Chapter 14: Maturity
Before Su Yingxue left the school, she saw Li Mu standing at the door of the phone booth, thinking of what Li Mu said in the class today, she was subconsciously a little flustered.
A thought sprouted in her mind: Is it possible that Li Mu is waiting for herself, and deep down she also wants to ask Li Mu if it is true that he said that he wants to take the National People's Congress.
It's just that I didn't expect that before I could get out of school, Li Mu suddenly ran away without a trace.
Su Yingxue watched Li Mu run away, faintly lost in her heart, and thought to herself, with Li Mu's results, it seems that the entrance examination is still very good, several simulations before, he scored about 580 points, and his results are very stable, and the Shangrenda, at least 630 points, right?
After analyzing it, Su Yingxue felt that Li Mu was probably just a joke, right? Thinking about it like this, it felt weird and not very tasteful.
Li Mu went into the big spider web café and continued the development of the stone tool overlord, and within ten minutes, Zhao Kang also came.
After Zhao Kang sat down, he asked Li Mudao, "Xiao Mu, how much do you estimate?"
"More than six hundred and twenty, what about you?"
"Fuck...... Really?"
"Really. ”
"Li Mu, I thought about it seriously and felt that we should break off our friendship. ”
"Why?"
"I can't play with someone like you who looks more handsome than me and has so many better grades than me, it hurts my self-esteem too much. ”
"Less, how much do you estimate?"
Zhao Kang hesitated for a moment, and said with a little confidence: "If nothing else, four hundred and ninety to five hundred." ”
"I see that you are not confident, four hundred and nine is estimated to be hanging, and four hundred and nine may not be able to cross the three main lines, if you have not absolutely grasped the three main lines, you must be cautious when applying for volunteers. ”
Zhao Kang asked tentatively: "Why don't I apply for a better junior college in the province?"
Li Mudao: "Since you are willing to go to a junior college, it is better to apply for a city with development, what do you think of Yanjing?"
"Yanjing......" Zhao Kang scratched his head: "I'm like this, what can I do in the capital?"
"Go to school, pick up girls, make money, and get to the top of life. ”
Zhao Kang hesitated for a while: "My parents probably won't let me go to college." ”
"Aren't you also unwilling to repeat?" Li Mu forced to ask: "Why did I say that it can make you earn enough to go to college, you didn't think about it?"
Zhao Kang suddenly realized.
It turned out that his good brother had been planning for himself for a long time, he knew that he couldn't get into the undergraduate program, and he also knew that he had completely opposite and irreconcilable contradictions with his family's wishes, so he was equivalent to giving himself a choice, it doesn't matter if he wasn't admitted to the bachelor's degree, he made money, and it was the same for him to pay for a junior college.
Zhao Kang was moved in his heart, and when the two of them left the Internet café, he asked one last time: "Xiao Mu, can this thing really be done?"
"Really. ”
"Well, Yanjing's junior college, I understand!"
Li Mu saw that Zhao Kang had been moved by what he said, and his heart was also a lot more relaxed, and he continued to be busy developing the stone tool overlord.
In the middle, Li Mu's QQ received a message, which was a penguin avatar wearing a pink head flower, and after Li Mu clicked on it, he was pleased to find that this little penguin with a pink head flower turned out to be Su Yingxue.
He has always remembered Su Yingxue's screen name, which is the very simple English word Snow (snow), Su Yingxue's QQ has always been this name, and it has never been changed.
Li Mu's screen name often changed in his previous life, but the password was never changed, which is somewhat complementary to Su Yingxue.
The message sent by Snow was: "How many points did you get in the college entrance examination?"
Haunting: "Between 625 and 630." ”
Snow: "Really, so high? Don't lie to me." ”
Haunting the dream: "Why are you lying to you, it's true." ”
Snow: "It would be great if it was true. ”
Li Mu saw that Su Yingxue didn't seem to believe it, so he asked rhetorically: "What about you, how many points did you estimate?"
Snow: "Between 640-660." ”
Lee: "Congratulations, you'll definitely have no problem going to Renmin University!"
Snow: Hey, why did you suddenly change your name?
Lee: The one before was too cheesy.
Snow: I don't think so, it's good.
Li Mu was about to reply, but Snow sent a message: "My mother told me to go out, let's talk another day!"
Li Mu saw that the little pink penguin turned black and white and sank into an offline friend list, his heart was a little empty, and the egg hurt for half a minute, so he reinvested in the development of the plug-in.
At half past five in the afternoon, Li Mu saved the progress and said to Zhao Kang: "I'll go home for dinner today, what about you?"
Zhao Kang rubbed his eyes: "I'll go home and eat too." ”
……
In my impression, the first time Li Mu drank liquor with his father was after he graduated from college.
At that time, there was no high-speed rail, and the air ticket from the provincial capital to Yanjing was not affordable by ordinary people.
Li Mu and his father were drunk that night, he still remembers that night, he cried in the bed and swore that he must make a personal appearance in Yanjing, but in the first few years, his life was not much better than that of a dog, living in a basement, living in a boarding house, constantly changing jobs, constantly moving to new homes, and constantly being pitted by black intermediaries in the north......
In this life, because of Li Mu's rebirth, the day when the two of them collided with each other for the first time was advanced by four years.
Dad Li took out a bottle of Luzhou Laojiao, which he began to treasure in the 80s, it is said that there are only two bottles in total, and Dad Li has already planned to keep one bottle for Li Mu to drink on the day of his wedding, and the other bottle to stay until the day Li Mu has children.
But today I was happy and opened a bottle in advance.
The two of them had a good amount of alcohol, and they were really happy, a bottle of wine was divided equally, and no one was drunk, but asked my mother to run out and buy a few bottles of beer and drink it.
At the wine table, Li Mu said that he wanted to apply for Renmin University, and his parents were a little worried about whether it would be too risky at first, but Li Mu insisted that he was confident, so that Li's father, who drank some wine, was in a better mood and said loudly: "Okay! Young people must have the courage to give it a go! Dad supports you!"
After three rounds of drinking, Li Mu suddenly said: "Dad, it seems that the Xiling Coal Mine is about to dry up, right?
Dad Li glanced at Li Mu in surprise, and said with a haha: "It's okay, your dad has been a technician for more than 20 years, and he has a skill." ”
"There are very few coal mines in Jiangnan. Li Mu said lightly: "There is only one coal mine in Haizhou, Xiling, if the Xiling coal mine fails, Dad, your technology will not have much chance in the south of the Yangtze River." ”
The distribution of coal mines in China, most of them are in the north, and the coal mines south of the Yangtze River are rare, Li Mu said that he is also very realistic, after his father was laid off, he thought about going to work in the northwest coal mines, but in the end because he was too far away from home, he finally chose to find a construction team in the local area.
Dad Li is a more traditional man, his grandparents are still living in the countryside, and his mother also has grandparents to take care of, so he can't leave these behind and go to work in other places by himself.
Li Mu's words made Li's father fall into contemplation, and he found that his son had really matured a lot overnight, and now he was able to discuss problems with him as an adult.
"It is estimated that the Xiling Coal Mine will not last long. Dad Li didn't plan to tell Li Mu about this, but he also realized that it was impossible for him to hide it from Li Mu now, "At the end of the year, your mother and I may have to be laid off, but it's not a big deal, I have a layoff salary with your mother, and then I will work for a subsidy, and I can retire after a few years." ”
Li Mu smiled slightly: "Dad, I will find a way to earn all my expenses for college, you and your mother don't have to worry about this, the reason why I say this is that I don't want you to hide it from me after you are laid off, and then go out to work hard in order to make up for the income gap." ”
Dad Li was stunned for a moment, and Mama Li asked in surprise: "You are talking nonsense, do you know how much it costs to go to college? I have calculated with your father, going to college in the provincial capital, tuition and miscellaneous fees, living expenses, and travel expenses to go home, I am afraid that I will not be able to get down if I don't have 50,000 yuan in four years, and I am afraid that I can't get down if I don't have 60,000 or 70,000 yuan to go to Yanjing!"
Li Mu said: "I will find a way, now the Internet is very popular, many people have made a lot of money, I have been researching in my spare time, I think I can too." ”
"What network?" Dad Li frowned: "The Internet? Is that the one you spend money to play in an Internet café?"
"Hmm. Li Mu nodded.
"Isn't that giving money to an Internet café?"
Li Mu said with a smile: "Sending money to Internet cafes is the use of machines and networks, and making money is to earn other people's money online, which is not contradictory." ”
"Don't let people fool you, there are liars everywhere these days. Mama Li obviously didn't believe it.
Li Mu also wanted to get a preventive shot, so he didn't say it very surely, so he smiled and said: "Oh, there is no cost anyway, I'll try, just do it if it doesn't work, it's nothing more than a little Internet fee." ”
"That's right. Dad Li took a sip of wine and said to Li Mu: "Anyway, you can toss as much as you want this summer, and if you lack money, you can find your parents, although our family doesn't have much money, but your tuition and living expenses in the first year are no problem, and the rest of your parents will also find a way." ”
Li Mu didn't say much, nodded slightly, poured a glass of beer, touched it with his father, and drank it all.