small town story

Chapter 24 The Future

The hospital during the Spring Festival is not at all deserted, and the patients and their families coming and going are not at all the joy of the New Year.After leaving home, Su Youqin hung up the number for the last time slot of the day, and only found out at the hospital that she was the last examiner of the day.

The doctor who received the consultation was very young and had never seen it before.He checked Su Youqin's consultation records and previous case records, and preliminarily judged that there were no other problems.In the past, the doctor diagnosed that the reason for her loss of voice was psychological factors, but now she is forced by the environment to recover her voice, which is not uncommon.

As for the blood she spit out, she has to go to another department for examination.However, according to Su Youqin's description, the doctor judged that the blood was only caused by emotional agitation, and there was no major problem.

With the doctor's preliminary judgment, Shen Qianyao was relieved.

Although Su Youqin insisted that her body felt fine, and her body felt much more relaxed after spitting out the blood, Shen Qianyao was still worried.Blood is something that can't make people feel at ease once they see it.

It was time for the hospital to get off work, and Su Youqin was going to come back the next day for all the checkups. She followed Shen Qianyao home, and when passing by the supermarket, the two of them bought a chicken and medicinal ingredients, trying to use supplements to make up for the energy spent today.

Su Youqin was sitting on the sofa flipping through the news on her mobile phone, while Shen Qianyao was busy in the kitchen alone.There was a buzzing sound, and the phone vibrated. She looked at the word "Aunt" that jumped out on the screen, and ignored it. She didn't dial back until the video call request was hung up.

The aunt picked up the video and asked her why she fought with her parents after arguing.

Su Youqin guessed that Cheng Li and Su Quan would definitely tell their aunt about this. In their hearts, they had a better relationship with their aunt.

Su Youqin didn't explain, but said that she was in a bad mood and they hit each other.

The aunt was speechless for a moment, but she quickly focused on the main point and asked about Su Youqin's voice and body.

It seemed that anyone who cared a little about him knew to ask about his voice recovery, but neither Cheng Li nor Su Quan asked.In their eyes, their daughter's body is not as important as other things.

Su Youqin chatted with her aunt for a few minutes.The aunt knew her relationship with her parents, so she didn't try to persuade her too much, she only said that there was no overnight feud between the parents and the child, and it was better to have a good chat after thinking about it.

There is no overnight feud between parents and children. Su Youqin heard this saying when she was in middle school. Her godmother, after she had a fight with her parents, took her to her house to play and told her this sentence.However, Su Youqin knew at that time that this sentence was clearly wrong.

If there really was no overnight feud, why would Cheng Li and Su Quan keep complaining to the people around that Su Youqin was not filial?If there really was no overnight feud, why did Su Youqin clearly remember every quarrel between her and her parents for so many years?

People are not things that often lose their memories. As long as there are memories and resentment, how can there be no "overnight hatred"?

Su Youqin put down her phone, closed her eyes and rested for a few minutes, then went to the kitchen to watch Shen Qianyao busy.

The vent hole of the pressure cooker started to emit gas, and Shen Qianyao washed the cabbage.A chicken soup full of ingredients and a plate of stir-fried cabbage is enough for dinner for two.

The windows in the kitchen are not small, and you can see the city at night, and there are bright lights everywhere.On the opposite building wall, the lanterns made of small colored lights are very eye-catching.

The people behind were silent all the time, Shen Qianyao hung up the chopping board, walked up to Su Youqin, stepped on her forehead and touched her forehead: "What's wrong?"

Su Youqin shook her head, kissed Shen Qianyao on the cheek, and asked slowly: "You said, is there really no overnight feud between parents and children?"

Shen Qianyao sighed secretly.

She frowned, and her opposition to this sentence quickly broke through the sky: "How is it possible?"

The sound from the vent hole of the pressure cooker gradually became louder, and the range hood was working at high power. She turned around and turned down the heat a little, and pulled Su Youqin into the living room: "I still remember when I was a child, my dad was too busy with work, and when he came home, he thought I was annoyed and couldn't control it." Pushing me to the ground and hitting the back of my head on the coffee table. I still remember my mother coming back and beating my hand with a pointer because I was fighting with boys at school."

She gently pushed Su Youqin to sit on the sofa, "It's just that I am generous and forgive them."

"People who say this probably think that children should completely obey their parents. Only when they are completely obedient will they not remember or hate."

Shen Qianyao knelt on the sofa between Su Youqin's legs and looked at her seriously: "Although I don't know what happened between you and your parents, the fist your father dropped on your back today will make me hate him lifetime."

Su Youqin's upper body moved slightly, Su Quan's punches did use strength, but Su Youqin was probably also resisting, and those punches landed on the back did not hurt so much.In the afternoon, I was checked at home and at the hospital, and there was nothing wrong with my back.

Shen Qianyao's serious look made Su Youqin relax, and it felt very comfortable to have someone standing beside her.

Her eyebrows and eyes were slightly bent, and she lightly pecked the corner of the mouth of the person in front of her: "The chicken is almost ready, I'm hungry."

"Wait a few more minutes and fill your stomach with small bread." Shen Qianyao tore open the small bread on the tea table, handed it to Su Youqin's mouth, turned and went to the kitchen again.

After eating, Shen Qianyao received a call from Shi Mi, and Su Youqin took the initiative to wash the dishes.When she came out after washing the dishes, Shen Qianyao frowned and stood on the balcony outside the living room, filled with righteous indignation: "He's crazy!"

Su Youqin sat on the sofa and replied to his brother's message, telling him that he was fine.

Su Xinjun had already had a good talk with his parents, but Cheng Li and Su Quan were still very angry.Especially Su Quan, when he heard Su Youqin say that he would wait until they were old before settling accounts with them, he felt a little scared in his heart. As a father, he dared not admit this fear and turned his fear into anger.

As for Su Youqin's liking for girls and being with Shen Qianyao, it seemed unimportant.

During the chat with her son, Cheng Li mentioned this matter more than once, but Su Quan and Su Xinjun ignored her.

Two parents, one is afraid of Su Youqin's resentment, the other is worried about Su Youqin's sexual orientation, the issues they care about are completely different, thinking about it, I find it a bit funny.

Shen Qianyao returned to the living room with the coolness on the balcony.Su Youqin asked her what's wrong with her eyes?

Shen Qianyao shook her head, "It's Shi Mi and Mi Hao." She only said this sentence and didn't mention it too much. After all, this matter is Shi Mi's privacy. Without the other party's permission, even lovers, You shouldn't tell anyone either.

Su Youqin didn't follow up to ask.

The Spring Festival Gala was being rebroadcasted on TV. She remembered the fireworks at the chicken farm on New Year's Eve. She suddenly asked Shen Qianyao, "Does anyone know that we are in a relationship?"

Shen Qianyao smiled: "My girlfriends all know it."

Seeing Su Youqin's probing eyes, she explained: "I only met Shi Mi and the others when I went to the town. Strictly speaking, we are friends, and there is still a distance from girlfriends."

"Most of my girlfriends are in Beicheng. There is a senior sister and a senior brother, as well as Yu Yan and a roommate. Shen Xiaoyu is also counted. They all know that I am in a relationship. I have seen your photo."

Shen Qianyao opened the chat interface with Yiren, handed over the phone, and signaled Su Youqin to look at it.

"Photo?" Su Youqin took it for granted that it was a photo taken by the two of them a few times ago, but saw that the last picture on the chat interface was a photo taken with a photo.In the photo, the person with sideways bangs and high ponytail is wearing a city school uniform, smiling youthfully at the camera.

Su Youqin looked at himself ten years ago across the screen, the phone moved in front of him, and grabbed Shen Qianyao's hand that was about to retract: "Why do you have this photo?"

Shen Qianyao dodged her gaze, and pulled her hand back, unable to move.She coughed lightly: "Hey, I picked it up at your house."

"Found it?"

Shen Qianyao had no choice but to tell about the fact that she secretly hid the photos.

Su Youqin was very interested in hearing this. Although she knew that Shen Qianyao was paying attention to her when she saw her for the first time, she didn't expect that the other party already had thoughts about her when she was staying at her house, and even secretly hid photos.

So childish.

"It's not your fault." Seeing that Su Youqin was listening happily, Shen Qianyao pretended to be wronged and teased her: "Boss Su threw himself into his arms before he liked me. He not only thinks highly of my body, but also of my spirit. Body I can hide it through clothes, and I can't control the dopamine-driven liking."

She blinked at Shen Qianyao while she was talking, Su Youqin couldn't hold back, and jumped forward, touching the softness under her body with one hand, while biting the chin of the person under her: "Blame me, then I will apologize to Teacher Shen, and Teacher Shen has to accept it." ?"

-------

Because of going to the hospital for an examination, the plan to go to my uncle's house was postponed to the fifth day of the new year.Shen Qianyao drove Su Youqin there, and Xiaojin's parents returned home during the New Year. The family warmly received Su Youqin and his friend Shen Qianyao. When they heard that Shen Qianyao was a teacher in the town, they became more enthusiastic and expressed their importance to Xiaojin's future teacher.

Taking advantage of Shen Qianyao's driving convenience, after leaving her uncle's house, Su Youqin went to her grandma's relatives with gifts.Each family sat for more than half an hour, had dinner at the last one, and it was already evening when we returned to town.

Shen Qianyao parked the car in front of the breakfast shop, planning to stay one night before going back.

The mahjong tables in Huazi's store were crackling, and Su Youqin saw Cheng Li and Su Quan sitting on different tables, chatting and laughing with the people around them.It seemed that the quarrel did not disturb their mood of playing mahjong during the Chinese New Year. Su Youqin couldn't tell what he was feeling, so he let out a sigh of relief.

Early the next morning, Shen Qianyao returned to the city.Su Youqin opened the door of the breakfast shop and started cleaning.It's already the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and the Spring Festival will be over if we don't open for business.

She cleans in the shop kitchen.He didn't notice that Su Quan walked past the breakfast shop several times.When the cleaning was about to end, Su Xinjun walked in from the door, surprised and asked when she came back.

Su Youqin replied lightly about yesterday, picked up the phone and asked Mingming what dishes he could deliver today.

Su Xinjun sat down at the nearest table, glanced at his sister from time to time, and seeing that the other party didn't respond to his thoughts, he asked, "Who are you chatting with?"

who?Su Youqin looked at him.

"Cough, just, your partner." Su Xinjun was very reluctant to say these two words, and his voice was so low that it couldn't be lower.

Su Youqin laughed out loud.She seldom used the word "objective", but when her younger brother said it, Shen Qianyao's image instantly appeared in her mind, which was quite good.She shook her head: "It's about to open, let someone deliver something."

It turned out to be business.Su Xinjun agrees.Only then did I remember to ask her about the results of the hospital examination.

"It's okay." Su Youqin replied simply: "Just be careful when you recover, and don't talk too much." The doctor's original words were not to use the voice too much, but to take good care of it.

Su Xinjun's worries subsided.It's okay.Since he was fine, he sat up slightly and said flatteringly, "Sister, can you have a good chat with your parents?"

Su Youqin looked at him, and he immediately explained: "Don't say anything else, just have a meal together. I invite you." He spoke quickly, for fear that Su Youqin would refuse directly: "Dad regrets what he did. He was in a bad mood that day. Well, I was angry when I heard you talking to your mother like that outside the door. Sister, you know that your father has always been partial to you. He has never hit you since you were a child. He also knows that you hate them because of your grandparents. You give him a chance."

After Su Xinjun finished speaking, he raised his head and looked outside the breakfast shop. Su Youqin turned his back to the breakfast shop and looked out, just in time to see Su Quan turn around.

"Look, dad has been wandering around the door for several times today." Su Xinjun was a little funny, "he heard you say that day probably because he was angry and scared. Also, you talk, cough, talk about your girlfriend, dad Not a word was said."

As his younger brother babbled, Su Youqin felt that his body was divided into two halves. Most of it was thinking of his grandparents when he was a child and the hatred and pleasure he had with Su Quan a few days ago, and the other half was his struggle to agree with his younger brother.

Su Youqin threw the rag in his hand on the table, looked at Su Xinjun quietly, and asked his younger brother, "Do you think they regret what they did to their grandparents?"

Su Xinjun was silent.Although he stayed with his grandparents for a few years when he was a child, he was not as close as Shen Qianyao to his grandparents. He knew that his grandparents favored his sister, and now that he grew up, he also knew that some things his parents did were wrong, but his grandparents were no longer there.So what if you don't regret it later?

Su Youqin snorted softly: "Forget it. When are you leaving?"

"Ah? The tenth day of the first lunar month."

Su Youqin nodded: "Go back and tell them that I will treat you to dinner on the ninth day of the first lunar month." After she finished speaking, she picked up the dishcloth on the table again.

It happened that Mingming was riding a tricycle and stopped by the side of the road. Before the car turned off, he shouted: "Youqin, the vegetables are here. I also brought the meat from Brother Shui."

Su Youqin stepped forward and asked a question.As soon as she opened her mouth, she stuttered in shock: "You you you you you... Your voice is healed?"

Su Youqin nodded with a smile.

"Oh, this is great!" Mingming twisted his body excitedly, and lifted a back strap from the tricycle with one hand.Amazing arm strength.

Su Xinjun helped move the car into the kitchen, Mingming exchanged pleasantries with Su Youqin first, and then pulled her to the corner by the door: "I heard that you and your parents fought, what's going on?"

Su Youqin was startled: "Who said that?"

"I don't know who spread the word. I heard that the grocery buyer chatted with the little girl in the store, saying that the young owner of the breakfast shop next to the elementary school had a quarrel with his parents at home during Chinese New Year, and they got into a fight." Mingming Pressing his voice, he said, "I wanted to send a message to ask you, but I thought it shouldn't be you. You..."

"It's me." Su Youqin sighed, the town is really small, and things as big as a sesame seed can be spread in an instant.Obviously everyone in Shangdong Street knows about it, and it is estimated that everyone in the streets of the town who cares about other people's affairs knows about it.

"Really? What happened? You weren't broken, were you?"

Su Youqin smiled, obviously she was only worried about her appearance, she was indeed a true friend.

Su Youqin: "I'm fine. Why don't you care about the quarrel between me and my parents? Isn't that disrespectful?"

Mingming waved his hand: "I've seen a lot. Many parents are unreasonable. I had a fight with my mother some time ago. She has reached menopause and has a bad temper. Zhu Cheng and I have to detour when we see her."

Although I know that what Mingming said is completely different from my own situation.But the other party's indifferent look still made Su Youqin feel much more comfortable.She doesn't force others to stand on the same side as herself, as long as she doesn't brainlessly stand on the same side with her parents and stamp herself as unfilial and committing these crimes.

What is filial piety is the most important thing, parents and children are independent people, why do you have to obey each other desperately, because the other party is the one who gave you your life.If this is the case, isn't the best way of filial piety to return life to parents?

After Mingming left, Su Youqin took out the old noodles from the refrigerator, only to find that the shell of the old noodles had completely hardened and could not be used.Now making old noodles can't be used on the second day, so you have to wait until the third day.

She remembered that Mangzi said that in the yard where his parents lived, there was an uncle Sun who liked pasta and steamed steamed buns with old noodles every day. She sent a message to Mangzi to ask, and after more than half an hour, Mangzi replied, He said he would pick her up in the afternoon and take her to buy old noodles.

Su Youqin felt relieved, closed the door and went upstairs.

In the afternoon, she followed Mangzi to the old yard in the village behind the town government to buy old noodles.

Mangzi's father has already greeted Uncle Sun.Uncle Sun gave Su Youqin a small bowl of old noodles. Not only did he not take any money, but he also gave her some of the big bag of tender pea sprouts that his wife had picked.Su Youqin said thank you repeatedly, and Uncle Sun waved his hand: "Thank you? Mangzi gave me so many chickens and eggs, what are these things?"

Only then did Su Youqin know that Mangzi would give the injured chickens and accidentally cracked eggs to the people in the yard to eat.

"My parents are getting old. Although the chicken farm is very close to the yard, I still have to help with the yard. Sometimes when I'm in the city and my parents have something to do, Jiaojiao will have dinner at Uncle Sun's house when she comes back." Mangzi explained, "A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative."

As soon as he finished speaking, the car drove past the town government gate, and Su Youqin saw an acquaintance squatting at the gate smoking a cigarette, it was Jia Zhao.At Shi Mi and Mi Hao's engagement banquet a year ago, Su Youqin met him.The two are still in the same group.

Jia Zhao works in the town government, is he on duty today?In the rearview mirror outside the window, Jia Zhao suddenly stood up, smiled and waved his hand towards the distance. Su Youqin saw an acquaintance coming out of the side alley, before he looked carefully, the car turned a corner, and nothing could be seen in the rearview mirror

She was a little surprised, that acquaintance in white clothes was clearly Liu Ancan.

So the two of them have a good relationship?Mangzi, who was speechless all the way, suddenly asked Su Youqin, his voice has healed, will he stay in town?

Su Youqin didn't answer.

In the evening, after the breakfast shop was ready, she told Shen Qianyao that she saw Jia Zhao's Liu Ancan in the afternoon.

Only then did she know that someone matched Jia Zhao and Liu Ancan back then, but Liu Ancan didn't consider finding a partner in the town, and planned to work in the town hospital for five years and take the postgraduate entrance examination.

Shen Qianyao also said that he heard from Jia Zhao a few years ago that he still had three years of service in the town government, and he would be transferred to the city after three years.It has something to do with which department his family is in, as long as he can pass the written test, he can basically go there.

From the current point of view, Liu Ancan and Jia Zhao's current plans for the future are quite consistent. Maybe they have communicated recently and are in contact with each other.

At this point in the chat, Shen Qianyao played the video, and the two sat on the sofa casually, looking at each other through the screen.Su Youqin remembered what Mangzi asked herself in the afternoon, and she asked Shen Qianyao: "Do you have a service period too?"

Shen Qianyao nodded, she called to talk about this.Speaking of other people's future, I also want to know what Su Youqin thinks.

The primary school in the town is a rural school, and Shen Qianyao's official examination system requires at least five years of teaching in the primary school in the town.Her current medium-term plan is that after five years, she will take an examination for a position in the city's Education Bureau.

This year is her third year teaching in the primary school in the town. Strictly speaking, the third year of summer vacation will be over this year.

"Will you go to Haicheng again?" Shen Qianyao held the phone in front of her eyes and asked Su Youqin seriously.

Su Youqin didn't think about it for the time being.When Shen Qianyao asked, she subconsciously shook her head.

When Mangzi asked her in the afternoon, she didn't answer.

she does not know.

If she hadn't met Shen Qianyao, she would have considered leaving the town the moment she confirmed that her voice was fine.But now with Shen Qianyao, she couldn't just pick up her luggage and leave.

But she is different from Shen Qianyao and Liu Ancan. The town cannot provide her with a suitable job. When she chose to open a breakfast shop, she chose to support herself under special circumstances. Now that her voice has recovered, she must be able to live better. consider properly.

"If you still want to go again, I can accept it." Su Youqin's tangled and dazed look was clearly displayed on the screen, and Shen Qianyao stammered: "Now...cough, the traffic is so developed now, as long as we have money, we can even go every day. meet on Monday."

Su Youqin knew how unrealistic these words were.

No matter how rich you are, the cost and energy of a long-distance relationship are beyond the reach of most people.Besides, the two of them are not that rich, at least Su Youqin is not that rich.

What's more, Haicheng's attraction to her is not so strong.At the beginning, I chose to develop there mainly because the university is there and there are many opportunities.At that time, she planned to work in Haicheng for a few more years, save some money, and then choose a suitable place to live.

Now that I have left, I can move ahead with choosing a suitable place to live.

Two and a half years later, Shen Qianyao will return to Yuanchuan City.

Yuanchuan City, this fourth- and fifth-tier city, has few opportunities, but if you search carefully, can you find a suitable job?Even if there is no Yuanchuan, what about the neighboring Beicheng?If I am willing to stay in these places, will I and Shen Qianyao go for a lifetime?

Su Youqin was silent, so silent that Shen Qianyao began to blame herself for not typing this video, and should choose the right time to talk about this topic in person.

She coughed lightly and said softly, "I'm just asking, Youqin, don't think too much, I..."

Su Youqin shook her head, and she seriously asked the person on the screen; "Shen Qianyao, will you break up with me?"