Chapter 32: Fortune and Misfortune
After Chen’s father and mother Chen came out, they worked on the construction site because they were not well educated. Xiaoxi heard that her father said that her mother was very hard-working at that time, and she had to put a bag of cement on a truck of sand, which was effortless. Working on the construction site, women were used as men and men used as donkeys.
On this day, Dad Chen took advantage of the break to go to Jiangmen City to apply for some documents.
Early in the morning, after breakfast, Chen's mother took Chen's father out, "Slow down on the road, be careful, come back early after finishing the work."
With the 100 yuan in his pocket in his pocket, Chen hurried to the long-distance bus station. Chen's mother sent Chen's father away, then went back to the house to clean the pots and dishes, and then began to wash the dirty clothes accumulated over the past few days.
When we arrived at the bus station, Chen's father spent 12 yuan to arrive in Jiangmen City. After getting off the car, he went to the place and asked someone to apply for the certificate (at that time, it was a popular choice for fake certificates). It was already past eleven o'clock when he came out. Chen's father planned to find a restaurant to have a meal before going back.
After walking two streets, I found a fast food restaurant, which was very cheap. Dad Chen walked in and greeted the waiter. Because the dishes were fried and placed in the glass cabinet, I ordered a spicy chicken diced chicken and a refried pork.
Sitting behind the dining table and waiting for the meal, Dad Chen took out the money from his pocket and planned to pay it directly later. But he inserted his hand into his pocket, but he didn't. He touched the other pockets and didn't. Dad Chen realized that the remaining dozens of dollars had been lost.
Seeing that the waiter had not come out yet, I didn’t expect that I would have no money to pay the bill after dinner, so I quickly escaped.
When Dad Chen, who had slipped out, saw that he had no money and could not get in the car, he rushed back.
After walking for three or four hours, I was so hungry that I pressed my chest against my back, so I crossed the highway grid and planned to find two cucumbers to gnaw on the ground.
As a result, when I arrived at the vegetable field, I saw that there were cucumbers and the cucumber vines were gone. Seeing that there were two cabbage stems next to me, I pulled them up and bit them a few bites. I saw a few vegetable stems next to me, which were very hard and could not even be eaten. Dad Chen picked them up and smashed them on the stone beside him. After a few strokes, he broke them and ate the meat inside.
After solving the problem of hunger, Chen's father continued to move forward. At this time, a long-distance bus from Jiangmen to Foshan came to the expressway. Chen's father was really tired of walking, so he quickly waved to the driver to stop and he wanted to get on the bus.
After getting on the bus, he said to the driver: "Master, I'm going to Beifang. Do you want to call me when you get there?"
The driver saw him walking alone on the highway, sweating and covered in dust. He probably walked a lot and nodded without saying anything, closed the car door and continued driving.
After passing Beifang, Dad Chen saw that the driver didn't speak, so he pretended not to see it. When he was about to arrive at the bus station in Foshan City, he walked to the driver and said, "Master, I have said everything, I'll go to Beifang, why are you going to take me here?"
The driver was shocked and said frankly: "I know you working people have no money, so hurry up and go down." He looked at Dad Chen with a clear idea and opened the car door.
When Dad Chen saw that he didn't have to worry about it, he got a free car and said thank you and got out quickly.
It was dark before Chen's father left Foshan City exhausted and was about to arrive at the toll station in Guangzhou. He looked at the passing vehicles and then the sky, and knew that he would not know when he would arrive if he continued like this.
After thinking about it, he decided to take a taxi back. He made up his mind and Dad Chen stood by the highway and waved to stop a motorcycle.
"Hello, Master, are you going to Guangzhou City?" asked Dad Chen.
"Of course you can make money, where are you going?" When you heard this master was a money-loving person.
“Tianhe District.”
"Yes." The master nodded in agreement.
Of course, you have to ask the price in advance when you take a ride, "How much does it cost to get there?"
"It's enough to get there for ten yuan, but you have to charge for passing through the toll station. This time, you can just give it fifty." The master didn't want to pay the toll in vain, so he spread it out for Dad Chen to make a payment.
Dad Chen cleaned his ears and asked, "What? Fifty? You can grab it, it's only about ten yuan at most. If you want to lie to me, there's no way." After that, he walked towards the toll station.
After climbing over the elevated network and bypassing the toll station, Chen's father went directly to stop a motorcycle master, "Master, go to Tianhe District, ten yuan, are you going?"
Seeing that business came to the door, the master quickly said, "Go, you get in the car."
He rushed all the way and it was almost twelve o'clock when he got home. Dad Chen got out of the car and said to the motorcycle master: "Master, I don't have money on me. Please wait for me to get some money, I'll come soon."
When the master saw where he lived, he knew that he was a migrant worker. It was not easy for everyone to earn hard money outside. He said with understanding: "Okay, go, I'll wait for you here."
Good man, who would believe this in modern times?
When she arrived at the door, Dad Chen thought about it. It was a big night and his wife should have slept. She had to know that she had lost money and could not make any noise again. So she turned around and went to her brother's house.
"Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock," Chen Wenxue got up from the bed with a somersault, lowered his voice and asked cautiously: "Who?"
Seeing that it was pitch black around, Chen's father also lowered his voice and replied, "It's me."
"Brother?" Chen Wenxue was surprised. He was his elder brother. He quickly turned on the light and opened the door to let Chen's father come in. "Brother, why did you come back so late? I heard from my sister-in-law that you went to Jiangmen early in the morning. You should have come back long ago?"
Dad Chen quickly interrupted, "I'll talk about these things later. Give me ten yuan first, I'll pay the fare."
This confused Chen Wenxue. What's wrong? "Ah? What's wrong?"
Seeing that the master had been waiting outside for a while, Dad Chen said hurriedly: "Oh, give me ten yuan first, and I will explain it to you later."
"Okay." Then he took out ten pieces of paper money from his pocket and gave it to Dad Chen.
He quickly took it, and Dad Chen took a few steps and handed the money to the master. With a grateful smile, he said, "Master, thank you for sending me back today. I originally wanted you to go in and sit down, but it's not too late, I'm afraid I'll delay your return home."
The master waved his hand, "Where is it, this is what I should do. If I send you, I have to go home quickly."
"Okay, go home quickly, then I won't delay you, be careful on the way."
After returning to the house, Chen Wenxue asked anxiously: "Brother, what's going on?"
Dad Chen said casually: "Nothing big is happening..." and then told his brother about what happened today.
After sending his brother out of the door, Chen Wenxue said: "Okay, brother, go back quickly and go to bed early. There is still work tomorrow."
"Well, you should go back to sleep as well." Nodded, Dad Chen waved his hand, "Go back quickly, I'll go back too."
Hearing the sound, Mother Chen quickly retracted her ears that were pressed against the door and returned to the bed with a slight touch.
"Knock, knock, Guihua, open the door." Facing the disturbance of the neighbor, Chen's father spoke very quietly, but there was no sound in the room for a long time. Chen's father shouted again, "Guihua, open the door, I'm back." After waiting for a while, he heard footsteps coming.
"I'm back, hurry up and go into the house to sleep." Mother Chen turned around calmly and walked to the bed and lay down.
Seeing that his wife didn't ask anything, Dad Chen quickly changed his clothes, turned off the light, lay down his tired body, and closed his eyes.
Listening to the snoring in his ears, Chen's mother opened her eyes and stared at Chen's father with anger and distressedness under the light outside.
The next morning, before dawn, Chen's father woke up and wanted to go to the bathroom.
This area is full of bungalows, with migrant workers living in it, and there is only one public toilet. So many people share the same toilet, so how can it be a "dirty and messy"? But everyone is used to it. Farmers have never done any dirty work and have never seen it, and they don't care.
Usually, father Chen also went to the public toilet, but when he woke up this morning, he didn't know if he hadn't woken up yet, or if he had walked too much yesterday, he left behind the sequelae. He actually ran far to the mountain behind.
When the big thing was solved, when I got up and walked back, I seemed to see a colorful thing on the ground. Because it was not dawn and I didn’t see clearly, I walked closer to both sides and picked it up and saw that it was a roll of money. When I opened it, there were two twenty pieces outside, and one piece inside was fifty pieces per piece, a total of ninety dollars.
Dad Chen couldn't help but laugh. He lost money yesterday and picked up money today. After all, the money is his own.
Seeing that Dad Chen came in from outside the door with a happy look on his face, Mom Chen said with a bad look: "So happy, have you picked up money?" He knew that Dad Chen lost money yesterday, so he said this on purpose.
When Dad Chen thought about it, he knew that his wife had lost money, so he pretended to be surprised and asked, "How did you know, you followed me to the bathroom secretly."
"Bah, who is secretly stole the toilet with you? You're shameless." He calmed down and asked again: "Have you really picked up money?"
Dad Chen sat down and said, "Of course, why are you lying to?" He took out the money in his pocket and explained everything he had just done.
Mother Chen thought about it and was angry, and she would avoid disasters. Besides, she didn't lose money, but she was a little bit of suffering. She pushed Dad Chen, "Okay, hurry up and put it away. This time she will treat her as a lesson. You have to tighten your money in the future and you can't lose it anymore. Get up and have to go to work today."
Thinking of picking up money in the morning, Dad Chen bought pork leg meat after work and went home for Mom Chen to stew a full pot, and then asked a group of fellow villagers and a few good people on the construction site to sit in the room, drinking and eating meat.
After eating and drinking, they all went home to wash up. A few fellow villagers insisted on frying golden flowers, so they continued the stall again.
Dad Chen revealed the cards in his hand, and the flush is the biggest. He is lucky, so he should bet quickly.
After playing for a few games, a thick stack of paper tickets had been piled up in front of Dad Chen. He had a good luck that night.
In fact, it is mainly because Chen’s dad is brave, and his cards are also good. His cards are smaller, and others are similar to him, but they are not as brave as him. When he is better, he raises hard, and overwhelms others in his momentum.
"Oh, I won't play anymore, I'll lose all of it. Chen Wen's luck is better tonight, I'll keep winning." He also looked at the stack of money in front of Chen's father.
The rules on the card table, since some people don’t play, they will part. They each took out their money and began to calculate the winners and loses.
"Hey, I lost a lot today."
"Me too."
"I also lost more than 100."
"Then, Chen Wen's family will win tonight."
“How much to win?”
"Wait for me, I'll count it." He pinched the bills in his hand and started counting them. He tried hard to suppress the joy in his heart, and raised the bills in his hand, "There are a total of 945."
Chapter completed!