Good Luck in the Year of the Pig - Chapter 2

    The car was running in the night rain. Lu Ying ran for an hour before she could catch her breath. She went back to the pizza shop to watch her son play with building blocks. The obedient fat boy suddenly sighed, and Lu Ying knew that he had more things to do as soon as he heard it.

    “What’s wrong?” Lu Ying asked with a smile.

    “I said long ago that you should not cook noodles. Although it is delicious, it is easy to get hungry again.”

    Lu Ying, who was reprimanded by her son, sneered: “There are so many reasons to eat. Tell me, what do you want to eat?”

    The fat boy sniffed and muttered: “The pizza at the boss’s house smells so good, I think it must be delicious…”

    Lu Ying frowned and whispered in her son’s ear: “Little fool, how can pizza be delicious with sesame seeds and pancakes, it’s not just the weird taste that foreigners have learned from our sesame pancakes without success. Big pancake. Dad bought you two guokui, one sweet and one salty.” Of course, both pizza and biscuits are delicious, but pizza is more expensive than biscuits, not even a star and a half.

    Lu Ying turned around and bought two pot helmets for her son, which cost 8 yuan, which is actually not cheap. The price of the pot helmet has more than doubled compared to the previous years. Seeing the price soaring, the wallet is empty, how can it be a word of ‘sorrow’.

    If he hadn’t been doing several jobs intermittently, it would have been hard to stay in the city. Fortunately, through hard work, he was able to stay with the child as he wished, and the cub entered a good kindergarten. In September of next year, the cub can go to primary school and officially enter the compulsory education stage stipulated by the state. That is when he takes the child out of the mountains to live. the greatest purpose.

    Kindergarten can freely choose to read or not, and where to read. The primary school included in the 12-year compulsory education cannot be casually entered and exited. However, the counterpart primary school in their village is too sluggish. There are only six students and one teacher in the whole school. All responsible parents send their children out of the village. Lu Ying was naturally reluctant for her son to go to such an elementary school. In his own words, it was not lively at all. Before moving into the city, Lu Ying worked alone in the city every day. At night, she took her children in kindergarten back to a remote village to rest. Grandpa Lu waited for them at home every day. At that time, although I was running back and forth, a lot of time was wasted on the road. But the mood of working for the family is satisfied, and returning home is also lively.

    It would be great if Grandpa Lu was still there, when he was busy, the cub would have someone to accompany him at home.

    At about ten o’clock on the night shift, Lu Ying came home with his son who was asleep. The father and son slept on the 1.5 meter bed, which was more than enough, warm and comfortable. He set the alarm clock and soaked the bed. Into a good sleep.

    At half past three in the morning, he woke up with the first sound of Didi’s mobile phone alarm. Lu Ying got up quickly, packed herself in less than ten minutes, touched her son’s sleeping chubby face, locked the door and went out to the first morning shift.

    At four in the morning, there were only sporadic vehicles and sanitation workers on the empty road. This job is tiring and dirty. At present, young people are afraid that no one is willing to do it, and the employees are aging seriously. Most of them still have to do it, and they have no choice. Lu Ying is not picky at all, but he is very grateful to Aunt Wang of the neighborhood committee who introduced him to this job. Although he is only a temporary worker and cannot be converted into a regular, the time period is also the most tiring wave, but let’s sweep the streets, as long as people are in the middle of it. Dispose of the street **** before getting up, and his job is over.

    Lu Ying was quite satisfied after taking over. The working hours were very short. Just go to the supermarket to work. Second, this is the only job that doesn’t have to deal with too many people, it’s too quiet and comfortable for him. Third, the salary is not bad, anyway, the price is high. He is now firmly holding three jobs a day, earning more than 10,000 yuan a month, and has no mortgage or car loan. Except for the annual tuition fee of about 20,000 yuan in kindergarten and his usual living expenses, he saves the rest well and saves them all for his son’s future studies.

    His biggest goal at the moment is to let his son grow up healthily and let him become a college student. In the future, he can make money more easily and gain a firm foothold in human society.

    This is the way he has thought for a long time for his son. I can’t be like him, I haven’t read a book for a day, all the words and arithmetic I know are taught at home by Grandpa Lu, and I don’t have a primary school diploma. He is not smart enough to be a person, and his eloquence is not good enough. There are really not many jobs to choose from. But the cub is lucky enough to go to school. For this reason, even if he Lu Ying is almost all year round, he is still very motivated. In the future, when his son can be self-reliant, he can make further plans, go to a night school, adult university, etc. to cheer himself up. Brother Yang said that the most important experience of being a person is reading. People read from childhood to adulthood, and then they can become useful people based on society. People like them who came out of the mountains, if they want to live a personal life, they should read more.

    Lu Yingman has been out in the mountains for nearly ten years, and he took a year off in between. Over the years, he has been warm and cold to human beings, and has a little understanding of the secular world. In short, there is no good way out for illiterate people, it is very difficult to find a job, and they will be ridiculed and ridiculed for no reason. He didn’t think it was anything before, he just had to eat enough. But…after having tasted all the joys, sorrows, sorrows, and joys, he knew that he was becoming more and more like a person.

    The essence of being a person is one word.

    Hard!

    On Sunday, Lu Ying went to work as usual.

    The children have no place to go on weekends and weekends every week. It is not enough to leave them alone at home for a long time. Fortunately, the fifth floor of the shopping mall where he works is a children’s play area. It is convenient to put the child there to play, have a meal with the child at noon, and take it home after get off work.

    Today I saved the time to go to the kindergarten to pick up the child, Lu Ying went straight to the fifth floor after get off work at four o’clock, “Cub, Dad will take you to the supermarket to buy something delicious.”

    The blushing cub in the playground immediately jumped out, put on his shoes not neatly, and babbled endlessly: “Wow, wow, I want to buy jelly! Small fish biscuits, pig chocolate, canned oranges…”

    “Depending on the situation, buy more if there is a discount. Miss Li, are you not being naughty today?” Lu Ying touched her son’s warm face and smiled and asked the elder sister who issued the ticket at the playground.

    Sister Xiao Li is about forty, she heard the words with a hearty smile, patted the cub on the shoulder and said: “How can you be naughty, your cub is very good, you have fun, and you will bring Little brothers and sisters play together, this child is very sensible and considerate. It’s hard to teach a child so well for a young father like you.”

      Basically, it was brought by Grandpa Lu. He had no choice but to find the village to make money to buy milk powder for the cubs. At that time, I could only see my son at night, but now I take my son with me, so I don’t have much time alone.

    Sister Xiao Li probably knew about Lu Ying’s family situation and sighed: “It’s not easy for you, but it doesn’t matter, you are diligent and willing to endure hardships, and the children are obedient and sensible, and the days will always get better.”

     After chatting a few words, Lu Ying left, watching the father and son leave, and Sister Xiaoli retracted her gaze regretfully. Lu Ying is a young man she admires very much, and her diligence is now rare. Coupled with the incredible appearance, it’s “heart” once you look at it. For a while, she frantically wanted to be a matchmaker for Lu Ying, but after thinking about it, there were not many suitable. Lu Ying’s conditions are too poor, an orphan, without any family property, and an illiterate who has never even read elementary school. This kind of person, coupled with an extremely attractive appearance, not only does not add points, but makes people more cautious. She reluctantly found two suitable matchmakers who wanted to be matchmakers, but she did not expect that after asking, Lu Ying would not agree, and she was not willing to remarry at all!

    Lu Ying took the child into the elevator, chose the negative first floor where the supermarket was located, and only reached the fourth floor, the elevator stopped, and a few staff in suits came in, and Manager Zhang at the head was his head Boss, Lu Ying secretly sighed unlucky.

    Manager Zhang is a capable married woman in her thirties. Although she has only been in office for a few months, her colleagues are very impressed with her.

    She looked at Lu Ying and smiled: “Get off work?”

    “Hmm.”

    The rest of the staff were silent, watching their noses and hearts.

    Fortunately, the manager and his party left soon on the second floor.

    Lu Ying arrived on the first floor and received a text message on his mobile phone. When he opened it, his head was as big as a bucket. Manager Zhang invited him to watch a midnight movie. This was not the first time. Ever since Manager Zhang came over, he has often been ‘appointed’ in private. Similar situations have often been encountered in recent years. There is a reason for a diligent and hardworking person like him to change jobs frequently.

    Lu Ying sighed faintly, touched her chin and asked her son, “Cub, is Dad very handsome and charming?”