Chapter 14
The two families are neighbors, and the relationship between them has always been good.
Especially after the women became the heads of the two families, they have been helping each other to avoid being bullied by others.
Therefore, despite the fierce quarrel between Chen Guiqin and Liu Fang just now, Chen Guiqin did not stop Hao Pingfan from giving gifts.
"Pingfan, you are still studying, why do you buy me something suddenly?"
Liu Fang subconsciously glanced at Lin You beside her, and she was a little suspicious whether there was something wrong with the two little guys.
Of course, if there was something wrong, she would not object, but the two were still in school, and safety measures must be taken.
Hao Pingfan naturally didn't know what Liu Fang was thinking, and explained with a smile:
"This should be considered a gift from Xiao Youzi. Today, because of Xiao Youzi's good luck, I won a big prize by buying a lottery ticket."
"Hmph! I told you it has nothing to do with me. You have already bought it. Even if I didn't scratch it, you can still win!"
Lin You said dissatisfiedly, but her chin was slightly raised.
"So that's the case. Then I will accept it without hesitation."
Liu Fang smiled. She knew that Lin You had never been interested in boys, and the only one who got along with her, Hao Pingfan, had been in less and less contact over the past year.
It is really a happy thing to see the relationship between the two men restored now.
Hao Pingfan didn't stay long after giving the gift, and returned home with Chen Guiqin.
The house can be said to be extremely simple. The old wooden door was gnawed by insects and pitted. The floor of the house was also the original mud. The stove was also the kind of earth stove made of mud. It looked primitive no matter how you looked at it.
Fortunately, there was an electric fan, a big-butt color TV, and a landline to support the scene, otherwise I would have thought I had returned to the 1980s.
Hao Pingfan looked around the room and felt unusually unfamiliar.
In his previous life, after he graduated from college, his family's house was built into a small building with government funding, and his memory of the mud house had long been vague.
Now that he revisited the old place, he was really a little uncomfortable.
"Sanwa, can you tell me where the money came from now? You must not do anything illegal."
Chen Guiqin pulled Hao Pingfan to sit down, and the more she thought about it, the more flustered she felt.
She now depends on her son to live. If something happens to her son, she doesn't know how to live.
Hao Pingfan knew that Chen Guiqin might have thought wrongly, and he didn't dare to neglect it, and quickly told her about winning the lottery.
"Really? You didn't lie to me?"
Chen Guiqin was very surprised, her son was excellent!
"Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, you can ask Xiao Youzi, but I can't give you the money for now.
I want to use this money to rent a house outside. I want to review more at night. The dormitory is too noisy."
Hao Pingfan was not worried that Chen Guiqin would take the money away. As the most precious thing in the family, as long as he asked, Chen Guiqin would try her best to meet his request.
As for renting a house, it was also imperative. He really couldn't stand the smell of the dormitory.
Whether it was for better rest and review, or for the upcoming milk tea business, he must have an independent accommodation environment.
Chen Guiqin really didn't get entangled in the issue of money, but just told Hao Pingfan not to use it indiscriminately.
But Chen Guiqin was a little worried about renting a house outside the school.
"Is it safe outside the school?"
"Mom, you forgot that the county just experienced a severe crackdown at the end of last year. Who dares to mess around now?"
Hao Pingfan had a deep memory of the severe crackdown. He remembered that several people were shot directly.
Chen Guiqin felt relieved, but still a little worried.
"Then I'll go with you to rent a house, don't be cheated."
"I'm not a child anymore, don't worry, mom. Besides, I'm going to go to another province to study in college in the future, so this time is just a pre-training."
"Okay, my son has grown up without me noticing..."
Chen Guiqin looked at Hao Pingfan's tall body, feeling a little relieved and a little disappointed.
After the mother and son talked for a while, Chen Guiqin was busy working.
Hao Pingfan had nothing to do, so he had to move a chair to the courtyard to bask in the sun. He took out a Hongtashan cigarette that he hadn't smoked for a few days from his pocket, which ignited his thoughts again.
He was the third son in the family, but his second brother died at birth, leaving only his eldest sister Hao Fangping and him at home.
I don't have a deep impression of my father Hao Jian. I only remember that he was a taciturn man who silently supported the whole family with his shoulders.
It was just that when he was in the third grade of junior high school, my father was seriously ill and passed away not long after.
Mother Chen Guiqin was not well educated
, used to be a person with no opinion, never won an argument with others, and would only sulk silently.
But since his father passed away, his temper has gradually become more and more aggressive, and now Liu Fang is the only opponent in the village.
However, when facing him, Chen Guiqin's attitude is always so gentle and tolerant, and she would rather work herself to death than let him suffer any grievances.
Eventually, he died of overwork in his early sixties.
The eldest sister Hao Fangping is 25 years old this year. She is a little stupid. She stopped studying after graduating from junior high school and has been helping with housework at home.
Children who don't study in rural areas get married early. Hao Fangping is handsome and strong, and matchmakers have been vying to propose marriage.
However, the Hao family is serious about patriarchy, and parents bluntly say that if you want to be the son-in-law of the Hao family, you must help Hao Pingfan.
Naturally, no one wants to be Voldemort. In addition, the Hao family owes a lot of debts after his father died of a serious illness three years ago, so no one wants to take over this hot potato.
In the end, she could only marry a rubbish man.
"Woof woof woof!"
After a cigarette burned out, Hao Pingfan's thoughts returned to their place. Suddenly, he saw a yellowish-brown puppy running in from outside, with a half-white tail shaking like a fan.
"Potato, are you still alive?"
Hao Pingfan squatted in front of the puppy in surprise, rubbing the dog's head frantically.
Potato was a dog he raised in the second year of junior high school. It has been five years since then, and it has brought him a lot of happiness in his youth.
But such a cute little dog was beaten to death in the third year of high school!
The cause of the incident was also very simple.
Everyone in the countryside knows that dogs that don't bite people are generally not tied with ropes, but are raised outside.
Potato has been extremely timid since he was a child. When he met people, he would bark and retreat, and never take the initiative to attack.
Who knew that one day when Potato was walking outside, two naughty children insisted on grabbing Potato and beating him. Potato was forced to bite one of the children.
This bite was bad.
Not only did the Hao family pay several thousand yuan in medical expenses, which made the already poor family even worse off, but Potato was also killed by the family out of anger, and they were separated from each other from then on.
"Potato, I will never let you die young again in this life!"
If I remember correctly, the day when Potato bites people should be tomorrow.
In order to avoid tragedy, Hao Pingfan decided to tie a rope to Potato tonight and keep an eye on Potato all day tomorrow.
He didn't believe that those naughty kids would succeed in this way!