Chapter 17 Chapter Sixteen

Xiao Xia started to pack her things.Xiao Xi kept talking, "Xiao Xia, why bother? Jianguo didn't say you got the money—he didn't say it, did he?" "He didn't say it." The emphasis was on "he". "We didn't say anything, who of us said that?" "Xiaoxi, no one needs to say that. I'm uneducated, but I'm not a fool... You can find someone else. There are plenty of people who are willing to do it." "Xiao Xia!" Xiao Xi called, and immediately relieved, "Xiaohang did lose money, but he is used to forgetting things, so you didn't say anything before you came. Did he often lose things after you came? He couldn't find them. Don't worry about it, it will come out by itself in two days."

"But he never lost money?" "Is there any difference?" "If something is lost, you can come and check it. I have all these things, so I can check it. I lost the money, how can I check it? I said that the money is not Xiaohang's but mine. What evidence is there?" "Then there's no need to go." Xiao Xia packed up her things by herself, and said nothing, obviously she had made up her mind, and she didn't want to talk too much.Xiaoxi was anxious and furious at the same time and was very angry with He Jianguo. Why did he tell Xiaoxia about this?The last time she saw Xiaoxia eating an apple without permission and told him, Xiaoxia was very unnatural when she saw her again, and she refused to eat it after asking her to eat it. Xiaoxi knew that He Jianguo had told Xiaoxia.At that time, Xiaoxi was very angry, accusing him of not being able to tell the difference between the inside and the outside, or else he simply thought that Xiaoxia was "inside" and their family was "outside".He Jianguo argued for himself at the time that Xiaoxia was found by his family, and he had the responsibility to educate her.The words are good, but it depends on how to educate.He also came from the countryside. Back then, when he gritted his teeth and learned Taekwondo at school, it was to deal with the bullying and discrimination from the city people. How could he forget his original feelings so quickly?What happened this time is fundamentally different from what happened with Apple. You can’t even ask without conclusive evidence.Even if you have evidence, you have to think about how to ask if you ask. How can he be like this?Asking immediately when you come up, you don't even take a turn, and you don't even communicate with her family first, so that her family is not mentally prepared at all.Obviously, in essence, in his heart, he felt that Xiao Xia was "inside" and her family was "outside".The reason why he asked her first was because of the idea of ​​"do not show family ugliness outside". In the end, he lifted a rock and shot himself in the foot, and Ren Xiaoxia didn't accept his tricks at all, which made the two families passive now.After he made trouble, he hid at home and didn't dare to show his face, so he asked her to go back to his mother's house and tell Xiao Xia.When my parents heard that Xiao Xia was going to leave, they were stupid at the time. They were used to the days when Xiao Xia was taking care of everything. Without Xiao Xia, it was like having no support and half the sky collapsed.

Xiaoxi's parents sighed for Xiaoxia to walk in the house, not only because of the chaos in their own life, but also because of Xiaoxia's hurt.Xiaoxi's mother frowned: "This Jianguo, how could he handle the problem like this!" Xiao Xi's father said: "His problem is that he overestimated his ability to control Xiao Xia. He has a good heart, and always feels that Xiao Xia was found by him, and he has to be responsible to us..." "What's the use of having a good heart?" Teng Teng said angrily, "It's always adding to the chaos, it's endless!" A few days ago, when she and Xiaoxi were eating out to avoid the He family and his son, Xiaoxi told her about her recent past. Worried, feeling that He Jianguo and her are a little alienated, let Xiaoxi's mother talk to Xiaohang, and at least help He Jianguo and his brother change jobs.Xiaoxi's mother originally wanted to take the time to talk to Xiaohang: it can't be so narrow-minded, for the sake of Jian Jia, the sibling relationship is ignored.Think now, don't talk about it.If He Jianguo really wanted to break up with Xiaoxi, he would.There is a hidden danger in their marriage that can never be eliminated. It is better to make a clean break than muddle along.Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain.

Xiaoxi's father saw that his wife had been silent for a long time, and comforted her: "It's nothing, didn't we have a babysitter before?" Xiaoxi's mother sighed: "Can you say that? People go to high places and water flows to low places!" Xiaoxi's father nodded: "Yes, yes, it is easy for people to live a good life, but it is difficult to live a life from the top to the bottom!...How about talking to Xiaoxia again?" Xiaoxi's mother shook her head: "He Jianguo has already told her that, and everything else we say is hypocrisy."

The door opened, and Xiaoxi and Xiaoxia came in.Xiaoxia was in front, and Xiaoxi was standing half a step behind her right, as if she had to come and couldn't bear to witness.Xiao Xia came to say goodbye.She will go to Xiaoxi's house tonight, and will leave with Father Jianguo and the others tomorrow.After the farewell was finished, both parties didn't know what to say, and it seemed a bit rushed to end like this, so Xiaoxi's mother asked, "Xiao Xia, do you have any travel expenses to go home?" "Yes! There are five hundred!" Xiao Xia hurriedly said, paused for a while, and said again: "It was the money that I planned to take home, I didn't take the money from Xiaohang!"

Xiaoxi's parents and Xiaoxi sighed. Xiaoxi sent Xiaoxia to her country with He Jian.When they arrived, He Jiancheng had already left, and the construction site notified them to work overtime at night and unload the truck.Big trucks are not allowed to enter the city during the day, and can only enter at night, so they have to work at night, and when they are done, the big trucks can go on. When Xiaoxi and the others arrived, the dining table was already full of food.But Jianguo's father and He Jianguo didn't move their chopsticks. Obviously, they were waiting for them.As soon as Xiaoxi came in, Father Jianguo greeted him warmly: "Xiaoxi, come here! The meal is ready! Brother Jiancheng is off to work, and I'll be waiting for you!"

Xiao Xi forced a smile to express her gratitude, and then pulled Xiao Xia: "Come, Xiao Xia, let's eat!" Xiao Xia stubbornly refused to go to the table.When eating at Xiaoxi's house, she ate with their family.But Jianguo's father is here, so she has to follow the rules of the village.Father Jianguo asked her to come to the table, but she didn't come, so she turned and went to the kitchen. Jianguo's father was angry: "Why is Bao'an's daughter-in-law so stubborn, like a donkey!" He was also anxious because of Xiaoxia's insistence on leaving the Gu family.When Xiao Xia went back to pack his things, he had already scolded his son for a long time, saying that his son did not pay attention to methods and methods, and that it seemed that he could not handle the relationship with the Gu family, and it had something to do with his son.The son just listened to his father, without saying a word.Things have come to this point, saying anything is useless.He Jianguo didn't care about what Xiaoxia's departure would have on the Gu family. He Jianguo didn't care at all. His heart was just like Xiaoxi's. After so many years of tug-of-war guerrilla warfare and countless times of encirclement and counter-encirclement with the people in the same city, He Jianguo didn't care. A little hard.The rest of the non-hard part, the soft part, was left to his family, his family in Yimeng Mountain, to be specific right now, to his brother.The only thing he really thinks about right now is his brother.Of all the things that have happened recently, in his opinion, only the brother's matter is worth taking seriously: I have already done a day of heavy physical work during the day, but I have to work overtime at night, unloading the car, unloading what?Wouldn't it still be the nearly two-meter-high cement slab?The current situation of my brother is directly related to the Gu family.Xiaohang can completely change the type of job for his brother, no.The Gu family could have let Xiaohang do this, but they didn't.They said that Xiaohang was having conflicts with them because of Jian Jia's matter, and they couldn't speak.Think about it objectively, let’s see, which of these things is more important?And their family will always be, their affairs, no matter how small they are, are big things, and the He family's affairs, no matter how big they are, are still small things, which is the consciousness of farmers.

Jianguo's father saw that his son had something on his mind and didn't want to talk, so he was angry but he couldn't help it, he couldn't help it!Fearing that Xiaoxi would have opinions, he took the initiative to take the responsibility of adjusting the atmosphere. "Xiaoxi, don't you want to drink?" "No, no, you drink!" At this time, He Jianguo drank the wine in his glass and poured himself another glass.Xiaoxi couldn't help but said: "Drink less!" He Jianguo simply poured the newly poured wine into his mouth when he heard it.Jianguo's father frowned: "If you tell you to drink less, drink less, your wife is doing it for your own good."

"For my own good? She is making use of the situation." "Huh? What kind of question did I use to play?" "Come on, stop pretending, they are all smart people!...Even if it is my responsibility for Xiao Xia to leave, it is my fault, but why don't you think about it, how did she come here? We didn't find you Is it? She's gone now, you've just returned to your previous state, and you haven't lost anything extra!" "He Jianguo, you are still unreasonable!" "Why am I being unreasonable? Every word I say is reasonable, and every sentence is true!"

Xiaoxi was too angry to speak.He Jianguo sneered triumphantly, and reached for the wine bottle again.It was too late to say it, but before he finished speaking, the back of the head "bang" and received a big slap, he turned to look at Dad in surprise: "Dad, you hit me!" "You are the one who hit you! If you don't hit you for three days, you will go to the house to Jiewa! I will pay your wife! Now! Immediately! Hurry up!" "father!!" Father Jianguo raised his hand again: "Are you going to tell me?" Xiaoxi was also surprised, and after he regained his composure, he said, "Forget it, Dad, forget it! Forget it!"

Jianguo's father didn't count, he raised his hand high and stared at his son.He Jianguo turned his face away and said "I'm sorry", and the circles of his eyes turned red.Father Jianguo's eyes were also red.Xiaoxi's eye circles were also red.She felt a kind of ominousness from this abnormality. As Xiaoxi walked away, the first thing Jianguo's father did was to go to his son's side and touch the place he had beaten just now. "Does it hurt?" He Jianguo dodged his father's hand, his eyes were red again.Jianguo's father murmured: "Dad has never hit you since you were ten years old... His hands are too heavy... Don't remember to hate father, he is calling for her, he is doing it for your own good, for your brother—" It turned out that Dad had the same idea as him!I couldn't help hating myself in my heart, hating myself for being so unbelievable and not being able to get along better, for example, being like Liu Kairui.Then, he didn't need to ask anyone else, he raised his hand to solve the elder brother's matter.He didn't say anything, just went to find a bed for Xiao Xia in silence.At this time, I heard my father's voice: "Bao'an daughter-in-law, are you determined to leave and don't think about it anymore?" Before Xiao Xia could speak, He Jianguo immediately said loudly: "Don't think about it, let's go!...Xiao Xia, it's fine if you don't work in their house! It seems that I will have to go to their house less in the future, so as not to be guarded by others! " The next day, He Jianguo sent his father and Xiaoxia to the station, got on the train, and sat in the train until the announcement "Please get off if you are seeing relatives and friends" was announced before getting off.His father sent him to the door of the car, stretched out half of his body and urged him to go back.Thinking of his father coming here for his brother but having to go back disappointed, He Jianguo felt extremely uncomfortable.At this time, Xiaoxia suddenly ran to the door of the car in a hurry, handed him a wad of money, and told him to hand it over to the Gu family, saying that the Gu family had paid her a month's salary in advance.He Jianguo took the money and said slowly, "Xiao Xia, you're doing well!" Hearing what his son said, Jianguo's father couldn't help sighing, and persuaded him: "Go back and have a good talk with your wife. If you don't raise a child, you don't know your parents' kindness. Your wife has never had a baby and is ignorant. I know being a father and mother is difficult. Hurry up and have a baby! This time you are pregnant, even if you sell the house and sell the land, you can’t make the baby anymore!” At this time, He Jianguo suddenly blurted out: "Father, if she just can't have a baby, no, no, I mean, if she just doesn't want to have a baby—" "Then what do we need her for?" Dad's face "brushed" and became icy cold. He Jianguo understood and nodded.The train drove, from slow to fast, carrying his father away from Beijing, heading for Yimeng Mountain, which he loved and hated... On weekends, He Jianguo went to the bookstore, went up to the fourth floor, found the medical book area, looked around, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, neurology, gynecology... He took out a thick "Gynecology", flipped through , turn to the relevant page, see.The book does not say whether "habitual abortion" can be cured or not, but only how to cure it.He decided to buy the book and read it carefully after taking it home.When I bought it, I thought about it. I can't take it home. Xiaoxi must be paranoid when he sees it. He doesn't want to explain anything to her now.Take the unit.There is a locked drawer in He Jianguo's office.You can't let your colleagues see him watching "Gynecology", people must think, what is he thinking about. Before leaving get off work that night, he called Xiaoxi and said that he was working overtime.After get off work, I went to the street and spent five yuan to buy two sesame seed cakes, and dinner was settled.Then I went back to the office, opened the locked drawer, took out the big "Gynecology", turned to the "habitual abortion" section, and read.That section was not long, and he had read all of it in the bookstore.Not to say it can be cured or not, but how to treat it.Suddenly, his heart moved, and he turned to the chapter "Villoepithelial Carcinoma" - there is a comparison to distinguish it - and it didn't say whether it can be cured or not!Just talk about how to cure it!In this way, he looked at several incurable diseases that ordinary people usually think of, and they all have the same style.That is to say, the book will not simply say that a certain disease can be cured or cannot be cured, it only talks about how to cure it.When you think about it, you can’t blame the authors for prevarication, probably because medicine is vast and complicated, and there are laws, but there are also many cases, so you are not allowed to draw a certain unchangeable conclusion.For example, lung cancer, known as the king of cancer, is powerful, right?There was an old man in their village who had this cancer. When he was found out in Jinan, the provincial capital, he heard that it was an incurable disease, so he decided to die.Don't say that the family doesn't have much money, but if there is a lot of money, why treat an incurable disease? It costs a lot of money!Now I went home with my sons.The old man has three sons, the youngest son is the best, and he became a bureau-level cadre in Anhui.The youngest son took his father to Anhui—let him look around while he was still alive—and entrusted him to a friend who worked in Huangshan.The air there is good, and it must be good for the lungs.My father lived there for a while, and his illness didn't get worse at all, it seemed to be getting better.So the three brothers pooled money to rent a house for their father near Huangshan Mountain, and took their mother there, and a son and his family followed him to take care of his father.A few months later, after a checkup, only calcifications remained on the lungs. Even the doctors called it a miracle. ...He Jianguo closed the thick "Gynecology", a little disappointed, and felt a little ridiculous. If he can make a diagnosis just by reading a book, then he would be a doctor.He locked the book back into the drawer and decided to go to the hospital and find a doctor.You can't go to the hospital where Xiaoxi's mother is, so as not to let her know and become suspicious. He Jianguo went to the Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, asked for leave, and spent 100 yuan to make an appointment for a special-needs specialist.He wanted to ask the experts, is there a lot of this kind of disease clinically?What is the cause?More cured or less cured?How to cure?Etc., etc.The expert who made an appointment checked 114 in advance, called to inquire clearly, and read the relevant chapters of "Gynecology" again on the first day, but it turned out that "men were not allowed" when he got there-he couldn't get in. Closeness and sparseness - the key is that he can't make up for this "one sparseness".Can you call Gu Xiaoxi?It doesn't matter if you call her early or late, but you can't call her at this time.Their relationship was at a delicate moment, and she would be meddlesome even if nothing happened, so he really asked her to come to see a doctor at this time, and it was obvious that he gave her the blame. He Jianguo had made up his mind at this time, if Xiaoxi couldn't bear children, he could only listen to his father.A large part of the reason why he asked about the cause of "habitual abortion" was to know how much responsibility he had in this matter.If it was all his responsibility, he would be in debt to her.However, she also owed him, and it turned out that she owed neither! When I came back from the maternity hospital, my illness was not treated, but I wasted all morning, so I had to work overtime at night to make up for it.When I walked out of the office after working overtime, it was already past twelve o'clock. When I got home, it was almost a little later, and the elevator had stopped, so I could only climb the stairs. He Jianguo climbed up to the 18th floor by himself, the corridor was dark, the moon shone in from the corner of the stairs, sprinkled all over the floor, like silver like water, he couldn't help but stop, as if in a dream... At that time, he and Xiao Xi were sweet.She was pregnant, and they came back from the hospital for an examination. When they got home, they saw a notice posted outside the building that there was a power outage from 3:00 pm to 3:00 am. I'm sorry and so on.A moving company's car was parked not far away, and someone was arguing with the property owner: "How can you say that there is a power outage? I have brought all the furniture. There is no elevator on the 17th floor. What do you want me to do?" It's the power supply bureau's business, not our business." "We have no contractual relationship with the power supply bureau, we only have a contractual relationship with your property!"... Some people who come back from get off work are also worried, and people are carrying the vegetables they bought Wait, obviously they all live in the upper floors. He Jianguo was not in a hurry, and leaned over to Xiaoxi: "Come on!" "What for?" "I'll carry you on my back." "The eighteenth floor!" "bring it on!" So, Xiaoxi leaned over her upper body, bathed in people's envious eyes, and went upstairs with her young husband on his back. Jianguo went upstairs with Xiaoxi on his back.After reaching the seventh floor, only Jianguo's footsteps remained in the corridor. "Are you doing this for me, or for your child?" Xiaoxi asked quietly. "Co-author, I haven't carried you on my back before?!" "Have you ever carried it?" "Think about it." "I don't remember." Xiaoxi played tricks. "I really don't remember?... If I don't remember, I won't recite it!" He Jianguo said as he put Xiaoxi down, panting heavily. Xiaoxi smiled: "Just say it when you can't carry it, and say it when you're tired. Don't make excuses." He Jianguo admitted: "I'm a little tired." "I sprained my ankle when I went to the Mutianyu Great Wall, and you carried me for more than ten miles in one breath—" "It's old! It can't be compared with that time!" "It was at that moment that I decided: marry him, this is a man! A man has to be like a man, with strength and vitality!" He Jianguo sat down: "Sit down and rest for a while." Xiaoxi was about to sit on the steps, He Jianguo patted his leg, "Sit here! It's cold on the ground! No one will come, don't worry." Xiaoxi was on her husband's lap Sitting down, he put an arm around her.It was just at the turning of the stairs that the moonlight came in through the window and shone quietly on them.He Jianguo put his hand on Xiaoxi's waist and touched it: "Why isn't there any movement?" Xiaoxi smiled: "You didn't move at all in your mother's womb when you were so old!" He Jianguo expressed his determination: "When he comes out, no matter whether his son or daughter, just like you, learn the piano! If he dares to say no, watch me beat him!" Xiaoxi was so moved that he hugged He Jianguo's neck, and said fascinatedly, "Then—then, my music prodigy and I will take you, a music blind, to the music town of Europe!..." "I'm music blind?! When we were in love, you always praised me for my good singing!" "Can you believe what you say when you're in love? What you say when you're in love is nonsense, silly words, crazy words!" "yes?" "yes." "That's good." He Jianguo said, pushing Xiaoxi away, and walked upstairs by himself. Xiaoxi stood in the dark corridor and called pitifully, "Jianguo!" Only then did He Jianguo stop: "Tell me, are those words you said back then nonsense?" "No. It's all true." "Say it again." "It's true." "I want you to repeat what you said back then!" So Xiaoxi made a sweet gesture: "Jianguo, your singing is really good!" "and also!" Xiaoxi called out, "Jianguo!" He Jianguo showed no mercy: "Say it! If you don't tell me, I'll leave! Leave you here alone!" "……I love you." He Jianguo corrected her: "No! What you said is: 'I love you very, very much and love you forever!'" Xiaoxi said obediently: "I love you very, very much and will love you forever." Jianguo: "That's true!" Walking down, bending down, "Come up!" Xiaoxi quickly got on the ground.He Jianguo carried her on his back, and the two walked upstairs... Time flies, love is like a dream, and everything, at this time, is like the moon outside the window, beautiful, so beautiful, so far away, so far away... Due to his excellent work, He Jianguo was appointed as the technical director by the company, and the deputy director did not take that step, and he became the youngest cadre in the company's core management.Not to mention the salary increase, he was also assigned a special car with a special driver.Under normal circumstances, he still drives by himself, but when the work is tight, busy and tired, he has to let the driver drive.Driving is still more tiring than sitting in a car. On this day, He Jianguo went to attend a meeting on behalf of the company. The meeting was of high standard and required formal attire, that is to say, a suit and tie.He Jianguo was not familiar with the road to the meeting place, so he asked the driver to drive for fear of delay.As he was walking, the hat of a migrant worker on the side of the road ahead was blown off by the wind. He chased the hat and came straight to the middle of the road.The driver was caught off guard and slammed on the brakes. He Jianguo staggered and almost broke his neck.The migrant worker picked up his hat and hurried to the side of the road.The driver quit, jumped out of the car and cursed: "You are looking for death! You think this is a country road in your village!" He Jianguo was rubbing his neck in the car, the doors and windows were closed, and he couldn't hear the movement outside. The driver grabbed the migrant worker and cursed: "How much is your broken hat worth, huh? Who is to blame when I bumped into you, huh?!" There were already spectators gathered around, and the traffic behind was blocked " Di" became a piece. He Jianguo rubbed his neck for a while, only to realize why the driver hadn't come up yet.I looked at my watch, it was getting late, I opened the car window and called, "Xiao Sun! Let's go! The meeting is going to be late!" The driver turned his face: "Director He, these migrant workers are so unqualified! You can't be polite with them—" Suddenly, he stopped talking.He found that Director He's eyes were wrong. The migrant worker caught by the driver was none other than He Jiancheng.At this time, He Jiancheng also saw his younger brother.The younger brother is dressed so decently, and his status is also decent. He has a car and a driver. What, turn around and run away.He Jianguo didn't speak, which can be explained that he didn't expect it to happen so suddenly, but it wasn't that he didn't have time before he saw clearly it was his brother and ran away.During this time, why did he not speak? The driver still refused to let go, and shouted at He Jiancheng's back: "You fucking run away! You fucking deserve a beating! Don't run into me next time, I'll let you—" Then he shouted loudly: "Xiao Sun! Let's go!" It's Director He.His face was as blue as black iron.He just shut up, got in the car, and drove. The first thing He Jianguo did when he returned to the company after the meeting was to go to the logistics department in person—instead of calling—to find their person in charge, and ask them to drive the driver surnamed Sun who drove him today. Yes, the quality is too poor. In the evening, when he returned home from get off work, He Jianguo solemnly asked Xiaoxi if he could ask Xiaohang to give his brother Jiancheng a job as a bricklayer.His classmate promised He Jiancheng to work as a security guard in the company, but He Jianguo did not agree.If you are over 30 and work as a security guard, you have no technical content and no future.My brother didn't want to be a security guard either, and he wanted to learn bricklayer wholeheartedly.Xiaoxi was upset at the time, she had just put down her father's phone call.Dad said on the phone that the new nanny she found for the family left without saying goodbye, without saying anything, and there is no need to say.When leaving, the nanny took more than 1,000 yuan in cash from the drawer at home.Fortunately, there is still dad at home, not going to work.If there is no one at home, she has to vacate the house?So when He Jianguo bothered her about his brother again, she became annoyed and said without thinking, "No." "why?" He still has to ask!She said: "Your brother has no skills, so he has to do manual labor. Then we will talk about it later depending on the situation." "Didn't you all work as bricklayers at the beginning?" "That's about Xiaohang." "Why can't Xiaohang use his relationship again?" "Why do you always let others use other people's relationships? Why can't you rely on your own ability?" If these words were put in the past, it would be nothing.Gu Xiaoxi said more ugly things than this, and He Jianguo just took the opportunity to return it.But this time is different.This was decided before he spoke, and this was the last time he asked her. If she didn't change anything, he would change.But he didn't want to use the excuse of not being able to have children, he couldn't say it.Even if it wasn't because of him that she couldn't have a baby, he couldn't say it.Originally, she felt bad that she couldn't have a baby. If he told her that directly, wouldn't it be adding salt to someone's wound?He Jianguo was silent for a moment, then turned around and left the house.