After Dongmei walked three stops to the south, she saw a village hidden in the midst of prosperity.

Compared to the surrounding high-rise buildings, these low-rise houses are very inconspicuous.

Dongmei walked to the entrance of the village and saw that the plaque said Erfu Village.

Although this village located in the bustling city seems very unusual, but in the village, it is crowded with people, and even in terms of crowd density, it is even more dense than the streets outside.

After Dongmei walked in, the first thing that caught her eye was not a variety of shops, but motorcycles parked everywhere.

I saw that one person and one motorcycle lined up along the street.

They shouted: "One for the Petroleum Institute, one for the Academy of Fine Arts, and three for Xiaozhai......"

After entering the urban village, Dongmei saw a variety of shops and restaurants.

These places to eat, although they are not big, have everything, and the prices are really cheap.

There are many kinds of noodles alone, and the price varies.

Dongmei didn't eat three-yuan noodles, but ate a bowl of Wuhan hot dry noodles for two yuan.

After eating the hot dry noodles, Dongmei regretted it at the time.

Because she felt that the taste of this hot dry noodle could not be compared with the Zhenzi noodles in her hometown, and the taste was too far behind.

After eating, Dongmei found a store with a phone and prepared to call home to report her safety.

However, the store with the phone was not found, but Dongmei found a place called the Talk Bar.

At this time, with the development of the economy, new gadgets "talk bar" also began to appear.

Dongmei looked at the word bar, she was very curious, and said in her heart, she had only heard of Internet cafes, why did she suddenly have another word now.

With curiosity, Dongmei walked in.

Dongmei had never been to an Internet café, so when she walked into the bar, she began to associate with the appearance of an Internet café.

Dongmei looked at the rows of phones on the table, and asked the boss curiously, "Boss, is this the place to call?"

The boss was very busy, and while timing on the computer, he charged at the same time, and said, "It's not a place to make a phone call, is it a place to surf the Internet?"

Dongmei touched the phone on the table and said, "Boss, how much is your phone here for a minute?"

The boss said impatiently: "Five cents for a short distance, a dime for a long distance." ”

Hearing that it was so cheap, Dongmei said happily: "Then can I take a short trip?"

The boss looked at the number of Dongmei's phone, and then said, "Five, you can start now." ”

Dongmei dialed the phone at home.

Before the bell rang, Tao Tao picked up the phone.

Obviously, Tao Tao was already waiting at home in a hurry.

Before Dongmei could speak, Taotao said to the phone: "Mom, are you okay, how are things going for me, can I go to the Provincial Petroleum Institute to study?"

Hearing Tao Tao recognize it as her phone number at a glance, Dong Mei was puzzled, she said: "Tao Tao, I used an unfamiliar phone number to call you, how do you know it's my phone number?"

Tao Tao said: "I know you are in the provincial capital, so when I see the phone number that starts with 029, I know that it is your phone." ”

Hearing this, Dongmei smiled and said, "So that's the case, I'll just say it." “

After speaking, Dongmei added: "Taotao, do you know where I am now, call you?"

Tao Tao felt that her mother's words seemed meaningless, and she said, "Mom, you must be in the store, and you are calling me with the phone." ”

Dongmei smiled mysteriously and said loudly: "I'm talking, not only is the call cheap, but the call quality is not bad." ”

Tao Tao knows the words, because at the school gate, there are already words.

He felt very bland and said, "Mom, how are my things going?"

Hearing the child ask how things are going at school, Dongmei sighed and said, "I didn't do it today, but you believe in Mom, Mom will go tomorrow and will definitely do it for you." ”

After speaking, Dongmei beat a drum in her heart.

For this matter, Dongmei has no bottom in her heart, the reason why she wants to say this is to make Taotao full of hope, so that she will not be hit by the mistake of volunteering after the college entrance examination.

Hanging up the phone, Dongmei told herself in her heart that no matter what, she must find the leadership of the school tomorrow, whether it is a success or a failure, she must give it a try.

After speaking, Dongmei began to look for a place to stay.

Dongmei has lived in the provincial capital twice.

Once, when she came to buy medicine by herself, she lived in a chase shop for two yuan a night.

Once when I took Taotao and Nana back to my hometown, I lived in a simple house at the bottom of the stairs.

This time, Dongmei still wants to find a cheap house to live in.

However, Dongmei looked around in the urban village, and the cheapest house cost 30 yuan a night, which was seriously beyond the acceptable range of Dongmei's accommodation.

Dongmei lamented that with the development of the times, the kind of Chase shop-style hotel has been completely eliminated.

And the kind of inn built illegally at the bottom of the stairs is no longer to be found, replaced by a safer, cleaner, and more reliable guest house.

Dongmei is wandering around the urban village, and she discovers a strange phenomenon.

All the students who appeared in this village had strange hairstyles, either boys with braids or girls with nose rings.

Some boys even keep their hair like a girl's shawl, and even directly keep it as a traitor's head.

And some girls dye their hair colorful, people don't look like people, ghosts don't look like ghosts.

Dongmei wondered, near this urban village is the Provincial Petroleum Institute, could it be that these children are students of the Provincial Petroleum Institute?

However, what Dongmei didn't know was that near the Provincial Petroleum Institute, there was also a Provincial Academy of Fine Arts and a Provincial Conservatory of Music.

All the students who dress up differently and dress weirdly are basically from these two schools.

Dongmei looked at her watch, it was almost ten o'clock, and she still hadn't found a cheap guest house.

As the night gradually deepened, Dongmei found that the surroundings were gradually becoming lively, especially those who ate barbecue, drank beer, sang and danced, there were too many to count.

Dongmei sighed, the life of people in the city is too complicated, and the people in our small county town really can't understand it.

Dongmei spent a lot of effort, and finally found a guest house for twenty-five yuan a night before eleven o'clock.

I made do with staying for one night, and early the next morning, Dongmei got up.

While having breakfast on the street, Dongmei found that the students who came out of the nearby guest house were a couple of students.

They don't look very old, but they are commensurate with each other as husbands and wives.

Dongmei sighed that compared with their era when men and women were not able to accept clearly, today's young people are already open and can no longer be opened.

The boy and girl haven't seen each other yet, but they actually lived together first.

Dongmei wondered, isn't the girl afraid of getting pregnant, or the girl not afraid of breaking up before graduation?

If you break up or get pregnant, wouldn't it make the boy a big bargain and the girl suffer a big loss?

Dongmei sighed, I don't know what these girls think in their hearts, or their parents don't care about them?

At the same time, Dongmei also reminded herself that if Taotao found an excuse not to come back during the summer vacation after going to college, then he must be living with a certain girl, so he will find an excuse not to come back, and he must stop this illegal cohabitation between men and women.

At the same time, Dongmei is also curious about those guest houses, do these young men and women be allowed to live together illegally?

Dongmei remembers very clearly, when she was twenty-three years old, she followed Weiguo to Xinjiang.

When the two arrived in Urumqi and got off the train, they checked in.

Because the two did not carry a marriage certificate, they were refused to stay in the same room by the hotel.

For this reason, Wei Guo also quarreled with himself, blaming himself for not bringing a marriage certificate.

In the end, it was Wang Chaoying who lent his marriage certificate to Wang Xue'e to himself and Wei Guo, so that he could be fooled, and the husband and wife lived in the same house.

But what about the current hotel, there is no formalities, men and women can live together, I really can't think of it, what do they think?

After breakfast, Dongmei was very punctual, she arrived at the gate of the provincial petroleum institute before seven o'clock, and began to wait patiently at the school gate.

After Dongmei asked more than a dozen people in a row, her hard work finally paid off, and she miraculously found the principal of the Provincial Petroleum Institute.

When the principal knew that Dongmei had made a special trip to come over for the sake of her children's studies and had asked no less than fifty people, the principal was very moved.

He invited Dongmei into the school and came to his office.

Dongmei entered the school like this, and also entered the principal's office, Dongmei felt like a dream.

Just a few minutes ago, she was still thinking that if she couldn't find the school leader this morning, then she would climb over the fence and go straight to the school to find someone.

However, now that I am in the principal's office, it is really unpredictable, and anything can happen.

The principal is an old man in his fifties, he is amiable and asks about Dongmei.

Dongmei saw that the principal was very good, so she seriously explained her affairs, hoping that the Provincial Petroleum Institute could admit Taotao.

Hearing this, the principal began to inquire about the school's admissions.

And Dongmei also folded her hands and prayed nervously in her heart, hoping that a miracle could occur and let Taotao enter the provincial petroleum institute smoothly.

After a while, the principal took off his glasses and told Dongmei regretfully, "I'm sorry, the students from all departments of our school are full. ”

Hearing this, Dongmei's heart suddenly fell to the bottom.

Just when Dongmei was disappointed, the principal suddenly said: "Don't worry, our school's English department doesn't seem to be full yet, I'll check it for you." ”

Hearing this, Dongmei's heart that had fallen to the bottom just now jumped up again, looking forward to a glimmer of hope in front of her.