After my dad left, I fell to the ground and cried bitterly.
Baby, have you seen it? Back then, you worked so hard for their family, trying to get them to support my college education, and pinned all your hopes on them. Now that you are gone, not only do they not even have the money to pay for my high school education,
Take it away and I will spurn you behind your back!
I don't know how long I cried, but suddenly an almost inaudible sigh sounded in my ears.
I suddenly raised my head and looked around, "Nai, is that you? Are you back to see your daughter? Nai?!"
There was no one in the dim corridor, not even the fourth uncle and grandma. Only the cold wind poured into the corridor and made a whining sound like a whimper.
I wiped the tears from my face, put my backpack on my shoulders, and walked out of Tongzilou. This is the place where I lived with my fourth uncle and grandma for three years. I will never come back again.
I can't cry. My fourth uncle's grandma's biggest wish is that I can go to college. Now I can't even finish high school. If I cry, my fourth uncle's grandma will definitely be worried.
After returning to Liuqiao Village and sending my things home, I went to sit in front of my fourth uncle’s grandma’s grave and talk to her.
I told my fourth uncle and grandma not to worry about me. Even if I can't go to college, I will definitely work hard to practice Qi and become a useful college student to bring glory to her. I didn't go back to school until dark.
Studying in the second year of high school was already a bit stressful. Li Yang, Wan Hong, and Zhao Fan also came to school. Li Yang also brought a lot of lunch boxes filled with all kinds of delicious food, and kept asking us to eat together.
Although I haven't eaten for a day, there were too many things that happened that day, and I really didn't have much appetite. In order not to disappoint them, I also gathered around the small desk and ate some together.
Looking at their happy faces, I suddenly felt extremely reluctant to leave. Although I didn't make good friends with them who talked about everything, they had always been kind and warm to me.
Especially Wan Hong, who helped me intentionally or unintentionally time and time again. I couldn't help but think that if I could finish high school, even with my cold personality, I should be able to become good friends with them!
Thinking in his heart, his eyes began to feel hot and sore unknowingly. Li Yang looked at me and said in surprise: "Hu Ling, it's fine. Why are you crying?"
Did I cry?
I hurriedly raised my hand to wipe my face, and sure enough my hand was wet with water. I looked up at Li Yang and said with a smile, "It's not all your fault. Your mother's cooking is so delicious, it made me cry.
I didn’t even notice it.”
"Ha!" Li Yang laughed exaggeratedly, holding his stomach and said: "Are you going to laugh me to death? Hu Ling, classmates say you are an ice beauty. You must not even be able to cry, but you are actually beaten by my mother.
The stir-fried dishes are so spicy that they will make you cry. Ha, from now on I will know how to change you from an ice beauty back to our classmate!"
Wan Hong raised her foot and kicked Li Yang gently, and said with a smile: "Eat your food, be careful not to choke you if you laugh again!"
"Since Hu Ling can be tickled to tears, I also want to see if she can laugh out loud when we tickle her, so that she will be more like our classmate!" Zhao Fan, who usually rarely speaks, suddenly looked at me,
With a wicked smile on his face, he stretched out five scratching fingers.
When Li Yang and Wan Hong saw this, they both smiled and rushed towards me.
For a moment, the dormitory was filled with laughter. For the first time in more than a year, dormitory 209 had such a relaxed and happy atmosphere.
After turning off the lights, I lay on the bed and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. I sat up to practice Qi but found that I couldn't calm down, so I put on my clothes, climbed out of bed and walked out of the dormitory.
There is a small rooftop at the end of the corridor, with several wires stretched out, for students to dry their bedding. At night, the bedding is taken away, and it is so empty that you can still see the stars in the sky.
I walked to the rooftop and leaned over the railing to look at the campus where I had been studying for more than a year. The snow had stopped long ago, but the snow had not yet been covered with snow. Everywhere was still white, with occasional patches of black exposed, like holes.
generally.
The wind was getting a bit strong, so I tightened my tight coat but didn't want to go back to the dormitory.
There were light footsteps behind me. I turned around and saw that it was Wan Hong. She didn't say anything, but she came over and followed her, leaning on the railing.
"You cried at night because it was spicy, right?" We were silent for a long time, and Wan Hong suddenly asked me.
I didn't say anything, I didn't know how to explain it to her.
"What happened, maybe I can't help you, but it's always better to tell you!" Seeing my acquiescence, Wan Hong turned around and looked at me and said.
I was silent for a long time and then whispered, "I'm going to drop out of school!"
As soon as I said this sentence, I felt as relaxed as letting go of a stone, but also felt a little aggrieved and sad.
"You want to drop out of school? Why? Didn't you study well? You have one and a half years left to graduate. With such good grades, you will definitely be able to get into one. What a pity!" Wan Hong asked in shock.
After another long silence, I said: "The factory where my dad worked went bankrupt and the house was repossessed. Now I have to buy a new house and I don't have enough money to study."
"The tuition fee is only a few dollars, Hu Ling, I can lend it to you. I have a lot of new year's money every year, and I can't use it up even if I pay ten tuition fees. If you feel embarrassed, we can go to the same university and wait for you.
Pay it back to me after you graduate from college!" Wan Hong took my hand and said eagerly.
I shook my head. Even if we are friends, we don’t want to owe people too much. What’s more, if money is mixed with friendship, its nature will slowly change over time.
"Thank you Wan Hong, but I've already thought about it, and I still have a very important time to do it. I was originally thinking about asking the school for a month's leave to do it, but I don't have to do it now.
"I also looked at her and said.
Wan Hong was very smart, so she didn’t force herself any further. She looked at me and said, "Hu Ling, I think I will miss you! You are the purest girl I have ever seen and the one without any utilitarianism or vanity."
"I will miss you too!" I said with a smile: "I am not as good as you say, I am just a common person."
The night wind was very cold, and Wan Hong and I held our hands tightly together, but we felt warm in our hands and in our hearts.
The last one or so, I almost crazily absorbed the knowledge taught by the teacher. Jiang Meili was very satisfied with my attitude. She called me by name several times in class to praise me for my seriousness. Every time at this time, Wan Hong would always look at me and smile.
But he showed the heartache and regret that could not be concealed.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the end of the semester after the exam. I went to Jiang Meili’s office and told her that I would not be able to come to school again next semester. She was very sorry and angry, and even got angry and asked me why I didn’t consider myself.
At such a young age, I was only thinking about going out to work and making money.
I knew she had good intentions, but she didn’t explain why I stopped reading. There are some things that telling others can only get some sympathy, but sympathy is something I don’t think I have needed since I was a child.