He looked at me, clasped my palm, and said solemnly:

"Liu Zijun, don't refuse first, I know you're afraid of owing too much to people, but it's old, it's not worth anything at all, it's just that the mobile card number inside is charged with some fees, but it hasn't been used, and the telecommunications fees handed over can't be refunded, it's a pity to throw it away, you take this mobile phone to use it first, so that if you have anything in the future, you can send me a text message, I have something, I don't have to waste time downstairs to guard you, I can also call or text you in advance..."

The words of refusal were in my throat, but looking into his eyes, I couldn't spit it out.

When he saw that I still didn't nod my head for a long time, he played a scoundrel:

"If you don't accept it, I will wait for you downstairs at 5 o'clock every morning, just like this morning, let my aunt talk about it..."

"Hua Zheng, I-"

I took it.

His kindness.

I had the first tool in my life to communicate with the outside world, a small Nokia, and a mobile phone number in the phone book, which was the one that Fu Huazheng often used, and he also saved it himself.

It wasn't until later that I learned that the phone was the weft of Nokia's global limited edition at the time.

It's worth six digits of money.

Last time, when I fainted with a fever, he was going to come downstairs in the dormitory to deliver me this mobile phone, but he was delayed by sending me to the hospital.

Later, he deliberately found someone to make this weft map old and make it look cheap.

At that time, I had no idea that the old phone was so valuable.

At that time, in order not to let him wait for me downstairs so early, in order not to waste too much of his time, I took the phone.

Hua Zheng and I have a second bond besides his brother Hua Ming.

A few weeks later, the final exams for the first semester of the freshman year arrived as scheduled, and the winter break was soon approaching. Everyone is starting to book group student tickets for the homecoming train in advance.

At that time, there was a strange phenomenon in the university - the study room was sparsely staffed on weekdays, and a week before the exam, everyone began to grab seats with books and teacups, and began to revise in groups, racing against time.

I talked about this phenomenon with Hua Zheng, and he concluded that it is called:

“Deadli

E is the first productive force! ”

I was very well prepared for the exam during the winter break. That year, I got all five distinctions, including PE, with an average grade of 96 and a GPA of 4.8 out of 5.0.

After the exam, the students began to pack their things one after another, preparing for the winter vacation, and set off home for the New Year.

Before leaving, the dormitory sisters collected various local specialties in Luoyang, such as Luoyang Eight Large Pieces and Luoyang Peony Cakes, all of which were filled with suitcases.

And I, the money in my hand was lent to me by Fu Huaming, and I didn't dare to spend it except for eating.

Since my grandmother's death, the "Chinese New Year" has never been a festive holiday for me, on the contrary, it has been a day that makes me feel even more desolate and lonely.

Even if it weren't for my mother's advice at the beginning of the school year, I didn't plan to go home for the Chinese New Year.

Because, in that hometown, in that homeland, except for my deceased grandmother, except for the days and nights with my grandmother, everything else was something I tried my best to escape, and I struggled to escape.

To put it cruelly, I don't have a trace of nostalgia for that Huai River basin...

So, I never thought about buying a train ticket home.

The day after the exam, Hua Zheng sent me a few text messages, and he was the one who had heard my mother's remarks at the beginning of the school year.

First, he seemed to be cautiously testing me: "Zijun, do you really listen to your aunt and don't go home for the New Year?" ”

I didn't reply.

Second, he seemed to have made up a lot of determination: "Or, why don't you come to my house for the New Year?" My eldest brother, you already know, her mother is very kind, and her father is also very kind, and she is closer to me, a fake son, than her own son. They will welcome you. ”

I smiled, but didn't know how to reply.

Second, he added: "My uncle may not return to Luoyang this year, they are in Beijing for the New Year, and grandpa will not come back if he stays in the United States, you see, my family is just a few, the New Year is not lively, you can rest assured, you are so good and sensible, Zijun, they will definitely welcome you." ”

He is so persistent.

I hugged my phone, exhaled, and typed over with a smile: "How can you casually go to someone else's house for the New Year, or go to a friend of the opposite sex!" ”

I rejected him indiscriminately: "I definitely want to go home for the New Year, when school started, my mother was full of knives and tofu hearts, and I have to go back to my grandmother's grave, and I have to go back to get a sum of money, which was entrusted to a neighbor's uncle before my grandmother's death!" ”

I was afraid that the lie would be easily exposed, and I seriously talked about the day of departure and the time of the train ticket.

He said he would drop me off personally that day.

I smiled and replied to him: "Thank you Hua Zheng for your kindness, I really don't need it, I didn't buy any special products, it's very easy." ”

He sent a few text messages back and forth, asking me to wait for him in the dormitory to see him off that day anyway, otherwise on such a cold day, he would go downstairs to the dormitory every day from tomorrow to "block" me to see if I could bear to let him freeze.

I picked up my phone, knocked and deleted, deleted and knocked.

In the end, he replied with a "good" word seriously.

There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and we will talk about it on that day.

After replying to Hua Zheng, I also began to prepare for staying in school during the winter vacation.

In order to stay in school for the Chinese New Year, my aunt and I were very serious and talked about my family situation very frankly. Although my aunt is sometimes very fierce, she is actually a very kind and warm person, and she can't help but reddened her eyes after hearing about my situation.

She then told me something that few people knew about.

She reminded me that the school boiler room no longer provides hot water, the bathhouse is closed, and the dormitory is not allowed to plug in high-power appliances, so I can only use cold water, but she has a secret: "Look at you little girl, it's not easy, I'll tell you secretly." ”

She saw that there was no one outside the door, and quietly explained to me: "Our girls' dormitory is the city's unified heating, and during the winter vacation, it is like a boiler room and a canteen window, everything will stop, but the heating can't be stopped." As for the radiator in your dormitory, there is a water valve that can be unscrewed, you can twist it counterclockwise, until it is loose, and it will flow out steaming water. In winter, the water in the faucet in the bathroom is biting ice, girls are still a little better to themselves, washing clothes, brushing teeth, washing face, bathing, you try to put hot water in the radiator. ”

She continued:

"In addition, although the dormitory building does not allow the use of high-power electrical appliances, but in this cold and snowy place, you still have to eat a hot meal alone, I will give you a small 400-watt electric pot that will not cause tripping, you can cook hot instant noodles and boiling water or something, and you must always warm your stomach."

She thought for a while, patted her head, then patted the back of my hand, and continued to explain: "But Zijun, since you are the only one living in the dormitory building, you still have to ensure the safety of the dormitory building, you still write a safety responsibility guarantee letter to me, after all, I also have to support my family, in case something really happens, I can't hold it for you, bah, bah, you look at my crow's mouth..."

I had red eyes that day, looking at the dormitory manager and smiling, I nodded desperately.

Suddenly, I realized that she was like my grandmother who sometimes nagged a little.

She gave me the key to the dormitory building where I could have a place to stay, so that I could have a small pot to live in peace.

It was she who gave me a place to settle down and spend my year warmly.