Hong Xia, a nurse in the cardiology department, is a famous “strong woman” in our hospital: widowed for many years, she single-handedly brought up her daughter and educated her very well; her work is also excellent, she is the technical leader of the department and has been a model worker for many years.
Last year, Hong Xia retired, the hospital no longer her busy figure and cheerful laughter. A few days ago she returned home from the provincial capital “summer vacation”, invited a few colleagues to a small gathering at home. During the meeting, she vividly described this year of idle life, we laughed back and forth, we did not expect that her retirement life is such a mixed bag.
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In February 2018, 55-year-old Hong Xia retired and went to the provincial capital “on call”.
The 30-year-old Lin Lang, who has been teaching math at a private high school in the provincial capital since she graduated from college, is now a well-known “gold medal lecturer” who earns a lot of money and is very busy. Her fiancé bought her a 160-square-foot wedding house in a newly opened upscale neighborhood not far from her school, and she also bought her mother a 90-square-foot rough house in the neighborhood, two houses a wall away from each other, walking two unit doors.
Hong Xia had a happy family, but unfortunately, at the age of 35, her husband died in a car accident. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers. After Lin Lang went to college, he advised his mother to find a companion, fearing that she would be too lonely when she left. Hong Xia said: “There is no lonely? I’ve been working all day at work, and after work I either go online, catch up on dramas, play WeChat, or eat and drink with colleagues, and the day goes by quickly!”
Now that she has retired, suddenly idle, Hong Xia Fang feels alone, the days are difficult, she no longer resists “looking for a companion”, but also happy to fulfill the filial piety of her daughter. In the future, with her daughter “a bowl of soup” distance, both to take care of each other and have their own independent space, think about are comfortable. In order to “play the residual heat”, she proposed two sets of houses by her money and effort to decorate, the daughter argued, but only let her by their own preferences to decorate the small room, said the wedding house and so on to set the wedding date.
Two months later, the new home was completed. Busy decoration time flies, a leisure, Hong Xia heart immediately empty again. The strange city, there is no one to talk to, except for WeChat, there is nothing to pass the time. Lin Lang teaches classes during the day and takes tutorials at night, and occasionally comes back to see her, but she has to leave after putting down a lot of things, and can only advise her to go out more during the day, go square dancing in the morning and evening, and make a few more friends that she can talk to.
Hong Xia is worried about no place to go, a building materials city sent the announcement of activities to give back to customers: “regardless of new and old customers, as long as the hands of more than 3,000 yuan of shopping invoices or deposit tickets, can participate in the store lottery. This information is forwarded to friends for 3 days, more than 38 likes, you can also receive 2 kg barrel of soybean oil with the screenshot of WeChat.”
In order to have a shopping reference when the daughter’s wedding room decoration, decoration of all the invoices Hong Xia are kept it, the amount is enough to draw conditions. So, early that morning, Hong Xia dressed up and went to the building materials city.
The building materials city, the flow of people shoulder to shoulder. The entrance hall, a mountain of gifts emitting invisible temptation. Hong Xia squeezed close to the lottery, in the security “line up, line up” yelling and so on for a good half day, but actually luck burst, won an electric bike!
Hongxia surprise, the organization said the prize until the evening, around a lot of complaints: “really pit! Just a bottle of laundry detergent, I still have to lose a day?”
“Marketing tactics, come late you are afraid of not drawing the grand prize, come early you have to shop in the mall, maybe look at something else.”
Hong Xia did not complain – 1 electric car, tossing a few trips are worth, wait for two days is okay. She decided to eat some lunch in the neighborhood, and then shop for a while in the afternoon, the electric car to open the phone navigation ride home, even the subway tickets are saved.
Out of the mall, the entrance to the rain hitch under the shade of the steps sat three chattering women, and she looked similar to her age. Hong Xia collided with one of them and casually asked, “Older sister, is there a place to eat around here?”
“Yes!” The woman casually pointed, “two hundred meters ahead, there is a newly opened chicken pot, said the old delicious.”
Hong Xia said thank you and walked away a few steps, the woman called her: “Eh? I see you look familiar?”
Hong Xia turned around, scrutinizing each other’s faces, smiled: “We live in a neighborhood, right? I have gone to square dance a few times.”
There is a big square dance team in the neighborhood, dancing for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening, and Hong Xia recently got free and just joined.
The three women immediately squeezed, moved out of a place padded with cardboard, greeted cordially: “Come, rest a while.”
Hong Xia was wearing a cheongsam, it was not convenient to sit down, so she said thanks and said, “I’ll go fill my stomach first and then come back.”
“Hey ~” the woman called out to her again, “the store is promoting, forwarding friends to collect praise, you can eat a small pot for free, we are ‘send a circle’, you also come?”
Hong Xia said, “Forget it, I’m too embarrassed to send circles.”
She said is not a lie, she in the circle of friends not less to give people such praise, but they have never sent a collection of praise advertising – she deputy high title, retired salary also has more than 6,000, parents retired in time for the reform and opening up, went into business, business has done Russia, later left a legacy of three siblings each share more than 3 million. Big brother took over the business every year to give her dividends according to shares. The circle of friends are colleagues and relatives who know each other, for more than ten yuan, dozens of yuan free to ask for praise, she really can not wipe the old face.
After walking away, a disdainful voice came from behind.
“What’s so noble about it? I am most annoyed with this kind of pretentious people ……”
“I don’t believe there can be anyone who is not moved by free things, not moved are pretending!”
“Keep your voice down, don’t let people hear you ……”
If you go back ten years or so, Hong Xia heard someone say so behind his back, will be folded back to argue a right and wrong, now old, look away, the world is a strange and strange, what kind of people do not have? It is not worthwhile to take them seriously, she is right not to hear.
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Hong Xia went to the store, asked for a small pot, miscellaneous add some dishes, plus a small bowl of rice, but also spent 32 yuan. As the woman said, the chicken pot is delicious. Nearly finished eating, only she was left at the table, suddenly heard someone say in her ear: “Hey, there is a place, just the old girl sitting here!
Hong Xia looked up, the three women on the steps, apparently looking around for a seat. The three people took their seats, as if they hadn’t just derided Hong Xia, and chatted with her warmly.
Seeing that they were given delicious food by showing their WeChat page, Hong Xia’s heart was still filled with envy – people were right just now, which is not impressed by the bargains they picked up for free?
While eating and chattering, three people learned that Hong Xia is to draw a lottery, simply pull her “into the gang”: “We also come to the lottery, the prize will have to wait for an afternoon, let’s shop together? Not far from here and the mall activities, go to a lively?”
The three women happily introduced themselves to each other, all older than Hong Xia, and Hong Xia called them Guo, Zhang and Men – the oldest, 63 years old, came to the provincial capital to see her son’s second child, and could only come out on weekends. They can only come out on weekends. Guo and Zhang are local people, like Hong Xia, who just retired and has no grandchildren to “play the rest of the game”.
“We don’t call anything else (pronounced “while”, meaning “there”), we call it time.”
“What are you doing at home all day? I’m too idle. Playing mahjong is not good enough to play lumbar spine, cervical spine disease, why not go around as exercise, and incidentally receive some gifts, to save money for the family.”
The three women showed Hong Xia what they were carrying in the paper bag: soap, laundry detergent, flower lotion, folding fans, all household items. Hong Xia was surprised to ask: “Is this all a gift for buying something? Or is it a prize for saving a certain number of shopping invoices?”
“What to buy, forward friends to collect likes.” Sister Guo said, “We have a ‘hundred group’ of square dancers there, you did not enter? The group is actually a ‘mutual praise group’, many people are around to receive gifts during the day. We share information and praise each other. In addition to this, we have several special ‘mutual praise group’, all 500 people!”
Goodness! Hong Xia sighed in his heart: no wonder they came so quickly to get free small pot chicken casserole – before often in the circle of friends to see people begging for praise, but also help people point, she knew that is the business marketing tools, just did not think there are people to collect praise for fun – in the end is In the provincial capital, there are more businesses and more idle people in WeChat marketing.
They asked Hong Xia what she had won in the morning, and Hong Xia said it was an electric car, causing a crowd to exclaim with envy: “Wow, you’re so lucky!”
“Into the group into the group, I pull you!”
“The best luck of the three of us is only 1 barrel of soybean oil, or you, a novice, we go to Wanda Plaza this afternoon to draw a lottery, you also go.”
Hong Xia is curious: “The lottery does not have to be with a shopping ticket? I have not bought anything there, how to draw a prize?”
“The place that sells large items, pay a little deposit can also draw a lottery, and then go back to the deposit refunded after the prize.”
“The deposit can be refunded if you don’t buy anything?” Hong Xia did not understand.
Guo smiled, as if she was laughing at her ignorance: “Not to return, you can not grind ah? As soon as you say where where things are cheaper than here, obediently give a refund! –So many people around, he is afraid to affect the business ah!”
“The deposit is refunded to you, but the prizes won’t be recalled?”
“In places where there are activities, there are hundreds of times more customers than staff, how can the staff take care of it?”
Hong Xia was speechless and said, “How big a face do I have to have to play the game like this? But the derogatory words from them before dinner were still ringing in her ears, and she didn’t want to look “different from others” again.
After leaving the restaurant and strolling back to the building materials city, Hong Xia stopped at the entrance, excusing herself that she was too tired to stroll any further, saying that she would watch the things in her hands for the three of them so that they could go to Wanda Square to draw the prizes lightly, and then gather at the entrance of the building materials city when it was time to collect the prizes here.
Sister Zhang said she was also tired and did not want to go.
After Sister Guo and Sister Men left, Sister Zhang said, “I see that you and I are the same, embarrassed to draw the wrong prize, right?”
Hong Xia nodded her head as if she had met her soulmate. Sister Zhang said: “It’s okay to collect some gifts, no matter how you say it, it is also for the promotion of the business, there is no shame. The lottery and then refund the deposit, the pit, too no bottom line. I am with the two of them to see the fun, not do. This is good, we are the same child, a partner more heart.”
Hong Xia said, “I have nothing to do anyway, first with you to get together and see.”
Sister Zhang advised: “If you feel embarrassed to collect praise, you can block out your acquaintances and rely on ‘mutual praise’ when you send out the circle. Go to the site of several activities you will know, collect praise gifts at any time to receive, do not have to wait. Everyone receives, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Besides, you are not familiar with this place, no one knows you, what are you afraid of?”
“That’s right.” Hong Xia immediately felt that this is extremely reasonable, in a stranger, there is nothing to worry about it?
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The “mutual praise group” is full of information about collecting praise, some of which require three consecutive forwarding days to receive gifts, some of which are based on the number of praise.
That night, Hong Xia was dazzled, Zhang sent a kitchenware city “set of 88 likes to send a set of ceramic bowls” advertising. Hong Xia saw the picture in the gift box of blue and white porcelain, quite like the new home dishes have not yet bought, just in time to use, point praise at the same time, then also forwarded the circle of friends, select “partially visible”, only hook the “mutual praise group” in the new friends just added.
The “mutual praise” is really powerful, although we do not know each other, but less than 3 hours, set enough 88 praise.
The next morning, after the square dance, a group of ama really gathered around to discuss where to go “shopping” today. Hong Xia found out that everyone is “bulk” send a circle, according to the address on the ad to choose a series of merchants not too far away, go out for half a day, shopping a circle to get back a number of gifts, full of return, very efficient.
Hong Xia and Zhang, Guo agreed on a rendezvous point, and set off on their electric bikes. After the rendezvous, they always “meet” familiar faces that they had just seen elsewhere at each location. To her surprise, in addition to the square dance aunt, squeeze to squeeze to “catch the field” there are a lot of grandparents, each one of them, with the height and strength, can always squeeze to the front to get the gift first.
That afternoon, Hong Xia saw a grandfather from the hands of the staff to receive the finishing box, the hands of the laundry detergent, neck pillow, plush toys, MSG one by one into a small bench can not be put, they “stand” on the lid of the box. moncler outlet online The two hands end of the collation box, smiling and handed to an old lady: “Today’s harvest is not small, all for you. Go, I’ll send you home!”
The old lady said “no”, but her face was girlish and shy. Hong Xia saw the two walking side by side to the outside, can not help but laugh: this is too “borrow flowers to offer Buddha” it.
One after another view of the Western landscape, the face of those who received something are overflowing with the excitement of picking up a bargain. Hong Xia was also excited to receive the set of ceramic bowls – although the line for half a day, and because of the constant noise, but compared to those who could not easily get to the front of the line just in time to give out the gifts, angry with the store to quarrel, she was more than a “not in vain” of The joy.
But Zhang and Guo both think she came “not worth it” – walking the same amount, they received 3 pairs of socks, 1 pair of pillowcases, 1 box of toothpaste, 1 can of peaches than Hongxia, Hongxia’s set of 4 ceramic small bowls, taking a lunch has “lost”. Fortunately, she is riding an electric bicycle, if the ride to and from the subway, bus tickets, “more loss”.
Hong Xia was said by the two of them, when really a little enthusiastic: are useful things, but also just a few more times the circle of friends, why not do it?
Friendship circle to meet the old partner, reliable?
The “expedition” again, Hong Xia carry back more things, but also in time for a food city “sampling”: noodles, rice noodles, hot and spicy hot, drinks, fluid semi-liquid food are held in paper cups, pancakes, pies, egg rolls, sushi, cut into a piece, dried fruit, dried meat, directly tied with toothpicks.
On the weekend, the door sister also out to shop, four women from stall to stall “taste”, soon mixed a full meal. Hong Xia did not feel embarrassed this time – like them carrying gifts of middle-aged and elderly “diners” crowded first, no one laughs at anyone, she will also be at peace. She found out that the “solo” is weak and timid, but the “crowd” is much stronger.
The first thing you need to do is to ask your mother about the electric car and the six or seven “gifts” that came with the elevator, and then ask her how she got them. This is also not your style ah?”
Hong Xia laughed loudly: “If I had to go to work, to be in our home, I would not do so. This is not idle! You do not say, these two days of work, can be full of it, a day wandered by, carrying home things that do not cost money, a sense of accomplishment.”
Lin Lang rolled his eyes: “If one day I run into you in the mall crowded with people, you don’t come over and identify me!”
Hong Xia laughed even louder, happily hacking at herself: “Squeezing in the crowd and grabbing things is nothing, maybe you’ll even run into your mother ‘sampling’ from house to house!”
Lin Lang exclaimed, “Oh my mom, how can you let people live?”
But her son-in-law thought she was making a fuss: “What’s wrong with that? Can you think of it as a collective orgy for the elderly? It’s not a criminal activity. Aren’t you always worried about your aunt being idle at home? Now there is a place to go, and watch the fun, exercise and free stuff to take home, how good! Just be happy.”
Hong Xia said, “together with the square dance, some people also go to the kind of listening to a class to give a few eggs ‘health lecture class’, but is not all run to the eggs? As a result, listening to listen, will be tempted to buy health products. I don’t want to be duped like that, but I can’t collect likes and go shopping? The actual fact is that you will not be able to stop me from applying for a job at the clinic, anyway, it’s hard for me to stay at home.”
Lin Lang said helplessly, “Okay,” she wanted Hong Xia to go to the University of the elderly, but the place was overcrowded, digging doors and holes can not be enrolled.
My father has a gas station that earns millions of dollars a year, but my mother follows a group of old men and women waiting for cheap food at the supermarkets that are not open every morning, and that’s where she gets her kicks.”
With the backing of her son-in-law, Hong Xia is more and more justified: “It’s just a fun! We are a generation of people who live a careful life, and when there is a bargain to be had, we are addicted to it.”
Lin Lang sighed: “Alas, if I had the financial resources, I would run a university for the elderly, a nursery or something, to bring you people together, so that you can play chess, calligraphy and painting every day, and grow old gracefully, not for a small profit.”
Hong Xia laughed at her: “You are also relying on the young to stand and talk, when you are old, maybe there is nothing worse!”
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Soon, Hong Xia met a lot of “like-minded” new friends in the square dance team, every day with different people, early in the morning and late at night, catching the scene around, not too happy. Wherever you go, you can see familiar faces, and the more you shop, the bigger the “team”.
Some merchants underestimate the enthusiasm of the elderly group set praise, gifts are not prepared, many people queued for half a day to receive something, they cursed and refused to leave; some people received gifts do not know enough, when the staff did not pay attention to even steal and take; more rogue merchants do not keep their word, cheating people to send a circle, people to receive gifts, he said that only sent to the first few stores every day …… Hongxia they can happen to some hilarious things every day, excited to act as a spectator, with great interest and comments, the waiting time is also interesting.
One day, an old lady with white hair because she did not receive a gift, shrill condemnation of the mall manager’s word, the manager’s attitude is bad, the security guards also pushed and shoved, angry face red neck of the old lady suddenly fell to the ground without a sound, the onlookers at first thought she pretended to faint blackmail, the results of how to call out no response. Professional instincts prompted Hong Xia to squeeze to the front, see the old lady loss of consciousness breathing heartbeat is completely absent, immediately CPR, while pressing the precordial area while shouting: “Call an ambulance!
Effective CPR compression frequency to reach about 100 times per minute, Hong Xia soon gasping for breath. At this point, a thin, tall, clean and decent old man squeezed over and squatted in front of her and said, “I used to be a doctor, you for a while. You first artificial respiration.”
The two men took turns doing chest compressions and artificial respiration, working in perfect harmony. 10 minutes later, the woman had an autonomous heartbeat and opened her eyes quietly, and onlookers applauded. When the ambulance arrived, people were carried away, sweating Hong Xia and the old man looked at each other, tired of sitting on the ground. The old man came close to pick her up and helped her sit on a chair moved by the manager, saying, “The ground is too cold to sit on.” He also took out a handy fan with advertisements in his handbag to fan her.
Hong Xia’s heart was warmed and she thanked him repeatedly. The manager helped the old man to another chair, handed water to the two men and shook the fan, thanked: “Thanks to Uncle and Auntie to save, if this person died here, I will be in big trouble!”
After a break, the two men left the mall. The old man let Hong Xia call him “Lao Lei”, insisted on adding a WeChat: “are peers, more communication in the future.”
That night, the old Lei in the WeChat and Hong Xia chatted half a day. The two are actually hometown, he is 7 years older than Hong Xia, retired two years ago in a township health center, in the county where Hong Xia home retirement. At the beginning of the year, his partner died of a heart attack, and his son, who works in the provincial capital, did not feel comfortable leaving him alone in his hometown, so he came to live with him. The son’s family left early and returned late, leaving him alone and bored, following the old friends in the community to know a few times to hang out, and became fascinated with the collection of praise to receive gifts activities.
Finally, Lao Lei sent a link to Hong Xia, a cinema to do promotion, forwarding the circle of friends for 3 days, collecting 66 likes per day, you can get a free movie ticket. He issued an invitation like a gentleman: “I wonder if I have the honor to watch a movie with the beautiful Ms. Hong?”
Hong Xia found it funny – an invitation to a free movie? Then he teased, “It would be great if there was a nearby restaurant doing WeChat promotion again, so you can still have a free meal after watching the movie.”
I didn’t expect Lao Lei to be overjoyed: “I didn’t dare to invite you to dinner, you have this intention, I would like to do it! Why wait for free? My treat!”
Hong Xia did not deny it and sent the link to Zhang and Guo. The two people look at the hot “I am not the God of Medicine”, immediately began to forward to collect praise, about the time and place to meet.
On the day of the movie, Lao Lei took a look at Hong Xia brought two female companions, the smile on his face froze into a chrysanthemum. But he quickly hid his disappointment, to Hong Xia hometown identity extremely enthusiastic, drinks popcorn to buy four copies of each, after the scene and invited them to eat barbecue, during the laughing and joking, a lot of good words.
Hong Xia in the heart silently gave him praise – this is a real treat, and did not take advantage of the free, it seems that although the old Lei hobby set praise, but not stingy.
After parting with Lao Lei, Zhang and Guo have praised Lao Lei this person is good, let Hong Xia seize the opportunity: “Now widowed men than widowed women.
“Nowadays, widowed men are less than widows, single women are not easy to find a desirable old companion, you can weigh the right balance, hurry to take him down.”
“There is a destiny to meet a thousand miles, you two did not know each other in a place before, and now run to a thousand miles away to rescue a partner, this is destiny to come. People are so active about you, you can strike while the iron is hot.”
Hong Xia said, “Who wants to find an old partner? I just want to make a new friend.”
Sister Guo bristled: “At this age, what can’t you see? Old Lei is obviously attracted to you, if you really resent it, you can not come to the appointment.”
Sister Zhang said: “You are only in your early 50s, before is unwilling to children have a stepfather, now you are left to live on your own, why still single? At least there are 20 years to live, find a partner to love you, not better than a lonely person? If you don’t have a suitable one, don’t miss it.”
Hong Xia was a little embarrassed by the two old sisters who had broken their hearts: “Oh, it’s just to make a friend.”
That night, Hong Xia just a set of likes to get a cooler and dining chairs ice cushion advertising forwarded to friends, see the old Lei likes after also forwarded – the thought of tomorrow to meet the old Lei, she was as young as a deer in the headlights.
Sure enough, Hong Xia has been able to “encounter” with Lao Lei every day since then, and every time she meets, Lao Lei is incredibly attentive to her as a “laborer”, and also to give her what she has received. Hong Xia resolutely refused to accept – remembered that before watching other old men “borrow flowers to offer Buddha” still feel ridiculous, did not expect so soon their turn to become “Buddha”.
Old Lei asked her to go to eat “free meals” and watch “free movies” together, she did not refuse. Anyway, there is no word on it, do not spend his money, do not owe him a favor, and can improve understanding, but also in the middle of a large group of old friends, a big “date”, but also good.
The daytime companionship to hang out, old Lei to Hong Xia considerate. Once you have the opportunity to be alone, you will not hesitate to praise the words, again and again to confess their love for her. In WeChat, there are always his warm greetings: “Are you up?” “Have you eaten breakfast?” “It’s too hot today, don’t go out.” “It’s raining, don’t forget to bring an umbrella.” Plus some health care knowledge bombarded, so that for many years the warmth of Hong Xia, for the first time to experience the feeling of being cared for, and gradually developed a day without seeing the subtle feelings like three autumn.
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One day, after Lao Lei confessed again, pressed Hong Xia can be “ordinary friends” forward “step”, Hong Xia no longer squirm, straightforward reply: “We are so old, step, step two can not just Based on your love and my wish, we must first consult our children’s views.”
Lao Lei said: “We have worked hard for most of our lives, the soil is buried most of the people, why subject to the jurisdiction of the children? My son in front of me who married after the old partner was cheated out of money, I know he does not want me to marry again, but he can not control me, my things I make the decision!
Hong Xia’s heart sank – it is said that marriage not blessed by parents is not a good marriage, in fact, there are children in the middle of the remarriage is no better – said: “I think you are also just a tough mouth, so old, who can make their own decision! Who can decide? We’d better go home and nag with the children first.”
Lao Lei was a little nervous: “What? If the children do not agree, you are still backing off?”
“Case by case analysis, let’s go back and talk things over and listen to their opinions. My daughter definitely supports my remarriage, but I’m afraid your son is not willing.”
Hong Xia, who boasted, did not expect that Lin Lang would not agree to her getting along with Lao Lei: “Of course I support your remarriage, but look at this person you’re looking for – a big man who is keen to collect praise and receive gifts everywhere, don’t you think he’s too cheap and too calculating? He lives with his children in the provincial capital, he doesn’t even have a house of his own, so is he calculating your house?”
Hong Xia argued, “We didn’t talk about the house at all, but collecting praise and gifts is calculating, right? Your mother I now daily use are free things, but I usually get along with people cheap can be counted?”
“Women who are cheap are living a good life, but men who are like this have quality problems.” Lin Lang said, “If you really have feelings with him, I can only bless you both. If you just get along, I advise you to forget about it, really married such a man, there will be difficult to suffer in the future.”
Hong Xia is a little angry: half of her life for her daughter, for the first time to a man’s heart, but was denied by her daughter into this, is she so discerning?
But a closer look at the daughter’s words, it is not without reason, the authorities, “the eyes of the lover out of the West” may be, otherwise how to have “love makes wise” the word?
Hong Xia hid a heart, in front of the old Lei did not mention his daughter’s judgment of him, only that her daughter let her “examine the investigation” before making a decision. The old Lei is angry straight scolded his son unfilial: “He even suspected me of thin-skinned, said his mother’s bones before I moved on, and said you ……” old Lei timely brake, and indignant summary, “but also is afraid that he himself can not get my property! property!”
“Say what about me?” Hong Xia asked, “is not that I can calculate love greedy cheap? Calculating your family’s property?”
Lao Lei looked like a heartless look: “I refuted him – we go around the mall to receive gifts, but just idle boredom to find fun, how can be related to the character?”
Hong Xia listened to the old Lei finished, some regret so around to find fun – surprisingly will let people look down on themselves – but then again, no such fun, also can not know the old Lei. But Lao Lei’s son is so strongly opposed, she even “inspection inspection” of the mind are faded – even if Lao Lei all aspects of the heart and so what? She can enter his door to see his son’s face?
Hong Xia circled herself at home, no longer to go to the hustle and bustle of receiving gifts, but Lao Lei forced Hong Xia to “investigate” him, left a call right a call about her dinner and a movie. Hong Xia refused, but was distracted by him.
Lao Lei is like chicken ribs, tasteless, discarded.
It was late autumn. Lin Lang saw Hong Xia sulking around the house all day, so he signed her up for a “sunset tour”, a 7-day tour of Yunnan. Hong Xia had heard Zhang say she wanted to go on a trip, so she dragged her with her as a companion. As a result, on the day of departure, Lao Lei appeared in front of Hong Xia with a duffel bag on his back – Zhang deliberately passed on information to Lao Lei, wanting to be an adult.
Old Lei acted as a flower escort all the way, and remained unfailingly attentive. Hong Xia’s determination to “clear the air” with him wavered again.
“You used to have a clinic?” From the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to the ancient town of Shuhe, she asked tentatively.
“No, I just earn a little bit of dead pay.” Lao Lei said.
“Then how much property can you have, and worth your son’s death watch?”
“I bought a large house in our place, 80 square feet, now appreciated, how to say also 400,000 bar. There are still 100,000 or so in hand, my retirement salary of more than 5,000, you with me, will not be aggrieved.” Old Lei said quite proud.
Hong Xia heart disdain – old Lei even wages are not as high as her, she will calculate old Lei this little money?
Hong Xia wants to bring some Pu-erh tea to the old sisters, know that the low-priced tea cakes are not good to drink, pick the expensive to buy. Lao Lei grabbed to pay, Hong Xia intended to return to the total account after the return trip to return his money, also go along with it. Who knows after the car old Lei side play tea cake side muttering: “What is the difference between this and the tea cake we collect praise to receive? These businesses earn money from tourists can be shady it ……”
Hong Xia immediately heart a cold.
Buy buy buy buy, the old Lei still everywhere scrambling to buy a single, especially withstand the “inspection” look, but after buying always involuntarily always with their set of praise gifts compared to some, the heartache is overflowing.
I don’t know whether Lao Lei is already “calculating” to collect praise and receive gifts, or whether he has become calculating only after he likes to collect praise.
In order to change the concept of consumption, like the daughter’s expectations of the same “elegantly old”, but also in order to scare off the old Lei, let him feel that he “losers”, Hong Xia in Ruili a formal jade mall selected a jadeite jade bracelet, 28,000 yuan.
From the beginning of her try on, the old Lei nervously and frequently asked: “You like?”
Hong Xia smiled and did not say, showed love.
“I’ll buy it for you if you like it.” Old Lei this word is estimated to be said through clenched teeth, obviously waiting for Hong Xia to refuse it, but Hong Xia did not speak, slow to find their own bank card, she did not expect, old Lei actually snatched the card: “I send you, do the token of love!”
Hong Xia’s mind is in turmoil – so calculating people are willing to spend a lot of money for her, what does it mean?
6
After returning to the provincial capital to rest for a few days, the old Lei again in the WeChat thousands of calls, about Hong Xia set praise, shopping, free movies, taste food.
Because of the jade bracelet, Hong Xia’s feelings about Lao Lei have changed subtly. Although she later sought the opportunity to shoot the old Lei’s bank card, the old Lei all the way to her money spent on the transfer, but the old Lei throwing a lot of money on the luxury, in the end touched her heart. It is not a big deal to be calculating, her own childhood family poor, is also a careful calculation of life, parents rich when she is a mother, even if later inherited a huge amount of inheritance, is not still a habit hard to change?
But the old Lei proposed to “live together”, and bluntly said to move in with her family, and let Hong Xia heart overturned: he was willing to spend money to buy jade bracelets, is not because from the Zhang sister to find out that she has a solitary housing, eager to buy her heart? Otherwise, he bought tea cakes are painful to do, how can be so generous?
Hong Xia refused, although nowadays the elderly remarried without a certificate only cohabitation is the trend, she does not want to catch such a trend: “If I remarry, must be registered and licensed to marry.”
Old Lei let out a long sigh: “Alas, the elderly who have nothing to remarry is easy, like us a little money, children are afraid to fall into the hands of others, it is difficult!
Hong Xia sneered in his heart: I really do not look at your little money.
Lao Lei proposed: “How about we do a premarital property notarization? It says that their respective houses and money will be their own children’s, so they will not object.”
Hong Xia is speechless – really if the marriage, she would like to go to the notary, but Lao Lei is so smart, in the end, to coax his son, or is the root of The prevention of her? Marriage with him, is it worth it?
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers. Older people remarry, even if the children want to open up not to oppose, your own resistance is actually not small.”
Hong Xia thought, but really. A lot of thoughts, all sorts of problems and losses, but also because of the heart ringing abacus? Even if not to collect praise not to receive gifts, the same bead of abacus dial to dial. Otherwise, get along so long, why even their own financial situation are not willing to disclose with the old Lei?
Thinking about it, it’s really no fun, Hong Xia categorically break up with Lao Lei. She tried to go elsewhere to find fun: community chess room smoke, dance room air is still good, but the huge dance practice team can not be stuffed with new people; spend money to learn table tennis, badminton, yoga, a few times down the old waist can not stand, the old problem of herniated discs also committed; to listen to concerts, do not understand drowsy; to do beauty, can not get acquainted with the partner, no fun.
The company is also really following the old sisters of the square dance around shopping to receive gifts like a fish in water.
The first day of May 2019, Lin Lang got married. Although a wall with Hong Xia, but the two mouths are still the dragon see the tail.
The old Lei does not die, every now and then still telephone greetings, Hong Xia false and snake, only as ordinary friends. Free gifts are still being received, Hong Xia are directly given to the companion of the old sisters.
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