Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Old Squad Leader
Ning Zhichu smiled and said, "It's okay to eat three meals, and it's okay to invite you to eat for the rest of your life." ”
Zhang Jing's face turned red, girls at this time were more mature than boys, so Zhang Jing suddenly heard Ning Zhichu's words, and Wu Ziqiang was calm, "What, Ning Zhichu, what do you say, be careful that I hit you." ”
"Sorry, Zhang Jing, I didn't mean to."
Ning Zhichu really wanted to slap himself in the mouth a few times, as soon as he said it just now, he regretted it, maybe he saw his friends for more than ten years, and forgot for a moment that this was 2005, not the year 2016 when two people could be very happy and lose each other. Fortunately, Zhang Jing at this time was not as spicy as in later generations, and she was still a bright cabbage, so Ning Zhichu was spared a meal.
"Hmph."
Zhang Jing stared at Ning Zhichu for a while, and couldn't see whether Ning Zhichu was deliberately talking, but sincerely apologized, so she let go of the horse, didn't say anything, and directly opened the door of the clinic and went to help Ning Zhichu send a letter.
Ning Zhichu silently wiped his face and exhaled. The doctor next to him who was grabbing the medicine, at this time, sneered, "Little brother, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it." When chasing girls, you have to be bold and cautious. After all, girls are thin-skinned, not like us men who can afford to put it down. ”
An old grandmother on the side who was hanging a drip, listened to the doctor's words, and immediately stopped following it, "I said young man, are you still single?" Like you say, how can you catch up with girls if you are so careful? In the past, the old man in my family was so dead that he couldn't get rid of him. No, there is no way, looking at others, it is like a person who lives a life, so I married him. ”
The doctor didn't expect this old woman to complain so much, and she poked at the pain point all of a sudden, who can blame a single dog? The doctor could only smile awkwardly, and convinced himself that this old woman was old after all and did not know her in general, which relieved the embarrassment in his heart.
The old woman, seeing that the doctor was silent as if she were in acknowledgement, smiled victoriously, and continued to babble about her and the old man in her house, and resonated with the few patients who came to see her. So in this small clinic of less than fifty square meters, it turned into a place for all kinds of nostalgia for the young love of the green years, and there were some nonsense words, which made Ning Zhichu blushing when he heard it.
Just as Ning Zhichu was thinking about how to make a deaf and listening demeanor when the left ear was in and the right ear was out, the door of the clinic was opened again. Three or four students wearing Seongnam Middle School uniforms walked in.
"Hey. Ning Zhichu, you let me work hard to find you. If it weren't for the enthusiastic aunt at that intersection just now, who said that two students came to this clinic, I would have wanted to take Zhang Xiang, Jia Junpeng, and them to Xinpu Hospital to find you. Hey, what about Zhang Jingren? Didn't you say that Zhang Jing was with you? ”
There was the voice of the squad leader Xu Chen who did not reduce the sunshine in his ears, Ning Zhichu still thought that he had hallucinated after listening to his grandmother's words too much, or he didn't hear the voice of the squad leader Xu Chen, until Xu Chen patted Ning Zhichu's shoulder with his hand, Ning Zhichu realized that this was not an illusion, but that Xu Chen really brought the deputy squad leader Zhang Xiang and his friend Jia Junpeng to find him. After seeing that it was Xu Chen, Ning Zhichu was speechless, he remembered the sunny and outgoing Xu Chen in his previous life, the Xu Chen who was praised by everyone, and the Xu Chen who committed suicide by jumping off the building.
Xu Chen, the squad leader, has always been a person that Ning Zhichu admires. Some people may be born to be the material of leaders, Ning Zhichu has always thought that this sentence is talking about people like Xu Chen. There are about 1,500 students in the four grades of 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 in Chengnan Middle School, especially the female students.
Enthusiastic, kind, motivated, sunny, kind, neither humble nor arrogant.
These are all well-known personal labels of Xu Chen. People who are lucky enough to know Xu Chen can't wait to give all the praise words in the world to Xu Chen, it seems that if Xu Chen is not described like this, they can't say that Xu Chen is good.
And Xu Chen did not live up to people's expectations, he was warm and kind to his younger brothers and sisters, he was unreserved to his seniors, he was polite and courteous to his classmates, he was even more loving to his classmates, and he was full of self-motivation for his studies.
It's a pity that you can't imagine that Xu Chen, who has so many praises, Xu Chen, who is enthusiastic, Xu Chen, who is kind to people, and Xu Chen, who is full of love, would jump off the seven-story bedroom balcony unexpectedly one winter when he was studying for a doctorate in history at Beijing University, leaving sad memories for his relatives, trembling puzzles for his friends, and astonishment and confusion for the world.
After Ning Zhichu knew about this incident at that time, although he was so poor that he had no place to stand, he still gritted his teeth, bought a train ticket from Xinyang City to Shangjing, and went to Xu Chen's funeral to see the amiable and respectable old squad leader for the last time. To be a man, you have to be grateful and repay, Ning Zhichu has always been so persistent. When he was down, when he had no money to live, except for Zhang Jing, only Xu Chen helped him.
Once Ning Zhichu was unemployed, and he didn't find a job for a while, the landlord was in a hurry to collect the rent, plus other miscellaneous expenses that month, Ning Zhichu was missing a gap of 500 yuan in his account at that time, out of self-esteem, Ning Zhichu did not tell his friend Zhang Jing, but hesitated for a long time before calling Xu Chen. After Xu Chen heard about his situation, he immediately called 500 yuan to Ning Zhichu's account without saying a word. Afterwards, Ning Zhichu learned that Xu Chen was studying for a doctoral degree in Beijing at that time, and his life was very difficult, but he still did not hesitate to give Ning Zhichu 500 yuan from his small living expenses as living expenses. Based on this, Ning Zhichu admired Xu Chen, otherwise, in this society, who would send charcoal in the snow? It's not all about sweeping the snow in front of the door. So after hearing that Xu Chen's body farewell party was held in Beijing, Ning Zhichu did not hesitate to buy a ticket to Beijing and go to see off the old squad leader for the last time, even if Ning Zhichu was still in a tight situation at that time.
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At this time, it was almost the time for the end of the first class, and Xu Chen, who should have been enthusiastic about the ancient way, saw that Ning Zhichu and Zhang Jing were both absent from the first class, and volunteered to come out to find the two of them.
"Hey, Zhichu, are you so brave, aren't you afraid of that truck exploding at that time? Well, yes, yes, quite the style of my enthusiasm back then. ”
Ning Zhichu doesn't have to think about it to know that who else can say such things besides the cheeky Jia Junpeng? Ning Zhichu glared at Jia Junpeng angrily, asked him not to play tricks, and then said to Xu Chen: "Squad leader, I'm sorry, I'm sorry to add trouble to you and the deputy squad leader." ”
Xu Chen waved his hand, went straight to a seat and sat down, and said, "It's okay, classmates." You're better now, I see you're bruised, and the head teacher will come to see you later. ”
Ning Zhichu was about to reply, but Zhang Xiang said coldly: "Ning Zhichu, isn't there a car accident at the intersection?" You went to help put out the fire, and you won't get bruised on your elbow and knee, right? ”