Chapter 19: The End and Homecoming
Time is slipping away quietly, and the art exam is over in the blink of an eye, from the end of February to March 1996, Zhou Bai stayed in the capital for nearly a month, and now it's time to go home.
Retired from the room of the small hotel, packed his luggage, he began to embark on the journey home, the first time in his life away from home thousands of miles, now only the arrow is left to return to the heart and a strong sense of homesickness, although the capital is good, it is difficult for Zhou Baile not to miss Shu.
Participated in the two school art exams, and there were no earth-shattering accidents during the period, everything went smoothly, although it was inevitable that he was apprehensive and had endured the pressure of the exam, but he accumulated a lot of money and finally got his wish.
Zeng Li did not sign up for Nortel's art exam, which was earlier than Liu Ye and Zhou Bai left the capital.
Liu Ye, who participated in the Nortel art examination with Zhou Bai, was brushed off during the second test, failed to enter the third test, and went home a few days ago.
In the last few days of the art examination, Zhou Bai ran around the vicinity of Nortel alone, in fact, he was also a little lost in his heart, because in this city, he was really alone, but fortunately, the art examination was a thing that required a lot of energy, so he didn't have much time to taste this taste.
The end of the art examination means that the story of Zhou Bai and the capital has come to an end, but during this time, he has formed an indissoluble bond with the city, which is just to be continued.
In addition to getting the certificates of qualification from China Opera and Nortel, Zhou Bai also gained a lot from this trip, made a group of friends who could talk to him, made a good appointment, and the most important thing is that he has grown a lot more than Zhou Bai who was still in Kanghai Town a month ago.
At the age of eighteen, he traveled 5,000 miles back and forth, facing the world alone, and the people, scenery and stories along the way were all related to him.
Whether it is the loneliness of the journey or the strangeness of the city, Zhou Bai needs to face it alone, and he understands, contacts, and integrates with caution.
This is everything that every man has to go through when he grows up, to face the world alone, fortunately this time it went very smoothly and the merit was complete.
The train was running anyway, Zhou Bai lying on the sleeper didn't care about watching the scenery outside the window, he was tired at this time, in the noisy carriage, he slept very soundly, those irrelevant scenery, just let it slip away, sleep is more attractive to the wanderer on the way home.
It's not that he can't keep up with his physical strength, but after that string is relaxed, he feels tired from the bottom of his heart, the war of art exams has come to an end, and he is not a spectator on the train, but a returnee.
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When she saw Zhou Bai getting off the train on the platform of the station, Zhou's mother Bai Shengnan couldn't help but hug her son and cry, this is the meat that fell from her, so why don't she miss and worry.
Looking at her son, who had lost weight and was a lot haggard, she was very distressed, and all her thoughts and worries turned into tears, wetting Zhou Bai's clothes and melting into his heart.
This is the mother, who can be extremely strong or instantly weak, all in the name of love.
Zhou Zhengdao couldn't help but wet his eyes in this sad atmosphere, but he was a man, and there was no need to say much between father and son, everything was silent.
"Mom, don't cry, you see I'm fine, it's not good to cry my face. Zhou Bai hugged his mother tightly and said comfortingly.
"I don't care, stinky boy, you are too ruthless, you left home for a month at once, leaving me alone. Bai Shengnan hugged his son and obviously had a lot of things to say, but he said this, the Zhou family is not good at sensationalism, it's not that a family doesn't enter the door.
"Mom, it's all my fault, my son and I will beat and scold, don't cry, crying makes me feel so distressed. Zhou Bai snorted and choked up, he couldn't stop his tears, wiped his mother's tears, and the first time he saw his mother crying, his heart was broken.
"Stinky boy, it's good to make you feel distressed for a while. If you look at how much you have lost, you may not know how much you have suffered in the capital. After Bai Shengnan let go of his son, he looked at his son's face and felt very distressed.
Well, in the eyes of every mother, the child who runs away from home will die, which is the natural right of the mother.
"Mom, I'm doing well in the capital, don't you see that I often call home, I don't suffer, in fact, the climate is not very adaptable. I still have a lot of things that I haven't had time to tell you on the phone, so I'll tell you slowly when we go home. Zhou Bai also wiped his tears.
"Okay, let's not get in the way here, let's go home quickly. Don't you feel sorry for your son, are you willing to let him blow the wind here?" Zhou Zhengdao said while holding his wife's hand.
"Hmph, do you think anyone doesn't feel sorry for their son like you? I don't call my son a few times, I don't have a heart, my own son and I feel sorry for myself. Bai Shengnan said like her husband Zhou Zhengdao.
Zhou Zhengdao looked at his wife helplessly, it is normal for a woman to be unreasonable at this time, he has known his wife for many years, not to mention how deep he knows his wife, he didn't speak, just made eye contact with his son and shrugged his shoulders.
Zhou Bai handed his father a "I understand, I understand your eyes", and the two fathers and sons looked at each other and smiled.
"Let's go, Xiaobai, let's go home, my mother cooked you a lot of delicious food, this time you eat more, you see that you have lost so much weight, it must be that you are not used to eating things in the capital." Bai Shengnan's mood stabilized, and he took his son's hand and went home.
"Thank you, Mom, you're right, don't look at the capital, it's very big, but I'm really not used to eating things, you don't know how much I miss Mom, the food you cooked. Zhou Bai nodded in agreement and said, he really didn't eat those delicious things for the exam, for fear that there would be another situation like Zeng Li, and he really missed his mother's food this month.
"Don't worry, your mother cooked a lot today, and dragged me to the vegetable market early in the morning to buy vegetables, and I can't wait to cover all other people's vegetable markets. It's still your father, I can eat some delicious food today, your mother has been dealing with it casually this month, and I'm hungry. Zhou Zhengdao said faintly, how could he sound a taste of resentment.
"Zhou Zhengdao, I've been hungry for you these days, right? If you have the ability, you can find other places to eat, and some of them still complain, but they have no conscience. Zhou's mother Bai Shengnan said with a sneer.
"No, I'm definitely not hungry, it's that I can't speak. "Father Zhou surrendered immediately, good guy, if you dare to continue, you may not even have to cook your own rice in the future.
Zhou Bai almost laughed out loud, his mother is his father's nemesis, he used to be delegated to work after graduating from high school, and he was also managed to death when he fell in love with his mother on the farm.
It's the same now, I don't know how serious the consequences of provoking my mother are.
The family got out of the station and got into my father's broken Santana, which was a second-hand car bought a few years ago.
Speaking of this car, several years ago, my father went to the magic capital to get a batch of stock certification, and he should have made a lot of money, but most of the money was invested in his factory, and this second-hand Santana was bought with a lot of determination.
Speaking of which, Zhou Bai's father is definitely the first generation of stockholders, and Modu and Pengcheng have his footprints, whether it is some new information in the market at that time, he is very interested in it, and he is also very interested in it.
He is not speculating, but making money to buy stocks that he is optimistic about, holding them for a long time, and Zhou Bai himself does not know how many stocks his father holds now.
Now Zhou Bai knows that his father still has a lot of ordinary stocks of Shenzhen Development and a lot of stocks of a real estate company, anyway, if he has spare money, he will invest it in it, and in his father's words, he will hold it for a long time, and he will make no profits, which will be left to Zhou Bai's family in the future.
Now my father's factory is newly built, and a lot of money has been invested in it in recent years, and the Zhou Bai family has neither chosen to live in a tall western-style building, nor has it chosen to buy a good car or jewelry, and the money is basically spent on my father's career.
Because Zhou Bai was still young before, basically he didn't talk to him at home, and he only knew a rough idea.
Zhou Bai took the train to the capital, that was the decision of Zhou Zhengdao and his wife, their family has always been such an education, to have a correct understanding of money, so Zhou Bai's pocket money is not more than others, maybe clothes and shoes will be a little more expensive, but he does not pursue brands.
"Xiaobai, you have passed the exam this time, then take a good rest, and then work hard to review and catch up with the homework you missed, although the admission score of art colleges and universities is not high, but I still hope that you will go all out and don't give up studying." As long as my father and mother travel together, it will always be my mother who drives, and my father is sitting in the co-pilot, and he turned around and said to Zhou Bai.
After passing the art examination and getting the certificate, Zhou Bai told his family on the phone that this kind of thing is a happy event, of course, he must inform his family as soon as possible.
"I know Dad, don't worry, although I don't apply for Qingbei Double School, but I have won Kanghai's college entrance examination!" Zhou Bai nodded and said firmly, revealing strong self-confidence.
Zhou Zhengdao and his wife looked at each other and smiled, they were very comforted, Zhou Bai had never disappointed the couple.
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"At that time, my parents read it, and I should know it today. ——Bai Juyi, "Yan Poems Show Liu Sue"