Chapter 8: Fireflies
Duan Shaoling walked in front, leaned over and persuaded: "Don't worry, uncle, you see that you can't get money in a day or two to sell crops, and school is about to start outside." I don't want to give this money to Chen Zui for nothing, otherwise you can see it, I lent this money to Chen Zui, and in the future, Chen Zui will have an interest, but he will return it to me with interest. He took out an IOU that had already been written from his arms, probably he also knew that Uncle Chen's poor ambition was not short-lived, so he had already left his back hand.
Uncle Chen thought for a while, and then asked, "Chen Zui, what do you think?" ”
"Dad, don't worry, I will definitely work hard to make money in the future, not only will I return the money to Shaoling, but also take you to the city to live a good life." This statement was rehearsed when they discussed countermeasures last night, Chen Zui now looked at his father's expectations of him, and it was by no means as unintentional as a rehearsal, and his patriotism may not be obvious, but his determination to let his father live a good life starts from this moment.
Chen Zui walked to the table, picked up a brush, signed his name in the lower right corner, and handed the IOU to Duan Shaoling.
Duan Shaoling hurriedly put the receipt in his arms, "Chen Zui, you prepare for the next few days, and when I arrange for us to set off together." ”
Chen Zui sent Duan Shaoling out, walked a few miles from Chen Zui's house, reached into his arms and took out the IOU, walked to the field, kneaded it into a ball, threw it back, and slowly soaked it into the mud of the field, and buried it in the soil forever.
To go to a military school, you also need to have a diploma from a local school. To get a diploma, you have to take exams and get excellent results, and the school will prove it. With the Duan family's reputation in the local area, in fact, as long as Master Duan speaks, this certificate doesn't even have to be tested.
But Duan Shaoling is determined to go to a military school, not to mention that with their performance level, there is no need to cheat at all, and they can get a diploma certificate in a dignified manner.
After two days of exams, two more days of waiting, and six days before the start of the military school, they all got the honors diploma certified by the school.
Daddy Chen really thought that Chen Zui was going to an ordinary university in the city, and he didn't want to blindly spend Duan Shaoling's money, so while he still had time, he quickly sold the existing harvest in his hand and exchanged some of his own money for Chen Zui to take with him. Chen Zui suddenly felt a little guilty about deceiving his father like this, whether he went to college or military school, he had made up his mind that he would rely on his own efforts to make his father live a good life in the future.
Chen's mother died early, and the father and son depended on each other for ten years, and the difference before leaving was even more indescribably sad. Fortunately, Duan Shaoling had already instructed his father to claim to the public for the time being that he and Chen Zui were going to college in the city, so as not to let Uncle Chen know the truth so quickly, how long could he hide it. He also specially explained that his father should care more about Chen Lao Bo in life, and send people to help during the spring breeze and autumn harvest to ensure the harvest of their crops.
Another day passed, and the two of them said goodbye to their relatives and embarked on the road to military school......
From time to time, the grass glows with a glowing yellow-green light, which is a firefly. When they were in the country, they often liked to hold a bottle of fireflies. It will not harm their lives, and after watching it for less than an hour, the bottle mouth is opened and they are released.
After looking around, they found an empty bottle, and the two of them began to grab it into the bottle one by one.
One, two, three......
They quickly caught a hundred of them and put them in front of them, and the fluorescent light blooming in the bottle lit a bright light for the night, shining ahead, at this time, they saw two figures coming towards them, two shadows.
"Wow, Cheng Jing, look, such beautiful fireflies, like stars." Leng Chuxian was the first to exclaim.
"Chu Xian, let me introduce you to these two are also my classmates, Chen Zui and Duan Shaoling."
They smiled at Leng Chuxian at the same time.
When they were in the cafeteria, they didn't look at each other, because Chen Zui and Duan Shaoling knew that she was Li Chengjing's roommate, and Leng Chuxian didn't know them.
Li Chengjing said: "You guys are really in a good mood at night, we didn't disturb you, right?" ”
"How so?" They extended their hands to welcome them.
The two sat down.
The four of them formed a circle, and fireflies shone on their faces. So close, Chen Zui clearly looked at the two girls, and their facial features were delicate and delicate without the modification of powder makeup. I was afraid of panicking, so I smiled and said: "Shaoling and I are children who grew up in the countryside, and we don't have much fun since we were young, so we like to catch all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants in the mountains and rivers. ”
Li Chengjing nodded, "It turns out that you grew up together, no wonder you look so deep in your relationship." ”
"Can't you sleep too?"
"It was I who was bored in the dormitory, so I pulled Chu Xian to accompany me out for a walk, so coincidentally I saw you here."
After taking a hot bath, Li Chengjing felt exhausted, her whole body was comfortable, and she didn't feel sleepy at all. She found that Leng Chuxian was an otaku and a bookworm, as long as she was in the dormitory, she was holding a book in her hand and reading tirelessly, Li Chengjing was not as good as her in this regard.
Seeing that the moon was shining outside, the starry sky was shining, and a cool breeze was blowing from time to time outside the window, he invited Leng Chuxian to accompany him to go outside for a walk. Leng Chuxian wanted to read a book and fell asleep naturally when she was sleepy, but Li Chengjing sincerely wanted to invite, so she put down the book and accompanied her out.
Li Chengjing suddenly said with a straight face: "Do you know Chu Xian? If it wasn't them from a distance, I wouldn't have brought you here, but would have taken a detour to him and walked around casually. ”
Leng Chuxian had been paying attention to watching the fireflies in the bottle flutter like a swarm of butterflies, and suddenly heard Li Chengjing praise these two male classmates so high-profilely, his eyes immediately shifted to Li Chengjing's face, and he chuckled: "Oh, it's only been two days, among dozens of classmates, you have such a good impression of these two new classmates, it seems that your two classmates must have something special." ”
Li Chengjing did not shy away from saying: "Of course, Chen Zui is our most capable classmate, not only the best ability, but also to help the classmates, affectionate and righteous." Shaoling is a steady, thoughtful and thoughtful person, who can be trusted and reliable. ”
Chen Zui smiled humbly: "Don't listen to Cheng Jing's nonsense, we are not as good as she said." ”
Duan Shaoling also said: "On the contrary, we think that Cheng Jing, you don't let you shave your eyebrows, this is where you excel." ”
Leng Chuxian smiled, "Cheng Jing, did you pull me out to listen to you compliment each other?" I know you're all very good, and you're going to be great people in the future, but it's rare for us to sit together tonight, such a good moonlight, such a beautiful firefly, can you talk about something interesting first? ”
Li Chengjing thought about it, and said: "I also remembered one interesting thing, Chen Zui, you said yesterday that the reason why you are famous for the word drunk is because you jumped out of the wine tank when you were born, I am curious how you jumped out?" Can you tell us about it? ”
"Huh? Jumping out of the vat? Leng Chuxian's reaction was equally surprised.
"yes, I've never seen anyone pop out of a vat, do you think it's funny?"
"Do you really want to hear it?"
Li Chengjing said: "Is there anything unspeakable? Seeing that his expression whetted the appetite of others, it didn't look like it at all.
Seeing that they were all interested, Chen Zui stopped selling Guanzi and said: "I just said that I am a poor boy from the countryside, and more than ten years ago, my family's house was even more dilapidated than now, unable to block the wind or rain.
On the day I was born, my father found Wen Po to deliver the baby for my mother. At that time, the wind was blowing outside, and after a while, it directly blew through the paste paper on the wooden window. My mother began to have unbearable abdominal pain when she lay in bed, how could she withstand the wind and cold when she gave birth, even if she gave birth to me, she was bound to fall ill.
In that case, it was too late to take my mother to the hospital to find a doctor, my father was anxious to see the big wine vat next to him, my dad likes to drink, and he doesn't want to spend money on wine, so he can only make a vat of rice wine himself. At that time, I didn't care much, so without saying a word, I found two empty barrels and poured out the wine inside. The vat is big and small, two barrels down, and some wine has not been poured, my father wants to find a few pots to fill, only to hear my mother's cry of pain is more torn, even Wen Po is urging him, gritting his teeth, the wine vat turned out, and the rest of the rice wine flowed out along the door.
Then pull down the futon and lay it at the bottom of the vat and in the inner ring, my father and Wen Po carried my mother into the vat together, fortunately my mother is not tall, and her body is also thin. They then surrounded my mother with sheets to ward off the cold wind, and after another toss, my father heard the sound of a child crying from the vat.
After carrying me and my mother to the bed, my dad re-glued the window paper a few more times. The whole house smelled of wine, and my mother and my father had long been accustomed to this smell, but I was a newborn baby, who could stand it, and after crying for a while, he fell asleep with the smell of wine.
As soon as I fell asleep, my mother could rest for a while, which was also a bonus. Then they were trying to help me choose a name.
My father was a good winemaker, and when he saw that I had just been born with wine, he said that he would name me Chenjiu. My mother reads a little more, and naturally there is more ink in her chest. I thought the name was too cheesy and ugly, so I vetoed my dad's opinion on the spot.
My mother looked at me in my arms and fell asleep because of the smell of wine, and there was a layer of intoxication on my immature face, and I must have indulged in a dream. Compared with the word wine, the word drunk is more meaningful, and it just so happens that my surname is Chen, and Chen drunk and drunk have the same sound, so I was named Chen drunk. As long as my mother says yes, my father will not have any opinion. ”
Leng Chuxian laughed out loud after hearing this, "Your birth is really interesting, and your name is also very interesting." ”
"So you think you're a big drinker, right?" Li Chengjing asked him curiously.
Before Chen Zui could speak, Duan Shaoling hurriedly said: "He started drinking at the age of ten, and now half of their family's wine has gone into his stomach. ”
Chen Zui explained to himself: "I can't live up to the name my mother specially chose for me. ”