On the night of Lei Jun's departure, Su Hong drove Lei Jun's car to Lei Lei's school. She had spoken to Lei Lei on the phone before, telling her that she was going to pick her up, but Su Hong was always worried that Lei Lei was home alone.

Su Hong parked her car, took a closer look at the row of small shops around the school, and then walked into one of the Hunan rice noodle restaurants.

There are only a few small tables and a few stools against the wall, and the walls are dirty from years of oil. The light in the room was not bright, but she could see Lei Lei waving at her at a glance.

"This way! Aunt Sue! ”

Su Hong walked over with the Kun bag: "Did you just get out of class?" ”

"Hmmm! It didn't take long to arrive. Lei Lei said excitedly, "The rice noodles here are the best, Aunt Su, have you eaten?" ”

"Ate a little in the bureau."

"Then I'll order another bowl!"

Su Hong was about to stop it, but Lei Lei said, "Don't worry, the beef here is fresh, and the beef doesn't have many calories." ”

Su Hong couldn't, so she had to agree. Lei Lei turned her head and beckoned to the inside: "Xiao Liu! Another bowl of beef rice noodles! ”

A child's little head poked out from the inside of the white curtain, and he nodded at Lei Lei with a smile: "Got it!" Coming soon! ”

Su Hong immediately said: "Lei Lei, you are under a lot of pressure to study, you should add more nutrition - wait for the beef in my bowl to eat for you." ”

Lei Lei laughed: "Auntie, you don't like meat so much?" ”

She picked up her schoolbag and made room for Su Hong: "Sit down." ”

Su Hong sat down and rubbed her forehead. Lei Lei looked at her with concern: "Auntie, it's hard to work, right?" ”

"It's definitely not as hard as you are to go to school." Su Hong smiled, "Besides, we still have income, but we have to pay money as students." ”

"That's right." Lei Lei grinned, "My dad said that even if the score is not enough for the city No. 1 middle school, he has to let me in with the money - in fact, if I say it, it doesn't matter if I get into the No. 1 middle school or not, although 20 middle school is not a class of focus, I think it doesn't matter." ”

"High school is still the best." Su Hong shook her head: "I ...... back then"

Lei Lei looked at her intently.

Su Hong was stunned for a long time and shook her head: "No, I'm old, I can't remember anything about high school." ”

Lei Lei laughed: "How old are you?" Speak like an old lady. ”

"Really, it's strange to say Lei Lei," Su Hong propped her face and said slowly, "Now that I think about high school, I don't have any memory at all......

"Huh?"

"Yes, what's the name of the class teacher, what is the name of the classmates, which class is it...... Why did I forget it? Forget about it. Su Hong sighed, "I'm like this, I lose all the way, and I'm the least sensitive to names and numbers." ”

"Then you have to be careful, the forgetting of proper nouns is a precursor to Alzheimer's disease......"

"Dead girl! It's been sixteen or seventeen years, so it's natural to forget it! I remember the university very clearly. ”

Lei Lei laughed: "It's because I worked too hard in high school, and I didn't take anything else to heart, right?" ”

"Perhaps." Su Hong was a little unwilling, "How could you forget to be so clean......

As he was talking, the young man in the store came over with two bowls of rice noodles.

Lei Lei put one of the bowls in front of Su Hong: "Taste it!" Tastes great! ”

Su Hong glared at her: "You have simply become the advertiser of this store." ”

The young man laughed.

It was a boy who looked to be eleven or twelve years old, not very tall, and his face was a little dirty from the black smoke from the stove, but his eyes were dark and shiny, just like paint.

"Yo, why are there still child laborers here?" Su Hong pulled the boy over, "How old are you?" ”

"Sixteen."

", you!" Su Hong said, "With your height, you are in your early tens." ”

The boy pursed his lips and smiled, but he didn't refute, and at this time he was shouting again: "Xiao Liu!" The rice noodles at table 2 are ready! ”

"It's coming!" He bowed his head and turned and went inside.

"He's Xiao Liu, and our classmates always come here to eat rice noodles." Lei Lei said, "I'm familiar with him, and I heard that he is a relative of the boss." ”

"Working in the store at such a young age and not going to school?"

"Looks like so." Lei Lei said this, and paused, "Aunt Su, please do something." ”

"What?"

"Can Xiao Liu go back with me tonight?"

Su Hong's eyes widened: "How can that work?" What's the deal with a stranger? ”

"I'm not a stranger." Lei Lei put down her chopsticks, "I've known him for a month, Aunt Su, I said I would take him back tonight, but my dad is not at home anyway......"

"What are you doing with a strange boy?" Su Hong was displeased, "It's too early to fall in love, right?" ”

"What kind of love?" Lei Lei couldn't cry or laugh, "I'm not in love, let's put it this way, Xiao Liu wants to read." ”

"Reading a book? Go to school and see it? ”

"No, I can't go. He works in the store all day long, and he wants to read, and when he told me that day, I said okay, come to my house and read it, I have a lot of books! Lei Lei said this, "Actually, Xiao Liu knows a lot of things!" In my Chinese homework, the questions in classical Chinese are so difficult and difficult, and he knows how to translate. ”

"That's people working harder than you." Su Hong said, "Rural children are like this, but it's a pity that they can't study when they come out to work." ”

"Is that okay?" Lei Lei blinked.

"What doesn't work." Su Hong deliberately pretended not to know.

"Take him back, tonight." Lei Lei continued to blink.

"Don't blink, you're getting sick." Su Hong buried her head in eating rice noodles.

"Aunt Sue ......"

"Okay, okay, I agreed."

“yeah！”

Lei Lei hurriedly grabbed chopsticks and ate rice noodles, but Su Hong put down the bowl: "If he really goes to my house, then he can only sleep on the sofa tonight." ”

"It doesn't matter."

The voice that came out behind her startled Su Hong! She looked back and saw that Xiao Liu was standing behind her, holding a plate, looking at her earnestly!

"Auntie, I want to read, even if it's one night!" Xiao Liu continued, "But the store is very busy, I can't go out, and ......."

When the children all talked about this, Su Hong's heart finally softened, and she touched the child's arm: "Okay, let's go to my house tonight." ”

“…… Auntie, how is your family book? "Xiao Liu looked at her timidly," Lei Lei said, and she has a lot of books. ”

"Nonsense! There are so many books in my Aunt Sue's house like a library! ”

Su Hong couldn't help laughing: "There are a lot of books, what kind of books do you want to read?" ”

"Historical ......" the child lowered his eyes.

"That's fine." Su Hong said, "Lei Lei, hurry up and eat, it's not too early." ”

"Then I'll go say hello to Uncle first." After Xiao Liu finished speaking, he ran into the stove in the middle of the room.

Su Hong started the car, Lei Lei opened the door and got into the back seat, they waited for a while before they saw Xiao Liu running out of the store quickly, he was wearing a shabby school uniform and took off his apron. The child ran all the way to Su Hong's car, but was stunned.

"What are you doing here? Come up. Lei Lei pushed the car door.

Xiao Liu hesitated for a moment before getting into the back seat.

"Close the door." Su Hong said.

Xiao Liu was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and he gently closed the car door.

"Alas, this doesn't work, you have to use force." Lei Lei walked past him and slammed the car door shut.

Su Hong looked at the child from the rearview mirror: "Xiao Liu, you haven't taken a taxi, have you?" ”

The boy lowered his head and shook his head.

"Just get used to it." Lei Lei patted him and said, "Okay, Auntie drives." ”

As soon as the car got on the road, Su Hong felt that something was wrong, and from the rearview mirror, she saw Xiao Liu holding the handrail, his face was pale, and he was gritting his teeth!

"What's going on?"

"Auntie, he's motion sickness." Lei Lei hurriedly rolled down the window, "Blow the wind." ”

Su Hong sighed, children from the countryside are also very common for motion sickness. She slows down and tries to pick gentle sections to reduce bumps.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Xiao Liu's spirits to recover, and he leaned on the car window, greedily looking at the speeding scenery around him like all country children entering the city.

The city is full of traffic, Ambilight, Su Hong's car glides through the lights like a long river, the night is already very deep, but there is still a hustle and bustle outside.

"There are so many cars...... Xiao Liu said intoxicated, "there are also a lot of people." ”

Su Hong smiled.

"This car, so fast."

"Huh? Is it fast? Su Hong glanced at him in surprise, "I've slowed down." ”

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay." Xiao Liu waved his hand, "How should you drive or how to drive." ”

Su Hong laughed: "Lei Lei, your friend is really funny when he talks. ”

"He's like that, hehe," said Lei Lei, "sometimes it's just crepe, not like a trot at all." ”

Xiao Liu just laughed and didn't speak.

Su Hong said: "If you want to read books, why don't you go to the library?" ”

"I don't have an ID." Xiao Liu whispered, "I didn't do it......"

Su Hong glanced at him and stopped talking.

When she arrived at Su Hong's house, Xiao Liu first politely asked her where she could wash her hands.

Su Hong pointed him to the bathroom.

"It's rude to touch a book without washing your hands."

Su Hong smiled: "The education at home is really good, Xiao Liu, where are you from?" ”

"Henan people." Xiao Liu came out of the bathroom and smiled, "Poor place, it's also quite messy." ”

"You can earn money by going out to work." Su Hong led him into the study, "The books are all here, you can read them casually." ”

"Thank you!"

Closing the study door, Su Hong came to the living room, Lei Lei threw her schoolbag on the sofa, eating French fries and watching TV.

"Done your homework?" Su Hong asked.

"I finished writing it in the evening self-study." Lei Lei stared at the TV, "Aunt Su, when will my dad come back?" ”

"Say it's the weekend." Su Hong said, reaching out to touch Lei Lei's long hair, "Girl, you are really getting bigger and bigger." ”

Lei Lei chuckled: "Look at what you said, can I go back as long as I go?" ”

"The older you are, the older I am." Su Hong said, "Can I not be emotional." ”

"Aunt Su, you don't look old at all, really, quite young."

Su Hong stood up lazily: "Okay, save it." I'll go take a shower first. ”

Coming out of the bathroom, Su Hong looked at Lei Lei who was still watching TV in the living room, she thought about it and pushed the door into the study.

"Xiao Liu, the water is hot, let's go take a bath first."

Under the lamp, the boy closed the book and stood up: "Oh, thank you, I'll go." ”

Su Hong walked over curiously and looked at the dictionary in the boy's hand: "Do you still need to use a dictionary?" ”

Xiao Liu smiled shyly: "I don't know a lot of words......"

"Yes."

"Then I'll go take a bath first."

Seeing the boy turn around and walk out of the room, Su Hong suddenly remembered what Lei Lei said, doesn't this kid even know how to do questions in classical Chinese? Why do I need dictionary help even to read?

Suddenly curious, she leaned over to look at the closed book under the lamp.

It was a copy of Bai Shouyi's "Outline of the General History of China".

The closing place is the sixth subsection of the sixth chapter: the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the long-term turmoil, and the great uprising of the Yellow Turban Army.