Chapter 111: Eighteenth Birthday
Sometimes verbal cold violence is more frightening than physical violence.
In the past, everyone only knew that Cen Yannan's fists were powerful, but today they know that his mouth is not forgiving.
After Cen Yannan left school, he went home directly, passing by the "Ah Yong Tattoo Studio" at the mouth of the alley, Zheng Yong squatted at the door and smoked again, business on weekdays is usually very deserted, but today is Friday, in theory, business should not be so bleak.
Seeing Cen Yannan, Zheng Yong immediately stood up and stopped him, "Yannan, have you finished the exam?" ”
Cen Yannan frowned, he now heard the words "exams" and "grades", he thought that Zheng Yong was going to ask them about cheating, bad news always spreads faster than good news, it is estimated that there are already eighty-seven cheating news on the Internet.
"Well, the scores are all out."
Zheng Yong grinned, "That's right, you wait until dinner and come to me." ”
The young man was a little surprised, "Do you want to invite me to supper?" In the summer, he often drank beer and smoked with Zheng Yong.
"It's time for you to treat me to supper this time!" Zheng Yong patted his head lightly with one hand and said with a smile, "You don't want Ducati (motorcycle)?" ”
Cen Yannan was stunned.
Zheng Yong was surprised, "You can't even remember your birthday, right?" ”
Cen Yannan really forgot,
Today is September 30th.
I was troubled by the September transfer exam---- I tried my best to review before the exam, and I tore up with others after the exam......
"Eighteenth birthday, in ancient times, there was a coming-of-age ceremony, on such an important day, can you take a snack, I am more concerned than you," Zheng Yong's hand patting his head was replaced by touching his head, he was a little shorter than Cen Yannan, and he had to cushion his feet, "Fortunately, I still remember your birthday, otherwise today would have passed." ”
There was a trace of emotion in the young man's eyes, "Thank you, Brother Yong." ”
"Thank me, treat me to supper tonight!"
"Okay, I'll ask you."
In the entire Fuxing Lane, except for Zheng Yong, no one cares about Cen Yannan's birthday, including his mother Cen Jin, when Cen Yannan arrived home, Cen Jin was still in the business of Zhangluo's mahjong room, she asked Cen Yannan to go upstairs to take out the leftovers from noon in the refrigerator and heat it up, this is the dinner of the two of them, no different from daily life, a perfunctory meal, no sumptuous meal, not even an ordinary bowl of longevity noodles,
In fact, Cen Yannan is more accustomed to celebrating birthdays like this---- that is, it is not a birthday.
Cen Jin didn't ask his son about his exam results.
She never cared about Cen Yannan's studies, how many exams her children had, as long as she could get a high school diploma. She was too busy to read WeChat, Tian Wen sent her Cen Yannan's report card and a large paragraph of praise for the child's progress.
Wang Zhiwei also sent Luo Xingchuan's transcript to Luo Rongcheng's WeChat, and also called him to talk about Luo Xingchuan's study for half an hour.
He was very anxious, but Luo Rongcheng was very calm, and comforted him, "Where in the world is there a victorious general, and it is not in the way for a child to play abnormally once or twice." ”
Falling from 1st to 463rd is a problem of abnormal play!
But the parents are not in a hurry, and Wang Zhiwei can't say anything.
Luo Xingchuan came home with his worst report card in the past seventeen years, and as soon as he opened the door, Gu Yulan was wearing a bib and was making vegetables, when she heard the movement and looked at her son, "You came back just in time, we're going to have dinner!" ”
Luo Xingchuan was stunned for a moment, and saw a birthday cake about 10 inches on the table, and a line of words was written on the cake: "I wish my grandson a happy eighteenth birthday." His grandfather sat on the sofa and turned around and said, "I don't know what flavor of cake you like to eat, I'll buy it casually." ”
His father sat opposite and said with a smile, "I got off work from the company in advance, and I bought your favorite dim sum by the way, and you will eat two pieces later." ”
His grandmother came out of the kitchen and called out to the nanny and said, "Let's bring the food quickly,"
"I'm going to wash my hands."
Luo Xingchuan threw his schoolbag on the ground, walked quickly to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, raised his head, and through the mirror, he saw that his eyes were red. It was his most low-key birthday in seventeen years---- no grand birthday party, no mountains of gifts, no huge birthday cake. There were only four people celebrating his birthday, his parents and maternal grandparents.
The happy scene is less outsiders, but ordinary and warm.
He washed his face with water, dried it with a towel, and walked out refreshingly.
Gu Lianyu said, "Our birthday star sits on the throne today. ”
Luo Xingchuan smiled, "Thank you, grandfather." ”
He sat down next to Gu Lianyu, his grandparents on his left and his parents on his right.
The four parents already knew that Luo Xingchuan's results in the examination had plummeted, and the leaders of the Education Bureau called Gu Lianyu in the morning, also worried and very concerned about Luo Xingchuan.
Unexpectedly, the old man, who has always had high requirements for his grandson's learning, said, "The exam has a lot to do with the mentality, his sister just died, he needs time to adapt, and it is normal to do well in the exam." ”
The leader hung up the phone and was still wondering, isn't Luo Xingchuan an only child, where did he come from, sister, and only then did he remember the dead Ye Tang.
"Eh, the first place in the eighty-seven is also called Ye Tang?"
"This name is very ordinary, it's normal to bump names, and there is another one named Li Tang in our unit."
Everyone takes care of their children's emotions and does not mention the topic of exams.
Luo Xingchuan took the initiative to say to the relatives present, "I'm sorry, I didn't do well in the exam this time." ”
Luo Rongcheng said, "It's just a mock test, and the score and ranking are not important. ”
"Even if it's the college entrance examination, these don't matter, your health and safety are more important than anything else," Gu Yulan's eyes were full of love when she looked at Luo Xingchuan, this is her heartfelt thought as a mother, it is good for the child to be excellent, but if Luo Xingchuan is the penultimate and does evil everywhere, doesn't she love him?
This is a mother's love, heavy.
Luo Xingchuan looked at his mother in front of him, in order to celebrate his birthday, she deliberately put on light makeup, wore a light gray waist dress, and wore long curly hair, the whole person looked young and beautiful, and had a good temperament. If you walk outside, everyone will not believe that she already has such a big son.
Luo Xingchuan is glad that God has given him a chance to do it again, and he will definitely make his mother happy forever.
However, he really couldn't give his family a satisfactory answer sheet for this exam.
No matter how simple a birthday celebration is, it must have a sense of ceremony.
Luo Rongcheng lit the only candle on the birthday cake.
Luo Xingchuan stood up, looked at the small birthday cake, and made a wish that relatives could hear:
"I want to be strong so that the people I love and those who love me don't disappoint anymore."
And he silently made a wish in his heart, "I hope Ye Tang can come back." ”