At four o'clock in the afternoon, when the scorching sun was on the head, and the pedestrians on the road were in twos and threes, Bao Xiaoxing looked at the people coming and going on the greenway, and the cars on the street were north and south, and his eyes suddenly blurred. When she entered the store just now to look at the clothes, she couldn't help but cover her stomach with her hands, because the black dress she was wearing had a hole in the middle of her stomach, and she had to block it, for fear that the waiter would see the joke.

It doesn't matter if there is a hole in the clothes she wears, her life is nothing more than at home and in the store, but her Meimei can't! The soles of the canvas shoes that Mei Mei wore to work every day had long been worn out, and she went to repair the shoes to glue a new pair of soles for her.

It's not just shoes, but also Xuemei's wrinkled clothes, worn school bags, scarce stationery, and a few cheap skin care products...... How can you not be laughed at when you arrive at a brand new college campus! Hyosung wiped away his tears, pursed his lips and turned on his phone, and borrowed 10,000 yuan from each of the several software that could be loaned, for a total of 40,000 yuan. 20,000 yuan for Meimei to go to college, and the remaining 20,000 yuan is used to provide for the family's expenses and settle the bills every month!

After staying in the farmer's market for more than ten years, Bao Xiaoxing suddenly felt that he had to let go of his past and re-enter the society to find a job. The emaciated and shriveled middle-aged woman stood up with both hands on her thighs and slowly moved back. It's time for a change, and Hyosung reiterates this sudden and momentous life decision along the way.

"How much is twenty-three?" The old horse knocked on the table and asked.

Yang Yang's mouth was open and he stammered, his eyes were like rats, and he couldn't answer.

"Twenty-three down is twenty-four, twenty-four down is twenty-five! You now start counting from one to the rest! ”

"One, two, three...... Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-eight......" was stuck again, Yang Yang, who was not online, was tired of learning, how to deal with Grandpa, she was like a cat who didn't know how to speak, staring at Grandpa's various emotional attacks.

After teaching for a long time, I couldn't teach anymore! The old horse scratched his head and looked at his watch. At half past four in the afternoon, the old man had already shouted that he was weak and bloody. He put down his pen, put the teaching tool - a handful of soybeans - in a ball, took a hookah, lit the end of the cigarette, and smoked himself. There was silence between the grandfather and grandson, and so was the room and the universe in which it was located. When I was young, I looked at each other from time to time, and the pair of eyes was like cattle and sheep looking at each other, and there was a mighty Weishui River in between.

After a long time, the aggrieved Yang Yang fluttered his eyelashes and raised his head and asked, "Grandpa, can I go play with that blazing bath toy?" ”

The old horse snorted a laugh from his nostrils, nodded very slowly, blew a puff of smoke into Yangyang, and said helplessly: "It's okay!" Go ahead! Like a lamb out of the circle and a puppy out of the cage, Yang Yang jumped and shouted back to the house to play.

At five o'clock, Zhiyuan came back from grocery shopping, and when Lao Ma saw that he was a person who could talk, he poured bitter water on his son-in-law, and the middle-aged man was worried and proud. When cooking, He Zhiyuan secretly thought: Thanks to Yangyang, he was relieved, and his father-in-law was relieved. The question about him was diverted, and he was able to relax for a few days, and after a moment of peace and quiet, he could think about it.

When people have something to do, it's good after all. Unquestioned busyness can be a favorable screen against all swords, noise, and ridicule. But if he fell into this kind of busyness that was not questioned by the world, and hastily lived for several years or even half of his life, it was not someone else's life that was mistaken, but his own only one life.

Addicted to other, worldly, selfless busyness can only provide him with temporary comfort. The anxiety of self-actualization can only be alleviated or completely eliminated through the practical efforts of self-realization.

"I used to like to travel, Guilin landscape, Sichuan Jiuzhaigou, Shaanxi Huashan, Hunan Zhangjiajie, Hubei Wudang Mountain...... There were a few years when I barely worked, and I spent most of the year hanging out with my friends, which was really cool! Not now, now I have to make money to marry a daughter-in-law! At five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Haotian and Bao Xiaotang were walking barefoot on the beach of Xunliao Bay with their shoes in hand, and Zhu Haotian was enthusiastic about tourism.

"Wow! Then I have been to very little, and the attractions in my hometown and Guangdong, I haven't played much in other provinces! I envy you! Xiaotang showed a look of worship.

"When we have time, let's travel together, I'll take you! Or go on a road trip, or join my friends! I go to various places every year just because of work, and when the time comes, I will take you with me - you go to travel, I will make money! Hao Tiantian was proud.

"Good! It's nice to be able to go out and have a look! Xiaotang listened seriously.

Boundless sea, clear waves, blue sky, cool afternoon ...... Handsome men and beautiful women stepped on the soft and white beach, chatting about the world and the moon, which was romantic. In the evening, Zhu Haotian sent Xiaotang to the neighborhood where she lived, and the two chatted for half an hour before getting out of the car, and they parted reluctantly.

When I got up early on Friday morning, I wore the most proud clothes, tinkered with my hairstyle, and didn't forget to spray perfume twice on my body before leaving. Today is his last day in the make-up class, and it is also the last time he sees Gu Shuyu, with a heavy reluctance, He Yiming went to the make-up class with a bulging schoolbag on his back.

Today is an exam, and all the make-up teachers will assess the content of the make-up class during this holiday and reward the students with excellent grades. In the morning, English and mathematics are tested, and chemistry and physics are tested in the afternoon. At six o'clock in the afternoon, the teachers calculated the top ten in the total score, and He Yiming was among them, but it was a pity that it was a tail - tenth.

"Let's go to dinner together, I'm in for a treat!" At half past six, leaving the make-up center, Tsai Tsai shook the 100 yuan bonus that the teachers rewarded him with and said to Shu Yu and Han Dian.

"What can you eat for 100 yuan!" Han Dian scoffed.

"Add some more to eat hot pot!" Yiming glanced at Shu Yu in embarrassment.

"I can't go! My parents know that the make-up class ends today, and they also know that there is an exam on the last day, so they are waiting for me at home! Shu Yu's pouting appearance made Yi Ming doubly distressed.

"Na, let's ......" He Yiming couldn't say anything different.

"Let's go to the subway station first!" Han Dian pointed in the direction of the subway station and said to Yiming.

"Alright, let's go!" So, the three of them went to the subway station together, and along the way, Han Dian walked in the middle and talked about various interesting things among classmates, which made people on both sides laugh from time to time.

When he arrived at the subway station, Han Dian said to Gu Shuyu: "I have something to do here for a while, you can go back first!" Yiming, you go to send Shu Yu, I'll go to the toilet in the subway, I took the test for a day today, and I suffocated Lao Tzu! I'm going to be a super poop king who can apply for a world record! Han Dian said as he swayed the bulging schoolbag on his back and ran to the bathroom in the subway station.

At the entrance of the station where people came and went, only He Yiming and Gu Shuyu were left.

"Okay, then I'll swipe my card to enter the station! Get in touch when you're available! After Shu Yu's security check, he took out the bus card from his bag. He Yiming was so anxious that he looked around like a monkey, his face was red, his eyes were flashing, and the young man was so anxious that he didn't know what to do, and he was so anxious that he stammered when he saw his sweetheart take out the bus card from his bag and was about to walk forward to swipe the gate.

"You...... You wait! ”

"Huh?" Shu Yu had already swiped the card, and the gate of the subway station was opened, and when she heard this, the naïve girl didn't know how to advance or retreat.

"You ...... first Advanced! Yiming pointed to the gate and signaled to Shu Yu.

After Shu Yu entered the station, the two walked to one place through a railing, facing each other with their backs to the flow of people.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with you? Gu Shuyu asked in a soft and quick voice.

"I've got something...... I'm going to give it to you! As he spoke, Yiming unloaded his schoolbag with a hot face, and took out a brick-sized pink gift box from the schoolbag with his fingers trembling, and the three small flowers tied around the gift box were very delicate. He trembled and handed the box to Shu Yu, scratched his ear and side his face and said, "Give it to you!" You...... You...... Look at it when you go back! ”

Yiming's face was so red as if he had been beaten, he lowered his head and stroked his hair and didn't want Shu Yu to see his shyness, but the people who entered the station smiled in their hearts when they looked at this scene - so hot and naked shyness, how could Shu Yu not see it at this moment!

"This box is beautiful! Hey...... Then I'll go back and take it apart again! Shu Yu was also nervous, but it was an embarrassing tension. She touched the box and whispered slowly, "Then you...... What else is there to say? Nothing to say I pitted! ”

"Uh...... Then you pit stop! Yiming prepared a lot of confessions, and suddenly came out with such a sentence! After speaking, his heart was broken, cold, and remorseful.

Shu Yu waited for more than ten seconds, and when she saw Yiming say this, she had no choice but to speak: "That's good!" Then if there is anything, we will contact us on WeChat in the future! I'm gone, goodbye ha! Saying that, the little beauty waved her hand, turned around and carried the box in both hands, and got on the escalator without looking back. Yiming saw her leave, his heart was as uncomfortable as a pinprick, who couldn't say anything, only watched Shu Yu get on the elevator, and then slowly disappeared.

The infatuated man stood there in a state of despair for a long time, and was taken aback by Han Dian on the shoulder unexpectedly.

"You like Gu Shuyu!" Han Dian pointed to the tip of Yiming's nose and poked it with a word.

"Huh?" was shocked, and then quietly asked, "How do you know!" ”

"You invite me to eat hot pot, and I'll tell you again!" Han Dian shook his head proudly.

"You lied to me! Hu Handian! You son of a bitch! ”

"Hurry up, go to the hot pot restaurant last time!" Han Dian said as he strode in the direction of the hot pot restaurant.

Yiming followed him and shouted: "No, no, you say it first!" ”

Han Dian said as he walked: "It's so obvious, buddy! Every time we walk together, I ask you to walk in the middle, and you immediately take a step back and let me walk in the middle - it's not obvious! You don't dare to look at her when the three of us chat, and you dodge when Shu Yu looks at you - it's not obvious! You've been so slammed before, and you've bought all kinds of luxurious breakfasts every day this summer vacation - could it be that you're for me! I'm just a blind man, and I guessed it! Hahaha......"

"Then why didn't you say it earlier! Why didn't you say it earlier! Yiming jumped and chased after Han Dian, and Han Dian ran and hid.

"Let it go! I don't say it's for a reason! On the sidewalk at dusk, the two teenagers let go of their hands and straightened their clothes, and Han Dian spoke: "If I had said it earlier, even if you didn't ask me, I would have helped you chase her or unconsciously rub the two of you, and then Gu Shuyu would definitely feel it!" If people don't like you, the result will either be embarrassing to other girls or embarrassing to you! I'm from the past, and when I chased my goddess, I asked my good friend next to my goddess to rub it, but it turned out to be miserable - there was no chance of a penny! I'm also ashamed! It's a big joke in front of my goddess! ”

Yiming was a little frightened, and after a long time, he asked, "When did you know?" ”

"I like what I can't hide alone! I already knew! You can see it from the start! The way you look at her is completely different from the way you used to look at the girls in our class! And you always praise her, and you don't give me the most expensive one you bought for breakfast - it is said that we are closer, right! You've gone too far with sex and friends! You've got to make it up to me! Today I'm going to eat shrimp balls, beef, and bacon! Two copies of the same! ”

"Good, good! You can order casually today, but you must answer the questions I ask truthfully! He Yiming bent down and made a gesture of pleading.

"Just ask!"

"You say...... Does Gu Shuyu know that I like her? He Yiming endured goosebumps and asked Han Dian stupidly.

"Oops! That's a lot of money! When I arrived at the hot pot restaurant, I had to look at the menu and answer! The fat man teased the thin man, giggling and laughing all the way.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Bao Xiaoxing sat at the counter and bought a train ticket — a train ticket to Chongqing. She sent Mei Mei to go, the tickets for two people, Hyosung hesitated for a long time between the sleeper of the ordinary car and the second class seat of the high-speed rail, considering the tight start time and Mei Mei has not rested, and finally took the second class seat of the high-speed rail with air conditioning.

Thinking of tutoring her daughter in pinyin at night, Gui Ying came back without staying at all when it was time to get off work. A few adults finished their dinner and started chatting.

"I'm going to prepare stationery for Yangyang to start school, go buy it tonight or on the weekend?" Zhiyuan asked Gui Ying.

"I'm going to teach her pinyin tonight, she's learning very slowly, she can't delay any longer!" Gui Ying looked at her husband anxiously while feeding Yangyang.

"Then I'll go up and buy it tonight! When she came back, she had to sharpen all her pencils and prepare dozens of small notebooks! Zhiyuan said as he cleaned up the garbage on the table.

Gui Ying snorted and didn't react.

Tsai Tsai waited for a long time, and suddenly shouted, "Don't you all have any words? Does it cost me nothing to buy stationery? ”

The adults were all stunned, and Gui Ying was anxious: "You got you!" How much can a few books cost you? This is still open to ask! Your pocket money is ten thousand in the morning! Now is not after the exhibition, I haven't had a dime in the past few months, and you still reach out to ask for money! Don't push me! ”

After Gui Ying finished speaking, Zhiyuan froze like a lump of wood. The more upright the scholar, the more he can't listen to money.

"Where are just a few books? I want to buy a box of pens, at least twenty books, a pack of A4 paper, no money for reference books? That's going to come down hundreds! Tsai Tsai stretched out his hand to defend himself with a mouthful of oil.

"Is it easy for your mom to make money? What more do you want when you have so much pocket money! If you think you spend more, buy less! Save a little when you usually use it! The old horse banged on the solid wood table with the solid copper hookah base.

Seeing that his grandfather and mother were really angry, Tsai Tsai swallowed his food, snorted hypocritically, and stopped talking. In the evening, everyone was busy, Lao Ma was smoking a cigarette on the balcony, thinking that it would cost hundreds to buy a stationery at the beginning of school, and he really felt that the money in the township and the money in the city were not the same money, and the school of the children in the township and the school of the children in the city were not the same school.

Hyosung was even more busy this night. In the evening, I went to the mall and finally bought a few good-looking, sturdy and cheap clothes for Meimei, and after buying the clothes, she went back to the Fuchun community to pack Meimei's boxes. Today is August 29th, tomorrow Meimei will stop working and take the train the day after tomorrow - time is pressing! At this moment, Hyosung didn't have the heart to take care of the store at all, and the elderly and children couldn't take care of it, let alone Zhong Li. Zhong Li Xu is ashamed, the closer his daughter is to go to college and leave, the more he disappears like a dragon.

When I went to the shop early the next morning and looked for laundry detergent to wipe the counter after breakfast, Hyosung couldn't find anything to ask the child's grandfather, and found that the child's grandfather was also missing. Hyosung turned his head and thought about it, it seemed that Meimei's grandfather was always absent in the morning recently, and he was absent in the afternoon, and it was an eight-year-old child who was often present in the store, and Bao Xiaoxing smiled helplessly.

On Saturday morning, I got up early, and after dinner, I was escorted to the dining table to learn Chinese characters, and I was so tired that I couldn't get up, so I slept directly to lunch. During the lunch break, Gui Ying accompanied Yangyang, and even did not miss the opportunity to study before and after going to bed - from half past twelve to half past two, she kept looping the children's songs required in her homework in Yangyang's ear. After getting up in the afternoon, Gui Ying relayed and wholeheartedly taught the children to recognize pinyin.

In addition to the make-up class, it is rare to have a full day of rest during the summer vacation, and today I have a full day of rest, and after I get up from sleep, I still carry the bed board on my back, holding my mobile phone and turning it over. It turned out that the gift he gave Gu Shuyu yesterday was not an ordinary gift, but a confession gift. The box contained a necklace, a sky blue peach heart pendant, a white gold chain, and a small circle of gold crowns on the peach heart pendant, which was a beautiful necklace that Tsai had been looking for a long time in Hong Kong - it was specially found for Gu Shuyu. The pure blue like the blue sky represents the pure beauty of Shuyu, which can be encountered but not sought.

After the gift was sent, Tsai Tsai had been waiting for Gu Shuyu's reply last night - "Thank you", "It's beautiful", "It's so good-looking...... It's all right, but Shu Yu didn't reply with a word. The anxious boy even dreamed that Gu Shuyu thanked him with a smile when he dreamed in the morning, and his eyes were full of warm love. At this time, it was already afternoon - it had been twenty hours since the gift was sent, Shu Yu must have opened the gift, and must have understood the meaning of the peach heart pendant, why did she not respond for a long time? The ignorant teenager held his mobile phone to check the WeChat message once in three minutes, but there was no Shu Yu sent it every time.

No matter what Gu Shuyu thinks or does, what he should do has been done. If she really has someone she really likes, if she really doesn't have feelings for herself, then it doesn't matter, Shu Yu is worth all the good things, and all the boys who are better than him. Anyway, school is about to start, so let's just have a sweet dream this summer.

On Saturday, Gui Ying and his family were busy cooking and buying vegetables, taking turns teaching Yangyang to study, and preparing things for the two children to start school. Early in the morning, Zhiyuan dried the small mats, quilts and pillows used for napping on the balcony; In the morning, Gui Ying washed and dried all the school uniforms of Yangyang Tsai, and carefully brushed the water cups commonly used by the two children at noon; Zhiyuan was busy brushing the shoes of the two babies in the afternoon - two pairs of sneakers the size of a rippling palm and three pairs of sneakers that the boy often changed were brushed and dried on the balcony one by one. From time to time, he squinted at the two of them and was busy working like that, and he couldn't help but use his crutches to beat the cartoon quilt hanging on the balcony, or drop it and turn over the boy's sneakers.

Hyosung's recent thoughts have been all about her daughter, and she has almost forgotten about her son's start to school. Thanks to Grandpa Zhong, he always thinks about Xuecheng - washing school uniforms, replenishing stationery, sharpening pencils, cleaning lunch boxes, preparing lunch breaks, and taking Xuecheng to get a haircut...... I was so busy, and I was busy for a long time.

Bao Xiaoxing calculated the time, packed his things today and prepared to go to the post office to mail bedding and thick clothes to Xuemei, he couldn't bring so many things on the train, so he took the post in advance, and when they arrived at school, they just happened to receive it by themselves, which was convenient and saved money. The school starts in September and autumn, and after October, the weather in Chongqing has become cooler, although it does not snow in winter, it is much colder than in Guangdong, and the durable mats and warm silk quilts are what she has recently picked up in the market for a long time.

"Zhong Xuemei, come here!" At six o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, the manager of the coffee shop came to look for Xuemei. Xuemei handed the plate in her hand to her master, and then followed the manager to the office on the second floor of the store.

"Are you going to start school?" The manager, who was in her fifties, asked Xuemei with a smile.

"Yes, school is coming soon!"

"Today is your last day at work, I have settled my salary with the company's accountant, and it has been sent to your card, you should have received a text message prompt!"

"Uh, I didn't look at my phone...... Haven't checked it yet! Zhong Xuemei pursed her lips and snickered, and as she spoke, she quickly took out her mobile phone from her trouser pocket to read the text message, and sure enough, there was a large Arabic numeral with a decimal point in the text message - this is a large amount of money that is very precious to her.

"I discussed with your master and several other managers, and I think your performance this month is very good, so I have specially prepared a little bonus for you as an affirmation of you!" The benevolent manager with a slightly bald forehead took an envelope from the drawer of his desk and handed it to Zhong Xuemei warmly.

Zhong Xuemei took the bonus, couldn't help but peek, only bent down and bowed her head to thank the manager.

"Congratulations, college student! There is still a long life in the future, come on! The manager patted Xuemei on the shoulder, and then took Xuemei out.

Xuemei followed the manager out of the office and downstairs, only to see her master and several good colleagues clapping and smiling at her or giving her a thumbs up.

After completing the simple handover and saying goodbye to her master, Xuemei took a long breath and walked out of the coffee shop lightly, her right hand tightly tugging at the small bag that had been erased by the edges and corners and the bonus in the bag. When she felt that the people in the shop couldn't see her, she turned around and stared at the coffee shop in the distance, staring at it for a long, long time.

"Grandpa, Dad, I have all my things at home, my mother bought a ticket to leave tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive in Chongqing at seven o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, I will live there tonight, and I will ...... tomorrow Walk straight from there...... Tell you about it! At eight o'clock in the evening, the family was eating dinner in the Zhong family's shop, and Xuemei suddenly bit her chopsticks to break the silence on the dinner table.

"Oh! That's great! Let Xuecheng sleep with you tonight! Grandpa will come over early tomorrow to see you off! Success? Zhong Neng said with a smile, but he couldn't hide the loss and reluctance in his eyes.

"Hmm!" Xuemei, who was holding the rice, looked at Xuecheng and nodded.

"You can go over too, and send the baby tomorrow!" Zhong Neng bumped Zhong Li's knee with his elbow, and then quietly looked at his daughter-in-law who was eating in the distance.

Hyosung sat on the counter and ate, the dishes in the bowl were almost finished, and there was still a small half bowl of rice, she was too lazy to add vegetables, and she chewed and swallowed a large mouthful of rice on a piece of dish, which she was used to for a long time. Of course, she heard all the conversations between Xuemei and her grandfather, but she was also used to not reacting.

Zhong Li looked at Hyosung's motionless and lonely back, and slowly said to his daughter Meimei: "Meimei, if your mother sends it, Dad won't give it to you!" You're over there...... Give Dad a call and let me know! Now that you're older, take care of your own business! ”

"Hmm." Xuemei didn't raise her eyelids, and nodded at the three dishes on the table.

"I'm full, eat!" Zhong Li wiped his mouth, left the dining table, and left the shop. Xuemei, like her mother, didn't even look at the back of her father leaving, and continued to eat the cold dishes on the table. Zhong Neng raised his eyes without looking up, he was alone in his studies, raised his head sadly and glanced at the figure of his father leaving, and then quickly dissipated his sadness, picked up two large pieces of meat from the plate and stuffed them into his mouth.

On the morning of August 31, Zhong Xuemei, who has never relaxed and rested since the college entrance examination, slept until half past eleven in the morning, and when she got up, her grandfather, mother, aunt and younger brother were all there. After lunch, Hyosung took an express train and took four people to Shenzhen North Railway Station, and then entered the station, went through the security check, waited, separated, cut the ticket, and got on the train...... Zhong Xuemei's college career has officially begun.