Rebirth: Don’t be a coward and be a mother’s baby

Chapter 152: The world is full of conditions and everyone suffers
Xie Jianjia accompanied Dong Ming to dig potatoes in the ground with a frame while it was still dark.As expected, the potatoes at Grandma Zhu's house were big and strong, and the boxes were filled to the brim in no time.

"Mother-in-law, let's leave first. Please stay well. Xiao Ding will pick up the vegetables here tomorrow."

Grandma Zhu held the shovel and was anxious to save people: "Have a meal with me, I've picked all the vegetables."

Dong Ming looked regretful: "Mother-in-law, let's eat here again next time. We have to go to the monkey's house later..."

When she heard that Dong Ming was going to Monkey's house, Granny Zhu no longer forced anyone to stay: "Go, go, say hello to me."

A large frame filled with potatoes hung on the front of Dong Ming's bicycle, carrying Xie Jianjia on the road again.

"Godfather, this mother-in-law..."

The back of Dong Ming's long-sleeved plaid shirt was soaked with sweat, revealing a dark color.

"When Granny Zhu was young, her daughter was abducted by human traffickers, and her husband disappeared looking for her. She stayed there for decades, just waiting for her husband and daughter to come back."

Dong Ming sighed.

"That area has been developed a few years ago, but they all had reasons for not wanting to move out. I was not yet the county magistrate at that time. I learned about this when I visited and told the boss of the developer about the situation. The boss is me. A friend I met before heard this and didn’t do anything about it. It just so happened that I have a little boy who runs a greenhouse at home, and his home is not far from here. From time to time, he arranges for his son to come over and buy vegetables from Grandma Zhu.”

After hearing this, Xie Jianjia sighed with emotion: "Dad, you have so many friends."

Dong Ming laughed embarrassedly.

"When I was a kid, I was the king of kids in the crowd. When I was in school, I liked to be a class cadre. I felt that being able to command a class of students to tell them about thieves would be a good thing. Later, as I got older and had more responsibilities, I learned about the word cadre. , not that easy.”

"We're at the monkey's house."

Dong Ming squeezed the bell of his bicycle hard, and soon there was movement inside. A young man on crutches opened the door tremblingly.

The other party saw Dong Ming looking excited and waving the crutch in his hand wildly, as if he was not mentally normal.

"Calm down monkey, I'm bringing you something to eat!"

Hearing Dong Ming's words, the monkey put away his crutch angrily and smiled stupidly at him.

Dong Ming entered the house holding a basket of potatoes and guarding Xie Jianjia behind him.

The room was dark. Dong Ming reached for the light switch with ease, pressed it hard, and finally saw the whole room.

Clothes placed in a haphazard manner, tables and chairs crooked, and bottles and cans scattered on the floor.

Dong Ming put the frame down heavily and shouted at the monkey with a louder voice: "How many times have I told you not to kick over tables and chairs! If you don't turn on the lights yet, if one day you fall over and head to the ground, look who will pick up your body!"

Angrily, Dong Ming cursed while lifting up the fallen table and chairs and placing them against the wall.

The monkey's head shrank when he was scolded, but there was still a silly smile on his face.

Dong Ming found the kitchen, found cooking oil from the messy condiments, poured it into the pot, and fried the washed and cut potatoes in the oil.

Xie Jianjia was there to help.

Soon, under Dong Ming's hand, a portion of "french fries" was cooked. The fries were much thicker than those sold in fast food restaurants outside.

"I tried my best. These potato chips won't taste good if they are cut into thin pieces. You guys have a try." He wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the two of them.

The monkey stretched out his hand to catch it, but Dong Ming hit the back of his hand hard with his chopsticks.

He retracted his hand in pain. The monkey bared his teeth and picked up the chopsticks with trembling hands. He picked up a chopstick and stuffed it into his mouth, making his mouth full of oil.

Xie Jianjia also picked up a chopstick.

Bland and tasteless.

"Dad, you didn't sprinkle any salt."

After being reminded, Dong Ming suddenly realized and patted his head: "Hey, I just said it doesn't taste good. I'm going to sprinkle some salt."

After saying that, he took a plate of potatoes to the kitchen and processed them again.

Xie Jianjia and Monkey looked at each other.

She tried to take out a candy given by Uncle Wang from her pocket and carefully placed it in front of the monkey.

When the monkey saw the candy, he stuffed it directly into his mouth without peeling off the wrapper. Xie Jianjia quickly snatched it from his mouth.

"Are you a fool? You didn't peel off the paper!"

The monkey was still looking silly at her, so Xie Jianjia reluctantly tore off the candy wrapper and put the complete candy into his hand.The monkey swallowed the candy directly without chewing it at all.

"Hey you!"

Xie Jianjia was afraid that he would choke to death.

"Sprinkle salt, sprinkle salt." Dong Ming returned to the table with a large basin of French fries.

"eat!"

At the command, the monkey was like a wild horse running wild, picking the chopsticks into its mouth like crazy, as if it would starve to death if it was any second later, as if it had not eaten for ten days and a half.

"Dad, I just gave him a candy, and he swallowed it directly. It won't get stuck in his throat, right?"

Dong Ming was surprised: "Did you peel off the paper?"

Xie Jianjia nodded: "Peel it off."

Dong Ming breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand: "It'll be fine if you peel it off. If you can't choke to death, your life is at risk."

"Fate is great?" Xie Jianjia was confused.

He looked at the ignorant monkey and said, "This man is actually only 25 years old."

Xie Jianjia also looked at the monkey. He could tell that he was young, but the whole person was scrawled and messy. His appearance was not an exaggeration.

"Not everyone has a family that loves him."

Dong Ming poured a glass of water for the monkey and put it in his hand.

"Ten years ago, when he was 15 years old, he saw a child falling into the water on the way to high school. He jumped in to save the child. However, the child failed to be saved and he almost died. The police came to the scene, picked the child up and sent him to the hospital, where he regained consciousness. That's all."

Dong Ming spread his hands and looked helpless: "When his parents saw him like this, they divorced and divided the property without anyone caring about him. As for the family he acted bravely for, they had no children and didn't want others to be a burden to their family. After the child’s funeral, he moved straight away and couldn’t find anyone.”

Dong Ming also poured a glass of water and put it in Xie Jianjia's hand: "But fortunately, his parents don't care, the government does. I got him a voluntary application for the disabled, and now he can get living allowance every month. Occasionally I Come and take a look, there are volunteers coming to help clean the house, but I asked the people below to set the rules. The behavior of the monkeys is not controlled. If you come to volunteer, it must be two people, preferably one of them is a man."

Think about the volunteers and think about the monkeys.

After learning the reason why the monkey became stupid, Xie Jianjia looked at him with admiration in her eyes.

After eating, I came out of the monkey's house. It was getting late and the sun was setting in the west.

Xie Jianjia sat on the back seat of the bicycle, raising her head and feeling the breeze blowing on her cheeks.

"Godfather."

"Ok?"

Xie Jianjia's voice was muffled, "Why did you bring me to these places?"

Dong Ming smiled, pedaled hard, and swayed from side to side.

"Originally... I wanted to take you around in the afternoon, but after hearing you talk about your dream in the morning, I decided to let you see what I do and the people I come into contact with on a day-to-day basis."

The bicycle was riding on the bumpy dirt ground. As it went up and down, Xie Jianjia had to hold on to the corner of Dong Ming's clothes to steady her body.

"My godfather wants to tell you that in the world, everyone is suffering. Everyone is living hard and struggling. People you see smiling may swallow their pain in their stomachs. Most people will not put sadness in their stomachs. On the surface, what adults are best at is pretending, and every family has its own troubles, varying in size."

Dong Ming paused and his tone was soothing.

"So, let the little girl in the dream not be afraid, and don't give up easily..."

Xie Jianjia's tears burst instantly, and she put her face on Dong Ming's back.

Speechless all the way.

　Second update today.

　　I suddenly received a call from my mother at work in the morning. She was crying out of breath on the phone and said that my grandma had passed away. I immediately asked for leave and bought the fastest high-speed train back to my hometown. I had to watch my grandpa at night.

　　The dead are gone, and the living are suffering even more.

　　All I can say is that things are unpredictable and everyone should take care of themselves.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)