True Love (novella) Zhang Baotong

Before dark, Principal Liu came back and brought back some vegetables and some beef in sauce. At this time, Xu Li was sitting on www.biquge.info the sofa watching TV. Seeing that Principal Liu put the vegetables on the coffee table, Xu Li took a basin from the kitchen and began to pick vegetables. After picking the vegetables, Principal Liu called her to her and said to her, "You will be a person in this house in the future, and you will be able to use electrical appliances and natural gas to boil water for cooking." As he spoke, he taught her while cooking rice in a rice cooker.

But she said, "I'll use rice to make rice." So he taught her how to use natural gas. She usually uses firewood for cooking at home, which is cut from her own tree and sometimes bought from the county town. But boiling water is done with honeycomb coal stoves. Although her family also bought gas from the county town, she heard others say that gas is very dangerous, and an explosion will blow people up and cause a fire, so she is very scared and has not dared to use it, so she has been in the house for more than a year and has not used it. As for natural gas, this is the first time she has heard of it.

Principal Liu pressed the knob to demonstrate to her, and then asked her to operate. But she still didn't dare, there was no way, Liu Shiliang held her hand to press the knob, so that her courage was bigger, she pressed the knob with her hand, only to hear the sound of "Peng", the fire was ignited, and then the knob was closed, and there was a "bang", and the fire was extinguished. She thought it was funny, so she switched it on and off a few times in a row. Finally learned.

Principal Liu began to cook the dishes. Xu Li continued to sit on the sofa and watch TV. On TV, some famous singers are singing. The singing and music were soft and beautiful, making her feel like she was not uprooted, but in her own home. It was as if she was the housewife of the house.

Soon, the meal was ready, and the dishes were served on the coffee table. There is beef in sauce, stir-fried shredded potatoes and roasted tofu with greens, and there is also a tomato and egg soup. Principal Liu took out two buckets of Lulu and opened one for her. Then, clink glasses with Lulu and say, "Come, touch it, and celebrate the beginning of your new life." ”

In fact, this was not the beginning of her new life, it should be the beginning of a miserable life, but she still touched him, and then began to eat and drink. Maybe it was the first time to eat at someone else's house, Xu Li felt that the meal was very delicious, and it felt extraordinary.

While the two were eating and drinking, Principal Liu said to Xu Li, "I called a friend in the afternoon and said that I have a cousin who came to Xi'an and wanted to ask him to help find a job. He asked me what your cousin looked like. I didn't say anything about my appearance, just like the actors in the movie, his temperament is also quiet and elegant. ”

Xu Li said, "Don't say me too well, let people see it, and say that you are bragging." ”

Principal Liu said, "You are already beautiful, I didn't brag about it." Otherwise, people say that there are handsome birds in the mountains. You girls in southern Shaanxi are beautiful. ”

In fact, Xu Li has been a well-known beautiful girl in the village since she was thirteen or fourteen years old, and if she wasn't beautiful, how could she marry into the Chen family next to Sichuan Road? The Chen family is the envy of the village. Xu Li asked, "What kind of job are you looking for me?"

"He said he was going to arrange for you to work as a cashier in his bar. ”

Xu Li immediately said, "No, I'm uneducated and illiterate." ”

When Principal Liu heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, and he asked word by word, "You can't read?"

Xu Li said, "Yes, I didn't go to school. ”

Principal Liu was even more surprised and said, "Can your children just skip school?"

Xu Li said, "When I was a child, a school teacher came to my house to find my mother and persuaded my mother to let me go to school, but my mother scolded me and left. Later, people didn't dare to come to my house anymore. ”

Principal Liu said very seriously, "You're not kidding, are you?" because he felt that no one of her age was illiterate.

Xu Li also said very seriously, "If I had gone to school and knew how to read, I wouldn't have stayed in the station square for so long." ”

After eating, Principal Liu asked Xu Li to help clean up the dishes and chopsticks, entered the small bedroom by herself, closed the door, and began to call to help her find a job again.

About half an hour later, Principal Liu came out of the hut, sat next to Xu Li, and said, "I have found you a job as a waiter in the big cafeteria in the building materials city opposite our school." I go to work at 9 o'clock in the morning and get off work at 8 o'clock in the evening, taking care of food and housing, and the monthly salary is 800 yuan. What do you think?"

Xu Li felt quite satisfied and said, "Very good." When do you start work?"

Principal Liu said, "I'll take you over tomorrow morning to meet that friend of mine. He is the vice president of building materials urban management logistics. ”

Xu Li said, "Principal Liu, thank you so much. ”

Next, Principal Liu said, "Xiao Xu, you must know that the city is not as good as the countryside, and it is difficult to walk without education. Moreover, you can't always be a waiter in the canteen, even if you are a waiter, you have to be educated. So, you have to start learning culture. ”

Xu Li seemed a little difficult, and said, "I can understand the difficulty of not being educated more than anyone else, but I am so old, where can I study culture again?"

Principal Liu said, "If you don't dislike it, let me be your teacher, insist on studying for two or three hours every night, two or three words a day, and more than 700 words in 365 days a year." If you can recognize more than 700 words, then you will no longer be blind when you go out. ”

Xu Li thought for a moment and said, "That will be very troublesome for you." I'm afraid I don't know how to repay you. ”

Principal Liu said, "I don't need you to repay, I just hope that you can study hard and become a literate and normal person in the future." ”

Xu Li said happily, "Okay." ”

Principal Liu said, "Then let's start from now on, you are my student, I am your teacher." Don't call me the principal, just call me the teacher. ”

Xu Li smiled and said, "Teacher Liu, I thank you." ”

At this time, Principal Liu brought a large notebook and a cylindrical pen from the hut, sat beside Xu Li, and asked Xu Li, "What's your name?"

Xu Li said, "My name is Xu Li. ”

Principal Liu wrote the names of Xu Li and Xu Li in the big book for Xu Li to identify. She pointed to Xu Li's name. So, Principal Liu taught her to write the word Xu Li. Maybe these two words are more familiar, and Xu Li will be able to write them quickly.

Then, Principal Liu asked, "Are you a man or a woman?"

Xu Li said, "I am a woman. ”

Principal Liu wrote "men" and "women" in the notebook and taught Xu Li to recognize and read and write.

Later, Principal Liu asked her again, "Where are you from and where are you going?"

Xu Li said, "I came from Shanyang to find work in Xi'an. ”

Principal Liu wrote "Shanyang" and "Xi'an" in the notebook.

The two of them studied until ten o'clock. Principal Liu said to Xu Li, "You are so smart and a fast learner. As he spoke, he peeled an apple for Xu Li.

Xu Li said, "It's you who teach well, no wonder you can be the principal." ”

The two ate apples, and Principal Liu asked Xu Li, "Are you tired?"

Xu Li was learning and said, "Don't be tired, learn for a while." ”

So, Principal Liu began to introduce himself to Xu Li, saying, "My name is Liu Shiliang, and I am the principal of the school. His hometown is in Yantai, Shandong. As he spoke, he wrote down his name, position, and place of origin in a notebook, so that Xu Li could recognize and read and write.

After learning and reading these words, Principal Liu began to dictate to Xu Li. Only then did I find out that Xu Li had forgotten many words and couldn't write them. So, Principal Liu re-told her these words that he couldn't write. By this time, it was nearly eleven o'clock.