Chapter 1 My Sister
"I'm going to marry! I'm twenty-two years old! I have many classmates and children!"
"I don't agree with you to get married! You have to see who you are going to marry! Don't regret it when you arrive!"
"Who doesn't matter! What's important is that he can afford Ah Di's tuition and still have money to treat his mother! Do you want to watch Ah Di drop out of school and watch her continue to get sick!"
Although the quarrel in the outer room was deliberately suppressing the volume of sound, Yao Yuan in the inner room could hear it clearly.
A hand-teared calendar was hung on the mottled wall, with the date on it saying: October 1, 1991.
Yao Yuan stared at the mottled and old ceiling in a daze. It took him a long time to accept the fact that he was reborn. He returned to 1991 from 2021.
This is his home, the staff room assigned by the factory.
The room of fifteen square meters is a bare house.
My father Yao Zhenhua built a compartment and separated the room. He and his sister were halfway through each other. Yao Yuan and his father slept in the compartment, cooked in the simple stove built in the corridor outside, and went to the public toilet at the end of the corridor to use the toilet.
Yao Zhenhua is a senior operator at Xihai Sugar Factory. He can get 200 yuan in one month's salary plus subsidy.
My mother is a cashier in the factory and she gets money, but her salary is only 120 yuan.
Life in a dual-working family is relatively relaxed, but Yao Zhenhua and his wife value education. They treat their daughter and son equally. The daughter was admitted to technical secondary school and supported her without saying a word, so the loose financial situation became tight.
A sudden serious illness caused my mother to be admitted to the hospital. The hospital in the factory could not be cured and transferred to the county people's hospital. At this time, Yao Yuan was admitted to the five-year university of engineering.
What made the family even worse was that there was a problem with the high-priced equipment imported by the factory, the production line was closed, and Yao Zhenhua was forced to stand on duty and lost his monthly salary of 200 yuan.
The medical expenses of 1,600 yuan, the tuition and living expenses of 400 yuan were almost forced to make this unemployed man unable to breathe.
The burden of life has destroyed this honest man and lost his human form. He has tried his best, but he still cannot get his family out of the current predicament.
After being laid off, Yao Zhenhua went to the black brick kiln to carry bricks without telling his family. He had to carry 50 bricks a cent. In order to make 10 yuan, he had to carry 5,000 bricks.
In order to make one more dollar, Yao Zhenhua worked hard day and night.
Fate always teases ordinary people. Not long after, the black brick kiln collapsed, Yao Zhenhua was seriously injured by a brick, and the brick kiln owner ran away.
Yao Yuan clearly remembers that it was this year that in order to raise enough tuition and miscellaneous expenses and medical expenses for his parents, the 22-year-old sister chose to get married and used the 4,000 yuan bride price he received to support the family!
However, the partner she married was a blind wanderer who was eating, drinking, gambling, and smoking, and was not doing her job properly.
There is no way, because only this person can afford more bride money.
When he struggles with his family, all his face will be exposed, domestic violence, insults, alcoholism, and his eldest sister lives in dire straits!
With the support of my elder sister in his previous life, Yao Yuan completed his studies and successfully entered a central enterprise job, becoming a senior mechanical engineer.
But the elder sister's miserable life experience was his lingering self-blame and guilt.
He often wondered how great it would be if he went back to that time, and knew more about things and could do something...
Thinking of this, Yao Yuan couldn't help but burst into tears and murmured softly: "Sister."
Seeing Yao Yuan appear at the door, he seemed to be worried that his younger brother would see the clues. The eldest sister quickly calmed down, wiped her tears, and forced a smile and said, "Xiaoyuan is awake, wash her face and have breakfast."
The father and daughter who were quarreling shut up in tacit understanding with each other.
Yao Yuan noticed this detail.
This is true for father, mother, and sister. They always carry all the pressure and bitterness on their shoulders and create a warm and comfortable living environment for themselves.
Under the care and protection of my family, I am like a flower in a greenhouse, growing carefree.
Yao Li hurriedly said, "Sister has returned the money. From now on, you can study with peace of mind."
His father Yao Zhenhua sat on a wooden bench with a limp leg, without saying a word, smoking one by one. He was already old when he was less than fifty years old.
The stack of money placed on the table did not make him feel happy, but instead became heavier.
Yao Zhenhua was extremely uncomfortable. As a father, he was unable to solve the family crisis.
But he was forced to use his daughter's bride money to fill the family's debts.
Thinking of this, Yao Zhenhua lowered his head and shed tears silently.
A man doesn’t cry easily, but he hasn’t reached the sad place!
Yao Yuan took a deep breath, and he looked at his eldest sister's beautiful face. Although there were tears in her eyebrows, she could not hide her youthful beauty without makeup.
I remembered the wrinkled and bloodless face of my elder sister in her previous life, and the bruises on the corners of her mouth, and his heart ached faintly.
Every time my elder sister pretends to be relaxed and says that I am doing well, Yao Yuan’s heart is like a needle pricking.
"Isn't this rich? Don't cry, man." Yao Li comforted.
He walked forward and gently hugged his younger brother who was one head taller than him, "You don't have to worry about money, just study hard. Even if your sister sells her money, she will have to support you in school. Let the neighbors know that Yao Yuan in our family is a promising child!"
Taking another deep breath to adjust, Yao Yuan nodded.
He said, "Sister, I can do it. I swear, I will definitely not disappoint my family!"
Breakfast is very simple.
A bowl of soy milk, a fried dough stick, a plate of pickles, and an egg.
Yao Zhenhua didn't move, but was still sitting on the lame chair smoking. The cigarette butts scattered all over the floor seemed to tell the man's thoughts.
"Dad, has something happened to your factory recently?" Sitting on the long bench, Yao Yuan suddenly asked his father.
Yao Zhenhua was slightly stunned. He had not told his family about his stay at work, and he didn't want his family to carry heavy psychological burdens. He sighed and pretended to be relaxed: "It's true that something happened. The imported equipment bought by the factory at a high price broke down. For the sake of repairs, the factory was very anxious and hired repair technicians at a high price."
Sure enough, Yao Zhenhua still concealed the unemployment.
Yao Yuan's heart moved slightly.
Equipment failure may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for myself who specializes in the mechanical engineering industry in his previous life.
And he clearly remembered that the factory posted a reward list at that time, and whoever could solve the equipment failure would be rewarded with a reward of 1,000 yuan. This was a huge sum of money.
However, in the last life, no one could get the bonus of 1,000 yuan, and the sugar factory eventually broke down due to this incident.
Yao Yuan began to plan a plan in his mind.
If I could repair the damaged equipment in the workshop, then my father would not need to wait for work, and he would naturally be able to stay away from the damn black brick kiln after get off work when he returned to the factory.
As long as you can earn enough medical expenses and tuition fees, your sister can return the bride price to others, and you don’t need to get married.
"Dad, give me the car keys, I'm going out."
"Where are you going? I haven't eaten breakfast yet." My sister shouted from behind.
He quickly went downstairs to the stairs and took a long time to unlock the bicycle lock. After pushing it out, he hurriedly helped to start the run, but he completely forgot that he had not ridden a bicycle for fifteen years since he was reborn in 2021, and then he fell down with a "thump".
He didn't care about the pain, so he quickly got up and helped the bicycle up. After trying several times, he finally rode on it successfully. He stood up and pedaled his feet and headed towards the production area.
Chapter completed!