Chapter 2 Big Surprise
Once upon a time, when he was admitted to China University of Political Science and Law and received an admission notice, his father was so proud.
The colleagues all said that my father was going to enjoy his life, and in the future, Kawako graduated and became a lawyer and judge, his future is promising...
Looking back on my father's support for him along the way, now I can finally repay it.
The house they rent now was built in the 1990s. Although it is relatively dilapidated, the cost of living is low. My mother works in housekeeping outside three days a week. However, my father has too much labor intensity and has poor lumbar spine. Now he can only do some odd jobs and go to a nearby community to work as a night security guard at night.
Pan Qingchuan often advised them not to go out to work anymore, but their parents always smiled and said that they were only in their early fifties and had been used to suffering since childhood, but when they were idle, they felt uncomfortable all over.
In fact, he heard his mother talk to his father that they wanted to make more money so that Kawako would be decent when she got married in the future.
There is no property and it is an open community. The various small advertisements in the corridor are stacked layer by layer like dog skin plaster, and there are old furniture stored by residents in the narrow aisle.
Pan Qingchuan took out the key to open the door. There was a wall in the small living room of ten square meters, filled with bookshelf, and various books on astronomy and geography were accumulated by his father over the past 30 years. Every time he moved, his parents' clothes could only be packed with a 60L tidy box.
There were patches on the clothes. Later, when my mother was doing housekeeping, the employer would send some clothes she had worn. The mother would wash the clothes clean and iron them smoothly. Even old clothes would be worn decently.
But the moving letter has to be filled with five or six large cartons.
Because his family was poor, Chuanzi's father Pan Aiguo only went to elementary school for three years, but he fell in love with studying. At that time, he would copy the books and read them repeatedly. He could memorize the entire book he had read.
When I came to the city to work, I did the hardest and most tiring work.
But whenever he is free, he will change into clean clothes and go to Xinhua Bookstore to read books.
Later, every time he paid, he couldn't wait to go to the bookstore to buy the book he wanted to buy the most this month, as if he was stroking the cover of the book. It was the happiest time of his month.
Pan Qingchuan felt that although his father had never been to school, his spiritual world was vast and boundless.
The aroma of red oil spicy chicken has already come from the kitchen. My mother is a great choice for making spicy chicken. The pot of red red oil and the spicy chicken that has been boiled for several hours are a mouth-watering taste bud impact.
Pan Qingchuan saw that it was still early and his father probably hadn't come back from the construction site yet. He shouted at mom, "I'm back!"
After changing my shoes and washing my hands, I was about to go to the kitchen to help.
My mother Liu Yu was flipping through the spicy chicken in the pot on one side and cutting some cooked food on the chopping board on the other side.
She ordered Pan Qingchuan: "Chuanzi, peel a head of garlic!"
The garlic should be put into the red oil chili chicken before it is released. The garlic aroma bursts out, which complements the aroma of the red oil chili chicken.
Pan Qingchuan peeled garlic, thinking about the new house that could be handed over at the end of the year, thinking about the surprise when his parents saw it, the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose, and felt happy. Several times, he wanted to tell his mother that he had saved money and had saved the down payment for the house over the years.
But, he smiled and held back, and he wanted to surprise them.
In life, work and interest are just in line with each other, so I am busy and tirelessly and happily every day.
Sprinkle garlic, Pan Qingchuan lit the small alcohol stove on the dining table in the living room, took the spicy chicken pot over and continued to feed it on low heat.
The aroma makes saliva flow.
He looked at it and his father Pan Aiguo was coming back soon.
So I started serving rice. My parents like to eat rice noodles on weekdays, and only when Pan Qingchuan was at home was cooking rice.
He hummed the song of the Five Rings in his mouth, and the corners of his mouth were raised and uncontrollable joy.
The doorbell rang, and his mother Liu Yu went to open the door and found Pan Aiguo standing sickly outside the door. When he entered the door, he took off his coat and turned to the sofas on both seats.
Liu Yu asked concerned: "Lao Pan, the fever has not subsided after taking the medicine!"
Only then did Pan Qingchuan realize that his father had been suffering from low fever these days.
But because he has a lot of work in the recording studio these days, he tunes until the early morning every day, so he lives in the studio.
I finished all the work and collected the final payment, which was just enough to pay the down payment for the house.
Pan Aiguo took the canned bottle handed over by Liu Yu, and was filled with boiled water. He raised his head and drank it, saying, "It's okay, it's just a low fever, it's just a little dizzy!"
Looking at Pan Qingchuan, he continued, "Do you have some wine with your dad tonight!"
Pan Aiguo likes to drink wine brewed in Maotai Town. He always buys a large jar and drinks it slowly. He doesn’t drink it, but he just drinks it every time.
At the dinner table, Pan Aiguo began to talk about ancient and modern times with Chuanzi again, from Yao and Shun to Tang and Song dynasties.
After dinner, Pan Aiguo was going to work night shift in the community. Seeing that his condition was not very good, Pan Qingchuan advised him if he could take leave and not go.
Pan Aiguo waved his hand and said, "It's okay to have a low fever, don't worry!" As he said that, he put on his coat and prepared to go out.
Looking at Pan Aiguo's hunched back, Pan Qingchuan thought to work harder and make them stop working harder.
Pan Aiguo knew very well that he had no education and had been working odd jobs all his life, so he always supported Pan Qingchuan's studies.
Pan Qingchuan helped Liu Yu clean the dishes in the kitchen. He asked, "Mom, if we have our own house, how do you want to decorate it?"
Liu Yu laughed and said, "It's a good place to live here, the landlord is a good person, and the rent has not increased for five years!"
The landlord is an old couple. The house was divided by the unit in the early years. It is said that the city plan may be demolished in a few years. They had moved into the villa area long ago. Seeing Liu Yu clean and taking good care of the house, they all thought she took care of the house, and the rent would not increase until the demolition.
Liu Yu is also very grateful. When he has time, he will go to the yard of the old couple's villa to trim grape vines and pepper trees.
Pan Qingchuan continued: "We cannot rent a house forever, we will always have our own house."
Liu Yu smiled and said, "You have to ask your future wife what kind of decoration you want. When your dad and I save enough money to buy you a house, we want to go back to our hometown. Your grandmother is almost eighty and is getting older and needs someone to take care of her."
Pan Qingchuan is still single this year. Although Pan Aiguo and Liu Yu have never urged him, they are also anxious.
Pan Qingchuan looked at her parents as a matchmaker and got married at the age of 18 in a remote and closed countryside. Her mother didn't understand her father's spiritual world. She was also with her father for a long time before she gradually learned to read.
She is a hard-working, simple and appropriate person.
Chapter completed!