C51 A Cruel Man and Woman

"Responsibility is harsh on oneself, but for the warmth of the sun, a channel of communication is built, causing the originally withered hope to slowly return to its original green color. " - - - A cursive poem.

"Aunt, I'm at your house. Are you home now?"

Every time the Quality Inspection Officer Xiao Jin came to the first building of the Dongjiang New District, Yi Jiang Garden, he would feel wronged for his aunt!

Fan Lihua had been working and studying until she graduated from her undergraduate studies. She started from the lowest level of staff in the Southeast Jiangnan Town and relied on her earnest, responsible, and studious spirit to serve people. Step by step, she developed into a committee member of the Dongjiang New District and the person in charge of the Ministry of Public Relations. She was also elected as the representative of the people in the new district.

But for more than 20 years, her residence had never changed. The family had always been squeezed in the two rooms and one living room that the couple had bought from the earliest loans. Yi Jiang Garden had been built for more than twenty years. It was just like the other old districts scattered across the north bank. They watched helplessly and subserviently as the north bank thrived and flourished.

Xiao Jin slapped off the paint and rusty handrails of the old stairs to prevent himself from being rubbed against the wall that had just been washed with powder. Afraid of alerting the old man who was resting in the room, she didn't dare press the doorbell too much and took out her phone to call Fan Lihua.

"Aiya, you're here? Look at me, I almost forgot! I'll be right back. Are you going to eat at home tonight? Why did you spend that money? You don't have to go outside! I need to buy two more semi-finished products. " Fan Lihua hurriedly hung up the phone, checked the dishes she had bought, and walked back into the market.

"Aunt, I told you not to be busy. I'll treat you to a meal. I'll bring you outside to try something fresh. " Xiao Jin helped to carry the dishes out and blamed Fan Lihua who was busy in the kitchen. "You haven't seen the 'Sharing of All Things'? There are many restaurants that are pretty good inside. There are a few that will definitely be to your liking! "

"Where did so much time come from? Besides, I'm going out. What about the old lady? " Fan Lihua brought out the soup and scooped out two bowls of food and soup. She gestured for the little gold to be carried to Chao Yang's room.

"My grandfather and grandmother said that you are too forgiving!" Little Gold saw Fan Lihua bring a towel to wrap the old man's mouth. He imitated her and fed the old man a spoon of soup, "My uncle's family has five children. When the old man's health was good, he rushed to pull her to take care of the child. When she is old and sick and can't move, he will push you away. Do you feel guilty? How busy are you and your uncle at work? Besides, this old man even disdained that you gave birth to twin daughters. He doesn't like you!"

" Shh! " Fan Lihua made a hand gesture to stop Xiao Jin's words, "Don't look at how Grandma can't hear you. She was very clear. Right now, she doesn't even need to mention how regretful she is. She keeps asking me to take a picture of your two cousins. The day before yesterday, she also said, She wanted to give me the old house under her name, but your uncle's big brother's family had already moved in. How could he give it away?"

"Then you can go through legal procedures and ask for it! Take a look, what do you and your uncle live here for?" Xiao Jin turned around and pointed at the old furniture in the room, "Have your colleagues in the district come before? Can you believe that this is the place where a district committee member and a representative of the Human Resources Department live? "

"Haha, why haven't you come before? In the past, when Xiao Gao and the others were tired, they came here to eat hotpot. " Fan Lihua's hand was pulled tightly by the old man. She fed the spoonful of rice to the side and hurriedly used a towel to wipe the old man's mouth.

"Even if you don't care, you have to think about your two cousins! One of them is studying abroad. The other will be guaranteed a PhD student immediately. It's still time to use money. " Xiao Jin couldn't bear the pain of bending over. He placed the bowl of soup on the coffee table and sat down on a stool at the side. "Just like that. You donate a lot of things to the Tibet District every year. Last year. . . You donated a hundred school bags, right?"

"Yes, I also added a hundred pairs of cotton sports shoes. You really don't know. . . On a cold day, many of the children there were barefooted. Their little feet are full of frostbite, making one's heart ache when they look at them! " Fan Lihua thought that the cotton shoes could give the child's shoes some protection. She could not help but laugh, "There's still a donation activity this year. You should also donate some, right?"

"No problem. With a selfless aunt like you, who is' heartless' to herself and to her own family, what else can I do?" Xiao Jin looked at Fan Lihua as she silently rubbed her waist. Helpless, he could only carry the bowl of soup and stand up. "In any case, which of my uncles, cousin, and I haven't been ruthlessly bullied by you?"

"Yo, you're blaming me for this?"

"Isn't that so? My uncle, Xiang Sunflower, did a good job on the best street on the north bank. You forced him to come to the south bank, and now he's so busy working for the new city that his feet can't touch the ground, and his home can't be touched! His two cousins have been trained since they were young to take care of him. They also have to serve as volunteers in the community. Your niece, I want to ask you to find a job after I'm done with my job, but I won't help you. You want me to break into the East River on my own! Isn't that cruel enough?"

" Aren't you all doing well now? You only graduated a few years ago, and you have already become one of the biggest chain companies in the country, Super Quality Inspectors. Let's not talk about it, your two cousins are now independent! Oh right, I forgot to tell you a piece of good news! "

" What? "

"Your cousin got married after the New Year! "

"Really!"

"Huh? Where is the prospective brother-in-law from? What does he do? "

" Just like us, from the countryside. He has a master's in economics, and recently, he's still running his own network. He's a very reliable young man. " When Fan Lihua thought about it, she smiled happily. "So, your uncle and I have decided that next year, we'll open up two commercial housing estates in Dongjiang New City and support them to buy a small house there. "

"What are we going there for?" Xiao Jin was surprised and almost overturned the bowl of soup. "We have no choice but to move the residents there. Everyone says that it's an isolated island. There are no companies there and it's inconvenient to work. Are you planning to 'allocate' your daughter and son-in-law?"

"This child, what nonsense is he spouting? Dongjiang New City is currently in a desolate state, and it won't develop in the future?"

"With the current state of the new city of the East River, if it were to develop, wouldn't it be more than ten or twenty years? Aren't you afraid that you'll delay Big Cousin and the others? No matter how ruthless you are, you can't just do that. With their professionalism and results, what kind of company can't they apply for on the north bank? "

"Lili, you can't look at it that way!" Fan Lihua said angrily, but also found it strange. "How do you know that there are so many things in Dongjiang New City that your uncle told you? I have to talk about him! "

"How could he be your uncle? Would he say that?" Xiao Jin felt that Xiang Sunflower was too wronged! " Isn't that so? I went to the toy factory to supervise the production quality. I met a girl who lived in Dongjiang New City. She told me. "

"Hmm? She also complained that the new city was a 'lone island'?" Fan Lihua sighed in her heart. What was wrong with the youngsters nowadays? Why did they complain so much? When she thought of her elder daughter's frown when she heard that she was buying a house in the new city, she couldn't help but furrow her brows.

"Yes. . . And no!" Xiao Jin watched as Fan Lihua finished feeding and helped her collect the bowls.

"What do you mean?"

"She said that she was given a fright on her first day in East River New City. That place is indeed a 'lone island' that worries people. "

"And then?"

"However, she felt that East River New City would become a garden just like the borderland farms and mining areas that grew up there. "

"Heh, this girl has a broad heart and a positive attitude. " Fan Lihua was somewhat gratified. "What does she do in the toy factory?"

"Her name is Xinzhi, because she failed the college entrance examination. Later on, due to her strong sense of responsibility, I named him and asked him to cooperate with me to do a quality check. " When Xiao Jin thought of Xin Xiaoze, he felt that he had failed to meet his expectations. "But that girl's brain isn't working properly. It's been almost four years since we arrived in the East River. The money we saved by wearing clothes and eating is still the same as before. Apart from renovating the house, she also paid for the school fees. It seems that the major I chose is similar to my cousin's, and it's also related to the Internet. "

" The girl you mentioned, isn't her name. . . Xinzhi? " Fan Lihua suddenly remembered the WeChat Tan Yin had sent her.

"Yes, how did you know?"

"I heard from a team leader in East River New City. "

"Aunt, I think that Xinzi is similar to you. She's also 'ruthless' to herself!"

"Oh, she's here?"

The largest fitness chain flagship store in Dongjiang City was located on a famous tourist attraction on the north bank of the river. The gold medal fitness coach who had just sent off his customers welcomed the hurried arrival of Summer Thorn.

"What event are you going to participate in today? Or do you want to do all of them?"

After knowing him for three years, the fitness coach was already familiar with his habits. Every time he stayed up all night or completed a major event, he would come here and crazily attack him. He would use high-intensity exercise to "torture" himself until he was exhausted.

"Okay. "

Without saying much, he took the key to the cabinet. He took off his coat, revealing his muscular body and began to warm up.

The fitness coach held it in. He knew it was useless, but he still tried to persuade him. "Owen, I think you're tired. Why don't you choose swimming, yoga, and a few slow events? It's not good for your body if you keep torturing yourself. "

"Thank you. " With a heavy heart, Summer Thorny didn't look at the fitness coach who had already treated him as a good friend. He took two big steps forward, jumped onto the treadmill, turned on the button, and adjusted his speed. He looked out the window at the beautiful night view of the East River and started to run faster.

"Hey, alright, I'll accompany you. " The fitness coach waved his hand and asked his assistant to check the equipment that Thorned Green needed.

The back of the machine, the barbell bend, the butterfly machine shoulder stretch, the upper pull, the dumbbell push-ups, the legs that sat on the table, and the legs that were bent and stretched out. Thorny Summer mustered all the strength in his heart and quickly made himself sweat all over his body!

When lying on the 45-degree inverted pedals, he looked at his tight arms covered in sweat and suddenly thought of that day. . . The arm that New Little Zhi gave him the towel. That arm that carried the rainwater, it was so thin and slender!