Sure enough, it didn't take long for the meal to be served.

During the meal, seeing that Hongli was reluctant to swallow, Gu Yulan asked, "What did you eat at noon?" ”

Hongli said: "Mandarin duck sesame shrimp and snow-coated bean paste, as well as hot pot." ”

Gu Yulan asked: "Is Xiaoqian spending money or Caixia spending money?" ”

Hongli said: "Xiaoqian." ”

Gu Yulan said: "This is not good. ”

Hongli said: "What's not good? I don't have any money. ”

Gu Yulan said: "In the future, try to have as little contact with them as possible, and it is best not to have contact." ”

Hongli said: "Mom, I'm just these two friends, if I don't get along, I won't have any friends." ”

Gu Yulan said: "It's better to have no friends than to be hurt by friends." ”

Hongli said, "Mom, why would they harm me?" ”

Gu Yulan said: "Those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and it is inevitable that they will be affected when they are always together." ”

Hongli said: "Mom, how old am I, can I still tell the difference between good and bad?" ”

Gu Yulan said: "It's hard to say. Especially after participating in the work, everyone has it, so you need to pay more attention. ”

Hongli said: "Mom, it's okay if you don't mention work, but if you mention it, I'll be upset." Xiaoqian and Caixia have been working for almost half a year, and I'm just staying at home all day long, and I don't have a face to see anyone when I go out. ”

Gu Yulan said: "You just haven't found a suitable job for the time being, how can you ...... Don't worry, Mom will look for it whenever she has time. ”

Hongli said: "Mom, Xiaoqian has a new mobile phone, and Caixia also has it, and the two of them can talk on the phone several times a day, which is convenient." ”

Gu Yulan said: "Mobile phone ...... When my mother pays off all the debts, I will save money to buy it for you. ”

Hongli said, "Mom, save ...... It's going to be a few months, how can I get through that time? ”

Gu Yulan looked at her daughter, and then said slowly: "It's the same as before." ”

Hongli stuck out her tongue, afraid that it would backfire if she continued to talk about it, so she could only suppress the desire for the mobile phone in her heart and swallow back the words that had come to her mouth.

On Monday, Gu Yulan went to work as usual.

Although Su Shihua had already told Gu Yulan that "a person's "high and low cannot be measured and distinguished by the work they are engaged in", and "as long as the character is noble and kind-hearted, no matter what that person's work is, it is equally worthy of respect", Gu Yulan also said a word or two more when she saw him every morning, but it was obvious that she still stayed away.

Although Su Shihua didn't say much, he was a lot closer to Gu Yulan, especially about the matter of owing Gu Yulan favors, and thought about returning it as soon as possible.

December 20 was a Saturday, and when Gu Yulan had just gone to take out the garbage outside the courtyard, she saw that the residents' group leader was going door-to-door to collect water bills, so she heard someone knocking on the courtyard door and came out of the house, and opened it without asking who it was.

However, what surprised her was that it was not the team leader who stood in front of the door, but Su Shihua.

Gu Yulan said, "Dr. Su, what's the matter...... How are you? ”

Obviously, Su Shihua's arrival was something she didn't expect. Su Shihua said, "Master Gu, hello! It's so cold, won't you invite me in? ”

Only then did Gu Yulan realize that she had treated the guests slowly, dodged away, and said, "Dr. Su, please...... Come in! ”

Su Shihua saw that Gu Yulan was different from what she wore at work today: the upper body was a thin cotton jacket, and the outside of the cotton jacket was a dark blue ground with broken white flowers stand-up collar blouse; Blue and black pants underneath, and cotton slippers made by himself on the feet - none of them looked new, but they were clean.

Closing the courtyard door, Gu Yulan took a few steps, opened the door of the outhouse, and lifted the curtain of the cotton door.

As soon as the two of them entered the house, they heard a female voice from the back room, saying, "Why did you ...... so quickly?"

As she spoke, Hongli came out of the back room, and suddenly saw a man coming in with her mother, and stopped talking in the back.

Gu Yulan introduced: "Hongli, this is Dr. Su. ”

Hongli reacted very quickly, flashed north, retreated to the cupboard, and said, "Dr. Su, please come in!" ”

Su Shihua nodded and said, "Thank you!" "Went into the back room.

Su Shihua wore the same clothes as every day. Although the collar of the yellow coat was standing, he had not been standing outside the courtyard gate for a long time, and his face and ears were still frozen red.

Gu Yulan said, "Dr. Su, you ...... I just ask you to sit on the edge of the kang, and I don't know if you are used to it? ”

Su Shihua put the things in his hand on the kang and said repeatedly: "Get used to it." When I was a child, I grew up in the countryside, and my family used a fire kang. ”

As soon as Su Shihua entered the house, he saw all the Gu family in his eyes. His impression was twofold: one was cleanliness; The second is that it is not rich.

Seeing that Su Shihua was still standing, Gu Yulan said, "Dr. Su, you ...... You sit! It's cold today, and you've traveled so far to get cold. ”

Su Shihua sat down next to the wall next to the west and said, "As soon as I came out of the house, I got into a taxi, and I didn't get out until I got at the door, and it wasn't cold." Master Gu, I didn't expect you to live so far away and ride a bicycle to work every day? ”

Gu Yulan said: "Yes." Only when it snows heavily or when it rains heavily. ”

Su Shihua said: "You went to help me every day on the last two weekends, and it was dark when I left...... You didn't fall when you came back, did you? ”

Gu Yulan said: "When you came, you walked on the avenue, and I rode a bicycle to walk the alley, and I got used to it, so I didn't fall." ”

From Gu's house, there are two ways to get to the asphalt road:

One is to walk the alley, which is the one that Gu Yulan often walks. Narrow, uneven, but near;

One is a gravel road, first to the south, and then to the west, less than walking the alley, it is 2000 meters away, and Su Shihua took a taxi to go this way.

Just now, Gu Yulan said to Su Shihua: "I didn't fall" is not a fact. Because the road was slippery in the dark, and she was afraid and anxious, although she pushed the bicycle through the alley as a child, she not only stumbled several times, but also fell twice, and once skimmed the bicycle more than 2 meters away.

Su Shihua said, "Master Gu, I'm really sorry! Even if you don't fall, you will inevitably be afraid of walking in the alley in the dark. I didn't expect you to live so far away and so far away. If I had known, I would have sent you back. ”

Gu Yulan said: "No, no, this road ...... I'm familiar. ”

Su Shihua thought: "Even if you are familiar, you will still be afraid and even dangerous if you walk on such a road in the dark." It seems that Master Gu went to help me in those days not only tired, but also frightened. ”

Hongli was standing in front of the writing desk, but then she walked over, picked up the small kang table against the wall and put it on the kang not far from Su Shihua, and then returned to the writing desk, turned the glass buckled on a plastic plate, and poured water from the thermos.

When she was sending it to the small kang table, because the glass was too hot, she had to change her hands. Su Shihua hurriedly stretched out his hand to greet him, first saying "thank you", and then saying "not thirsty".

Hongli blushed, and when she returned to her desk, she looked at her burned hand.

Gu Yulan said: "Dr. Su, there is no tea at home, you ...... Drink a glass of boiled water to ward off the cold! ”

Su Shihua said: "Master Gu, you're welcome, I rarely drink tea in normal times, and plain water is the best." ”

After speaking, he turned around, looked out the window, and asked, "This tree is an apricot tree, right?" ”

Gu Yulan said: "Yes." ”

Su Shihua said: "It grows well, but unfortunately it is a little close to the house, which is not conducive to fruit setting." ”

Gu Yulan said: "It's close. ”

Su Shihua turned his face back and said, "If you are in the countryside, it is of course common to plant such a tree at home, but it is rare to see it in the city. Especially when the fruit is ripe, the children in the family eat the apricots on the tree, then it is called happy! Hey, Master Gu, where's your daughter? Why wasn't she home? Is kindergarten still closed on Saturdays? ”

Gu Yulan was stunned for a moment, and then randomly figured out that it was Dr. Su who misunderstood, thinking that her daughter was still young, so she pointed to Hongli and said, "Dr. Su, this is my daughter, called Gu Hongli." ”

Su Shihua was obviously stunned for a moment, he looked at Hongli for a long time before he came to his senses, and said, "Master Gu, I'm ...... I thought your daughter was only a few years old, so I bought her a doll! I didn't expect ...... It's all my fault, I was mistaken. ”

Today, Hongli has a little finger-thick braid hanging from each of her temples, and the rest of her hair is scattered back. It took her half an hour to sit at her desk and sit in front of the mirror after breakfast. The clothes on her body were Gu Yulan's stand-up collar shirt and labor cloth bib pants woven with milky white acrylic thread. On his feet are home-made embroidered cotton slippers. The whole person is both clean and neat, but also simple and beautiful.

Gu Yulan said: "Dr. Su, you can't be blamed for this, it's that I didn't make it clear. ”

Su Shihua asked, "Master Gu, your daughter...... Still in school, right? ”

Gu Yulan said: "I have graduated from secondary school this summer and will not go to school. ”

Su Shihua said: "I don't go to school...... Got to work? ”

Gu Yulan said, "Not yet." ”

Su Shihua asked, "Why, isn't there a job assigned to the school?" ”

Gu Yulan said: "Starting from this year, the graduates of the school have chosen their own careers and are not responsible for distribution. ”

Su Shihua asked, "What major did she study?" ”

Gu Yulan said: "Secretary. ”

Su Shihua asked: "Is it difficult to find a job as a secretary?" ”

Gu Yulan said: "It's difficult...... It's a little harder. ”

Hongli suddenly interjected and said, "If it weren't for my mother's objection, I would have gone to work a long time ago." ”

Su Shihua smiled and asked, "Master Gu, aren't you afraid that your daughter will be tired so you don't agree to her going out to work?" ”

Gu Yulan said: "No. I didn't let her go because the places that are easy to go at the moment are not good except for hotels and entertainment venues. ”

Su Shihua asked, "Is it bad to work in a hotel or entertainment venue?" ”

Gu Yulan said: "I can't say it's bad. It's just that that kind of place is messy, and it's not appropriate for Hongli to go. ”

Su Shihua nodded secretly, thinking: "Hotels and entertainment venues are mixed with people and snakes, and the lights are bright, and it is indeed easy for girls to go astray when working in such an environment, and Master Gu's concerns are reasonable." ”

Therefore, he asked: "Master Gu, then you want Gu to ...... It's called Gu Hongli, right? ”

Gu Yulan said: "Just call her Hongli!" ”

Su Shihua said: "Then what do you want Hongli to do?" ”

Gu Yulan said: "As long as it is a serious job, I am not afraid of being dirty and tired." ”

As soon as the words fell, Hongli rushed to say: "My mother said that she really couldn't find a good one, so let me be a cleaner like her - I won't go." ”

Su Shihua asked, "Is it bad to be a cleaner?" ”

Hongli said, "Not good. ”

Su Shihua asked, "Then what do you want to do?" ”

Hongli said: "As long as you are not a cleaner, you can do anything." ”

Su Shihua said: "It's really not suitable for you to be a cleaner, while you are young, it is right to learn more things." ”