In the early morning, the sun quietly rises from the east, and the sky is not yet full. A small town located in the south has already begun to lively. Residents coming and going are riding small electric bicycles in the downtown area.

The small town is located on the coast, and the breeding industry is very developed. There are many people whether it is to raise poultry or seafood, and the average standard of living is very high. People here live a comfortable and comfortable life, and the pace of life is slow. The large and small shops on the street can basically meet people's needs.

"You will send Ziqing to the dancing class in a moment. There is a batch of materials in the store to be loaded into the car. People are already waiting. I have to go first." Yin Cai said as she put on the tops issued by the feed store, and saw Ji Huai sleep. She was so lifeless, she couldn't help raising her voice again, and frowned, "I'm talking to you, did you hear it?"

"I know." Ji Huai didn't open his eyes, his tone was a little impatient, turned over with the thin quilt, and fell asleep again.

Early in the morning, Yin Cai was upset when he saw him like this. She turned her head to look at the daughter on the cot, and tried her best to suppress her temper. "The teacher said it was the class at 9:30, and you have to wake up your dad at nine at the latest. Mom has cooked the noodles, it is already on the table, and we will go after eating."

"Mom is leaving now."

"Yeah." Ji Ziqing should have said quietly.

Yin Cai left in a hurry with her bag.

Ji Ziqing lost sleep even after her mother left, rubbed her eyes, and got up with a bear pillow half a meter high.

This bear was given to her by her mother on her birthday three years ago. It cost 78 yuan. She thought about it for a long time before mentioning it to her mother. Now it is quite dirty, and the original pink color is no longer visible. After being dismantled and washed several times, it has also become shriveled.

The father on the bed fell asleep again, and he snored slightly, sleeping soundly.

Yin Cai is only in the first grade this year, thinner than her peers, but more sensible than her peers. She doesn't talk much and looks a little timid and inferior.

She climbed off the bed and walked out with a toothbrush and cup.

Ji’s family is located in the middle of Ji’s village. In recent years, the people in the village have developed well. Whether it is relying on planting or breeding, or going to sea, as long as it is diligent, the income is good. Every family has built buildings and tiled the outside, which looks no worse than people living in the city.

Of course, there are also a few households in the village whose lives are not very good, leading the country's subsistence allowances and living hard.

These people are either disabled or seriously ill. The exception is the Jihuai family. The husband and wife have sound hands and feet, but they still live in the tiled house built by Mr. Ji 40 years ago. The family of three is crowded into a small room with dim eyesight. , Dilapidated.

The windows and doors are all made of wood. Decades have passed and they are almost eaten by insects. The concrete floor was paved after Ji Huai and Yin Cai got married. The ceiling inside the house was almost cracked and crumbling. The wallpaper has been oxidized and changed color.

The Ji's house is surrounded by three or four-story small buildings, which further highlights the desolation of their home.

After finishing brushing her teeth in the yard, Ji Ziqing walked silently to the kitchen next to her.

There is a stove in the corner of the kitchen with firewood next to it. Yin Cai used his free time to pick it up. The wall near the stove is darkened and there is a wooden table next to it. The table is too old and eaten by insects. It's going to be okay, but it's covered by a tablecloth, and there's a bowl of noodles on it, green vegetables and eggs.

Ji Ziqing pulled the bulky wooden bench aside, sat down in silence, eating noodles in small bites.

She had a small appetite, did not finish eating, and the few remaining bites could not be wasted. A few noodles fell on the table. She picked them up and poured them into a basin beside them, which had to be kept for the chickens.

The blue water pipe is connected to the faucet, and underneath is a brown earthen jar. She took the water carefully and began to wash the dishes.

After all this is done, it is almost nine o'clock.

She sat at the door and looked at the chickens in the courtyard. There was a pot of bath water in the corner of the courtyard. Because of the rain, she set up a simple and ugly tent with rags.

"Ji Ziqing, why are you sitting on the steps stupidly?" On the tall building next to him, a little fat man showed his head from the window, eating bread, and shouted at her with a smile.

Ji Ziqing didn't speak, turned around and entered the dilapidated room at home. Dad's snoring became louder and louder before he woke up.

She looked at the small alarm clock beside the bed, it was nine o'clock, walked to the bed, and whispered, "Dad."

Ji Huai didn't respond.

She lowered her eyes and tried to scream a little louder, "Dad, get up."

The person on the bed still didn't respond.

Yin Cai stood by the bed for a few minutes, grasping and grasping with the hands on both sides, and finally lowered her head and silently returned to her bed to lie down.

At the same time, Ji Huai's cell phone rang, playing tacky love songs, the sound was too loud, echoing in the small room.

"When we met today, I just found out that I love you..."

Ji Huai put the thin quilt over his head, too lazy to bother.

The phone continued to ring, he was very irritable and cursed in a low voice, Ji Ziqing held the bear pillow and got into her quilt, shrank and buried his head in the bear's arms.

"What are you going to do in the morning? Are you sick?" Ji Huai didn't open his eyes at all, and immediately cursed when he answered the phone, "Don't let people sleep?"

He was particularly irritable, and his face was sullen when he spoke. This was a reflection of his body's instinct, and he didn't have the slightest patience.

At the other end, Yin Cai's voice was also raised, "How many points are you? You are still sleeping, Ziqing is going to be late for class, can you do something serious? Sleep, sleep, what can you do besides sleeping and drinking?"

"There's no end?" Ji Huai sullen and took a deep breath, "Isn't this awake? Go now! Hang up."

Hanging up on the phone, he put the phone aside, closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

Ji Ziqing closed her eyes, her body shrank even tighter, and made no sound.

One minute later, there was movement on the big bed in front. Ji Huai got out of bed and walked to the small bed, "Xiao Qing, get up and go to class soon."

"Yeah." She sounded like a mosquito.

"Dad, go and wash your face first." Ji Huai walked out with the toothbrush in his memory, absorbing the memory as he walked.

Looking at the tall buildings and dilapidated homes outside, he cried out.

He had to go to the kitchen to pick up the water for brushing his teeth. He took a red scoop and went out to squat outside to brush his teeth. Looking at the weeds in the yard, he felt a little heavy.

It's the 21st century, and their family doesn't even have a toilet, only one place is piled up with bricks, and an iron "shed" is covered on top to hide and take a bath.

To go to the toilet, you have to go to the public toilets used in the last century, and you have to squat in a pit. Every household in the village has their own toilets, and only his family uses public toilets. Even the subsistence allowance households in the village have built toilets through state subsidies, and their families are not as good as the subsistence allowance households.

In the past few years, the state has policies that villagers can apply for subsidies of 30,000 to build houses, and a group of villagers with family difficulties have also built new houses. Only their homes will always be the exception.

The reason is that he is lazy.

Father Ji was a carpenter and built houses for people. At that time, it was a handicraft and made a lot of money. Their family was once a beautiful figure in the village. This small house was also a "mansion" at the time. Unfortunately, the other party died early. Mrs. Ji pulled him to grow up alone.

Although the old lady Ji was aggressive and troublesome, she was basically spoiled for this son, and he listened to her more, and her life was not bad.

Later, Yin Cai married into the Ji family, and the deterioration of the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not happen rarely, but both of them were diligent and their lives were getting better. After Yin Cai gave birth to Ji Ziqing, Mrs. Ji wanted to save money to build a house while urging to have a boy. Seeing that everyone in the village was building new houses, she was also anxious.

It's a pity that she passed away after a few years and the money hadn't been saved.

The death of Mrs. Ji left him completely confused, and he didn’t know what to do. He was originally lazy and relied on his mother Zhang Luo. Now he is completely flat. Regardless of his wife and daughter, he occasionally goes to do hard work to earn some money, but also to eat and drink. , Do not take a penny at home, generous to outsiders, and indifferent to family members.

He is irresponsible and selfish. He feels that Yin Cai will take care of his daughter. He doesn't need to worry about her as her daughter has grown up, so she can live on her own.

Yin Cai helps people to see the feed shop in the town. The salary in the small place is not high, and he can't take a day off. It is only two thousand and six in a month. He eats lunch there at noon and has to come back from get off work in the evening.

The boss is stingy, the year-end bonus is better than nothing, but there is no way, work is idle. She has been in poor health after giving birth to Ji Ziqing, and this job is suitable for her.

Ji Huai spit out foam, rinsed his mouth a few more times, quickly washed a few faces, and rushed into the room as he got up and said, "Hurry up, I'm going to be late."

"Oh." Ji Ziqing's voice is weak, and she is a child with no energy, let alone lively. When outsiders see his daughter, they will always comment on one sentence: Wen Jing is well-behaved.

She talks very little. Apart from going to school, she doesn't leave the door at home, and she doesn't communicate much with others. He is introverted and dull, and sometimes even feels lifeless when he looks at it.

In short, not very pleasing.

Yin Cai was born in a poor family. She was given away when she was a child. Later, she was desperately studying, but her adoptive parents refused to let her go because she could not afford to support her. She went out to work early, otherwise she would not dislike Ji's family and marry in poor. .

She was afraid that her daughter would have a bad life and a bad marriage, and her temperament would have problems. She gritted her teeth and asked the other party to go to the so-called "art class" in the town.

There are no high-end training institutions in small towns. They are all small institutions run by teachers from outside.

Yin Cai reported to Ji Ziqing for dance classes and painting classes. She usually doesn't have classes, and will go back on weekends and Sundays. One class a day, the small place is not expensive, and the dance class is only 200 a month, and the drawing class is a bit more expensive, which costs 350 a month.

This amount of money is small for many people, but not for Yin Cai. It is close to one-fifth of her salary, almost gritted his teeth to let Ji Ziqing go.

First, I have to work, and I am afraid that my daughter will be bored at home. Over time, there will be personality problems. Secondly, the other party's temperament is inherently dull, and a little hobby is too important.

I heard that the children in the urban area all learn piano, and the family does not have this condition. Fortunately, painting and dancing are not expensive, and she can support it.

To her comfort, Ji Ziqing's dancing and painting are good. Others always praise her daughter for a little temperament. At first glance, she has learned dance, and Ji Ziqing's painting often wins awards.

But the child was prematurely sensible. As long as the teacher introduced the competition, she would never go home and tell the teacher that she didn't want to participate even if it only cost one or two hundred for the costume.

Ji Huai took a rumpled dark blue shirt and put it on. He looked down at his slightly raised beer belly, and there was another row of black lines above his head.

He is only in his early thirties, and he feels about to become a greasy uncle. If this continues, before the age of forty, he will be able to get a beer belly like "October of the pregnancy" as he wishes, and he will always have a big belly.

"Dad, car keys." Ji Ziqing gave him the car keys.

"Walk around, be late, hurry up." Ji Huai retracted his thoughts and urged her to go out.

After putting on his shoes, he closed the door easily. The small broken wooden door was difficult to close, mainly because it was eaten by insects inside and out, and it had to be lifted to close it.

Keep the door closed, it's not locked at all, as long as the wild cats and mice don't come in, you can still count on guarding against thieves? Besides, no thieves will enter this place where the gangsters are all around.

There was just a small broken TV in the room. I was afraid that it was not worth a hundred yuan. They bought the cabinet for their marriage. One of the cabinet doors fell off and couldn't be closed.

Oh, the two corners of the cabinet where the TV is placed are also notched. It is still cushioned with newspaper.

Ji Huai launched a small electric car that had been driving for eight years. The battery of this old antique had been eliminated countless times. It was changed and changed, but it was one of the few possessions of their family, and the kitchen had to be locked at night.

After he sat in the car, Ji Ziqing also climbed into the car.

"Sit down."

"Ok."

Xiaopo Electric drove forward and replaced it with a new battery. It still drove slowly, passing through pits and bumps, and it would make a harsh sound. Ji Huai was worried that it would be scrapped at any time.

There are many breakfast shops and tea houses next to the town, which is very lively at this time.

Ji Huai drove through the crowd, and asked the daughter next to him, "Have you had breakfast? Would you like to buy you bun soy milk?"

"Eat." Her answer was small.

"Huh?" He didn't hear clearly.

"Eat." She replied a little bigger.

"Oh." Ji Huai nodded, turned a corner, and drove into the alley.

The so-called dance institution is a self-built house. The second floor is used as a dance studio. The teachers are not very professional, but it is okay, so-so.

He stopped downstairs two minutes before class, and there was already lively children's twittering on the second floor, as well as the sound of classroom music.

Ji Ziqing got out of his car obediently, "Goodbye Dad."

"Wait." Ji Huai stopped her.

Ji Ziqing didn't say anything, stopped, looked at him with a three-point look similar to Yin Cai, and didn't speak.

He hurriedly rummaged in his trouser pockets, finally found a few notes in the back pocket, and drew the largest one of twenty yuan to Ji Ziqing, "Didn't you say you want to buy crayons? Take it."

Yin Cai works in the town, and Ji Ziqing goes to her shop to rest after dancing lessons. In the afternoon, she will go to nearby drawing lessons, and the mother and daughter will come back together in the evening.

"Thank you Dad." Ji Ziqing reached out to pick it up.

Ji Huai looked at the ten bucks and five bucks left in his hand again, and after thinking about it, he handed her a ten bucks, "Is it enough? Give you another ten."

"Enough." Seeing that Ji Huai hadn't recovered the ten yuan, she stretched forward and slowly reached out to take it.

"I'll give you the five yuan, go to class." He said five yuan to her again, urging her to go upstairs quickly.

Ji Ziqing ran upstairs carrying a small schoolbag, the tied pigtails swayed from side to side, and after a turn, disappeared before his eyes.

Ji Huai didn't take his eyes back. Looking back on his previous life, he can be said to be an extremely irresponsible father.

Yin Cai is a great mother, weak in body but tough in temper. She had little misfortune, and later married an inhumane, and her body was weak and sickly. It can be said that there is only Ji Ziqing's hope in life.

He doesn't care about things, but the other party is alone. The salary of two thousand and six, deducting family expenses, reported to Ji Ziqing for interest classes. The other party was still in elementary school. She had no time to pick up at work, and could not cook for her, so she had to stay at school for lunch and a meal. Ten yuan, two hundred a month.

Under such circumstances, when Ji Ziqing finished elementary school, Yin Cai abruptly saved tens of thousands. She did not build a house in the village like others and buy a car to fill the front. Instead, she resolutely sent Ji Ziqing to the noble school with the best resources in the city, spending nearly 60,000 yuan a year.

When Ji Ziqing was in junior high school, she also left the town, left home, and rented a house in the city to continue working.

If you don’t have a diploma, you don’t have the ability, then you can do a good job, clean it up, and serve the dishes....

Ji Ziqing is also very competitive. She ranks among the best in her grades every time. She is on the recommended list of the high school in this department.

He turned a blind eye to Yin Cai's exhaustion, and was proud of his daughter's ability to study, and felt that he had a lot of credit. Because he doesn't care about the family, although Yin Cai does not divorce him, the two are also strangers, but he doesn't care at all.

Yin Cai didn't go home, because he was lonely and bored and still hooked up with a girl. There is no money to pay for Ji Ziqing's tuition, but there is money to spend on those widows or divorced women, and the days are chic and unrestrained.

And Yin Cai has been suffering for a lifetime. Although her daughter's high school has saved her a lot of money, college has to spend money. After three years, she will be college, and she will save every cent.

Because of her frailty and overwork, she had gray hair on her temples when she was only in her forties, and she was a dozen years older than her peers. The thing she was most afraid of was not being able to save for Ji Ziqing's college expenses.

In the end, the tuition and living expenses were all saved, but she could not make it to the graduation of Ji Ziqing University.

He was indeed quite scumbag. Knowing that Yin Cai had left some money for Ji Ziqing, he began to "borrow" from her, saying that he was going to repair a small ruined house in the village.

After Ji Ziqing refused, he came to look for it again and again, saying that he would have no money for minor surgery, and that he wanted to buy a car with others.

Ji Ziqing has no feelings for him, and hates him deeply. He is still heartless and complacent. Seeing that his daughter has gone to university, graduate school, and later Ph.D., he always brags about it.

Just waiting for the other party to pick him up to go to the big city to enjoy the blessing after graduation, but never thought that after Ji Ziqing came back with her mother's tablet, there would be no more news.

Some people said that she married outside the province, some people said she settled in the capital, and some people said that she got a green card and went abroad. Until he died, the other party never showed up.

His old age was not good. He used beer with seafood all the year round. He ate and drank all the time. He had severe gout when he was less than 50 years old. His feet were often unable to walk and were so swollen. Those women just played with him, and finally got STDs. Dyed him. The small broken house couldn't support it in the end, and it collapsed in the middle of the night and almost didn't kill him.

As for the ending of Ji Ziqing, Ji Huai looked through the memories of his previous life, and there was no news from the other party in the follow-up. According to his guess, even if Ji Ziqing had read a lot of books and made a lot of money, his life might still be bad. Die alone.

She is not good at communication and has a low self-esteem. In elementary and junior high school, she was isolated because of her beautiful appearance and poor family status. The relationship between her parents was not harmonious. Although Yin Cai had tolerated repeatedly for the sake of her children and was unwilling to have disputes, Ji Ziqing Sensitive mind and can see clearly.

In college, after Yin Cai passed away, Ji Ziqing also suffered from depression. He didn't understand what it was. He just felt that she was full and kept thinking.

As a father, he did not set a good example. Even if the other party enters the marriage, he may face many difficulties.

Ji Huai sighed deeply, why is he so scumbag?

I went for a drink last night and fell asleep when I came back. Now he is panicked. He touched his slightly raised beer belly and started turning over his trouser pocket again to see if he could find dozens of dollars more.

After turning over it twice, there was no money left, the trouser pocket on the right front was still torn, and I could feel my thigh when I reached in.

Ji Huai: "..."

Xiaopo's electric car has only one rearview mirror. He looked at himself in the mirror, his hair was oily, his originally handsome face was blessed, and there was a lot of flesh on both sides.

The scum hasn't been shaved for a few days, and he looks like a greasy uncle with vicissitudes of life.

He really couldn't accept this kind of self, thinking that he was also the class grass in the class back then, but now he couldn't bear to look straight, he quickly looked away, sat upright, and drove his snail small tramcar and turned his head away.

During the period, Yin Cai also called and asked if he had sent Ji Ziqing to class. He drove the car with one hand and replied, "No!"

Yin Cai didn't fight, and just about to yell at him, he laughed, "Send it, and I'll give her the money. In the morning, what are you so angry about?"

When she was about to scold her, she abruptly held back and laughed angrily.

"Okay, hang up." Ji Huai clicked twice on the smartphone on which he broke the screen, and took the phone back into his trouser pocket. He had to put it in his left trouser pocket. The right trouser pocket was broken and couldn't hold it.

Yin Cai also put her mobile phone aside, and the little worker who came to move the materials heard her cursing and joked, "I didn't expect you to be so fierce."

The other party just said a word and continued to carry the feed, while Yin Cai was in a daze.

Yeah, when did she become like this?

I remember that when she was at school and at work, everyone's impression of her was that she was mild-tempered, but now, life has grind her into such a ghostly appearance.

She didn't believe in fate before, but now.

But even if people can't escape their lives, they can't admit their lives.

"I want three bags of fodder and put it on the account." A dark-skinned man walked in and said that he had already moved.

"Okay, Brother Hai, you have already taken thirty-four packs this month." Yin Cai looked at the account book and added three packs.

The other party is a regular customer, so don't worry, the bill will be settled at the end of the year.

After the other party left, she was also a little more relaxed, stood up and hammered her somewhat sore waist. After giving birth to Ji Ziqing, her waist was always uncomfortable because she didn't sit well in confinement.

Stepping aside, she poured half a cup of freshly boiled hot water into the cup, then added two spoons of milk powder to make a cup of milk, took out a slice of bread on the table, and started breakfast.

She never eats breakfast at home, never goes to the breakfast shop for breakfast, only comes to the shop to eat. There are often customers in the shop, so there are biscuits and bread on the table, as well as milk powder and various teas, which she can eat.

The bread has a shelf life. If it is not finished, the proprietress will throw it away and buy it again, and she can save breakfast money by coming to the store for breakfast.

Although she can only save a few dollars a day, she has to save up, and her children have to go to school.

After preparing the milk powder, she took a few sips, chewing on the bread in her hands with no expression on her face. She has eaten these breakfasts for several years, and she has long been too tired, just like chewing wax and just trying to be full.

The author has something to say: Kara, la la, a new story is here, the next chapter Huai Ge went to sea to fish haha.