"I used to work on the construction site. The wages have risen really fast in the past few years. I can earn hundreds of dollars a day. The price of goods has also risen. Food, drink and clothes are much more expensive. But because of some things, I am not here now. I worked on the construction site, and the contractor introduced me to an auto repair shop. During these years in prison, I didn’t waste time and learned some skills. The auto repair shop includes food and lodging, and the salary is quite high.”
Su Aobai didn't want the dean's mother to worry, so he took the initiative to mention his current job.
"Then you don't have to give me that much."
Hearing that the child found a reliable job after being released from prison, Dean Ji was only happy. One of the problems she was most worried about during this period was finally solved.
In fact, these days, she also inquired about a lot of jobs for Xiaobai.
But because of Su Aobai's low education and criminal record, few decent units are willing to hire him. Even some private factories would rather have an old man in his 60s or 70s guard the gate than him who has A young man with a case.
Ji's mother was rejected several times with her old face.
This made her worry all this time, but it's a pity that Su Aobai didn't leave a contact information when he came last time, Dean Ji couldn't contact him at all, and she hasn't had a good night's sleep in the past month.
Now she can finally feel at ease, as long as she has the technology, she will not starve to death anywhere.
"You, you have to work hard. After a long time, the boss will know what kind of person you are. You can earn so much money in the first month, which is amazing."
Dean Ji took the pile of money and wanted to return it to him. Now he has a lot of places to spend money, and it's not a problem to live in the unit all the time. He should save more money and buy a house. Only then can he truly settle down up.
Naturally, Su Aobai would not get the money back.
"Just keep it, thanks to you for raising that child these years."
Su Aobai couldn't do anything to love that little girl named Yixing, but he knew in his heart that since he didn't stop her from coming to this world when he could get rid of her, it was already a living life, at least he had to try his best to get rid of her. Responsibilities of compulsory upbringing up to eighteen years.
"That doesn't cost much."
Dean Ji shook his head, still unwilling to accept the money.
"You might as well save the money, buy a house, and take Yixing over to live together."
She still chatted about this topic without giving up.
The expression on Su Aobai's face suddenly became much colder, making Dean Ji feel annoyed.
"I don't understand what you're talking about! Is Ji Xing's death what we all want to see? Does Yi Xing wish he was born without a mother? It's not anyone's fault, let alone that child's fault !"
Dean Ji even wondered if there was a problem with their education that made Su Aobai blame the mother's death on the children.
Ji Xing is also her raised child. Isn't she sad and regretful? But they should distinguish right from wrong. In this matter, Yi Xing is also innocent. She has no mother since she was a child. Poor?
"I know you love her, and she's better with you than with me."
Su Aobai stood up and was about to leave. Because of the necessity of eternal debate on this topic, standing on different positions and knowing the truth differently, how could it be possible to discuss right or wrong.
"You can keep the money. I am also a child who grew up in this orphanage. I will send over living expenses every month in the future. Except for that child, the rest will be given to the children in the garden as extra meals."
After speaking, he turned and left.
Dean Ji sat down on the chair, took a deep breath, and stood up.
"At least take some back."
She took out a small wad of money, about one or two thousand dollars.
"You should always have the money in your hands. Don't just eat the fast food provided by the unit, eat something good once in a while, and see how thin you are."
Dean Ji looked at his thinner body than when he was just released from prison, his eyes were a little red.
Although she still couldn't understand Su Aobai's unfeeling towards her daughter, since he hated that child so much, she couldn't force him to pick him up, that would be bad for the father and daughter.
"Buy an electric razor to shave your beard, and buy a few more energetic clothes, just, just... Just don't worry Ji Xing, she definitely doesn't want to see you like this, back then."
Ji's mother looked at the cut edge of Su Aobai's chin. This kid must have bought a cheap razor blade for shaving. In fact, electric razors are not expensive now. Buying one can last a long time, so there is no need to save money.
This time, Su Aobai did not refuse the money she offered.
*****
When leaving the dean's office and passing through the front yard of the orphanage, Su Aobai saw children playing in the yard.
In recent years, there have been more and more caring people, and the economic situation of the orphanage has improved a lot compared to before.
Su Aobai remembered that when Yuanshen was a child, there was a big hole dug by the orphanage staff in the front yard, and it was filled with the sand they brought back from the sea by car. That sand hole was their only big toy.
Now the sandpit is still there, but there are more swings, seesaws and slides in the yard. Many children are wearing clean clothes and playing in the front yard.
Some older eight or nine-year-old children are also responsible for taking care of their younger siblings when they are not playing.
Su Yixing was standing behind the swing, and a four or five-year-old girl was sitting on the swing. With her hard push, the swing was high, and the courtyard was full of the little girl's unbridled laughter.
Su Yixing stood behind her, his round almond eyes narrowed into crescent moons now, when he smiled, his two rabbit teeth looked extraordinarily cute.
Su Aobai seemed to see another overlapping scene in a daze.
He and Ji Xing sneaked into the park. Ji Xing was sitting on the swing, and he was responsible for pushing it behind. That day Ji Xing was wearing a dress donated by a caring person. The pettiskirt, with pink tulle on the outermost layer, looks like a little princess. The girls in the orphanage like it very much. After discussing it, everyone wears it in turn.
It happened to be Ji Xing's turn to wear this dress that day. She was wearing a beautiful princess dress and sat on the swing. Whenever she swung into the air, the hem of the skirt would spread out and draw a beautiful arc.
Su Aobai couldn't see her expression at that time, but hearing her laughter, he knew that she must be smiling sweetly.
Su Yixing was a little nervous, she tried her best to keep calm, and she pushed the swing with a certain amount of strength as before. Only she knew that her palms were already sweating slightly.
He stopped...
He still left without looking back...
Su Yixing's heart immediately fell back into his stomach when he mentioned his throat, he should relax, shouldn't he? He didn't take her away from the dean's grandmother.
But tears filled her eyes, Su Yixing looked up at the sky and blinked, then forced the tears back, she was not sad, she was not sad at all.
The days passed day after day like this.
Su Aobai gradually gained a firm foothold in the auto repair shop. He never caused trouble, and worked honestly. He never kept his secrets when others had auto repair problems. His daily relationship gradually made everyone recognize him. As a human being, I no longer look at him with colored glasses.
In addition to repairing cars, Su Aobai occasionally helps the boss with apprentices, because with the addition of a skilled repairman like him, the reputation of the auto repair shop in the local area has also improved, and more and more vehicles are sent over for repairs. Gradually, the idea of expanding the scale and increasing the manpower came into being.
In this way, the boss will naturally not deduct his salary because of his past criminal records. Not only has the basic salary been raised to the level it should be, but he has also added an extra teaching fee for apprenticeships. Now his monthly salary can also be stable. In twenty or thirty thousand dollars.
Because of this fairly good income, colleagues who work in the same factory also thought about being matchmakers for him, even though they knew that he had a daughter, they didn't mind, but they were all rejected by Su Aobai.
His daily schedule is extremely stable. He works hard at work, and because he lives in the dormitory of the auto repair factory, he often works night shifts. On the rest day of the week, he always goes to Peacock Mountain Cemetery to chat with Ji Xing Chatting, at the end of every month, it is the day to visit Ji's mother in the orphanage and send living expenses.
Other than that, he has no other entertainment other than his second hand phone and the TV in the garage break room.
Not looking for a partner, not going out to play, in the eyes of outsiders, he lives like an ascetic monk.
There are also many colleagues who slandered behind his back, whether he is used to staying in prison, and when he comes out, he still lives his life the same as when he was in prison.
It's not that Su Aobai is ignorant of their discussions. When it comes to enjoying and having fun, who can be as proficient as he is, but in this world, he really can't afford to have fun.
Probably because the heart of this body is dead.
Su Aobai believes that most of the love in this world will slowly turn into family affection, and no matter how strong the emotion is, it will slowly turn into plainness. Age, the explosion is particularly strong and sincere.
But just like the vast majority of love, after more than ten or twenty years, after getting married, having children, raising children, all kinds of firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, the passion will fade away, and it will turn into a more mellow but plain family relationship. .
But they didn't. Afterwards, this relationship came to an abrupt end at the strongest moment.
All he remembers is Ji Xing's beauty, and only the tragic end of this relationship. In his future life, he will be tortured by this fruitless love day after day, and no one can replace Ji Xing in his heart. position in .
Time can heal most of the pain, but the remorse, guilt, pain and deep love left in his heart will only become scars in time, deeply engraved on his chest.
Sometimes, death can really be a relief.
But he can't die, because he promised to live well, if he can't do well, at least he has to live.
*****
In the next few years, the father and daughter Su Aobai and Su Yixing had almost no contact with each other. Dean Ji did not give up and made many attempts. Unfortunately, with the lack of cooperation of the two of them, those attempts all failed. Useless work.
In the blink of an eye, seven years have passed, Su Yixing celebrated his sixteenth birthday, and officially became a freshman in high school.
Just the year before last, Dean Ji also retired from the position of director of the orphanage. She has postponed her retirement age for several years. Now that she has found an heir who she thinks can take good care of those children, she can rest assured retired.
She is not married, let alone has children, her only relative is her sister's son, but that nephew moved abroad with his family decades ago, and once had a house under his name, which she also sold for an orphanage operate.
Fortunately, she still has a retirement fund. After retirement, she rented a small two-bedroom apartment in her husband's house, and the remaining money can still be used to meet daily expenses.
Su Yixing is not a child of the orphanage, and has already reached the age of sixteen. When she retired and left the orphanage, the old lady took her away with her. Speaking of which, because of Su Yixing's special status, there are actually so many children Here, the old lady spent the most effort on her. She is the child of her two children, and she is also a little girl raised by herself. Counting it, she is like her own granddaughter.
And Su Yixing is also very attached to the old lady, the old and the young live together, and they can take care of each other.
Today is Su Yixing's school opening ceremony, the old lady notified Su Aobai early on, but unfortunately the other party still did not show up on the school day, so many years have passed, the relationship between the father and daughter showed no sign of breaking the ice.
Mrs. Ji was supported by the little girl into the school, looking at the parents who accompanied the children, she always felt that Yi Xing was really pitiful.
Before the opening ceremony, everyone needs to go to the classroom to report. Just after the school starts, the seats in the class are arranged according to the names when they entered the college entrance examination, and the corresponding names are posted on each table.
Su Yixing is the No. 1 student in Yangcheng No. 2 Middle School this year, and she was assigned to the best rocket class in No. 2 Middle School. Her seat is in the first row in the middle of the classroom.
Yangcheng No. 2 Middle School is not considered the best high school in Yangcheng, but this time it seems that after changing the principal, it seems to be ruthless. It used extremely high treatment to abduct seven students from the top ten high schools in this year's high school entrance examination to their school. All three were taken over by Yangcheng No. 2 Middle School.
Su Yixing originally wanted to study in the No. 7 Middle School, because it had the highest admission rate in the previous sessions, and there was also a recommended place for the University of Science and Technology of China, but the conditions given by the No. Tuition, and a monthly canteen subsidy of 800 yuan, if the grades in each semester can be stable in the top three in the school, according to the ranking, she can get a bonus of 5,000 to 10,000 yuan.
This money is enough for her to spend three or three years of high school without relying on the living expenses provided by that person, and the bonus can be saved to prepare for college.
She helped her grandma to sit down, and then guessed what kind of person her tablemate would be.
If they were sorted by grades, it should be the second place in the senior high school entrance examination. I hope the other party is a student who spends all his time studying. Su Yixing frowned, thinking of some unfriendly memories.
"Hi, I'm Zhu Xining, your tablemate."
A girl with a graceful temperament stood next to her, and she was not accompanied by her parents.
"Hi, I'm Su Yixing."
Su Yixing raised her smiling face and smiled at everyone, which had become an instinct of hers.
"Is this your grandma? Hello grandma."
Zhu Xining squatted down, and gave the old lady a hug with some excitement.
This made the old lady a little stunned, but because she had raised too many children, it seemed that she had formed an aura that was easy to be liked by the juniors, so the old lady calmed down quickly, and said with kindness and generosity. He looked at the girl who hugged her with his eyes.
She felt that a little girl who was so warm and close to the old man must have good character. This time, her family, Yi Xing, would definitely be able to make a good friend.
Zhu Xining only hugged for a while, and soon let go of her hand. She wiped the red eyes.
"Sorry, I just think you look a bit like my grandma, I miss her."
Zhu Xining knew that his actions just now should have been very abrupt and weird in their eyes.
Hearing this reason, Su Yixing immediately felt relieved.
She understands this girl, because she can't imagine her life after grandma leaves her.
Because of this similarity, Su Yixing immediately liked the girl in front of him a little more. If...she thought, they might become good friends.
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