Chapter 51 5

On this day, Wu Zhenqing's father played chess with the retired worker in the street garden again, chatting with the retired worker, and took the initiative to mention that the retired worker became a consultant to the construction team.The old worker was baffled by Lao Wu's mention, and he said: "You obviously can't do it anymore, why do I still stare at you every day?" Old Wu said as if he had been seriously insulted: "Who said I can't do it? Who said that? I am a man who promises everything I promise! I will never promise to others in person if I can't do it. Since I promised in person The thing is, it is a certainty, and it will definitely be done! I never use empty words to sell things to others."

The other looked at him in bewilderment. Old Wu said: "If you don't take the initiative to ask me, I am confused. I don't know if you have changed your mind again." The other party said: "But..." Old Wu asked: "But what? Don't you just want to find another job and earn a salary every month? Why, my son is the construction captain, and you asked me, so I can't help you with this." On? His construction team now has more than 100 people. He is also a person in charge! It’s just that he said that it may be difficult for you to be a consultant, so you should be a construction director or something.”

The retired old worker saw that he was serious, looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Old brother, good! It is worth learning..." Old Wu said, "What can I learn from you?" The other party said: "Man, if you live to be carefree, you have lived to a great state! Any worry can be laughed at, isn't it? If I have a son In a field like your son's, then I'm not in the mood to play chess with you here! I'm not in the mood to joke around!" Old Wu couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with my son?" The other party asked: "You really don't know?"

Old Wu grabbed the opponent's hand and asked, "What do you know? What happened to my son?" Seeing that Old Wu really didn't know anything, the other party realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly said, "I... I don't know anything... Come, come, come, I will accompany you to kill another game, another game!" Old Wu was in a hurry: "You tell me!" The other party had no choice but to say: "I told you, don't get angry, and don't go back and lose your temper with your son. His construction team has already disbanded. He is currently doing temporary work, replacing residents in a community. Gas. Isn’t my third son working at the gas station? After coming and going, they became acquainted and became friends..."

Old Wu's hand slowly let go of the opponent's hand. "Ordinarily, I really shouldn't talk so much. This is also a temporary situation. Qin Qiong has been used as a mace!" Old Wu was neither in the mood to listen, nor was he in the mood to play chess. He closed the chessboard with a snap and looked around for his crutch. The crutch was taken by a child as a gun, and the cat was behind the tree wall, "shooting" at other children. Old Wu roared: "Send it to me!" The boy looked at Old Wu anxiously.The retired old worker said: "Don't send this grandpa's crutch over!"

The boy came with a cane.As soon as he put it down, he turned and ran away. Old Wu picked up the chessboard, leaned on his staff and walked away.The retired old worker said: "I want to drive a little bit! There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there is another village." Old Wu muttered away leaning on his stick. Aunt Wu was chopping vegetables and preparing to make dumplings; when Old Wu came back, he was rummaging through the pantry, and Aunt Wu asked, "What are you looking for?" "Where's the bottle of Fenjiu that the boss asked someone to bring?"

"Didn't you give it away?" "Who are you sending it to?" "Didn't you give it to the person in charge of the house when you moved here? It happened in your life, but you suddenly remembered..." Old Wu straightened up, put on his crutches and walked out. Aunt Wu asked, "Where are you going?" "Go buy a bottle of wine..." "Aren't you superfluous!" "What's more? I want to buy a bottle of wine that my son loves to drink! Today is my birthday, and I want to have a happy drink with my son! Today you are not allowed to control us! My son's life is more difficult than mine. , I feel sorry for him..."

Aunt Wu stopped chopping vegetables and said: "He is in front of the captain, isn't it good... Who did you hear?" Old Wu said: "That's not true. But I think, although he is no longer a child, there may still be times when he needs to be comforted. I understand this better than you." After finishing speaking, he went out. Aunt Wu stopped chopping vegetables, walked into the hut, sat on the bed in a daze, and said to herself: "This old man, how did he become so sympathetic to his son?" At noon, Wu Zhenqing was eating instant noodles in the hut of the neighborhood committee. The director of the neighborhood committee came in and asked, "Have another meal?"

Wu Zhenqing said, "Well, I'm always hungry..." The director of the neighborhood committee said: "Young man, is it okay to just eat instant noodles for lunch? At my aunt's house, I stewed a chicken yesterday. I ate half of it, and there is still half left. Don't think it is leftover. I brought it to you." As she spoke, she put a cover basin in the net bag on the table. Wu Zhenqing hurriedly said: "I don't dislike it. I never care if there are leftovers of delicious food." He lifted the lid, grabbed a chicken leg and ate it with relish. The director of the neighborhood committee said: "Everyone, the residents have a good impression of you. It is generally reflected that you are willing to work hard."

Wu Zhenqing said politely: "Where, the residents paid me to hire me, I should. I'm taking the job that the residents gave me!" The director of the neighborhood committee obviously loved hearing this - she poured him a glass of boiling water and said, "There is something that I want to discuss with you..." "Auntie, tell me..." "See that garbage truck and that broom outside?" Wu Zhenqing glanced out the window: "Isn't that just for Uncle Zhao?" The director sighed and said, "He is a tough old man. He said he passed away, and he passed away last night..."

Wu Zhenqing stopped eating chicken. The director went on to say: "The residents have asked me to look for someone to clean up the environment in the community. I hope someone who can be as serious and responsible as Uncle Zhao. I wonder if you would like to take over?" "Me? ... Obligation?" "When Uncle Zhao was working, he was paid one hundred yuan a month. This amount of money is almost as good as fulfilling his obligations for nothing. If you really want to do it, and you can guarantee that the two aspects of work are not missed, the aunt will not miss it." Find someone else." Wu Zhenqing blurted out: "I will do it!" The director smiled: "I guess you must be willing! Xiao Han from the police called me a few times and asked if you were tired from working here. I said that you are all residents of the building, and you carry big gas tanks all day long. Yes, are you still not tired? He begged me to find an opportunity to make a proposal, as long as I can add a few more money to you, I will add a few more money. I am very embarrassed about this matter, and I have to go door to door to persuade. It is better Let you do Uncle Zhao's job." Wu Zhenqing said gratefully: "Auntie, how can I thank you!" "Look what you kid said, thank you! You're so young, I don't think you can always do this with us anyway." Wu Zhenqing said: "That may not be the case. I am mentally prepared to work for a few years. Auntie, I also have something, and I want to discuss it with you." "Let's talk, for Xiao Han's relationship, as long as the aunt can do it, it's fine!" Wu Zhenqing said: "I want...to pay some money in advance. Today is my father's sixty-seventh birthday. I have grown up, and I have never bought any birthday presents for my father!" "Then how much do you want to pay in advance?" "Thirty... is that okay?" The director looked at him, and the circles of his eyes were a little red: "Just fifty." Wu Zhenqing looked at her gratefully. The director hurriedly pointed to the chicken on the table and said, "Is this chicken still delicious?" "Smells, smells! It smells so good." He gnawed off the chicken legs in a few mouthfuls, and took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands.When he walked outside, he stood in front of the garbage truck, stretched out a hand, and gently stroked the broomstick and handlebars that had been polished by Mr. Zhao's hands, as if they were silently telling him about life. experience. From then on, Wu Zhenqing swiped his broom to sweep the roads between the buildings in the community every day. He swept so seriously that he even had to pick up the paper in Kusama. He pushed the cart and cleaned the trash cans one by one, making it a mess every day. That evening, Wu Zhenqing walked into the bathing pool where he often went to take a bath. He was washing his face up under the lotus head, his hands touched his red and swollen shoulders, and his face showed a painful expression. Coming out of the bath, he bought a tiny semiconductor radio in the store. When he got home, he saw his parents making dumplings. His father asked, "Why are you back so early today?" Wu Zhenqing said: "I came back in our team's own car..." Aunt Wu said to Old Wu: "I said you don't have to sigh for him! Did you hear that, they all have their own cars in the team." Old Wu said: "When did I sigh for him!" Wu Zhenqing took off his shirt, changed his shoes, and said while washing his hands: "I just bought a small bread, for the convenience of contacting business in the future. I am riding for the first time today. It is not a business, I will not sit again. I have to pay attention to the impact, Is it Dad?" "That is. Be mindful of the effects." Wu Zhenqing wanted to sit down and make dumplings, but Aunt Wu said, "You don't need to make dumplings, it's just a few minutes away." Wu Zhenqing said: "Dad, we have given out bonuses. Today is your birthday, so I bought you a small present." As he spoke, he stood up and took out the tiny semiconductor from the handbag hanging on the coat rack: "Don't you like to listen to Peking Opera? Television stations can't replace radio stations, so listening to Peking Opera is still convenient. I wonder if you like it?" Aunt Wu said while cooking dumplings, "Look at how filial your second son is to you!" Old Wu said while fiddling with the semiconductor, "I like it, I've wanted to have such a thing for a long time." Wu Zhenqing said: "Mom, I don't have much money in my pocket today, and I have no idea what to buy for you; I will express my filial piety when you celebrate your birthday." "Mom doesn't care...Mom knows you are a filial son to your parents..." Aunt Wu secretly wiped away tears. Old Wu said: "Zhenqing, in the past, when you were young, your dad always earned the money, and your mom used it to buy you clothes. Today, dad took advantage of his happy birthday and bought you a pair of clothes himself. A small gown, keep it in your room, go and try to see if it fits." Wu Zhenqing got up and walked into his room, picked up the clothes from the pillow; he took off the old clothes, put on new ones, looked in the mirror, stared at himself, felt sour, and thought to himself: Wu Zhenqing, Wu Zhenqing, you belong to ordinary people. Son, your parents' life is so difficult. If you can't make them live a carefree and happy life in their later years, you are too unworthy to be their son! He put on new clothes and walked out of the room. Plates, wine bottles and wine cups, as well as some dishes were already set on the table.Lao Wu looked at his son and said, "It fits very well. Zhenqing, from today on, Dad asks you to go out of the house with clean clothes and come back from get off work in good spirits. As long as we earn money in an open and honest manner , then no matter what you do, you don’t need to underestimate yourself! When you live a breath, you are afraid that you will let it go first.” Wu Zhenqing sat down and said, "Dad, I will definitely remember your words." Old Wu said: "Dad bought this bottle of wine specially today. It's for my birthday, and for you. Don't you like to drink Fenjiu! Alcohol is tired after work. Drinking it in moderation is not considered human. What's wrong with me..." As he spoke, he filled his own cup with wine, and filled his son's cup with wine, then handed the wine bottle to his son, "Pour a cup for your mother, too." Aunt Wu said while cooking, "Don't pour it for me, it's not like you don't know, I'll put it on my face after drinking it." Old Wu said: "What are you afraid of on the face? At home, you can sleep when you are drunk!" He took out another wine cup from the wine cabinet, "Pour it up and pour it up." Wu Zhenqing also filled a glass of wine for his mother; Aunt Wu brought another dish and sat down. Old Wu said: "Come on, let's all raise our glasses. Today is my birthday, no one is allowed to say anything depressing. You are also not allowed to talk about any unhappy things. Let me be happy." Aunt Wu said: "There is nothing to worry about!" All three members of the family raised their wine cups, and they drank all at the same time. In the middle of the night, Lao Wu waited for his son to fall asleep, and in the dark, leaning on the wall, he came to his son's big house. Wu Zhenqing, with his back bare, seemed to be sleeping soundly on the bed. The lamp on the bedside table was left on, and Lao Wu sat slowly by the bed, watching his son's swollen shoulders.He stretched out one hand to touch, but withdrew his hand again, afraid of waking his son. In the darkness, Old Wu thought to himself: Son, although Dad has a disabled leg, his heart is not disabled.Dad also has some old buddies from all walks of life. Starting tomorrow, Dad is going to connect them. Dad will definitely help you and help you reorganize the construction team.Dad wants you sons of the common people to know that a dad with no power can be a good dad...