Life is more than just living

Chapter 523 It’s really hard to be a human being

Zhang Jiaqi: Yes! It’s better to celebrate the New Year together with more people, it’s lively and has a New Year’s atmosphere. If the policy allows it in the future, I would like to have more children. Do you guys have any plans to have a second child?

Chen Xu: Not yet. My mother is already tired enough from raising Xiaohua. Although there are parenting classes now, I really can’t bear to let my mother suffer anymore.

Wang Xue: My parents have been saying that I should have a second child, saying that a child would be too lonely. But my thoughts are similar to Sister Xu’s. My mother has to take care of the children for me, and she also has to take care of my father. It’s so tiring. We’re not that old anyway, let’s talk about it in a few years!

Zhao Yuhan: I don’t know yet. My husband wants to have two children.

Cheng Qi: My husband said that only one was enough. He said he couldn’t bear to let me suffer anymore.

Wang Xue: People who show affection are disliked.

Chen Xu felt that if Lin Zihan could give birth to a baby, his parents would be very happy, regardless of gender. But no one can force this kind of thing.

After the Spring Festival, Chen Xu encountered embarrassment on his first day at work. On the first day of work after the Chinese New Year, everyone greets each other as a routine. But Gao Jiaqi directly attacked Chen Xu, "Chen Xu, I know your family has money and can't spend more. But can you consider other people's feelings?" Chen Xu looked confused, and she asked puzzledly: "Sister Gao , can you just tell me what's going on? Don't let me guess. It won't help to solve the problem."

Gao Jiaqi looked sideways at Chen Xu and said nothing. Next to her, Zhang Yu muttered, "Sister Xu, we went to visit the poor households before the year. We all agreed that we would take the same thing, but you are the one who took the most. We guarantee it." Those poor households are all working in the same group. They compare with each other and just talk in private. Some people even called Sister Qi to question her. "

When the Spring Festival was approaching, Chen Xu said he would go to poor households to deliver some New Year's goods, and Liu Weiguo and Han Hui helped buy them together. Chen Xu helps two families, one is an elderly person with no one to support him, and the other is a grandmother who takes care of left-behind middle school students. Chen Xu felt that both families should give the same thing. Chen Xu not only bought rice, flour, pork, eggs, vegetables, but also dried fruits and gave each family 1000 yuan in cash. The New Year is coming, and Chen Xu hopes that with his help, they can all have a prosperous Spring Festival. Unexpectedly, this caused dissatisfaction among everyone.

Chen Xu looked at Zhang Yu, then at Gao Jiaqi, and then at the few colleagues beside him who didn't speak but were on the same side as Gao Jiaqi. Innocently said: "No one told everyone to buy the same thing!" Zhang Yu said helplessly: "We have been discussing in the group for several days, didn't you see?" Chen Xu felt guilty, that group was not a work group , there are a few people of similar age who either complain about being tired at work or recommend each other where to find fun and delicious food in the group every day. Chen Xu felt that it was not beneficial to him, so he folded the group long ago.

She said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry! I was very busy a year ago, so I didn't read the group messages at all." As Chen Xu opened the group, it turned out that everyone had indeed discussed giving something to the poor. Everyone discussed and decided to give each household a barrel of oil. Everyone would buy the same brand, the cheapest one.

Chen Xu didn't expect that things would turn out like this. She said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I really didn't see it!" Li Chang came in and saw that everyone's faces were not good. He asked what happened. An old colleague told the story The whole story was told. Li Chang sighed and led Chen Xu into his office. Chen Xu lowered his head, not expecting that he would encounter such a situation even if he did good deeds. Li Chang sighed again and said: "Chen Xu, logically speaking, what you did is not wrong. But people live in this society and are social animals. It is not good to be too unsociable and independent. You didn't notice Well, things like this are not only gifts for the New Year, but also human kindness." Chen Xu lowered his head and said nothing. She really had nothing to say. Li Chang patted Chen Xu on the shoulder, "I know: you have been caught in the rain, and you want to hold an umbrella for others when you can, but do it within your ability!"

Chen Xu came out of Li Chang's office feeling very stuck. She sat in her office without saying a word. Gao Jiaqi was still chattering angrily: "I'm so unlucky. Who are the people in those two households? One is a lazy drunkard who beat his wife and children away; the other family is not poor at all, and they don't know what kind of people they are. How did I get classified as a poor household? I can't help but think about it! I went all the way to deliver gas to someone, and the drunkard asked me, "Is this what I owe him?" I was working and earning more than 1000 yuan a month. I spent my own money to buy things for him, but the delivery was still unfinished. The other household was even more annoyed. I went to deliver things to his house, but no one was there. I called the head of his household, but he said nothing. Just throw it at the door, people don’t care about it at all!”

An old comrade said: "The policy above is good. In theory, we are allowed to form a team to provide support, but it does not mean that you must give him something. Poverty alleviation is not about unconditional support and letting one person support another family. And I hope to fundamentally solve their difficulties, Xiao Chen, your understanding of poverty alleviation work is a bit superficial!”

Chen Xu was helpless. She didn't think much about it. She just felt that the Chinese New Year was coming soon and she wanted poor households to have a good New Year. The grandmother Li she supported was over seventy years old and had several children. However, because she abandoned her children and remarried early in her life, her children did not care about her. After her wife died, she was left alone. Because she has many children and does not meet the minimum living allowance policy, life is very difficult. In another household, Gao Yan, a middle school student, and her grandmother depended on each other. Gao Yan's mother passed away due to illness a few years ago. Gao Yan's father went out to work for several years and did not come back and did not send money to the family. What happened to their grandfather and grandson reminded Chen Xu of himself back then, so he wanted to help even more.

Gao Jiaqi was still expressing her dissatisfaction emotionally, "I'm so angry. I'm so incompetent. That damn guy called me during the Chinese New Year and said that someone from a unit was sending truckloads of stuff to others to help the poor. , I just gave him a bucket of oil to fool him, and he said he knew we had a mission, so he wanted to sue me! He must be really sick!"

Zhang Yu whispered: "Sister Qi, my classmate is in another unit. I heard that those who go to the countryside to help the poor in their unit are all established people. Workers, temporary workers, and third-party dispatched personnel are not divided into tasks." When Gao Jiaqi heard this, she immediately became furious, "Really? I'll go talk to our office director!" After that, he left in a hurry.

Chen Xu was in a bad mood that day, and his relationship with his colleagues, which had just eased, reached a deadlock because of this matter.

Life is really trivial. In fairy tales, those who live happily ever after are princes and princesses. The lives of ordinary people are just trivial.