9. Stroll along the river embankment
Gentle home and Zhang Cambridge said that the book house is on the same street, Ma Feiyang passed by the book house hesitated for a while, thinking about whether to go directly or go to the book house first, I think it is better to go to the book house to rent a book first, so it seems natural, and when I ask, I said that I came to rent a book by the way to ask how the gentle middle school entrance examination was. Ma Feiyang went to the bookstore to read a circle of books, asked the price of renting a book, it was two cents a day, and then rented one.
Ma Feiyang came to the door of the store at Gentle's house, and saw that Gentle was placing goods in the store, Ma Feiyang said "um", Gentle looked up and saw that Ma Feiyang was not surprised, but with a smile on his face, he asked Ma Feiyang to come over and whisper to him: "My mother is taking a nap, speak softly." Ma Feiyang nodded.
As soon as she said a few words, Zhao Meifang entered the store and saw Ma Feiyang, and immediately said "Huh", and asked while going to the shelf to get something: "Why are you here?" Ma Feiyang said according to what she had thought in advance: "Oh, Auntie, I came to rent a book to read, and I happened to pass by and saw Gentle, so I came over to take a look, and then asked her how she was doing in the high school entrance examination." ”
Zhao Meifang chuckled: "Oh...... How did you do in the exam?" Gentle hurriedly continued: "Ma Feiyang, he has been admitted to the normal school!" Ma Feiyang said with a humble face: "Yes, yes." ”
Zhao Meifang fiddled with the calculator in her hand and said, "You can do well in the test, our family is not as good as you." This slightly elongated tone made Ma Feiyang feel really unpleasant, so he could only say: "Ahem...... Hey...... Auntie, I'm a little lucky, and by coincidence, I have reviewed a lot of topics. ”
Zhao Meifang looked at Ma Feiyang and said for a long time: "Normal school, come out to teach after graduation...... Oh, you're only going to be able to teach elementary school after graduation. ”
Ma Feiyang replied, "Ah, yes, yes. Zhao Meifang continued: "If you teach middle school, I'm afraid you have to graduate from a junior college, right?" Ma Feiyang only nodded.
Zhao Meifang said casually: "It's okay to teach, but you can't stand hungry." ”
As soon as he said this, Ma Feiyang chuckled in his heart, felt extremely uncomfortable, and stopped talking, ready to say a few words to Wen Wen and leave.
Wen Rou was also a little impatient at this time, and said to her mother: "Mom, what are you talking about, what can't support hunger and hunger, it's ugly to death." Zhao Meifang said bluntly: "What do you know, haven't you heard anyone tell me, the family has three acres of grain and is not the king of children." ”
Ma Feiyang couldn't sit still, stood up and said, "Gentle, I have to go." After speaking, he no longer said goodbye to his gentle mother, and walked out of the house directly.
Gentle then rushed out of the store, caught up with Ma Feiyang at a trot, walked a few steps side by side with Ma Feiyang and pulled down, and then rushed forward, shouting: "Ma Feiyang, why are you walking so fast." Ma Feiyang slowed down his pace, turned his face to look at Gentleness and said, "Why are you here?" Gentle smiled: "I came to send you, are you angry?" Ma Feiyang immediately said: "No, no, your mother is also telling the truth." ”
smiled gently: "yes, I'm still angry, forget it, my mother is like that, and her words are not light or heavy." Ma Feiyang didn't know what to say for a while, he actually had a lot to say, even including his love for her. But now Ma Feiyang re-examined himself, he said to himself: Ma Feiyang, you are just a teacher, can you be with Gentle with Gentle just by virtue of these, Gentle Mother's words are not clear enough, the words have come to such a point, do you still have to be dead-faced? Forget it! Ma Feiyang walked with his head down, and Gentle was speechless for a while.
Ma Feiyang asked gently: "Why did you send me, this is also sent far away, and it is time to go back." Wen Wen paused and looked at the front and said: "I don't like the way my mother speaks, no one can stand it, but I can't help it, hey, I'm sorry!" She didn't wait for Ma Feiyang to speak and continued: "To be honest, I'm quite worried that you will be angry and never come to me again, you must hate my mother now, right?"
Ma Feiyang couldn't imagine that Gentleness could be so reasonable, and the resentment towards her mother in her heart was reduced a lot, but she couldn't cry or laugh, Gentle, why do you have such a mother, why do you have such a good daughter, if Gentleness is as bitter and mean as her mother, it just happens to be broken up, but what now?
Ma Feiyang said: "Let's go to the embankment and take a walk, there will be no shade for you." Gentle put her hands behind her back and said, "Okay, go to the embankment." When they arrived at the embankment, the two walked and stopped, talking and laughing for a while, Ma Feiyang completely forgot the unhappiness just now, and felt that the embankment belonged to them completely at this time, he liked to be with Gentle like this, this feeling was very comfortable and warm, and several times Ma Feiyang even wanted to say "I like you" or simply "I love you" to Gentle, but Ma Feiyang couldn't say anything, he felt that he could just walk and smile with Gentleness and enjoy it very much.
Suddenly gentleness didn't leave, a red cloud flew on his face, Ma Feiyang looked forward and laughed, it turned out that there were more than a dozen children bathing in the river not far ahead, all of them were fine. Ma Feiyang smiled: "These are all primitive people." Gentle immediately corrected: "No, primitive people also have to wear leaves, what are they, people come and go." Ma Feiyang said: "You can't blame them, they took a bath here first, we arrived later, besides, these are children, haven't you heard, even God will forgive children for making mistakes." ”
Gentle and unconvinced: "But there are also children here!" Ma Feiyang smiled: "Oh, you look at it quite carefully." When Wen Rou heard this, he hurriedly went up to beat him, Ma Feiyang ran away, and gently chased him, Ma Feiyang shouted: "If you chase me again, I will run to them." As soon as she said this, Wen Wen stopped chasing and pointed at him with her finger and said, "Come here!"
Ma Feiyang looked at this group of children, it was really unhappy to play in the water carefree, and said to Wen Wen: "Actually, I also want to swim around." Gentle glared at him and said, "Like them?" Ma Feiyang was just talking, but when he heard Gentle Gentle, he said in passing: "Yes, yes, I am also naked." Gently reached out to grab Ma Feiyang and smiled: "I will kill you, you are also a child." Ma Feiyang laughed.
Ma Feiyang only felt that the embankment was a few cuts short today, and how could it reach their village so quickly, but he really didn't want to be separated from Gentle all at once and was reluctant to let Gentle go back alone, so he said, "I'll send you back again." As he spoke, he blinked his eyes and looked at Gentleness.
He smiled gently: "Then wait a while, I'll send you back, let's just turn around on the river embankment." He giggled. Ma Feiyang frowned and said, "But if you go alone, I don't worry." He said gently: "This sun is still high, what is there?" ”
Ma Feiyang suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "Ah, I know, why do you want to go back alone." Gentle said inexplicably: "You know what." Ma Feiyang came closer and said, "You're going to see those children take a bath." ”
Wen Wen Yi jumped up and shouted angrily: "Okay, Ma Feiyang, if you don't say good things, I'll ignore you." Ma Feiyang immediately smiled and said, "Okay, don't talk about it, oops, don't say it." ”
Wen Rou knew that Ma Feiyang was not angry when he was playing with her, so he only said: "Then I'll go back, you go home, I have to go." Ma Feiyang said: "Okay, you go, I'll watch you go like this." Gently turned around and left, walked more than ten steps and looked back, Ma Feiyang was standing in the same place, and after walking for a while and looking back, Ma Feiyang was still standing in the same place.
Ma Feiyang has been standing and watching Wen Wen walk away, until he disappeared from sight, then he retracted his gaze, and just paced back and forth there, only to feel lost, the whole emotion was still immersed in the joy just now, looking back on the gentle laughter, recalling the gentle speech. I was going to give up the idea, but now I feel that it really shouldn't be, gentle mother to gentle mother, gentle to gentle, why should I care about her mother's attitude, thinking like this, I regret why I didn't confess just now, but I want to make a direct confession will make gentleness unbearable, it's better to write a love letter, ha, I'm going to write a love letter, he decided to write it tonight, using the regular script he just practiced. Ma Feiyang walked home, and it felt like he was about to fly.
Ma Feiyang came directly to the well in the yard to prepare to scoop water to wash his face and cool off, then he listened to his father and sister talking in the house, and swept a sentence in his ear, "This money has to be repaid", and then it was his father's sigh, Ma Feiyang put down the water lightly, listened attentively, and listened to his sister: "My cousin came to ask for money at this time, and he really rushed together, and he was nervous now." ”
Dad sighed and said: "Hey, it's time to pay him back, he borrowed this money from your mother when she was just sick, it's been nearly three years, and his family is not easy, his Xiaojun is getting married, the house hasn't been renovated yet, in fact, he just doesn't come to me, and I'm ready to pay him back." ”
My sister said: "I also have my cousin 4,000 yuan, there is not much in this family, the second and third children are about to start school and have to prepare the money for school, I have worked outside for the last two years, and now there are only more than 800 left, which has to be used for them to go to school, I heard that the second aunt's family also came to ask for money, isn't it, Dad?"
Ma Baoguo said: "I came once the day before yesterday, and I mentioned it when I left, hey...... Now as soon as his cousin's money is repaid, it will also fall to their family, and once their family's money is repaid, there will be nothing. My sister sighed and said, "But the second aunt's family still has a lot, Dad, how much did we borrow at that time?" Dad was silent for a while and said, "Eight thousand." My sister was silent, and there was silence in the room for a while.
Ma Feiyang knew about his mother's illness and burial, and the family borrowed money from relatives, but he didn't know how much he borrowed, in his consciousness, he thought that the money was not much and had already been repaid. Suddenly there was a feeling that something big was coming, and I couldn't help but feel cold in my heart, thinking of the gentle mother when she heard him say that his father was Ma Baoguo, "oh" Only then did he understand that the gentle mother must have known the situation of their family, and he suddenly felt that the distance between him and the gentle had been widened by one step, just that, this is the case in his own family, how can he still do these things, just now he was still excited to write a love letter, at this time there was no emotion at all, Ma Feiyang stood in front of the well, still holding a water scoop in his hand, looking at the sky, he wanted to cry and laugh.
At this time, the father in the house said: "There is less than a month to leave school, I am going to redeem some watermelons to sell in the county, the weather has been hot recently, watermelons must be easy to sell, Xiao Yang, you are at home to take care of your brother, don't forget to feed the pigs, I will go to redeem today, and leave early tomorrow morning while it is cool." Ma Xiaoyang is her sister's name, and her sister immediately replied, "Got it." When Ma Feiyang heard this, he put down the water scoop and quietly walked out of the yard.
In the evening, Ma Baoguo pulled back a cart of watermelons, which seemed to have a thousand catties, Ma Feiyang asked with a smile: "Dad, you are going to sell watermelons in the county again." Ma Baoguo said: "Yes, it's hot now, it's time to sell watermelons." ”
Ma Feiyang said: "Hey, Dad, I'll also go with you to sell watermelons." Ma Baoguo ignored it, found a piece of plastic sheeting, and said while covering the cart: "What are you going to do?" Ma Feiyang said: "I'll help you sell watermelons." ”
Ma Baoguo hesitated for a moment and said: "No, I can do this alone, and if you go, it will get in the way." "This Ma Baoguo loves the child from the bottom of his heart and doesn't want the child to suffer, but he also thinks that Ma Feiyang is not small and can also exercise and exercise him by selling watermelons, but when he thinks of two people going out, he will spend more than one person's expenses, and it costs nothing to go by himself, pancakes, vegetables, and water are all brought, and if the child follows, he can't suffer like this, so he has to buy a bowl of noodles or wontons.
Ma Feiyang still wanted to go, he reasoned with his father: "Dad, look, I was also admitted to the normal school, I don't know where the normal school is, this time I just went to see where the normal school is, and I also want to follow you out to see the world, see how the business is done, and if you are tired, you can rest for a while with me......." Ma Baoguo was not unreasonable when he heard it, he was very relieved to see that Ma Feiyang could say this, but he still said: "Let's talk about it tomorrow!"
Early the next morning, the sky was slightly bright, Ma Feiyang had heard the sound of the board car moving in the yard, and hurriedly got up to take a look outside, Dad was packing up and preparing to go, Ma Feiyang said: "Dad, leave so early, I'll do it right away." After speaking, he hurriedly scooped up water to wash his face and brush his teeth, only to hear his father say: "It's not too early to catch up early, it used to be normal for people to get up in the middle of the night to do business." ”
Yesterday, Ma Baoguo listened to his son's words, and he didn't refuse hard, but he just thought that he might not be able to get up if he left early tomorrow morning, and he didn't have to get up, so he didn't say anything.
Zhouzhuang Town is a township close to the county seat, with a look of more than ten kilometers. Ma Baoguo pulled the car, Ma Feiyang pushed the car in the back, Ma Baoguo pulled hard, he was afraid that his son would push hard, Ma Feiyang pushed hard, he was afraid that his father would pull hard, the father and son worked together, but they also walked very fast, took two breaks halfway, and rushed to the county seat when the sky was officially bright.
This is the sixth time that Ma Feiyang has come to the county seat, the first time is to take pictures with his parents, the second and third time is the school organization to come to the martyrs' cemetery to sweep the tombs of the revolutionary ancestors, the fourth time is the school organization to watch a movie with educational significance, the fifth time is to take pictures with several classmates, this time is the sixth time.
Ma Baoguo pulled the cart to a place near the intersection of a road, where there were several breakfast snack bars not far away, and behind it was a private house with a lot of people.
Ma Baoguo put the cart away, took a sip of water from the kettle, and prepared to eat pancakes, he said to Ma Feiyang: "Do you want to drink spicy soup and eat steamed buns, there are them over there, give you money and you can eat." Ma Feiyang said, "Dad, you can go too." Ma Baoguo said: "You go, I still have to see the melon here." Ma Feiyang knew that his father was unwilling to spend more money, so he said: "Dad, I'm not hungry yet, let's talk about it when I'm hungry later." Ma Baoguo said: "How can you not be hungry, you have walked such a long way in the morning, go quickly." At the urging of his father, Ma Feiyang went over to eat breakfast.
This piece is also hearty early, there are fried dough sticks and soy milk, steamed buns spicy soup, noodles and wontons, Ma Feiyang took a look at the place where the steamed buns are sold, there must be a good taste, otherwise there would not be so many people, so he also squeezed over, asked the price, the spicy soup is two cents, a bowl of buns is a dime, Ma Feiyang looked at the buns and felt that he could eat at least five, but he just asked for a bowl of spicy soup and three buns.
The three buns are obviously unfinished, but Ma Feiyang thought: I can't eat anymore, we are here to sell melons, not to eat, even if we want to eat, we should wait until we earn money to eat. I feel that I should eat after earning money.