Chapter 169: A Difficult Choice
Passing by a newsboy selling newspapers on the street, Brother Rundong spent another copper coin to buy a newspaper for today, and read it with relish, but he didn't expect that Brother Rundong still maintains the habit of buying newspapers.
When I arrived at the place where Brother Rundong said to eat rice noodles, this is actually a food stall on the street, which can only be said to be a very affordable place, and it is indeed a good place for Brother Rundong's consumption level now, and I called the boss two large bowls of rice noodles, and we waited for the rice noodles to be served.
While waiting for the rice noodles, I felt that this was a good opportunity to ask Brother Rundong about his future plans, so he found an excuse and said: "Today I passed by a very large rice shop, and I saw that it was written in front of their door, Mr. Zhaoguan, pay a gold coin a month, this is a good errand, Brother Rundong, haven't you worked in the rice store before? Why don't you try to apply, you should be able to do it." β
Brother Rundong looked up and thought about it, but didn't say anything, and then lowered his head again.
Looking at it like that, Brother Rundong seemed to remember some bad experience, so I smiled busily, and I asked in a soft tone on this topic: "Don't like Mi Xing's work?" What kind of job does Brother Rundong think is more suitable for you?"
After a while, Brother Rundong raised his head, his eyes showed a hint of confusion, and then he asked me instead, "Ling Feng, what kind of work do you think I am more suitable for?"
"You?"
I wanted to say that he was suitable to go back to the village to take over the family's business, or to be a teacher, but I believe that if you say it directly, Brother Rundong will not agree, so I have to say: "You are suitable for doing a lot of work! You are a good person, responsible, and you read a lot, and you are very involved in everything, and you are suitable for doing a lot of work." β
Seeing that there was no clear answer to my answer, Brother Rundong thought for a while, raised his eyes to look at the chaotic crowd in the distance, and then lowered his head and said with a slight uneasiness: "I have also thought about it during this time, I should find something to do, I saw a job advertisement in the newspaper, how about you look at these two jobs? These two jobs have been advertised in the newspaper for several days in a row. β
I was pleasantly surprised, it turned out that Brother Rundong had already begun to pay attention to the matter of finding a job, and it seemed that he was embarrassed to always borrow money from the people around him, which was a good sign, I hurriedly took the newspaper that Brother Rundong said and read it, one advertisement was an advertisement for the enrollment of the patrol school, and the other was an advertisement for the enrollment of a magic drawing school.
Although I was happy when I saw these two advertisements, I also had a little confusion in my heart: "The two places that Brother Rundong chose are actually two schools, not a place to make money, but a place to spend money, why does he still want to go to school? With his current age and ability, he can go directly to the corresponding place to find a job and apply for a job, but he still has to go to school, why is this?"
It's not that I'm in a hurry to urge Brother Yun to work, it's just because the current Shenghua Empire, let alone 19 years old, is 14 or 5 years old, and the children of poor families have already begun to work, and there are really few people who are still studying at the age of 19, unless they are very rich and noble children, they go to school just to get a corresponding identity and status. And now looking at Brother Rundong's attitude, he still hopes to go to school to study first, and then go to work.
"Is he lost himself, and he doesn't have the confidence to go straight to work and do those jobs well?"
"Or does he like the school environment?"
"Or some other reason......"
I don't know.
If Brother Rundong is now losing his self-confidence and becoming at a loss, I can see this, and I can understand it, because he has indeed changed a lot now.
And, if Brother Rundong likes the environment of the school, as far as I know about him, it is more likely that the school itself is a place full of dreams and ideals, and the students of the school are also the most susceptible to a group of people inspired by new things, in that place, Brother Rundong can scold corrupt officials unscrupulously with his classmates, and go to promote his dreams together, and there, he can also stand in front of passionate young people, loudly talk about his views on current affairs, and he can find back the role of the young leader, so it should be said that there is a hotbed where his dreams can be rebornγ
Was it a mental dependence, or was he trying to regain his faith?
If it is a mental dependence, then his thinking is likely to return to that overly idealistic mode.
If he wants to regain his confidence, school is a good place to heal the wounds of his long-standing dreams without success.
Of course, I believe that Brother Rundong, who has gone through so many experiences, even if he goes back to school, he should no longer be the same person he used to be.
I don't know if his choice is right or wrong, anyway, now that he has the intention of not wanting to indulge in this kind of life anymore, I can't dampen his enthusiasm, so I hurriedly agreed: "Okay, these two schools look good, Brother Rundong, which one do you want to choose?"
"Or, I'll sign up for both of these schools! Both schools have to take exams before admission, and whichever one can be admitted, it's one or the other. Brother Rundong said in a small voice, with a complicated expression.
"Which one can you get into, which one?"
Hearing this, my heart sank, and I was a little speechless, is this what Brother Rundong said? How did he become so casual, this is not like the person who has always wanted to control his own destiny, or even the fate of the entire Shenghua Empire!
Hi, I scolded myself, * too many hearts, many people in the world are living in a mess, who can guarantee that they always have goals, many people who don't have goals are not very good?
"Okay! Either of them, anyway, the registration fee for each school is only 20 copper coins. β
I encouraged Brother Rundong and said, "If the money is not enough, you can come to me again." β
"Well, then I'll sign up tomorrow. Brother Rundong nodded with a tense face.
Finally agreed on Brother Rundong's future work, I was in a good mood, not to mention how comfortable it was to eat the rice noodles with the taste of my hometown, but Brother Rundong's expression was still dignified, and he didn't look happy, maybe he had just made a decision, just about to change his life, and he wasn't very adaptable, and after a while, Brother Rundong would get used to it, I thought.
After eating rice noodles, I happily returned to school.
In the next two days, I was very busy, on the one hand, there were classes in the afternoon of these two days, and at the same time, there were people in the Black Boxing City who had an appointment.
I used fatigue tactics to drag down a five-star fighter, so that my victory rate against the five-star fighter increased again, but I clearly know that in the fight with the five-star fighter, I can survive, and deal with it, it is my victory, if a five-star fighter fights with me, don't kill me, my situation is always in a passive position, so I can survive under the crazy attack of the five-star fighter, this is already my victory, because my experience, in addition to learning some new skills, but also to learn some life-saving skills, sometimes, survival is more important than anything elseγ
After five days, I finally had another half day to spare in the afternoon.
This afternoon, I walked to the Xiangnan Provincial Library early, today in addition to going to see Brother Rundong, I also thought about the book "The Origin of Magic" written by Da Erwen, I only read half of the book last time, I felt very inspired, so today I went to look at the book again, by the way, look at Brother Rundong.
Entering the library, I walked briskly towards Brother Rundong, he was still in his old position, as if the place had been reserved for him, I walked to him, patted him gently, smiled and said hello easily.
Brother Rundong looked a little cramped when he saw me coming, and he politely pulled me to sit down.
Although I haven't come here for a few days, I am still worried about Brother Rundong's going to school and work, so before Brother Rundong can speak, I first came to Brother Rundong's side with a smile on my face and asked in a low voice, "The two schools you applied for should have already started the exams, right?"
Hearing me ask, Brother Rundong's expression was entangled, his face was slightly red at this moment, and after a pause, he paused for a moment before he said in a difficult and low voice: "I applied for those two schools, but during the exam, I didn't go and missed those two schools." β
"What, didn't go to the exam!"
Hearing that Brother Rundong had already applied for two schools, but he didn't go to the exam, I couldn't calm down in my heart, and my originally relaxed mood hung up again, and I hurriedly asked: "You have already registered, why don't you go to the exam?"
Lowering his head slightly, Brother Rundong's tone was quite squeaky and said: "After I signed up, I learned that the tuition fees of those two schools are very expensive, and even if you graduate from those two schools, you may not necessarily be able to become a patrolman and a draftsman, so I don't want to go to those two schools." β
My lips moved, so choked that I couldn't speak, Brother Rundong would actually give up studying because of financial problems? I don't believe it, I believe that it must be Brother Rundong's heart that the strong temper himself jumped out again, and made him deny the idea of choosing a job at random before, he is resisting from the bottom of his heart, as long as it is not the ideal in his mind, not what he wants, he will not cherish it, in the face of this scene, I don't know what to say for a while.
After being silent for a while, Brother Rundong obviously felt a little embarrassed about this meeting, so he said: "I have selected two other schools, which also look good, and I will tell you about it when we have dinner in the evening." β
"I chose again...... Two?"
My heart is even more complicated, Brother Rundong has abandoned the previous two schools, and now he has chosen two new schools, and there are two schools, is this what he wants? I don't believe it, but I don't want to blame Brother Rundong, so I should give him a little more time to choose! Four months have already passed, so why bother waiting for another ten days and half a month.
Under the pressure of complicated feelings, I asked Brother Rundong to help me find the book "The Origin of Magic".
sighed, cleaned up his mood, and sighed again, it is difficult for me to change Brother Rundong's temper, so let's take care of myself! Grit my teeth and try to make myself concentrated, and reading is also a good way to make people forget about the troubles of the outside world