things that made my mother sad.When I grew up, I realized that maternal love is as big as the sky!In this world, only parents treat their children with the most selfless and sincere feelings.

There is no repayment for the kindness of nurturing, mom, don't worry, my son will work hard and earn money in the future, so that you and our family can live a happy life!

PS: The cold is very serious, with a runny nose and a dizzy head.I really can’t write a lot, only [-] words per chapter, please forgive me.

(End of this chapter)