Chapter 39: Mint Ice Water

As early as when he was in Xinhai, Tao Xian once had an idea: let Su Ruotong go back to the capital with him and participate in the cooking reality show under his hands.

But later he was splashed with cold water by his mother, and Tao Xian himself understood that if he really called Su Ruotong to come, he would be even more inseparable from her, but if he drank to quench his thirst, he would only fall deeper.

But now Tao Xian couldn't care so much, so he naturally asked on the phone.

"Tongtong, I've been doing a variety show related to food recently, do you want to participate? Tao Xian's throat was a little dry, and I don't know if Su Ruotong would agree.

Su Ruotong didn't expect Tao Xian to open his mouth to talk about this, tilted his head to think about it, and said decisively: "No, I'm in class." ”

Su Changqing asked on the side: "What's the matter, what did your brother Tao Xian tell you to do." ”

"Brother Tao Xian said that he was doing a TV show recently and asked me to participate, but I didn't agree. ”

Su Changqing took the phone and said on behalf of Su Ruotong: "Tao Xian, thank you for your kindness, Tongtong is still young, and her studies are important." In this way, when she is on winter vacation, I will take her to the capital to visit you. ”

Listening to the words of the Su family's father and daughter, Tao Xian seemed to have drunk a large basin of mint ice water, cold from his head to his heels, and couldn't help but feel aggrieved for a while, this is a program on satellite TV, scheduled to be broadcast in prime time every Friday, and others can only squeeze their heads into an insignificant behind-the-scenes assistant director position, their father and daughter are good, and they refuse when they open their mouths. But after thinking about it, he knew that this result was inevitable.

Because the father and daughter of the Su family are famous, and they don't pay attention to these things at all. What others can't look forward to, it's really not attractive to them.

"Oh, Uncle Su, you must come then, I will receive you all the way. Tao Xian held his cold heart, and said polite words to Su Changqing in a bit of a daze.

Su Ruotong didn't feel that there was anything wrong with doing this, she had a class that ended early, and she had to take the exam early next week, she was full of confidence and could get a good score. As for being on TV or something, in Su Ruotong's opinion, it is not as important as actually mastering homework.

After Su Ruotong answered the phone, Mother Wu next to her pulled the driver Lao Zhou in from outside, and said with a smile: "Miss, you haven't added Lao Zhou's number yet." ”

She sighed: "Master Zhou's mobile phone number has not been opened on WeChat." ”

"I just got him open. Wu's mother said enthusiastically: "With this, how much phone bill is left!"

Su Ruotong lowered his head and added Lao Zhou's WeChat signal, Su Changqing raised his head and smiled at Lao Zhou: "How is your wife sick lately? ”

Lao Zhou looked at Su Changqing's father and daughter nervously, his eyes were red, and he nodded and waved his hand again: "It's enough! ”

His wife's accident happened a few days after he hired the Su family's driver.

The Su family made it clear from the beginning that they might not be able to hire him for too much time, and in order to compensate him, the salary was very good, 50% higher than that of ordinary private car drivers. That day, his wife went to the market to buy groceries, saying that she wanted to celebrate that he had found a good job, but he didn't expect to have a car accident on the way back. The car that caused the accident was a fake car, and he has not been found until now, and the money for medical treatment has emptied all his family's savings.

A few days ago, his wife was moved out of the intensive care unit and was able to eat liquids, and the Su family asked the kitchen to make a special soup for the sick to drink and send it to the hospital every day.

Su Ruotong is about to celebrate his eighteenth birthday, and then he will be able to learn a driver's license, and he should be fired at that time.

He was willing to promise the Wei family to help them find out the news before, because his time working in the Su family may be relatively short, and he will not have any feelings for them, but he didn't expect that after only working for such a little time, the bond with them would be cut and messed up.

Su Changqing didn't see Lao Zhou's mood swings, but he felt that Lao Zhou was quite pitiful, and became more and more kind to him: "If you need anything, you must tell me." ”

Lao Zhou was so emotional that his mouth was even more closed! How could he let Su Changqing see such an ugly self.

Su Ruotong was a little strange, staring at Lao Zhou twice. Her consciousness could often sense that Lao Zhou would feel guilty about her recently, which was very abnormal.

On the day of the exam in the blink of an eye, Su Ruotong got the paper, flipped through it back and forth, and showed a confident smile on her face, she knew everything on it. Su Ruotong put pen to paper, and it only took half an hour to answer all the questions and hand in the test papers. At this time, most people have only done less than a third.

Almost everyone looked up at her in disbelief! Ning Dandan looked at her test paper, she had only done less than half of it, so she showed a contemptuous smile: Su Ruotong must only fill it in, what can she write in this little time, she will definitely fail the course!

Now it is much earlier than Lao Zhou usually came to pick her up, today Su Ruotong is ready to take the car back by herself, just enough to buy hats, scarves and gloves for her family when she transfers in the city, the weather forecast says that the cold air will go south next week, and it will cool down significantly.

Out of the school gate, Su Ruotong walked forward along the familiar path, and when he looked up, he saw that the family car was still in the lane in front of him.

She was a little puzzled, although she had only written the paper for half an hour, but since she got off the bus in the morning, it had been nearly an hour and a half, why did Lao Zhou still park the car here.

At this moment, I saw the car door open, and a familiar man figure stepped out of the car.

Su Ruotong was stunned, isn't that Wei Zheng! What is Wei Zheng doing in his car.

Xinhai University is a century-old school, and the trees planted at the gate are at least fifty years old, especially a few sycamores, and the two of them can't hug each other, Su Ruotong hid behind one of them, watching Wei Zheng walk into the school gate, and then Lao Zhou drove the family car around and left.

After being stunned for a while, Su Ruotong patted a few fallen leaves stuck on his sleeve and walked to the bus stop.

When I got home at noon, Wu's mother said enthusiastically: "Yo, how did Miss do in the exam?" ”

"It's okay. Here are the gloves and scarf I bought for you. And this one is Dad's, this one is mine, should you send it to the dry cleaners in advance? After hesitating, she finally didn't take out the copy she bought for Lao Zhou in her handbag.

Mother Wu took the gloves handed by Su Ruotong and rubbed them on her face happily: "Yo, it's so comfortable, it's wool." It has to be washed, who knows if it is clean when it leaves the factory. ”

Su Ruotong nodded: "Cool down next week." She looked left and right: "Where is Uncle Zhou?"

"He came back just now and said that you don't need to pick it up, so you went to the hospital to see his wife. Mother Wu replied.

"Uncle Zhou's wife is very expensive to see a doctor. Although Su Ruotong didn't want to speculate on people with malice, things had already happened.

"Yes, I heard him mention once that his family had sold everything of value, his car, his house, and his wife. It's really a sin, and I don't know when the driver will catch it. Wu Ma said.

Wu's mother babbled about the affairs of the old Zhou family, saying that he had a son who was already ready to get married, but this happened, his wife spent all her savings to see a doctor, the family house was gone, and the girl had to get married if she wanted a house, and now she can only postpone the wedding and let her son wait.

These things were all things that Su Ruotong didn't know before, but Wu's mother was Qing'er.

Hearing this, Su Ruotong probably had a score in her heart.

Lao Zhou came back in the afternoon, Su Ruotong didn't come down upstairs, and waited for Su Changqing to go home in the evening, Su Ruotong walked down and said to Su Changqing: "Dad, I handed in my papers in advance for today's exam." ”

"Are you done?" Su Changqing spoke to his daughter with a pleasant face. Since beating his daughter to college, he feels that she has become more and more well-behaved, simply intimate, almost as likable as a child - well, it would be better if she could have more expressions. But the doctor said that it may be because Su Ruotong injured his facial nerve in a car accident last time, and when he thought of this, Su Changqing felt distressed.

"It's all done. But when I came out after handing in the papers, I saw Wei Zheng get out of Uncle Zhou's car, and then Uncle Zhou drove away. Su Ruotong said.

Su Changqing's face darkened instantly.

"I suspect that Uncle Zhou has something to hide. Dad, can you check if Uncle Zhou's house has been sold......

Wu's mother said that Lao Zhou's son postponed the wedding because he had no house. Su Ruotong felt strange when she heard this, this reason was really strange! The Zhou family was bankrupt for the treatment of the disease, and they would inevitably be unable to slow down and buy a new house for a while. If that girl hated the poor and loved the rich, and bit the house, she would naturally have been separated from his son a long time ago, and there would be no wedding. If you don't care about money, you only care about people, and the reason for postponing the wedding must not be because of the house. Anyway, there are big flaws in it.

As she spoke, she caught a glimpse of someone walking in the doorway.

Lao Zhou dragged his heavy steps and walked towards the house, still carrying a small bucket and a rag in his hand, he was washing the car outside just now.

"Uncle Zhou. Su Ruotong looked at Lao Zhou: "How is Auntie today?" ”

"Oh, she's okay today. Lao Zhou showed a rare smile: "The doctor said that she is recovering well." Although the two legs were comminuted fractures, there was still hope for standing up with the steel plate nailed and the later re-examination. As soon as he mentioned his wife, Lao Zhou's words immediately increased.

"Looks like the bone broth in the kitchen works. Su Ruotong said. When her words came out, she could obviously feel Lao Zhou's face stiffen, and her divine sense could also detect it, Lao Zhou began to feel guilty again, probably because he had just done something sorry for the Su family today, so now his mood fluctuations are particularly obvious, and the guilt is thick and overflowing even without Su Ruotong's divine sense, making him even a little incoherent.

"If you're short on money, be sure to let us know. Su Ruotong repeated: "Don't sell the house, the housing market in Xinhai still has room to rise, and it's too cost-effective to sell it now." ”

"No! No, my son is about to get married, so I need it! When his mother recovers, the family will have a wedding!" Lao Zhou said nervously, just like reporting work.

As soon as he said that, Lao Zhou regretted it, he was very worried in his heart, the current situation, whether to invite Su Changqing to the wedding. In all fairness, he really didn't want to have anything to do with the Su family, and now he couldn't sleep well every night.

Just when he was entangled, he suddenly found that Su Ruotong and Su Changqing's eyes fell on him, staring at him like searchlights, and there were many, many things in those eyes.