It rained heavily that day when Nanyu arrived in Yushui Town, Linjiang County. When he went, he called Yun Yue, the consultant, and Gong Mo.

He was afraid that Yu Ning would not see him, so he would come in vain.

When they got out of the car, the road in the town was full of potholes, and the rain hit the ground not only wetting their pants but also covering their entire shoes with splashes of yellow mud.

There are few pedestrians passing by on the road, a few shops are open and selling some firewood, rice, oil and salt, and the only clothing store is full of clothes that have long been outdated.

There are also people leading cattle and sheep to pass by on the road, and several people in the city who are good-looking and well-dressed look very abrupt and out of place.

"Dad, where are you, I'll be in town soon, I'll pick you up. It's raining so hard, how can you do without an umbrella. Yu Ning wore a white short-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, a pair of sandals, and a black umbrella, and was talking on the phone.

When I looked up, I saw them, and my expression changed for a moment before returning to normal.

"Dad, I'm at the entrance of town, you can see me when you get out of the car."

Yu Ning hung up the phone, and Yun Yue began to complain about the situation here when he saw Yu Ning, such as that it was difficult to find, or that there was mud everywhere.

"Yu Ning, do you live here? How do you walk this way when it's raining? Yun Yue complained a little, Yu Ning didn't know what they were doing here, she had some plans in her heart, why did she come if she didn't like it?

"What are you doing here?" Yu Ning didn't have the slightest joy and asked calmly.

"I'm looking for you." Yun Yue was a little excited, "It's the first time I've come to such a place, I heard that watermelons are grown in the fields here, do you have any of them?" ”

A car stopped, splashing muddy water on them, and then a middle-aged man in his forties, with dark skin and energetic eyes, stepped out of the car, still holding a hard hat in his hand and his trouser legs rolled up high. Yu Ning hurriedly walked over and propped the umbrella on his head.

"I'm not telling you not to come, it's raining so hard that you're all drenched." The man's tone was blamed, and his face was indeed the softness of a father's love for his daughter.

"Dad, why didn't it rain so hard."

"Where's your mother?"

"She's at home!"

When the man turned around, he saw a few people, and asked Yu Ning with some doubts, "Who are they?" ”

"Uncle, we are Yu Ning's classmates." Nan Yu opened his mouth first, with a smile on his face and politeness.

A trace of unnaturalness flashed on Father Yu's face, just like Yu Ning, he didn't show much enthusiasm, and even a little panicked and resistant. His face was unnatural and embarrassed, and Yu Ning glanced at each other.

"Yu Ning, you can't pick up your dad for half a day, is your leg broken?" A dissatisfied, middle-aged woman, slightly chubby, with some wrinkles on her face, her hair pulled up, the standard image of a rural woman, those eyes are indeed very shrewd. It is said that the eyes are the windows of the soul, and it is not simple for this woman to just look at the eyes.

Gong Mo squinted at this woman, and seemed to be very interested. The consultant frowned, and felt that this woman was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't tell where she was familiar, only that she was Yu Ning's mother, and she might feel a little familiar because of Yu Ning.

When the advisor turned his face to look at Yu Ning, it took a while to come to a conclusion that Yu Ning was neither like her father nor her mother.

"It's a bad day, the car is slow. What do you blame her for! "The man is good at words, and it seems that his character is a little weak.

"Auntie, we are Yu Ning's classmates." Yun Yue spoke politely. Her mother immediately smiled enthusiastically, and at first glance she knew that she was from the city, and she also carried a lot of gifts in her hand, but when she looked at the consultant, her face was slightly stunned and returned to normal.

"You damn girl, you classmates won't let people go to the house when they come." Jade Mother looked reproachful.

"How can people come to our house, it's shabby and old." Yu Ning explained in a whisper, but in exchange for more dissatisfaction from her mother.

His mother looked at them with a smile on her face, and Yu Ning and his father looked reluctant. It was raining heavily, and the four of Nanyu were hiding under other people's roofs without umbrellas.

"If you're going, be prepared that you won't want to come again for the rest of your life. Besides, Mom, how can they get there with only two umbrellas? ”

Yu Ning's mother suddenly stretched her face, "Give them all." ”

"Dad has been working on the construction site for a day......" Before Yu Ning finished speaking, her mother snatched the umbrella and handed it to them along with herself, "It's all poor, what are you afraid of in the rain?" Then he turned his face and smiled, "Here it is." Walking forward with them, Yu Ning and his father were suddenly wet by the rain, Nan Yu wanted to return the umbrella to her, Yu Ning said in a panic, "Don't, otherwise I will be beaten." Then he pulled her dad forward.

Hearing her words, Nan Yu's heart was a little turbulent. He even wanted to ask, is that your own mother? I've never seen that mother beat her child for such a thing. However, when he saw Yu Ning's mother, Nan Yu felt that this trip was not in vain.

After twenty minutes of walking along a gravel road at the edge of town, they finally understood why Yu Ning would say that they would not come again.

The wood-planked house, covered with tiles, has been blackened by smoke. Two rooms, and a kitchen. Or use a fire. There was a bed in the kitchen, dark green sheets and quilts, and Yu Ning said she slept here.

The meal was set on the table, a simple three dishes and one soup. There is also a bowl that has been used. Yu Ning knew that it was his younger brother who ate first and went to someone else's house to play.

Yu Ning's mother moved out a few small stools for them to sit on, and then went back to work, presumably to entertain them with meat and eggs. Yu Ning asked his father to change out of his wet clothes, and walked to the fire pit by himself and roasted his clothes with a pile of sparks.

Yun Yue and Gong Mo were surprised or surprised on their faces, they didn't expect it to be such a scene.

"Mom, don't be busy, if it's not enough, ...... the next strip"

"You know what...... she knew her mother would scold her. Don't hurry up and start the fire! ”

Yu Ning glanced at Nan Yu with malice, he should be satisfied and see this picture. Yu Ning's father changed his clothes and came out to sit on the stool without saying a word, smoking a dry cigarette by himself.

"Auntie, no need. We've eaten. This time it's because I came out to play, and it happened to be my birthday and I wanted Yu Ning to go to the county to play together. We came from Nandu, and we were not familiar with this place, and we wanted Yu Ning to take us around. Yun Yue didn't want Yu Ning to be difficult, and she also found that their arrival had added to her troubles.

When her mother heard this, she happily pushed Yu Ning out, "Okay, you guys go quickly." Yu Ning is very familiar with Linjiang County, and she went to junior high school there for three years. ”

"You let the child eat before ......," Yu Ning's father said before he finished speaking, and his mother scolded again, "What do you know, wretched!" ”

"Dad, I'm not eating." Yu Ning hurriedly said, it was no longer raining outside, and she pushed them out, "Mom, I'm leaving." "I didn't even have time to change my wet clothes.

"Take them to play." Behind her was her mother's earnest instructions, in the past, whenever anyone who looked like a rich person came to her, her mother could hide, but this time it was unexpected by Yu Ning.

I got on the bus at the entrance of the town, and no one spoke all the way. The driver's master is an old acquaintance, and after a glance at Yu Ning, he asked, "Yu Ning, it's almost dark and I'm going to Linjiang County, this is the last bus, and there is no car back when I go." The driver said and glanced at Nan Yu and the four of them, "Are you sending your classmates back?" ”

"Uncle Wang, I'll go to Linjiang County to find Mu Ke! Send them by the way. The road is slippery on a rainy day, so you can drive well. Yu Ning smiled and gave the driver the money, and when she looked back and saw that Nan Yu and the four of them had already sat down, she looked back at the driver and sat down at the door.

"Mu Ke, this kid hasn't been back for a long time. I heard that you went to Nandu to go to the high school, not bad, yes, really give the villagers a long face. "The driver looks like he is only about forty, his face is kind and healthy, and his mouth is also known for being able to talk.

"Uncle Wang, you can afford me, I just want to make a grade, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, why is it not as comfortable as at home." Maybe I will have to rely on you when I come back after graduation" Yu Ning's previous depression was almost dissipated, and chatting with the driver and master, I completely forgot about the cowardice of cowering in Nandu.

"You girl, you can talk." The driver smiled and said, "Your mother was also from a big city back then, but it's not as transparent as you......"

"Uncle Wang, your son is about to be a sophomore in high school this year." Yu Ning interrupted Master Wang's words with some eagerness and successfully changed the topic. But Yu Ning didn't know that her actions caused Gong Mo and Nan Yu to look at each other, and a trace of deep thought flashed in the consultant's eyes.

When they got off at the county station, Yu Ning didn't plan to take them away, she knew that today was not Yun Yue's birthday.

"You go find a hotel to stay in, and go back to Nandu tomorrow."

"Yu Ning, do you blame us for coming here without saying hello to you?" Yun Yue asked, his tone a little cautious.

Yu Ning reluctantly pulled out a smile: "You have also seen the situation in my family." If I don't work in Emgrand Nandu, I can't even pay the tuition fee. I don't know how you came here, my mother has always hated the poor and loved the rich, and I can still accept friends like you in Nandu, but now, the gap is too big, I really don't want to have anything to do with you. ”

"Do you think we're just as poor as your mother?" Gong Mo was not happy.

"It's not." Yu Ning shook her head: "You don't understand how greedy the poor are. Sometimes you can do anything for money. ”

"Yu Ning ......" Yun Yue opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

"Nanyu, I thank you for not disliking me. Let that night be over, I don't care. Now you also see that we are not people of the same world. Yu Ning looked at Nan Yu seriously, "I can't climb any of you, whether it's a lover or a friend." ”

"Now that you know, make yourself climbable." The advisor had always been quiet, but this time he wasn't as silent as before.

Yu Ning smiled bitterly, how easy it is to say. Not all hard work can be duly rewarded, she can only do her best.

"Let's go, this is not for people of your noble status." After Yu Ning finished speaking, she turned around and was about to leave.

The last train to Yushui Town was gone, and she had to go to Mu Ke to spend the night.

"Yu Ning, you don't believe me?" Nan Yu grabbed her arm, his brows furrowed, and there was a faint anger on his face.

"It's not that I don't believe it, I don't dare to believe it, and I can't believe it." Yu Ning turned her head and looked at Nan Yu seriously.

"Why?" Nan Yu asked.

"Let's put it this way, you think instant noodles are the most garbage food, but in our eyes they are luxuries. You think that crowding the bus is the life of an inferior person, but in our eyes, it is the greatest luck to be able to take the bus. You think that birthdays have to change every year, but we never have birthdays. You think it's poor and backward, but in our eyes, the county is a high-end city. Got it? It's a natural gap. Yu Ning paused for a moment and pushed Nan Yu's hand away, "Look, you are wearing famous brands, using famous brands, and playing luxury, while I can only wear street stalls, eat instant noodles, and use copycat piracy." It's okay if I don't like you, once I like you and get together, I may be worried about losing it at any time, and you, take me out, your friends will sarcastically mock you for finding a girlfriend who can't be on the stage, your parents will dislike it, your friends will ridicule, maybe some will change their tricks to bully me for fun, I can't afford these. ”

Except for this face and this figure, Yu Ning really has nothing to handle.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the hotel, you can stay today, and leave tomorrow." Yu Ning walked forward, the four people behind him all had complicated expressions, they didn't think about the gap in Yu Ning's mouth, but they understood what it meant to be a person who was not a world, so they prevented all the possibility of being together.