Narrator: Liu Chunyan is 51 years old
My name is Liu Chunyan, I'm 51 years old, and I work in logistics at a liberal arts college near my home.
I have been doing this job for 4 years, although the salary is not high, only 2600 yuan per month, but it is expensive because it is close to home, and it is still good to be able to spend winter and summer vacations with students.
It is only a little more than 10 minutes from the school to the community where I live, which used to be a rural area on the outskirts of the county, and my husband and I both made a living from farming.
But then when the junior high school was demolished and three universities were built here, our family also got benefits, and I was allocated two resettlement houses, and when I reached the age of 50, I had a retirement pension of more than 2,000 yuan per month.
My husband has not yet reached retirement age, and he went to work as a welder in a nearby steel pipe factory, and he also has a salary of five or six thousand yuan a month.
We only have one son, who went to a junior college and worked as a surveyor in a construction company in the provincial capital after graduation.
I didn't work hard in logistics at the university, but I had to go to school early every day and be on duty in the teaching building where the students were in class.
My daily work is to open the classroom door for these college students, close the door, and report the damage of various equipment in the classroom, the morning shift is 6:00~14:00 in the morning, and the evening shift is 2:00~22:00, and I and another employee take turns to work shifts.
I often deal with these young and energetic students, and I feel that my mentality is getting younger and younger, I like to wear baseball caps, wear casual sportswear, singing, dancing, sports and other activities organized by the school logistics, I will actively participate in activities.
Under normal circumstances, I sit in the hall on the first floor of the teaching building on duty, and students will come to me if they encounter any trouble in the teaching building, and I will be very enthusiastic to help them solve it.
When it was my turn to be on duty that day, I sat at the watch desk and thought it was a little strange, because I saw a female student standing on the side of the stairs on the first floor, holding on to the handle of the stairs and not moving.
Isn't she feeling well? I couldn't help but go up and see what was going on with her.
Looking from the side, I saw that the girl had kept her head down, her eyes closed, and she seemed to be asleep.
Can you fall asleep standing up, right?
I was a little amused, so I reached out and touched her arm, and the girl raised her head, her eyes still slightly closed, and whispered, "I'm so sleepy, Auntie, is there something wrong?"
I asked with concern, "Classmate, how can you sleep well when you stand here, and go back to the dormitory to sleep when you are sleepy?"
She said tiredly: "In more than 1 hour, I have to go to class again, and there is still a long way to go to the dormitory, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up." ”
I felt a little sorry for her in my heart, so I said, "Classmate, you can't sleep standing like this, if you are really sleepy, go to my duty room and sleep for a while." ”
The female classmate looked at me with some hesitation, and I led her to the small duty room where we were doing logistics work, and there was a small sofa bed in which my colleagues and I usually rested occasionally.
The female classmate looked at me with grateful eyes, and I smiled and said to her, "It's okay, you just rest here for a while, and when your class time comes, I'll call you." ”
She lay on the sofa bed and soon fell asleep, and I took another thick dress that I had put here to change into, and gently covered the female classmate's body, and closed the door of the duty room.
An hour passed quickly, and I walked into the duty room and woke up my female classmate, who was still asleep, and she looked at me with a red face stretching her waist and repeatedly thanking me.
I handed her a carton of milk and two packets of red bean bread that I had brought, and said, "Eat, when you're full, go to class." ”
The female classmate was embarrassed to accept it, so I didn't say a word, so I stuffed it into her hand and said: "What kind of etiquette do little girls say, my son is older than you, and my nieces are also close to me, you are like my own child, I like to buy food for the children." ”
The female classmate ate the bread shyly, and I couldn't help but ask her, "Why do you doze off all the time?" Is it because the study tasks are too heavy and you sleep late at night?"
She said: "Auntie, my family is in the countryside, the conditions are not very good, in order to make up for the tuition, I have to go to work part-time outside the school every day after school, and get off work late at night, so I am always sleepy." ”
I sighed and said, "You are really a sensible child, so let's do it, if you want to find a place to rest in the future, come to this duty room, Auntie will be there at any time." ”
The female classmate got up to say goodbye to me and went to class, but when she left, she told me that her surname was Xie and her name was Xie Juan.
This matter was originally a trivial matter, and I didn't take it to heart, but a few days later, Xie Juan specially sent me a bag of oranges.
Where can I accept gifts from college students, and Xie Juan's family is not well-off, so I thanked her again and again and asked her to pull the oranges back to the dormitory to eat by herself.
But Xie Juan said: "Aunt Liu, this time I went home on vacation, and the fruit trees I picked from home were all my own fruit trees, and I didn't need money, so I thought, Auntie is good, I should bring you some to taste." ”
My heart is warm, what a careful classmate, so on another weekend, I met Xie Juan, who had not come home, doing her homework in the classroom, so I invited her to my house for dinner.
Xie Juan was embarrassed, so I said, "I am alone at home today, my husband eats in the factory, and my son is not at home, so you should accompany me, right?"
I thought, Xie Juan and these students, eat in the school cafeteria every day, where can they eat how many nutritious things, since I have a fate to know her, I should recognize a goddaughter and take a walk!
Xie Juan finally accepted my invitation and went home with me, I boiled chicken soup and made a few side dishes, and the two of us ate to their heart's content.
Xie Juan said again and again: "Auntie, the dishes you cook are really delicious, you are much better than my mother's cooking skills, my mother is busy planting crops every day, and rarely has time to go to the kitchen. ”
I said, "Your mother has to be busy in the field, of course I don't have time to get food, this is also a last resort, when I was in my mother's house, my mother also planted vegetables and sold vegetables every day, I learned to cook and stir-fry, and I practiced the skills!"
Xie Juan said: "I've been busy reading, and I don't know how to cook, so it seems that I will learn more from my aunt in the future." ”
In this way, Xie Juan and I became more and more acquainted, and later, she really recognized me as a godmother, and I was also very happy, I had a college student "goddaughter" with excellent character and learning.
During the winter vacation, Xie Juan worked in the city, and the school dormitory was not open, so I asked her to stay at my house at night.
She is very diligent in my house, always helping me mop the floor, wash dishes, and do all the housework, and she has a very cheerful personality, and my husband also likes this lively and generous "goddaughter" very much.
When my son came back from the city on vacation, he was a little stunned when he saw a young and beautiful female classmate at home, and quietly asked me: "Mom, who is she?
I smiled and introduced them and said, "This is the goddaughter I recognized at the College of Arts and Sciences, that is, your godsister." ”
Xie Juan saw my son and said bluntly: "Godmother, my brother is so handsome, he looks like William Chan!"
I asked, "Who is William Chan?
Xie Juan and my son both laughed and made me laugh stupidly, and my son said: "Mom, William Chan is a star, but where am I like William Chan, I think I am more handsome!"
Xie Juan and I listened to it, and we couldn't breathe with laughter, my son is really beyond his means, can he look better than a star?
When my son was at home, Xie Juan looked at the computer with him and talked about their young people, and I didn't pay much attention to it, and it was naturally a good thing that their brother and sister could get along.
When Xie Juan was in her fourth year of college, she went to the provincial city for an internship, and I had very little time to meet her.
However, she would often call me and send me WeChat, saying that she missed the braised pork and sweet and sour pork ribs I made......
I smiled and said, "Gluttonous girl, if you want to eat, come to your godmother's house, your godmother welcomes you at any time." ”
When Xie Juan was on vacation, she came to my house and gave me a delicate black leather bag, and I said to her in disgust: "You don't have a job yet, why do you buy me a gift?"
Xie Juan put her arm around my shoulders and said affectionately: "I am your goddaughter, of course I have to buy you a bag, otherwise how can I express my gratitude to you? Godmother, you can rest assured, I am interning now, and I already have income." ”
My son also works in the provincial capital, so I especially told him to take care of Xie Juan more, they are godbrothers and sisters, and it is good to take care of each other outside.
The son said, "Mom, I know, this godsister is funny, she talks very funny, and she is really suitable for being a teacher!"
Only then did I know that my son had been in contact with Xie Juan, who had already obtained a teacher's certificate and later taught at a private school in the provincial capital.
The son said that Xie Juan could earn tens of thousands of yuan a month, and he was envious. Alas, I said, who told you that you didn't study well at the beginning, and only got a college diploma, of course, you can't compare to Xie Juan's undergraduate skills!.
I often say to my son, "You're 26 years old, you should bring your girlfriend home, right?"
The son said: "Who is still married among young people now, Mom, you are so old-fashioned, you earn your own money and spend it yourself, why do you want to get married?"
I reprimanded him: "It's really childish, don't say some childish things, now you are relaxed, when you are older, you can't find a girlfriend, but you regret it!"
My son grimaced at me: "I don't want to find a girlfriend, I don't want to get married, you can't interfere with me." ”
I was really worried that my son would follow the fashion and have celibate intentions, so I hurriedly mobilized relatives and friends to help introduce my son to a partner, so that he could "have a famous flower" as soon as possible, and he had no other ideas.
The colleagues who worked with me quickly helped me find two or three girls to choose from, and I saw that the photos were all good, so I sent them to my son and asked him to come back for a blind date as soon as possible.
My son ignored me, so I called him and urged him again and again, and he finally said: "Mom, don't worry about my business, I will find a girlfriend myself, what are you worried about!"
I said, "You don't have to perfunctory me, come back on a blind date quickly, otherwise, you will bring me a girlfriend back yourself!"
The son said dissatisfiedly: "Bring it, you cook the prawns at home, and I will bring my girlfriend back on Sunday!"
Naturally, I didn't believe my son's words, but he said that he was going home on the weekend, so I naturally prepared a rich meal, thinking that if I coaxed my son's stomach, he would obediently follow me on a blind date.
On the weekend, as soon as I heard the doorbell ringing, I hurriedly ran to open the door, only to see my son walk in the door, and behind him, there was actually a girl with a peaked cap.
I fixed my eyes, isn't this my goddaughter Xie Juan?
I immediately got angry, pointed at my son and scolded: "Stinky boy, you said you were going to bring your girlfriend back, but you were planning to pull your godsister to be a shield?"
The son said with a hippie smile: "Mom, Xie Juan is really my girlfriend, you don't have nothing to do, look for someone to tell me everywhere." ”
I pointed to my goddaughter and said, "Xiaojuan, don't you indulge your brother, he actually holds celibacy, isn't this trying to make me angry?"
Xie Juan blushed, went into the house and took off the hat on her head, and said to me: "Godmother, what Brother Jun (my son's name) said is true, we started dating last year." ”
My eyes widened, I looked at my goddaughter in a daze, and said, "Xiaojuan, when you say that, you really don't want to help your brother Xiaojun be a shield and perfunctory to me, right?"
Xie Juan shook her head and said with some grievances: "Godmother, why do you ask that? Does Godmother object to me being with Brother Jun? I know that my family is in the countryside, and the conditions at home are not good, so I have climbed ...... high?"
Before Xie Juan finished speaking, I hurriedly waved my hand, the good news came too suddenly, I was simply too excited, and grabbed my goddaughter's hand, almost incoherent:
"Xiaojuan, where is the godmother against you, the godmother thinks that you are young and beautiful, and you can make money, and you will definitely settle down in the provincial capital in the future, and find a young man from the provincial capital who is right with you to marry, where do I dare to expect that you will like my son and like an ordinary family like us?"
Xiaojuan smiled and said: "Godmother, you really see the outside, I like Brother Jun, and I have a big relationship with him, in fact, a big reason is because I like you more than Godmother!"
I was stunned, a little puzzled by Xie Juan's words.
Xie Juan said: "Godmother, when I was studying in the College of Arts and Sciences, I didn't know each other, and in the face of a stranger, you cared about me, which really touched me. ”
"Brother Jun is your son, I believe that if there is a mother, there will be a son, the mother has a good temperament, presumably the son will not be far behind, so I took the initiative to pursue Brother Jun. ”
I smiled happily: "Xiaojuan, my image in your heart, is it so good?"
Xie Juan said: "Yes, the last time Brother Jun made me angry, I wanted to break off relations with him, but I was reluctant to you, godmother, if I marry someone else's family in the future, I will definitely not meet a good mother-in-law like you." ”
"My mother told me that when a girl is looking for a partner, she doesn't just want to live with her husband, but to get along with her in-laws' family, and I really want my godmother to be my mother-in-law, so I forgive Brother Jun. ”
I am even more happy, it is really a good cause, a good fruit, because of one of my good deeds, I have won the hearts of the people, recognized my goddaughter, and ushered in a smart and capable good daughter-in-law!
My son and Xie Juan held a wedding in the hotel on May Day the year before last, and the parents were very kind people, and they did not ask for a bride price, but I still symbolically passed the bride price of 60,006.
After the son and daughter-in-law got married, the parents gave all the bride price money to their daughter, Xie Juan actually took the bank card to me and let me keep it, she said that when the family wants to use the money, let me take it out at any time and use it.
Our family has two houses, I thought that the young couple liked to live in the world of two, let them live in that house, but the daughter-in-law did not want to, she wanted the whole family to live together.
My daughter-in-law said to me slyly: "Mom, you can cook and do housework again, and we can live together and enjoy happiness with you, why should you be stupid and live elsewhere to support yourself?"
Let's see, how cunning this daughter-in-law is, but I really like her lively and cheerful character, and I am willing to spoil her and cook the dishes she likes to eat.
At the end of last year, my daughter-in-law added a little granddaughter to our family, and after she went to work, I quit my job and worked full-time at home as a grandmother, taking care of my little princess.
Although our family lives an ordinary life, our small life is also full of infinite expectations.
Every weekend, my little granddaughter and I are the happiest, because the children's parents will come back from the provincial capital, and this is a warm moment for us to reunite as a family.
For the contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law that others say, it is a new term in our family, because this daughter-in-law was brought home by me personally, and we are closer than relatives!
I think that although we are all ordinary people, we must also have a heart of kindness to others, treat others with ourselves, and believe that the seeds of kindness will bear happy and beautiful fruits.
Do you agree?