Chapter 75 Learning from an example and doing good deeds
Soon after school started, we entered March, the season when the grass grows and the orioles fly.
This Friday was a little special. Lin received calls from Ms. Yu Xiujuan at school one after another.
He told him that he and Lin's father had something to do and would not go home today, and asked him to go to his aunt Lin Guofang's house for dinner and that he could sleep there at night. She had already said hello.
Of course Lin Yi refused. His parents still regarded him as a child and had to arrange meals. Are they still afraid that he would starve to death?
He thought for a while, there was no need to go through all this trouble, it would be better to stay in school for one more night and go home on Saturday.
Although my aunt is also a close relative, she is somewhat uncomfortable sleeping in someone else's house.
Yu Xiujuan finally nodded in agreement, and the school was considered a "safe range" in the eyes of parents.
The regular accommodation time of Linzhong is from Sunday night to Thursday night, but there are also people staying on weekends. Mainly because the senior high school students have an extra half-day of classes on Saturday morning, so they also stay on Friday night. In addition, students who live in other places cannot stay every week.
When I go back, I will stay at school on weekends.
So Lin Yi just went to the dormitory reception room to say hello and stayed overnight smoothly.
The next morning, he still slept in and took the No. 194 bus home with his little black bag. This time it was a bit unlucky. It might have happened to be during the rush hour, and the traffic heading west of the city was very crowded.
Lin thought about it and took the bus in the direction of Binwen as usual to the terminal, then got on the bus again and got a seat in the back row.
He likes to sit in the back row for two reasons.
First, on Lin'an buses, the seats in the back row are two steps higher than those in the front row.
Due to his height, he usually looks down on other people slightly most of the time. He is used to this perspective from a high place.
Second, when it is crowded, there are fewer passengers standing in the back row because of the small space, so there is less need to face the struggle of giving up seats.
As expected, the bus was packed quickly after it left the terminal, and by the time it arrived at the school gate, there was almost no space left.
Lin Yi felt happy for his decision.
After 194 crossed the Zhijiang Bridge, it was driving in the West Lake Scenic Area for a long time. After stopping at Hupao Station, it didn't leave for a long time. There was a noise from the front door:
"Don't squeeze any more at the back. You won't be able to squeeze in. Just wait for the next trip..."
Lin Yi was far away and didn't know what was happening in front of him. He only heard the card reader make a sound:
"Dip, senior citizen card".
Then the front door closed, and a short figure rushed up from the back door, carrying two four-liter buckets of mineral water. He looked very tired.
Swipe your card at the front door and get on the bus at the back door. This is also the basic operation of 194.
After closing the door, the driver shouted to the passengers in the carriage: "The doors will not open at every stop later. If anyone wants to get off, please tell me in advance. Is there anyone who wants to get off at the zoo at the next stop..."
The person who got on the bus just now was a little old lady dressed in coarse cloth. She wore a pair of cloth shoes that were clearly handcuffed. She was black and inconspicuous.
This kind of...
People of my parents’ generation may not have worn simple clothes for many years.
Nowadays you can only see it on grandmothers like this, and they have to be in rural areas.
In fact, the old lady was very clean, but the passengers around her always felt dirty, and the younger ones moved back calmly.
Lin Yi saw the old lady carrying a large bucket of water in each hand, but she didn't dare to put it on the ground for fear of blocking the direction of opening the door, so she couldn't grab the handrail next to the door.
As the car swayed, her body swayed back and forth as if she was about to fall down at any moment.
In the past, Lin Yi did not often give up his seat to the elderly on buses or subways.
There are many reasons.
Sometimes I am too tired, so I don’t want to stand all the way back, so I close my eyes and pretend to rest, preferably wearing headphones.
Sometimes I am embarrassed to speak, always feeling that giving up my seat in public seems like a childish behavior of a primary school student.
Sometimes when I see an unkind old man, I think of the news on the Internet about moral kidnapping and forcing people to give up their seats, and I get angry and naturally give up.
But this time when he saw this scene, he thought of his elders, so he decided to show off his style on the spur of the moment.
Today was March 5th, Model Day, so he found a reason to convince himself.
"Grandma, grandma, yes, come and sit in my seat." He waved to the old lady and shouted.
This was probably not the first time the old lady had encountered this situation. She smiled kindly at first, but then shook her head and declined.
At this time, I didn’t know what happened in front of me. The driver stepped on the brake lightly, and the old lady swayed. Fortunately, she leaned on a middle-aged aunt next to her, so she didn’t fall.
The middle-aged aunt dusted the corner of her clothes that she touched with a hint of disgust, and after thinking for a while, she advised;
"Old lady, that young man will give you his seat. It's better for you to sit on it. It's very dangerous if you can't stand firmly like this."
The old lady smiled apologetically at her, so she had no choice but to walk towards Lin Yi. The people around her reluctantly made way for a path that only allowed one person to pass.
Lin Yi was afraid that something might happen to her when she went up the steps, so he didn't care about the bag at his feet. He stood up first and took two steps forward to hold her arm.
Unexpectedly, in just two steps, a fat middle-aged man with a round belly sat down next to him while he stood up.
When Lin Yi turned around, he smiled contentedly.
I can't bear this. I only do good things once a year. How can I let you mess with this?
Lin Yi immediately darkened his face: "Uncle, I gave this position to this old lady. Please stand up immediately."
The old lady pulled him and shook her head to forget it, obviously not wanting to cause trouble.
Lin Yi did not give up, and now it was no longer a matter of giving up his seat.
If he is scared now, where will he put his face as a reborn person?
The fat uncle was confident: "Why did you give it to her just when you said you would give it to her, and why did you write your name on the seat?"
"The seats on the bus are shared by everyone. After you stood up and I grabbed it, of course it is mine."
If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished with a drink.
Lin Yi was not polite: "Uncle, you seem to have sound limbs and no broken arms or legs. Are you embarrassed to compete with this old lady for a seat?"
"Didn't you notice that they were still carrying heavy things?"
The fat uncle was unmoved: "Hey, how can a little kid talk to adults?"
"You only see that I don't have any broken arms or legs. Maybe I have a chronic disease. Maybe the doctor told me that I can't stand for a long time after recovering from a serious illness?"
He also pointed at the old lady: "This old country woman looks in good health. What's wrong with asking her to stand still?"
Lin Yi sneered.
Are you and I performing "Li Gou Hai" here?
It's a pity that I'm not a silly and sweet Machiko, and you're not a slutty Komemon either!
It's unreasonable to expect to be reasonable. Reasonable people can't do this kind of thing.