Chapter 396: Encountering Youth Chapter 396: After Xie Chong quietly left his friends, he did not run away without a plan. He went back to school first and bought a few reference books. The bookstore owner asked him if he wanted to buy the real college entrance examination questions from that year, and Xie Chong
After hesitating for a while, he didn't want it.
What can he do after buying it? If he doesn't do well in the exam, he has to admit that he is a bad person; if he does well in the exam, then he has to complain about his bad life.
Then just don't buy it. He doesn't want to see anything that is not conducive to a good mood.
After buying the book, he planned to go north to watch a top ten game at home. This time the Chinese team is so close to the World Cup, and he really wanted to witness history with his own eyes.
However, when buying the ticket, he hesitated again. Will the Chinese team really make it this time? Will he look forward to it in vain? Will he waste his room and board expenses in vain?
Just then, he heard a quarrel.
An old man disliked the bad attitude of the conductor and started a quarrel in the ticket hall. Xie Chong took a closer look and saw that wasn't Zhou Yurong, the old man of the Zhou family?
Zhou Yurong was very angry, making a loud noise, and there were many people watching. Xie Chong squeezed through the crowd and pulled him aside. The old man was indeed old. He had lost his height and was reduced to a skeleton. Xie Chong did not dare to exert his strength.
Son, for fear that all his bones would fall apart.
Why did they meet at the station?
Especially Zhou Yurong, a well-known entrepreneur who came to the city, didn't even have an errand boy around him. It was really desolate for an old man in his eighties to be alone and unable to solve problems when he encountered them.
"I want to go to the capital." Sitting on a chair in the waiting hall, Zhou Yurong said sadly: "But I still miss him so much after he left for two years. I often read the notes he left before. He likes college very much.
Life. I think he is going crazy with his thoughts and can't do anything. I want to go to the school where he lived before. Maybe I can find some clues there and make my thoughts new.
Come in different ways."
The old man must have loved his eldest grandson very much. In the two years since Zhou Kewei left, he was so skinny that he missed food and food because of excessive longing. For this reason, he had many quarrels with his wife. After the quarrel, he continued to play with his wife.
Lying in bed together, in the dark night, they talked about the past events that they had said thousands of times, and then fell asleep in the deep memories.
Mr. Zhou felt that he was trapped in his memories, and he had to find a new way out. He wanted to find some new topics to talk about and share with his wife.
Xie Chong asked in confusion: "Then why don't you take the bus to the city? You are old, so try to do as little trouble as possible."
"Ahem..." Zhou Yurong was evasive: "I was wandering around, and I had a sudden thought."
In Laicheng, Zhou Yurong appeared as a strong "entrepreneur". After his beloved grandson passed away, he had to pretend to be strong. If he cried all day long and others found out, it would be very embarrassing.
Xie Chong could probably guess the reasons and advised: "Grandpa, the weather is too hot, and it's also hot on the train. If you get heatstroke, no one will take care of you. You'd better go home! Otherwise, let Teacher Zhou take care of you."
You go together."
Zhou Yurong said stubbornly: "Even though I am old, I am still strong!..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yurong suddenly felt dizzy and leaned on Xie Chong. Xie Chong hurriedly contacted the police at the train station and asked them to help take care of Zhou Yurong. There was a convenient medical point at the train station. Zhou Yurong frowned and drank a Huoxiang Zhengqi water.
I drank a lot of water and recovered after a while.
There is no doubt that Mr. Zhou suffered from heat stroke.
Xie Chong did not expose his shortcomings and did not bother to buy a ticket to go north. "Grandpa Zhou, I will accompany you home. If you get sick, Teacher Zhou will be busy again - stop being stubborn, or I will
Now call Teacher Zhou."
In this way, one old and one young returned to the isolated town.
Xie Chong had been there when he was a child. The closer it was to Mr. Zhou’s house, the more vivid his childhood memories were. He originally planned to stay for one night and then leave, but Mr. Zhou and his wife tried their best to stay. The old lady of the Zhou family said: "We are here
It has been deserted for a long time, and we were so happy when you came. Xie Chong, can you just live here for a while and take pity on us old couple?"
A decent visitor to the city is very reluctant to admit that he is "poor". If the old lady said this, it means that she is very bitter in her heart.
Xie Chong expressed his plan with embarrassment - he wanted to watch the football match and witness the Chinese team entering the World Cup. Mr. Zhou laughed loudly: "Kid, don't be naive. If the Chinese team can enter the World Cup, I will support you."
A football school!"
"But... the morale of the Chinese team is very high this time, and everyone is quite confident..."
"We all believed this in the past, and we all had a little fantasy - the Chinese team would surprise us, right? Even a little surprise would be fine. However, all we remember are the three black minutes and the like. Children, don't
I believe in the national football team. If you want to find confidence, you might as well watch table tennis, women's volleyball, or basketball. If you are full of confidence in the Chinese team, but in the end you are disappointed in one game, your self-confidence will be greatly affected.
"
That's right. Whether it's football or life, it's better not to have any expectations.
Xie Chong settled in Mr. Zhou's place. It was not very good at first because their work and rest schedules were completely inconsistent. Xie Chong had just ended his devilish senior year of high school and wanted to stay up all night every day, but Mr. Zhou and the others went to bed early.
They get up early before the rooster crows, water the fruits and vegetables in the yard, and yell at the poultry and livestock. When the neighbors wake up at five or six o'clock, they chat with them at the top of their lungs.
Xie Chong went to bed early in the morning and woke up early in the morning without any energy at all. When visiting other people's homes, he could not show his lazy side and could only take a nap during his lunch break. After two or three days of this, Xie Chong was also attracted by them.
As a result, I go to bed early and get up early, and my energy is much better than before.
There were many comics and cartoons in the room where Xie Chong lived, which should have been left by the twin brothers of the Zhou family. Xie Chong put aside the review materials he brought and was immersed in martial arts and couldn't extricate himself. Mr. Zhou didn't urge him to study hard.
Xie Chong was very surprised by talking to the person he was discussing when he had time.
The person Zhou Yurong admires the most is Guo Jing. Although Guo Jing is not smart and walks slowly on the road to becoming a hero, his belief has never changed. Mr. Zhou set up a shelf for the tomatoes in the yard and said: "Like you
Is it difficult for such a smart person to resonate with Guo Jing?"
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes is so famous. I watched the TV series when I was a child. I admire Guo Jing very much and envy him. He has a miserable life experience, but so many people are kind to him... Grandpa, have you watched "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"?
"The Secret of Liancheng"? I was watching it recently, and Di Yun was so miserable! His fate was so bumpy!"
"Seeing the ending, the ending is good." Mr. Zhou twisted the wire vigorously and said, "It's a simple truth. If you wait until the end, your destiny will always turn around."
"It's a pity that these words have no effect on me."
Mr. Zhou laughed heartily: "If I say a few words to cheer you up, then I might as well be a god."
The old man and the young man laughed together.
After being harassed for a few days, Xie Chong felt sorry and said goodbye to Mr. Zhou. As soon as he heard that Xie Chong was leaving, Zhou Yurong seemed to feel better instantly: "Aren't you used to living in my house? Didn't I entertain you well? I used to
I have said that Hua Tianlong and the others don’t want to go home at all when they come here; it’s very depressing if you are the only one making trouble.”
"Grandpa, I'm very happy living here, but I always cause you trouble..."
"What's the trouble? That's the bad thing about your family, they are too outsider! You will live here unless school starts, or I can't stand you and kick you out."
Xie Chong was amused by him again.
Mr. Zhou whispered: "If you run away from home, I will keep it a secret for you; if I want to go to the capital secretly, you have to keep it a secret for me. We both have secrets in each other's hands. This relationship is extraordinary."
"...Yeah." Xie Chong smiled and said, "I feel honored."
The rainy season is here, and heavy rains often last a day. Mr. Zhou does nothing, lying on a wicker chair, making a pot of tea, and quietly savoring the leisure brought by the rainy day.
Mr. Zhou is sitting at the gate. The mottled red door paint is even more weathered. Outside the door is an open field, and in the distance are green mountains shrouded in rain and mist. Xie Chong thinks that the picture is beautiful, oldness and vitality are wonderfully combined.
He also learned to appreciate rainy days.
After staying for a few days, Xie Chong finally opened up. The reason why he ran away from home was because he was stimulated. He was originally a very confident person, but he actually felt "inferior" in front of Hu Baozhu's suitor. This made
He couldn't stand it. He hated himself like this, but he didn't know what kind of effort he should make.
Mr. Zhou asked: "Do you think you have lost to your love rival?"
"I'm not a love rival yet, and I'm not dating Hu Baozhu. But I'm not convinced if someone else is better than me."
Mr. Zhou chuckled and said, "If you have the energy to refuse to admit defeat, your life will not be too bad."
“I’d like to lend you your kind words.”
"Believe me, I'm very good at judging people. You and your father are both people who don't want to be ordinary. You will definitely be successful."
"...I would like to lend you your kind words."
Another reason why Xie Chong is hiding is that he is unwilling to face his "small-mindedness". The college entrance examination results are being released one after another, and most of his classmates will receive satisfactory admission notices, including Wang Haochuan, who will soon be
He put on his military uniform and went to fight in a place full of passion. Xie Chong was happy for his good friend, but he felt bad in his heart. He admitted that he had "pink eye" and that he would not recover for a while.
Mr. Zhou listened patiently and said, "Being able to face yourself honestly is also a great advantage. You will definitely be very successful in the future."
…
Over and over again, these are the words.
Xie Chong could only bite the bullet and said, "I'd like to lend you some kind words."
"Everyone has pink eye, but most people don't have the courage to say it. So I think you are great. From now on..."
Xie Chong murmured in a low voice: "He will definitely have a great future."
But Mr. Zhou didn't say these words. He started snoring loudly and the cattail leaf fan in his hand fell to the ground. It turned out that he had already fallen asleep. It was very pleasant to fall asleep listening to the sound of rain.
Mr. Zhou, who once killed everyone at the card table in Rulin Street, gradually reached the age where he would fall asleep while sitting. Xie Chong felt deeply in his heart and covered him with a thin blanket, hoping that he would not catch a cold.
Xie Chong didn't know whether the words "has great potential" were Mr. Zhou's perfunctory words or the truth. But after he said what was in his heart, he felt much better. He and Mr. Zhou had become friends year after year, guarding each other's secrets.