City Fairy Store

Chapter 97

When she was 11 years old, Qian Wu was in the fourth grade of primary school. One day, her mother asked her, "Will Mom give you a younger brother or younger sister?"

At that time, Qian Wu was still an obedient and good boy, and he would hardly disobey his parents for anything, including this sentence they asked.

The brain is not stupid, and even smarter than the average children of the same age, Qian Wu can easily hear what her mother means, and the mother hopes that her answer is "yes", so Qian Wu nodded. Nod your head and say yes.Still a child, she loves her parents and loves them dearly, just like when she was a child, watching other people eat, her father asked her "Would you like to be with Wahaha", she really wanted to, but she just pursed her lips and shook her head vigorously, saying No, don't like to eat.She knew there was no money at home.

In fact, she didn't understand how having an extra child would affect her, and she didn't have any so-called expectations for the younger brother or sister she hadn't met. Where did the feelings come from if she didn't meet or get along? ?
Sure enough, at the dinner table one day, Dad announced that they were going to give her a little brother or little sister to play with, and asked her not to say anything.Qian Wu nodded ignorantly.

My mother went out to give birth, and within two months of hiding the truth, the cadres in the village found out about it, and began to test and do work one by one, and then the cadres from the town and district came. After being coaxed with a pleasant face, she turned her face after she "will not eat if she is soft and hard". Later, her father also accompanied her mother to wait for delivery.Only Qian Wu and her nearly eighty-year-old grandma are left in the family.

Grandma came from the most difficult time. She is a kind elder who loves her granddaughter, and is also an old lady who keeps her money bag tight. She has no income, only four sons each She was given less than 500 yuan for the New Year’s Eve money. She was reluctant to buy meat. When she bought winter melon, she bought the cheaper winter melon butt. I eat one a month, because Qian Wu's two aunts would buy soft-shelled turtles every time they came to honor grandma, and grandma would save it for her.

After Qian Wu grew up, she became a little fat, but in fact it can be said to be plump. Her mother always complained: "It's because your grandma refused to spend money to buy fish for you. She always ate those soft-shelled turtles, not wild ones. , look at how fat you are now, it's so ugly! Remember to exercise more after meals!"

At that time, the two of them, grandparents and grandchildren, were guarding the house. Even if her three uncles saw that the iron gate in their yard was wide open, they would pass by without squinting, without even looking inside.

Qian Wu really doesn’t think she is stupid, but for some reason, everyone seems to know that 11-year-olds are easy to coax. The teachers in the school would ask her in a tone like talking to kindergarten children: “Qian Wu Ah, where did your mother go? Tell the teacher, the teacher doesn’t tell others.” The same thing happened to someone from the same village she met on the road, and she didn’t even bother to raise her eyes at the end. She knew that they had no good intentions and took her mother back. She knows whether they can be promoted or get bonuses without them!She also knew where her mother was. She called her mother once and heard the voice of the third aunt. It was just for a short moment, and her mother was on guard against her.She was a little unconvinced in her heart, so she wouldn't say it.

At a young age, Qian Wu has a bit of backbone.At that time, she didn't feel that her parents didn't want him anymore. She had the most blind love and trust for her parents. She was just a little unhappy in her heart, and they didn't believe that she would keep her mouth shut.

In the nearly one year since her mother left, she only had one phone call with her mother.

It may be that she and her grandma are too ignorant. Someone from the village came directly to cut off the wires in the house. It was already winter at that time. It was dark early and light was late, so she couldn't finish her homework every day. , I had no choice but to move a high bench and sit in the yard to write, which is a little better than in the house.

Because sometimes she needs to dictate, and if she doesn’t know how to cheat, she goes to her uncle’s house to ask her cousin to listen to her, but it’s okay once or twice, because there is too much time, and she is not a real mother, so there may be a trace of impatience in her words , was caught by the sensitive Qian Wu, she pretended she didn't know what to do, asked her sister-in-law to help sign it, said thank you, and ran home, and then she learned to cheat in the dictation, and she wrote the words she wanted to hear Copy it first, and then sign on the draft paper with the signature of the flamboyant dance that has been practiced many times.

So when the power was cut off at home, she stubbornly refused to go to the house of the three uncles to pick up the electric lights. Although it was only a 5-minute walk, she knew that they disliked her, so she refused to go.Under such circumstances, she really missed her mother, and she shed tears thinking about it, but she still didn't come back, and she didn't even make a phone call.Later, my father said that it was to prevent the government from investigating from the telecommunications bureau.Qian Wu nodded and did not refute, but there was some unreasonable resentment in her heart.Yes, there was resentment in her heart.

See, she has such a gloomy personality since she was a child. When she has resentment or hatred, she just hides it in her heart and doesn't tell you.Qian Wu thought to himself mockingly.

The days of no electricity, no meat and no relatives passed day by day. She found that she had spent hours lighting candles, her eyes were sore, and she had just finished her homework. Why not go to school early in the morning to borrow a classmate's homework book Woolen cloth.The burnout mentality that belongs to the child almost immediately overcomes the good habits developed in the previous few years.The decline in academic performance seems to be a matter of course.

The younger brother was born in the twelfth lunar month. He had confinement at Qian Wu's aunt's house. After the confinement was over, the first month had not yet passed. When his father, mother, and younger brother returned home, the house suddenly became lively again. Every day There are many people coming and going to see off the full moon.The head of the family has returned, and relatives have appeared again.

Qian Wu's heart was full of excitement, her mother finally came back, and although she even reported a little brother, she was extremely happy.Later, whenever I think of myself at that time, ah, I really don’t know what to say, the resentment that I don’t know how to breed has disappeared like this, and she naturally can’t find it at a young age. Tian Ni was beside his mother and younger brother, and then took out the weekly homework assigned by the teacher during the year when his mother was away, and recited it emotionally to his mother lying on the bed one by one.Hearing her mother say: "Well, Xiaowu's writing is really good." She was like something happily.

Everything seems to be back to the original point, and finally there are meat dishes to eat.At night, the family of four was lying in the same room. Suddenly, one night, she had a severe stomachache, tossed and turned, and finally cried aloud. Dad turned on the light and rubbed her.But when the stomach hurts, I really want to die. No matter how you do your muscles and bones, how you sit up, lie down and roll over, it’s useless, it’s just pain, colic!Seeing that her parents were kept up all night by her torment, Qian Wu was particularly moved, and couldn't help but feel a little damp and hot eye sockets.It was only later that my mother complained to my father: "It's all your mother, the little one is going to die, and Xiao Wu doesn't give her breakfast money every day. Now she's happy because she's hungry and has stomach problems?"

Dad was very upset by what he said, but on the other hand, his mother was too petty, so he didn't say anything.Qian Wu was not happy either. She was not the same as she was when she was a child. She agreed with everything her mother said, and even helped her mother to quarrel with grandma. For the first time, she raised objections with her mother: "Don't always talk about grandma. She is already very old." One sentence made my mother's face change a few times, and finally ended the topic.

But my mother seemed to have resentment in her heart. Apart from this matter, she had other things to say, so she said: "Look at your grandma, she eats with us, but takes care of the children for others. At that time, your third uncle and the others Hurry up, she brought the fifth brother and the sixth brother, look at the backs that have helped them take care of the children, and now she will not even come to help your brother."

Qian Wu's IQ is really not low. She heard her mother's implication, but she didn't help her take care of the children. She also said that she was raised by her aunt before, and her grandma took care of her grandson and never cared about her. But my aunt It said: "I was going to take you to the summer vacation. You didn't cling to your mother and father, but you clinged to your grandma. You didn't cry, you didn't talk or scream, and you only talked to your grandma after a long distance. She waved her hand and told her not to leave, your grandma was in tears, you don’t remember when she was only three years old.”

She sighed, changed the subject and said, "Do you want sugar-watered eggs? I'll make one for you. The ones I made are delicious. Do you want the half-baked ones?"

Grandma is almost 80 years old. During the year when her mother was away, she had to cook for the two of them, wash clothes, and do grocery shopping. Qian Wu felt sorry for her, so she learned it slowly.Because when my mother was pregnant with my younger brother, she said that she was always worried and restless. After the first confinement at the aunt’s house, she came back to start the second month of confinement. Qian Wu went home every weekend and every day after school. , I helped her wash off the diapers she threw in the washbasin, almost half of which were yellow objects, and then washed the bowl away.

One of my mother's favorite sayings is: "Now your father is the most tired person in our family, and your grandma is the most relaxed besides your younger brother."

Qian Wu was silent.She is not a firm-minded person. Compared with grandma and mother, it seems that mother is more important. Such words always get into her ears, plus her brother's constant crying, endless diapers, She gradually became annoyed by the endless homework, and felt that what her mother said made sense. Why are other grandmas so young, but you have to be so old, and the old ones can't do anything?What do you want me to do?

After the younger brother was born, he was fined. I don’t know how the family planning office calculates it, but they charged a fine of 7 yuan. If there is less, they will not be allowed to apply for a hukou.Mom and Dad almost used up their family savings when they went out this year. Both of them lost their jobs, so Dad bought a second-hand tractor to pull bricks, gravel, stones, etc. for others to earn some hard-earned money. , reluctant to hire a stevedore, so my mother followed.The younger brother threw it to Qian Wu, who was at home during the summer vacation. He was so annoying, crying all day long, and wanted to be held in his hands all day. At that time, Qian Wu was still very thin, and he was 13 years old. Weighing only fifty catties, this little one-and-a-half-year-old is already thirty catties, holding a guy who weighs half his own weight all day long, making noises and struggling desperately because of uncomfortable postures Little guy, one can imagine how irritable Qian Wu's mood is.Grandma's energy was really exhausted, and she couldn't help her much, let alone hug this little magic star.

But sometimes she wants to rest for a while, let him cry, and some neighbors will shout outside the door: "Xiaowu, don't you care if your brother is crying so hard? Children can't cry like this! Hold me and give him a hug." You take it, huh?"

In the evening, this matter will surely reach the ears of parents who came back from a tiring day, and then the mother hugs her younger brother and yells heartily, and then complains to her: "He is your younger brother, your dearest brother!" He's dead, you have to treat him better!"

(End of this chapter)