Winner in life

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

Xu Caiheng walked into the house holding the bride's hand, personally led the bride to the room and let her sit down, and then the bride's family also delivered the dowry and decorated the house.

After the bride's relatives were seated, the banquet began.

Everyone ate and drank while chatting at the table, saying that the wedding was decent, that Zhang Sheng got a good son-in-law, that the dishes were good, and that the host family was willing to spend money, etc.

The dishes were indeed rich, six dishes on the table, two of which were meat dishes, namely tofu minced meat soup and a steamed crucian carp, and two other sweet dishes, namely the return of sand sweet potato and taro double combination, and a ginkgo lotus seed and water chestnut sweet soup. The remaining dishes were fried potatoes and stir-fried cabbage. Each dish was served in a large bowl, and the quantity was sufficient.

Ruihe suddenly remembered that Xu Caiheng always looked tired in the second half of this year. At that time, he thought it was because of the busy school affairs. Now he thought that he was tired from preparing for the wedding, just like Brother Mingyong.

There were five tables in total. In addition to the educated youth and school colleagues and Ruihe, the others on the man's side were all relatives of the woman. Ruihe ate and listened, and heard that none of Xu Caiheng's relatives in the city came, and everyone had many guesses.

The banquet was over quickly. Some people brought bowls from home and some dishes back. The plates on the table were all empty. Ruihe said goodbye to Xu Caiheng and wished him a happy wedding. Xu Caiheng hurriedly gave him a bag of gifts: "Take the wedding candy back and eat it slowly."

When he returned home, he found something wrong. Looking left and right, Ruihe found that the quilt was a little messy. Turning around, he saw that the bamboo products piled in the corner were not the same as before. He likes to clean, so he keeps the small house in good order. Although the house is small, the things are not messy. He knows where everything is placed. He looked around and found out with fear: someone has entered his house!

"A thief broke into the house?" When Ruihe thought of the possibility of a thief in his house, his first reaction was to check his property.

He has a lot of savings. This year, he went to the rural credit cooperative in the city to deposit money three times. But it is too far away. It takes a day to go back and forth, so he has not deposited the salary for the next four months. He plans to deposit it again after the New Year and before work starts.

Now there is more than 150 yuan hidden in the house, Ruihe hid it under the bed. He quickly lifted the mattress and straw mat and found that the money under the bed had disappeared. At that moment, Ruihe's heart was gripped by strong fear and anger. Anger, fear and regret kept coming up, making his eyes misty.

Suddenly turned back to look in the other direction of the house-

his deposit slip, a deposit slip of 300 yuan.

No 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. They will recognize the slip but not the person.

His heart beat faster, Ruihe almost ran and jumped to the wardrobe. The wardrobe was just made in the free time of Nianzhong, using materials from the bamboo factory. The manager turned a blind eye to these things. As long as you don’t steal the materials and sell them secretly, but just make some small items for your own home, he won’t say anything. So Nianzhong Ruihe learned to make a wardrobe for himself, which looked quite decent.

The door of the wardrobe was ajar, and the clothes inside were a little messy. Ruihe didn’t care. He took a deep breath and took out all the clothes. After a few fumblings, he pulled out a partition in the middle of the cabinet. The partition was also made of bamboo strips. In order to make it firm, Ruihe wove two layers and sandwiched thin wooden strips in the middle for support. It was still very thin to the touch. Ruihe was much calmer at this time. He didn’t believe that the thief would dismantle the wardrobe and the partition—and only dismantle this inconspicuous partition.

He carefully removed the partition, and found an oil paper package inside. After opening it, he found three deposit slips.

"Fortunately... Fortunately..." Ruihe slumped on the ground, and it took a while to recover. If these deposit slips were also stolen, he really felt that the sky was falling.

But he still lost 150 yuan.

150 yuan.

He lived frugally, worked from morning to night, and his clothes were soaked with sweat. His palms and fingers were worn out but had no time to heal. The thick calluses pricked his face when he washed his face. The monthly salary was just over 40 yuan, and he had to save for more than three months without eating or drinking.

Just like that.

One third of his savings for studying was missing.

Ruihe's eyes went dark, and system 460 quickly woke him up: "The host was excited first, call the police quickly." After saying that, he was also stunned. Ruihe jumped up: "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?

He gritted his teeth and rushed to the next door and knocked on the door: "Brother and sister-in-law, come in from my house--" The door next door was locked with an iron padlock, indicating that the owner was not at home.

So Ruihe rushed to Li Dashui's house. The men of the Li family went to work on the family's private plot, and only the women were at home. Aunt Xiu'e raised her eyebrows when she heard this: "This kind of thing has never happened in our Shangmei Village. Who is doing this sneaky thing!" She pulled Ruihe up, "I'll take you to the captain! I will definitely ask for an explanation for you!"

Oh my God! A full 150 yuan was lost, oh my God! Xiu'e felt so heartbroken that she was about to faint even though it was not her own money.

Zhang Tiansheng happened to be at home. When he heard Ruihe's words, his eyes changed: "One hundred and fifty yuan?" Ruihe nodded with red eyes, and he stood up immediately. This was too bad, this was a large amount of money!

"Is there any broken door lock? What about the window?"

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 hard with a tiger's face, he sighed: "If you work well, I'll be relieved. Xiaoshan, even if life is like this, sometimes there are always some bastards who come to disturb you."

Stirring up the situation, don't be discouraged. I also heard that you work in a bamboo factory. That's 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? "

After hearing this, Li Dashui looked at Ruihe. Ruihe turned over his coat and looked at it several times. He really liked it. This coat looks too big for him, but he is still growing taller, and he will be able to wear it for several years when he gets older.

Seeing Ruihe's intention, Li Dashui pulled Ruihe and said, "If you really want to buy it, can we haggle over the price?"

Ruihe nodded and looked at the seller: "Can it be cheaper?"

"It's already very cheap! Look at the material. It's a fine woolen fabric that won't break down after being worn for ten years. And I don't want a ticket! It's definitely new clothes. You can see the brand is still hanging. Such good clothes. Even if you have money, you can’t buy it in a department store!”

Rui He was interested in buying it, so Li Dashui joined in to help him negotiate the price. The three of them lowered their voices and lowered the price to each other. Finally, Rui He bought the woolen coat for thirty-two yuan and fifty cents. However, he didn’t have that much money on him, and he had just discussed with the seller to wait for him to go home to get the money, when the girl who was on guard in the alley ran back and whispered: “The city manager of the Industrial and Commercial Office is here!”

Suddenly the sellers and buyers jumped up.

The man grabbed, pulled, and tied up his left and right hands at the same time, and ran away with the big package on his shoulders.

"Go, go, go!"

In the blink of an eye, people were running around, and Li Dashui also pulled Ruihe and ran out of the alley, far away from the group of city managers. The city manager was wearing a uniform and walking in a vigorous manner, which made Ruihe a little scared. He had seen these people arrest people who were secretly doing business in the alleys before. He heard that all their belongings would be confiscated and they would be imprisoned for three months. I heard from Aunt Xiu'e that in the past few years, if you were caught, you would have to be imprisoned for several years. These years, the prison terms have been relatively relaxed.

Rui He was a little regretful that the coat he was looking for was not bought. In the days to come, he would always think of this dark blue woolen coat. In the dim alley, that coat seemed to be particularly bright. In his memory Rooted in for many years. When he bought more coats in the future, he always felt that they were not as good-looking as the one back then, and that one felt soft to the touch.

However, at this time, Ruihe, like Li Dashui, was frightened by the sudden arrival of the industrial and commercial bureau and municipal management. For a moment, he couldn't care about anything else, so he took other paths to avoid them and hurried home. If there is speculation, the buyer will also be punished.

At night, Ruihe sat on the bed and started to collect the soles. He just received a bundle of cords from the production team at the end of this year. He is usually too busy to collect the soles. Now he only has a pair of thousand-layer sole shoes to wear. If it rains one day , then there are not even replacement shoes.

Under the oil lamp, Rui He suddenly fell into a trance. He remembered what happened in the afternoon and couldn't help complaining to System 460: "I can buy a woolen coat without cloth, but it's a pity that I didn't succeed. You said that if I go out tomorrow, I'll pay it back." Can I meet that person again?" After saying that, he sighed and asked himself, "I don't think it's possible. If I met the city manager there today, that boss would definitely not dare to go there to sell again. Where can I go to find him? I guess I can’t find it.”

The wick of the oil lamp crackled and there was a knock on the door.

"The hill is me."

It's Zhang Dashan.

Ruihe got out of bed and opened the door. Zhang Dashan came in wrapped in the cold winter night. After sitting down, he chatted for a few words. However, they had not had much contact since they separated. On weekdays, one went to the factory and the other went to work. There was nothing much to talk about. After talking about the fact that this year's autumn harvest was worse than previous years, Zhang Dashan coughed and finally got to the point.

It turned out that he wanted to borrow money to buy a house. Instead of rebuilding the house you live in now, just buy a new one.

There is a family named Zhang Conglu in the village. His house was just built the year before last and is brand new.

It's brand new and has two floors. I don't know why the house suddenly needs to be sold for two hundred and forty yuan.

"I just want to buy it. You can come and live in it if you want in the future."

Rui He found it incredible. Why did Zhang Dashan think he would borrow so much money? Even if he really wanted to buy it, he would have to buy it himself. Why would he lend money to Zhang Dashan to buy it and then live there?

"Brother, I can't borrow this money. As you know, I have been making up classes. I plan to go to middle school next summer, so the money I earn from joining the factory will be my living expenses in the future and cannot be used easily. If you want to buy a house, I I can lend you twenty yuan." Of course it's an IOU.

Zhang Dashan was shocked by this statement: "Go to middle school? What has happened to you that makes you so mad that you have a bright future and you don't want to go to school?"

It was Xu Caiheng who suggested going to middle school. He said: "Elementary school is easy to manage. Many students nowadays have not stayed in school for five years. They are busy at home and have to take care of their younger brothers and sisters to help in the fields. The school can manage it well." It’s not strict, as long as you take the final exam, you will graduate. Whether you pass the exam or not is your own business.”

He waved his hand, "But students who don't come to school very much throughout the year generally have no intention of going to middle school. But middle school is different, Xiao Shan, I can indeed teach you the content of middle school, but if you want to graduate from middle school smoothly, you must You must go to class and study step by step, otherwise the school will not let you graduate.”

If you cannot graduate, you cannot go to high school, and you cannot qualify as a high school graduate to take the college entrance examination.

Xu Caiheng said that his name could be included in the primary school graduation exam at the end of June next year, and he could take the exam for a five-cent exam fee. As long as he succeeds in the final exam next year, he can be admitted to the middle school like other students, and his student status will be in Shangmeicun Elementary School. The procedures are not bad.

For this reason, Rui He made the plan to quit his job and go to middle school. Saying this to Zhang Dashan was not an excuse.

But Zhang Dashan's explanation didn't make sense. Outsiders couldn't understand the matter of giving up his factory job to go to school. Rui He didn't want to say more and only expressed his attitude.

Zhang Dashan's hands were clasped together under the table, but his face looked a little sad, and he changed his words.

"Originally, your sister-in-law and I planned to buy a house, and we borrowed thirty yuan from the Song family. Unexpectedly, before the money was collected, something happened to your sister-in-law's father. She suddenly wanted to go to the fields in the middle of the night and accidentally fell. I fell down and hit a stone on my forehead, which opened a hole. I am now in the hospital in the town." Zhang Dashan sighed, "I paid back the thirty yuan I borrowed from the Song family and gave him another hundred yuan. In this way, the matter of buying a house will be far away. Xiaoshan, I wonder if you still remember what our father said when he was here."

Ruihe searched through his memory and finally found what the original owner's father said in his memory when he was seven years old.

"I wish I didn't have a diamond or a tile to protect myself from the rain!"

When the house was divided, Father Zhang's luck was as bad as a stinky ditch. He was not in the village, but was setting up a stall in the city to do business. When I came back, all the good houses and yards in the village had been allocated. So much so that after Mr. Zhang occupied the three mud houses in the row, he still remembered the regret and pain of missing out on a good house. Especially after several children were born one after another, he lived in a cramped and dilapidated house, which made him even more sad.

Zhang Dashan sighed: "Now that I have such a good opportunity to come forward, wouldn't my little brother be moved? Don't you want to think about all your father's wishes?"

Ruihe almost got in.

But money is second only to studying in his heart. When money is mentioned, his vigilance rises immediately. Zhang Dashan's words are right and wrong.

"I know what Dad wants. Well, I'll buy the house. Anyway, it doesn't matter who buys it between the two brothers. Dad will be happy."

Zhang Dashan's face was really dark this time, and he slammed the door when he left. Ruihe was even more puzzled. The couple's behavior was too unreasonable. Two hundred yuan! Could it be that they could borrow it with just a few words? Do they think highly of themselves or do they think he is a fool?

System 460 saw the host muttering and couldn't help saying: "They saw the original body too clearly. I didn't expect that you are not him now."

Ruihe suddenly realized and felt more pity for the original body. Isn't the original body like this? In the market a few years later

The market was reopened, and the number of people doing business increased several times. The original body was hardworking. After the market was relaxed, he often went out to do business during the slack season.

For example, riding a bicycle to Xiwei City, 40 kilometers away, to pick up carambolas and resell them, or riding a bicycle to Raoan to pick up rice and sell them to make a profit of two or three cents per pound, the round trip is more than 200 kilometers. In those years, the roads were uneven, and although riding a bicycle was faster than walking, it was not comfortable. Zhang Xiaoshan worked hard to save money until he was 30 years old, and he was really relieved to hand it all over to Zhang Dashan for safekeeping.

Honest, honest and simple-minded.

Isn't that what Zhang Xiaoshan looks like in Zhang Dashan's eyes?

"I am Xu Ruihe, not Zhang Xiaoshan." Ruihe sighed and put the matter behind him. As for buying a house, he would not buy it. He and Zhang Dashan were not making excuses. He really planned to go to middle school in the second half of next year, just in time for the fall semester, so that he could start learning middle school courses from scratch.

Lend a hand, lend a hand, it is a hand, not the whole fortune. Not to mention that he will be studying next year and the money is tight, even if he doesn't study, it is impossible to lend most of his fortune to Zhang Dashan to buy a house.

Soon it was Xu Caiheng's wedding day, and Ruihe went there early to help. The wedding banquet was held in the same alley as the bride Zhang Qingnan's home. Ruihe found the place after asking around in Xiaogangjiao. The old lady who showed him the way said with a smile: "Zhang Sheng's fifth daughter is blessed in the town. The new son-in-law bought a house in Chiyu Lane to marry a daughter-in-law. The married daughter lives in the same lane. How great."

When they arrived at Xu Caiheng's new house, Ruihe handed the gift to Xu Caiheng. Xu Caiheng took his gift and led him to the banquet with a smile on his face: "We are all from the same village. Don't be embarrassed. Come and have fun with everyone."

Ruihe was timid in his heart. Facing several pairs of bright eyes, he smiled shyly and greeted: "Hello, Aunt Gui, Hello, Seventh Cousin, Hello, Aunt Shufen, Hello, Aunt Zhi..."

Help, Mr. Xu actually led him to a table of female relatives. Ruihe knew them all at a glance. After greeting them, all the elders smiled and greeted him.

One said, "Oh, Xiaoshan, you've grown so big? You were only this tall a few years ago, but now you're tall and handsome!"

The other said, "You're a little too thin. I heard that you work in a bamboo factory. Are you exhausted?"

Another person asked, "How much do you make a month?"