Chapter 20 Antimony Removal (Part 1)(1/2)
It was already very late when Feng Yan and his son returned home from the township and county. Feng Yan's mother and grandmother had already gone to bed. After taking a shower, they ate some leftovers and went into the house to sleep. Feng Yan had not forgotten to tell his father before entering the house: "Dad, don't forget the important things tomorrow."
"I understand, go to sleep." Feng Yan's father entered the bedroom and just got into bed Feng Yan's mother woke up.
",,,, I'm back,, have you left any food for you?"
"Uh, I ate it, there is still some left,,,," Feng Yan's father answered and stood up and leaned on the head of the bed. Feng Yan's mother saw that Feng Yan's father was a little abnormal and felt that something must have happened, so she sat up: "What's wrong? Look at your expression, just say something if you have something to do."
"I don't know if I should tell you. I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable if you hear it,,,,,,,,,,,," Feng Yan's father tried to test Feng Yan's mother mysteriously.
"What the hell is wrong? A big man is silly. Don't you say I'll go to bed." Feng Yan's mother said, and then she lay on the bed with her back to Feng Yan's father.
"Hey, don't sleep,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Feng Yan's mother suddenly turned around and sat up when she heard this
"Isn't her mother in another place? She came back to see Feng Yan? What did she say?"
Feng Yan's mother interrupted Feng Yan's father and asked several questions in a row.
"Listen to me to tell you slowly. Her mother came back to see Feng Yan, but not to talk but to warn Feng Yan,,,,."
"Warning?,,,,,,,,,,,,,, why should she look down on my son? Feng Yan has such a good personality, is also good-looking, filial and ambitious, so how can she not be worthy of her daughter?" Feng Yan's mother was excited when she heard Feng Yan's father say that Mi Xiaojun's mother was here to warn her son.
"Why are you yelling? Speak quietly. I also look at my son's good everywhere, but they don't think so. They are looking at a good match. In their eyes, our son is just a toad that wants to eat swan meat."
"What are you saying, you are a toad!!!"
"What are you anxious about with me? It's not what I said?"
"I said my son is a toad, how good can her daughter be? She is as thin as a telephone pole, and her small nose and mouth are like a bad luck. If Feng Yan didn't like it, I wouldn't agree."
Feng Yan, who had been lying outside the door, was happy to hear his mother protecting him so much.
"Hey,, if you want to blame me, a father, can only blame me for being useless. I didn't buy some family business for my son. I'm just dragging my son down."
"You know that you have implicated your son now. What have you done? You usually use your brain and earn more money. My son won't be able to raise his head in front of that old woman like today." Feng Yan's mother said as she said that she might have a picture of her son being humiliated in her mind and couldn't help crying.
"What are you doing? Why are you crying?"
"I feel uncomfortable. Feng Yan has never suffered such humiliation when he grows up so old. He usually has such a strong self-esteem. How uncomfortable he was at that time. This old woman who was killed by a thousand swords is low on people. My son is so young and capable. How did he know that my son cannot stand out?, snobbish,,,," Feng Yan's mother cried and greeted the old woman she said.
"Okay, okay, stop crying, why are you doing this? Today I told you this matter so I want to discuss whether to find another way out for Feng Yan. I can't let him work hard on the construction site like me."
"What way out? Taking the college entrance examination is his only way out! We ordinary people like us have nothing to do with money or not. We can only make a name for ourselves by studying. We still let him repeat the school after the New Year. We can't be so obedient. I feel that it's harmful to him if we didn't stop him from going to school before."
Feng Yan's father was anxious when he heard Feng Yan's mother say this. He wanted to let Feng Yan go to work at the antimony mine, which made him backfire. Feng Yan's father outside the door was anxious when he heard his mother say this. Feng Yan's father paused for a while and quickly sorted out his thoughts in his mind.
"I told me that you can't be soft-hearted when working on the construction site in the future. You have to let him know how tired and hard it is. Only then will he take the initiative to go back to school. Have you heard it?"
"Ah?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"
Feng Yan's mother heard Feng Yan's father suddenly say this and didn't understand what it means.
"Who can't go back? What are you talking about? Are you sleepwalking?"
"I said, Feng Yan will not go back to school. During this period, he has been working on the construction site. I was still eating when I was working overtime at night. He went up alone. It was so hot during the day and never complained. I knew he felt sorry for me. I wanted to do more by myself and I could do less. I also understood that it was not that he didn't want to study, but that the poor grades were one aspect. The main reason was that he didn't want to add burden to his family. My father made him feel insecure. Even if you let him go back, he couldn't calm down. We can't want the children to be disobedient. It's because we parents are too dereliction of duty,"
"Oh, don't have money if you don't have anything, then what do you think you should do? What else can he do if he can't go back to school?"
"What I'm discussing for you now is this matter. The son of his grandfather Dong's comrade-in-arms is a mine, not a coal mine, but an antimony mine. Feng Yan is a technician. He doesn't have to go down the well and refines the raw ore on it. He is not tired. He is responsible for food and accommodation for more than 3,000 yuan a month. This technology can only be learned by college graduates. Now our son has taken a shortcut."
"Where is that place? Is it far away? Is this reliable? I don't have to go down the well, and I'm not tired, and I'm so busy, so I don't have to do pyramid schemes."
"See what you said, this matter was introduced by Uncle Dong. You don't believe him. Otherwise, let's go to Uncle Dong's place together tomorrow to see him and ask him in detail. Do you think it's okay?"
"Yeah, it's OK. I asked in person and felt at ease. If there was such a good thing, let Feng Yan go. Feng Yan is so smart and capable, there is someone who can take him. I hope this time is a chance. Go to bed early. We will go after breakfast tomorrow,"
Feng Yan's father got up and turned off the lights. Feng Yan, who returned to his room, couldn't sleep in bed. Feng Yan yyed countless times about the life of antimony ore these days, and he was already a little impatient,,,,,,
It is still difficult to hear the sound of roosters crowing in the morning in the countryside in late summer and early autumn. Instead, the frogs and cicadas that have called the whole summer are still the ones, especially in the morning, they are more cheerful, as if they are afraid that some guy who likes to stay in bed will blame him for his dereliction of duty because he did not get up in time and delayed his work on this day.
"Feng Yan, Feng Yan,, get up quickly. After dinner, we have to go to Grandpa Dong's house. Hurry up, don't sleep anymore,,,," The mother's urging sounds came from outside the door, and Feng Yan was pulled out of his sleep.
"I heard my mom, get up, put on my clothes, stop shouting,,,," Feng Yan closed his anger slightly, muttering in his eyes and putting on his clothes weakly, and floated out with toiletries.
"Feng Yan, why can't you wake up when you get home? It's so good, let's go early and go back early, don't wait for lunch. Your Grandpa Dong is so old, so you're so embarrassed to let him greet us." Feng Yan's father was wiping his beloved motorcycle in the yard and urging Feng Yan to wash his half-deadly. It's really a matter of no sleep. It's really a matter of life. It's so important today. In theory, Feng Yan should be the most active and excited one. It seems that this person who lacks sleep is really unbearable.
After breakfast, the family of three volunteered to ride their father's car and carry their parents into the city. The country road at six or seven o'clock in the morning was smoky, like a thin layer of white veil, and the surrounding villages were faintly visible, it felt like a fairyland.
"Feng Yan, drive slowly,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"I know, mom." Feng Yan twisted his face and responded to his mother with a voice.
After entering the city, Feng Yan did not take his parents to the city, but went directly to a fruit stall next to Grandpa Dong's downstairs. Although this store is not big, because it is close to several residential areas, the things that relatives often buy are still relatively complete and fresh.
"Good morning, Boss Wang" Feng Yan drove the motorcycle under the curb stone at the entrance of the city, and turned off the engine and got out of the car while greeting a middle-aged man carrying a box of fruits. The boss Wang in Feng Yan looked thirty-five or six years old, not tall, slightly fat, wearing shorts, vests and big slippers, giving people a casual feeling
"Yo, Feng Yan,, I haven't seen you some days, I heard from fleas say you dropped out of school and went home to become your boss,,,,,,,,,"
"Yes, I'm not going to take a wife to be my boss." Feng Yan walked towards the door and looked at his boss Wang and teased.
"You boy is so polite," Boss Wang responded with a smile.
"This is my parents. I took the time to see Grandpa Dong today."
After hearing Feng Yan's introduction, Boss Wang naturally took out a box of cigarettes from his pants' pocket, skillfully took out two pieces and handed them to Feng Yan's father: "Then I'm called brother and sister-in-law, you're going to suffer a loss." Boss Wang looked at Feng Yan's parents with a smile and joked.
"I don't mind if you call uncle and aunt., mom, what should I buy?"
"You have to ask me what to give Grandpa Dong." Boss Wang quickly lit the cigarette in his mouth and grabbed Feng Yan's mother and answered Feng Yan's words, and there was no intention to stop: "My neighbor and I have never been to other houses for so many years. He has bad teeth. He doesn't want melon seeds, peanuts and walnuts, and he doesn't want fruits. He has high blood sugar when he eats fruits. Don't he usually like to drink a drink, just buy him a box of white wine. He loves to drink Hongyang's high wine, a box of six bottles, the original price is 320 yuan, and it's not that outsiders can earn less. You can order you two hundred and eight yuan." Boss Wang was busy placing goods at the door while introducing Feng Yan's family.
The mother gave Feng Yan a wink. After understanding it, Feng Yan explained to her mother: "Boss Wang is right. Grandpa Dong has no good fortune and has a denture at the age of fifty."
"Then buy a box of bar?" Feng Yan's father, who was standing beside smoking a cigarette, asked Feng Yan's mother tentatively in a negotiated tone.
"You can't just buy the same one. It's so ugly, boss, please bring us a box of the wine you mentioned and another box of pure milk." Feng Yan's mother arranged for Boss Wang who was busy with her butt sticking out.
"Oh, I'll get it for you now." Boss Wang responded and stood up straight and walked into the house. Feng Yan and his mother also followed him in.
"Aunt, I'll calculate it for you. The wine is 28, the milk is 35, and the total is 315. I just gave you a discount on the wine. I won't wipe it out for you."
"Okay, let's just do it." Feng Yan's mother took four hundred pieces from her bag and handed them over and said,
"Carry you for four hundred and find you for eighty-five, his aunt, please get it."
After Feng Yan and his son came out of the store, they walked directly to Grandpa Dong's house. Feng Yan's father pushed the car behind him and followed him.
"Grandpa,, Grandpa,,,,," Feng Yan called out twice at the door and pushed the door gently with his hand, but opened it. "It must be Grandpa Dong who knew they were going to stay deliberately today. Feng Yan opened the door after entering, and his father pushed the car into the yard directly.
"Grandpa, grandpa,,, my parents are here to see you,, grandpa."
"It's so early," Feng Yan was shouting in the yard with his head raised. Grandpa Dong walked in from outside with a smile.
"Uncle Dong,,," Feng Yan's parents hurriedly greeted Grandpa Dong when he saw Grandpa Dong walk in.
"Haha,,,, are all here,,,"
"Grandpa, why are you going out? I'm calling for a long time and am about to rush up." Feng Yan felt much more relaxed when he saw Grandpa Dong's all right.
"I saw that today is good, so I went out and bought some food by the way. Let's talk upstairs."
"Grandpa, there are no outsiders, just make it in the yard." Feng Yan took the food held by Grandpa Dong's hand
"Yes, Uncle Dong, we have no outsiders." Feng Yan's mother took Feng Yan's words and agreed.
"Okay, then I won't be polite to you. Come on, sit here, Feng Yan, you can send the food upstairs." Grandpa Dong said as he took out the key from his pocket and handed it over and said, "
Grandpa Dong just walked to the rocking chair and saw the white wine and milk placed next to the table: "Xiaofeng, how many times have you told me that you don't have to buy things when you come to Uncle Dong."
"Uncle Dong, I didn't buy anything. Isn't it almost Mid-Autumn Festival? I'll prepare a box of wine and milk for you. It's a little bit of our wish for being younger generations." Feng Yan's mother looked at Grandpa Dong with a smile and smiled.
"Yes, Uncle Dong, we usually come a few times, don't give birth to us"
"Look at what you said, I will understand how to see you. You have old men and young men, and you have to open your eyes and have to work hard for the whole family. Uncle Dong can understand."
Feng Yan's mother got up and picked up the kettle next to her and poured a glass of water for Grandpa Dong.
"Uncle Dong, you are in good spirits. Do you sleep well at night?"
"I am not good at sleeping, I wake up several times a night."
"Uncle Dong, your age is pretty good."
"Yes, my age has not become a burden for my children, and I am very content, my old sister is in good health at home."
"My mother is in good health, she has a good mentality, she is laughing all day long,,,,,,,,,"
"It's a good attitude. It's better to have a good attitude than to take a lot of medicines"
"Grandpa, you still have vegetables in the refrigerator, why do you buy so much? It's broken again if you can't eat it." Feng Yan said as he walked over from the entrance of the corridor
"I'm preparing for us at noon."
Feng Yan's parents heard that Grandpa Dong wanted to keep them for dinner and said quickly.
"Uncle Dong, we won't eat here at noon."
"Yes, Uncle Dong, we still have something to do when we go back."
"What's the matter? I'm not far from your house. After lunch, you will get home after riding a motorcycle in about 20 minutes. The world is not enough for you to be busy in one afternoon."
"No, uncle,, look at you so old, how can you trouble you?" Feng Yan's father looked at Grandpa Dong with a little embarrassed look.
"What are you bothering me? I've bought the vegetables and completed the task. Leave the rest to Feng Yan's mother. OK, that's it. Let's leave after dinner."
To be continued...