A whole day passed very quickly for Li Zedao, maybe there was Lin Shi. At least 10 minutes after class, Li Zedao finally mustered up the courage to ask Lin Shi a question, and Lin Shi was also happy to help answer it, which also reduced a lot of embarrassment for Li Zedao, right? Soon it was time for school to get out.

After politely saying goodbye to Lin Shi, Li Zedao packed up his things and trotted all the way back, his home was not too far from the school.

At home, her mother, Li Meiqi, is busy in the kitchen.

"Mom, I'm back!" Li Zedao shouted.

Li Meiqi poked her head out of the kitchen, and suddenly a smile on her face, "Dao'er, let's go upstairs first, mom will finish stir-frying this dish!" ”

Li Zedao wanted to help, but after looking at the kitchen that was already crowded with people, he could only nod and smile: "Then I'll go!" ”

The house where Li Zedao's mother and son live now is in the old town of Phoenix City. The houses here are all some decades old houses, most of them are three- or four-story buildings, without balconies, like those humble hostels, the doors are connected side by side, facing the corridors, and they are very different from the high-rise buildings that can be seen everywhere in Phoenix.

Most of the houses here are rented, such as the building where Li Zedao lives now, most of them are inhabited by some low-income people, such as Uncle Wang next door is in tatters, when Li Zedao was young, his mother Li Meiqi often went to pick up waste and sold it to Uncle Wang.

Another example is Aunt Wang on the first floor, just like Li Meiqi, she is a small vegetable vendor.

Since the house was not big in the first place, the landlord built a kitchen and a toilet in the yard, which were shared by more than a dozen families in the whole building.

This scene is similar to the pig cage village in Stephen Chow's movie "Kung Fu", except that the landlord is much better than the charter wife in the movie. How can this landlord also be a rich man, this place will be opened sooner or later, and the compensation will inevitably be a lot. Although the landlord is rich, he is kind to these tenants.

The people who come to rent here, except for the landlord who thinks that almost all of them are poor, are also doing the lowest jobs in society, so everyone is also very friendly, and sometimes they will help each other, but it is also very warm.

The house rented by Li Zedao's mother and son is on the third floor, which was originally a room of more than 20 square meters, but because Li Zedao grew up, Li Meiqi let the landlord separate it, usually the outside half is the living room, and at night, this is Li Zedao's bedroom, the dining table for dinner has become his desk, and the inferior sofa has become his single bed!

Sitting on the sofa, Li Zedao thought of his mother's happy appearance just now, and couldn't help but smile, it seems that studying hard is the greatest reward for his mother.

"Dao'er, come down and help serve the food!" Mother Li Meiqi's voice suddenly came.

Li Zedao immediately opened the door and ran down.

Under Li Meiqi's careful preparation, although it was just a dish and a soup, there were only a few pieces of white meat lying lonely on the dish, and there was only a little meat oil floating on the soup, but Li Zedao ate it with relish, maybe this is the taste of his mother.

"Eat slowly, Dao'er, don't swallow it." Li Meiqi watched her son gobble up, with a satisfied expression, "The first day of school, are you still used to it?" It doesn't matter if you can't keep up, take your time, Mom believes in you. ”

Li Zedao gulped down a big bowl of soup, and Meimei exhaled a breath and said, "Mom, you can rest assured, you are still used to it, you don't have to worry about learning, I will work hard to catch up with the progress as soon as possible." ”

Looking at her son's still a little pale and thin face, Li Meiqi couldn't help but feel distressed.

A year ago, when Li Zedao was just a freshman in high school, he was in a car accident, and he was in a coma for more than a week, with multiple fractures in his body and internal organs. Fortunately, the driver did not escape, and fully compensated for the medical expenses and various expenses. After a year of raising, I finally got over, but my body is still very weak, and my vision has not recovered since the eye injury, and I wear thick lenses.

Later, the driver who caused the accident took the initiative to find Li Meiqi and said that if Li Zedao could go to school, he could help him transfer to a key high school close to his home and study in the United States, so he had today's registration.

"Well, Dao'er, anyway, study slowly, although my mother wants you to go to school, she doesn't want you to ignore your body for the sake of class, do you know it?"

"I know, Mom, Ann, I'm not so weak now." Li Zedao nodded, feeling warm in his heart.

The night slowly deepened in the warm chat between mother and son......

Lying on the bed, Li Zedao didn't feel sleepy, what came to his mind was his mother's earnest teachings, he could feel that his mother seemed to have experienced a lot before, and seemed to know a lot, at least it was not just as simple as an ordinary vegetable vendor, and his father, why should he abandon his mother and himself? Why is it that every time I mention my father to my mother, my mother always gets angry? Li Zedao felt that he should hate his father, but he didn't know what Lu Dao was for, but he couldn't hate it......

This night, Li Zedao dreamed, but what he dreamed of was not his mother, of course, not the father he had never met, but the tablemate he had only known for a day, Lin Shi...... Of course, I just dreamed that I was asking her about her homework.