between clouds and mud

Chapter 29 Yellow Plums Never Fall and Green Plums Fall ([-])

Zhang Fang has been struggling in the world for many years. She has a sensitive mind, can observe words and emotions, and can make troubles again.

If I hadn't gone back to my hometown, I would probably have forgotten that I was once a teacher who taught and educated people.

Her personality is easy to enjoy in the business field, and it can be said that she has both ways.

But Zhang Fang knew that her heart was extremely empty, and she was very eager for something to fill her heart.

But today, she received good news.

Zhang Fang didn't buy any more fruit this time, but spent more money on expensive bird's nest supplements, and rode a bicycle to Zhou's villa.

When Zhang Fang arrived, Zhou Huaiming, Zhou Li and his son were sitting on the sofa playing chess.

Zhou Li couldn't bear to play this, every time Zhou Huaiming coaxed and tricked Zhou Li to come over.

Zhou Li is a stinky chess player, he doesn't follow the rules when playing chess, and starts playing tricks when he loses.

"You can overturn two mountains with this cannon?" Zhou Huaiming was not angry, pointing to the chessboard and began to reason.

"I'm a serial gun." Zhou Li was confident, and continued to pick up a chess piece and dropped it: "My horse is a thousand-mile horse."

Zhou Huaiming smiled and took the Maxima delivered to his door: "I have no regrets."

After being sent to the army several times in a row, Zhou Li also saw that his father was playing tricks on him on purpose. He knew the current affairs and simply gave up, said hello to Zhang Fang and went back to the room.

Zhou Huaiming took the chessboard away and made a cup of tea for Zhang Fang. After the two chatted for a while, Zhang Fang said that he had passed the civil service examination.

Feng Yi at the side heard this, and was very happy for her, and told Aunt Song to cook a bigger dinner to celebrate Fangfang's achievements.

Zhou Huaiming also nodded, saying that the little girl is good, but he didn't ask much.

In the evening, Feng Yi sat in front of the makeup mirror and ate bird's nest and told Zhou Huaiming: "Fangfang is under your hands, you can take more care of her in the future."

Zhou Huaiming didn't answer, he lay on the bed and told: "Don't take things away next time, to avoid suspicion."

Of course, Feng Yi is not a fool, she doesn't take it seriously: "Someone will come to trouble, this girl has a sense of proportion in everything, and her brain is also active, after all, she is a child who has suffered a lot."

China is a society of human relationships, and one or two reciprocations will bring the relationship closer.

When Zhang Fang went to visit for the second time, she carried some tea leaves in her hand. She didn't understand this, and she couldn't go wrong with the expensive ones.

But this time they didn't give it away, Feng Yi said with a smile: "A family, there is no reason to go back to your own house and buy things." So he refused to accept anything.

Zhang Fang was not in a good mood. When she saw the call from home, she hung up immediately.

She also understood the meaning in her heart, so she didn't waste her efforts.

But the tea should not be wasted either. Zhang Fang, who had just entered the office, had almost mastered the interpersonal relationship, so she took the tea and sent it to her immediate supervisor.

When the leader saw it, hey, this girl is coming, so he was willing to take care of her more at work.

Lao Gu received a call from Zhou Song and saw that it was almost time to go to the station to pick up Zhang Chengnian.

Zhang Chengnian looked a little tired, and he was a little thinner, and he was a little surprised to see Lao Gu who suddenly appeared.

There was a lot of people around, so Lao Gu beckoned and led him to the parking lot: "Have you got everything done at home?"

Zhang Chengnian nodded, the two of them didn't speak any more along the way, and Lao Gu sent him home.

Looking at the lonely back of the young man Xiao Suo, Lao Gu knew that those who are knocked down by the predicament are weak, and those who have completed reshaping in the midst of suffering are destined to be reborn.

Zhang Chengnian's heart has become stronger and stronger.

Zhang Chengnian fell asleep when he got home, and got up the next day when he heard the alarm clock ringing.

When he woke up, he looked at his face in the mirror and was in a daze for a moment.I changed my clothes, washed my face and went to work.

The boss of the foreign company where Zhang Chengnian works is a Singaporean Chinese. The head office is in Singapore, and China is just a branch.

Designers with outstanding abilities have the opportunity to be dispatched to the head office.

He knew that there was a bigger platform.

During this time, Zhang Fang called him and chatted with him from time to time.

Zhang Chengnian knew it well, he put away the drawings, and sighed: "Tell her, I'm fine."

After Zhang Fang hung up the phone, she lay on the bed and meditated for a while.

After Zhou Song was admitted to university, he would send himself a letter or two from BJ from time to time.

After reading the reply each time, Zhang Fang decided to forward BJ's letter to Shenzhen.

Seeing that he didn't reply, he stopped sending.

After a while, Zhang Chengnian asked on the phone: Is there no news from her?

Zhang Fang regrets the relationship between the two, but she also knows that this is the inevitable result.

There are also many suitors around Zhang Fang. She is contradictory.

A pair of living examples are in front of her eyes, will she still hit the south wall?
Women are different from men, women can marry high.

Zhang Fangda can choose a husband with a slightly better family background among suitors, and then serve his in-laws and have children.

She was born in a family where men were superior to women, but who told her to break into the society, and met a woman like Mr. Jiang, and knew that women can also be good at dancing with long sleeves and have both sides.

Zhang Fang has a desire in her heart. She is not willing to spend the rest of her life around the boiler. Even if she can't make a career, at least she must be smart, capable and independent.

At work, Zhang Fang is cautious and responsible in everything.

But she knows that she has no background and no connections. If she wants to survive in this circle and climb up, she must be sophisticated and tactful. Hypocrisy and flattery are also a science.

Zhang Fang's personality can change, and she is really lucky. In less than a year, she was promoted to a small job from a grassroots level, which is already a very good achievement.

On the other hand, her younger brother Junzi owed a lot of debt.

After going out to work, I became obsessed with gambling. This time I lost tens of thousands of dollars, and the debt collectors said harshly that if I couldn’t get the money within seven days, I would lose my left hand.

After receiving a call from debt collectors, the parents in their hometown were in a hurry. The old Zhang family had only three generations, and they had only one seedling, so they were anxious to find a way to raise money.

So Zhang Fang's cell phone started ringing day and night, and she wailed as soon as the call was connected.

Hearing the news, Zhang Fang was also anxious.

No matter how much she complained to her parents, she watched Junzi grow up, and how could she easily let go of her brotherhood.

She asked about the savings of the family, and her parents said that the times were not good, and the debts owed by the family were not repaid, let alone the savings.

Hearing this, Zhang Fang's heart sank. Only when it comes to money matters can one see the reality of people's hearts.

1 yuan is not a small amount. Zhang Fang has worked for so many years, and the hard-earned money she saved is only more than 4000 yuan.

When she was at a loss, she planned to go to the bank to transfer money first.

The queue at the bank window is very long, and of course there are special passages reserved for big customers.

Two salesmen guided a stylish woman in a suit upstairs.

Zhang Fang was very familiar with this figure, as if seeing a life-saving straw, she walked out from the crowd: "Aunt Jiang."

Mr. Jiang stopped when he saw Zhang Fang.

Mr. Jiang took Zhang Fang to the VIP room upstairs. After she learned about Zhang Fang's plight, she knew something in her heart: "How much money are you short?"

Zhang Fang shook her head: "Auntie, I don't want money, I just want to hear your opinion."

Zhang Fang is not stupid, she knows that once the money is taken, it will be a bottomless pit.

Mr. Jiang knew a thing or two about Zhang Fang's family background, and she had heard her daughter mention it several times.

But Zhang Fang said that she didn't want money, which was obviously beyond her expectations. She took a serious look at the girl and took a sip of coffee: "Zhang Fang, Auntie can't give you any advice."

"But you know, there's a natural advantage to being a woman."

"You are a girl, don't be aggressive or show off when you do things, learn to be weak and bow your head, your road will be much easier."

Zhang Fang went downstairs, looked at the window for a while, thought about it, and then remitted 2000 yuan back.

This is within her power, and as an adult, she is always responsible for what she does.

The money was obviously still a lot short, and her parents were crying on the phone to force her.
Zhang Fang also cried: "I am a yogurt salesperson, what money can I have?"

"I have been out for so many years, have you ever looked for me and given me a penny?
"Worried about me starving to death outside?"

"My first job washing dishes ruined my handles, and I have never humbly asked someone for money."

"I'm a woman who carries dozens of boxes of yogurt every day. My calves are shaking and I'm screaming that my throat is hoarse. Have you ever cared about me?"

Zhang Fang wiped tears all over her face. What she said was just one ten thousandth of the hardships.

How many times have you laughed at your face, how many times have you falsely flattered me.

She gained a foothold in society and never asked for help. She survived by herself step by step.

"Zhang Fang, that's your younger brother. How can you be so selfish?" Mother answered the phone and began to question her: "You didn't answer the phone yesterday. I took a ride with your father to the supermarket in the county to look for it. I heard your name People say that there is no such person. Mother knows that you are promising by looking at you, so I hope you can help your brother."

Zhang Fang's heart was completely cold, and sure enough: "The matter of Junzi has nothing to do with me, I have already given what should be given."

Zhang Fang hung up the phone, the phone in her hand was still ringing, and she saw the caller ID.

She slammed it against the wall so hard that the phone shattered.

Curled up on the bed, couldn't help crying out.

This is not Zhang Fang's grievance, this is little Fang Nier's grievance.

The little girl who has never been loved by her family has grown up now.

The kite that she could not forget in her childhood, the kite that was trampled by the soldiers, finally flew away from her dream.

When Feng Yi learned that Zhang Fang had been promoted, he specially asked her to come home for dinner. Seeing her plain expression, Feng Yi picked up a chopstick dish for her: "Good thing, why aren't you happy?"

After eating, Zhang Fang was not in a hurry to leave. She knocked on the door and walked into Zhou Li's room.

"Little Li, don't lie on the bed and play with your phone."

Zhou Li didn't take it seriously: "Why are you as verbose as my sister?"

"Your sister is not here, so I have to take care of you for her." Zhang Fang sat on a stool beside her: "Are you about to have surgery?"

Zhou Li nodded, and he put down his phone and lay on the bed: "After the operation is done, I can be like a normal person, running, exercising, and living like a normal person."

Zhang Fang nodded: "When you recover, your mother won't stop you from riding a bicycle."

Zhou Li turned his head, he joked: "Sister, what if I die?"

Zhang Fang still wanted to comfort him, Zhou Li continued.

"There is a half chance that I will die. I am afraid of death, and I am even more afraid that my parents and my sister will be sad after death. On the way to heaven, I don't want to see them cry."

"No, Zhou Li." Zhang Fang comforted him: "The technology is so advanced now, the equipment is imported from abroad, and the doctors are also the best."

Zhou Li bared his teeth with an unscrupulous smile: "I'm not afraid, why do you girls cry when you tease me?"

The tears in Zhang Fang's eyes were held back.

Zhou Li is coming soon, and he is very tall.

He stood up, half a body taller than Zhang Fang, like a young man in high spirits.

He smiled and said, "When I get better, I'll go see someone."

"Who?"

"A netizen." Zhou Li seemed to have returned to the time when he was ten years old, speaking with a cocked tail.

The winter of 2008 was extremely cold, and a blizzard came quietly.

Not only Changsha City, but most of the whole of China was covered. This is a heavy snow disaster that has never happened in 50 years.

Zhou Huaiming, as a senior official of HUN Province, needs his signature from the decision-making of the plan to the deployment of materials.

The slightest carelessness in policy coordination will affect the economic lifeline of the whole province.

A call came from the hospital, saying that grandpa woke up and was a little noisy in the ward, like a nightmare, clamoring to see his little grandson.

Feng Yi took Zhou Song and Zhou Li to see the old man.

There are snowdrifts on both sides of the road in the city, and the driving area in the middle is shoveled clean.But the ground was wet, and the driver dared not drive too fast along the way.

A sprinkler in front of them was spraying small white particles, and the snow fell from the sky, falling evenly on the road.

Zhou Li looked curiously: "What are they doing?"

Sitting next to him, Zhou Song explained: "They are spreading salt. Having salt on the road can speed up the melting of snow, which to a certain extent makes the car less prone to slipping."

At the intersection of traffic lights, the sprinkler drove to another road.

Zhou Li has been watching that direction, because he knows that the city resumed operation so quickly, and there are a group of people silently contributing behind the scenes.

He also knew that there were more places that needed this group of people, and his father was among them.

In the hospital room, the old man kept holding his grandson's hand tightly, and said a lot of vague words in his mouth, Zhou Li didn't understand a word.

Zhou Song didn't stay in the ward. She hid on the fire stairs and smoked a cigarette. Her nightmares became more and more frequent. When it was difficult to control her mind, she shook her hand and lit a cigarette to calm down.

She took out her mobile phone and called her home number, but this time she didn't get through.

Because of the snowstorm, the wires of many signal towers were damaged, and such a large-scale disaster was difficult to repair for a while.

Zhou Song always pays attention to the latest reports on the news. If she sees houses that have been crushed by snow, or a mountain area that lacks supplies, her heart will be pulled.

Because she has not contacted her parents for a week.

When Zhou Li came out of his grandfather's ward, his arms were red from being scratched, and several marks were left on his skin. He grinned in pain.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Song asked him.

"Grandpa is not clear-headed again." Zhou Li shrugged helplessly: "I must be held and not let me go."

When Zhou Li was about to undergo surgery, Zhou Huaiming did not rush back.

Feng Yi was able to make two phone calls occasionally, but the person on the other side was also perfunctory, busy with work without saying a few words.

Feng Yi went to the attending doctor and asked about postponing the operation.

If you don't do it this time, you will have to wait for more than six months for the next operation, and the Zhou Li will be full by then, so it will be better to do it before adulthood.

After listening to the doctor's advice, the family can only catch the ducks on the shelves and choose the best solution.

In the ward, facing the caring eyes of his mother and sister, Zhou Li comforted them: "Don't worry, I'm not afraid."

(End of this chapter)