Saturday, March 12, 2011.
Room 703, Unit 3, Building 16, Xingheyuan Community, Chaoyang, Beijing, is a house with two bedrooms and one living room of less than 90 square meters.
It was already past two o'clock in the night, but the light in the second bedroom was still on.
Cao Shujie was too busy again and fell asleep on the desk.
His forehead was pressed on the computer keyboard for a long time, and several square red marks were left on it.
The screen of the desktop computer was still flashing with light, and the letter N filled the screen on the open Word file.
This state of staying up until midnight has lasted for a long time. He only rests for four or five hours a day. He is so tired that he snores like thunder.
Cheng Xiaolin got up in the middle of the night to change her daughter Mengmeng's diapers. She couldn't help but feel distressed when she heard the snoring coming from next door.
He got out of bed, opened the door softly, and closed the door to the master bedroom.
When she came to the second bedroom, Cheng Xiaolin didn't dare to take a big step. She walked to her husband, stretched out her hand and pushed her gently, calling: "Husband, husband..."
"Eh?" Cao Shujie groaned in his sleep. He had been suffering from insufficient blood supply since he had pressed his arm for a long time while sleeping. The pain in his arm was like a needle prick, which woke him up.
He raised his head, rubbed the red backs of his hands with each other, and looked at the lower right corner of the computer screen. In 2011, he was a little confused at first, but he woke up after a while.
Cheng Xiaolin was nagging him: "Husband, I have told you several times not to work so late and sleep more. I didn't see many people who stayed up late and died suddenly on the news. If you do the same thing, what will we do?"
Cao Shujie wanted to tell his wife that he died suddenly after staying up late 12 years ago, and he was not yet 40 years old.
But his reason told him to keep this secret in his heart.
"Husband, why don't we go back to our hometown? We're no longer in the capital. If you do this every day, I'm really afraid that one day you won't be able to hold on anymore." Cheng Xiaolin said it again. She had mentioned this issue more than once.
If it were in the past, Cao Shujie would definitely have made excuses and prevaricated things.
But not this time. Cao Shujie nodded and smiled at his wife: "Okay!"
The sound of 'ok' fell on Cheng Xiaolin's ears. She was stunned for a long time, then she put her arms around Cao Shujie's shoulders and asked him: "Husband, did you agree?"
"Honey, you're right, you're going to die if you keep it up any longer. Go home, I want to spend more time with you." Cao Shujie was very happy this time.
"Hmm, then you go and resign at dawn. I also went to the kindergarten to quit my job. The house..." Cheng Xiaolin looked at the house that she had only lived in for two years, gritted her teeth and said, "Sell it too. Just use the money when you go home."
"Okay!" Cao Shujie smiled: "It's all up to you."
…
A week later, Cao Shujie left the capital in a 10 elegant version of the 2.4L LaCrosse and headed towards the highway.
I quit my job and sold the 86.9-square-meter house for 2.6156 million yuan per square meter at a price of 30,100 yuan. I also gave up all the furniture and appliances.
After the house was sold and the loan was repaid, there was still 1.6672 million yuan left. Even if it was not recorded in the account in a short period of time, their lives would not be affected.
"Dad, where is the little dog?" As soon as the car got on the highway, Mengmeng, who was sitting in the safety seat, couldn't stay still.
She twisted her cute little round face and looked for puppies everywhere.
Cheng Xiaolin coaxed her: "Mengmeng, when you get to grandma's house in the afternoon, you can see the puppy. It's so cute."
"Really?" Mengmeng's eyes widened subconsciously.
She has been very fond of puppies and kittens since she was a child, especially when she cries, no matter how much she is coaxed, it doesn't work, but as long as she is told to take her to see the puppies and kittens, she will definitely stop crying.
"Mengmeng, can your parents take you back to grandma's house?" Cao Shujie also said, "When we go back, we will build a beautiful house ourselves. Then dad will take you to play in the mountains every day."
"Playing?" Mengmeng quickly twisted her body to look out of the car, but she was restrained by the safety seat and could not move: "Mom, the little boy is playing."
She was talking about a small park, but she couldn't explain clearly when she was in a hurry.
Cheng Xiaolin quickly coaxed her: "Mengmeng, we are in the car now. When we return to grandma's house later, there will be a big orchard. It is blooming now and it is beautiful."
"Really?" Mengmeng blinked and looked at her mother expectantly.
Cheng Xiaolin nodded quickly: "Really, mom promises."
Cao Shujie drove all the way, listening to his mother-in-law talking nonsense in the back seat. He was not tired at all.
I had some food at the expressway service area along the way and rested for an hour before continuing on the road.
It wasn't until after 4 p.m. that we got off the highway.
After sleeping for a while, Mengmeng became active again. She said she no longer wanted to sit in the safety seat and had to let her mother hold her.
But not long after, she felt uncomfortable in her mother's arms again, and she had to sit side by side with her mother on the seat.
If Cheng Xiaolin hadn't stopped her, she would still have wanted to stand on her seat. At this time, Cheng Xiaolin felt tired.
"Dad, where's grandma?" Mengmeng couldn't sit still anymore. She wanted to get out of the car, but she reached out to pull the door handle regardless of the car still running.
Cheng Xiaolin was so frightened that she hugged her quickly, raised her hand and twisted her butt hard twice, but Mengmeng didn't feel any pain at all and even smiled proudly.
"Mengmeng, if you are naughty again, I will beat you up." Cheng Xiaolin was very angry.
Mengmeng is good at everything but disobedient.
After being frightened by her mother, Mengmeng started to act out. She threw herself on her mother's lap, not caring that she was still in the car. She hugged her mother's arm and swayed back and forth.
After a while, she turned over and lay on her mother's lap again, raising her little head and raising her little arms to greet her mother.
While doing it, he shouted: "Mom, mom..."
As if she was wronged.
Cheng Xiaolin was so angry that her stomach ached. She said to Cao Shujie, who was driving in front of her, "Husband, look at your daughter, she's annoying me to death."
"I really shouldn't have wanted her in the first place, just keep her to make people angry." Cheng Xiaolin said.
Cao Shujie glanced in the rearview mirror and couldn't help but want to laugh.
Fortunately, his car has a length of 5 meters and a wheelbase of 2870 meters. The rear space is large enough for the two of them, otherwise there would be no room for his daughter to roll around.
More than half an hour later, the car drove into a village at the foot of the mountain.
This is Cao Shujie’s hometown, Caojiazhuang, a village famous for its kiwi and apple cultivation.
Before the car stopped, Mengmeng knelt on her mother's lap and looked out of the car window. Suddenly she saw a white-haired puppy running past. She was startled and shouted: "Mom, look, Small dog."
"Hey, Mengmeng, are you annoyed?" Cheng Xiaolin was going crazy.
Cao Shujie, who was driving, burst out laughing.
When he saw his mother Wang Yuelan, an old face immediately appeared in Cao Shujie's memory.
Every time when he was preparing to leave after coming back during the holidays, he could see in the rearview mirror that his mother had been standing at the gate watching from a distance without moving...
This time he is back and never leaves again!
