Winner in life

Seeing this sentence means that the purchase ratio is not enough.

Sister-in-law Zhang took a deep breath to suppress her anger and complained about her husband again. It was so easy to let my brother-in-law separate and leave the family. Thank you now! But the husband said something like "Don't let outsiders laugh", "It's not shameful to make trouble" and "it has a bad reputation". That's all bullshit! You have real money in your hands, no matter what other people do! It's better now. If she wants to borrow money, she has to lower her voice and say something nice. Her husband doesn't dare to say a word about it. What a shame! Is this something she does alone?

She lowered her head and took a sip of water. The water made with orange marmalade was sour and sweet, but her heart was a little sour, so her mouth also became sour: "Your life is getting better. The life and death of my brother and sister-in-law." You don’t like it either.”

Ruihe just listened to this and didn't take it seriously. He just asked: "Where is eldest brother? Why didn't he come?"

Sister Zhang's face turned green again. She put the cup down hard and stared at Ruihe: "You really don't want to borrow it?"

Ruihe wiped the splashed water with a rag, and said while wiping: "When we separated, my eldest brother gave me twenty yuan, and I gave 80% of my salary for the four months after joining the factory to my eldest brother, except for buying As for the cost of food, after the separation, the family still had at least 100 yuan, right? This was still earned by me. I don’t know how much my parents left behind. Anyway, my eldest brother was doing the cooking at the time, so I didn’t care. He thought I was easy to bully, and he came to my house to talk nonsense with me even though he was about to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and he put a shit basin on my head." As he said that, he raised his eyes and looked at Sister Zhang, with eyes that were sharper than Sister Zhang had ever seen before.

"How about I go outside and beat the gongs and drums to invite all the villagers over and let everyone comment. Why on earth do I care about your life and death?"

Sister-in-law Zhang gasped with anger and looked at her brother-in-law who was suddenly so articulate in disbelief: "Are you threatening me?"

"Sister-in-law, you were the one who threatened me first." Ruihe stood up, "I'm going to wash the quilt. Sister-in-law, if you have nothing to do, go back first."

Seeing Mrs. Zhang slamming the door angrily and going out, Ruihe took out the quilt and washed it without much care. She could have spoken properly, but she couldn't. Mrs. Zhang thought she could still control herself, but she was just daydreaming. Although he didn't want to get into too much trouble with his relatives, he didn't care that he was his eldest brother, he just didn't want to cause trouble for himself. The concession of the family separation was also a decision made because I was weak and wanted to separate the family smoothly without causing any complications. He doesn't regret what he did back then, but that doesn't mean he will give in today.

The rejection that day gave him the confidence to reject Sister Zhang today. No matter who he told, he was always reasonable.

"But, sister-in-law, what are they going to do with two hundred yuan?" Rui and Zuo Siyou were puzzled. After the separation, because they lived close together, he could actually hear what was going on next door, such as purchasing large pieces of furniture, spending large sums of money for illness, etc. However, there was no such movement in Zhang Dashan's family. Zhang Dashan has at least 100 yuan in savings, and now he wants 200 yuan from him. Could it be that he wants to buy a house?

"Hill?"

When Ruihe came back to his senses, he realized that Xu Caiheng had arrived and quickly welcomed him in: "Sit down and drink water."

"The orange jam this time tastes better than last time." Xu Caiheng praised, and the two started class.

After today's class was over, Xu Caiheng said he was getting married at the age of 28 and invited Ruihe to come over and have some sweets. This news is so sudden!

"Are you getting married? Who is the bride?"

"It's Qingnan. We'll be having drinks at Xiaogangjiao Chiyu Lane at noon on the 28th. You must come."

"Definitely go!"

"I won't be here tomorrow. You have finished these three papers in the past few days."

After sending Xu Caiheng away, Ruihe started to walk around the house. Originally, he bought half a catty of sesame cake and half a catty of brown sugar cake in the town, intending to give Xu Caiheng a New Year gift. Now that he suddenly heard that the other party was getting married, the gift was too thin. Xu Caiheng taught him that he was very dedicated. If he had anything he didn't understand, just ask him, and the other party would tell him carefully. He has made rapid progress in the past year and has already learned at the fifth grade level. Xu Caiheng has contributed a lot to this.

He placed two packs of snacks on the table and looked around. Indeed, there were no other gifts to congratulate the newlyweds. In the middle of the year, when Li Dashui's eldest sister Li Damei got married, he went to a banquet. When meeting relatives and friends, he always gave cloths, enamel jars or thermos bottles, sheets, etc. to the family. What he gave at that time was also a hot water bottle. This time Xu Caiheng gets married, and he plans to buy a pair of enamel jars with double happiness printed on them. In the end, he will give them a gift of five yuan, which should be enough.

After dinner, Ruihe went to Li Dashui to talk about the matter and asked him to go out together. Li Dashui patted his chest and agreed. He liked to go out for fun the most. His good friends didn't have to go to class to ask him to go out with him. He was very happy. "The name Qingnan looks so familiar. Do you recognize Xiaoshan?"

Rui He shook his head: "I only heard Mr. Xu say once that I knew they were in love."

Li Dashui knocked on Ruihe's door early the next morning: "I also brought money to see what else I can buy."

"Auntie didn't tell you?" All of Li Dashui's money is with Auntie Xiu'e.

"Hi! My mother said that men should not go out empty-handed and have no confidence in doing anything. She gave me five yuan! She told me to buy it for the Chinese New Year to visit relatives."

The two walked to the town, and while chatting on the road, Li Dashui took the initiative to talk about Xu Caiheng's blind date. "By coincidence, my mother knows her. It turns out that she is Zhang Qingnan, who is also from our village and lives just over the port. I heard that she is the fifth eldest child in the family. She has two sisters and two brothers, and a younger brother."

The main area of ​​Shangmei Village is relatively rounded and regular, but a small area extending out from the border with Mining Road also belongs to Shangmei Village. That land is close to the port, so it is usually called a small port corner.

Rui He suddenly realized: "It turns out to be from Xiaogangjiao. No wonder I don't have any impression of it." He has no relatives there and usually doesn't go there at all.

"Really! I don't have any impression, but my mother has seen her and said she is a good girl who works well." Li Dashui frowned, "My mother won't tell me whether she is pretty or not. I'm really afraid that my mother will find me a job in the future. She’s super neat and looks like a dominatrix’s partner, so I’ll cry to death.”

"Don't talk nonsense." Rui He couldn't help but knock him, "I think my aunt is right, you need to be able to work. You two work together to save your family. It will be great to live a prosperous life in the future. You can eat your face. Can you still drink it?”

That's what his mother said before, and she's absolutely right.

To marry a virtuous wife.

Li Dashui screamed and covered his ears: "Why do you say that? We are good brothers and you have to stand by my side..."

Rui He couldn't help laughing: "On the road, the kids on the roadside are laughing at you."

The two walked into the city chatting and laughing, and they didn't feel tired even after walking for two hours. Ruihe quickly bought two enamel jars, but when he was about to leave, he saw a sudden surge of people at a counter, and many people crowded there.

"What's wrong?"

"There are rags for sale! No tickets required!"

Ruihe and Li Dashui's eyes lit up when they heard the conversation among others, and they rushed over to rush to buy. There are too few cloth tickets! If there are many people in the family, where will it be enough? It’s really no joke that three years after the new one, three years after the old one, and three more years of sewing and mending. The winter coat Rui He is wearing now is from Zhang Dashan. It has been worn for four years this year. It is too short to be extended and it is torn. There was no way to sew anymore, so Ruihe bought new thick cotton cloth to make winter clothes.

As for the twelve feet of thin cotton I bought at the end of last year, I gave Aunt Xiu'e fifty cents in the middle of this year and asked her to help cut a pair of trousers, a vest and a pair of shorts, all of which were made wide. I couldn't bear to throw away the remaining rags, so I kept them to make two pairs of mille-feuille shoes and to continue making patches. Originally he was reluctant to use those cloths, but this year he was too busy with work. Moving bamboo and weaving would always wear out the clothes. In the summer, he worked from early in the morning until late, and the sweat soaked the clothes and ruined them, so he had to do it. New clothes.

I heard that occasionally rags are sold in department stores, and the prices are so low that no tickets are required. However, Ruihe never had the chance to catch them. This time, he was lucky enough to happen upon them. It would be a pity not to buy some.

As a result, the two young men grew so tall that they almost couldn't crowd out the other female guests! Rui He barely managed to grab three bundles of rags and spent fifty cents. The rags were tied together with rope. The bundle was about as thick as an adult man's arm, as long as a palm, and had a variety of colors. However, the customers who grabbed it were all smiling and felt that they had gotten a big deal.

Ruihe is also happy. Now he has materials to patch the sheets, and he can also make a few more pairs of mille-layer soles for next spring and summer. Summer is really a waste of shoes. Also, he can also change a towel by joining together.

Li Dashui said with a bitter look on his face: "I just grabbed a bundle." He was strong and not as tall as his parents, about 1.65 meters. The crowd was crowded and there were many lesbians, so Li Dashui didn't dare to squeeze in. .

Buying rags was an unexpected surprise, and today's shopping trip ended successfully. Rui He and Li Dashui planned to return to the village, but they didn't expect to see someone selling clothes secretly in the alley on the way back.

"Brother, do you want to buy some clothes?"

There was a little girl at the entrance of the alley. When she saw them passing by, she ran over and asked in a low voice. She even introduced them: "They are clothes from Shanghai!"

Shanghai.

Rui He wanted to take a look at clothes from big cities, and so did Li Dashui, so the two of them walked into the alley.

"good!"

"Congratulations!"

Xu Caiheng held the bride's hand and walked through the door. He personally led the bride into the room and asked her to sit down. Then the bride's family also delivered the dowry and decorated the house.

After the woman's relatives also took their seats, the banquet began.

Everyone chatted while eating and drinking at the dinner table. They all said that the wedding was a decent one, that Zhang Sheng had a good son-in-law, that the dishes were good, that the host was willing to spend money, and so on.

The dishes are indeed rich. There are six dishes on the table, including two meat dishes, namely tofu minced meat soup and a steamed crucian carp. There are also two sweet dishes, namely the sweet potato and taro double combination, and A sweet soup with ginkgo, lotus seeds and gorgon seeds. The remaining dish is fried potatoes and cabbage. Each dish is served in a large pot, and the quantity is sufficient.

Rui He suddenly remembered that Xu Caiheng always looked tired in the second half of this year. At that time, he thought it was because he was busy with school affairs, but now he thought it was probably because he was tired from preparing for the marriage, just like Brother Ming Yong.

A total of five tables were set up. Except for the educated youth and school colleagues plus Rui He on the man's side, the others were all relatives of the woman. While Rui He was eating and listening, he heard that none of Xu Caiheng's relatives in the city came over, and everyone had many guesses.

The banquet was finished quickly. Some people brought home bowls and some vegetables back, but all the pots on the dinner table were empty. Rui He said goodbye to Xu Caiheng and wished him a happy wedding. Xu Caiheng hurriedly gave him a bag of wedding candy in return: "Take the wedding candy back and eat it slowly."

When he got home, he noticed something was wrong. Looking left and right, Ruihe found that the quilt was a little messy. When he turned around again, he saw that the bamboo products stacked in the corner were not what they were before. He is a person who likes to clean, so he keeps a small house in order. Although the house is small, it is not messy. He knows the placement of everything. When he looked around, he was horrified to find: someone was there. Entered his house!

"Is there a burglar at home?" When Rui He thought that there might be a burglar at home, his first reaction was to look at his property.

He has a lot of savings, and he has deposited money at the rural credit cooperative in the city three times this year. But it's too far there, and it takes a day to go back and forth, so he hasn't deposited the next four months' salary yet, and plans to do so after the new year before starting work.

There is still more than 150 yuan hidden at home, Rui He hid it under the bed board. He quickly opened the mattress and straw mat and found that the money under the bed board had disappeared. At that moment, Ruihe's heart was gripped by strong fear and anger. Anger, panic and regret kept coming up, making his eyes mist.

Suddenly he turned around and looked in the other direction of the room——

His deposit slip contains a deposit slip of three hundred yuan.

It doesn’t matter who takes the deposit slip, as long as the person who goes to withdraw money says that he is the depositor written on the deposit slip, the staff will give the money, and they will not recognize the person who acknowledges the slip.

His heart was beating faster. Ruihe almost ran and jumped to the wardrobe. The wardrobe was just made during his spare time in the middle of the year. It used materials from the bamboo factory. The manager turned a blind eye to these things. , as long as you don't secretly steal the materials and sell them, but just make small items for yourself, he won't tell you anything. So in the middle of the year, Ruihe learned to make himself a wardrobe, which looked decent.

The closet door was ajar, and the clothes inside were a little messy. Rui He didn't care. He took a deep breath and took out all the clothes. After a few flips, he pulled out a partition in the middle of the cabinet. The partitions are also made of bamboo sheets. Ruihe braided them into two layers for firmness, and sandwiched thin wooden strips in the middle for support. It still feels very thin to the touch. Rui He had calmed down a lot by this time. He didn't believe that the thief could dismantle the wardrobe or the partition - and he even dismantled this inconspicuous partition alone.

He carefully removed the partition and inserted an oil paper packet inside. After opening it, there were three deposit slips.

"It's okay...it's okay..." Rui He collapsed on the ground, unable to recover for a while. If these deposit slips were also stolen, he really felt like the sky was falling.

But he still lost one hundred and fifty dollars.

One hundred and fifty dollars.

I lived frugally and worked from morning to night. My clothes were soaked with sweat. My palms and fingers were scratched and I didn’t have time to heal them. The thick calluses pricked my face when I washed my face. A month's salary is just over forty yuan, and it takes more than three months to save without eating or drinking.

It's gone.

One-third of the savings from studying were missing.

Rui He's eyes went dark for a while. System 460 saw this and quickly woke him up: "The host is excited first, call the police immediately." After saying this, he was also stunned. Rui He jumped up and said, "Yes, I'm going to call the police!"

As a result, he rushed to the gate and stopped suddenly. Call the police? Where to call the police?

Gritting his teeth, he rushed to the next door and knocked on it: "Brother and sister-in-law, come in from my house -" The door next door was locked with an iron lock, indicating that the owner was not there.

So Ruihe rushed to Li Dashui's house. The men of the Li family had all gone to work in the family's private plot, and only the women were at home. Aunt Xiu'e raised her eyebrows when she heard this: "Shangmei Village has never had anything like this happen to us. Who is doing this sneaky thing!" She pulled Ruihe up and said, "I'll take you to the captain! I'll definitely give it to you. Please give me an explanation!”

Oh my God! A total of one hundred and fifty yuan was lost, my God! Qian Xiu'e, who was not her own, felt so heartbroken that she almost fainted.

Zhang Tiansheng happened to be at home, and his eyes changed after hearing Ruihe's words: "One hundred and fifty yuan?" Deruihe nodded with red eyes, and he stood up immediately. This is too bad, this is a big amount!

"Are the door locks broken? Where are the windows?"

Rui He shook his head: "I don't know. The door lock should not be broken. I used the key to unlock it when I came back. The window... I didn't have time to look at it."

Zhang Tiansheng understood that Xiaoshan was still young and had no time to react when he first discovered that his home had been robbed. He asked Rui He to relax: "I'm going to go out to check now, so you can relax first!" After that, he strode out.

Zhang Tiansheng reported the matter to the Shangmeicun Production Brigade, and the captain Zhang Aiguo asked several production team captains to investigate together. The nature of the burglary during the Chinese New Year was too serious. It was not a petty theft but only 150 yuan. Zhang Aiguo took it very seriously and asked the team leaders: "Ask the people in the old house, especially around Xiaoshan's house, to see if there are any." I saw an outsider passing by Xiaoshan’s house. He said he was having a wedding reception at Xiaogangjiao at noon, and the door lock was not broken. Maybe an acquaintance committed the crime. Let’s ask!”

Soon a gong sounded outside, and the villagers were called together for questioning.

After hearing the news, Li Dashui came back from his own land to accompany Rui He. He knew Rui He's plan for next year, so he was very angry that a thief came to steal the money: "That's disgusting! He just happened to steal it when you were going out to have a wedding banquet. It must have been planned! Don’t be sad, we will definitely catch the thief!”

Rui He nodded lightly: "I hope so." He didn't have high expectations for the thief he found.

"Oh, it's unlucky. It just so happens that your brother is not at home. Otherwise, the thief wouldn't have broken in through the window. It would be great if they were at home. They would definitely hear the noise."

Saying this now only adds to his worries, Ruihe is still quite angry with himself.

The reason why the family has not saved the 150 yuan is because the rural credit cooperative is too far away. It takes less than two hours to walk to the city. The bamboo factory does not have fixed holidays. When free, it may be Saturday. Or take a day off on Sunday, which he usually doesn't have time to go to. Second, it was difficult to dismantle the cabinet frequently, which was troublesome and laborious, so he put the money under the bed board in order to save trouble.

If you were not lazy, you would have deposited your money in a credit union early! Even if you ask for leave, just go.

Why be lazy! Why be lazy!

Regret nearly overwhelmed him.

Li Dashui saw that his face was not good, so he hugged his shoulders and comforted him silently.

In the evening, Zhang Tiansheng came to Ruihe's house. As soon as he entered, he sighed: "The thief came in by breaking the window. People near your house said they didn't see anyone with weird behavior climbing through the window. As the Chinese New Year is approaching, there are more people from other villages coming in and out. I I have already asked all the people from other villages who have been near Laocuowei, and all of them have testified that they were not near your house." After that, Zhang Tiansheng sighed heavily and looked at Ruihe: "Xiaoshan, there is nothing I can do, okay. When you are young, you can still make money after you lose it. This time is a lesson. In the future, you should hide your money, preferably in a credit union. "

Although he had guessed this would be the result, Ruihe was still disappointed. He steeled himself to thank Zhang Tiansheng, and gave Zhang Tiansheng a packet of brown sugar cakes for the New Year at home: "Give it to your younger brothers and sisters." He thanked him for his hard work today.

How could Zhang Tiansheng be willing to take his things? After refusing with a tigerish face, he sighed: "I'll be relieved if you work well. Xiaoshan, even if life is like this, sometimes there are always some bastards who come to mess up the situation. Don't be discouraged. I also heard that you are in Bamboo Working in a factory is great, as long as you are healthy you can earn anything.”

After seeing off Zhang Tiansheng, Rui Heqiang smiled and said to Li Dashui: "You should go back too. It's already very late."

Li Dashui shook his head: "I told my mother to sleep at your place tonight. It's almost nine o'clock. Let's go to bed for a walk. I'll take you fishing tomorrow!"

"Okay." Ruihe sighed again.

"Stop sighing!" Li Dashui pulled him, "Go to sleep!" He said and went to make the bed.

The bed was still messy. In the afternoon, Ruihe turned up all the bedding when he checked the money under the bed board. Li Dashui made the bed and put down the mosquito net, "I'll sleep outside and you sleep in - why do you have such long hair? Xiaoshan, do you have a girlfriend?" He smiled mischievously, "She came to your house to spend the night? "

Ruihe's heart skipped a beat after hearing Li Dashui's words, and he asked cautiously: "Why do you say that? My sister-in-law... didn't bully me."

"Don't hide it from me! I still know who she is? As your neighbor, who doesn't know that she is mean? She looks very virtuous, but who doesn't know that she gave your mother porridge and water that year? , not even a grain of rice? Another time you threw away your mother’s bowl? Xiaoshan, don’t be like my aunt and endure it until you starve yourself!”

It was the first time I heard about the original mother, but I didn’t expect to have such a relationship with the original sister-in-law? Porridge water? He tentatively said, "My mother didn't leave because of this."

Li Dashui snorted: "It must be related. Have you forgotten how thin my aunt was when she left? The skin is close to the bones, yes! I know! You also want to say that there was really nothing to eat during the drought that year. I don’t believe that your sister-in-law swept your mother’s bowl to prevent her from eating. I am your friend and not from your family. In fact, your sister-in-law can’t bully me in any way. Xiaoshan, I still remember that time when I was six years old. It was you who kept dragging me, otherwise I would have drowned. I just said a few words like this. If you can listen, you can listen. If you can't, I can't help you." He patted Ruihe on the shoulder, "Tonight. Come to my house after dinner and I’ll leave you some roasted sweet potatoes.”

Rui He listened to a lot of old stories, and he really couldn't connect Li Dashui's words with his sister-in-law. Although his sister-in-law... did give him a little shame, but she didn't scold or hit him, so he felt that he was a good person. Alas, it's useless to think so much. That is Zhang Xiaoshan's sister-in-law, and she is Xu Ruihe.

He gratefully said to Li Dashui: "No, don't worry. I have something to eat at home. I will definitely have enough tonight."

Li Dashui didn't quite believe it. He finally sighed and advised earnestly: "Don't always think that you are a freeloader. You are sixteen! We are young. At most, the captain only gives us eight work points. You also do enough every day." Sixty-seven points, and there was an eight-point score before. The food you earned was enough for you. In the past, when my aunt was still here, you had work points, but now you are eating for free? , If your sister-in-law talks about you, just push back and don’t give her too much face.”

Li Dashui's words opened a window for Ruihe, and Ruihe's eyes lit up! He had only seen the freshly dug sweet potatoes distributed by the production team a while ago, and thought that only those were earned by himself. No matter how thin the sweet potato porridge was, there was still rice in it. He didn't know that the rice also had its original identity, so he would dare to go there. What about choosing what to eat?