Liu Gen sighed endlessly. He wiped his nose and tears with his left hand, and held the mobile phone to his ear with his right hand. The voice of his ailing father seemed to be in his ear:
"Gen'er... How are you at school? Do you get along well with your classmates? You are a kid from a poor mountain valley, and you are with kids from big cities. Dad is worried that people won't like you, alienate you, and make you feel wronged.
...Eh...why are you crying! You bleed but you don’t shed tears! Why do you look like an aunt? Don’t cry! Dad finally got on the phone with you. I don’t want to hear you cry like an aunt..."
Liu Gen took a deep breath, wiped his nose and tears, but the tears in his eyes could not be stopped, but even though his eyes were full of tears, he said without crying: "Dad, Gen is just listening.
I cried when I heard my father's voice, I was so excited... I'm doing fine at school, I just returned to school from the military camp today... Our school is big, bigger than our Gangou Village... The teachers and classmates here
, everything is good... By the way, Dad, I also joined the school football team, and I get a monthly subsidy of 800 yuan... Also, I found a job, and I can earn a lot of money...
Dad, have you received the letter I wrote to you and mother?"
Liu Gen talked a lot. When he asked if he had received the letter, his father's voice came from the mobile phone: "How could we receive the letter so quickly in a land where shit doesn't breed maggots? You don't need to worry about me at home. Just follow it.
It is serious business for knowledgeable professors to learn skills... From now on, don't trouble your classmates to call your father and your mother. Long-distance calls cost money... Just wait, your mother wants to hear your voice, father
I won’t tell you more, but it’s what dad said before you left. If we, a kid from a poor mountain valley, want to live a good life like people in the city, there is no other shortcut except studying.
…”
"Gen'er will always remember dad's words..." Before Liu Gen could finish speaking, his mother's voice came from the phone:
"Gener..." He started to speak, but on the other end of the phone, my mother was already crying so much that she could not speak.
"Mom... don't cry. Mom... I'm fine... Mom, don't cry..." Liu Gen's tears, which were about to dry up, were spurred back by her mother's voice, and the tears kept falling down her face.
.
"Mom, don't cry... Mom is happy..." My mother's voice came from the mobile phone, still so strong: "Oh, you have to have enough food at school. There are many mosquitoes in the south. Don't be reluctant to spend money and buy a cage."
mosquito net……"
"Mom, you are well fed, and there are mosquito nets in the school...Mom, you should also pay more attention to your health, don't force yourself to do the work you can't do, and remember not to let Liu Zhi learn from me and ride a bike every weekend.
Run home, the road is not safe... When Gen'er earns money, he can send it back to Mom and redeem the sold cattle. The family can't farm without cattle... Mom, Gen'er needs to earn a lot of money.
, let dad and mom live a good life in the future..."
Liu Gen heard his father urging his mother beside him: "Look at you, aunt! If you have anything to say, tell Gen'er quickly! Don't waste Comrade Ouyang's child's phone bill in vain!"
Another man's voice said with a smile: "Brother, sister-in-law, it's okay. You can tell your children whatever you want, for as long as you want."
On the phone, my mother's voice came again: "Gen'er, I won't say more. I can hear that our roots are safe and sound. Mom feels at ease... I won't say more... Mom and your father are so happy at home that they can hang out together.
You are full, but it’s not easy when you are away from home. We don’t dare to compare with others, but we don’t dare to save on food. Studying is hard on the brain... I won’t say it anymore... Mom, I think so... wu wu...
…”
"Mom, I miss you so much... If you remember your mother, you won't go hungry... Mom..." Liu Gen wanted to continue talking to his parents like this, but his parents were worried about spending other people's phone bills.
, no longer spoke, but Liu Gen could still hear her mother’s cries.
"Is it Liu Gen?" A different voice came on the phone: "I am Ouyang Xue's father. Please hand the phone to her."
Liu Gen seemed to be in a dream, and quickly raised his head and turned around. Ouyang Xue was not sitting next to him. He saw her leaning on a tree trunk, looking at him quietly, and waved to her: "Ouyang Xue, your dad wants to
speak to you."
Although Ouyang Xue was far away from Liu Gen, she heard his crying. His bitter calls for mother made her feel sad. When she heard Liu Gen calling her, she trotted over and took the phone.
Put it in his ear: "Dad, it's me... Well, I know... Okay, um..." Ouyang Xue kept looking at Liu Gen while answering the phone: "Goodbye, Dad, I love you..."
When she said the three words "I love you", she looked at Liu Gen, as if these three words were meant for Liu Gen.
Liu Gen also happened to look into Ouyang Xue's eyes when she said the words "I love you". In that second, he really thought that Ouyang Xue's "I love you" was for him.
.
"Liu Gen, how are you? I didn't ask you to come out with me in vain?" After Ouyang Xue hung up the phone, she smiled and wanted to tease Liu Gen.
A smile appeared on Liu Gen's face: "Thank you, Ouyang Xue, you did me a big favor and let my father and mother know that I arrived at school safely before they received the letter I wrote."
"Haha... I didn't expect that this surprise I gave you would make you shed a lot of tears. I thought you would be happy talking to your parents." Ouyang Xue looked sideways at Liu Gen's face: "You look like you're crying.
, much prettier than your smile."
"Haha..." Liu Gen was really amused by Ouyang Xue: "Then if I don't laugh or talk to you in the future, I will be like this... Wuwu..." Liu Gen raised his hand to rub his eyes, pretending to cry, hiding in his chest
The agreement and insurance policy in his trouser pocket slipped out and fell on the chair.
"What is this?" Ouyang Xue picked it up and opened it to see.
Liu Gen quickly reached out to snatch it: "Don't look..."
Ouyang Xue turned around and walked over.
Liu Gen's hand failed to get the agreement and insurance policy, but his fingers touched Ouyang Xue's armpit and the edge of her chest. The soft touch made him feel like an electric shock, and he quickly retracted, not daring to stretch his hand forward again.
.
Ouyang Xue opened the agreement, was shocked, and turned around suddenly: "Liu Gen... you..." Before she could speak, her eyes were filled with tears.
"Haha... I originally wanted to tell you before the military training. I found a very profitable job..." Liu Gen took the agreement and insurance policy, folded them and put them into his pocket again: "Do you still remember the physical examination before the military training?
?I saw it at the entrance of the campus hospital..."
Ouyang Xue rolled down two tears: "You are not an animal, how can you do drug experiments for others! Do you know how dangerous that is?"
"Haha... It doesn't matter. I'm in good health. Even if I don't do it, the pharmaceutical company will find someone else. Besides, it's not necessarily the medicine I'm taking. Maybe I'm in the control group and I'm taking fake medicine.
Where's the medicine?" Liu Gen saw the compassion on Ouyang Xue's face and felt very uncomfortable. He didn't need other people's sympathy and pity, especially her pity.
This was the first time Liu Gen felt the gap between himself and Ouyang Xue in front of Ouyang Xue after he arrived at Nanhai University, because he saw the compassion in her eyes. He hated others looking at him with such eyes. This was the first time he felt in front of him.
When he saw this girl, his heart was throbbing, but it was the first girl who made him feel the difference between a girl from the mountains and a person from the city.
Liu Gen felt a pang of pain in his heart, but in order to prevent her from worrying about him, he still smiled and tried to make things as easy as possible: "It's only three months, not a year or two, it will pass soon.
.” In fact, he was also encouraging himself and convincing himself not to give up such a lucrative job.
"If you are assigned to the experimental group, you will have to take the experimental drug. If that drug is very toxic to the human body, you will lose money because of this little money..." Ouyang Xue couldn't say any more, her hands whining.
Cover your face and cry.
Yes, Liu Gen thought so in his heart. If that was the case, he would have to accept his fate. Apart from this method, what else could he do to pay back the tuition that Mei Yingchun had paid for him as soon as possible? As long as he still owed
With this money, he cannot attend school with peace of mind.
Ouyang Xue's crying made Liu Gen more and more convinced that she was shedding pitiful tears. He even thought that the phone call with her parents that Ouyang Xue planned just now was also out of pity for her, which made Liu Gen extremely disappointed.
"Ouyang Xue, now you know what kind of person I am, do you feel sad?" Liu Gen said coldly.
When Ouyang Xue heard Liu Gen's sarcastic remarks, she raised her head from her palms and stared at Liu Gen with tears streaming down her face, as if she didn't understand what he meant.
"Yes, I am a poor student who came from a poor valley. I am different from those of you who grew up in big cities. You can get whatever you want by asking for it. But I am different. Growing up, I never even drank.
Water contains much more minerals than the water you drink. You can treat your mobile phone costing tens of thousands of dollars like a toy, but as for me, I will remember it for a week after eating a meal of white-flour steamed buns.
Poor boy... there are too many gaps and differences between us." After Liu Gen finished speaking, he smiled bitterly at Ouyang Xue, who was looking at him blankly and no longer crying, and stood up: "Thank you for your kindness."
He opened his pair of northwest man's legs, took a few steps, and rushed into the dormitory building.
Ouyang Xue was still sitting there in a daze, thinking about whether she had said something wrong just now, which had offended Liu Gen. When she came to her senses and knew that Liu Gen had left, she picked up the new textbook, sighed deeply, and went to
Go towards the entrance of the boys' courtyard.
Xia Yang just returned to school from the military training base this morning, but she really wanted to see Liu Gen. It happened to be the weekend, so after taking a shower, she took the bus and came to Nanhai Medical University. She easily found the boys' hospital and happened to meet Ouyang.
Xue walked out holding the book.
"Classmate, how can I get to Building No. 9 of the Boys' College?" Xia Yang politely stopped Ouyang Xue and asked, seeing that her eyes still showed signs of crying.
Ouyang Xue pointed sideways at Building No. 9 and said, "The building in front is Building No. 9."
"Thank you." Xia Yang thanked him.
"You're welcome." Ouyang Xue didn't see clearly what the person asking for directions looked like or what his accent was. Her mind was still stuck on Liu Gen's words just now.
Xia Yang took a few steps forward and couldn't help but look back at Ouyang Xue's back. He felt strange in his heart.