Chapter 5: Falling Through
The room was dark and cramped, filled with the smell of Chinese medicine that had lasted for years. There wasn't even a decent stool at home, Zheng Fangniang dragged a few broken chairs over, and the three of them sat down with a squeak, Zheng Fang felt a little blushing, but saw that Director Liang looked calm and couldn't see anything unusual, which made Zheng Fang have a little good impression of him.
Zheng Fangniang poured a bowl of tea for Director Liang again, looking for the best bowl at home used by his father, but there were still some stains left by the years on the bowl, Director Liang took the bowl, thanked him, and drank a big sip quietly, Zheng Fang's favor for him instantly rose a lot.
"Sister-in-law, life is tight. Director Liang drank tea and said.
"There's no way, his grandmother has been bedridden, and his grandfather is not in good health, so he has a little money for the second elder to see a doctor. Zheng Fangniang said lightly, with a kind of numbness after a long period of embarrassment.
"It's amazing that you have a difficult family and insist on letting your children go to school. Director Liang praised.
"I just don't want my child to suffer in the future. It's nothing, a little east province, a little west province will come out. Zheng Fangniang smiled slightly.
"You gave birth to a good son, it will be easier in the future. Director Liang said.
Zheng Fang and his mother both looked at Director Liang in surprise, not understanding the meaning of his words. Zheng Fangniang's thoughts are, what can Zheng Fang, a child of such an age, help the family? Why will it be easier in the future? Zheng Fang has more thoughts, he will be a fugitive for a while, and a good son for a while, which sentence is true? This time in the sky and the other in the ground, Director Liang looks like a serious person, and he doesn't blink his eyes when he talks nonsense.
Not to mention that Zheng Fang despised Director Liang in his heart, Director Liang continued to say to Zheng Fangniang: "What I told you outside the house just now is the truth, your son's specialty, our country needs it very much now, so I specially came to talk to you, hoping that your parents can let Zheng Fang go to school in Beidu." ”
"I understand your words, we also want our children to have a good future, but you also saw the situation of our family, send him to school in the county seat, the family is in debt, how much does it cost to go to the northern capital?" Zheng Fangniang hesitated for a moment and said worriedly.
"Don't worry, Zheng Fang goes to school in Beidu, not only does he not need money, but he also has money to take. Director Liang said with a smile.
"And this kind of good thing?" asked Zheng Fangniang suspiciously. Director Liang's words directly shocked Zheng Fang's mother, and Zheng Fang's eyes stared at Director Liang, trying to figure out whether he was telling the truth or lying again. I muttered in my heart, what kind of thing? Pie fell from the sky? This surnamed Liang's mouth is fancy, isn't it some kind of ghost idea?
"I can only say that Zheng Fang's ability is very important to the state, but this ability still needs to be tested, and whether it is as important as I think remains to be confirmed. But no matter whether this ability is strong or not, we can train it, and once it is cultivated, it is a useful talent urgently needed by the country, so don't doubt that the sister-in-law needs this child to contribute to the country, be responsible for his study and life, and give him corresponding remuneration. Director Liang nodded.
Feeling that Director Liang's tone was sincere, and then contacting everything he heard before and after, Zheng Fang gradually believed and understood that his talent for seeing strange things was discovered by this surnamed Liang, he has always had low self-esteem for this matter since he was a child, and he didn't want to think about it, let alone talk about it, but he didn't expect that this was actually a talent that the country needed, and he could still rely on this to get money, I go, is it really fake?
"Of course, there will be a test, and if the test fails, it will still be sent back, and of course the cost of the return will be borne by us. Seeing Zheng Fang's eyebrows fluttering, Director Liang said expressionlessly.
As soon as he heard this, Zheng Fang was worried again, this is not an endorsement, writing, or answering questions, he can't work hard, it all depends on the old lady around him, but the old lady herself probably doesn't know how to make such a baby? If she fails the test, wouldn't she be happy in vain? But ...... , I can go to Beidu for free, it's worth it, I don't envy the dead Zheng culture when I come back, I can't help it, I blame his mother for not giving birth to him. Fantasizing about Zheng Wenhua's envious, jealous and hateful appearance in his heart, Zheng Fang's face smiled again.
Director Liang has been paying attention to the changes in Zheng Fang's expression, and when he saw Zheng Fang's anxious appearance at the beginning, his heart was still quite happy, so he didn't wait to see this kid's smug face, and at the same time wondered in his heart, what was wrong with him? Hit this kid addicted? Could it be that this kid was born to be hated? It can't be that everyone who opened the eyes of heaven has this problem? Isn't it? The students in the school have also opened it, and I have never had this hobby? Could it be that the eyes of heaven are not as big as this kid?
He couldn't help but secretly wake up, these are the good seedlings of the country, and he must not make fun by hitting them, and secretly blamed himself in his heart, it seems that his cultivation is still not enough. Director Liang thought about it, and felt a little ashamed of Zheng Fang in his heart, but he didn't expect Zheng Fang's expression to be alive again, and even more arrogant, his eyes rolled up and secretly smiled there, Director Liang sighed in his heart, That's it, the blow has to be hit, if you don't practice enough, you can't practice enough, this kid can bite me?
Although he thought so, Director Liang did not continue to attack Zheng Fang, after all, the confrontation between Zheng Fang and the strange ghost happened in front of his eyes, although he was defeated, he also confronted him for a while, this is incredible, what kind of existence the strange ghost is, Director Liang knows in his heart, as a junior high school student who has never received special training, just by virtue of this, no matter how much Zheng Fang's talent is overestimated, it is not too much. Otherwise, Director Liang would not have pressed down a lot of things at hand, and came to do this kid's business, you know, he came to Hu'an Province from the northern capital, but he didn't come to travel, let alone know in advance that there was such a kid waiting for him to find out.
Unexpectedly, this time he was beating rabbits with grass and found a boundary gate, Director Liang sighed in his heart, this is an important harvest because of Zheng Fang, but even so, whether it is the purpose of his trip or the discovery of the boundary gate, it is not urgent to send this kid to the school in Beidu safely, so he has to speak with his conscience, right? In any case, Zheng Fang must be sent to the Northern Capital as soon as possible, they have too few means, and it is extremely difficult for talented people to find out, as long as they find out, they can't be delayed, they are all treasures, but don't have any accidents. What's more, this kid is only so big, no, yesterday Principal Huang said that he Director Liang had found a treasure.
Zheng Fang and Director Liang were thinking about their own thoughts there, and the conversation in the room was a little cold, "Zheng Dong, go home for dinner." Old Man Zheng outside the door shouted again.
"No food, no food!" replied with a smile on the part of the child.
"There's a dish!" the old man was anxious.
"What dish?"
"Uh...... Zheng Dong, go home for dinner......" There was a giggling laugh from outside the house.
"Let's wait for Zheng Fang and his father to come back, I'm a woman and don't understand anything. Zheng Fangniang didn't care about the frolic outside the house, and said to Director Liang.
"Nothing, just wait. After all, it's also a big deal, and it should be combined by the whole family. As Director Liang spoke, he glanced at the sky outside the house, and took out a stack of tickets from his pocket, Zheng Fang's eyes suddenly showed a fine light, what a lot of money! There are several tickets for 10 yuan alone.
"Xiao Zheng, you are familiar with this place, go buy some vegetables, and we will be at your house in the evening. Don't save for me, spend it how you want. Director Liang looked at Zheng Fang and smiled, and handed over the money.
"How do you say this? How do you say this? You go to the house for dinner, how can you make you pay for it? Zheng Fang, quickly return the money to the leader, come to my mother to get it. Zheng Fangniang hurriedly stood up.
"Sister-in-law, you're welcome, this is all as it should be, our unit has rules, if you don't accept it, don't you want to keep us for dinner?"
"Where is it? If the leader can come, we can't ask for it, but we still have to let the leader spend money, shouldn't it?" Zheng Fangniang said anxiously.
"There's nothing that shouldn't be, the People's Liberation Army doesn't take a stitch from the masses, it's an old rule, don't you say?" said Director Liang.
"Yes, mother, Director Liang has money, it's nothing to spend, you can't keep the money to pay off your debts? Even if you don't repay your debts, you can't treat your grandmother? Zheng Fang also followed suit.
Director Liang listened to Zheng Fang's words, and his feet slipped, what do you mean that I have money, and it is nothing to spend a little? Don't you trouble me? What trouble can you kid find me?
In fact, Zheng Fang is telling the truth, since he understood the reason for today's incident, he didn't plan to let go of Director Liang and Xiao He, Director Liang's side, how can he slap himself? At least a bowl of sugar eggs, right? Xiao He is even worse, he knows what's going on, but he doesn't say anything, and he has taken all his troubles, and he must not be spared, this is the matter of two bowls of sugar eggs. However, seeing that Director Liang is so good and takes out the money, Zheng Fang estimates that hundreds of bowls of sugar eggs are enough, just who made me so generous, today's matter can be regarded as over, and it will be ...... in the future Phew! Where is there anything to follow? This surname Liang and the surname He can be regarded as remembering, and if I suffer their losses, I will not be called Zheng Fang, but Fang Zheng.
"Go to the family, go to the family, if you don't leave, I'll beat you to death!" Zheng Fang took the money, and didn't care about his mother's anxiety, he walked out of the house happily after persuading him, and shouted at the funny little children who were funny with Old Man Zheng at the door, and didn't care whether the little children could go or not, and walked to the only consignment store at the entrance of the village.
After walking two steps, a voice next to him stopped him: "Zheng Fang!"
Zheng Fang turned his head and saw the village party secretary wearing liberation shoes and holding a cigarette butt, so he stopped.
The village party secretary raised his head at Zheng Fang's house, did not take off the cigarette butt, and asked with white saliva on the corner of his mouth: "What's the matter, the cars are here?"