Chapter Twenty-Five: Stained Mud
Yue Changshan remembered that he had heard this name in school, but he could never remember where it was.
Cao Zhengqiu looked at Yue Changshan, who looked confused, and laughed a few times, walked to the bedside to smoke, he hadn't smoked in the detention center for a few days, but he was suffocated.
"Coming out for dinner, two handsome guys." The mother opened the door and beckoned the two of them out for dinner.
The two squeaked, got up and walked out.
The table was already full of dishes, and Cao Zhengqiu was like a hungry wolf who hadn't eaten in autumn, staring at the food without rolling his eyes.
"Sit, sit." As the aunt of the host's family, she waved her hand and asked the polite everyone to sit down.
At the suggestion of the aunt, everyone raised the wine glasses in front of them.
"Cheers, congratulations on the safe return of the new year."
"Cheers!"
Cao Zhengqiu also smiled, as if he had won some honor and returned triumphantly.
"Eat, eat, eat."
Cao Zhengqiu took the lead in moving the chopsticks, and he vomited the light food in the detention center, just smelling the aroma of meat, and his saliva flowed all over the table.
Yue Changshan didn't have much appetite, so he only took a few chopsticks and fish-flavored shredded pork to eat, and after eating half a bowl, he couldn't eat it, and sat on the table and drank the juice blankly.
Yue Hai and his wife served Cao Zhengqiu dishes from time to time, and asked him about his recent life with concern.
Cao Zhengqiu, who was busy eating, was perfunctory, and cleaned the dishes on the table in a blink of an eye.
Yue Changshan decided to muster up the courage to liven up the atmosphere, in school, he has never been good at this, even as a student union, the things he speaks are handed over to others to do, and he writes the manuscript himself.
After being broken by Song Linxue, Yue Changshan learned from the pain. As a top student, his ability to regulate emotions is very strong, and he also has amazing perseverance, he decided to lie dormant for a while, strengthen his comprehensive ability again, and confess to Song Linxue on the day of graduation.
"Brother Zhengqiu, where do you work now?"
As soon as this question was asked, not only his aunt, but even Yue Hai and his wife looked at him with strange eyes, and the embarrassing atmosphere quickly spread at the dinner table.
Compared to everyone who has had such an experience, the topics and jokes that have been brewing for a long time are thrown out with difficulty after a long mental struggle, thinking that they will be hotly discussed or make people laugh, but they did not expect to cause a cold picture. Maybe it's not because everyone is squeezing you, it's just that everyone is on standby at the same time.
Cao Zhengqiu laughed, drank the old hen soup in a big gulp, and said while taking advantage of the gap:
"I'm still in my third year of high school, cow!"
Yue Changshan's face was full of question marks, his cousin was several years older than him, and it would be outrageous if he repeated it.
Yue Hai and his wife did not explain, after all, this is not a glamorous thing, and the parties are present, so it is not suitable for them to interject.
"Hey, how boring it is to go to college. I've been in my senior year of high school for seven or eight years, and it's interesting. Cao Zhengqiu was full of laughter, and he was not ashamed of this topic.
The aunt also hurriedly explained to her son: "Zhengqiu has been in his third year of high school, but he has never asked his family for a penny. I don't want to interfere with him anymore. ”
Yue Changshan's three views were greatly impacted, not only because of Cao Zhengqiu's cheekiness, but also because he saw his aunt's deliberately pretending to be relaxed, but in fact, they were full of helplessness and disappointment.
"Shanwa, I have a career in school, you can come and work with me after graduating from college. I'm short of a high-IQ talent like you. Cao Zhengqiu said with a grin, not shying away from his aunt's eyes.
When Yue Changshan didn't know how to answer, his aunt helped him play a round: "Don't listen to Zhengqiu's nonsense, he is playing blindly at school, but it breaks my heart." ”
"Changshan, you will have great achievements in the future, you have to help your cousin more."
Yue Changshan, who was accustomed to being praised by his elders, nodded: "Auntie has won the award, how can I be so powerful." ”
"Haha, Shanwa, come if you want, don't listen to my mother." Cao Zhengqiu's expression didn't look like he was lying.
Yue Changshan couldn't think of it, he could do a big innovation project in college, but how to do a career in high school?
Yue Hai told a joke that ended this embarrassing topic, and the two families finally ended the reception banquet in laughter.
After eating, Yue Hai and his wife went into the kitchen to help their aunt wash the dishes.
Cao Zhengqiu beckoned Yue Changshan into the room to talk, Yue Changshan was still a little surprised, after all, he and Cao Zhengqiu hadn't seen each other for so long, and he could still take the initiative to chat with him.
"A cigarette after a meal, happy like a fairy."
As soon as he entered the house, Cao Zhengqiu lit a cigarette with a fluttering expression.
Yue Changshan stood obediently next to Cao Zhengqiu, covering his nose a little and not saying a word.
"Come on, men who don't smoke this thing, no girl likes it." Cao Zhengqiu took out the cigarette case again and placed it in front of Yue Changshan's eyes.
The sentence "no girl likes it" simply shattered Yue Changshan's newly repaired heart, his popularity as a woman has indeed not been very good, and even the little gangsters he looks down on have a few flowery girls hanging around. That's why he took a step to pursue Song Linxue with a way to prove his nature, although he failed, he was still defeated.
This is also to blame Yue Changshan for having no experience in chasing girls, this has nothing to do with EQ and IQ, it is completely because he has too little experience, he soaks in books all day long, his face is thin, and he also picked the big boss of Song Linxue, and only when he succeeds can he have a ghost.
"I ...... No. Compared with the last refusal, Yue Changshan's tone was much softer this time. At school, some people jokingly asked him to smoke, but he was ruthlessly refused, and he also reported to the teacher with his backhand, but this time it was a relative who had just eaten together, and he really couldn't pull his face.
"You're really a rammer, eating one will kill you." Cao Zhengqiu bit the butt of his cigarette, his face full of unreasonableness.
Yue Changshan lowered his head and let Cao Zhengqiu stuff the cigarette into his hand.
"It's a gentleman who smokes it, cowardly." Cao Zhengqiu took his hand and personally lit the fire for him. "The cigarettes that your brother Qiu lit for you, many people can't ask for them."
Yue Changshan glanced up at Cao Zhengqiu, trembled and put the cigarette in his mouth, and took a deep breath.
Like most newbies, the reaction was violent.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"
Cao Zhengqiu gloated on the side, looking at Yue Changshan's embarrassed appearance and laughing.
"Brother, I can't." Yue Changshan's face turned red, and he had the urge to throw the cigarette down the window.
Cao Zhengqiu disagreed, and pushed Yue Changshan's outstretched hand back.
"After eating this one, eat it slowly." Cao Zhengqiu made the face of a great educator and carefully instructed Yue Changshan on the essentials of smoking.
A scholar is a scholar, and learning ability and ordinary people are not at the same level.
Under the guidance of Cao Zhengqiu, the old smoking gun, Yue Changshan quickly mastered the details of smoking, and a cigarette quickly bottomed out.
"Damn, talented player." Cao Zhengqiu exclaimed. "How's that, cool, another one?"
Yue Yunshan waved his hand again and again, he felt as if his throat was stuck to something, and he didn't feel any pleasure at all, at most it was the illusory feeling brought by swallowing clouds and spitting mist.
But there are some things that only have the difference between zero times and countless times.
Including but not limited to cheating, sucking X, betting X......
A lit cigarette entered Yue Changshan's mouth, like a greedy demon, demanding souls from people countless times. The noble, the despicable, the good, and the cruel are all treated equally.
With experience, Yue Yunshan didn't need Cao Zhengqiu's guidance, and he didn't have the fear at the beginning, since he had already smoked, he didn't feel it well. Then it's as ridiculous as a BZ to erect a torii.
Yue Yunshan is indeed very talented, and he is also very talented in smoking. He gradually felt the fleeting feeling of harmony and separation, and the illusory feeling flashing in his brain, the smoke inhaled and exhaled in his mouth, just like life, coming and going.
Gradually, he closed his eyes, and only then did he wake up suddenly when the sparks burned his hands.
Cao Zhengqiu was looking at him with a wicked smile on his face and gave him a thumbs up.
Yue Changshan smiled embarrassedly, which made him even more excited than the award at the grade commendation meeting.
"There's still half a pack here, you can take it and smoke it." Cao Zhengqiu casually threw the cigarette to him.
Yue Changshan twisted for a while, but still put it in the inner bag of his clothes, and he even couldn't wait to go back and try this newly learned skill.
"Remember to rinse your mouth later, don't let your parents smell it." Cao Zhengqiu kindly reminded.
Yue Yunshan nodded, ready to go out, he always felt that he was smoking, there was a feeling of a crime scene here.
As soon as he walked to the door, Cao Zhengqiu's voice rang out.
"Shanwa, come to the Twelfth Middle School to find me when you have time. I've needed someone with brains like you lately, and I can trust you. ”
Yue Yunshan looked back, Cao Zhengqiu's expression was serious, not like a joke.
"Good!"
He didn't know why he agreed without thinking.