(At the end of the month, cheekily begging for a monthly pass)

At noon, the uncle did not come back from buying vegetables, but drove to the school to pick up Cheng Haoyang, and called his aunt to say that he should stop cooking and take Cheng Mo to the Xiang Jazz Restaurant in the IFC for dinner, which made Cheng Mo quite surprised.

Uncles and aunts are people who are very economical in every way except for being generous to Cheng Haoyang, and they have never set foot in a place like the IFC that looks so tall that it looks expensive.

Although Aunt Zhao muttered that the vegetables made outside, salt, heavy oil, and heavy eating were unhealthy, not to mention, the money spent was enough for her to cook a lot of dishes, and there was really no need to come to this kind of place to eat for the sake of face or anything. But the uncle said on the phone that he could be at home with Cheng Mo, and the aunt was still happy to change into a decent set of clothes, dress up, and when the uncle received Cheng Haoyang downstairs, he called Cheng Mo out.

Uncle bought a second-hand BYD M6, the burgundy body is polished, the inside is also clean, and the seat is covered with a light blue seat cover, and the irregular but very dense wiring is my aunt's craftsmanship.

Cheng Haoyang, who was wearing a school uniform, sat in the co-pilot, and seemed to be taller than when Cheng Mo left, but his expression was still the same cool appearance as before, and he didn't speak when he saw Cheng Mo.

Cheng Jidong glared at Cheng Haoyang and scolded, "Why don't you call Brother Mo?"

Only then did Cheng Haoyang speak, and shouted in a low voice: "Brother Mo." ”

Cheng Mo nodded, "Hmm".

The uncle turned his head to look at Cheng Mo and asked, "How is your body feeling?"

"No problem, now I can run and jump, it's much better than before, it's the same as not sick!" Cheng Mo said.

The uncle seemed to be relieved, turned around and started the car, nodded and said, "That's good, that's good, even if your mother still has a little conscience!"

Cheng Mo didn't speak, but fortunately at this time, the aunt interjected and asked: "Cheng Mo! Don't blame the aunt for talking too much! How can you return to China to take the college entrance examination? Isn't it good to study in the United States? So many people have sharpened their heads to study in the United States, and you are not good at English, why don't you simply .....?"

The uncle interrupted the aunt with some anger and said, "What are you talking nonsense? Cheng meditates to study wherever he wants, and he wants you to talk more!"

Auntie said confidently: "I also care about Cheng Mo, can stay in the United States, of course stay in the United States! Now that the domestic economy is so sluggish, after being admitted to the university, he may not be able to find a good job after graduation, Cheng Mo is not not smart, why don't you study in a university in the United States?"

Cheng Mo opened his mouth, and immediately thought of a suitable reason, "My visa is a B2 visa, not a student visa, and I can't study in the United States." ”

The aunt said enthusiastically: "I checked on the Internet, if your mother is a Mi nationality, you can change to a Mi nationality! I think you have to fight for this matter, if you are embarrassed to say, ask your uncle to talk to your mother, no matter how she studies she has to be responsible!"

Cheng Mo didn't expect his aunt to be so enthusiastic about this matter, he didn't know how to answer for a while, the car was suddenly quiet for a while, Cheng Haoyang was looking at Cheng Mo's expression through the reflector, his uncle seemed to be driving seriously, and after a while, seeing that Cheng Mo didn't speak, he said: "It's not that your mother is responsible, if you can really change to a rice nationality, read what Ivy League is, and return to China in the future, it's easier to mix! Do graduates of Peking University sell pork in the vegetable market? But I have never heard of a graduate from Cambridge or Oxford who goes to the vegetable market to sell pork!"

Cheng Haoyang rolled his eyes at Cheng Jidong and said, "Dad, it's an ivy, not an ivy..... And Cambridge and Oxford are British, not American, and you have to say that Harvard and Yale are almost ......"

Cheng Jidong gave a "haha" and said with a little embarrassment: "Just get the meaning..... I think your aunt still has a foresight in this regard, and the money that your father left you is enough for tuition! You don't need your mother to pay for tuition, and if you have the opportunity and conditions, you still have to go to the United States to study at a prestigious university, whether you come back in the future or not, the brand of the United States University is better than that of the domestic university..... If I had been as good at reading as your father back then, I wouldn't have achieved nothing at this age, and I would have to run Didi ......"

Cheng Mo didn't expect that his uncle would persuade him to go to study in the United States, and he couldn't say anything, he could only say that he was planning to wait for the college entrance examination to see the results, and along the way, his uncle and aunt began to ask Cheng Mo's mother about the situation, and Cheng Mo answered according to what he had already thought about.

Sir Xiang is on the fifth floor of the IFC, it is a restaurant with a good taste and an average environment, Cheng Mo heard that his uncle's family came for the second time, and the last time he came, it was when his cousin Cheng Xiuyan came to Star City.

When the food was not served, Cheng Jidong ran downstairs to the IFC alone, bought two small bottles of Erguotou in the convenience store, and complained that the things in the city center were expensive, and this kind of Erguotou was only sold for 15 yuan when he opened the store, and he could earn six yuan, which was twice as expensive as the convenience store in the city center.

During the meal, the uncle began to ask Cheng Mo if he could keep up with his studies and if he wanted to repeat his studies for a year. Cheng Mo said no, and his uncle began to worry that the school would not let Cheng Mo resume his studies, Cheng Mo said that everything was fine, and his uncle was a little relieved, and said that he would bring two good cigarettes and buy two bottles of good wine to meet with the principal tomorrow.

Cheng Mo said again that there was no problem with the resumption of school, and he had already told the principal, so his uncle didn't say much.

After drinking, my uncle began to ramble about the past, talking about his father and his things in the countryside, these words Cheng Mo had heard many times over the years, so he didn't listen to his uncle much at first, until his uncle sighed and said: "You kid, your personality is really exactly the same as your father, you don't like to discuss anything with your family, you don't say good things, you don't say bad things, you always let others know after you do it...... I am also ashamed to think about it, your father is busy because of the divorce and your illness, but I still asked him to help me find a job, he told me to study hard to take the civil service exam, I thought he didn't want to care, and he didn't explain, so he gave me a sum of money to let me go to the city to be a vegetable seller, collect things from the township and sell them, but I thought that selling vegetables was not as decent as opening a commissary, so I said that I was not a vegetable vendor, and asked him to find a way to get more money, and I went to the city to open a commissary..... Now that Zhang Dongliang, who listened to his words and took the civil service examination, he is already a section-level cadre, and Hu Youcai, who sells chickens in the city, has really made a fortune, and I still look poor and sour. ”

After a pause, the uncle said with resentment: "Why do you say that your father is so tough? He doesn't explain anything? Some things will be fine if he explains them, but he never explains, and I am not a genius like him, so I am really not so smart to understand his thoughts! Not to mention that when it came to this, he didn't say that he was divorced, and his son had a heart attack, so he went to borrow 20,000 yuan to open a commissary for me..... Is it difficult to explain to my brother?"

As he spoke, Cheng Mo saw that his uncle's eyes were red, and Cheng Haoyang's chopsticks were raised in the air to pick up the vegetables, but in the end they didn't fall, but just took two mouthfuls of white rice in the bowl.

The aunt pushed the uncle and said, "Today is a happy day, what do you say?"

"Fortunately, you have a heart attack, I think he should be very comforted in the spirit of heaven!" Cheng Jidong turned his head and wiped his moist eyes, and said: "Cheng Mo, maybe you will feel that your uncle is not good enough, and you think that your uncle and aunt care about the money your father left you, but it's really not, uncle really wants to worry about your money, is that still a person? Uncle and aunt really want to help you save money so that you can have surgery." Of course, it's true that I want Yangyang to transfer to a better school to study, so I suffered a loss from not reading much, and I don't want Yangyang to be like me..... It's a pity that my uncle really doesn't know how to manage money, his mouth is stupid, he usually brags or something, and he really wants me to use some way to make money and catch blind, you kid is too smart, so smart that I don't know how to explain it, I always feel that the more I explain, the more I feel sorry, after all, how much I still take advantage of you....."

Cheng Mo didn't expect his uncle to suddenly say something sensational, let alone that his tone was full of sincere apologies, Cheng Mo felt that he might have read too much philosophy and history, so he thought about people's hearts too terrible.

If you read more fairy tales and comics like Yan Yitong, you will feel that the world is so beautiful and everyone is so kind, even if you are a bad person, you are like Musashi and Kojiro, who are cute and charming villains.

Cheng Mo didn't know what to say in this situation, but he listened to his uncle babbling some nonsense, and when the two bottles of wine were drunk, his uncle jokingly asked Cheng Mo if the girl from the rich family who sat in a Rolls-Royce still had any contact with him?

At the mention of Xie Minyun, Cheng Haoyang pricked up his ears.

Cheng Mo replied honestly: "There has been no contact. ”

Uncle sighed and said, "It's okay if you don't have contact, I think the other party's conditions are too good and not suitable." ”

"Cheng Mo's eighteen years are not yet full, what do you say?" said the aunt angrily.

The drunken uncle talked to his aunt much harder than usual, and sneered: "In our country, I got married more at the age of eighteen....."

"What year is that old yellow calendar? Now it's too late to get married in the township, okay? If you don't build a small villa, buy a car, and prepare hundreds of thousands of dowries, you can't find a daughter-in-law in the countryside..... You see that you are not good at making money, you have to drink alcohol every day for dinner, and you have to smoke a few packs of cigarettes! This month is a few hundred, what will Yangyang use to marry a daughter-in-law in the future!"

Cheng Jidong smiled: "Don't you still have words?"

The aunt stretched out her hand and nodded her uncle's forehead, and said angrily, "Look at your little bit of interest!"

Cheng Haoyang frowned and said, "Dad, Mom..... How many times have you said it? I don't need you to take care of what happens in the future, I'm responsible for myself! And Dad, you really smoke less, it's not good for your health, and it's not good for your mother to smoke second-hand smoke!"

Cheng Jidong patted the table, "Yo! You kid also taught me a lesson! You take the college entrance examination for me first to get into a good school, let Lao Tzu go out to have a little face, and Lao Tzu promises to quit smoking and drinking!"

As soon as we talked about Cheng Haoyang's study, the topic naturally began to turn, which made Cheng Mo finally be able to take a breath, but at the end, the uncle said again: "Oh! By the way, Cheng Mo, when you go to the United States to see a doctor, there is often a girl who comes to the house to ask if you are back." ”

Cheng Mo let out an "oh", he didn't need to ask to know who it was.

Cheng Jidong was afraid that Cheng Mo would not know, so he continued: "A thin girl with unkempt hair and a pair of black-framed glasses..... What's it called?"

Cheng Haoyang said: "It's Sister Tong Tong and Brother Zhuo, they always ask me at school." ”

Cheng Mo nodded, put down his chopsticks, and said softly, "Got it." ”

After eating, Cheng Mo quietly paid the bill first, and the uncle was very unhappy, and said, "How can I let you pay? No, I have to let my aunt give you this money!"

Cheng Mo said: "There's no need, my mother gave me a lot of money, I don't have to worry about living expenses, tuition fees or anything, as for the hundreds of thousands on the card, my uncle and aunt can use it to expand the fruit store and hire someone to deliver it to your door for free." ”

Cheng Jidong hurriedly shook his head, "How can I ask for your money, I originally opened a fruit shop to help you earn medical expenses! Now my uncle solemnly announced that the investment has returned to the capital, and now your illness has been cured, we will transfer the fruit shop, and your money can be returned to you, and we will make a net transfer fee! We will not live long in Xingcheng, and we will return to Wuling to retire after graduating from Yangyang next year..... The air is not good, and you have to travel a long way to buy vegetables. You young people always like big cities, but we are older, and we really like to live in small cities, so it is better for us to live in Wuling, although Wuling is not big, but clean, convenient, livable....."

Cheng Mo saw that his uncle was serious, thought for a while, and said, "Then uncle, you should think about it! If it is to make money, it is better to make money in Star City." ”

Cheng Jidong waved his hand, "Your aunt and I get up early every day and are greedy for darkness, selling fruits is purely to make some hard-earned money, which is a little more than opening a commissary in Wuling, but opening a small shop in Wuling is leisurely.....!

The aunt pushed the gushing Cheng Jidong and interrupted him: "You listen to what Cheng Mo said, others say that they will invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in you to expand your business, and it is definitely not as simple as asking you to hire someone." ”

Cheng Jidong scratched his head, looked at Cheng Mo and said with a disapproving smile: "Okay, Cheng Mo, you say." ”

Cheng Mo said: "Isn't my aunt very good at making our Wuling's special snacks sauce board edamame, sauce plate lotus, sauce plate beef, these things? ”

Hearing Cheng Mo's words, a light flashed in Auntie's eyes, "I think this is a good idea!"

Cheng Haoyang also nodded and said: "I said a long time ago that I could get a shop in Changsha that sells sauce board snacks! My father always felt that the investment was too big and risky. ”

Cheng Jidong smiled bitterly and said: "I've really thought about this to be honest, but the risk is a little bigger, if you don't do a good job, I'm afraid of losing." ”

Cheng Mo said lightly: "It's okay now, I can afford to lose." ”

Cheng Jidong laughed "haha", "Then I'll discuss it with your aunt!"

Cheng Mo nodded, because the IFC was not far from Dingwangtai, and the uncle who drank did not drive, the four of them walked home, the aunt made the bed with Cheng Mo, Cheng Haoyang asked Cheng Mo if he would go to school in the afternoon, Cheng Mo shook his head and said that he was not in a hurry for half a day.

Before Cheng Haoyang went back to school, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Brother Mo, do you want to tell Brother Zhuo and Sister Tong Tong about your return, they still care about you." ”

Cheng Mo hooked the corners of his mouth, "Anyway, I'll go to school tomorrow, so let's surprise them tomorrow!"

Cheng Haoyang answered "yes" and left the room.

Cheng Mo walked to the living room, the old-fashioned record player left by his father was still in the original corner, the order of the records on the record stand was no different from when he left, it seemed that it had not been used for a long time, but the aunt was a diligent person, and wiped it spotlessly, and the brass-colored horn shimmered faintly in the sun.

Cheng Mo walked to the front of the record player and randomly pulled out a record, Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor", Cheng Mo pulled the record out of the protective case and put it into the record player, the record disc began to rotate slowly, and the faint piano solo sounded, until the moment the violin cut in, there was a sense of majesty of thousands of rivers flowing into the sea, and there was a grandeur that words could not describe.

The theme of this piece is "Stretching" and "Contemplation", and Cheng Mo closed his eyes and remembered a sentence that Takeshi Kitano had said.

The most important outcome of life is that one day, we will learn to reconcile with our ordinary and imperfect parents.

One day, we must learn to reconcile with ourselves and the world.

Whether it seems beautiful to you, or ugly.