Chapter 30: A New Life
I was woken up by the ringing of my cell phone, and I reluctantly opened my eyes, and although there were curtains, the sunlight still penetrated through the cracks.
I picked up the phone, didn't look at who it was, and just pressed the answer button, "Hey, who are you?" I asked lazily.
"Dongdong, you've been so bad lately, it looks like we're going to have a good talk."
"Mom, it's you, long time no see." We have a stiff relationship and have been in little contact.
"Oh, do you remember that you still have a mother."
"Look at what you said, how could I forget you."
"You can't forget me, forget me, whoever gives you money to spend, who pays you rent."
"Mom, if you say this, you won't see the outside, I'm your own son."
"Why have you been absent from class and left early, arrived late, slept in class, and your grades dropped so much, how did you promise me in the first place?" The more I talk about it, the bigger the decibels become.
I finally understood why she called me, she seemed to know all these crimes of mine, and I remembered the original promise, and my head was big. During a quarrel, the conflict between me and my mother broke out completely, so I proposed not to live with my mother, I want to live independently, but my mother agreed, and also helped me pay the rent, provided that my performance in school could not cross her bottom line, otherwise it would cut off my financial resources. It looks like I've crossed the line this time.
I knew I was wrong, and I didn't know what to say, so I was silent.
"It seems that you are not following the rules of the game, so I will not be helping you pay the rent in the future, unless you give me a good class at school, preferably in the school."
I finally understood my mother's ultimate purpose.
"You've been taking money to bind me, I'm fed up with you, I want to be free".
"What kind of freedom do you talk about, you are a student, you have no financial resources, what kind of freedom do you talk about for me, you can't live without me".
This sentence completely infuriated me. "I'm not going to ask you for a dime in the future, you don't have to worry about me, I'm free," I screamed and hung up.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, my mood couldn't calm down for a long time, you said that I left you, I can't live, I want to live well, and I will live well.
Opening the window, the flow of air, calmed my mood a lot, and now I need to solve a difficult problem, I need money, at least to be able to pay the rent.
Came to the living room, sat on the sofa in a daze, looked at the room involuntarily, and saw the room opposite Brother Lin, yes, this room has not been occupied for several months, why not rent him out, so that I can also share the rent between me and Brother Lin, thinking of this, I knocked on the door of Brother Lin's room, but there was no reaction inside.
Ringo didn't come back until at least two or three o'clock in the morning every night, and was probably still sleeping, and when I was about to give up and knock on the door again, the door opened.
"Yitian, what's the matter?" asked Brother Lin, yawning.
"Let's rent this room out again," I said, gesturing to the room.
"I said Yitian, I used to plan to rent out this room again, but you objected, what do you say is that it is okay to have an empty room, and you have come to a place where your friends live, but now why have you changed your mind again"?
I had no choice but to tell him what had happened.
"Brother Lin, you have to help me, I don't have much money now, I need money, you give me a move."
"Boy, do you want to come with money quickly or with less money". As he spoke, Ringo lit a cigarette.
"Then it doesn't need to be said, of course it's the money that comes quickly, brother, what do you think" I'm very excited, it seems that Brother Lin has a lot of ways, I'm saved.
"If you want to get money quickly, you can go to drug trafficking and rob banks, although it is a high risk, but it is also a high profit" The money is the fastest, you are now a minor, even if you are caught, you will not be sentenced to death, at most you will be locked up for decades, if you behave well in prison, you can get out early. Brother Lyngo said to me quietly.
"Brother Lin, you really love me, can we still chat happily, I'm dying, you still make fun of me" I was speechless.
"Gotta not tease you," I thought.
"Don't beat around the bush, just talk about it, what else do you think" I was a little impatient.
"I can take you to the bar part-time, there is a shortage of guitarists now, it's time for your guitar to be wiped off", "Saying that, looking at the guitar in the corner of the living room, it was already covered with dust, and I also had a month without playing, this Fanta electric guitar was a birthday gift from my 15th birthday mom, and I was so happy that I slept with it for a whole month.
"When can I go"?
"It's okay tonight, you can come to the bar directly after self-study in the evening", "Why didn't you go to class today, Brother Lin asked again.
"It's noon now, I'm going there in the afternoon, it's not a problem."
"You're a great kid," he said, giving me a thumbs up.
When I appeared at school, it was almost time for class in the afternoon, and as soon as I walked into the classroom, Zhang Xiaohua hurt me: You still know to come, I thought you were hanging, your mother came to school today."
"I know, so what"?
"You're awesome, okay, you wait" Zhang Xiaohua laughed evilly, every time he laughs like this, I want to beat him, it's not good.
At this time, Yang Fei also walked in with a bunch of homework books, and was very surprised when he saw me. "Yitian, why didn't you come in the morning, your mother came to look for you."
"It's okay, come on". Yang Fei didn't pay attention to me anymore, but initiated the homework book.
As soon as I sat down, the squad leader Ding Xiaoyu walked up to me and kept staring at me.
"What are you doing?" I asked, a little impatiently. Ding Xiaoyu didn't speak, but stretched out her hand, don't say, this little girl doesn't look like a big beauty, but her hands are very beautiful, her ten fingertips are like bamboo shoots, like white lotus roots, and her thin hands are also very eye-catching.
I also held out my hand and made a handshake gesture.
"Who's going to shake hands with you, money, give money", Ding Xiaoyu shouted.
Money? What money? I'm wondering.
"Don't pretend to be garlic, think about it yourself" After speaking, Ding Xiaoyu moved a stool and sat down, his eyes blinking constantly.
"I don't remember spending the night with you, I'm never in arrears," I quipped, and sometimes I'm quite humorous, it's just, just humorous.
"You give me death" said that he picked up Zhang Xiaohua's book and was about to hit me, so I quickly got up and used Zhang Xiaohua as a shield. "Squad leader, you're too careless.
"You didn't come in the morning, the head teacher came to the classroom and said, you came, and asked you for a fine directly, you know." After saying that, I laughed, and I was scared when I laughed.
I also remembered that the last time I had three chapters of the covenant with the teacher, if I was absent from class, I would pay five yuan per class. Nima, this was nothing before, but now I'm in a financial crisis, and what I'm missing is money.
"Squad leader, can you get a discount, you see that there are still buy one get one free in other shopping malls, I have four classes, and you can also give me one or two classes."
"I don't count this matter, you tell the head teacher to go, now hurry up and pay the money, no more, no less, exactly twenty."
"Nima, this is too dark," I couldn't help but scold.
"It's black, isn't it just two bowls of rice noodles" At this time, Zhang Xiaohua even mocked me with this bitch.
I had no choice but to reach into my pocket and take out the hundred-yuan bill, which was my last RMB, and I reluctantly handed it to Ding Xiaoyu.
Ding Xiaoyu took the money and immediately walked back to her seat.
"Hey, you haven't asked me for any money yet."
"Money? What money," Ding Xiaoyu said casually.
"Squad leader, I didn't take you to play like this, I gave you a hundred just now, and you should find me eighty yuan."
"Oh, the head teacher also explained, if the money you give is greater than your fine, I won't ask you for money," Ding Xiaoyu said casually.
"What, there are such rules? Why"? I'm really in a hurry.
"The teacher said that you will still be late anyway, you will still be absent from class, and the extra money will be used as a deposit." After Ding Xiaoyu finished speaking, he laughed with all the classmates in the class, especially Zhang Xiaohua, an obscene bitch, who was about to laugh.
I'm planted, and now I'm really penniless. All afternoon I thought about it was all money.
After evening self-study, as soon as I walked out of school, Zhang Xiaohua said to me, "Do you want to eat rice noodles?" "Eat your second uncle" This girl must be intentional. scolded Zhang Xiaohua away, and I rushed directly to the direction of Xintiandi Bar.
Along the way, I was fantasizing about my new life, I used to play guitar at home by myself, I had never worked with a band, I didn't know what it was like to work with a band, I was looking forward to it, I was nervous, and I arrived at the door of the bar before I knew it.
I knew that my new life was about to begin.