On the 16th day of the lunar month, it started to rain lightly.
When Chen Fu returned to the dormitory, he was alone. Luo Yongliang wanted to come tomorrow, and Wang Shu had followed the usual routine of coming whenever he liked.
After a brief cleaning, the rain stopped just in the evening. He checked the time, washed his hands, put on his backpack and went out.
Although school hasn't started yet, it's only a few days away, so there are already a lot of people in the school. Some are coming back from vacation, and everyone has made appointments or have come back from playing; some have just returned to school, carrying small bags and big bags...
After the rain, the school road is wet, and occasionally you will splash a little water when you step on it.
The sky was very clean and glowing with glow. Chen Fu looked at it as he walked. Unlike the north, in the south in February and March, except for the late spring cold wave that comes very early, it is not too cold most of the time, so everything in the south is not too cold.
The recovery started earlier. In addition to the perennial green plants, many trees have already sprouted new buds. The few new leaves that have just emerged are light yellow and have been rebrushed by the rain. They are moist and bright, and they already have the atmosphere of early spring.
There are also those kapok trees that are a little over a century old. They have already produced fruits, and the fallen flowers have covered the lawn with red and green mottled colors. I believe that it won’t be long before we can see the scene of catkins flying all over the sky again.
Chen Fu came to the school gate, looked around, and found a black car parked on the side of the road. He was not sure, so he walked over to see the license plate.
Sigh.
The car window was lowered, revealing half of Li Hui's face and tilting his head.
Chen Fu raised his eyebrows, walked directly to the back seat of the car, and opened the door.
There was no one else in the car, so Li Hui said, "Put your things aside."
Chen Fu looked over and saw that there were several documents piled on the seat, so he folded them and put them on the other side, sat down and closed the door, and asked casually, "What is this?"
Li Hui turned off the steering wheel, drove toward the restaurant, and casually replied: "Notice, it will be sent to the delivery office tomorrow, don't mess it up for me."
"Oh, are you home?"
"Come back, I just finished eating, have you eaten?"
"I've eaten." Chen Fu just said casually since he wasn't hungry anyway.
"Then you're not going to eat? How about you drink some sugar water?"
"Can."
"Then let's go drink sugar water..." Li Hui drove forward and searched with his eyes, muttering: "Tangy water, drink sugar water, sweet sugar water shop, damn, I haven't been here for half a year, I almost don't remember where it is.
"
When Chen Fu heard this, he couldn't help but be startled. After saying this, unknowingly, it had really been half a year.
"How's it going? Recently?"
"Ah? It's nothing good. It's okay, just the same."
"Yeah, what can I do if I go to class every day?"
"What about you? Will you go back later?"
"Well, I have to rush back. I have to go up and deliver the documents tomorrow morning. There will be a meeting at 8:30 and it will be delivered at 7:30." Li Hui said a few words, but his tone was very normal.
Chen Fu listened, not knowing whether to be happy for him or sigh for him.
This year's Spring Festival, Li Hui did not go home. He spent the Chinese New Year with his cousin. He came back today not because he was free, but because his second cousin was having a baby. The local custom is to light the lanterns today, so his first cousin would let him go.
He came back to send something to congratulate me, so I was given half a day off.
Although it takes six or seven hours to drive there and back...
"By the way, you didn't tell Brother Liang Wang Shu that I was back, did you?"
"No, didn't you say not to tell them?"
"Yeah, don't tell them, lest they run around."
While chatting, they had already arrived. Li Hui parked the car, and the two of them got out of the car one after another, and found a quiet seat outside to sit down. Because the weather was still wet and cool, the business of the candy shop was not very good, and only
There were only a few customers, and the landlady came over to greet them and write orders when she had nothing to do.
"What do you two want to eat?"
"Sago, a portion of chicken feet, a portion of offal, and a portion of radish."
"Mung bean paste."
"Okay, do you want anything else? The boneless pig's feet are good today." She said she was the boss lady, but she was actually a girl in her twenties and thirties. She wrote the order and glanced at Li Hui a few times. However, the latter took care of himself.
She turned on her phone to read the message and didn't pay attention to her eyes, which made her look a little disappointed.
Li Hui flicked his cell phone without raising his head, "Then let's have one."
"Okay, wait a minute..."
…
Chen Fu looked at him and then at the landlady.
The landlady didn't recognize him? You know, Li Hui always teased her every time he came over, and he got so many looks from her.
However, upon closer inspection, it seems that I really don’t recognize it.
Out.
He used to have a handsome side-parted hair, but now it is cut into a round inch; his beard must not have been shaved for ten and a half days, leaving half a circle of stubble; and his clothes, which used to be trendy and fancy, are now trousers, white lining and leather shoes.
, is simply a world of difference; in addition, and the most important point, the previous carefree and carefree temperament has almost completely disappeared, becoming silent, concise and to the point, even giving people the illusion of stability... Or, it is not an illusion.
.
In fact, if he hadn't been mentally prepared, Chen Fu asked himself that if he suddenly saw him again after half a year, he might not be sure that he was the same person for a while.
"Miao Li, are you okay now?"
"Huh? Ah, it's okay. Her father is recovering well. She said he can take care of himself." Facing Li Hui's calm questions, Chen Fu was a little uncomfortable.
"Oh, that's good...thank you."
"Thank you for what?"
"Brother, there's no need to say more -" Li Hui stretched out his fist.
"baffling."
Chen Fu bumped fists with him and said this, but in fact he knew in his heart that he was referring to finding a part-time job for Miao Li. That part-time job was indeed too crucial for Miao Li, and now she plus her mother
With an income of more than 10,000 yuan a month, at least there is hope.
"Right..."
Thumb thump thump——
Just as he was about to speak, his cell phone rang. Li Hui glanced at it and quickly stopped. He picked up the cell phone and stood up and walked to the side of the tree to answer the call, "Hello, Mo Shu..."
Chen Fu glanced at him, watching him grovel and nod from time to time, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.
"Hello, excuse me, what's your order?"
"Thanks."
"fine……"
The landlady put down the sweet snacks and looked at Li Hui a few more times when she went back. She probably finally recognized him, the expression on her face was indescribably weird.
Chen Fu moved the mung bean paste in front of him and stirred it twice with a spoon.
"well--"
Half a minute later, Li Hui came back from talking on the phone, threw his phone on the table, sat down, picked up the bowl and drank half of the sago in the bowl.
"boss?"
"The boss of the Labor Department asked me to deliver a document tomorrow." Li Hui directly twisted a piece of chicken feet and threw it into his mouth, "You can treat me as free labor."
"Prove that you are important."
"Oh, is it important?" Li Hui laughed at himself and hummed noncommittally: "I'm just an errand boy, what's important?"
"hehe……"
Chen Fu smiled.
To be more important, Li Hui went there and took up a false position. In fact, he was a driver. He followed his cousin around all day long. What he usually did was really running errands. He was still a junior, 21 and 22 years old, there.
In the unit next to him, almost everyone is older and more senior than him. No matter who he meets when he comes in or out, the lowest price is always "brother" or "sister"... But what if it doesn't matter? As his cousin
As a close confidant of one of the top five powerful figures in the district government, my brother’s driver usually comes into contact with mostly middle- and upper-class people. Especially his cousin who values him and takes him to private bureaus every day, the people there are even more
It's amazing, those at the director level can only serve as companions... Although he can only be a grandson serving tea and water, there are countless people who envy this job. Then, as time goes by,
Chief, he was familiar with almost all the high-level officials and business gentry over there. The name "Xiao Hui" naturally spread, and many people wanted to give him some face when they saw him. Especially some middle-level and lower-level people.
There are more and more people in the upper class who want to make friends with others.
So, if it were you, would you say it’s important?
Chen Fu took a sip of mung bean paste, which was sweet and glutinous, refreshing and delicious. "How is your make-up exam?"
Li Hui drank sago and ate pig's feet. Hearing this, he curled his lips and said, "What else can we do? We can all take the exam together when we come back next year. If we give you enough money, we can talk about anything."
"Hoo."
"What about you? You're about to have your spring recruitment, right? Have you thought about doing anything?"
"Do you still know about spring recruitment?"
"Nonsense, my brother only cares about this."
"Oh, yes..." Chen Fu paused, then shook his head, "I don't know yet, let's see..."
"Isn't it like your style?"
"Then do you think it's okay to be like you? Don't go to school and just find a job..."
"Don't go to school? What do you want to do?" Li Hui raised his face.
"No, I just have an idea..."
"Then you have to think about it carefully. I don't recommend it. If you do this, you will regret it to death." As he said this, Li Hui's expression did not change much.
I don’t know if it’s true or false.
"Do you regret not coming back?"
"Oh--"
Li Hui laughed, put down the key, took out a pack of cigarettes, lit it slowly, took a big puff, and then blew out a puff of smoke.
Chen Fu was not in a hurry and just drank the sugar water.
After a while, Li Hui flicked the cigarette ashes and shook his head, "You think I don't want to come back? Damn, I'm as tired as a dog all day long, and I have to pretend to be a grandson all day long, ha, a dog grandson..."
"That's not the case..."
"No? Well, maybe it's not..." Li Hui scratched his head with the hand holding the cigarette, and when he spoke, there was a bit of ridicule in his eyes: "But if it's not, so what? He blew it so loudly when he left.
Damn*, my family is almost bankrupt, if I don’t behave like a human being, will I have the dignity to come back?”
Chen Fu stretched out his chopsticks and stopped.
"Oh, let's not talk about this anymore. It's disappointing. Let's talk about you. Have you found a female ticket? Or is it a male one?"
"ah……"
"You really don't have much fun in life..." Suddenly, Li Hui patted his shoulder, "To be honest, among the four brothers, you are the one I'm most worried about."
"Um?"
Chen Fu was stunned and looked up at him with a question mark on his face.
Li Hui did not avoid it, looked at him, seemed to think for a moment, and continued after a few seconds: "Among the four of us, your brain is the best, but sometimes, even if your brain is too good, you may not be the best."
Good thing..." After taking a break, he spread out his hands and said, "Sometimes you think too much."
"What's the meaning?"
"I have learned a truth during my six months there, that is, it is a good thing for people to have foresight, but..." Li Hui put out the cigarette butt and said seriously: "If you are too foresight, sometimes you will not be able to accomplish anything.
"
Chen Fu frowned. Why did these words sound familiar?
Li Hui thought for a while, then gave an example and continued, "Well -, do you still remember the time we had a fight with Zhong Guanghai when we were in high school?"
"Um."
"How many people did Zhong Guanghai call? Are there twenty or thirty people? What about us? You, me, Brother Liang, Wang Shu, A Bing or who else? Forget it, there are only ten or eight people anyway? What do you say?
?You said it’s hard to fight, but you’ll find a chance to fight next time. Then, he scolded my mother, so I fucked him..."
"Haha——" Chen Fu couldn't help laughing.
"What's the result? We won, although the victory was a bit miserable, haha——" Li Hui still looked proud when he thought about it, and he smiled happily for the first time since they met.
Chen Fu also smiled, but it was a bit reserved. To be honest, that time, if he hadn't secretly used some tricks to quickly kill seven or eight people, he really wouldn't have won. However, it seems that from that moment on, others
I think he is very good at fighting, and he is a type of person who is ruthless and doesn't talk much. Even this will have a certain deterrent effect after he goes to college. For example, Li Guangming dares to mess with Luo Yongliang but rarely messes with him... Of course, now
I don't dare to do it anymore. Now that I want to come back, it probably has something to do with his temperament. After all, as far as Chen Fu himself is concerned, from the perspective of fighting, he is really different from ordinary people.
"So, if you think, there are many of them, they are stronger and taller than us, why should you hit them with a hammer? You can just admit defeat and kneel down and beg for mercy, but I don't accept it, what should I do? Then do it! If you don't accept it, just do it.
Go ahead! Just because you’re not easy to fight doesn’t mean you can’t fight, right? You still have to talk about tactics, and you still have to worry about getting hurt, and you still have to worry about hurting them. Damn it, by the time you’re done worrying, the day lilies will be cold!”
"Well..." Chen Fu nodded.
"You understand what I mean? You are a person who is hesitant and indecisive..."
"indecisive."
"Yes, it's just indecisive. Sometimes you are indecisive. You have to think about everything and make sure nothing goes wrong. But is there such a good thing? How can such a good thing happen every time?"
"Well, I understand."
"You must understand. You are smarter than us. The question is...what?" Suddenly, Li Hui saw Chen Fu looking at him, so he stopped.
Ho.
Chen Fu smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, just tell me."
Li Hui stopped talking, his face full of suspicion: "But my intuition tells me that there is something wrong with you."
"No."
"Impossible, there must be something you are hiding from me, tell me quickly..."
"Really not, alas, this carrot is pretty good..."
"Don't change the subject for me..."
…
Sometimes, growth happens so suddenly. Just like a seed under the spring mud, it only needs a cold winter to break the ground and be reborn.