"Shut up." Ru Guo and Liu Jingjing said tacitly.

"Cheng Yang is better."

"Zheng Yang is better."

The two of them looked at each other like fighting cocks, and neither of them was convinced.

Tao Qing sighed helplessly, feeling that he was now like taking two babies, and he was still two very assertive babies in the rebellious period.

Lin Sheng suddenly understood that they didn't pay attention to him, so naturally they wouldn't discuss him. Tao Qing didn't pay attention to him either. Lin Sheng felt a little lost in his heart.

After flipping through a few times, Lin Sheng found Tao Qing's reflection. It is very in line with Tao Qing's style, simple and clear, without embellishment, and the outline is collar.

Lin Sheng recalled what Ru Guo said, and slowly wrote on the paper: Be smart, be a cocoon.

At dusk, Tao Qing and Liu Jingjing each bought a cup of milk tea after dinner, and then sat on a bench near the teaching building and watched the sunset in the west. The wind in early winter is a little cold, and the warm milk tea is very comfortable to hold in your hand. There aren't many such benches in the whole school, but many times these benches are empty.

Tao Qing and Liu Jingjing drank milk tea, looking at the sunset and red glow in the western sky, and there were all kinds of pedestrians on the road not far away, and everyone quickly returned to the classroom after eating. Tao Qing and Liu Jingjing pressed the pause button for themselves, and briefly escaped from their busy studies.

"Auntie, how are you doing?" Liu Jingjing asked with concern. If her parents want a second child, she may not be able to accept it. After all, I have been an only child for so many years, and suddenly a younger brother or sister appears, and it feels like the sky has changed. But Tao Qing seems to be looking forward to his younger brother or sister.

Tao Qing unconsciously showed a smile on his face, and said happily: "It's good, I can eat and sleep, I've gained weight." The pregnancy reaction was also not much. Is this because I learned experience when I was born? ”

"That's good. I was worried that my aunt was working too hard. After all, the age is there. ”

Tao Qing paused, the joy on his face replaced by sorrow.

Liu Jingjing saw that Tao Qing's face was wrong, and said with concern: "What's wrong?" ”

"It's hard. My parents worked late every day, and in order to earn more money, they took on part-time jobs. I go to work during the day, and when I come back at night, I have to work overtime. And I couldn't help with anything. It hurts to see them working so hard at such an age. Tao Qing said reproachfully.

"I said, why are you so leftover lately, you don't drink drinks, you don't buy snacks, and eating in the cafeteria is the most affordable and cheap." Liu Jingjing suddenly realized. "But Uncle and Aunt shouldn't need your help. After all, your priority now is to study, and you can't do anything else. ”

Tao Qing turned the milk tea in his hand and said, "I want to help them share a little more." We always think that our parents are big trees, sheltering us from the wind and rain, and under their protection, we can be carefree without thinking about anything. But as time goes by, as we grow up, our parents are also getting older. It's time for us to shelter them. ”

Liu Jingjing frowned slightly, looked at Tao Qing with a solemn face, and said, "Tao Qing, you have changed." You've grown up. How can I compare myself with you, I feel better and heartless. ”

"It's good to have no heart and no lungs. You don't need to grow that fast, either. Growing up comes with pain. If she could, Tao Qing hoped that Liu Jingjing's growth would be slower and she would experience less pain.

"But I still want to grow up. I want to get out of the hustle and bustle of now, and I want to be scared. I want to be mature, I want to be strong, I want to take control of my own life, and I want to stand calmly by Zheng Yang's side. Liu Jingjing said sadly. And in reality, she is too powerless. Even if she tried her best, she couldn't keep up with Zheng Yang's footsteps, but she still moved forward.

Tao Qing couldn't help but smile. "When you're not writing, your writing is remarkable."

"True feelings, natural expression." As she grew up, Liu Jingjing began to understand the taste of sorrow.

"Speaking of Zheng Yang, I want to ask how he did the work of a canteen aunt in the cafeteria." Tao Qing asked curiously, in fact, he already knew roughly what was going on.

Zheng Yang started looking for this job in the canteen a month ago. It is a part-time job. Every morning, noon, and evening at dinner, I help with food or food at the window. Just about an hour after the meal. There is a salary of fifteen yuan a day, and the canteen manages three meals. Liu Jingjing said in detail.

"How do you know in such detail?" Tao Qing said in surprise.

"I'm going to ask. I saw the recruitment of the cafeteria, and the advertisement for the job was still there, so I pretended to be doing a part-time job, and the job went to ask about the situation. The owner of the canteen said that they had always needed people who worked part-time, and they were looking forward to me doing part-time jobs. I politely declined. The conditions were too harsh, and they treated me like cheap labor. Liu Jingjing said angrily.

Tao Qing saw through and said, "Then why are you still asking?" Is it for Zheng Yang? ”

Liu Jingjing lowered her head and stirred the straw weakly, replacing her answer with silence.

"I want to do this part-time job too." Tao Qing said firmly.

Liu Jingjing looked at Tao Qing in surprise and persuaded, "Tao Qing, you have to think clearly." This is not so easy to do. I have to go to the cafeteria at six o'clock every day, stand at the window of the cafeteria and sell breakfast, and I can't leave until seven o'clock when I go to the morning self-study, and I have to go to the cafeteria immediately after school at noon and evening, and I can't eat by myself until no one goes to eat, and I finish my meal in a hurry, and I'm almost going to class again. There is still an hour or so of rest time at noon, and there is no time to rest at night at all. If Zheng Yang agrees, I am willing to give Zheng Yang all my pocket money and hire him to give me supplementary lessons and accompany me to study. ”

Tao Qing looked at Liu Jingjing, they loved so sincerely when they were young, but they could only carefully put away their hearts, and they didn't dare to let the other party know. "I want to try."

"Tao Qing, don't go. I'll give you my pocket money, and I'll hire you. You don't have to do anything, just be by my side. Liu Jingjing looked at Tao Qing seriously and said. She couldn't say these words to Zheng Yang, but she could say them to Tao Qing without reservation.

Tao Qing was moved by Liu Jingjing's sincerity. She smiled and refused, "Jingjing, thank you for your kindness." But I want to go. For me, it's also a workout. I'm strong, you have to believe that I can. Tao Qing turned around and gave Liu Jingjing a hug.

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's that I don't want you to work too hard. Your physical strength is not good, you are panting when you lie down the stairs, your grades in physical education class have always been at the bottom, and you have never passed the 800-meter run. You are overwhelmed. Liu Jingjing said worriedly.

Tao Qing's original tears dried immediately. She opened Liu Jingjing lightly and said, "Can you not expose my shortcomings, I have to admit what I said." ”

In sight, Zheng Yang trotted from the cafeteria to the teaching building. "Zheng Yang is back."

Liu Jingjing glanced at her watch, then raised her arm to Tao Qing and said, "Look, I'm going to have a hard time." There are still twenty minutes of evening self-study to start, and Zheng Yang has not yet gasped when he returns to the classroom, and the evening self-study has begun. This kind of life is too fast-paced. ”

"And when did he do his homework?" Tao Qing asked curiously.

"Squeeze in the time to do it. He was the last to leave the classroom in the evening. ”

"Okay. A diligent and self-disciplined person. That's the example. Tao Qing said with admiration.

The two of them also got up and walked slowly towards the school building. When he was about to reach the staircase, Lin Sheng suddenly burst out from behind, holding a large stack of math test papers in his arms. But that didn't stop him from talking to girls.

"It's almost class."

"It's okay, it's too late." Tao Qing said calmly.

"Want to help?" Liu Jingjing said enthusiastically.

"No, I don't. I'll go first. Lin Sheng held the test paper, jumped up the stairs like a rabbit, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Lin Sheng walked to the corner of the second floor and secretly stretched out his head to glance at Tao Qing and Liu Jingjing, who were not in a hurry on the stairs, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a bright smile. It turned out that as long as Tao Qing appeared in his sight, he could be so happy, indescribable, inexplicably happy. No one taught him what love was, but he seemed to understand love slowly. A person's love, all his joys and pains, joys and sorrows are unspoken.

Tao Qing and Liu Jingjing walked to the door of the classroom and saw the physics teacher and the biology teacher talking and laughing at the door of the office. They snuck into the classroom. In the evening, it is a physics evening self-study. The physics teacher is talking about exercises about free fall. Tao Qing, who has gone through the college entrance examination and university physics experience, sees these topics with ease. Even if she encounters some challenging topics, she can quickly understand them after reading them carefully. The previous careless and frizzy problems have also been corrected at work. Now Tao Qing is a sensible and distressing child in the eyes of his parents, a smart and diligent top student in the eyes of teachers, and a child of other people's families in the eyes of his classmates. Only Tao Qing knew that she was just herself, from herself fifteen years later.

"Boom......" Suddenly a lightning bolt flashed outside, and everyone was startled.

Tao Qing looked at the dark night sky outside, the sudden wind, and thought sadly why it suddenly rained, she didn't bring an umbrella.

After the evening self-study, Tao Qing quickly packed his schoolbag and prepared to go back in the rain. Liu Jingjing suddenly grabbed Tao Qing and said, "I have an umbrella, use it for you." You can't get drenched all the way back. If you catch a cold, I'll be distressed. ”

"What about you?" Tao Qing said uneasily. In her opinion, Liu Jingjing is a child. Facing Liu Jingjing, Tao Qing always unconsciously wanted to protect and care for Liu Jingjing. Of course, mentally, it is. Tao Qing has the psychology, experience and wisdom of a 29-year-old, while Liu Jingjing is just a real fifteen-year-old girl. With an age difference of fourteen years, Tao Qing looks at Liu Jingjing like a little sister. treats Liu Jingjing like his younger brother. However, Tao Lin and Liu Jingjing are about the same age now.

When he was a teenager, his love was just beginning, so did Tao Lin also have a girl he liked. Tao Qing suddenly felt frightened when he thought of this.

"I'll just run back. The school building is just a few steps away from the dormitory. Besides, by the time I get back, the rain may have stopped. Liu Jingjing said.

"Thanks, you're really warm." Tao Qing said movingly. Tao Lin is also so warm. When Tao Qing first worked, he couldn't afford to rent a house, so he lived at home. Every time it rained, Tao Lin would ride his bicycle to pick up Tao Qing and give him a raincoat. Then every time, Tao Qing pedaled his bicycle hard to bring Tao Lin home. The reason why Tao Lin didn't take Tao Qing was that he was too fat to take it.

Liu Jingjing looked at Tao Qing in embarrassment, and said pleadingly: "Tao Qing, can you not look at me with a kind face, okay?" It gave me the illusion of seeing my elders. ”

"Ah...... Good...... Bye. Tao Qing slipped away with an umbrella.

The rain was still falling, and there was standing water on the road. Tao Qing held the umbrella in one hand, grasped the direction with the other, and walked forward slowly. When passing by a speed bump at the entrance of the community, the front of the car suddenly deviated, Tao Qing quickly threw away the umbrella and held the handlebar with both hands, pulled back the bicycle that wanted to slide away, and propped his feet on the ground to maintain his balance.

She was worrying about how to pick up the umbrella, and a slender figure had already picked it up. "Your umbrella." Lin Sheng handed the umbrella to Tao Qing.

Tao Qing hesitated for a moment, stretched out his hand to pick up the umbrella, and wondered why she appeared when she was so embarrassed. It's a shame. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Lin Sheng said politely. Just now he followed Tao Qing all the way, and when he saw that Tao Qing was in a situation, he hurriedly stopped, but fortunately Tao Qing did not fall.

Tao Qing didn't say anything more, and rode back quickly.

Lin Sheng turned around and pushed the cart and walked into the community. The rain carried his raincoat and ran down the corners. Looking at Tao Qing's back, he silently said to himself: "Do you like her?" ”

"I like it."

"And then?"

"I don't know."

He himself did not have a clear answer about the future. No matter how well he planned, everything would not necessarily go in the direction she had planned. What kind of life he wants to live in the future, what kind of person he will become, and what kind of work he will do, he himself is not clear. All he can grasp is the present, work hard to live the present, study hard, and make his parents feel at ease. Whatever he has to do, he has to work hard.

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