He is an honest man, very honest, even dull.

"That day, I left in a hurry, I... didn't mean to..." He stammered in explanation, speaking very slowly, and it felt like he had to think about each word for a long time before he could form a sentence: "I didn't have enough money, I..."

I wanted to give the baby a funeral. Later... I went to the construction site, found the foreman, borrowed money, and came back."

Sun Jie poured him a cup of hot tea and asked gently: "How are things going at home?"

The man held the teacup in both hands and answered the question incorrectly: "I just paid all the fees I owed last time in the hall below."

As he spoke, he put the teacup in his hand on the table and took out an invoice stamped with the hospital's seal from his pocket.

Sun Jie looked at the invoice and was speechless for a long time.

"And...and this." The man bent down, opened a dirty black leather bag at his feet, and took out a large plastic bag from it. The bag was a little old, but it looked very sturdy.

He put the bag on his desk and opened it in front of everyone.

It is filled with shelled peanuts, which have been washed cleanly and dried in the sun. The particles are plump and the shell has a gray-white color that makes people like it just by looking at it.

"I grew this myself." The man smiled honestly and explained: "My baby's matter...donating corneas has caused trouble to you. Thank you...I gave you peanuts to try...thank you!"

Sun Jie and Zhang Ze quickly declined. The man's attitude was very tough. After an argument, he left the peanuts and left the room.

Zhang Ze looked at the peanuts on the table and was filled with emotion. He shook his head and sighed: "Now Cai Youping has nothing to say! Although this person is poor, he has never thought about not paying back his debts."

Wang Gui nodded repeatedly from the side: "Such a big bag of peanuts, even in our countryside, would cost at least more than 100 yuan."

Hu Pingtao was silent for a moment and handed the transcript to Sun Jie: "Doctor Sun, take a look at it. If there is no problem, just sign it!"

The procedures that need to be followed must still be followed, and must not be carelessly missed.

Sun Jie's eyes were dull. He almost snatched the transcript and signed his name in the lower right corner of the page with a pen, and then handed it to Hu Pingtao quickly.

"You...you all go out!" He took off his glasses and made a hoarse voice that was almost like a plea: "Leave me alone for a while. I...I want to be quiet for a while."

Everyone walked out of the room as instructed, with Hu Pingtao at the end. As soon as they closed the door, they heard Sun Jie crying from inside the room.

He cried heartbrokenly.

…

It’s rare to have a normal day off from get off work.

Hu Pingtao first went to the nearby vegetable market and bought a watermelon and several kilograms of mangoes. When he was about to leave, he saw a vendor selling very fresh blueberries and bought some more.

When she entered the door, Amelia Su was already back. She quickly reached out to take the plastic bag filled with fruits and asked in surprise: "Why did you buy so much?"

"You like to eat it?" Hu Pingtao explained with a smile: "The weather is hot, eat more fruits. I think this watermelon is not bad, the tranquil unicorn melon. And this one, the ivory mango from Banna, Xiaojun and

Shuangshuang likes it all.”

Su Xiaolin turned around and put the watermelon on the ground, straightened up and said, "Okay! I'm just thinking about your son and daughter, not me, right?"

Hu Pingtao quickly handed over the blueberry and said with a playful smile: "This is for you. It is an anti-aging artifact. I wish my wife will always be young and beautiful."

Su Xiaolin reached out and pinched Hu Pingtao's cheek gently, and said angrily: "You are getting better and better at talking with this mouth."

Hu Pingtao took advantage of the situation and put his arms around Su Xiaolin's slender waist and kissed her on the face. Hearing that there was no movement in the room, he couldn't help but ask doubtfully: "Where is the child?"

Calculating the time, the mother should have picked up the child from the kindergarten long ago.

Su Xiaolin explained: "Your mother took the child to my mother's place. You have been on duty at work these days and you haven't come home. The day before yesterday, I discussed with my mother: Junjun and Shuangshuang are both old, and it is time for them to learn some enlightenment.

.Music, art, and other things... By the way, especially Shuangshuang, dance must be learned. This girl must have a good figure, and she must receive systematic training from a young age, otherwise her figure will be out of shape when she grows up.

Not pretty anymore.”

Hu Pingtao nodded frequently after hearing this: "That's right."

Su Xiaolin said with some pride: "I called my dad that day. He was in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and knew many people. There were people from the Writers Association, Dance Association, Artists Association, Music Association, and Calligraphers Association. My dad made arrangements.

We arranged a table outside today and made an appointment with some of his friends. Mom took Junjun and Shuangshuang there, mainly to get acquainted, and if she thinks it’s suitable, we’ll start classes next week.”

Hu Pingtao asked: "How are the courses arranged? Are the classes during the day or at night?"

"In the evening." Su Xiaolin said: "These people my dad knows are very powerful. Think about it, if you don't have any ability and reputation, can you be the leader of a provincial or municipal association? Of course they will not personally teach the military at the moment.

He Shuangshuang, after all, the children are young, so they have to make arrangements.

Leave it to the students below. This is the case for those who engage in literature and art. Many of them start their own classes outside after graduation. Anyway, it is an enlightenment teaching. Let Junjun and Shuangshuang get in touch first. I don’t expect them to become famous and have a family when they grow up. As long as they have more

It’s just a skill and a hobby.”

Hu Pingtao put his left hand around Su Xiaolin, hugged her very tightly, put his lips to her ear, and with extremely strong impulse, he asked seductively: "It seems that you and I are the only ones at home tonight?"

"

Su Xiaolin pressed his head with both hands, straightened it out, and said seriously: "I'm on my period these days, so don't even think about doing that kind of thing."

Hu Pingtao opened his eyes wide, this was really not good news: "Really?"

"Why did I lie to you?" Su Xiaolin rolled her eyes at him: "We are an old married couple, and I don't know about your little tricks?"

Hu Pingtao let go of his arms, feeling a little uninterested.

Su Xiaolin forced a smile and advised: "You take a rest first, and I will cook for you. Mom stewed a chicken yesterday and bought two kilograms of dried mushrooms. She left half of it to wait for you to come back today and eat it.

"

Hu Pingtao licked his lips and deliberately looked fierce: "I want to eat you."

"Don't make trouble." Su Xiaolin raised her hand to block him: "I'm in a bad mood, don't mess with me."

Hu Pingtao noticed that something was wrong with his wife's mood, and asked doubtfully: "What's wrong with you?"

Su Xiaolin hesitated to speak: "Forget it, it's not a big deal."

Hu Pingtao was very stubborn: "Tell me! What's going on? Don't whet my appetite!"

Su Xiaolin thought for a while and sighed: "It's really nothing, but it just annoys me... Well, in March this year, the general agent of Porsche Yunnan Province held an event. The eldest sister was very familiar with that place, so she took her

Come with me, just to eat and play at the Erhai Lake..."

Hu Pingtao deliberately frowned and asked jokingly: "Why, someone has taken a fancy to you and wants to take advantage of you?"

Su Xiaolin raised her hand and patted Hu Pingtao's shoulder lightly: "Where are you thinking... Their company was doing an event at that time, and the eldest sister had a good relationship with them, so she asked me to depreciate the BMW at home and sell it.

Got a Pamela."

Hu Pingtao nodded: "You told me about this. It's mainly my sister's money. We just put in the money from the depreciation and sale of the car. To put it bluntly, it's equivalent to my sister spending money to buy it for you.

Got a new car.”

Su Xiaolin said: "Yes! The eldest sister really didn't say anything to us... What I'm talking about now has nothing to do with the eldest sister. Alas... it's just too irritating."

"Our unit has temporary staff, you know this, right?" Su Xiaolin asked.

Hu Pingtao said "Yes": "Of course I know. He is the one who works at the external window of your Commerce Department. He has no establishment and is similar in nature to the auxiliary police at our police station."

Su Xiaolin said: "It is difficult for temporary staff to get in, and they have to take exams. Their salary is basically about 4,000 yuan per month, and there are insurance benefits after the trial period. The department I work in does a lot of external work.

, I have frequent contact with the service window. As we go back and forth, we become familiar with each other."

"At the end of last year, the office recruited a new batch of temporary staff, six in total. One of them was Fu Xiaomei, a very young man in his twenties who graduated from the Normal University. It is said that his family has some status and advanced background.

Come and work, wait and see if there is a staff, and when it comes time to take the public examination, you will naturally have more chances of entering the hall than others."

Hu Pingtao was a little confused: "Why do you talk about new cars one moment and the people in your unit the next? There is no relationship between the two!"

"Why are you so anxious? I'll tell you later!" Su Xiaolin complained: "This Fu Xiaomei is very good at getting things done. She knows that I am the director of the department, so she often comes to me in the name of work, mainly to deliver documents.

Say hello in the office. I’ve seen this a lot.

However, considering that she is a newcomer, young and lively, and has no establishment in the work unit, I cannot give her any benefits contrary to the rules, so I treat her as a not-so-close friend and we usually sit and eat together in the cafeteria at noon.

, and we are very easy to talk to.”

"I drove the new car bought by my eldest sister to work, and everyone was watching. Fu Xiaomei was no exception. It was obvious that she was very greedy, and someone even told me that she was secretly inquiring about me."

Hu Pingtao smiled and said: "What, she is attracted to you?"

Su Xiaolin curled her lips: "Yes! I am naturally beautiful and radiant, so I can kill both men and women, isn't it okay?"

Hu Pingtao hugged his wife and kissed her hard on the face: "Go on, I'm listening!"

"Don't make trouble!" Su Xiaolin muttered, but she lay down next to her husband and continued the topic: "Last month, Fu Xiaomei found me. I happened to be the only one in the office that day. When she came in, she

She cried and said she was begging me to help her."

"I was surprised and asked what happened?"

"Fu Xiaomei said that she is renting a house outside and it has been a month since the rent was due. The landlord said that if she doesn't pay the rent, she will evict her directly. Then she will have to sleep on the street."

"I'm asking you to borrow money!" Hu Pingtao suddenly realized, and then he frowned and asked: "...wait...that's not right! Didn't you just say that she graduated from the Normal University and was admitted to your unit to sit at the window?

Does your family have a good background? How could it get to this point? If you really don’t have money, just ask your family for some food, or you can even quit the rent and live at home!”

Su Xiaolin shook her head: "She told me the truth that day that her family background was all deliberately made up. Her family is actually from Pu'er in Dizhou. Her parents are farmers and have no official connections. She

I graduated from Normal University and am working

I was relying on my teacher qualification certificate. I wanted to find a job first. It happened that the Department of Commerce needed temporary staff, so I came in first to take classes. Because I was a fresh graduate last year, the dormitory at the school had to be vacated.

I found a house to live in outside."
To be continued...