"Mom! I'm back."
When he got home, Su Lin called out proudly. However, he realized that his mother was not home.
"Dad, are you back?"
She looked into the bedroom and the bathroom, but there was no one there. It was already six o'clock today, but her parents were not back yet. What was going on?
"Seriously, did Mom and Dad leave me alone and go to spend some alone time with me?”
Su Lin secretly smiled and took out a note from his bag. It was his mock exam results. It recorded Su Lin's scores for each subject in the mock exam, as well as his ranking in the class and the entire grade.
"Usually, when you scold me, you're always on point. Today, I finally managed to achieve some results, but none of them are at home.”
Su Lin grumbled and placed the report card on the table in the living room. His stomach was growling, but his mother was not back yet. Su Lin could only turn on the television and watch while waiting.
Not long after, Su Lin's mother, Liu Aizhen, returned. However, she had a worried look on her face, as if she had aged ten years.
"Mom! What's wrong?"
Seeing his mother like this, Su Lin couldn't help but feel his heart clench. He had never seen his mother so troubled before.
"Hey! Xiao Lin, Mom…Mom is laid off."
After choking for a long time, Mrs. Ye looked at her son with tears in her eyes. Liu Aizhen used to work as a processing worker in a state-owned enterprise workshop. Although her monthly salary was not much, only about 2,000 yuan, it was enough for her family's daily expenses.
However, for the past few years, the profits of state-owned enterprises had been declining. Many state-owned enterprises had started to lay off their employees on a large scale. This time, it was finally the turn of Mrs. Ye's workplace.
This afternoon, the workshop supervisor suddenly came to look for Liu Aizhen and asked her to prepare to go through the formalities and be laid off.
"Mom was laid off?"
Su Lin's head also exploded. This was a huge blow to his family. Now, his father was the only one working in the transportation company. His monthly salary of more than 3,000 yuan was barely enough to support the family.
And Su Lin still had to go to university, which place wouldn't require money? The family did not have much savings to begin with. Now that things had turned out this way, they were even more strapped for cash.
"Hey! Xiao Lin, forget it. I won't talk to you anymore. This is an adult's matter. Your father is still supporting the family. You just have to study hard now. As long as you can get into a second-tier university, your parents will let you continue studying even if they have to borrow money. It's so late, you must be hungry! Mom went to cook. Strange, why isn't your dad back yet? Did he work overtime?”
Mrs. Ye wiped away her tears after a long chat. She rolled up her sleeves and went to the kitchen to cook, leaving Su Lin alone on the sofa in the living room. He was feeling very upset.
"It's not easy for my parents to support me in school all these years. And I was still so ignorant and didn't know how to study. Those tuition fees were all earned by my parents 'hard work and sweat.”
Sitting on the sofa, Su Lin's heart was a little heavy and he was very annoyed. Why was he so insensible? It was fine if he didn't know how to share the financial burden of the family, but he still didn't study all day and caused trouble.
"No! I'm already grown up. I'll be eighteen in two months. I'm a part of this family. I can't let my parents worry about this family and me anymore. I also want to support this family. Dad and Mom are old and shouldn't be tired anymore. It's time to enjoy life.”
Su Lin clenched his fists and frowned slightly. He swore to himself while feeling regretful.
Perhaps it was unrealistic for Su Lin to think and swear like this in the past, but now that he had the magical ability to pause time, as long as Su Lin made good use of it, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to help his parents share the financial burden of the family.
Clang!
The door of the house was pushed open. Su Lin looked at the door and saw that his father, Su Guorong, had returned. However, Mr. Su was in a very strange state when he came back today. He reeked of alcohol and walked unsteadily into the living room.
"Dad, why did you drink? Aren't you not allowed to drink at work?"
Su Lin quickly went forward to support his father. Logically speaking, his father was driving a long-distance transport vehicle in the company. He was not allowed to drink alcohol unless he did not need to work the next day.
"You ghost, you're drinking again!"
Mother Su came out of the kitchen when she heard the commotion. She was still holding a metal spoon in her hand. When she saw Su Guorong like this, she was furious and started cursing,"I told you not to drink, not drink. You still have work tomorrow. How can you drive to work if you drink like this?"”
"What work? There were no more classes. I'm not going to be bullied by that b * stard anymore. I worked so hard to drive that lousy company of yours for ten years, but I didn't get a few yuan in salary. Now, I'm fired just like that. I don't want to stay in such a company anymore…"
After drinking, Su Guorong was completely different from Su Lin's strict and quiet image of his father. The moment he opened his mouth, he would curse and curse. He danced around, but he lost his balance and could not stand steadily. With Su Lin's help, he fell onto the sofa and fell asleep.
"What is it? Old Su, what did you say? You were fired by the company too?"
Father Su's words were like a bolt from the blue. Mother Su's face instantly turned deathly pale. She did not care that Father Su was unconscious now. She went forward and shook Father Su's body. She kept asking,"Old Su, say something! Why did you get laid off too? Isn't the boss of the company your former comrade? How can I just abandon you like that? Say something!"
She asked a few questions in succession, but Mr. Su had drunk too much and was now sleeping as soon as he touched the bed. His snoring was so loud that it shook the sky. No matter how she called him, he would not wake up.
"Mom, could Dad be talking nonsense after drinking too much? As you said, the boss of the company is Dad's former comrade in the army. It's impossible for him to fire Dad so suddenly. Dad must be drunk and talking nonsense.”
Su Lin was also frowning. Seeing his mother's anxious look, he could only open his mouth to comfort her.
"What do you know! This day…this day was impossible!”
If both husband and wife were to be laid off, the Su family would have no source of income at all. They would have to rely on the tens of thousands of yuan in savings to support Su Lin's college education. Money, money, money. Money was needed everywhere. What should he do?
A heavy burden, a hopeless future, and guilt towards his son! Su Guorong was still drunk. All the pressure surged into Liu Aizhen's heart. Although she usually appeared to be more domineering, how could a woman like her bear so much pressure?
"Mom! Don't worry, I…I'll work hard. Even if Dad is laid off, there's still me. I'll support this family.”
Su Lin went forward to hug his mother. Seeing his mother sobbing in his arms, his heart felt sour.
It turned out that it was not easy for parents.
It turned out that adults had so many worries.
It turned out that her mother was not as strong as she appeared to be.
……
At this moment, Su Lin felt like he understood a lot. Those childish thoughts of the past seemed ridiculous now.
Yes, Su Lin had matured a little. He understood that living in this world meant taking responsibility. In the past, he had his parents to take care of him. If anything happened, his parents would help him deal with the aftermath. But now, this family was already in a state of turmoil.
It was time. Su Lin felt that the weight on his shoulders had instantly increased. It was a responsibility, and he had to shoulder this family.
"Mom, take care of Dad first! I'll go cook."
Patting his mother's back, Su Lin took the iron spoon from his mother's hand and went to the kitchen to scoop out the soup that was boiling in the pot.
"Xiao Lin…"
The steam in the kitchen was hazy. Mother Su looked at her son's busy back and felt a little comforted. No matter what, it seemed that his son had really grown up a little. Even if Su Lin could not get into university, he could still find a job in the future. As long as he was sensible and diligent, his family would still have hope.
Mother Su found a trace of comfort from Su Lin and also found her only hope. She pulled herself together. That's right, she couldn't make it, her husband couldn't make it, and her son Su Lin.
Su Lin was their only hope. Unfortunately, Su Lin's grades were not good. If he really could not get into university, how could he survive in this society with his high school diploma?
Liu Aizhen knew very well that nowadays, when young people were looking for a job, a diploma was a stepping stone. Even if you had a diploma from a technical secondary school, it was better than those who only had a high school diploma.
On the other hand, Liu Aizhen was afraid that Su Lin would get into a university, especially one with high tuition fees. Moreover, there was a high possibility that Su Lin would be admitted to such a university. This way, the quality of the school was not very good, but he had to pay a large amount of tuition every year.
Where did the college fees come from? This was another matter that gave Liu Aizhen a headache.
"Hey! Old Su, oh Old Su! I hope you were really just talking nonsense just now. If you were really laid off, how would our family live!”
Shaking Mr. Su, who was lying on the sofa like a dead pig, Liu Aizhen climbed up again with a worried face.
"Eh? What was this? Was it the result of Little Lin's last mock exam?”
Suddenly, Mother Su saw the results that Su Lin had placed on the table in the living room.
"Why did the results come out so quickly after the exam this time? Moreover, in the past, when this little brat's report card came out, he would always want to hide it. Why was he so obedient today and placed it on the living room table?”
Mother Su picked up the report card and glanced at it without much seriousness. It would have been fine if he hadn't looked at it, but he was shocked when he saw it. Yes, it was the scores on the report card, as well as the class ranking and the grade ranking.
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