Chapter 1: A Headless Bird 1
'Bang! Syllable! Syllable! The sound of the green train crushing the tracks, Mu Feng sat by the window, and the smell of sweat from the uncle next to him could not affect his good mood.
Mu Feng touched the satchel in front of him, and there was an admission letter from Jingcheng University in it, and he was finally able to leave that home this August. He remembered the moment he left the house and laughed sarcastically.
"Mu Feng, you unfilial son, what kind of college do you go to, you have that spare time to go to college, why don't you hurry up and help your brother earn pocket money for me! As long as you dare to step out of this door today, I will not have your son! ”
Mu Feng was carrying an army-green satchel and a somewhat shabby cloth bag in his hand, he looked at the man who was talking, this was his father, and his eyes were full of disgust, not to mention the pride of hearing that his son was admitted to a prestigious university, and even the kind of care that ordinary fathers would have, has been gone for more than ten years.
Beside Mu Father stood a brightly dressed woman, who was different from the ordinary women in this village in the early eighties, and the style of the dress was said to be the most popular new style in Guangzhou. Comparing the short old shirt and the obviously torn pants on Mu Feng's body, it is hard to believe that they are a family. By the way, it wasn't originally a family, this was his stepmother.
"Mu Feng, your brother is going to elementary school this year, and your father has raised you for more than ten years, and now you shouldn't add any more burden to the family. You took it upon yourself to change the address of the university notice to the school, and asked the village leaders to help you with the household registration transfer, do you know how ugly it is to hear it outside? They all say that your father and I treat you harshly, God is pitiful, isn't what you have eaten all these years your father's. You also think about it, you go to the capital to study in college, and you will have to pay a thousand yuan less in four years, how can we have this money, you have hollowed out your home, what should your father do? Your brother can't even afford to go to elementary school. ”
The wooden cover stood expressionlessly at the door of the house, watching his biological father and his stepmother sing in front of him. The red-faced and white-faced, he remembered a sentence, with a stepmother, there is a stepfather, this may not be a universal truth, but it is absolutely applicable to him.
"Are you done?" Mu Feng said sarcastically, "Let me correct a few mistakes in your words. First of all, I already know that the food and drink expenses I have spent at home over the years have been subsidized by my grandfather's family, and Mu Jianguo has also embezzled some of it, otherwise I wouldn't have been without a decent dress for three years, but you are wearing the latest style from the south. I don't dare to take that sentence, everything I use is given by my father. Second, how much money does the family have, you know better than me, look at what you eat, will Mu Zhiqiang have the money to go to primary school? Third, I don't need a penny from you to send me to college.
As for me sending the notice to the school, or asking the village chief to help solve the problem of household registration, I hope that my good father and mother will not trouble me. In case, you finally find out that I am such a wonderful person, and you insist on keeping me at home, and you are reluctant to let me go to college, then you can't explain your reluctance to the outside world? ”
After Mu Feng finished speaking, he felt a little bored. He was visibly more angry when he saw his father's flushed face, and the obvious schadenfreude in his stepmother's eyes was afraid that the world would not be in chaos. Why the hell did he waste his time on these two people, this was not his home for a long time.
Mu Feng's hometown is in a small village at the foot of Huashan Mountain, his biological mother died when he was four years old, and after six years under the protection of his grandmother, there was a period of peace. But since his grandmother died at the age of ten, his father married another wife, and his stepmother gave birth to a son immediately, he became a transparent person at home.
There are delicious things for the younger son, and there are fun things for the younger son first.
Well, Mu Feng asked himself if he was a bad bamboo shoot, and he didn't have high requirements for eating, drinking, and having fun, and he really didn't like these fun things. But who would have thought that when he was in his third year of high school, his half-brother would be in elementary school at the age of seven, and his father would even deprive him of the right to study.
The family is not exhausted, why did he go out to work and unconditionally subsidize that kid to go to primary school, besides, Mu Zhiqiang only went to primary school, how much money can he cost. If it weren't for the stepmother's stunned desire to buy flower clothes from Guangyue, the expenses would definitely be enough. Therefore, Mu Feng thinks that his father's thinking does not conform to the logic of normal people at all, which clearly shows that he doesn't want him to go to college.
In 1983, the college entrance examination was only a few years old, and almost everyone was proud to be admitted to university! There is a college student in the family, who is not cheering?
Since the early 80s, you have to take the preliminary examination to take the college entrance examination, which can brush off two-thirds or more than half of the candidates.
Although Mu Feng's Chinese score is not very satisfactory, and the English score that will be recorded according to the proportion of 100% from this year is not very stable, but judging from the results of the preliminary examination, he is firmly in first place in their area. In this case, his father didn't support him to go to college at all, not to mention Mu Feng, even the rest of the village said that Mu Father was bewitched by ghosts.
For a science tyrant who is extremely good at mathematics, Mu Feng has never been able to understand his father's logic, and his father was definitely broken by his stepmother, and the nerves and blood vessels in his brain were knotted, so it became so unreasonable.
Without steaming the buns, Mu Feng played a super long level in the college entrance examination, and finally overcame his headache with him, and no longer let the Chinese lag and was admitted to Beijing University.
Jingcheng University is one of the most well-known universities in the country, and the small village has produced a champion figure, and his father finally can't be the enemy of the whole village and won't let him go to school. What's more, the notice was sent to the school, and the wooden father and stepmother couldn't interfere.
And Mu Feng was also thoughtful, and negotiated with the village leaders in advance about the last thing that even Mu Father's father could do about his move to the school. In this glorious era of college students, the village leaders must not agree to let Mu Father destroy the promising Mu Feng, which is a scandal for the whole village.
In this way, Mu Feng barely spent much effort to fight wits and courage with Mu Father, and asked well-wishers to help him get it done. The most that Father Mu can do is not to give Mu Feng a penny, and he really let out cruel words, as long as Mu Feng dares to leave, he will not recognize Mu Feng's son.
Why? It's really completely contrary to ordinary people's thinking. Mu Feng didn't understand his father, if his father didn't like him, he didn't want to provide for his education, but Mu Feng never thought that he could get tuition and living expenses from him.
And Mu Feng vaguely didn't want to admit it, but he finally overheard a reason a few nights ago. His father hated him, he just couldn't see him well, Mu Jianguo knew that studying in college, especially Jingcheng University, was a very honorable thing, so he didn't want such a good thing to fall on Mu Feng, saying that he would not be able to control him in the future. Where is this treatment of a son, it is clearly a treatment of an enemy.
When did this begin? It seems that since the beginning of Mufeng's memory, he has not been close to his father. But after his grandmother passed away, his grandfather couldn't take him away directly, and his grandfather didn't want to say anything about it, and Mu Feng couldn't ask more.
Grandpa just said wait, when Mu Feng was eighteen years old and admitted to college, he would be able to leave this family. Mu Feng never doubted that he could do this, although the learning environment was not good since he was a child, he still studied all the way up with excellent results, and even stood out in the college entrance examination.
Mu Jianguo is also funny, he thinks he can really trap himself, his brain, he has already kept his hands before he wants to do anything.
Mu Feng looked at Mu Jianguo, who wanted to continue scolding, shook his head, didn't bother to say anything, and went out without looking back. Any affection is a two-way street, and he will still bear the obligations as the son of man, but there are only obligations left, and those longing fatherly love have been exhausted in these years. If you don't admit it, you won't admit it, both of them and father and son may have a little cold nature.
Mu Feng left without hesitation, he took a little luggage and 30 yuan from his grandfather, and got on the train. Not to the capital, but to Luoyang.
Before this, Mu Feng had carefully inquired about the cost of living in the capital.
The tuition fee of Jingjing University is 20 yuan per year, the accommodation fee is free, and the textbook fee varies according to each department, and the school gives students a subsidy of 10 yuan every month.
According to the living expenses of ordinary students, you can eat porridge, fritters, and steamed buns for five cents for breakfast, and half a pound of rice and a meat dish for half a pound of rice, and dinner is about the same as lunch. In this way, a day's food can be controlled in the triangle, and it is only nine yuan a month, which happens to be the subsidy issued by the school.
But this is just barely maintaining food and clothing, the cost of teaching materials has not been settled, and there are other personal expenses, as well as tuition fees for the coming year, etc., all of which have to be earned by themselves, and they can't let their grandfather subsidize themselves all the time, and he also knows that his two uncles will have opinions, not to mention that his grandfather's money is not much, so he can't always save it for himself.
Just a month before the start of school, his high school teacher learned about the strange situation in Mu Feng's family, so he helped introduce a part-time job in Luoyang.
Wood sealed the train. This is Luoyang! Mu Feng looked at the people coming and going at the train station, which was much more lively than the small train station in his hometown. Luoyang is this scene, so is the capital more lively?
Mu Feng has never left his hometown, this is the first time he has left home, if nothing else, he will not go home for four years of college, he has not forgotten the disgusted eyes of his father who looked at him at the end, he has been kicked out of the door, and he will have to be self-reliant in the future. And men should be self-reliant.
While observing, Mu Feng found the bus stop and took the bus to his destination, a guest house on Dingding Road to find Teacher Jiao Hua.
Jiao Hua was a man in his fifties, a little unkempt, his fingers were covered with dirt, his face was a little gray, and at first glance he didn't look like a professor at Beijing University.
"You're Mufeng? Boss Gao told you what you were here for, right? Are you sure you can do anything? ”
"Teacher Gao didn't elaborate, only asked me to listen to Professor Jiao's arrangement." Mu Feng urgently needs to make money, it's not that he hasn't thought about reselling clothes or something like that, but he doesn't have the capital.
The high school teacher introduced him to a part-time job, saying that he was working for Professor Jiao Hua of Beijing University, which was all trivial things to sort out the literature and statistics. Teacher Gao told Jiao Hua about the situation of Mufeng, and Jiao Hua also agreed to give some remuneration. In this way, Mu Feng can not only make a little money, but more importantly, he can also meet a teacher from Beijing University by the way, and there will be many ways in the future, Mu Feng thought about it for a while and immediately agreed, and bought a train ticket to Luoyang.
"Listen to me?! Then let you dig up the dead, you are also willing! Jiao Hua snorted coldly, his tone was not very good, and he looked the wooden seal up and down, as if he was assessing something.