If Gu Bei's family is in the middle of the road, then Li Jin's family is a natural and man-made disaster. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Jin's father, that is, Gu Bei's second uncle Li Guohua, suffered from uremia two years ago, and relied on kidney dialysis to maintain his life, a kidney dialysis costs four or five hundred yuan, three or four times a week, five or six thousand a month, and almost nearly 100,000 yuan in medical expenses a year.

The 100,000 yuan in 2001 is undoubtedly an unbearable number for an ordinary family, all supported by the second aunt Yu Feng, a woman's family, and the difficulties of life can be imagined, and Li Jin went to Gu Bei's house to borrow college entrance examination review materials, which is normal.

The college entrance examination review materials for Gubei's third year of high school are still there, and there are a lot of them, except for the textbooks, reference books and notebooks for the second semester of the third year of high school, and the questions for the mock exams and monthly exams every month. After the college entrance examination, Gu's mother tidied it up and put it under Gu Bei's bed and packed it in a large cardboard box.

Gu Bei was useless, so he took Li Jin to his bedroom, moved the cardboard box out, and let Li Jin choose by himself.

When choosing, Li Jin saw a pink notebook and was a little curious, so he opened it in his hand, and Li Caiwei's name was written in it: "Brother Xiaobei, why do you have a girl's notebook?"

Gu Bei was stunned and said that the notebook belonged to my high school classmate.

"Your high school classmate's name is Li Caiwei, I remember that she seemed to be our provincial champion in liberal arts last year, and she went to Tsinghua University, right, it's really amazing. ”

Gu Bei didn't make a sound, he turned his head to look at the window, and suddenly remembered the day Cai Wei lent him a notebook, remembered the afternoon when Cai Wei tutored him on the eve of the college entrance examination, the oblique light of the sunset was on the newly changed desk, the creeper outside the window hung down, and the evening between spring and summer was extremely quiet, Cai Wei suddenly turned her head and said to Gu Bei, who was not concentrating: "Be serious, maybe after the college entrance examination, we are still studying in one place." ”

Gu Bei looked at Cai Wei's serious little face, and for some reason, his old man's heart suddenly beat. The flowers and plants outside the window grow wildly, the sunset falls, the cicadas seem to speed up a hundredfold, time slips through the fingers, time changes, and the gaze of him and Caiwei seems to be eternal.

"Brother Xiaobei, what are you thinking?" Li Jin said.

"Nothing. Gu Bei laughed: "I met her another day, and I will bring her college entrance examination review materials to show you, this ...... Leave it to me. ”

Li Jin looked up at Gu Bei, nodded and said okay.

Gu Bei put Li Caiwei's notebook aside, and packed the other review materials that Li Jin needed in a snakeskin bag, which was half a bag, which was very heavy, so Gu Bei said Xiao Jin, I'll help you carry it back.

Li Jin waved his hand and said, "No, I'll do it myself." ”

Li Jin carried the snakeskin bag, her thin shoulders were bent down, but she didn't feel uncomfortable, and there was a smile on her thin little face.

Gu Bei didn't smile, he reached out and carried the snakeskin bag directly onto his shoulder: "Don't be stubborn all the time, girls, let's go." ”

Li Jin lowered his head and let out an "oh", not daring to make a sound.

Gu Bei said hello to his mother with a snakeskin bag, went downstairs with Li Jin, and came to the road to wave a taxi.

Li Jin looked down at his toes and said, "Brother Xiaobei, let's take the bus back?"

Gu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing: "Silly girl, your brother is rich." ”

At this time, a taxi passed by, and Gu Bei stretched out his hand to stop it.

The driver asked where to go?

Gu Bei said Hanpu Town.

The driver started the car and walked away without looking back.

Li Jin showed a faint smile on his thin face, and said Brother Xiaobei, let's take the bus back, right?

Gu Bei scratched his head: "It's done." ”

The brother and sister took the intercity bus and staggered through the streets and alleys of the stone forest, and came to Hanpu Town, a very remote place, there are no high-rise buildings, mostly some low and scattered bungalows, one by one scattered on both sides of a loess road, from time to time there are big trucks passing by, kicking up smoke and dust, and the smoke and dust are everywhere, which is Li Jin's home.

Li Jin's home is located at the three-way intersection of Loess Road, two bungalows, and a billboard with "Yufeng Convenience Store" written on the roller shutter door of the bungalow is hung above. This is a business for Li Jin's family to make a living, selling some tobacco, alcohol, beverages and daily necessities, limited to the geographical location, most of the customers are nearby residents and passing drivers, and the business is not very good.

Li Jin took out the key and opened the roller shutter door.

Gu Bei carried a snakeskin bag into the house, there were two compartments in the house, the outer room was a convenience store, and a wooden folding bench was placed against the inner wall, which could be unfolded as a bed, and Li Jin slept here, and the inner room was Li Jin's parents' bedroom, which was very small, about twenty square meters, and only one wooden bed.

Li Jin brought Gu Bei a glass of water and said that it was five o'clock now, and Brother Xiaobei would go back after dinner.

Gu Bei nodded and said okay.

Li Jin immediately ran to the back room to get vegetables to cook, and after a while, Li Jin walked out empty-handed, his hands were mixed together, his thin face was slightly red, with a hint of shyness and embarrassment, but finally he mustered up the courage to say: "Brother Xiaobei, there are no good dishes at home......

Gu Bei was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "What kind of dishes do you have at home?"

"Chinese cabbage, there is still some pig's head meat left, two days ago, the family killed the pig, the meat was sold, pay my father's medical bills. ”

Gu Bei scratched his head: "Recently, your brother's IQ is in arrears, and he wants to eat some pig brains to make up for it." ”

Li Jin laughed, perhaps because the family was in a bleak situation and life was too difficult, this girl rarely smiled, but she was very good-looking when she smiled, and two shallow dimples would appear on her thin cheeks, like a child in the depths of the mountains, pure and terrifying.

"Brother Xiaobei, then I'll cook. ”

Gu Bei nodded and said okay.

Li Jin skillfully wrapped his scarf and carried the dishes to the kitchen to get busy.

The kitchen is open-air, a few asbestos tiles are built against the exterior wall, it took about half an hour, the meal is ready and served, the pig's head meat is fried with chili peppers and boiled Chinese cabbage, the taste is ordinary, this has nothing to do with Li Jin's craftsmanship, there is no seasoning, only oil and salt are put in, maybe Gu Bei is hungry, but he also eats with relish.

While eating, Gu Bei noticed that Li Jin's hands had a lot of calluses and chilblains, and the joints of the hands were swollen, and some places were thickly filled to clear the black scabs. Gu Bei felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, put down his chopsticks and said: "Xiao Jin, you are already in your third year of high school, what about doing things, you have to distinguish the priorities, put your mind on studying, if there are any problems in tuition and living expenses, tell me, I can make a little money now, and I will send you money in the future." ”

Li Jin was stunned for a moment, she buried her head and said while picking up rice: "Brother I know, I will study hard." ”

Gu Bei looked at his cousin and opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"Hey, boss, buy a pack of Blue Hibiscus King and two bottles of mineral water. At this time, a man buying cigarettes came to the counter.

"Wait a minute. Li Jin hurriedly put down his chopsticks and got up to sell cigarettes.

Gu Bei raised his head and glanced outside, a white Toyota was parked outside the door, and the person buying cigarettes at the counter was a forty-five or sixteen-year-old man, short, with a big back, wearing a white suit, a thumb-thick gold chain around his neck, and a black leather bag under his armpit.

Gu Bei didn't care, he lowered his head and continued to eat, just eating, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, he thought of something, and then his eyes slowly narrowed, and he looked up again, looking at the short middle-aged man.

The short middle-aged man happened to reach out to pick up the Blue Hibiscus King.

Gu Bei saw that the middle finger of that hand was not. It's like being bitten by a poisonous snake, and the blood freezes in an instant.

He speaks very slowly and even stutters, but his perceptual thinking reacts very quickly, for example, when he sees an old person, he instantly evokes an unbearable past.

Within a few seconds, Gu Bei's head was in a state of vertigo, his heart was cold to the freezing point, and then, another wave of anger slowly burned in his heart.

His whole body was boiling with blood!

At this time, the short man bought a cigarette and got into the Toyota, and the car started and disappeared.

Gu Bei turned his head to see an old tricycle parked at the door.

"Xiao Jin, I have something to do, borrow a tricycle for use. Gu Bei put down the dishes and chopsticks, went out and jumped on the tricycle.

"Cousin, you, what are you doing?" Li Jin's clear eyes were stunned.

"Remember, my mom called and asked me where I went, and you said I'd sleep at your house tonight. Gu Bei drove a tricycle and pedaled desperately to catch up with Toyota.

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