I am the eldest sister in the family, and I have a younger brother and a younger sister.
I was born in 1973, and I didn't have to worry about eating and drinking in the countryside at that time, but I didn't have a lot of money.
My parents both made a living from farming, and when school was out and my younger siblings were young, I didn't have time to do my homework when I put down my schoolbag, so I ran to the fields to help my parents work.
My childhood was inseparable from farm work.
In the spring, after school in the afternoon, I went to the field to help my parents plant sweet potatoes.
In the summer, when the summer vacation was over, the corn was growing almost tall, so I went into the cornfield to pull weeds, and the corn leaves broke my face, and it was very painful to sweat.
I never complain of hardship, I don't call me tired, I always go home and start my homework when I'm done.
Although I don't have much spare time to study, I'm still smart, and my grades are in the upper echelons of the class.
I was very diligent in school, and the middle school I went to was a boarding school, and every night I stood in front of the dormitory, by the light of the window, and I had to study for another hour, until the teacher in charge of the dormitory came to check the dormitory, and I went to sleep.
When I lay on the bunk, I couldn't sleep well, and I was always thinking about those complicated topics.
When I was in the third year of junior high school, due to lack of sleep, I had pain in that part of my forehead, especially when I was blown by the cold wind, which seriously affected my studies.
Originally, I was very promising in the secondary school entrance examination, but after the high school entrance examination, I missed the secondary school with a difference of 5 points.
I regretted that I left school and went back to farming.
In the spring of that year, my family planted a lot of sweet potatoes, and in the summer, the sweet potato seedlings grew very vigorously, and I lifted the sweet potato seedlings with my parents every day.
Anyone who has planted sweet potatoes knows that if you don't lift the sweet potato seedlings, the sweet potato seedlings will take root and grow some small sweet potatoes, which will affect the sweet potato yield on the taproot.
I was so tired that my back hurt, and as I sat on the ground to rest, looking at the vast fields, she wondered, would she have to work with a bead of sweat all her life?
At that time, there were a few girls in the village who were about the same age as me and went to work in other places.
After dinner that day, I went to the neighbor's house to chat with my second aunt, who had a cousin who worked in a garment factory in the south.
My second aunt was illiterate, and when she wanted to write letters to her cousin, she often asked me for help.
Every time it was dictated by the second aunt, I wrote, and I recorded what the second aunt said truthfully.
My cousin only comes back once a year during the Chinese New Year, and she always smiles and says, "Chunmei, the letter you wrote is so interesting, you wrote down my mother's old dialect as it is, and I laughed when I saw the letter, and the people in my dormitory also found it very interesting." ”
The second aunt has always been good to me, and the second aunt has an apricot tree at home, and the apricots are ripe during the wheat harvest, and they hang on the branches in a yellow and clear manner.
The second aunt picked apricots and stuffed them into me, and the apricots had a fragrance, and a bite of them was sweet to my heart, and I still remember the taste.
When my second aunt asked me to help write letters, I had to trot over, and sometimes when I went to the field to pull pigweed, I would pull out two large baskets and give them to my second aunt.
I came to my cousin's address and wrote a letter to my cousin, saying that I also wanted to go to the south to work, and asked my cousin to ask them if they still needed people in the factory.
Soon my cousin wrote back, saying that their factory had expanded two workshops and needed to recruit workers, and asked me to rush over as soon as possible.
I told my parents, but my parents didn't agree, and my father said, "You have never been far away, we don't feel at ease when you go to such a far place, and you don't have any sewing skills, what if you don't make money?" Isn't that a waste of money? ”
Although what my father said also makes sense, in my opinion, since I can do what my cousin can do, I am not afraid of hardship.
I begged my parents to give me 300 yuan for the journey, and I hurriedly got on the bus and went to the south.
After I went to the south, with the help of my cousin, I quickly got to work in the factory.
When I first joined the factory, I had to start with the simplest jobs because I was an apprentice.
Fortunately, I am ingenious, and with the help of a master, I can go to the assembly line after three months, but because I am a novice, I often have to produce defective products.
Whenever the workshop director criticized me, I blushed and said nothing, and hurried back to work.
Slowly, practice makes perfect, and I became a good hand in the workshop.
Whenever I get off work, I don't rush back to the dormitory, I will help clean up the workshop before leaving.
Slowly, the workshop director appreciated me.
The workshop director was a kind big sister, and she introduced me to a local object, and the young man worked in another factory.
The young man's family lives in an urban village, he has a house, and he is five years older than me.
Maybe it was because I was in a foreign land at the time and wanted to find a place to rely on, so I and the young man knew each other for less than half a year and hurriedly entered into marriage.
At that time, my cousin also advised me to understand the other party's personality well, it is not easy to marry far away, and I must understand the other party's character and other aspects.
However, at that time, I just thought that this young man would give me a lifetime of happiness, and when I got married, my family had no money to marry me, and my mother only sent me two happy quilts, which were all the dowry.
In fact, most of the money I earned from my part-time job in those years was sent back to my hometown, leaving only 100 yuan a month for living expenses, and I was reluctant to buy even a piece of clothes, even a 10 yuan bottle of face oil.
After getting married, I thought that I would have a happy home, and at first the relationship between husband and wife was okay, but with the birth of my daughter, life suddenly became trivial and busy, and the two began to quarrel.
In addition, because I didn't get to know each other well before I got married, I realized that my husband was not what I imagined at all.
I divorced when my daughter was three years old, and the house was bought by my husband before marriage, and the family didn't have much savings in those years, so I took my daughter out of the house.
After the divorce, I had to return to my parents' house with my daughter.
At that time, my brother was about to get married, and I knew that it was not appropriate for me to continue to live in my parents' house.
I went to the county seat to inquire, I wanted to rent a small house, open a sewing shop, in those years I learned a sewing technique in a garment factory in the south, I think I can support my mother and wife by handicraft.
Soon I inquired about a house in the county, and the rent of this house costs 8,000 yuan a year.
I went back to my parents' house and asked my parents if they could lend me 8,000 yuan.
In those years, my father learned the craft of making tofu from others, and the family had to sell two or three packs of tofu every day, and slowly saved some money.
Later, the family raised six or seven more pigs, because the tofu residue left over from making tofu was just right to feed the pigs.
In the past, our family's life in the village was relatively difficult, but since we started making tofu and raising pigs, our life has gradually become richer.
His parents built a two-story house for his younger brother at the head of the village, and everyone was very envious.
When I asked to borrow 8,000 yuan, my father said at the time: "Girl, although our family has also done some small business over the years, isn't your brother about to get married?" I have renovated upstairs and downstairs, spent tens of thousands of dollars, and on the day of the wedding, we still have to set up a lot of tables and flowing seats, and we have to spend a lot of money, we really can't help you, you just think of a way! ”
Listening to my father's words, I almost shed tears, but I swallowed them back again.
It was summer, so I moved a stool and led my daughter to sit in the shade at the gate.
The second aunt came over, she looked at me with a sad face, and asked in a low voice What happened? Stuck in a game?
I had a heartfelt affair with my second aunt, and I said: "Second aunt, now I can't take my children to my parents' house, I want to go to the county to rent a small house to do sewing, so that we can earn a bowl of rice and have a place to live." ”
But I went to inquire, the rent in the county is not cheap, the house I am optimistic about, there are several residential areas nearby, the rent for a year is 8,000 yuan, I asked my father to borrow money, but my father said that my brother is going to get married, and the family can't come up with the money. ”
As I spoke, my tears were falling and I was desperate.
When the second aunt heard this, she hurriedly said: "Chunmei, don't worry, your second uncle and I have also saved some pension money over the years, and our children don't need us, so I'll go home and give it to you to use first." ”
As soon as I heard this, I immediately said, "Second aunt, it's not easy for you to save some pension money, I'm embarrassed to borrow your money." ”
The second aunt said: "Chunmei, I watched you grow up, you are a sincere child, you will pay back to the second aunt after you earn money." Who doesn't have a problem, just help and get over. ”
When Sister Heaven also returned to her parents' home, my cousin worked in the south for a few years, and found a local in-law's family, my cousin's husband was a mason, and the husband and wife were loving and living a good life.
I regret it very much, if I had listened to my cousin, I wouldn't be like this now!
I led my daughter to the second aunt's house, and the second aunt immediately took out 10,000 yuan, and I hurriedly waved my hand and said that it was not so much, just give her 8,000.
The cousin said, "Chunmei, you can take it, I am also very anxious after I know your situation, and I want to help you." ”
After you pay the rent of 8,000 yuan, you have to buy a sewing machine and buy some fabric, 10,000 yuan is not much, if you don't have enough, talk to me, we still have it at home. ”
I was very touched by my cousin's words, I hugged my cousin and cried, and all the depression after the divorce seemed to be released at this moment.
I took my daughter to the county seat, cleaned up the house briefly, bought an electric sewing machine, bought a batch of fabrics, and started business.
In the beginning, my business was relatively light, and people did not approve of a new sewing shop.
I decided to start with the simplest of jobs, and I hung a sign on the door that gave me free alterations.
Soon, some of the aunts brought the clothes over and asked me to help with the modifications.
The handiwork I did was very delicate, and the sewing shop gradually became famous, and there was an endless stream of people who came to order clothes.
I know that my shop is a small business and is supported by repeat customers, so I greet every customer with a smile.
Sometimes these aunts will come to pull even if they don't make clothes, so I will make a pot of tea and invite everyone to drink tea and eat melon seeds, and the shop is becoming more and more popular.
In addition, I am good at learning, I have bought a lot of books on tailoring, and sometimes I can see what people are wearing on TV, and I can also make a template for the clothes.
My life is gradually going well, and I have already paid back my second aunt's 10,000 yuan.
When I went to repay the money, I deliberately put an extra 2,000 yuan for the second aunt, and the second aunt said unhappily: "Chunmei, what do you think of your second aunt, when I helped you, I felt that you two were helpless, plus we have been like two mothers over the years, can I ask you for this 2,000 yuan?" ”
I had to take back the 2,000 yuan, but every time I went back to my parents' house, I bought something for my mother's house, and I brought a copy to my second aunt.
The second aunt never let me go empty-handed, and the second aunt would fish dozens of salted duck eggs in the jar for me to take back to the city to eat.
With the development of the economy, people are more and more fond of buying finished clothes, and there are very few people who go to clothing stores to make clothes.
I closed the sewing shop, and over the years I had accumulated some money, went to the more prosperous places in the county, rented two shops, and began to go to the south to buy and sell clothes.
I started a clothing boutique.
Since I have many years of experience in opening a sewing shop, I have taken a lot of detours when I buy goods.
The clothing store opened relatively smoothly, and it started to make a profit in the first year, and in the second year, I hired a little sister to help look after the store.
I bought a large freezer and put it in front of the store every summer to sell ice cream and all kinds of cold drinks.
Due to the bustling location, there are a lot of people who come to buy these things.
Later, I also booked a clothing counter in the mall, loaded goods there, and made more and more money.
My daughter's academic performance is very good, I took out the money to sign up for various tutoring classes, and my daughter is slim and smart.
The year before last, my daughter was admitted to a college in Jinan, and her life became more and more prosperous.
A few years ago, when the house price was cheap, I bought a small house and saved about 300,000 yuan.
I saved this money, no one has ever said it, and besides, this money is my hard-earned money, which is not easy to come by.
My parents and younger siblings have asked me many times, saying that I have been doing business all these years, so I should have saved a lot of money, right?
I always laugh and say that selling clothes is to earn pocket money, and after buying a house, I have no money in my hand.
I'm not crying poor, I know that it's not easy for my mother to live, my daughter is in college, and she will go to graduate school in the future, or even a doctorate, as long as her daughter is willing to study, even if she smashes the pot and sells iron, she has to provide for her children to complete their studies, and the days of spending money are still ahead!
I am usually very filial to my parents, and I basically buy the food at home.
When I went back to my parents' house a few days ago, I went to my second aunt's house as usual, but the door of my second aunt's house was locked.
I went again, but I still locked the door, and I couldn't help it, so I asked my parents and aunts what was going on?
The mother sighed and said: "Your second aunt has a big problem with her heart, saying that she has to do what to bypass and put a stent, I don't understand it specifically, anyway, it costs a lot of money, and she is hospitalized in the hospital!" ”
As soon as I heard this, I immediately returned to the county seat and went to the county hospital.
When I arrived at the ward, my aunt's family was in the ward, and they were discussing how to treat the disease.
Because the second aunt's heart disease was more serious, the family was ready to transfer to the provincial hospital for surgery.
When the second aunt heard that it must cost a lot of money to go to the provincial city for treatment, she said: "I don't go to the provincial hospital, how much does it cost there?" We don't have enough money to go to the provincial capital for treatment. ”
I immediately said: "Second aunt, you can go, this is not a big problem that cannot be cured, you will be fine after the operation, you don't have to worry about money." ”
I immediately went to the bank and withdrew 50,000 yuan and put it in a black plastic bag.
I returned to the ward, handed the money to my second aunt and said, "This is 50,000 yuan, you can take it for treatment." ”
The second aunt sat up suddenly, and she hurriedly said: "Chunmei, this can't be helped, you have been in the wind and rain all these years, it is not easy to do a small business to make money, and you still have to provide for the children to study, even if we go to the provincial city for treatment, we can't use your money, we can just find a way." ”
With tears in my eyes, I said, "Second aunt, are you talking about **?" Do you treat me like an outsider? When I got divorced and came back with my children, I was penniless, but you lent me the 10,000 yuan, so that I could start a business as capital, step by step to the present. ”
Second aunt, without your help back then, I wouldn't be where I am today, now that you are sick, the 50,000 yuan was not lent to you by me, I gave it to you, you don't have to think about paying it back, second aunt, I have money in my hand. ”
When the second aunt heard this, tears swept down her eyes.
Soon, the second aunt went to the provincial hospital accompanied by her family, and the operation was successful.
Today, my second aunt and I are like two mothers, which is enviable.
To be a man you have to have a conscience and a grateful heart, you respect me a foot, I respect you a foot, and there will be a better relationship between people.