At five o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Zhu rode his bicycle and returned home in the fierce sunset.

Before she entered the house, she heard Lu Guoming's voice, gentle and loving: "You're about to start school, have you finished your homework?" You know how to watch TV all day long, when you can be like your sister, just don't worry about me. ”

Lu Yan stared at "Pig Man" on the TV, and replied obediently: "It's finished written." ”

Lu Zhu entered the living room, changed into slippers at the shoe rack by the door, and greeted Lu Guoming: "Dad, you're back." ”

"Ah, tomorrow is a day off." When Lu Guoming heard this, he glanced at her, "Have you packed all the things you need to use for school tomorrow?" ”

"Almost, I'll check again in the evening."

When Lu Guoming heard this, he didn't ramble anymore. Whether it is in study or life, his daughter is very worry-free, on the other hand, Lu Yan has a lot of problems when she is only in the first grade of primary school, which is very different from his sister.

In the kitchen, Xia Zhu took out the stewed chicken soup, turned sideways, and the voice passed through the courtyard to the living room: "The TV is off, wash your hands and come over to eat." ”

Lu Yan turned his head and replied: "It's coming." ”

After turning off the TV with the remote control, Lu Yan slipped down from the long wooden chair, put on his slippers and ran into the yard.

Lu Guoming shook his head with a smile, got up and took out a bottle of cold beer from the refrigerator, and said to Lu Zhu: "Your brother is the most active in eating, if you have this momentum in learning, I will be Amitabha." ”

Lu Zhu smiled, took out two chairs, went down the steps, and put them in the courtyard.

All summer, the family had dinner in the courtyard. After a day of exposure to the sun, the concrete floor was steaming, and before the meal, the temperature quickly dropped by pouring a few buckets of cool water from the well.

"Lu Yan, go aside, don't get in the way." Xia Zhu brought a pot of chicken soup to the table, his hands were so hot that he quickly pinched his earlobe.

Lu Zhu helped bring out a plate of minced meat and eggplant, and a plate of cold cucumber preserved eggs. Xia Zhu turned around and returned to the kitchen, and brought a plate of fried meat with cowpeas and a bowl of okra steamed eggs, all of which were seasonal vegetables grown in his own vegetable garden.

Lu Yan sat down to eat, and was knocked on the head by Lu Guoming with the end of the chopsticks: "Go and see if your grandparents have eaten, call over and eat together." ”

My grandparents lived next door, and the two families were separated by a courtyard wall.

The two old men usually don't eat with their son and daughter-in-law.

First, the old people have different tastes, and they are not used to eating summer bamboo dishes; Second, Lu Funian is suffering from a chronic illness and is particularly particular about food, and only his wife Liu Chunxiu's craftsmanship can make him less picky.

Liu Chunxiu often joked in the neighborhood that this old guy in the family did not have the life of the young master, but he had the young master's illness, and he didn't know how much suffering he had to endure with him.

said this, Liu Chunxiu was happy in his heart. Her good cooking skills were learned from the master chef of the flowing water table when she was young, and ordinary people can't compare. When she is old, she is also very satisfied that there are people around her who are worried about her cooking skills.

Lu Yan held a piece of cold cucumber in his mouth, stretched his neck, like a big white goose, and shouted through the courtyard wall: "Grandpa, grandma, come and drink chicken soup!" ”

Lu Guoming said in disgust: "Let you go over and shout, you are shouting at the throat." ”

"Right away." On the other side of the courtyard wall, Liu Chunxiu responded with a smile.

Lu Yan sat back in his seat, fished out a piece of chicken from the basin, and lowered his head to nibble.

Lu Guoming put a pair of wooden chopsticks together, aimed at the cap of the beer bottle, knocked it lightly on the edge of the wooden table, pried the cap open, and poured the beer into the glass.

After a while, Lu Funian and Liu Chunxiu came over.

The two old men were also preparing to have dinner, so they simply brought the dishes over, a plate of classic plum cabbage button meat on the flowing water table, a plate of stir-fried lotus root slices, and a small plate of homemade bean paste.

The small wooden table for eating is almost out of place.

Lu Funian is 66 years old this year, even if the daily food is not bad, because of illness, he is so thin that he only has a handful of dry firewood-like bones, sat down and ate two chopsticks dishes, and asked Lu Zhu casually: "School starts tomorrow?" ”

Lu Zhu was nibbling on chicken wings and glanced at his grandfather: "Hmm." ”

"I'm in my second year of high school in the blink of an eye." Lu Funian smiled, "It won't be long before the third year of high school." ”

Lu Guoming answered with a smile: "Dad, where is it so fast." ”

Talking and laughing, a meal is full and comfortable.

Xia Zhu served the remaining chicken soup in the pot to a few people, and while drinking the soup, he said to Lu Zhu: "Your father will rest tomorrow, just let him send you to sign up." ”

Lu Zhu put down the bowl, quickly shook his head and said, "No, I'm not a child, where do I need parents to lead me to register." Saying that, she smiled first, "I made an appointment with Huang Shuhan and Gu Cheng to take the bus to school together tomorrow morning." My dad finally took a day off, don't bother him. ”

Lu Guoming has always been the last to finish eating at the dinner table, he likes to drink a small wine and eat slowly, hearing this, he paused for two seconds with a wine glass: "You really don't need to send it?" ”

"No, you don't." Lu Zhu repeatedly assured that he was fine.

Lu Yan shook his head and said, "I also have to sign up by myself." ”

Xia Zhu laughed: "You? Money to you will only be lost. ”

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When night falls, the cicadas during the day seem to be less noisy, but the frogs are connected among the fields.

Unknown little bugs follow the light and hit the light bulb desperately.

Lu Zhu took a shower first, went upstairs, went back to the room, and then sorted out the luggage that was not finished in the afternoon. After cleaning up, I sweated and felt that the bath was in vain.

This two-story self-built house is not in a good location, and after a long day of sunshine in the summer, the house is so hot that it can suffocate people at night.

There is no air conditioning at home, and there is an electric fan in each room.

At this moment, the dark gray old fan staggered and turned, the fan blades creaked, and the wind that came out was full of heat.

Lu Zhu straightened up to catch his breath, heard a knock on the door, and turned his head to see Xia Zhu pushing the door in.

"Packed up? I also said I'll help you clean up. Xia Zhu glanced at the bulging duffel bag on the chair, and said angrily, "You are so-so, always throwing things around." ”

Lu Zhu pursed his lips and hurriedly retorted: "How can there be." ”

Xia Zhu chuckled, didn't debate with her, and unfolded a wad of red banknotes in his hand: "The registration fee is one thousand two, right?" ”

Lu Zhu was stunned for a moment and nodded.

Xia Zhu first counted out 1,000 and 2 for her, and then the living expenses, and when it came to the National Day holiday, it was a whole month: "Is 400 yuan enough?" ”

"That's enough, I still haven't used up last semester." Lu Zhu sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, his hair was loosely wrapped, and he looked up at Xia Zhu.

The food in Yunshan High School is good, the meal is cheap, ten yuan a day is enough, and there is a surplus of four hundred yuan a month. Lu Zhu doesn't like to spend money indiscriminately, and the rest of the money will be saved up and stored in a small coffer for emergencies.

Xia Zhu counted four 100 yuan and handed them to her, telling her to hide the money: "Put the living expenses in the mezzanine of the schoolbag, and decorate the pocket with change and take the car." The registration fee will be handed over to the teacher as soon as you go to the school, don't take it with you to go south and north, it's easy to drop. ”

Lu Zhu nodded obediently, took the schoolbag immediately, opened the zipper, and put the money into a small mezzanine inside, and the seal of the mezzanine also had a small zipper.

Xia Zhu was very satisfied, and asked again: "Do you have any change for the car?" ”

Before Lu Zhu could answer, Xia Zhu took out a fifty sheet from his trouser pocket: "Give." ”

Lu Zhu swallowed back the word "have", took it with a smile, and stuffed it into the pocket of the clothes he was going to wear tomorrow.

Seeing that she looked like a little money fan, Xia Zhu couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't forget to call me to report your safety when you get to school tomorrow, don't wait for me to call you." ”

Taking a car from home to the county seat, it takes less than an hour, how can you not worry about being a mother. No matter how old the child is, he is still a child in the eyes of his mother.

"Got it." Lu Zhu nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

"Don't talk about it, you go to bed early, try to take the first bus tomorrow morning, it's too late." Xia Zhu said uncomfortably and closed the door for her.