Station before parting (novel)

When we were young, we moved to the countryside and lived with my grandfather's family.

My grandfather's house lived with my uncle, who was a parasite.

Since graduating from college, he has been staying in his grandfather's house on the grounds that he does not have an ideal job, living on their pension.

Sometimes they would come to our family for help, and my parents would leave a part of their salary every time they were forced to do so.

This time, because of the escape to return to the countryside, the uncle also began to yin and yang weird, and the father was not easy to say.

After my father returned to the country, he drank heavily all day and began to become decadent.

Because the company was facing closure, my father was expelled from a meeting at the top.

After returning to the countryside, my mother went to the village supermarket to work as a cashier, and because my grandparents were older, I could only receive a monthly pension.

Of course, only a small part of this pension money is in the hands of grandpa, and the rest goes into the pocket of the uncle.

We returned to the countryside this time, and my uncle did not give us a good look, except for the time when my mother paid her salary.

So we stayed at my grandfather's house for six years, and then I turned 18 and left the house.

I plan to work slowly, and when I have money, I will rent a larger house outside and take my parents out.

And I met her as an adult, and I remember the snow that day.

I took the last bus and leaned against the window and fell asleep due to a full day of work.

The bus stopped, and on the side of the street stood a girl selling flowers, shivering in the cold winter.

As soon as I got out of the car, the girl leaned over and shyly asked, "First, sir, do you want to buy flowers?" ”

I just wanted to say no, but when I saw her eyes, it was like when I first arrived in the countryside when I was a child, confused and timid. When it came to his mouth, he swallowed it back.

"Okay, I'll buy two."

As I took my wallet out of my pocket, I asked, "How much?" ”

"10 pieces a flower."

The girl picked out the two best flowers from the basket she was carrying in her hand and handed them to me.

After I took the flowers, I took out 50 yuan from my wallet and handed it to her, pretending to be generous: "Don't look for it, it's not easy in the winter." ”

The girl was stunned for a moment and then shook her head.

"Sir, I can't ask for that."

The girl hurriedly groped for change from her clothes, and the scattered dollars were in her hand, which was all her belongings.

I looked at her miserable state and pushed back, "No, really don't use it." ”

But the girl looked serious, first took a few dollars in her hand to me, took my 50 yuan, and said hurriedly: "I'll go find you change, sir, you must not leave." ”

I nodded in agreement and looked at her frozen hands, her face as pale as frost.

I took off a coat and draped it over her under her puzzled gaze.

"Sir, this?"

"It doesn't matter, you won't be too cold in this dress, you go to change the change first, and then you will pay me back."

"Thank you."

The girl let out a cold breath and ran to the commissary opposite the station.

Not long after the girl was gone, I received a phone call from my mother.

"Hey, Mom."

"What's wrong? Mom, don't you cry first, what happened? ”

"What, Grandpa is going to die!"

I hurriedly stopped a taxi on the side of the road and went to the big hospital in town.

At this time, the girl just changed the change in the commissary and watched the back of me leaving.

It was my first encounter with her when I was 18.