(8) Graduation dinner for several families

There was no formal graduation ceremony, the last Friday class, and the last cleaning of the classroom, and we said goodbye to this school and the six years we spent here.

After school that day, I inexplicably felt like I had a new lease on life, which was very pleasant. Cao Yunxiao was also unprecedented, did not go to all kinds of classes that seemed messy to me, carried his schoolbag, and quietly sent the two of us home all the way.

As a member of the intermittent trio, my mother naturally knew Cao Yunxiao, but the first time she knew his name was at a parent-teacher meeting once a semester. Almost every time there is a parent-teacher meeting, Fu Chengwen and Cao Yunxiao will be praised countless times by parents for their excellent grades and outstanding literary and artistic achievements, and since I know that the two of them are my only friends, every time my mother comes back after attending the parent-teacher conference, she will say to me helplessly that these two people don't know how to be blind and are willing to be friends with me.

Of course, I know that my mother didn't mean anything bad when she said this, because she has always managed me in a free-range manner, made me responsible for myself, and never asked me too much about things, so my relationship with her will be very good, basically do anything bad together, and then let my dad be responsible. But despite this, I couldn't help but roll my eyes when she said this, and by the way, remind her that I was her own son of a loser.

However, although my mother knows the name Cao Yunxiao, it is a pity that my mother has not met Cao Yunxiao himself. One is because when we go home from school in the evening, we are basically separated at the intersection of my house, he goes straight, Fu Chengwen and I turn, and the second is that every Sunday when he comes to my house, my mother is at work, and the two have been staggered to meet at the same time. This time, Cao Yunxiao sent me to the door of the house, and the two of them met in the real sense, so my mother, a hospitable woman, must stay with him for dinner, saying that she is grateful for his care of me in the past few years.

Cao Yunxiao was also not polite, as soon as my mother mentioned it, he agreed to it. That Fu Chengwen is even more so, there is no difference from going back to his own home, and after calling Liang's mother, he entered the door, took off his shoes, and entered my room familiarly.

Fortunately, at that time, my mother would clean up the house for me, so that I was not too embarrassed in front of Cao Yunxiao. A few of us read my treasured martial arts novels in the house for a while, and then my mother, who was very quick with my hands and feet, called out to eat.

Fu's mother often says that my mother is definitely a late-stage schizophrenia patient, because most people will think that she is a particularly quiet and even a little cold person when they see her for the first time, but as long as they get along, they will find that my mother is actually a tomboy who can go crazy and make trouble, which can be said to be a perfect interpretation of what it means to "completely inconsistent with personality and appearance". In order to prevent Cao Yunxiao from being frightened by my mother's "contrast", I did my homework for him before eating. But I obviously underestimated my mother's ability, and after only half a minute, she revealed her true form, which made Fu Chengwen and Cao Yunxiao laugh.

Of course, it's my trouble.

I finished dinner extremely depressed, and then at my mother's request, I sent Cao Yunxiao home with Fu Chengwen. It didn't take long for me to receive a thank you call from Cao Yunxiao's mother and invite the two of us to have dinner at his restaurant at 5 o'clock tomorrow night.

I reminded me countless times to ask for the address, but my mom stayed excited until she put down the phone and she didn't ask for the exact location of the hotel. I wondered if she hadn't heard me at all, so I couldn't help but count a few words. As soon as I said this, my mother realized her mistake, stood there and thought about it for a long time, and then stuck out her tongue at me embarrassedly, saying that it would be good to ask Fu's mother tomorrow, so that I don't have to worry.

I thought she was right, so I went back to my room as she said. The next thing I heard was my dad's wail in the hall.

Well, I had already guessed that this would happen, but I didn't want to remind my dad. Who made him laugh and tremble and get carried away the whole time, if my mom doesn't retaliate, it won't be my mom.

The next day, Fu Chengwen continued to tutor me at the agreed time. At four o'clock in the evening, Cao Yunxiao also came to my house, saying that he was afraid that we would not find a place and took us there. We gave up studying, played for half an hour, and when Cao Yunxiao's driver arrived at half past four, our two families got into Cao Yunxiao's car together.

Well, an Audi, a BMW.

I really married a white Fumei.

Cao Yunxiao was a little restrained along the way, as if he was a poor sour boy and unworthy of eating with us. But in fact, the combined wealth of our two families is less than a tenth of his family, and he has no need to do so. It's just that his parents have instilled in him the idea that "you can't measure everything with money" since he was a child, so every time he mentions that his family is very rich, he is very uncomfortable and feels as if he is inferior. It is also for this reason that he does not have the slightest resistance to those extracurricular tutoring, but feels that if he can learn more, he will be able to have a little more self-confidence and will not be unable to hold his head up in front of others.

By the time we arrived, Cao Yunxiao's parents had been waiting in the lobby for a long time. To be honest, according to Cao Yunxiao's description, I always thought that his parents should be very strict people, but after a meal, I found that they were very gentle, polite and thoughtful, which made people feel very comfortable. I was very puzzled by this, and on the way back, I told my parents about Cao Yunxiao's description of his parents. After listening to this, my father gave me an explanation in eight words with the strength of the wine.

"Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black."

It's a very simple word for me now, but it was still somewhat difficult for me to understand at that time. But I didn't go any further, because there was another incident at the dinner table that distracted me.

Cao Yunxiao's parents proposed that they want to take advantage of the summer vacation to organize the three of us to travel to other cities with our children.

I clearly remember that when Cao Yunxiao's father said this, Cao Yunxiao's eyes were filled with tears in an instant. The parents of our two families also thought it was a good idea, and after obtaining the consent of the three of us, they decided on the destination and time of the trip on the spot.

Two days later, with all the preparations done, we started our first graduation trip.

We played in H City for a week before going home, and after we went back, Fu Chengwen and Cao Yunxiao would be called out to attend a class reunion every few days.

Every time they went to a class reunion, I stayed at home and studied silently, waiting for them to buy small pastries and come back to me. If it weren't for my usual attention to exercise and continue to learn sanda, I estimate that this holiday, I would have been fed a big fat man by small pastries.

After a while, it was time for the placement test, and with all kinds of nervousness and anxiety, I said goodbye to Fu Chengwen and Cao Yunxiao who sent me, and entered the examination room alone.

Half a month later, I successfully became classmates with Fu Chengwen and Cao Yunxiao and started my junior high school life.