Chapter 14: Those Who Are Changed, and Those Who Can't

At this time, I only heard my mother say worriedly: "I always feel that something is wrong, after Dr. Zhou examines you, he suddenly wants to take you to a big city for a re-examination, and he also pays for it himself." Now I'm going to take you abroad again, I think......

Alas, when Dr. Zhou mentioned this to me on the phone, I chuckled in my heart...... But how can I disagree? It's all about curing your illness! I just don't want to let you go. Child, I ...... in my heart."

"Mom, you can think like this: If it's normal, do people like us have the opportunity to study abroad?" An Feng asked calmly.

Mother shook her head slowly: "That's a lot of money, we can't earn it in a few lifetimes." ”

"But I'm an abnormal child", An Feng took his mother's hand and whispered: "Others say I'm autistic, and the doctor also diagnosed it like this, but Mom, you know, I behave normally at home......"

Mom squirmed, and she wanted to say, "I've been asking around about autism lately, and I've never heard of this kind of patient." Finally, there is a person who knows that this disease can also manifest as being unable to communicate with outsiders, but it behaves normally with familiar people. It is said that if this disease is not cured, when you grow up, you will not be able to work, you will not be able to enter the society, and you will even lose your ability to work in disguise......

But An Feng's mother thought about it, and was afraid of touching An Feng's sensitive nerves, so she quietly swallowed her words. Anyway, now is the tide of studying abroad, and people who study well at Peking University and Tsinghua University are running to foreign countries with a swish, which shows that it is a good thing to study abroad, that is, if Fengfeng arrives in a completely unfamiliar environment, will he continue to be autistic?

Thinking of this, my mother's heart tugged.

"It's a win-win deal," An Feng said in a steady tone, and he stated in an unwavering tone: "I guess this: as a psychiatrist, cases like mine are rarely encountered. Dr. Zhou was going to go overseas for graduate school, and he had to come up with enough research results, and there happened to be a ready-made patient like me, so he wanted to catch this case, so he took me to a big city to get a diagnosis first, and then ...... And then everything fell into place.

It's also a good thing for me, I can get a free therapy opportunity, a free learning opportunity. Then, what is the worst outcome of this matter? Can't I think of a worse outcome than now? ”

"Yes, yes, Dr. Zhou also persuaded me, saying that it is free treatment and free learning, and there is nothing bad about it." Mom breathed a sigh of relief: "If you want to open this matter, there's really nothing bad about it, it's just ...... I don't see each other a few times a year. ”

This is a pie-in-the-sky good thing, but my mother was a little uncomfortable for a while: luck, when did she patronize this cold house?

"Mom, when other people's children go to college, they meet every year during the holidays, so you will be my college ahead of schedule." An Feng continued to persuade.

"This child ......" The mother's demeanor completely relaxed: "How old are you, you are in a hurry to leave home, what is good outside?" ”

After doing the ideological work, An Feng saw that his mother was no longer entangled, so he took out the household registration book and credit card from his arms and handed them to his mother one by one: "Mom, this is your credit card, Dr. Zhou said that you need a financial guarantee to go abroad, he allocated 300,000 yuan to your card, and asked you to go to the bank to open a certificate of funds, and said that it is best to convert all the money into foreign currency and then issue a certificate of funds." ”

Mom was taken aback: "So much money?!" Dr. Zhou's family must be very rich...... Also, they can all study abroad, and their family must have been big landlords and big capitalists in the past. That's a lot of money, our family...... How can I pay it back? ”

"The proof of funds needs to freeze the deposit, Mom, you freeze it for three months first, and then start to unfreeze the funds one month after I leave, and then ......, let's see what Dr. Zhou means."

The mother flipped the fluttering credit card and said bitterly: "If you want to say that, then this money may be my eldest son's money from selling his body?" ”

"Say what?" An Feng pursed his lips and said with a dissatisfied face: "I didn't sell my body, I just assisted Dr. Zhou in research." ”

"You're not the guinea pig he researches, how could he give me this money?" Mom sighed.

An Feng also sighed: "It's better to be a guinea pig for Dr. Zhou alone than to be a guinea pig for many people, right?" What's more, being someone else's guinea pig doesn't necessarily mean that they will pay me money or provide me to go to school in a foreign country. ”

Mom stopped talking.

After a pause, my mother changed the subject: "Your grandmother went to your uncle's house...... Alas, she couldn't let go of this thought. ”

Grandma's thoughts...... Women who have grown up with traditional customs have a very easy guess: they always hope that it is their sons who can support their old age. For grandma, it is An Feng's uncle. She always hoped that her son could be relied on, but this uncle was not close to her grandmother...... Many years later, when An Feng grew up, he learned that his grandmother was actually his grandfather's aunt's wife, and his mother and uncle were adoptive.

It is said that his grandfather ran away from home when he was young, and after the death of his wife, he did not remarry another wife, but only succeeded his mother from the clan who had both parents died - and the clan only knew about his grandfather at that time. Later, my grandfather passed away, and now this aunt feels that it is impossible to support the elderly without a son, so she asked her mother to ask for her own brother from the clan. In the years that followed, my grandmother loved my uncle in every way.

However, at that time, the whole society was "breaking the four olds", the patriarchal power was lost, and the clan had no right to restrain the clansmen, so the grandmother could not handle the inheritance procedures of the uncle. As a result, the uncle felt that he had not passed on, although his household registration book said "adopted son", while enjoying the love of this sister and adoptive mother, he tried his best to put aside the relationship with his grandmother. After starting a family, my uncle immediately moved far away, and rarely came to An Feng's house to walk around, unless he was asking for money - or asking his grandmother for money, or asking his mother for money.

In view of this situation, An Feng's mother was reluctant to mention such a thin brother. An Feng hasn't seen much, and he almost doesn't have an impression of this uncle.

Not long ago, my uncle came to ask for money again, it turned out that their unit wanted to raise funds to build a house, and my uncle did not have enough money on hand. So my grandmother made the decision and asked my mother to give my uncle 3,000 yuan, which was almost all the family's savings.

After taking the money, my grandmother asked to go to my uncle's family to see the "progress" of their unit's fund-raising and building of a house. In fact, grandma wants to spend more time with her uncle in order to increase their relationship. is very helpless, grandma has been educated since she was a child to "raise children and prevent old age", and her daughter is light in her eyes.

"Alas, we can't save money at home", my mother sighed, looked down at the fluttering credit card, and said, "I haven't told grandma about you yet, Fengfeng, what do you think is appropriate?" When they know that you are going to study abroad, will they think that your family has a lot of money? ”

"Mom, you haven't told Dad yet?" An Feng asked curiously.

Mom shook her head slightly: "Your father hasn't written from him for a few months, I wrote him a letter about you, and I only sent it out yesterday, he must have received a letter now?" ”

"Mom, then, let's not mention this money", for so many years, the eldest son An Feng has already become the backbone of his mother. So An Feng arranged it as a matter of course: "This money, we don't know if people will let you repay the debt, so you should not have this money." When the money is unfrozen, if Dr. Zhou does not let him repay the debt, then you can bring all your documents, quietly go to the capital, find houses near those good schools, and buy all the money into houses.

Mom, now that prices are soaring, money is becoming less and less valuable in your hands, the money to buy a cake today, whether you can buy a popsicle tomorrow is still difficult to say, the only way for our people to maintain their value is to buy a house. If you have a house in hand, even if you rent it out, it's a subsidy. ”

Mom looked at the credit card in her hand and said nothing. An Feng counted his fingers, looking like he was helping the adults calculate: "The money is in the bank, and the bank interest is not much." If we buy a house, we won't live in it for the time being, and if we rent it out, the monthly rent is equivalent to one person's salary. With this rent, my family is gone again, and the economy will be more comfortable...... Mom, no one can say anything about this, grandma knows about it, and she will definitely let you stick to your uncle; Dad knows, he must eat and drink, my sister and brother are not strict-mouthed......"

Next, An Feng analyzed to his mother what kind of house increases in value quickly, and where the house is easy to monetize...... As she was talking, her sister, who was sleeping in another room, was woken up, she listened attentively, vaguely heard the house or something, and immediately shouted to her mother: "Mom, our house should also be changed, and my classmates have all participated in the unit fundraising." ”

Mom subconsciously responded: "Our family's savings are ...... by your grandmother"

At this point, my mother suddenly stopped talking and looked down at the credit card in her hand. An Feng motioned to his mother to put away the credit card, and said, "Mom, you go and ask tomorrow, how much does it cost to build a few houses?" Let's also participate in fundraising, and if the money is not enough, I will figure it out. ”

Mom sighed: "It's already settled, the housing area corresponding to my job title is ......, and it costs 20,000 after calculation, how can we have this money." ”

"This money should be spent", An Feng said categorically: "If I want to go out to study, I will have to install a phone at home in the future to facilitate contact." The bank's guarantee funds will be exchanged for US dollars, and I will go around the black market, and if I can find cheap US dollars, the 20,000 yuan will be tossed out......"

Quietly heard An Feng's voice, hurriedly got up, ran to the place where the voice came from, saw An Feng stunned for a moment, and immediately said happily: "Ha, sure enough, it's you, brother, are you back?" I heard at school today that there was an exchange student at the school who was going to study in the UK. They all say it's you, don't they? ”

In this way, Dr. Zhou was quick and had already greeted the school, but now the school must be suspicious, and it will not be until the step of going through the formalities that the school will suddenly understand.

An Feng was still the calm image of dying in front of his sister: "Yes, Doctor Zhou told me." ”

"That", my sister approached An Feng, her eyes lit up: "What are the symptoms of autism, tell me?" ”

This sister has never been able to play tricks in front of An Feng, An Feng glanced at his sister, and said fixedly: "Don't think about it!" It's useless to pretend to be autistic at school in the future. Not all autists can go to the UK to study and get free medical care. That's the end of it. ”

Mom spoke up: "Quietly, don't always think about some crooked ways, read your books well in the future, this is the right thing." Your brother is gone, and only Yang Yang is left with you in the family, you have to set a good example. ”

The important thing is that if according to An Feng's plan, the family's economic situation can improve in the future, then the mother will no longer worry about firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, and she can have more energy to raise the rest of the children. This thought made the mother's heart feel a lot more calm, and she looked quiet, and countless thoughts were turning in her mind, ready to teach this silly daughter well in the future.

My sister didn't notice that her mother's eyes were cold, she looked like An Feng was kind when she comforted her little brother Yangyang, reached out and patted An Feng's shoulder, and pretended to sigh deeply: "Little brother, in the future, you will be raised for others." ”

The next day, the younger brother Yangyang went home with his grandmother. An Feng can't hide the fact that An Feng wants to study abroad from his uncle after all. Uncle himself didn't come to An Feng's house, probably because he was worried that his grandmother would go back with him, so he only sent his grandmother to inquire about the news. Mom told Grandma according to the agreed statement, causing Grandma to only sigh......

The younger brother Yangyang was ignorant, and he didn't feel the nostalgia that the separation was imminent, so he chased An Feng and asked what good things were in foreign countries. When my mother served the meal, she sighed: "Yangyang, don't provoke your brother." Alas, speaking of which, your brother is so smart, why don't you have one-tenth of your brother's intelligence? The same rice is raised, why is there such a big difference? When your brother is gone, I just have my hands free and keep an eye on your studies. ”

The younger brother shouted bitterly, and then all kinds of coquettishness, and the elder sister was jealous and ignored by the side...... And so the breakfast ended in a noisy and noisy manner.

The days that followed were like running accounts, tense and tedious.

An Feng went to the UK and went to a church school that entered in the spring, directly from the first semester of the second grade, so it no longer made sense to continue to attend the first semester of the second grade in school. Dr. Zhou came forward to help An Feng get the first grade report card of primary school, and An Feng began to follow Zhou Tao to various "relevant departments". Countless application forms were submitted, and countless red seals were stamped on the forms, and the days passed slowly in such a rush.

During the period when he went through the procedures for going abroad, An Feng took time to take care of the "stock market". At this time, various regulations on the stock market were gradually introduced, and the profit margin was not large, and the frequent operation of shareholders was easy to be targeted, so Dr. Zhou and An Feng cleared the goods and turned all the funds into foreign currency.

Of course, the matter of raising funds for the construction of the house by my mother is easy to solve, and An Feng has sufficient funds on hand, but it is difficult to explain the source. When exchanging foreign currency, I made up a random reason, tossed out some of the money, and gave it to my mother in private. Then, it was done.

Speaking of which, An Feng's mother also had an unexpected gain from participating in fundraising to build a house. In these years, everyone survives on dead wages, and each family does not have much savings. In the housing plan planned by the unit, several households were unable to come up with the raised funds. Dragged down by them, the entire building was not fully funded, delaying the construction of the building. As a result, the unit quickly adjusted the plan to allow families with a large number of people who met the standard to raise funds for two apartments.

Of course, this scheme is a bit unreliable. Families with large family members often have heavy burdens and are unlikely to have too much savings. However, it happened that An Feng's family did not have this phenomenon at this time, and at the instigation of An Feng, An Feng's mother, who had sufficient funds, funded two suites, which were on the same floor in the same unit, so that An Feng's family could occupy one floor exclusively in the future.

Another good news that An Feng received before going abroad is that the installation of telephones is gradually open to ordinary people, but because there are many people who apply for installation, it needs to go through a long time of scheduling, and the installation fee is about equivalent to the sum of a person's salary for a year. An Feng's mother was reluctant to spend this money, and An Feng no longer insisted on it.

For uninformed adults, An Feng is still an unremarkable little spot at this time. As a result, when making various preparations for going abroad, everyone often unconsciously ignores An Feng. Dr. Zhou's target Liu Jiaqi is also like this, so is Aunt Huang Yaqing, and even Aunt Huang's son, Chen Wenwen, who is about to be a classmate of An Feng, automatically ignores An Feng's existence.

This is just the case. An Feng hid in an unnoticed corner and quietly made his preparations. Finally, at the beginning of December, after more than a month of busyness, with the help of Chen Wenwen's father, all the formalities were completed, and the group of four people booked air tickets, bid farewell to their respective relatives, flew to the magic capital first, and then left China on a national flight.

The plane flew into the air, everyone's heart was relieved and relaxed, and the expression on their faces was all "finally over", it seems that the busyness of some time ago made everyone not easy.

On the plane, Dr. Zhou stared at the clouds under his feet stupidly, and after Huang Yaqing tidied up his seat, he saw that Dr. Zhou was still that idiot, and comforted him with a smile: "Dr. Zhou still can't let go of his object?" Then work hard to earn money and do the same for her. I heard that it is very easy to make money abroad, and even if you wash dishes, you can become a 10,000 yuan household. ”

Whether Dr. Zhou's final wife is this Liu Jiaqi, An Feng is not very clear. According to Dr. Chow, Lau and Dr. Chow went to university in the same city, and the two met and fell in love at a college student gathering. After graduating, Liu Jiaqi went to the big city, and Dr. Zhou returned to his hometown. Then, like all kinds of old-fashioned romance stories, the initial love between the two slowly cooled down.

In the past four years, distance has been like a pig-killing knife, constantly cutting the feelings of the two. Although they eventually got their marriage certificate, Dr. Zhou's original plan to go to Liu Jiaqi's city for graduate studies was delayed because he suddenly got the opportunity to go abroad...... It will perhaps be postponed forever.

However, what An Feng didn't know was that money could really change something.

Originally, the relationship between the two lovers was already a little indifferent, but because of the appearance of this money, the situation has changed a little.

Liu Jiaqi knew the origin of the money -- it was easy to transfer money out of the stock market, and if it was transferred back to the stock account, Liu Jiaqi needed to go to the counter to go through various procedures. During that time, she watched the money continue to flow into her credit card, and finally precipitated more than 500,000 yuan. Of course, this money was to be frozen as An Feng's guarantee, but Dr. Zhou also stated that there was no need to return the funds after they were unfrozen, and they would be at Liu Jiaqi's discretion.

With this money, Liu Jiaqi, who used to work diligently for a small family, always felt overstretched, and felt that such a day was not unbearable, such a man ...... Not bad, either. In reverse comparison, she felt that the surrounding men who were originally attentive to her were not as caring and considerate as Zhou Tao.

As a result, the balance in Liu Jiaqi's heart tilted in favor of Dr. Zhou......