The money was almost together, the Qiao family finally showed a smiling face, and Qiao Jianjun was so happy that he couldn't sleep all night. Although he has to work harder, he doesn't care at all - as long as the wishes of his children can be fulfilled, what is the point of giving a little more?

At six o'clock in the morning, when he was ready to open the door, he called his wife and said that he planned to go out to borrow 5,000 in the morning, and take Qiao Lu to the bank in the afternoon. Unexpectedly, Li Lanzhi said angrily: "Your good girl!

It seemed that a cluster of flames burned along the telephone line, Qiao Jianjun shuddered, and subconsciously took the microphone farther away.

"What's going on? I was fine last night, why did I go to Beijing?"

Like an erupting volcano, Li Lanzhi angrily rebuked: "How do I know when she ran away? As soon as I got up, I saw the note she left, and the person had already run away without a trace, and now I don't even answer the phone." ”

Qiao Jianjun's mind was confused: "She, what did she write on the note?"

"Don't borrow money yet, she went to Beijing to find a way. The more Li Lanzhi spoke, the higher her voice became: "You said that she is a girl who has just graduated from college, what can she do to go to Beijing to get money?

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Jianjun also became preoccupied-the money was almost borrowed, and he just had to work hard for a few more years, why did Qiao Lu change her mind? But the eldest daughter has always been steady, and he is not worried about what she will do to be sorry for herself. But let his daughter go out alone, he couldn't rest assured.

He went back to the back room and shook his son, who was still sleeping, up. Qiao Nan fell asleep and thought that he was back in the army, so he was so frightened that a carp sat up. Rubbing his eyes, he remembered that he had gone home.

"Your sister has gone to Beijing, you go to the station first to see if you can find her!"

"Huh?" Qiao Nan was suspicious of dreaming again, but he didn't dare to delay, put on his clothes, poured water on his face, and hurried to the station.

There are not many people at the train station in the early morning, Qiao Nan looked at the train timetable, and there was a train to Beijing at 7:5. He hurriedly bought a ticket for the platform and ran to the platform, but it was too late, and the train gradually moved away from the platform with the sound of a long whistle.

The train flashed by, and Qiao Nan saw his sister sitting by the window, and he chased after him, desperately shouting "sister". But the train was running fast, and by the time Qiao Lu turned around, Qiao Nan had already become a small dot.

She clenched her phone and told herself that there was no way back now, and that even if her family was worried, she would go to Beijing to try.

As the train left the port city, Qiao Lu's face gradually returned to calm, and she couldn't see at all what kind of ideological struggle she had gone through to make up her mind.

ran out of the house at four o'clock in the morning, she was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, the train clanged, and Qiao Lu fell asleep unconsciously.

In the dream, she returned to the college entrance examination four years ago. That morning, before I stepped into the exam room, I saw that familiar face from a distance.

The girl had short hair and a schoolbag on her back, looking at Qiao Lu with a smile.

She hung the school sign of No. 2 Middle School, and her name "Wang Chao" was written on the school card. A very masculine name, she also has hair as short as a boy's.

It's strange to say, the crowd on his side is like a torrent, but they are all like phantoms, only Wang Chao's image is very clear.

Qiao Lu didn't want to pay attention to her at all, she plugged her headphones and walked forward with her head down. With two more feet in front of her, Qiao Lu raised her head, and Wang Chao was already standing in front of her.

Qiao Lu pulled off the headphones and asked a little angrily, "What are you going to do?"

Wang Chao approached step by step and said with a smile: "On the afternoon of April 3, 2001, in the bathroom on the west side of the fourth floor of the second teaching building, you were stripped of your clothes. ”

Qiao Lu's face instantly turned pale, and those classmates who were as vague as phantoms suddenly became clear, and everyone was surrounding her, listening to Wang Chao with great interest.

"I could see clearly that the buttons of your uniform had been ripped off, and the straps of your bra were white with lace. ”

"You're enough!" the painful memories came to mind, and Qiao Lu covered her ears in a broken break.

Wang Chao had already walked up to Qiao Lu and choked her neck fiercely, his eyes were so gloomy that he didn't look like a child who had not been deeply involved in the world. She gritted her teeth and said: "You broom star, see who is the broom star! Why can you be the first in the second middle school every time? Do you still want to take the Tsinghua exam? I won't let you take the test! You should have died a long time ago! Die, die, die!"

Wang Chao's face was as hideous as a devil, Qiao Lu was shocked and frightened, and struggled desperately: "Don't, don't..."

Qiao Lu shouted for help and finally woke up, and the people around her were looking at her strangely. Qiao Lu nodded slightly in apology, took out a tissue and wiped the sweat on her forehead.

Four years have passed, and this nightmare still haunts her heart, and she can't breathe as soon as she thinks about it.

The lady next door asked with concern, "Have you had a nightmare?"

Qiao Lu nodded, and the eldest lady handed her a peeled apple and said, "Girl, eat an apple to quench your thirst!"

Qiao Lu took it gratefully and took a bite very simply. The eldest lady looked at her very lovingly, Qiao Lu was calm, and she also showed a quiet smile.

"Are you going to study in the capital?" asked the eldest lady.

"No, go through the formalities. Are you going to Beijing to visit your relatives?"

"Well, go to the eldest son's house. ”

Qiao Lu smiled: "At your age, are you going to take care of your grandson? ”

"No, take care of my son. The eldest lady said calmly: "He has advanced liver cancer and needs to be hospitalized for surgery." ”

Qiao Lu was speechless all of a sudden, and she couldn't eat the apples anymore. She racked her brains to comfort her mother, but the words were always so pale and weak.

The eldest lady seemed to see her thoughts, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I've cried and cried, and I've complained, but people are still alive, and they have to run forward with their heads shut." ”

For 22-year-old Qiao Lu, she has not yet fully experienced the hardships of life. But the expressions of the eldest mother and the father are somewhat similar - in the face of the successive blows of fate, they both choose an indifferent posture that is almost submissive.

Maybe it's like the eldest mother said, crying, complaining, and finding that you still have a breath, you can't give up, you have to bury your head forward.

So, Qiao Lu also said simply: "Everything will be fine." ”

The eldest lady's face is furrowed and horizontal, her complexion is dark and rough, and she looks like she has been working in the wind and sun all year round. She said very open-mindedly: "After two years of hard work, I heard that I have found a suitable liver, and if the liver replacement is successful this time, I can live for several more years." Amitabha, I don't have any more to ask for, as long as he doesn't go ahead of me. ”

Qiao Lu easily remembered her uncle and grandmother, her grandmother's two daughters were in Hong Kong City, but she rarely stayed overnight in Hong Kong City, and occasionally stayed overnight, and she didn't wait for dawn to leave. As long as she can't see her seriously ill son one day, she is tormented and doesn't know what to do.

Mother's thoughts in the world are probably like this, this time I said goodbye, I don't know what my mother will worry about?

But she couldn't say the purpose of the trip, otherwise her family would definitely not let her come here.

The fifteen-hour drive was not so difficult, chatting with the lady opposite, reading a book for a while, and arriving in Beijing at ten o'clock in the evening. Qiao Lu helped her aunt get on the bus, found a cheap express hotel, put down her schoolbag, and wandered around Beijing.

It's not her first time in Beijing, but every time she comes she feels the same – dry, and even nosebleeds in winter. However, she likes the quaint atmosphere of Beijing and the strong humanistic atmosphere, and it is not bad to be able to work here in the future.

Early the next morning, Qiao Lu took the subway to a certain government office. She was still a student, and this kind of place had a sense of majesty that made her afraid to approach. Qiao Lu kept cheering herself up before she stepped forward.

The security guard in Beijing was very vigilant, he stopped Qiao Lu and asked, "Who are you looking for here?"

Qiao Lu was really hard to answer, and said truthfully: "I am a public derivation selected by the fund committee, and I have some questions about submitting materials, and I want to communicate with the teacher in charge." ”

The security guard didn't give up: "Which teacher is it?"

"I've been in contact with Mr. Ma before, and this is my red-headed document. ”

The security guard took a closer look and called Mr. Ma. After hanging up the phone, he said to Qiao Lu: "You wait here for a while, Teacher Ma will bring you over later." ”

"Okay, thank you, big brother. Qiao Lu secretly breathed a sigh of relief - although the door of the organ was not easy to enter, the teacher was quite reasonable, and she could at least see the teacher in charge.

Teacher Ma quickly appeared in the field of vision, as the project leader, she had been in contact with too many students, but her impression of Qiao Lu was really good. The little girl is not impetuous at all, she is clear when she goes through the procedures, understands the process thoroughly, and will ask questions when she really doesn't understand. Qiao Lu is smart herself, but she never plays clever, and uses her brain no matter what she does. What teacher wouldn't like such a student?

"What is this student here for?"

Teacher Ma was leading Qiao Lu to the office, and a person who looked like a leader suddenly appeared in front of him. Teacher Ma immediately said respectfully: "Hello Director Song! She is a public student who has just been selected this time, and she has some special circumstances at home and wants to talk to me." ”

Director Song asked Qiao Lu, "Is your home from Beijing?"

"Director Song, my family is from Hong Kong City. Qiao Lu replied honestly.

"Port City? This is really a long way to come, and it seems that this situation is not ordinary to have the courage to find here!"

Qiao Lu's heart was pounding, but Director Song looked amiable, so she calmed down and said, "It's true that there is something wrong with my family, and I don't think it's clear on the phone, so I came to Beijing." ”

"Is the problem serious, can it affect you to go abroad?" Director Song spoke very simply, not detouring at all.

"I... I don't know, maybe it will..."Qiao Lu lowered her head.

Teacher Ma interjected very carefully: "Director Song, classmate Qiao Lu came here because of the security deposit, and the situation in her family is more complicated..."

"If you're not qualified, don't go. ”

Cold and resolute, there is no room for maneuver. Qiao Lu was cold all of a sudden, and her smile froze. Director Song then said: "Just kidding, the opportunity is not easy, don't give up easily." However, the rules are rules, which have been summarized in countless practices, and everyone needs to abide by them, which is not easy to break. ”

Qiao Lu felt that she had come back to life, and a cold sweat broke out on her back. Teacher Ma looked at the leader's face and said, "Director Song, I can't do the security deposit thing, look, do you want Qiao Lu to tell you in person?"

After that, Teacher Ma leaned closer and added in a low voice: "In this selection, she ranked first in the overall ranking, and she is indeed a talent." ”

Director Song looked at his watch, it was already half past nine in the morning, and he said, "I have a meeting at ten o'clock, and there is still half an hour, I can talk to you." ”