Chapter 7: The Squalor Behind the Prosperity (1)
Perhaps he had not yet recovered from the quiet environment of the countryside, but the noise of the bustling city disturbed Chen Mengran's sleep, and he did not fall asleep as easily as he did at his aunt's house, but felt as if a fly was buzzing in his ears, making him unable to sleep.
When he fell asleep and had his soul out of his body, he looked at the time and showed that it was half past ten o'clock in the evening. He climbed into bed at nine o'clock, and it actually took an hour and a half to fall asleep, which made Chen Mengran speechless.
Packing up his mood, Chen Mengran began his first soul wandering in the city.
When he walked out of his room and came to the hall, he saw his mother cleaning the house, and his father sitting on the sofa listening to the play.
Since her mother had to do odd jobs during the day, she only had time to clean the house at night, which made her fall asleep late every day.
When she was in high school, Chen Mengran often lived in the school and had no time to help her mother clean, only occasionally cleaning when she went home, and secretly carrying her parents behind her back. In their opinion, studying comes first, and it is better to spend time on studying when they have time to clean their room.
It's a pity that his studies have not been able to improve, and now he can't even do basic laundry and cooking, Chen Mengran feels that he is really bad.
Dressed out of his own house, Chen Mengran went to the corridor, and after a little thought, Chen Mengran went to the next room. He has always played a good child in the teacher's heart, and he never thought that one day he would peep. Although this is not illegal, it still makes Chen Mengran resist a little morally. But the slightest hint of resistance was even more insignificant driven by a strong curiosity, especially when he knew that such a voyeur did not have to worry about being discovered, and the only trace of discomfort disappeared.
The room next door is Chen Mengran's old neighbor Uncle Xu, and the two families have a good relationship and often correspond.
Uncle Xu's family is in a similar situation to his own, he has been a worker for many years with his father, works in the same factory, and is also a grassroots leader. Similarly, he also has a son named Xu Bin, who is as old as himself. The two have always been classmates from elementary school to high school, and with the relationship between neighbors, they have also formed some friendships.
It's just that this friendship that grew up playing from childhood to adulthood began to drift apart in high school. There was too much pressure in high school, and both of them were in school, so they didn't have time to communicate at all except for their unfinished homework. Of course, this is only one of the reasons. The most important reason is that Xu Bin's academic performance is very good, and he has not fallen into the top five in the class, and he is a top student.
Such a top student, of course, has a sense of superiority in essence against Chen Mengran, who is dragging his feet. Even though the two had a good relationship before, they were changed by the unspoken rule of high school that divides their circles based on academic performance.
Fortunately when he was a freshman in high school, Xu Bin still took some care of Chen Mengran in his studies. By the second semester of my sophomore year of high school, things began to change. Chen Mengran found that when he asked for advice with some questions that were extremely simple in Xu Bin's eyes, Xu Bin's face always showed an impatient expression, and he no longer patiently explained to him as before, but warned him not to disturb his time again. Even if you explain it to him, you will count him down first.
After several times in a row, Chen Mengran finally realized that he was no longer a friend in Xu Bin's heart, but a trouble.
After realizing this, Chen Mengran didn't bother him anymore. He doesn't blame Xu Bin, he can only blame himself, blame himself for not being angry.
On the day the college entrance examination results came down, Chen Mengran and Xu Bin met once in the corridor, and from Xu Bin's expression, Chen Mengran knew that he did well in the exam. Chen Mengran wanted to say a few words of congratulations, but before he could speak, he was greeted by Xu Bin's disdainful eyes and the violent sound of the door shut.
On the same day, Uncle Xu came to visit the house, and he smiled and said his son's results, six hundred and twenty-three. This is the result of his proud son, who is two hundred points more than Chen Mengran. Such results are enough for Xu Bin to go to a key university. Chen Mengran knew that from this moment on, he and Xu Bin were no longer people of the same world, and with the passage of time, this gap became more and more obvious.
When Chen Mengran arrived at Xu Bin's house, he found Uncle Xu sitting on the sofa watching TV, with a smile on his face. Since his son Xu Bin scored a high score of 623 points, this smile has not disappeared on his face, and even if he sleeps, he can wake him up.
He knows that his son's achievements will definitely be successful in the future, and when his son graduates from college and works, he will not have to work as hard as he does now, and he can enjoy Qingfu.
As for what major his son chooses and what job he will do in the future, he doesn't care at all. First, he doesn't know anything about this, and secondly, he graduated from a key prestigious university, and even the most rubbish professional job can't hurt much.
Aunt Xu walked out of the kitchen with two bowls of chicken soup, one bowl was placed on the coffee table in front of Uncle Xu's seat, and the other bowl was held to Xu Bin. Tomorrow is the time to volunteer, in order to treat her son, Aunt Xu also worked hard, gritted her teeth and bought a chicken, stewed this chicken soup, and replenished her son's body.
When Aunt Xu wanted to unscrew Xu Bin's bedroom door with chicken soup, she found that the door was locked. Aunt Xu tapped twice and shouted, "Son, open the door, I stewed chicken soup for you." ”
"I don't drink. Xu Bin's voice came from the bedroom, very loud, with a hint of impatience, and he didn't appreciate his mother's kindness at all.
"Son, come out and drink it, it's very fragrant. ”
"Don't drink it, don't bother me, I'm busy. ”
Aunt Xu had no choice but to bring the chicken soup back to the coffee table. I am also angry in my heart, my son is good at everything, but he has a strange temper, he always loves to get angry when he has nothing to do, and he can't help himself as a mother, who lets this one son, he can't be pampered since he was a child, but he didn't want to develop this kind of temper.
"Alright, don't be angry. My son said he didn't drink it, why did you force him to drink it, he would volunteer tomorrow, and now his son must be busy choosing schools and majors, so it's no wonder if you disturb him at this time, he won't be angry. Seeing that Aunt Xu was unhappy, Uncle Xu explained.
"Hey, he doesn't have a good temperament, his temper is so violent, it's easy to suffer in society. ”
Uncle Xu said disapprerovingly: "Don't worry about him, there are a few successful people who are not short-tempered, which just shows that our son will have a great future in the future." ”
"You, you've been used to since you were a child. ”
Uncle Xu laughed, as if he didn't want to argue with Aunt Xu, so he changed the topic and said, "You say, what university and major will my son choose in the end?"
"How do I know this, I'm not a roundworm in his stomach. ”
"I've already told him that the school will choose the city's school, so that he can go home often. I don't care much about the majors, after all, I don't know much. He agreed, too. ”
Aunt Xu snorted.
Chen Mengran was aroused by Uncle Xu's words, if it was really as Uncle Xu said, Chen Mengran could guess what school Xu Bin would choose. The first choice is definitely Pingjin University, first of all, it is in the city, and secondly, Pingjin University is one of the top ten universities in the country, and it is also worthy of Xu Bin's results, but I don't know what major he will choose.
Chen Mengran became more and more interested, and went directly to Xu Bin's bedroom, only to see that the bedroom was not lit up, it was dark, only the corner of the bed was shining, it was a computer.
Looking at this computer, Chen Mengran fell into a brief memory again. He remembered that this computer was bought by Uncle Xu for Xu Bin in the first semester of high school. At that time, Xu Bin took the second place in the class, and as a reward, Uncle Xu bought this computer. At that time, Chen Mengran had a good relationship with Xu Bin, and often came to his house to play on the computer.
After Chen's father learned about this from Uncle Xu, he specially called Chen Mengran to have a small talk, telling him that if his grades could be in the top 20, he would also buy one for Chen Mengran. It's a pity that Chen Mengran has never been admitted, and the computer has never been bought.
At this time, Xu Bin was sitting in front of the computer desk, his hand constantly pressing the keyboard.
Chen Mengran walked in front of Xu Bin and saw a QQ chat box flashing on the computer screen, it turned out that Xu Bin did not choose a major, but was chatting with people.
There are two screen names in the chat box, one is called I eat watermelon, and the other is called Liuli Purple. I eat watermelon is Xu Bin's screen name, he remembers the first day he bought the computer, Xu Bin applied for this account, and he was eating watermelon at that time, so he gave this screen name.
And that glass purple, Chen Mengran actually knew that it was the QQ number of their classmate Zheng Huihui. Zheng Huihui is a beauty, the second most beautiful woman in the class after Ban Huameng Xiaoqian. Of course, compared with Meng Xiaoqian, she is a few points worse. Meng Xiaoqian is not only a class flower, but also a recognized school flower, and her beautiful face is worthy of the word "goddess".
However, although it can't be compared with Meng Xiaoqian, Zheng Huihui is indeed a beauty. Meng Xiaoqian belongs to the goddess, and neither her family nor her appearance can be compared to the existence of ordinary people, because of this, few people have the courage to chase her. Zheng Huihui is different, she is a beauty in the world, and her family background is average, but there are more people who have the courage to chase her.
Xu Bin is one of the suitors, this guy relies on his appearance and outstanding learning, and often approaches Zheng Huihui under the guise of learning. Gradually, the relationship between the two has become a lot closer, and they are not only together for studying, but also often chatting.
Especially during self-study last night, the two often exchanged notes, and Chen Mengran was sandwiched between the two and became their transmission tool.
In this regard, Chen Mengran is also envious, dreaming of one day being able to get the favor of a beautiful woman. Of course, this is just a thought, and he himself knows that it is impossible. Whether it is his appearance or study, he is the tail of the crane, how can there be a beautiful woman who favors him.
Seeing his friends and beauties treating themselves as air, Chen Mengran was also depressed. Fortunately, such days were not long, and since the first semester of the second semester of high school, the two have not chatted with any more notes. Chen Mengran thought that the two had a conflict, and when he was sorry for Xu Bin, Xu Bin told him to ask for Zheng Huihui's QQ number, and the two no longer used the most primitive tool of paper, but changed to modern high-tech.
At this moment, Chen Mengran suddenly woke up. He recognized the fact that he had lost his qualifications to be a delivery tool, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
"It's so late, what are they talking about?"
Chen Mengran glanced at the chat history of the two in front of the computer screen. Although I felt that this was immoral, I couldn't help but be curious.
I saw Xu Bin typing quickly.
"The child has to be knocked out. ”
Chen Mengran was confused by these words.
"Child, what child, whose child?"
At this moment, only the dialog box crackled and trembled, and Zheng Huihui came to send a message.
"That's our flesh and blood, how can you bear to beat it. ”
In just a dozen words, Chen Mengran only felt a rumble in his head, and he was dumbfounded at that time.
"Child, flesh and blood, do you ...... say"
Chen Mengran thought about it in his heart, but he didn't dare to imagine it anymore.
I heard Xu Bin scold in a low voice: "Damn, this slut actually dares not to listen to me." ”
After scolding, there was another sound of tapping on the keyboard.
"I don't blame you, if you hadn't paid attention to the safety measures, how could this have happened. ”
"You now know to shirk your responsibilities, and you can blame me for not wearing a condom when you did it. ”
"Damn, how did Lao Tzu know that it was so easy to win the lottery. Besides, it's so unpleasant to wear a condom. Xu Bin continued to scold. Then I pressed the keyboard again.
"It's useless to say anything now, this kid can't stay anyway. ”
"But it's been four months, it's already a little life, how can you bear to beat it now?"
"Even if it's eight months, it's going to be knocked out. ”
There was silence over there.
"If you want to give birth, I won't stop you, but don't blame me for not reminding you, I won't want a child, and there is no future between us. ”
"How can you say that, there is no future, then what are you pursuing me for, have you forgotten all the words you said when you chased me?"
"I'm just talking, how can you do it if you don't, we are playing with each other, don't take it seriously, if you take it seriously, you will lose. ”
Xu Bin typed and let out a mocking smile, which sounded very hateful, making Chen Mengran, who was watching on the side, feel the urge to slap him.
"Xu Bin, you bastard, you're still not human. Chen Mengran pointed at the back of Xu Bin's head and yelled loudly, but unfortunately the other party couldn't hear it at all.
"You're a jerk, jerk, jerk. Zheng Huihui hit three bastards in a row, and it can be imagined that she on the computer side has been on the verge of collapse by Xu Bin.
"I'm not a jerk, I'm just more realistic, my current grades are enough to get into the best universities in the country, and my future results are immeasurable. What about you, your college entrance examination score is only 453 points, you can't go to a bachelor's degree, you can only go to a junior college, your family background is also average, what do you think you will achieve in the future. We are not people of the same world at all, and there will be no results in the future together, so the long pain is better than the short pain, and now is the best time to break up. ”
The other side was silent again.
Xu Bin seems to have lost interest in continuing the conversation.
"That's all I have to say, and we won't be in touch again. Think about the problem of the child yourself, if you don't want him to be born without a father, then you will give birth. ”
After typing this paragraph, Xu Bin directly closed the dialog box, and QQ was also offline.
He got up and stretched, yawning.
Chen Mengran took the opportunity to slap Xu Bin's face fiercely, and his palm passed through Xu Bin's face like air, leaving no trace.
Chen Mengran also knew that this was futile, but he really couldn't help the anger in his heart, if he hadn't inadvertently seen his true face tonight, he would never have thought that the friend who had played with him since he was a child was actually a scumbag.
Xu Bin had already gone to bed, and the sound of heavy breathing soon sounded. Chen Mengran scolded again, Xu Bin did such a thing, he actually acted as if he was nothing, and the word "scum" was no longer enough to describe him.