Chapter 16 The Railway Station
Zhang Xinzheng came to the LL City Railway Station at 6:45 a.m., he came to welcome his mother who came back from his hometown today. His mother went to the northeast, thousands of miles away, 10 days ago, without knowing what happened, and the message to him was a simple blank piece of paper, with only a few big words written on it: 'I'm coming home, urgent'.
From the letter, he could see that his mother's return home was very urgent, and he didn't even have time to explain the reason to him. Moreover, this time there is no news. Finally, yesterday, after a long and anxious wait, his mother finally got to call him, and it was from a public phone booth outside. Because of the remoteness of the hometown, communication has not yet reached the area.
On the phone, his mother only briefly explained a few words, said that he would wait for her here early this morning, and then hung up. It was this phone call that made him worried and confused. What did my mother do in her hometown, and what was an emergency in her hometown, did it solve it? These questions surrounded his brain, and he couldn't help but yawn in the waiting room of the train station, even after washing his face with cool water before coming.
"Hi...... Old man, I didn't expect to run into you here, what a coincidence! A familiar voice came to his ear, and he couldn't help but look behind him.
"Oh, it's Brother Dou Wudao! Why are you here! Seeing that it was his former friend, Zhang Xinzheng's heavy face bloomed with a smile. He happily walked over and hugged each other's outstretched arms. The expression is very happy.
"Hehe, yes, old man, we have a fate! Truth be told, we haven't seen each other in years! How many years? Let me do the math...... Oh, it's been 6 years......" Dou Wudao had a surprised expression, as if he didn't believe that time had passed so quickly, and many years had passed in a flash.
"yes, old man, it's been 6 years! Time flies...... I remember when we separated, and we ate dumplings together in the 'Star Dumpling City', I didn't expect that it had been many years since we were away from that meeting, I didn't expect it, I didn't think of it! Zhang Xinzheng's eyes were far-reaching, and he couldn't help but feel surprised in his heart, and at the moment of reunion after the past few years, he couldn't help but reveal his true feelings, looking at Zhang Xinzheng with a nostalgic expression. I wonder how the old guy is here? Is it also someone to pick up? ”
"yes, I'm going to pick up my niece." Dou Wudao replied: "She came back from graduating from college in other places, and said that she wanted to go to my store to show her knowledge first and increase her social experience." I was about to come back today, I didn't dare to slack off, I woke up early in the morning, and I didn't even eat breakfast! After he finished speaking, he asked, "Old man, are you here today to pick up someone?" ”
"Hehe, yes, my mother went back to her hometown a few days ago, and she is about to come back today."
"What a coincidence, hehe!" Zhang Xinzheng replied.
"Yes! I remember seeing my niece a few years ago, I remember that it was a quirky little girl at that time, I don't know how the little girl has happened after so many years? I don't know if she can still recognize me as a strange uncle. ”
The two sat in the waiting room of the train station, chatting all over the world, completely ignoring the true feelings, and fully revealing the joy of meeting each other for a long time.
"Oh...... The train is coming, the train is coming! ”
A surprising and unusual voice suddenly came from the waiting room, which made the two people in the deep conversation turn their heads to look in the direction each other. Sure enough, I saw a slow train coming slowly. At this time, there were already many people in the waiting room to greet them, and in order to grab a good position and let their relatives find themselves at a glance, they couldn't help but straighten up and walk towards the slowly approaching train with vigorous steps.
The crowd was so large that they were squeezed out of the way by the happy crowd and dispersed.
Zhang Xinzheng squeezed forward with his not very strong body. The smell of sweat in the crowd was very pungent, so that he couldn't help but feel sick in his stomach after having eaten breakfast. Squeezing and squeezing, squeezing, after a while, his nose suddenly lost this annoying smell, and at the same time, his body felt relaxed, and there was no more crowding next to him.
He looked strangely to the side, and by chance he saw a young girl approaching him. He consciously made way for her, even if it was in a hurry, with his decades of experience in society, he knew that this was the child of a rich family. Not because of the other party's beautiful face, nor because of the charming and fresh face on the other party's face, but because of the kind and friendly smile on her face. It makes you feel as if you are bathed in the chūn wind. Moreover, he seemed to know her. He couldn't help but look back at her again, and the other party was staring at him with a pair of clear eyes that were silent under the thick black eyelashes, as if he had the same question.
At this time, just as he was questioning, there was a feeling of crowding in his body again, and the pungent smell returned to his nostrils again. It dawned on him that the reason why he wasn't crowded just now was because he was close to the woman just now. Beside the woman, everyone inadvertently made a space for her.
Finally, Zhang Xinzheng came to the crowded train, and a wife saw him, a happy smile appeared on her face, and waved to him. This action instantly caught his attention, and when he squinted his eyes and looked closely, it was indeed his mother. With a smile on his face, he happily walked over to her, and at the same time stretched out his hands and consciously took the luggage from the other party.
Her mother is a wife with a high bachelor's degree, with a deep cultivation, probably because she went abroad when she was young, and she has a strong Western romantic character.
She stretched out a well-maintained little hand and brought it to Zhang Xinzheng's chest. The latter knowingly put down the luggage in his hand, grabbed his mother's hands, lowered his head, and kissed them gently.
"Long time no see, Xin Zheng." His mother said.
"It's been a long time...... Zhang Xinzheng replied with a smile, but his attention seemed to be distracted. Seeing his mother come back safely, his worries vanished, which made him prick up his ears and listen carefully to the voices outside. Because he felt that the voice was familiar, very similar to the woman just now. Although he hadn't heard the other party speak, from her appearance, from her dusty temperament, he could still roughly imagine her voice.
"I'm annoyed!" The young lady said. "I don't know where my uncle went, he said he would pick me up today, but there are so many people in this place that I can't get through. Mr. Conductor, could you please help me? ”
"Of course, it is our pleasure to serve you." It was a young man who spoke, his voice was a little immature, and there was a hint of excitement in his tone. Zhang Xinzheng knew his purpose from his words. Accosted, he deliberately approached the girl because he wanted to accost. "You can go inside and wait for a while, because almost all the people there have left, and now there are emaciated people like you."
"Okay, thank you." Then there was no sound, only the noise of the noisy waiting room continued.
"Hey, Miss Dou, haven't you found your uncle yet?" Zhang Xinzheng's mother smiled and stepped forward to greet the girl.
Zhang Xinzheng suddenly realized that she was Dou Wudao's niece.
"Your uncle is here, but I think he should be in the waiting room. It was so crowded that the number of people on the train was probably twice as many as usual, so the number of passengers indirectly increased by almost four times. I saw your uncle just now, and he probably didn't squeeze in. Still waiting for you outside! Zhang Xinzheng explained the reason to her, and at the same time did not forget to say to the conductor next to him: "Don't worry young man, I won't say anything about overloading, don't look at me like this, I'm just explaining to the young lady in front of me, and I don't have the slightest intention of revealing the secret." And I didn't take this train either, so I don't have any experience of being crowded or not, so I won't have any dissatisfaction. You can rest assured. ”
The conductor nodded, but was interrupted by Miss Dou.
"I don't know who you are?"
Zhang Xinzheng replied with a smile: "Hehe, I was your uncle's classmate when I was a child, and I once saw you when I went to your uncle's house. ”
"No wonder I have a familiar feeling when I see you, it turns out to be my uncle's classmate. I guess you're a good friend of my uncle, right? ”
"That's right, very good friends, after all, they used to be classmates who faced the college entrance examination and graduation together...... Isn't it? Zhang Xinzheng replied with a smile. There was a taste of appreciation in his eyes. I don't know how many years have passed, and the little girl of the year has become a beauty who seems to be unstained with mortal dust.
"yes."
Time kept passing, and the crowd had begun to disperse. Time passed quietly in the small talk of the three of them, and the conductor just now had been reluctantly called away by a person, as if to evacuate the crowd. They saw that a long time had passed, and it was impossible to ask someone outside to wait. And the crowd has thinned out a lot. They agreed and got up together, picked up the package they had just used as seats, and walked towards the waiting room together.
As soon as they entered the gate, they saw Dou Wudao's anxious figure, stomping his feet restlessly in the waiting room. He also found the three of them, and said from afar:
"Oh...... Heaven, you have finally come out. You've made me wait so hard...... Half an hour has passed! ”
Dou Liangying used her eyes to stop Zhang Xinzheng's words that had come to her mouth, and then said first. As she spoke, she pointed to her forehead, pointing to the sweat spilling out of it because it was too stuffy, and pretending to be a little daughter.
"Ahh Wait, uncle, you don't know it's really crowded inside, we've struggled inside for so long to come out, you see, we're all sweating! ”
Zhang Xinzheng and his mother looked at each other and smiled-care is chaotic, Dou Liangying's words made Dou Wudao's face completely lose the blame, and he was completely shrouded in concern. He also deliberately stepped forward, looked at his niece with wide eyes, and kept saying, 'Are you hurt, is there any injury?' Something like that.
"It seems that the relationship between these two is really good." Zhang Xinzheng's eyes sighed.
"yes, just like I cared about you back then." Her mother replied with her eyes.
"Hey, old man, it's hard to meet, how about the two of us go and have two drinks with our old classmates today?" Dou Wudao said hello to Zhang Xinzheng's mother, bowed his head and kissed the other party's hand, and turned his head to Zhang Xinzheng.
"No problem, no problem, but isn't Pretty Shadow going?" Zhang Xinzheng looked at Dou Wudao reproachfully, thinking to himself, why did you say this at this time, now that your relatives are present, are you embarrassed to leave them to enjoy themselves?
"I'll go, I'll go!" Sure enough, before Dou Wudao could reply, many years later, Dou Liangying, who had just arrived and had not seen LL City, couldn't help but feel excited in her heart, revealing a happy look and said.
"The friendship between our classmates, what are you going to do. Didn't you say that you want to see the market and increase your social experience? You can just take care of my store today, and if you want to play, you will play another day. Dou Wudao seemed to have expected it, he sternly rejected his niece's words, ignored the other party's pouting and commanded.
"Then I'll go to the house and pack up first. I haven't been home for so many days, and I'm quite tired! Zhang Xinzheng's mother is very understanding, she knows that her son and his classmates have not seen each other for a long time. For the sake of his heart, it is better to contact and increase feelings. So before she could wait for Dou Wudao to speak, she had already expressed her opinion.
"Okay, since my aunt is tired, I'm inviting you another day!" Dou Wudao said politely: "In this way, let's say that we can meet at the intersection of Anju Road at noon, and I will drive with you." ”
"Okay."
Zhang Xinzheng's mother saw Dou Liangying pouting on the side, deliberately tilting her head not to look at them, looking very reluctant, and said with a smile: "Liangying, if you are free at night, come to my house." Seriously, I really like you, and I want to talk to you. ”
Although the sincerity is true, 'liking her' is obviously a polite word, but Dou Liangying still seems very happy. She smiled pleasantly and nodded, agreeing to her invitation.
"So be it!"
With that, the four of them picked up their luggage and walked towards the door of the waiting room together.
Today is the 25th, and it's been 5 days since I started doing cheats. For 5 days, Ling Feiyu has been working as a free network administrator, although he is reluctant on the surface, he has persevered, and there is no such thing as sleeping during working hours. Li Guanxing has also been working hard to familiarize himself with his textbooks, studying for more than 10 hours a day, and the blue circles on his eyes are a symbol of his efforts. It can be said that both of them are working hard for the same purpose, in different ways, to be able to make a plug-in one day earlier.
Around 11 o'clock in the morning, it is time to eat, and usually at this time, the customers in the Internet café start to leave.
Ling Feiyu was browsing the information about the special forces on a machine at this time, and casually glanced at the corner of his eye, and found that there was a person walking down the stairs, his face in a hurry. He was taken aback and asked with concern, "Fat man, why is this expression, is something happening?" Li Guanxing, who walked down the stairs, looked depressed, his eyes were gloomy, revealing a feeling as if he had been defeated, and his confidence had disappeared from his face. His hair was unkempt, the corners of his eyes were tingling, and the corners of his mouth were trembling, like a soldier who had lost a battle, shrugging his head, his steps were heavy, and his whole body was stiff and walking in the direction of Ling Feiyu.
He didn't seem to hear Ling Feiyu's question, but bypassed the No. 1 machine in the depths of Ling Feiyu, walked to the bar, took out a large cup, poured water on the water dispenser, and then opened his mouth, brought the cup to his mouth, raised his head, and poured it into his mouth with a gurgling mouth.
"Whew...... Really TM cool ...... It's great to drink some water after work. Li Guanxing pretended to be very cool, hiding the tiredness revealed on his face and the feeling of fatigue and fatigue in his eyes, holding the big cup that had already seen the bottom, and said.
Ling Feiyu knew that he could understand that it was just to show his tenacity and strength. I don't drink water in the morning, I don't relax, and I'm in a hurry even when it's convenient, except for reading a book. This kind of life is undoubtedly the most boring and boring. You must know that in such an Internet café, being able to endure the joy of the people next to you having fun, endure the excitement brought by the game, stay away from them, suffer alone, and chew words in the private room, the willpower required is completely beyond Ling Feiyu's imagination. He had tried it privately, but in just a few minutes he couldn't help but give up on this method of self-masochism, which was undoubtedly the same as the god of jīng, because this kind of thing was too boring. It's boring, and it just wants to tickle your heart, just like the feeling of a smoker when he can't smoke.
However, such a boring thing, Li Guanxing persevered with his will. Every day except for going out for a meal at noon and drinking a big glass of water, everything is good, and other than that, they are nibbling on the text. Under this kind of jīng divine torture, even his body has lost a lot of weight, from the original 150 catties to 145 catties. It can be said that Li Guanxing's hard work for his plan is incomparable to anyone.
He secretly made up his mind in his heart, and the money he earned no longer took the method of dividing it into four or six shares, but according to the other party's twenty-eight shares. Only by doing this can he feel at ease, he feels worthy of Li Guanxing, and he feels worthy of the other party's relentless efforts for the cause.
Actually, don't look at it, it's been 5 days, but Ling Feiyu knows that Li Guanxing's plug-in hasn't made the slightest progress. Because after all, I haven't been in contact with this industry for more than ten years, and I have almost forgotten about the knowledge of this industry. What he writes now is completely based on little by little, page by page from the book, word by word, word by word. As a direct consequence of this, Li Guanxing always felt that his eyes were a little confused, and he also felt a trance on his mind. Even, Venus often pops up in his eyes. When I walk, I feel that my steps are very frivolous and fluttering, as if I have no feeling of landing on the ground. It's not that he doesn't want to spend more time studying, but he is very afraid that if he doesn't get enough rest if he increases his time, he will go into shock. So, he can only maintain his current state, working 10 hours a day and sleeping 13 hours. In this way, he also feels that it is the limit!
"Fatty, there's nothing wrong with your body, right? What do I think of your jīng god state getting worse and worse these days? Why don't you ask me to go to the hospital and buy some tonic medicine? If that's the case, I'm afraid something will happen to you! ”
"Hehe, no, it's no big deal, it's nothing...... There is nothing wrong with my body, but recently I suddenly encountered a difficulty......" Li Guanxing cried and explained sadly: "You know, I graduated many years ago... For the current things, the knowledge in the brain can no longer keep up...... In order for our plans to go smoothly, we had to go to the bookstore to buy some of the latest books and come back. I checked the things I wanted to buy on the Internet, drew up a draft, you go to the east side of the 'computer maintenance' side to consult, let them list the books involved in these contents one by one, and then you go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy them......" Li Guanxing introduced in detail the difficulties he encountered in his work, and explained the solution to Ling Feiyu in detail, and the helplessness in his tone made the latter finally understand the reason for the frustrated expression on the other party's face.
That's the kind of expression that often comes when you find yourself out of the way of the world!
When he found that he couldn't do anything, didn't know anything, how he looked at it, how he felt that this world was very strange, the helpless mood in his heart Ling Feiyu could be deeply felt. That strangeness made him feel out of place with the world, which made him feel melancholy, and he couldn't help but start thinking about his prospects, and when he found that he was not good at anything, he would be extremely depressed. Li Guanxing's frustration was because he saw that the computer he was familiar with was no longer the same as the previous computer.
"No problem, I'll do my best...... You can rest assured! Ling Feiyu wanted to say a few words like 'you have worked hard' in his heart, but because of his xìng style and poor apology, he couldn't spit out these words in his heart. In order to repay the other party's hard work, he could only answer in a clean tone to reassure the other party. He felt that only in this way could he feel at ease and feel better.
"Well, you go, I'll watch the Internet café first...... I'll just have instant noodles for lunch. Li Guanxing smiled, and then went to the second floor, and when he came down, he already had a thick, old book in his hand. He saw that Ling Feiyu hadn't set off yet, but was looking at him in a daze. He immediately pretended to be unhappy and reprimanded: "Why don't you leave?" ”
"Okay, I'...... I'll go! Ling Feiyu turned his head and walked to the door, blinked his eyes a few times, held back the tears that seemed to be about to flow, and said loudly, energetically and confidently.
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"Uncle, I think the name 'Zhongdi' is so earthy! Why don't you change your name? On the Anju Road, Dou Liangying, who had already arrived at her destination, got out of the car quickly, her beautiful eyes revealing thoughtfulness. After a long while, she withdrew her gaze from staring at the card, opened her small mouth, and said happily to Dou Wudao, who was holding the key to open the door in front of her, in an unrestrained tone.
"Zhongdi, the fortune teller helped me get up!" His uncle replied expressionlessly.