Chapter 179: The Beast (II)


    Gong Liang''s family lives in the Tongzi Building, and the house is not big. Qinhuai is estimated to be only about 30 square meters to 40 square meters, and is separated into three areas.


    The living room, Gong Liang’s room and Gong Liang’s parents’ bedroom.


    Qin Huai took a brief look and found that Gong Liang''s room was relatively large, with a bed, two cabinets, and an iron fan. It can be seen that Gong Liang is still very popular as the only son of the family.


    Gong Liang’s parents’ bedroom was relatively smaller, with only beds, cabinets and some miscellaneous items.


    Gong Liang''s father was lying on the bed with his eyes closed and seemed to be asleep, while Gong Liang''s mother was not at home. After Gong Liang returned home, he went to the bedroom to take a look at his father''s condition, then skillfully took out the coal stove from the corner of the living room, lit the coal balls, and opened the lunch box.


    The lunch box is filled with quail eggs with 80% full of meat, with more meat and less eggs. The skin of the quail eggs is fried, and some of the quail eggs are squeezed out in the meat. They look loose and look very good, but everyone who has eaten it knows that this is delicious.


    The dish was already cold, the oil solidified on the surface, and the fragrance was not smelled, but it could be seen that the braised pork was very beautiful, with the thick oil and sauce red. The chef carefully fried the sugar color. The large chunks of pork belly are fat and lean, and they look delicious.


    Gong Liang took out another four corners and threw them over, and then threw them into the potholes of iron lunch boxes, and put a small half of quail eggs and roasted pork in, covered the lid, and put the lunch boxes on the coal stove to heat them.


    Gong Liang squatted beside the coal stove, dazed.


    As time goes by, the quail egg roast pork in the lunch box gradually smelled, and even Gong Liang, who was in a daze, smelled it, and his saliva began to secrete unconsciously.


    Watching Gong Liang squatting on the edge of the stove, he was dazed while swallowing his saliva honestly. Qin Huai was a little amused and cried for a moment, thinking that the scene was a bit too funny.


    Soon, the child''s crying came from the next door.


    "Mom, I want to eat meat too! Fragrant meat!"


    "Don''t make noise, I''ll send you meat tickets to eat enough during the Chinese New Year!"


    "Mom, meat..."


    "Don''t disturb the house next door. Uncle Gong is in poor health recently and needs to eat meat to supplement nutrition. When you need to supplement nutrition, your mother will give it to you..."


    Even though the next door had lowered the sound, Qin Huai still heard the first few words. This is not good for the tube building. If you have a little more movement, you will easily be heard by the neighbors next door, and the sound insulation effect is very poor.


    The lunch box was still hot on the coal stove, Gong Liang was still in a daze, but there was a knock on the door outside.


    Gong Liang stood up dumbly and opened the door. Outside the door was a thin woman with a yellowed complexion due to malnutrition.


    Seeing Gong Liang open the door, the woman squeezed out a smile: "Xiaoliang, my family still has some flour. I made noodles at noon today and there is still a bowl of them. I was not here at noon. When I brought the noodles, your mother confiscated them. Now, while your mother is going out to wash clothes, you will take this noodles for your father to eat."


    "Like his current situation, it is most useful to eat some noodles made of white noodles and then lay an egg on it."


    "You know the conditions of my family. The salary of this silk weaving factory has not been paid last month. My old Xia is an ordinary worker and I really don''t have the money to lend it to your family. I just regard this bowl of noodles as my aunt''s wish."


    "Thank you Aunt Xia." Gong Liang took the bowl.


    "Hey." Aunt Xia smiled, quietly looked into the room, smiled bitterly, shook her head and left.


    Gong Liang put the noodles on the table and continued to daze.


    Qin Huai was a little strange, staring at Gong Liang''s face, wondering if he was too absent-minded by life, so he was so absent-minded no matter when and wherever he was. It was still him who was actually thinking about something, and because he thought too seriously, he seemed absent-minded.


    The quail eggs and roasted pork on the coal stove were heated up. Gong Liang used iron tongs to hold down the lunch box, but the stove was not turned off. He opened the medicine bag and put the Chinese medicine into the pot of boiling medicine, poured water, and continued to boil the medicine in the stove.


    The time for boiling medicine is very long.


    Gong Liang continued to squat in a daze. I don’t know how long it took, the door opened.


    A middle-aged woman came in and was holding a basin, thin, pale, blood-colored lips but had a sickly blush on her cheeks due to fatigue.


    "Mom, if you are in poor health, don''t go downstairs to wash clothes. I said I would leave the clothes at home and I will come back to wash after get off work." Gong Liang took the basin.


    Gong''s mother sat on the chair and gasped for a few seconds before she spoke: "How come you wash it clean? You are tired enough at work. I can still do this little work at home."


    After saying that, Gong''s mother saw the lunch box and noodles that had been hot on the table.


    "The noodles were sent by Aunt Xia, and the lunch box was braised pork. Zheng Da gave it to me on my way back." After saying that, Gong Liang took out his pocket, "He just paid his salary today and stuffed it to me."


    “I remember it all.”


    "Mom, I won''t go to Jinling next week. The section chief said that there is a high probability that Jinling''s orders will not be negotiated, and the reimbursement fee for the orders will not be paid for a while. He will go for me."


    Gong''s mother didn''t say anything, and silently walked to the door of the room and closed the door of their room a little tighter, as if the sound would not be heard.


    Gong''s mother sat back, as if she had made up some determination. Her lips trembled slightly, her right hand was unconsciously pinching her knuckles until her nails turned white and her nails were trapped in the flesh.


    "Xiaoliang, after you left this morning... your dad said, why don''t we stop treating it?" After saying that, Gong''s mother took a deep breath, as if she had used all her strength, her lips turned pale and she didn''t dare to look at Gong Liang.


    Seeing that Gong Liang did not respond, Gong''s mother continued.


    "Although your father has been rescued this time, he is also useless. It is still a matter of whether the reimbursement of medical expenses can be made. Last year, Lao Zhang''s reimbursement of medical expenses has not been made. Now the factory is in such a recession, everyone is trying to find ways to transfer it to other factories."


    "It is impossible to cure your father''s situation, and the cost of medicine is even more unsubstantiable. I was already burdened with me at home, but now your father is the same. The factory has spent all the extra money given in the face of our family''s difficulties, and even the money for your marriage..."


    "Xiao Guo is a pretty good child, and his parents like her very much, but it is normal for them to hesitate and worry. Our family was not very good at first, but now there is such a burden. Who would be willing to serve two patients as soon as they marry into our family?"


    "The neighbors and neighbors can help them all, and the relatives and friends can borrow all the money they can borrow. Your uncle and aunt are all in the countryside, and your uncle... Forget it, it is normal not to borrow such money that is destined to be repaid."


    "You are absent-minded for the past or two months, and your parents see it. Although your father is lying on the bed, he feels uncomfortable. He keeps talking at home when you are not here. If he had known that it would be the result today, it would be better to die directly. If you don''t need to be treated, you will save some money."


    "I know you definitely don''t want it. If you don''t have any choice, your mother won''t want it. Otherwise, let''s just do it. After taking the Chinese medicine, I''ll take care of your dad for the rest of the time, at least let him leave with decent."


    Gong''s mother said, quietly wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingers.


    Gong Liang spoke hoarsely: "Mom, I asked the doctor, and they said that dad''s condition is not the worst. If he recovers well, he may not be paralyzed for the rest of his life."


    Gong''s mother squeezed out a wry smile that was even worse than crying: "But your dad doesn''t want to delay your whole life."


    Gong Liang remained silent.


    "Xiaoliang..." Gong''s mother wanted to say something, but Gong Liang no longer wanted to hear it, so she opened the door and ran out.


    Gong''s mother wanted to chase her out, but as soon as Qin Huai followed her to the door, she heard a low voice from the room: "Let him be quiet." Gong Liang ran to the base of a wall blocked by a big tree downstairs, squatting, without any sadness or anger, but just numbly clamping the soil on the ground.


    It just goes from daytime to dark.


    Qin Huai watched him quietly pull the soil from the side, and Gong Liang cut a small hole out of the ground.


    Finally, someone found Gong Liang.


    "How can you squat here and dig the soil?"


    Following the source of the sound, Qin Huai saw a tall, strong middle-aged man with a ferocious face under the moonlight, but looking at his eyebrows and eyes, he felt amiable.


    There is a hideous scar on the man''s face, which looks like a sharp weapon, from the corner of his eyes to the corner of his mouth, which is crooked and squeaky. It is a fierce scar that can scare the child to cry when passing by.


    But the man''s expression was unexpectedly gentle, just like an elder who was carefully teaching an ignorant child. His smile reached his eyes and his tone was also a joke-like tone like a child.


    What made Qin Huai feel strange was that he felt that this man looked a little familiar, and seemed to have seen someone who looked a little similar to him.


    The identity of a man is about to emerge-


    Jing left his hometown, Master Jing.


    "Master Jing." Gong Liang stood up obediently, and it can be seen that Master Jing is still very prestigious among the juniors.


    "You ran out of your house for a few hours and didn''t see anyone. Your mother was almost crazy. She asked me, a 50-year-old lame man. I guess you''re here, why didn''t you negotiate another order?" Jing Lixiang said with a smile.


    "No." Gong Liang whispered.


    "I know if you don''t say it." Jing Lixiang smiled, "It doesn''t matter if you don''t want to go home, I''ll chat with you here."


    As he said that, Jing Lixiang took out a cloth bag of the same style as Zheng Da from his pocket and handed it to Gong Liang.


    "This is Shengli''s salary this month. He heard that Zheng Da paid 10 yuan to his family and kept 5 yuan himself. He didn''t keep a penny for himself this month. Except for the 10 yuan he gave to his family, the rest of the rest is here." Jing Lixiang shook his head helplessly, "This is also a comparison. Sometimes I really can''t do anything to them, brothers and brothers."


    "I can probably guess what your parents think now, and I can also guess what you think. We outsiders have no right to ask about your family affairs, but for so many years, my neighbors have saved some savings in my life. If the medical expenses are really not enough, I can borrow a little more."


    Gong Liang whispered: "Master Jing, you can''t borrow it anymore. My family has borrowed a lot of money. I will never pay it back in my life."


    "I''ve been growing up all my life. When I was as old as you, I never thought that one day I would leave my hometown and come to Gusu. When I was 10 years older than you, I didn''t want to live for a while. I thought what''s the point of living is like, so I''d rather die than die, but I haven''t lived to this day."


    "Xiaoliang, you are also capable. When you first entered the silk weaving factory, didn''t your Section Chief Chen praise you every day for being a good person for sales?"


    "In the early years, when the silk weaving factory had good results, there were many wages, New Year''s Day bonuses, and subsidies. Although it was time and time, people walked through the road. How could you conclude that you would not be able to do this in your life?"


    Gong Liang didn''t say anything.


    "Don''t you like to listen to such fake and empty words?" Jing Lixiang asked with a smile.


    "No." Gong Liang shook his head quickly.


    "That''s just that I can''t listen. It''s normal, I can understand. It''s already very late. It''s cold in late autumn. Don''t stay outside and go back. If you don''t go back, your mother should be anxious."


    Gong Liang knew that Jing Lixiang was right, so he got up and helped Jing Lixiang walk back.


    Jing Lixiang waved his hand and said he didn''t need it. He had been lame for so many years and could not walk by himself. Someone helped him, but he couldn''t walk.


    The two left slowly.


    "By the way, Xiaoliang, I remember last year when you heard your parents talk about a few small orders around you. Why did you have no news after going to the Magic City at the beginning of this year? I heard that the silk quality of the silk factory this year is good."


    "The orders from the Magic City were lost." Gong Liang said in a loss, "Secretary Chen led the team and asked our boss to discuss it, but I didn''t perform well in the temporary stage fright, so I lost it."


    "The section chief didn''t blame me either. He said he was too anxious and shouldn''t let a young man like me who had just become a regular and talk about such a big order."


    “It’s my problem.”


    "You don''t look like a stage frightened person. Among the children from childhood to adulthood, you are the most polite and speak one by one."


    "I...I''m just scared." Gong Liang frowned and said in a rare way, "I''m afraid of such a big occasion. I feel panicked when I see people. I''ll forget everything when I''m prepared in advance."


    "Everyone said it was a pity that the factory lost the exhibition space this year. I also know it was a pity, but I was actually a little grateful in my heart."


    "I''m afraid that when the exhibition is over, Section Chief Chen will hand over the burden to me. I will be frightened and even escape at the last minute. This year, the transaction volume is as bleak as last year. Our sales department has lost the face of the silk weaving factory again."


    "I knew that the exhibition was a rare opportunity in a thousand years. If I went to negotiate a big order, my father''s medical expenses would have hope. As long as the factory has good benefits and the reimbursement of medical expenses could be made, my father could go to the provincial hospital for treatment."


    "But I was afraid to mess up the exhibition and even glad that there was no quota this year, so I wouldn''t mess up if I couldn''t go."


    "Master Jing, I think I am just a coward and a deserter. I don''t want my dad to slump in the bed and wait for death, but I don''t want to try it even though I know how to save him."


    "Everyone said that I was unruly during this period because something happened at home. No, I am..."


    “I hate myself.”


    "I hate that I want to do some things and can do some things, but I dare not do them."


    Jing Le’s hometown and listened quietly.


    After Gong Liang finished talking, Jing Lixiang asked without hesitation: "You haven''t been on business these days, right?"


    Gong Liang nodded.


    "Can you ask your section chief for half a day off tomorrow afternoon and come to a state-owned hotel?"


    Gong Liang was a little confused, but nodded: "It should be possible."


    Jing Lixiang said with a smile: "Then I will wait for you in a state-owned hotel tomorrow afternoon."


    "I''m in a bad mood, just eat some good mood."


    (This chapter ends)