Zheng Xiumin, aged 58, enjoys a pension of 2,300 yuan per month. She now works as a nanny with a monthly salary of 8,000 yuan.
Her job includes taking care of two children, her sister Xiaoxi and her younger brother Xiaochen. Although these two children are not very talkative, they are extremely polite and get along very happily with Zheng Xiumin.
One morning, she made ravioli for breakfast. Xiao Chen was very happy and said excitedly: "Aunt Zheng, the wontons you make are so delicious, they are the same as those made by my mother." ”
After saying that, he suddenly felt depressed and seemed to think of his mother.
Xiao Xi said, "Eat quickly, or you will be late." ”
Even though the two kids didn't say much, they both ate a big bowl, and Jung knew they really liked it.
Seeing the two children preparing to go out, Zheng Xiumin said: "Xiaoxi, you go to school by yourself, I'll send Xiaochen, so you don't have to take a detour." ”
Xiao Xi hesitated, Xiao Chen said, "Okay, then I can sleep for ten more minutes." Every time I was the first to arrive, they thought I was deliberately trying to be in the limelight. ”
Xiao Xi thought for a while, and then said, "Aunt Zheng, you have worked hard, I will tell my father and ask him to give you a raise." ”
Zheng Xiumin smiled: "No need, why do you need a salary increase for this little thing?" Your dad gives me 8,000 a month, which is enough. ”
She continued: "Xiaoxi, go home directly after school, I will pick up Xiaochen when I buy groceries." ”
Xiao Xi's eyes were a little red, and she was very grateful to Xiumin. It's been 3 years since my mother died, and she has always picked up and dropped off her younger brother, the latest to school every time, and the earliest to leave school. She's actually quite tired.
Xiumin looked at her and felt sad in her heart. People say that children without mothers are like roots, and these two children don't like to talk, probably because they don't have a mother, and their father is not around. They suffered a lot of pain in their hearts.
She decided to do her best to take care of the two children, even with a salary of 8000. She wants them to be a little more cheerful and happy like other children.
After sending Xiaochen to school, she chatted with the teacher by the way and asked about Xiaochen's situation. The teacher sighed: "Xiaochen studies very well, and he is not naughty, but he doesn't like to socialize with other children very much, and he doesn't like to participate in group activities." ”
Zheng Xiumin sighed, helpless about it, and could only hope that time would improve the situation, and maybe the child would be much better when he grew up.
When she got home, she started cleaning. She likes to wipe every nook and cranny clean, and even though it's not her own home, she finds it satisfying to live here.
At noon, the two children ate at school, and she made a bowl of mixed sauce noodles by herself. Eating noodles, she was **on her phone**, and from time to time she was amused by some funny content.
Suddenly, the ** bell rang. She looked at the unfamiliar number, guessed that it might be a sales pitch, and hung up without hesitation.
However, within two minutes, ** rang again. Picking up the ** was a man with an indifferent voice: "Are you Zheng Xiumin?" ”
She asked, somewhat surprised, "Who are you?" Do I know you? Is there anything you need to find me? ”
The man replied coldly, "I am Qian Ming's son, Qian Yuzhe. He is now undergoing surgery and is unable to move. As far as I know, you and he have already received a marriage license, why don't you take care of him? ”
Xiumin understood this time, it turned out to be Lao Qian's son. She listened to his words and felt a little ridiculous, and said, "Did he give birth to me, or did he raise me?" Why should I take care of him? He married me just to find a free babysitter and for me to support myself and pay the rent. Tell me, why should I take care of him? ”
Qian Yuzhe said with some embarrassment: "I don't know about your affairs, but now that my father is hospitalized, you, as his legal wife, have the obligation to take care of him." ”
Xiumin replied: "Oh, I'm sorry, you told your dad that I can't afford the rent and living expenses, and I need to work to earn money, and I really can't help it, I'm really embarrassed." ”
She added: "By the way, you are his son, do you want to take care of him personally, or ask a nurse, please do whatever you want, but don't call me again."
Qian Yuzhe said coldly: "If you insist on this, then I will go to the court to sue you to see if you have this obligation to take care." ”
Xiumin said resolutely: "Go ahead, I'll wait, I also want to hear the verdict of the court." ”
She then added: "If your dad is willing to divorce, please let me know in time. Whether he divorces or not, I will not have a little relationship with him in the future. ”
After hanging the **, she sighed deeply and felt that she was really lucky to have escaped the fire pit. She couldn't imagine how she would spend her life if she continued to stay in that environment.
After a short break, she washed the clothes of her two children, looked at the time, prepared to go grocery shopping, and then went to the school gate to wait for Xiaochen.
Considering that the two children like to eat hot pot, she decided to buy more vegetables, especially their favorite mille-feuille tripe, squid, seed shrimp, yellow throat, etc., to buy a little more to let them enjoy eating.
Although Xiaoxi's father only gives 5,000 yuan a month for living expenses, she will try her best to meet the needs of her two children. Whatever they want to eat, she will try to satisfy, which makes the two children very happy.
After shopping for food, she sat on a bench near the school gate and waited for Xiaochen. She knew that Xiaoxi's father would call them every night, knew that she picked up Xiaochen, and even offered to give her an extra 1,000 yuan a month, but she politely refused.
Now she has a worry on her mind, Xiaoxi's father proposes that she learn to drive, saying that he will pay the registration fee.
She knows very well that Xiaoxi is about to enter high school, and considering her grades, she is likely to be admitted to an excellent key high school. But the school was far from home, and her dad didn't want her to live there.
Chen Hao said: "Sister Zheng, I know this is a little difficult for you, but considering the situation of the two children, can you help?" When you get your driver's license, I will buy you a scooter, you help me pick up and drop off my two children, and I will give you an additional 2,000 yuan a month. ”
He continued: "Sister Zheng, both children like you very much, can you agree?" ”
Xiumin was a little scared, after all, she was 58 years old, and she was worried that she would not be able to study. She had inquired and heard that the instructors at the driving school were very strict with their students, especially older female students like her.
She sighed again, she didn't want Xiao Xi to live on campus. The child is sensitive, and she worries that she will not be able to adapt to boarding and that she will be wronged.
Learning a driver's license was really hard, and she didn't have any confidence in herself.
After school, she stood up and waited for Xiao Chen, who asked, "Aunt Zheng, what's wrong with you?" What do I think of your frowning? ”
Seeing that she was carrying several bags, Xiao Chen said, "Are these things too heavy?" Come, I'll help you carry it. ”
He took the two bags from her. Xiumin touched his head and said, "Xiaochen is so good, Aunt Zheng doesn't think these things are heavy, but I'm a little scared and don't dare to learn a driver's license." Am I useless? ”
Xiao Chen thought for a while and said, "Aunt Zheng, don't be afraid, as long as you go to learn, you will find that it is not that difficult." ”
He continued: "I'm secretly telling you that I thought math was too difficult, I didn't want to listen to it in class, and I didn't want to write math homework when I got home, but I just didn't think I could do it anyway. ”
But later, our math teacher told me that as long as I started learning little by little, I would find that I was very good at math and that math was not difficult at all. ”
At first, I didn't believe it, but the teacher gave me make-up lessons every day at noon, and it didn't take long for me to think that what the teacher said was right. Zheng Xiumin said in surprise: "Xiaochen, you are only 12 years old, you understand such a deep truth, and it is too powerful." ”
Xiao Chen smiled shyly and said, "Aunt Zheng, this is true, so I will understand." ”
Zheng Xiumin said: "Okay, then I'll listen to Xiaochen, I'll sign up tomorrow and start learning a driver's license." ”
Xiaochen: Okay, when Aunt Zheng learns it, during the holidays, we will go to the suburbs to play, we can fish over there, and we can grill fish directly there.
When the two got home, Zheng Xiumin asked Xiaochen to do her homework, but he had to help her, and the two were busy in the kitchen while chatting.
Xiao Xi came back, Xiao Chen said excitedly: "Sister, Aunt Zheng is going to sign up tomorrow, she promised to learn a driver's license, and then she can pick you up from school, so that I can see you every night." ”
Xiaoxi said in surprise: "Aunt Zheng, really? That's great, I'll call my dad ** and ask him to give you the transfer fee. ”
When the hot pot was served, Xiaoxi said: "Aunt Zheng, my dad is very happy, he transferred 5,000 yuan to you, in addition to the registration fee, let you buy a few packs of cigarettes, every time you go to practice, give it to the coach, he will have a better attitude." ”
Zheng Xiumin said: "Well, I know, your father's suggestion is good, but I'm a little embarrassed to use his money." ”
Xiaoxi said: "Aunt Zheng, this is as it should be, if it weren't for me and Xiaochen, you wouldn't have thought about learning a driver's license, then giving you these fees is what my father should do." ”
Xiao Chen echoed: "Yes, Aunt Zheng, don't be polite. I'm still waiting for you to take me to a fishing barbecue. ”
Zheng Xiumin felt that these two children were very sensible, and watching them slowly become cheerful, she felt a sense of accomplishment in her heart.
The next morning, she went to register, and the registration fee was 3,600 yuan. The coach asked her to study subject 1 first, and then start to practice subject 2 after passing the subject 1 exam.
When she got home, she quickly cleaned up, then picked up her mobile phone and brushed up on the questions carefully.
Time flies, she keeps answering questions, and finally has some confidence. She made an appointment for the subject 1 exam, and with the encouragement of her two children, she went to the exam with great pride. passed with a high score the first time, and she felt that what Xiaochen said that day was too right.
When she started to get in the car to practice subject 2, she took two packs of cigarettes and quietly gave them to the coach, and said embarrassedly: "Coach Yang, I'm a bit stupid, please bear with me." ”
The coach took the cigarette, his attitude was much better, and he explained to her very carefully. She drove nervously around the driving range several times.
When she got home, she felt a little tired, she was so nervous during the practice that she felt stiff all over her body.
At this moment, ** rang, she glanced at it, and it turned out to be her daughter-in-law Sisi. She was a little strange that they had barely been in touch with her since she moved out of her son's house. Two years ago, Sisi said that their family was going to her mother's house, and she didn't say anything, and she was also alone in Chinese New Year's Eve.
She heard the ** ring, picked it up and asked, "Oh, who told you this?" Do you have anything to do with me? ”
Sisi smiled and said, "Mom, look at what you said, we are a family, and I still have to have something to find you." ”
Mom, I heard from my neighbor, she said she heard her cousin, anyway, most people should know about it now. ”
Xiumin thought about it, the neighbor Sisi said should be a cousin of Sister Zhao. This is not unusual, after all, she didn't tell Sister Zhao that she didn't want to tell others about herself.
Oh yes, I'm working as a nanny now, taking care of two kids. ”
Mom, you're so good, I think it's absolutely okay for you to be a nanny, and the two children in the family still talk to you every day, saying that your cooking is better than mine. ”
Xiumin said helplessly: "Sisi, what about words, the children are all right." ”
Sisi sighed and said, "Mom, our life is not going well. Yanyan wanted to transfer Tong Tong to a bilingual private kindergarten, but the annual tuition fee was too high. ”
Zhenzhen is now in elementary school, and she wants to learn piano, but we can't afford it, and the cost of learning piano is quite expensive. ”
Mom, you have a monthly pension, and now you earn money as a nanny, I heard that you earn 8,000 a month, which is more than I earn. ”
Zhenzhen and Tong Tong are your granddaughters and grandsons, and now they need money, so you have to help us. ”
I know it's not easy for you, I don't ask for much, you don't give me 5000. ”
Xiumin couldn't help but shake her head, she felt that there was nothing good, it turned out that she had taken a fancy to her money.
She said, "Oh, I'm sorry, Sisi, I'm going to save up to buy myself a small house, or I won't have a place to live when I can't do it." ”
Sisi's tone was a little unhappy, and she said, "Mom, how can you be like this, is your business important, or the education of the two children is important." ”
Mom, you brought them up, you really don't care about them anymore, which old man doesn't think about his children now, you can't be too selfish.
Xiumin: "Hehe, Sisi, you still remember that I raised the two children, so why don't you remember when you drove me out." ”
Forget it, these are all over, I don't want to mention it anymore, I'm hanging up if it's okay. ”
Sisi said angrily: "Mom, I'll say it again, you'd better give me 5,000 a month, otherwise I'll divorce Yanyan, and you can do it yourself." ”
Xiumin: "Well, you're right, it has nothing to do with me if you want a divorce, you can do it yourself, but I won't give you the money." ”
Sisi, I know the two of you very well, and I don't have any expectations anymore, you are really unprofitable, no wonder you call me **. ”
Sisi: "Mom, you are really too much, Yanyan is your own son, you don't care about him at all, you are not afraid that no one will care about you when you are old." ”
Mom, you have to think clearly, even if you have the money to live in a nursing home, but no one visits you often, you don't want to have a good life. ”
Xiumin also felt a little sad, she said: "Well, I know, one day at a time, one day is really no longer moving, it's not easy to live and it's not dead, it's okay." ”
After hanging up **, Xiumin was a little lost. The words she said just now made her heart ache, after all, it was her own son, the granddaughter and grandson she brought up, how could she not care.
After pouring a cup of tea, she sat down on the bay window by the balcony and looked out in a lonely mood.
It was quiet downstairs, the kids were going to school, and there were only two old people playing chess in the small park.
She took a sip of tea, tears welling up in her eyes. She thought she would never recall those things again, but today, the slightest ** made her fall into memories without warning.
When Yanyan's father died, he had just graduated from college. Originally, he wanted to concentrate on studying and concentrate on taking the civil service exam, but after his father died, his words were like a different person, completely different from the original.
He started playing cards, drinking, and didn't come home all day. Xiumin was very anxious, but no matter how she persuaded him, he was still like that, drunk all day long.
One day, the mother and son quarreled, slammed the door and left.
After that day, she couldn't make sense of the **, and she couldn't find anyone in the places he frequented. Xiu Min was desperate, and in addition to going to work every day, she was looking for him in the streets and alleys.
Later, she thought of calling the police, but the police easily got through to his **. He just said coldly that he was alive and well outside, and he just didn't want to go home.
She felt sad and embarrassed when she heard the words from her mobile phone hands-free at the police station, and looked at the strange eyes of the police.
But she was also relieved, as long as her words were good, she had no other way to control him.
She thought that no matter what, Yan Yan was a college student, maybe he would figure it out and find a job to live a down-to-earth life.
Three years later, Yanyan came back with Sisi, who was already 6 months pregnant and unconsciously holding her belly.
When she saw her son come back, she was in a happy mood and couldn't wait to plan a wedding for them.
However, Yan Yan said: "Mom, there is no need for a bride price. Sisi has already discussed with her family, but we must have a big house when we get married, otherwise when the child is born, the family will not be able to accommodate us. ”
Zheng Xiumin looked at his two-bedroom apartment and was a little embarrassed. She had saved some money for her son, but it wasn't enough to buy a house, and she was barely able to make a down payment.
In other words, after your father's social security and other money are taken out, plus the money we saved for you, it is about 800,000. I can give it all to you, and it should be enough for a down payment to buy a house, and then a simple wedding. ”
Sisi frowned and said, "No, my family didn't ask for a bride price, but the purchase of a house must be paid in full, and there can be no loan." After all, neither of us has a formal job, how will we support our children in the future? ”
Yan Yan was silent for a moment and then said, "Mom, let's sell this house and buy a big one." When the time comes, we will live together, and you will be retired and can help take care of the children. ”
Facing Xiumin's unhappiness, Yan Yan frowned and said, "Mom, I have already applied for the teacher exam, and I need to go all out." You can't watch me go out to the bar like I used to. ”
Xiumin was a little helpless, she was reluctant to live in the house she lived. At first, she never thought that one day she would not be able to live anymore, she was simply reluctant.
However, seeing her son's appearance, she remembered his decadent days. She didn't dare to take any more risks and had to reluctantly agree to sell her house.
The house was sold for 960,000 yuan, plus the 800,000 yuan she had saved before, and she handed it all over to Yanyan. He bought a 140-square-meter hardcover house and could move directly into it.
Xiumin looked at his room and loved it very much. The location of this community is very good, the surrounding facilities are complete, and she thinks there is nothing wrong with selling the old house.
The daughter-in-law gave birth to her granddaughter Zhenzhen, and Xiumin just finished the retirement procedures and began to take care of Sisi's confinement and take care of the child.
Yanyan also fulfilled his promise, studied late at night every day, and finally got his wish and was admitted to the teacher. The school was a little far from home, so Xiumin scraped together another 20,000 yuan for him and bought a scooter. As a result, she really didn't have a penny in her hand.
After the child was 6 months old, Sisi insisted on weaning, she went out to find a job, always complained that the family did not have enough money, and asked Xiumin to take the money out.
However, after Xiumin completed the retirement procedures, she only had a pension of 2050 per month, and she could only spend it all at home. Otherwise, Sisi will be nagging and accusing all day long, and she will always be silent.
In this way, she lived in her son's house for more than 6 years, bringing up her granddaughter and grandson. But when her grandson was sent to kindergarten, Sisi suddenly said: "Mom, the two children have grown up, and the family's expenses are too great, plus you, Yanyan and I are too tired." ”
Xiu Min was a little surprised, her monthly pension is spent at home, picking up and dropping off two children every day, cooking, doing laundry, cleaning, and working harder than going to work. But now, Sisi is saying such things? She looked at her puzzled, but Sisi said impatiently: "Mom, you have just turned 56 years old, it is not suitable to care for the elderly at home, my mother is older than you, and she still goes to work in the supermarket." ”
Sisi complained: "Mom, I've had a nervous breakdown recently, and I can't stand it at all because there are many people in my family." ”
Xiumin asked in a low voice, "Do you want me to leave?" But I don't have my own house, where am I going to live? ”
Sisi shrugged: "Oh, Mom, you have a pension, you can rent a house to live in, you don't have to work so hard, you can enjoy life." ”
At that time, she turned to her son and said, "Yanyan, do you want me to leave?" Is it because both children have grown up and don't need me anymore, and they feel that I have become a burden? ”
Yan Yan frowned and looked at her and said, "Mom, we are just for your own good, and we don't want you to be too tired." ”
She looked at her son and daughter-in-law, and felt cold in her heart. She understands that they don't need her anymore, and she feels angry and chilled, but eventually she packs a few clothes and leaves.
Thinking back on this, Xiumin wiped the tears that had been shed at some point. She sniffed, knowing that no matter what Sisi said, she wouldn't care. She just wants to live her life well.
She looked at the time and was ready to go out to buy groceries and pick up the children, this is the life she wants. She is looking forward to the pleasant time of taking her two children to a country outing for a barbecue after getting her driver's license.
Summary: Sumin is a kind person, she gets along well with her two children, but she is also a poor person, she gave everything for her son, but in the end she had to leave home and live alone in a rented house.
She made the right choice, and through this experience, she learned the true face of her son and understood that he should no longer tolerate his behavior. She decided to think more about herself and leave a way back.
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