Chapter Forty-Eight: Old Man
Tang Yu's mother planned to rent a house near the school, because Tang Yu's grades had declined, Tang Yu's mother was really worried, Tang Yu said it was not enough, and after a few days, Tang Yu and her mother came to the school together. Under the sunset of Tang Yu on Sunday, he saw the river outside the campus, and many lotus flowers on the water surface were particularly dazzling, and the students passing by took pictures with the lotus flowers.
Tang Yu thought that lotus flowers only bloom once a year, so he hurriedly took pictures and posted them in the school's post bar, title: Lotus in summer, female classmates have taken commemorative photos. After Tang Yu finished writing the title, he took a few photos of female classmates and lotus flowers, and then uploaded them together to post on the bar, and wrote: The summer solstice of summer has arrived, but I am recalling the days when I came to your school, friendship is the most wonderful thing in the world, it does not carry any blood, does not mix with any interests, especially the lovely students, you are the lingering summer memories of my life, like the North Star in the night, illuminating my life.
Tang Yu pressed the release and followed Tang Yu's mother into an alley. After Tang Yu's mother talked to her charter wife about the rent and water and electricity bills, Tang Yu took Tang Yu's mother to a restaurant near the school, Tang Yu ordered barbecued pork rice, and Tang Yu's mother ordered white-cut chicken rice. Tang Yu's mother said: "Ah He, now your father is starting a business, you have to be admitted to college, otherwise, your father will not hand over his hard work to you in the future, and your father also has a son, that is, your stepmother's child, you must work hard, you promise me first, and then eat." Tang Yu's mother looked at Tang Yu with sharp eyes, and did not say anything about her resignation, probably for fear of putting pressure on Tang Yu. Tang Yu nodded, Tang Yu said a little timidly: "Mom, I know you have sacrificed a lot for this family, I will work hard, this midterm exam, although I failed 3 subjects, but my main subject Chinese score is still passing, I believe that I should still have a chance through hard work." ”
Tang Yu's mother said: "Ah He, do you know that I am resigning now, just for you, no matter what, you can't live up to my wishes." It's not a chance, it's a must be successful, otherwise, I won't have the face to face my relatives and friends. ”
Tang Yu lowered his head to eat, and the atmosphere felt very depressing. Tang Yu and Tang Yu's mother returned to the rental room, Tang Yu lowered her head to read the math book, and Tang Yu's mother was boiling hot water, because there was no TV in the room, Tang Yu's mother was lying on the bed. After a while, the water was hot, Tang Yu's mother told Tang Yu that she was going to take a bath, Tang Yu went to take a bath, came out to wipe her hair, and just wanted to ask Tang Yu's mother to take a bath, Tang Yu's mother's expression told Tang Yu that there was really an accident at home now.
Tang Yu saw his mother's dying face, Tang Yu thought in his heart: Yes, his parents divorced, his studies were hindered, his mother was unemployed, his friends broke up, and now, all the bad things happened to him. Tang Yu comforted Tang Yu's mother a few words and opened the balcony door to breathe.
Tang Yu has endured too many things and experiences that he shouldn't have endured at this age. Tang Yu saw that there was a balcony opposite the balcony, an old man was drenching flowers at this time, the old man was strong, with a bear waist and a tiger's back, wearing leather slippers on his feet, and a red and gray striped coat hanging on his body, it may be that the weather was too hot, the old man took off his clothes, at this time, the white beard on the old man's face showed that he was a little old, which showed that the old man was old.
However, seeing him carrying a large kettle weighing a few pounds to drench flowers, this shows that the old man's physical fitness is quite good. The old man noticed Tang Yu and waved his hand to him, and the old man said, "I'm drenching flowers, classmate." Obviously, the old man is used to the previous classmates who rented a room to study in this building, otherwise, he would not call Tang Yu a classmate. Obviously, the old man is not only used to having high school students living across the street, but also likes this feeling. Tang Yu said: "Uncle, do you know where there is a Xinhua Library near here? I want to buy comic books. The old man smiled and sighed that he was almost an adult, and his classmates who still like to read comic books are really cute.
The old man said: "If you want to read comic books, you can go to the small bookstore behind the school, there are not many books there, but there are a lot of comic books, to cater to the tastes of the students, you can see this small bookstore along the back of the school road." ”
Tang Yu said, "Thank you." ”
The old man held his waist with one hand and waved to Tang Yu with the other, and then the old man shouted: "Classmate, hello." The old man smiled happily, at this time, Tang Yu's mother came out to see the old man, after careful inquiry, Tang Yu's mother told Tang Yu and said: "Tang Yu, the old man didn't read much when he was a child, so he likes to read very much in his life, do you understand?" Tang Yu saw the kind smiling face of the old man, Tang Yu understood that the only thing he could be proud of now was his academic qualifications.
Tang Yu watched the old man drenching flowers all night, the old man seemed to like Tang Yu as a child, and kept telling him that he was in the family, Tang Yu was not annoyed, listened carefully, and talked to the old man about his views from time to time. The old man hoped that Tang Yu would study hard and work hard for China's economic development in the future.
The old man said to Tang Yu: "Classmates, you must have a big mind to be a man, when I was a child, I only knew how to make money, farming, I can do this in this life, when I am old, that is, I am drenched on the balcony, you don't want to learn from me, you have to have great ambitions, life for decades, even if you fail this exam, it does not mean that you will fail in your life, there will always be opportunities, what you have to do is to cherish the opportunity, there is nothing wrong with studying, you have to work hard for the country, don't just for money, there is no future." Ha ha. When the old man finished speaking, he laughed loudly, as if he had waited for a long time to say this, and now that he had said it, he felt comfortable.
Half an hour passed, at half past ten o'clock in the evening, Tang Yu was doing composition, time seemed a little slow for Tang Yu, but, Tang Yu's mother stared straight at Tang Yu, Tang Yu was a little sleepy writing essay, at night, the people in the surrounding houses were sleeping, Tang Yu heard the sound of the airplane engine in the sky, the plane flew across the sky, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening, Tang Yu was writing the last few words, Tang Yu's mother said: "Is it finished?" Tang Yu nodded tiredly.
Tang Yu was lying on the bed, the roar of the plane sounded in the sky again, Tang Yu looked at the bright lights outside the window, and felt that he really didn't know why he was so tired in life. Tang Yu looked at the small alarm clock on the table, the time was already early in the morning, Tang Yu had insomnia, the room was quiet and there was no sound, Tang Yu got up and drank a sip of water, and lay down again, he didn't understand why things changed so much all of a sudden, or there is a good saying: life is like a play.