Chapter Ninety-Nine: Warmth
The car drove to the provincial capital of Province A and drove to a middle school in the provincial capital, which is a new district, a brand new high-rise building, many exterior walls are still gray cement, the windows have not yet been installed, and the outside looks like a square hole, some have not yet been completed, and the high scaffolding is still there.
On the straight, wide asphalt road, there are only a few cars speeding by, and the traffic lights at the intersection are non-existent, and pedestrians are moving freely on the road.
"It's comfortable to drive here, but there are so few cars."
"On weekends, there are a lot of cars, all of which are parents picking up and dropping off their children, and the cars have to line up from the school gate to that road."
"This is a new district, and the school was moved from the old district"
"Oh, there's a lot of room for house appreciation here"
"It's not popular, that is, the supporting facilities near the school are relatively sound, and many other places are still vacant land."
"It's definitely not going to be this school that moved here"
"There's a key junior high school over there."
"Arrived, this is the school courtyard wall, this is the bus stop,"
"This road is on both sides, with a study area on one side and a living area on the other, with an underground passage in between."
"Boarding or not?"
"Yes, very few of them go to school."
"Zhao Long, in this way, the car will be parked on the side of the road, you can rest here, there is a restaurant in this alley, you eat at noon, I will go to the school cafeteria to eat at noon, I will walk over now,"
"Okay, Li Qing, you're busy with yours, I'll go around here."
Li Qing got out of the car, saw that the time was just 11:30, and the class would be out in 15 minutes, and walked for a few minutes to the school gate, and outsiders were not allowed to enter and leave during class time.
Li Qing stood in front of the mobile gate in the living area and looked out, and there were several parents of students at the door.
A woman in her forties, with gray hair and a thin body, with a curved back, carried a bamboo basket with a thermos bucket in it, covered with a cloth,
"Eldest sister, come and see the child"
"Yes, you're carrying a thermos?"
"The school cafeteria has poor food, there is no oil and water, and the children study hard, so I stew some chicken soup at home and give it to the children to drink. Make up for it. ”
"Oooh"
The bell rang for the end of class, and the quiet campus suddenly became noisy, and the children poured out of the classroom like a tide, chattering and laughing.
Parents standing at the door sign in order to enter the campus in the security room at the entrance.
Li Qing stood at the doorway, waiting to look.
The passage was crowded, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl wearing a pink jacket, glasses, and a ponytail jumped into Li Qing's eyes.
"Mom!"
The little girl also found Li Qing, shouted excitedly, approached Li Qing, and hugged Li Qing with open arms.
"Mengmeng, your mother?"
Meng Meng smiled at her classmates.
"Your classmates are looking at you, thinking you're still a baby, hahaha"
"Hahaha, I'm already small."
"Mom, I'm inviting you to our cafeteria for dinner."
"Okay" The two laughed, Tengteng walked up to the restaurant on the second floor, and the restaurant was full of people.
"There's a lot of people in line."
"I just got out of class, and it's rush hour."
Meng Meng took out the card and lined up in front of the window,
When it was time for Meng Meng, Meng Meng ordered two different servings of one meat and one vegetable, Li Qing helped bring it to the table, and Meng Meng went to the big tin bucket to make two small bowls of soup and brought them over on a tray.
"The soup is not bad."
"I just drink the soup from our school cafeteria, and I change my tricks every day."
"Mengmeng, the college entrance examination is coming in two months, you have to strengthen your nutrition"
"How much money do you have in your meal card? I'll give you 1,000 yuan later, leave some for your usual use, and other recharge cards. ”
"I still have money here, but I don't have it, I can borrow it from my classmate card for a few days,"
"Mom, you were so busy some time ago,?
Dad said you went on a business trip. “
"Well, get busy, your dad's phone number has changed?"
"No, my dad called me the day before yesterday, and our teacher didn't let me bring a phone, so the dormitory manager took my phone away. He said he wouldn't give it back to me until the end of the term, and I had to find a way to get it back. Hahaha"
"Oh, hahaha"
"I've eaten, I'll go back to see my grandmother,"
"Uh-oh."
"In the small room next to this, you can charge the meal card, and I charged 800 yuan."
"Mom, go to the dormitory and sit down."
"Okay, I'll go up and have a look,"
"There are 11 floors in the dormitory, so you are on the 6th floor."
"Yes, didn't you and your dad send me when school started? Men are not allowed to enter the girls' dormitory. Haha"
"Your dad is thick-skinned and runs in to take a look"
"Hahaha"
The elevator was busy, and I waited a while to squeeze in,
"Sometimes, we go straight up the stairs without waiting for the elevator"
On the sixth floor, the north and south are dormitories, the long and straight passage in the middle, the width is one meter five, one end of the passage is the boiling water room, the bathroom, the opposite is the dormitory aunt's room, there is a power distribution room in the middle, and the others are dormitories.
There are four single beds against the wall in the dormitory, with a desk above and a wardrobe on one side. There is a small toilet at the entrance to the door.
Meng Meng took her mother's arm, and the two walked out of the room to the staircase and stood by the window.
"Mother, I'll share a little secret with you,
Last month, during the recess, a boy in my class walked up to my desk and stuffed a small note into me, I opened the note and it said "I have something to do when I came out", I looked up and saw him walk out of the classroom, I also followed him out, went to the roof on the fourth floor, the boy looked back at me and said "I like you", and then I stood stupidly with him, about five minutes, I walked off the roof, and he also walked off the roof. When he walked to the balcony, he tried to take my hand, but I refused. “
"And later"
"Then there is no later"
"Hahaha, you really have a lot of fans, when I was in junior high school, my elementary school classmates chased me to the provincial capital, the little boy asked for your address everywhere, and when I went home during the summer vacation of the third year of junior high school, your grandmother also arranged for you to go out on a date, hahaha, your grandmother praised the little boy for being a white and clean big man, why didn't I think you were good? Hahaha"
"Mom, that's because I'm too good to you, I'm your big fan, hahaha."
"Where, to be honest, we're not in touch now."
"I'll tell you a story of mine, too."
After graduating from high school, we all went our separate ways, and I was already working in an oil mill at that time.
I wrote a letter to one of my classmates who lived in the mountains, praising him for his good pen handwriting, I liked his handwriting so much, and admired him very much, and soon he also replied to me with a letter, in which he told me that he had come down to see me in the past two days.
Sure enough, on the afternoon of the third day, he came to the oil factory, I didn't expect him to really come, so far away, he walked into the store, carrying a big bag of tea in his hand, and his colleagues' eyes were all looking at him, I was so embarrassed, my face was red and white for a while.
I led him to the colleague's dormitory next door, there were three small stools at the door, and I made him a cup of tea, he was also quite embarrassed, was he afraid of me or respected me? He slowly sat down on one of the small stools, and I sat down on the other small stool, and as we talked about each other, I suddenly felt that I had done something ridiculous, and that I had nothing to say to this person with him.
I chatted with my classmate for a while, and when it was almost time to get off work, I took him home for dinner. He brought a large bag of tea to my house and whispered
"Auntie, bring you some tea."
"Thank you"
"Mom, this is my classmate."
"Where's home?"
"In the Old Mountain"
Mother asked no more, but looked at me with her eyes,
The classmate slowly pulled the rice, lowered his head,
Probably hungry, I ate two bowls of rice.
After dinner,
"Mom, I'll send him back"
"Hmm"
My classmates and my mother said hello, followed me and slowly walked out of the courtyard, we didn't say a word, to the street, it was already dark and a gust of evening wind blew, I stood at the downwind outlet, from him emitted a strong fox smell, straight to my nostrils, I quickly moved to the upwind outlet, exhaled softly.
We walked a few more steps forward to a hotel in town, and I walked in and asked if there was any room available, how much would it cost? , the boss said yes, I paid, walked to the door, let the classmate standing outside the door come in, he walked in slowly, and looked back at me, the boss asked "You don't live,"
I glanced at the boss and said
"Don't stop!"
I turned around and quickly returned home.
"And later"
"No, no more. Last year, I learned from another classmate that he is now seriously ill, "Hey, his illness should have nothing to do with me, right?" We haven't held hands yet,"
"You think too much, what does it have to do with you?"
"Don't talk about those things"
"Meng Meng, when you are studying, you are mainly reading, don't fall in love, there is nothing wrong with others liking you, you don't hurt others. Learn more, you're still young, baby."
"Yes, Mom."
"You have to rest for a while at noon"
"Good"
"Then I'm leaving."
"Goodbye, Mom."
"Goodbye."
Meng Meng sent Li Qing to the school gate,
"Mengmeng, go back to the dormitory and rest for a while."
"Hmm."
Li Qing watched Mengmeng run towards the dormitory building, her face overflowing with infinite warmth and love.
"Eldest sister, are you going back?"
"Well, home,"
"The kid drank the soup?"
"I drank a little, said it was too oily, I asked their classmates to drink some, let me not send it next time, my home is in this city, I can go home on weekends"
"I ate in the cafeteria at noon, and the food was ok."
Li Qing walked out of the school gate, walked along the straight road, and saw Zhao Long standing by the car from a distance.
"What did you eat at noon?"
"Beef fried rice, that beef fried rice, it's really delicious, the store is hygienic, very clean, the service is good, and it is served with a bowl of soup, it's so real."
"It's the third one, right? It's really good, I've eaten it. ”
"I'll take a look at the navigation, it's not far from S County,"
"It's almost two and a half hours"
"When you get to the county seat, you go back to H City first,"
"Don't worry, I'll find a hotel in the county seat to stay, you do your business, if you come, you will be safe, and you will come back together."
"That's okay, Zhao Long is really embarrassed, he should have done his best as a landlord, in the future, I will have the opportunity to take you to have a good time in S County."
"Li Qing, I know, I'll take a look for myself, don't worry, you can call me when you're done."
"Go to the bus stop in front of me and park at it, I'll take the bus here, go straight."