Chapter 61: An Empty Joy

When the "ghost brother" walked to the entrance of the alley, he ran back to the village committee, looked at the village chief in surprise, and asked hesitantly: Uncle, are you sure it's mine? The village chief smiled "hahaha" and said: "Brother ghost, your uncle will still lie to you, your name is Liu Guixian, right--besides, you are a college entrance examination candidate in our village this year!"

"Brother Ghost" nodded embarrassedly, and walked out of the door in a daze, and the village chief shouted loudly: Go back to dinner first, and when your uncle comes back, let him call you on the loudspeaker! "Brother Ghost" also answered loudly, and returned home a little unexpectedly and a little impatiently.

Zheng Lijuan stood at the door of the kitchen, and from the moment she entered the yard, she found that he was preoccupied and kept looking at him. After the "ghost brother" finished washing, Zheng Lijuan handed him the towel and asked cautiously: What's the matter, ghost brother?

"Brother Ghost" smiled and said excitedly: "Auntie, the admission letter has arrived!" Zheng Lijuan was even more happy, tears rolled in her eyes, her two hands wiped on the placket, and said excitedly: "Where is it, let me see!" "Brother Ghost" spread his hands, smiled wryly, and said: The village chief said that it was in the document drawer, locked, and the paperwork went to the town, and he would come back later!

Zheng Lijuan was a little angry, and said with some complaints: Are you joking with my aunt and coaxing me to be happy! "Ghost brother" helplessly, lowered his head, sighed and said weakly: Aunt, I also thought that the postman and the village chief lied to me, I have checked it, and there is indeed my admission letter!

Okay-good-good-then I'll serve you dinner, and after eating, you will wait in the village committee! Zheng Lijuan said as she ran back to the kitchen in small steps, and the "ghost brother" looked at her anxious appearance, and shouted with a smile: Auntie, don't worry, eat slowly, I'm sure it's mine, and he can't fly away!

Zheng Lijuan ignored her, and came out with the meal, and the "ghost brother" took the rice bowl and said: Then you can eat too, let's go together! Zheng Lijuan looked at the "ghost brother", happily didn't know what to do for a while, and was at a loss; "Ghost brother" put down the rice bowl, moved the chair, and said: Auntie, don't worry, sit and wait for the meeting first, and I will go to the village committee to wait after eating, okay! After speaking, he pressed Zheng Lijuan on the chair, stretched out his hand and kept rubbing her back, and watched her breath calm down a lot, calming down a lot, before picking up the bowl and finishing the meal.

Zheng Lijuan sat steadily, smiling, and looking at him kindly, "Brother Ghost" relaxed a little in his heart, and tried to say: Auntie, I'll serve you dinner, you eat first, I'll go to the village committee and wait! Zheng Lijuan nodded, hesitated for a moment and stood up again and said: Let's go, I'll go with you, just go to the embankment too!

He looked at the sun in the sky, although the sky has entered autumn, there is a temperature difference between morning and evening, the sun is still hot near noon, "ghost brother" grinned, half-jokingly said: Aunt, I will accompany you for a walk in the afternoon, the sun will be a little hot - I promise to take the notice home intact and let you read it first!

Zheng Lijuan thought for a while, and said with a smile: Okay, aunt listen to you, you can go!

The "ghost brother" went back to the house and took the book, then hurried to the village committee, ran in and shouted: "Uncle village chief, I am waiting for Uncle Wen at the door, you call me when you come back!" The village chief shook his head helplessly, waved his hand, and crawled on the table with his glasses stunned to look at something. "Brother Ghost" sat on the steps of the shady side, opened the book and began to read, and the cool feeling was refreshing.

Maybe it's excessive tension, maybe it's a nap after dinner, maybe it's because the content of the book hasn't been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, under the blue sky and white clouds, the breeze is refreshing, "Ghost Brother" can't help but start napping, but he can't bear to fall asleep directly, just like the posture of "chicken pecking rice" keeps shaking up and down on the steps, and finally simply leans against the wall, stretches his legs, buckles the book on his face, and falls asleep.

When a bright light rose, "Brother Ghost" opened his eyes slightly, feeling that the world was spinning, I don't know when and where he was, I only heard someone laughing evilly and saying: Brother Ghost, get up, pee and go back to sleep! "Brother Ghost" opened his eyes again, the dazzling blue sky was in front of him, his stiff neck was slightly painful, and when he sat upright, he almost slipped and fell, and the black shadow in front of him shouted "oops-oops-" and reached out to grab him.

The sun had turned to the steps, and the "ghost brother" sat upright, rubbing his numb legs, looking up, stunned, he didn't recognize where this was, and asked in a daze: Where is this, why am I here?

The black shadow laughed out loud and said, "My ghost brother, you are all sleeping—this is the village committee!" The "ghost brother" was not awake yet, and asked in a daze: Why am I in the village committee? The black shadow picked up the envelope in his hand, shook it in front of him, and said: Didn't you wait for me to come and get this--sleep--stupid!

"Brother Ghost" leaned against the wall and slowly stood up, as if the blood in the whole body had just flowed in all directions, and the muscles and veins had returned to normal, only then did he see that it was Uncle Wen, and shouted embarrassedly: Uncle-Uncle Shushu smiled "hahaha" and said: Now sober up, what you have given you, hurry up and take it home!

"Brother Ghost" took the things handed to him, glanced at the payment in the lower right corner, what college, suddenly realized, picked up the envelope, just ran to the gate, and ran back again, looked at Uncle Shu, pointed to the book in his hand; Uncle Shushu looked at the things in his hand, also smiled wryly, and handed him the book; "Brother Ghost" took the book, turned around and ran home.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, Zheng Lijuan was already standing in the middle of the courtyard, looking at him anxiously. "Brother Ghost" handed her the envelope without saying a word; Zheng Lijuan took a long breath, deliberately took two deep breaths, pretended to be calm, and calmly picked up the envelope to look at it carefully; "Brother Ghost" was rubbing her hands happily and excitedly, looking at Zheng Lijuan, and suddenly she was stunned when she saw the name of the school in the lower right corner, and turned the envelope over and looked at it several times in surprise, before she opened her eyes wide and looked at "Brother Ghost" in wonder.

"Brother Ghost" also trembled and leaned up, stretched out his head to look at the art academy of a certain province in the south, he grabbed the envelope with trembling hands, carefully looked at the recipient's information, and confirmed that it was handed to him. Zheng Lijuan looked at the expression and movements of "Brother Ghost", and just wanted to say something, but was preempted by "Brother Ghost" and said: Aunt, don't worry, is it a mistake?

Zheng Lijuan looked at "Brother Ghost", smiled slightly and said: Brother Ghost, don't worry, let's open it and take a look! "Brother Ghost" trembled and opened the envelope, inside was a color admission notice, and a list of school introductions and fees, and the two of them squeezed their heads together and read the school introduction seriously.

Zheng Lijuan let out a long breath again, sat on the chair with a smile, picked up the freshly picked beans and began to sort them out; "Brother Ghost" put a bunch of things on the stone table, slumped on the chair, and said with a wry smile: What is this-Auntie, you are okay, don't go to your heart!

Zheng Lijuan laughed "giggle", laughing so much that tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, and said: A private school, what do we think it is - it's okay, Brother Ghost, Aunt knows that there is a better school waiting for you!

"Ghost Brother" still has some scruples in his heart about this unexpected empty joy, worried that Zheng Lijuan can't think about it, and her condition will worsen, but looking at Zheng Lijuan's current state, she finally put down her hanging heart, so she looked at Zheng Lijuan, thought about it, and deliberately said: Auntie, what I said is if, of course I don't want this ending, if you don't wait for the notice, can you accept it?

Zheng Lijuan ignored her, calmed down for a while and said categorically: We don't need to discuss this issue, first, I won't force you, and second, as long as you feel that your choice is responsible for you and your family, it's fine, but I still insist that you repeat - complete your wish, and-

She was stunned for a moment, but said no more. "Brother Ghost" nodded and said with a smile: I am now like a prisoner, waiting for the final verdict, or more like a trapped beast, confined in the iron cage of the college entrance examination-

Zheng Lijuan giggled, and said after laughing: Okay, don't be overbearing, what should you do, according to the worst plan, you will be imprisoned for another year at most, and then you will be free! "Ghost brother" picked up the suspected admission letter and was about to throw it into the firewood pile in the kitchen, Zheng Lijuan shouted to him and said: Don't throw it, keep it, keep it as a souvenir!