In 1980, just after the Spring Festival, the old Su family received good news. The County Materials Bureau sent an employment certificate, and their eldest son Su Mingcheng was hired as an accountant.
"Mom, dad, let me go. Chunmei's family has said that as long as I can go to work in the Materials Bureau, they will give us a two-bedroom apartment in the county as a wedding room."
"Really?" Mrs. Su's eyes lit up and she asked in surprise.
"Why are you lying to me? Mom, you also know that your son never lies." Su Mingfeng, who was 26 years old at the time, hugged his mother and acted coquettishly.
Mrs. Su was moved and encouraged the old man, "Let Mingfeng go and leave the work in the fields to the boss and his wife."
Old Man Su smoked a dry cigarette and finally knocked on the soles of his shoes and said, "Okay, don't tell anyone about this. Second brother, when you go to the county, you have to work hard and don't embarrass me and your mother."
Su Mingfeng turned around happily, "Mom, dad, don't worry. When Chunmei and I get married, I promise to bring you to the city and enjoy your happiness."
Time flashed forward to 1983, when a heavy rainstorm struck, and the adobe house where Su Mingcheng's family of four lived collapsed. Su Jian was four years old, and her thigh was almost broken by a falling beam.
Su Mingcheng, covered in mud and water, shamelessly went to borrow money from his parents on a shabby bicycle.
"Build a house? Boss, you are already married and have two children. Are you embarrassed to ask your parents for money?"
The introverted Su Mingcheng muttered, "Dad, I'm not borrowing it. You forgot, I have five hundred yuan in your hand..."
Before Su Mingcheng finished speaking, the old man splashed pot water on his face.
"Get out! You want to get back the money you paid to me? Boss, I didn't expect to raise such a white-eyed wolf like you!"
Without borrowing money, Su Jian and her younger brother Su Dan slept in a neighbor's haystack with wet straw that night. The two fell ill the next day. Liu Fang went back to her parents' home for help. After hearing this, her uncle said nothing.
He immediately took the siblings to the hospital and finally saved his life.
Before freezing, Su Mingcheng built four large tile-roofed houses with the help of his father-in-law and his family.
When Mr. Su saw people, he said that his eldest son was unfilial and wanted to live in a new house by himself while his parents lived in the old house. As a last resort, Su Mingcheng went to bring the two old people back and burned a hundred kilograms of coal for heating. The days when he could not make ends meet were even worse.
At the turn of the New Year, his third son Su Mingsong, who was serving as a soldier in the army, received a letter from him. The daughter of his immediate boss took a fancy to him and wanted to give him a gift for marriage. Mr. Su forced his eldest son Su Mingcheng to borrow money from various places and gave 10,000 yuan to his younger son.
Send.
Su Jian and Su Dan didn't even get a piece of their uncle's wedding candy, and it took Su Mingcheng twelve years to pay off the debt with these 10,000 yuan.
In 1988, Su Jian was in the second grade of primary school.
Su Mingfeng sent a message to his eldest brother to deliver some seasonal fruits and vegetables. It was summer vacation and his parents were busy with work in the fields, so he asked Su Jian to take a neighbor's carriage to the city and pick up the beans, cucumbers, potatoes, etc. that had just arrived.
Watermelons, cantaloupes, apricots, and clams that Su Mingcheng dug freshly in the morning were all sent to his second uncle's house in the city.
After the neighbor left, Su Jian stood by the roadside and waited for a long time. Finally, her second uncle came over on a bicycle and took away the fruits and vegetables. He did not invite her home for lunch or send her back to the village. The eight-year-old girl
Standing alone on a strange street.
Su Jian was hungry, tired and scared, and couldn't find her home at all.
On the third day after she disappeared, Su Mingcheng found the dying little girl in a ditch ten miles away from home.