Zhang Huifang has one obsession—let her daughter Tan Yan enter the Provincial Architectural Design Institute.

Eighteen years ago, Zhang Huifang and her husband Qin Bin came to Hucheng, the capital city of the eastern province, from a small county in the northwest. They rented a small shop of three square meters in an alley to sell sesame seeds. Looking up at 18 degrees, you can see the main building of the Provincial Court. Into the clouds, the light is shining.

Five years ago, the couple had saved enough money to buy a two-bedroom apartment of [-] square meters in Xianghu Shuian Community. It is enough that you can see the Provincial Court building from the balcony of your home.

The next year, her daughter Tan Yan was admitted to the Department of Architecture of Huzhou University with high scores. Zhang Huifang's dream was half fulfilled. Later, she unfortunately suffered from ankylosing spondylitis. She suffered from back pain, leg pain and heel pain almost every day. There wasn't much work to be done, and Qin Bin, the biscuit shop, couldn't support himself alone, and it wasn't cost-effective to hire someone, so he transferred it.

Qin Bin changed his career to driving a taxi, and Zhang Huifang was unwilling to stay at home every day making medicine jars. After being introduced by an acquaintance, he found a job as a cleaner in the park next to his home. For example, it is as leisurely as walking, and when you are seriously ill and unable to work, you can find someone to clean it for you or hire someone to clean it, and you can have some income to subsidize your family.

When Qin Bin was in the small county town of his hometown, he was famous as the devil king of the world. Zhang Huifang dragged him to Hucheng to let him leave the mud and change his face and start a new life. After being transferred for more than ten years, he has made a lot of progress in teaching, but after renting out Without my wife watching over me, the old problems of being undisciplined and cynical would recur. In a provincial capital city like Hucheng, I can’t even run 200 yuan a day, and I often get into trouble. Pay for fuel.

Alas, it's all because of my own illness. In the past two years, my family's income has been worse than every year...

In the evening, Zhang Huifang finished work in the park, passed by the vegetable market, bought beans, green vegetables and two ribs, returned home, sat on a small stool on the balcony and sighed while picking vegetables, but looked up at the provincial court building, Zhang Huifang went to the hospital again. Full of hope, "It will be dawn when our Tan Yan enters the Provincial Court."

Zhang Huifang hasn't studied for a few days, and the mountain of the provincial court cannot be climbed in this life.

She wanted Tan Yan to turn over.

The glass door beside her was gently pushed open, and a delicate and quiet face came in, "Mom."

"Yanyan?" Zhang Huifang raised her head, her face full of surprise, "I didn't say anything when I came back, Mom bought a lot of food."

"What kind of food to buy?" Tan Yan squatted down beside Zhang Huifang to help pick beans, "I like to eat dried beans."

Zhang Huifang smiled happily, "Okay, okay, if you like it, mom will make it for you."

Tan Yan asked Zhang Huifang to rest, and went into the kitchen with the vegetables she had picked. She washed and cut the vegetables, washed the rice and cooked them, and then lit the fire. After a while, the green vegetables were fried with ham and dried beans. Yes, wait until the switch of the rice cooker jumps up, and the braised pork ribs are almost ready.

She came here with her parents in a ten-square-meter rental house. She knew all these home-cooked dishes when she was in elementary school. Now she is more proficient in cooking than Zhang Huifang, and she has the same taste as she should have.

Qin Bin will not come back until nine o'clock in the evening.

Tan Yan and Zhang Huifang ate first when Tan Yan was ready.

Zhang Huifang especially likes to stay with her daughter.

Do not speak, just looking at it is very happy.

The daughter is not only good-looking, but also smart and sensible. If there is a fly in the ointment, it is too quiet, unlike other children who are lively and laugh.

All the achievements of her previous life are here.

"Mom," Tan Yan saw Zhang Huifang put down her job and put down her job too, pursing her lips, "I want to work in construction affairs instead of postgraduate entrance examination." Her undergraduate major in architecture is a five-year undergraduate course. In her fifth year, as early as the summer vacation of her senior year, she was reviewing and preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination while doing an internship in an architectural firm. Last week, the firm where she practiced informed her that she was admitted as a regular employee. She thought for a long time before making the decision.

Zhang Huifang was stunned for a moment, then turned her face away, and said firmly, "Mom disagrees!"

"Mom," Tan Yan tried to persuade Zhang Huifang, "I told you before that architecture is a long-term subject. It doesn't mean that studying for graduate school, Ph. If not, go to the office to work, and have the opportunity to follow the seniors to different cities..."

"Whatever you say, if mom doesn't agree, she doesn't agree." Zhang Huifang stood up to clean up the dishes, refusing to talk to her daughter.

Tan Yan wanted to help clean up, Zhang Huifang slapped her daughter's hand away, "The exam is just over a month away, I'm going to read your book, you don't need to worry about these things."

In the middle of the night, Tan Yan was woken up by the sound of her parents arguing, separated by a wall, even though her parents tried their best to lower their voices, they could still hear them clearly in the silent night.

I had long guessed that the transfer of the biscuit shop was Qin Bin's idea, and it wasn't until now that it was confirmed—Tin Bin couldn't endure hardships, couldn't persevere, and was tired of being trapped in a small shop of three square meters every day for more than ten years, so he cut it first and played later. Tell Zhang Huifang only after transferring the storefront and equipment together...

Tan Yan lay quietly and listened for a long time. After the sound in her parents' room was silent, she still kept her eyes open until dawn.

Zhang Huifang got up at five o'clock and washed her body with hot water to relax her stiff back and ease the pain in her legs. Tan Yan then got up and helped make breakfast. When the meal was finished, she called Tan Bin, "Dad, it's time to eat. "

Qin Bin promised, came out of the bedroom, began to brush his teeth, wash his face and shave his beard. After tidying up, Zhang Huifang and Qin Yan's mother and daughter had put the food on the table. Qin Bin sat down and drank a bowl of pumpkin and millet porridge, looked at Tan Yan, "I heard from your mother that you don't plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination?"

Tan Yan nodded, "Yes. I'm going to work for two years before I talk about it."

Qin Bin put the porridge bowl heavily on the dining table and made a "bang" sound, "Get rid of this idea as soon as possible. I have been preparing for so long, how can I say that I will not take the exam. Study hard, do you hear me? Although you have been studying for the past two years Mom spent a lot of money on illness, but there is still money for you to study in graduate school."

"Dad, it's not about money. Even if the family has no money, I can still get student loans. I just want to get out of school to accumulate..."

"What kind of loan?" Qin Bin raised two thick eyebrows, picked up his chopsticks, and chewed hard on a piece of sweet and sour radish. Your mother and I promise not to object to the work of the Provincial Court."

Tan Yan, "..."

In the eyes of parents, there is only the Provincial Court.No wonder.After all, it is the best architectural design institute in the province.Moreover, their parents have been living under the tall buildings of the Provincial Court since they arrived in Hucheng. They couldn't help but don't want to climb up or even step on them. If they can't do it themselves, they rely on their children.

Zhang Huifang was already packing Tan Yan's schoolbag, "I heard that your school's self-study room is very tense right now, hurry up and take a seat, don't delay your studies."

Tan Yan finished her breakfast silently, picked up her schoolbag and went out.

Two days after arriving at school, Zhang Huifang suddenly sent a WeChat message saying, "Your dad has been acting weird these past two days, and he didn't say anything after asking. I feel a little worried about something going on."

He would tell Tan Yan that he was not a little worried, but very worried.

Tan Yan came out of the quiet study room, found a corner with no pedestrians, and called Tan Bin, "Dad, are you okay?" As if the north wind was blowing on her body, Tan Yan kept stomping her feet, " Mom is not in good health, don't let mom worry."

When Qin Bin was the devil king of the world, he learned some tricks from the people on the road. He is usually fine, and when he is in a bad mood, he will take some bad things to retaliate against the society to earn some extra money.

"Dad is fine. The car will be picked up in more than an hour. You can study at ease and don't listen to your mother's nonsense."

Qin Bin hung up the phone quickly.

Tan Yan stood there in the cold wind for five seconds, shook her head, and looked at the time. At 07:30 in the evening, she decided to go home. A little after nine o'clock, the bus stopped at Xianghu Shuian Station, and Tan Yan just left After getting off the bus, Qin Bin called, his voice sounded very weak, "Daughter, Dad was hit by someone..."

Tan Yan was startled, "Where are you?"

"Ricky's Dry Cleaner..."

Ruiqi Dry Cleaning Shop is on the shore of Xianghu Lake, less than 500 meters away from the bus station. The cement road in front of the shop was originally a slope, but it was just changed to steps last month. There are more than 30 steps, like stairs, with an area of ​​​​every dozen steps Slightly wider transition platform.

Unless a movie is being made, who would normally drive a motor vehicle over the steps? How could Dad have an accident in that place?

Tan Yan ran towards the dry cleaners, turned a corner, and saw a white car with its front wheels planted on the concrete steps and the rear wheels still on the road. The whole car was in a posture with its butt up, which was extremely funny and unimaginable.

"Dad!" Seeing Tan Bin lying dying on the platform under the steps in front of the car covered in blood, Tan Yan burst into tears, and rushed forward to hold Tan Bin's hand, "Dad!" Saying no with trembling lips After speaking, tears fell silently, and he didn't judge whether Tan Bin was acting, but felt that life was too sad, and endless sadness burst out of his heart.

Bai Chu was lying on the steering wheel with her eyes closed and her head in her arms in fright. Then she raised her head and saw the scene in front of her. Her small mouth immediately circled. She tilted her head to think for a moment, opened the car door, and walked to the father and daughter with her little hands tied together. , bending over to look at——

Strangely, the first thing she looked at was not the bleeding Tan Bin, but Tan Yan who was kneeling on Tan Bin's right side.

Seeing the face was not enough, I just went to look for Tan Yan's downcast gaze, gradually bent my waist to ninety degrees, one hundred degrees, and finally reached 120 degrees, finally met Tan Yan's gaze, and successfully reflected myself into the other's eyes ——

She has a small melon-seeded face that is still childish, a delicate little nose, clear almond eyes that are lively and innocent, and her tender skin is white and rosy.

Age looks small, obviously underage.

Tan Yan, "..."

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