After Qiao Nan left, he gradually changed from little news to no news at all. No matter what messages Li Lanzhi sent him, he didn't reply, let alone answer the phone.

She couldn't help but complain: "My son's whereabouts can only be known through the news!"

Qiao Jianjun persuaded her: "No news is good news, the flood fight is so busy that I can't even eat, where can I have time to answer your phone?"

Sending Qiao Lu away, the house was becoming more and more empty, Li Lanzhi was cranky when she was fine, and it was easy to think of Daming, the son of the neighbor Lao Dong. The young man smiled so brightly when he joined the army, but the bad news came so mercilessly. As soon as she thought of this, Li Lanzhi would secretly cry.

One night, Jolene had a nightmare in which she dreamed that her brother was so tired that he vomited blood, and he was standing in the midst of a monstrous flood that also turned red. She was awakened by the dream and ran to the living room to find water to drink, only to see her mother sitting quietly on the sofa watching the family get distracted.

Jolene asked, "Mom, aren't you sleeping yet?"

Li Lanzhi pretended to be casual and said, "I'll sleep." ”

But Jolene had insomnia, and she heard her mother tossing and turning all night.

Fortunately, the flood in central China was not as serious as expected, and the rescue forces have been withdrawn in batches. Every day in "News Network", Qiao Lin stared intently, she wanted to find her brother's figure from the olive green and orange red, but there were so many soldiers, the camera flashed by, and she couldn't see it at all.

Li Lanzhi pays attention to the news every day, but as long as the picture is on the rescue officers and soldiers, she will automatically lower her head and stop looking at it.

The young dolls, the dolls with childish faces, carried such heavy sandbags, often sleepless for twenty hours, soaked in cold water as a human wall. When they rarely had a rest, they lay on the cold ground and slept for a while.

What mother can stand it? How can children experience this kind of heart-wrenching feeling?

Compared with his mother's restless bedtime, his father was much calmer. But since Jolene found a string of Buddhist beads in the inner room of the wonton house, she didn't think so.

The beads were reddish-brown, each round and full, and hung on top of Daddy's single bed. Jolene was curious to touch it, but was stopped by her father.

"This thing can't be moved. ”

Jolene blinked, "What is this?"

Qiao Jianjun wanted to fool the past, and said simply: "This string of Buddhist beads was opened by the master of Qixia Temple to keep it safe." ”

After that, he quickly slipped into the kitchen, not daring to accept his little daughter's question again. Jolene said to herself, "So you're all nervous than me!"

One day at the end of August, the news finally aired on the news that "the central part of the country has won the victory in fighting the flood and lifted the water level warning", and Qiao's family felt alive.

Li Lanzhi couldn't wait to call her son, but hung up without saying a word.

Qiao Jianjun became nervous again: "Injured?" or is the situation bad?"

Li Lanzhi said: "I said that I was at school and resting. ”

It turned out that Qiao Nan picked up her mother's phone, said these two words, and fell asleep again.

Qiao's family fell silent again, and in the dead of night, Qiao Jianjun hesitated again and again, and sent three words to his son, "It's hard work".

Who knew that Qiao Nan replied in seconds: "Serve the people." ”

Qiao Jianjunle blossomed: "Stinky boy, you've really grown up!"

Qiao Nan didn't have much contact with his family, and he was afraid that his family would worry. He is the squad leader, so he naturally works harder than others, he is so tired in the flood fight that he vomits blood, and his shoulders wear off several layers of skin. I don't feel pain when I'm tired and numb, but when I go back to school, I feel as if I've lost half my life.

He was resting in his dorm room, and Jolene's text messages flew in one by one, asking how he was doing to when he was going home.

Qiao Nan's eyes hurt when he saw it, and the buzzing vibration sound of the mobile phone made him very irritable, plus his fingers were wrapped, so he didn't bother to reply to her, so he hid the phone under the pillow.

When he was drowsy, the phone vibrated again, and he reluctantly picked it up to look at it, but it turned out to be sent by Jolene.

"From now on, I will break off my friendship with you! I am no longer your sister, and you are no longer my brother!"

Qiao Nan smiled dumbly, moved his fingers, and struggled to type two words "good". Jolene was quiet and didn't come to harass him anymore.

Xue Dongmei has a lot of potential as a literary young woman, and wrote a letter to Qiao Nan. In the letter, he told some interesting stories about substitute teaching, as well as some books he had been reading recently, and wrote at the end: "To this day, I know that your youthful chivalry has long turned into full of enthusiasm, allowing you to gallop on the front line of serving the country and the people." Proud of you, my boy!"

Xue Dongmei was brilliant in high school, and after going to college, she read more widely than before, and her writing naturally got better and better. Qiao Nan held the letter and read it several times, and finally smiled and said, "Where are you so good?"

Although his hand had not fully recovered, Qiao Nan still couldn't wait to write a reply to Xue Dongmei, as if the person who snubbed his sister's text message was not him.

Qiao Nan's composition was also very good, but he just wanted Xue Dongmei to receive the letter quickly, and he didn't have time to consider the words and sentences, so he picked up the pen and wrote, "I have a small injury on my hand, it's not a big deal, but I don't have to pull weeds recently, it's very comfortable." When I pull weeds, I really want to raise a bunch of rabbits or goats in the school, so that they can eat all the grass, so that we don't have to pull weeds, and we can eat braised rabbit meat, or roast whole sheep... But the thought of having to clean up their excrement is more unbearable than pulling weeds, so forget it..."

Xue Dongmei smiled after receiving the letter, and covered the letter paper on her chest when she slept at night, as if in this way, Qiao Nan's temperature would reach her heart.

After the opening of Haida University, Xu Wei really took down a small shop in the school, bought two printers, scanners, and a small digital counter.

Not only that, but he also set up a stall downstairs in the freshman dormitory to sell thermos, hangers, slippers and other small things, making a lot of money. He wore the most ordinary T-shirt and shorts, and wore slippers with a price of two or three yuan, squatting behind the stall to eat a boxed lunch, sweating all the time, and being blackened by the scorching sun.

Who would have imagined that such a teenager would actually be a rich second generation who has no worries about food and clothing? Those freshmen still think that he is a work-study student and subsidizes his family!

Xu Wei doesn't care, he only has one thought, that is, no longer hanging on his children, no longer wasting time, and while trying to make money, he must pick up his abandoned studies.

At least, he has to become the elite of this school and write his deeds on the school's propaganda board, so that he can have the confidence to chase Qiao Lu.

So, he uninstalled the game and was either busy studying or running the business in the store every day. Some people sneered at his changes, some people didn't know why, and he didn't care about them.

He wants to talk to Qiao Lu about an "evenly matched" love, and the first thing he has to do is to overcome himself.

On September 1st, Jolene started school, and she finally put on the school uniform of No. 2 Middle School and High School. The day before school started, she kept looking in the mirror and saying hello to the girl in the mirror.

"Hi, you're a girl now!"

As she spoke, Jolene was intoxicated by herself, kissed the mirror, and then burst out laughing.

"Are you so narcissistic?" Li Lanzhi appeared at the right time and poured cold water on her daughter.

Jolene pursed her lips and didn't talk to her mother, she just had to be happy anyway.

She was still looking in front of the mirror, and someone knocked on the door, it turned out to be Teacher Wang, who had introduced Qiao Lu to a tutor. Two years ago, after Mr. Wang was reprimanded by Qiao Jianjun, he couldn't swallow that breath in his heart, and this time he seized the opportunity to vent.

"I said Xiao Li, since Mrs. Wei left, no one has cleaned the sanitation in our building. Last week, I made a duty schedule, and we all agreed that every household should follow it. But what's the situation in your house? I said I cleaned it yesterday, why haven't you moved until now?"

Li Lanzhi said guiltily: "It's me who is not good, there are too many things to do at the beginning of school, and I am busy and forget." I'm going to clean up!"

Teacher Wang was a little yin and yang: "Aren't we all the same in this courtyard, we are all busy at the beginning of school! But people don't take busyness as a reason! Now is the critical period for the creation of the city, we all have to be high-quality citizens, right?"

Before Li Lanzhi could speak, Qiao Lin came over and said: "Grandma Wang, you are right, we all have to have quality in order to succeed in building a city! That day, the sub-district office also held a special lecture, saying that we should clean up pet feces anytime and anywhere, I don't know if you participated? Your Taotao can pull in the courtyard several times, please clean up next time!"

Mr. Wang's expression suddenly became very distorted, and he forced a few words of "My family Taotao can't do it", and then he almost said "Anyway, my family's Taotao is also fragrant". But Qiao Lin said the location of the puppy's defecation with reason, and Teacher Wang couldn't argue, Li Lanzhi took the opportunity to play a round: "Okay, I forgot to clean it, but it's not mine." Linlin and I are going to clean up, thank you for reminding me! ”

Teacher Wang walked away, and Qiao Lin laughed. Li Lanzhi smiled and said, "You little mouth, you really can't eat at all!"

"She said first that we don't have quality!"

Li Lanzhi said: "Originally, we were at fault first, so don't be so careful." You go clean the fourth and fifth floors, and I'll be in charge of the first, second, and third floors, okay?"

"Of course it works!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Lanzhi finished giving the order, her mobile phone rang, and she said, "Principal Xu, is there anything wrong? I didn't receive it, so I'll send it again. ”

Li Lanzhi held the phone and said to Qiao Lin: "The leader is called at any time, and those of us who run errands must be accompanied at any time." ”

Qiao Lin suddenly twisted into a bitter gourd face: "That means that I am the only one who cleans?"

Li Lanzhi took out five yuan and said, "Hard work." ”

"History textbooks are right, child labor is really cheap labor!" complained to complaining, but Jolene still carried a broom, took a rag, and walked towards the fifth floor. It seems that cleaning from the top down will be easier.

These family buildings are very old, and the dust is really not covered, but after two or three days of hard work, the dust will be covered with dust as soon as the floor is swept away, and Qiao Lin has to cover her mouth and nose with her arms, but she still can't help coughing.

She swept down the stairs with her back to the stairs, step by step, and when she reached the third and fourth floors, she heard a familiar sweeping sound. The voice was soft and regular, completely different from Jolene's unstructured sweeping.

She turned her head curiously, but was stunned.

"Grandma Wei?"

Mrs. Wei leaned her back, but the movements in her hands were very neat. She heard Jolene call her, but instead of answering, she whispered, "Go home, where is this student doll's work?"

Qiao Lin didn't know what to do, but Mrs. Wei grabbed ahead of her and nagged, "Where do you look like you're working? Anyway, after you're done, I have to clean it again, so I might as well do it all myself, go home and study!"

The warm pulse flowed in Qiao Lin's heart, and she said crisply: "Then thank you Grandma Wei!"

Mrs. Wei didn't respond, walked up a few steps, and then said: "I brought two little roosters back, Cheng Lin is at home, you go to my house to get it! School starts tomorrow, let your dad fry you a chicken tonight, the new semester will be very good." ”

Mrs. Wei climbed up quickly, as if she was afraid that Qiao Lin would refuse her. How do you know that Qiao Lin smiled and said, "I love spicy chicken the most, then I'm welcome, thank you Grandma Wei!"

The autumn wind blew, and Mrs. Wei's eyes were a little astringent. She secretly looked at the cheerful back and muttered, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry! I must grow up healthy!"