Siheyuan, I am He Yushui's classmate

Chapter 9 There is no point in living if you are not tired

"Dad, aren't you afraid of having a child at your age and being tired?"

The next day, during the rest time of work, Zhao Jinhe sat and chatted with his father, and asked out his doubts curiously. In fact, he understood that no matter how you say it, the child belongs to his father, and his greatest help That is to say, in terms of economy, everything else still depends on the two of them. After all, they are the parents of the child. According to later generations, "they are the first responsible persons.

"Hehe..., Tired of life? Why do you feel this way? Raising children is not only about hard work, but I actually feel that I gain more happiness! You can't just remember the disadvantages and forget the benefits of anything, and of course the reverse is also the same Yes. After more than ten years of hard work, the person who will accompany us in the future must be the one who can give us the most comfort. If you pay, you will be rewarded, not to mention the relationship between us as parents and children. After a hundred years, who can Do you really remember us, the children who grew up by your side? We are not afraid, what do you have to worry about?"

"No, what worry do I have, isn't it that you are having a hard time?"

"How can it be difficult? Isn't it just that we eat a little less, eat a little less, and wear a little worse clothes? How old are we? We are no longer afraid of not being well fed and clothed. Living happily is the most rare thing. .”

"is it?"

"You will understand this truth when you get to my age! Young people pursue gourmet food and fancy clothes, and family affection and happiness are real when they are older! Everything else is dispensable."

Zhao Jinhe thought about it carefully and what the old man said seemed to make sense!Aren’t most of the people in this world who are constantly pursuing development and pursuing more and better things young?And how many elderly people need nothing more than family affection to accompany them in their lives?
Zhao He explained in detail that he was about to work in the factory, and even talked about some of his future plans.

"Yes, you have grown up, and you are quite smart. In fact, I think it is up to you to decide how to choose. At present, there is actually nothing wrong. The only pity is that you have lost an important foundation for future progress. But we can make up for it. Let’s learn more when we have the time and opportunity in the future! You can also learn Xian characters by reading Xian books, let alone useful books? I can’t read and go out to work, can’t I also learn to read and calculate accounts? Keep learning, It is the foundation for a person's lifelong hard work. Besides, you have at least graduated from junior high school, and the opportunities you have to choose from are much better than mine at that time. The only thing I worry about you is that you feel too smart, and you will take advantage of your future. Small gains lead to big losses.”

"Well, I will pay more attention in the future, try not to take advantage of it casually, and hope to suffer less."

"It's not that serious. Anyone who suffers will suffer. How can a person grow up if he doesn't suffer? But as long as you don't take advantage of it, you can't suffer a big loss. It is a blessing to eat a lot of small losses. Only when you suffer a lot can you grow up. Big losses are not good. Sometimes One time can make people unable to turn over!"

"Hearing what you said, I..."

"Originally, I was most optimistic about your career as a technician or teacher, but now I see almost no opportunities. Your intelligence is mainly in doing things, so in the future, you must think more about dealing with people, listen more and talk less, and understand clearly. I got it, I figured it out, I figured it out, and then I thought about it. Why was I just a big shopkeeper, not a boss? In fact, I was the same back then. The old saying is good, it’s not like we’re not a family, I have you The same is not the case, the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change! If you really can’t do it, just stand aside for a while and work hard. 30 years in Hedong, and 30 years in Hexi! Wait patiently! Don’t worry, don’t be afraid when you are frustrated , don't forget your shape when you are proud..."

"Work started, work started!"

Loud voices in the distance remind people to start working again.

Zhao Jinhe didn't leave, and he could earn his own lunch by working with the old man, otherwise some people in the village would definitely gossip, and it's their normal operation to hurt others and benefit themselves.

The half-day work finally came to an end. Zhao Jinhe, who had not participated in much work for more than a year, still felt exhausted. His head was covered with sweat, and the vest inside his cotton jacket was probably soaked. It seems to have become a little longer.

"Dahe, what are you doing at home? Let's go to the cafeteria to eat together?"

"Father, you go first! I'll lie down for a while when I get home, I'm a little too tired!"

"Oh... then you go back first! I'll bring you some food back later."

"Old Zhao. Is your family's scholar exhausted? Hehe, it's embarrassing for him too."

"That's right, it's good to let people go to the city and help with the work. It's normal to be a little tired."

"This kid's work is too real, he has done a lot of real work, and he doesn't take it easy at all."

"Do you think he is the same old fritters as you?"

"Ha ha……"

People in the village talked a lot, some read jokes, many expressed understanding, and some close people offered advice. Looking at the surrounding people, they seemed to be pretty good. They were a little tired, but no one was very tired. !Zhao Jinhe felt that many people's work just now did not go all out, but was a bit perfunctory and pretentious.

The land will not lie, how much sweat you put in, how much it will give you, if it has always been like this...

"Mom and Dad, is the labor in the village the same as it is today?"

After resting on the kang for a while, my parents hurried back and couldn't help asking about the doubts in my heart.

"Absolutely! Except for the beginning, it's like this most of the time."

Mr. Zhao hesitated for a moment, looked at the door subconsciously, and said in a low voice.

"That……"

"It should have little impact next year, but it's hard to say in the future."

Although he is not an old farmer for many years, who doesn’t know what this means?
The three of them were silent for a while, they were all people who had been hungry, who didn't know?

"No one said it?"

Zhao Jinhe still couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"At the beginning, people occasionally mentioned it, but nothing changed."

"Father, it's time for the family to prepare."

"Well, according to the previous idea, I took your second and third brothers to secretly dig a cellar in the yard, and built a shack to cover it."

"Is that what was originally planned?"

"It's that kind. If people don't find out all at once, how can I save things. If you don't ask for anything else, you must not be hungry again, or..."

"Otherwise, the boss wouldn't be able to..."

The old lady on the side felt like she was about to cry.

"I hope not? It's all just in case! Ordinarily, it shouldn't happen in our village. After all, the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes is high, and there are patches on the east and west of the mountain. It doesn't look like much, but it actually adds up to a lot."

(End of this chapter)