Early the next morning.

The first rays of sunlight streaked across the night sky, casting a golden glow on the earth.

Liuyuan Community, established in the 90s, has a history of 30 years.

The design of each residential building is the same, with two staircases on the first floor, two households on the first floor, and the highest floor is the ninth floor.

The once glamorous facades of residential buildings are now covered with rust and scale washed away by heavy rains, and the dividing gaps between the bricks are also blurred by the years.

The lanes in the community are full of traces of repair, and the corners of the ditches on both sides of the lanes are covered with moss.

On the old wall, there are traces of psoriasis that have not been shaved and small advertisements such as "Asking for a child with a lot of money", "Applying for a driver's license" and "School girl coming to the door" written in paint.

Even though it is the morning of summer vacation, the Liuyuan community is already full of red dust.

The sound of steam boiling from the bread stall, the hurried footsteps of the workers, the speeding bicycles of the senior high school students, and the conversations of the elderly and women returning from grocery shopping.

All living beings gather together in this narrow community, interpreting the daily life of ordinary people.

In front of a residential building.

The dark cyan iron door slammed open, crunching with a drooping old age.

In the dark.

The sunny-like boy carried his schoolbag, dragged his suitcase in one hand, and slowly walked out with a red and white plaid woven bag in the other.

She was followed by a mild-mannered middle-aged woman who carried a large red bucket in her left hand and a brand-new, unopened quilt in her right hand.

"Arrow, what time is your friend?"

The boy is Deng Rui.

Deng Rui took out his mobile phone and looked at VX, and said, "They just had breakfast and are ready to leave, and they will arrive in about half an hour." ”

The middle-aged woman is Deng Rui's mother, named Xue Xiufu, who is slightly chubby, and her height is half a head shorter than Deng Rui, about 1.6 meters.

"Do you still have time, do you want breakfast?" Xue Xiufu asked.

Deng Rui looked at the row of breakfast stalls outside the community, his heart moved slightly, but he shook his head and said, "If you don't eat it, I'm afraid of motion sickness." ”

"Eat a little bit, but you don't have to eat when you get on the highway." Xue Xiufu persuaded softly.

Deng Rui was reluctant to refute Xue Xiufu, and he was indeed a little hungry, so he agreed: "Then eat a little." ”

The corners of Xue Xiufu's mouth raised a touch of arc, and asked softly, "What do you want to eat?" ”

"Egg lean sausage across the street."

Deng Rui has eaten a few rounds of breakfast near the Liuyuan community, and he especially loves the fat uncle rice noodle shop opposite.

His rice noodles are thick and smooth, and the white porridge is free to add, which can really fill the stomach.

Deng Rui wants to eat it again before going out to study, otherwise it will not be easy to eat pure and authentic rice noodles again when he arrives in the capital.

"Okay, let's go!" Xue Xiufu responded decisively.

My son is about to go to school in other places, and the next time I come back, I guess I will have to eat in January next year.

The mother and son came to the rice roll shop and randomly found an open-air location.

As soon as he put down his luggage, a tall, fat, and friendly middle-aged man greeted him.

"Yo! Isn't this our Wudaokou college student! Ready to go to the capital? ”

"Yes, Uncle Fat!" Deng Rui smiled and replied politely.

The Liuyuan community is not big, and if you live for a little longer, the neighbors can basically say hello.

And Deng Rui lived here just after he was born, and Uncle Fat can be said to have watched him grow up.

Recalling that more than ten years ago, when he first came here to work and earn money, he happened to meet the full moon banquet of the Deng family, and Deng Rui was still a baby lying in swaddling clothes and couldn't even open his eyes.

Now, he has married a wife and has children, his family is happy, and Deng Rui has also succeeded in his studies and is about to enter the best university in the country.

"Time flies! You've grown up in a blink of an eye! If you go to the capital, you won't be able to eat my rice rolls in the future! Uncle Fat said with emotion.

"You can go to the capital to open a branch and rejuvenate your career, so that I can't eat?" Deng Rui teased.

Uncle Fat waved his hand and said, "I won't go, I can barely afford the prices in Yangcheng, and I'm afraid that the capital will be expensive to the sky!" ”

"It still depends on the region, it's not so exaggerated."

Yangcheng is a first-tier city, although there is a gap between the price and the capital, but it is not particularly large, and the housing price is another matter.

At this time, Xue Xiufu interrupted the small talk between the two, "Stop talking, eat breakfast first." ”

"Okay! What do you want to eat? I have a treat this time, so I should wish you a smooth journey! Uncle Fat said enthusiastically.

"Thank you, Uncle Fat."

Deng Rui looked at the menu on the wall of the store and said, "Two bowls of lean porridge and two plates of family photo rice rolls." ”

"You're welcome!"

Uncle Fat's big hand patted Deng Rui's shoulder and said, "Five minutes, I'll get it for you right away." ”

After speaking, Uncle Fat took heavy steps and returned to the store to work.

Xue Xiufu helped Deng Rui straighten the wrinkled clothes that were pressed out of the shoulder straps of the schoolbag, and asked, "Rui, what is the name of the friend who came to pick you up, do I know him?" ”

Deng Rui took out the water cup, unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a sip of it, and replied: "You must know, he also gave a speech on stage on the day of the coming-of-age ceremony." ”

"Male or female?"

"Male."

The image of a handsome male high school student quickly appeared in Xue Xiufu's mind.

"Is it blatantly saying that you are in love with that one?"

"Yes, it's just him, math is very good."

A little admiration appeared in Deng Rui's eyes.

Lu You was the first person he met, and even if he put in tons of effort, he still couldn't catch up.

"He seems to be escorted, right? Which university did you go to, and what major did you study? ”

"Capital University, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics."

"What does this major do in the future? Being a math teacher? Settle accounts for others? Xue Xiufu asked suspiciously.

Deng Rui's forehead was sweating, and he said speechlessly: "Mom, what you said, people want to study all the way to a doctorate, aspire to be a mathematician, and there are more industries that can be engaged!" Especially the current hottest artificial intelligence, there is a shortage of high-end mathematical talents. ”

"That's right."

Xue Xiufu, like Zhao Huijuan, is a full-time housewife, who has been derailed from society for too long, and she is familiar with sesame trivial matters within a radius of hundreds of miles, but she knows very little about the mainstream industry in today's society.

In the next second, Xue Xiufu's thinking jumped to Lu You's early love.

"By the way, the Lu You you are talking about, what happened to him and his girlfriend? Did you break up? ”

"No, they have a good relationship, I've heard that I've met my parents, and I guess I'll get a certificate before I graduate."

"So fast!"

Xue Xiufu was surprised for a moment and returned to normal.

Come to think of it, at the coming-of-age ceremony, they dare to disclose their relationship in front of many teachers and parents, and nine times out of ten they ask for the consent of their parents.

However, at the age of eighteen, it seems good to talk about a girlfriend on the premise of ensuring study?

During this period, I have not experienced the beating of society, my mind is still simple, and there are relatively few cases of dog blood.

Gradually, Xue Xiufu's eyes became more and more strange when he looked at Deng Rui.

My son's condition is not bad, and it shouldn't be difficult to find a girlfriend.

Deng Rui was excited, and he had a feeling of being targeted by an ancient fierce beast.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do I have something on my face? ”

Xue Xiufu narrowed his eyes and asked tentatively, "Do you want to find a girlfriend?" ”

Deng Rui sweated more on his forehead, and he experienced what it was like to be urged to marry.

"Mom, don't mess around, I'm just in college, it's still early to fall in love!"

"Early? It's early! ”

Xue Xiufu said solemnly: "You don't know the current situation, how difficult it is to find a better girl!" If you don't make a move, you'll be picked by others! ”

"Anyway, you don't care! I just want to study hard at the moment and don't plan to fall in love anytime soon. ”

"If you have a girlfriend, I will unilaterally add 500 yuan of pocket money to you every month." Xue Xiufu added.

Deng Rui shook his head and said firmly: "If you have great ambitions, if you don't get trapped in love, I won't find a girlfriend." ”

Deng Rui thought for a while and added, "Not at least for two years." ”

Actually, Deng Rui wanted to say ten years, but he was afraid that Xue Xiufu would be anxious, so he changed his words to a conservative figure of two years.

Xue Xiufu was very helpless, she knew Deng Rui, once she decided on something, ten cows would not be able to pull it back.

"Okay! It is reasonable for scholars to focus on their studies. ”

"Mother Xie understands."

Deng Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately Xue Xiufu didn't force him, otherwise he really didn't know how to end it.

Suddenly, Xue Xiufu's words changed.

"However, if you meet the right eye, you can't waste the opportunity, and starting a family is also a major life event."

"yes, I understand." Deng Rui said casually.

Since he was a child, his heartbeat has never accelerated for girls, even if it is at the level of Tang Wan and Ye Hongshu.

It's not that there is a problem with Deng Rui's orientation, his family knows his own affairs, and the Deng family's economic situation is problematic.

In the early years, Deng Rui's father borrowed money from relatives and friends to do business, but he didn't expect to lose a lot of money, and he owed a lot of debt, which has not been paid off yet.

Deng Rui was able to go to university because his college entrance examination results were good enough and he received a huge scholarship.

After deducting part of the debt repayment, the rest is saved and applied for subsidies, barely enough to cover tuition and living expenses for four years.

When he entered the university, Deng Rui had to face the double pressure of his studies and life, and he had no mind or time to think about superfluous things.

There are too few people like Lu You and Li Yu who are excellent and have outstanding family backgrounds and have a worry-free future, and more boys are at an age when they are powerless, but they meet people who want to protect their lives.

Deng Rui didn't want this, so he simply blocked his heart and didn't have expectations and desires for anyone.

Hardships and hardships are borne by him alone.

When his mind was drifting, there were two more bowls of steaming lean porridge and two plates of rice noodles full of sincerity on the table.

Uncle Fat sat down next to Deng Rui with a big grin and asked, "What do you think, university student, so engrossed?" ”

"Nothing, imagine the beginning of the school year."

Deng Rui briefly took over the topic, picked up chopsticks and put a piece of rice noodles in his mouth, chewed it three or two times and swallowed it into his stomach.

"It has to be a fat uncle, don't kill it, the whole family is really enough!" Deng Rui approvingly.

"Haha!"

Uncle Fat laughed twice and said proudly: "That's it, I've been in business for more than ten years, and that's just two words!" ”

"Heart's eye?"

"you!"

Uncle Fat gave Deng Rui another slap on the shoulder, and he gritted his teeth in pain.

"It's honest! Good craftsmanship, treat customers sincerely, in order to have repeat customers, have repeat customers to have a stable source of customers, have a stable source of customers to have a good reputation, this is the way of business! ”

"Taught!"

The three of them had a small talk, and the time passed quickly.

Shortly after half past seven.

A black Bentayga pulled out of the intersection and slowly stopped in front of the cheong fun shop.

Uncle Fat's eyes flashed with a bright light, staring straight at the car, like in a neon action movie, peeping at his wife through the wall and being the husband of the cow.

"What a car! Bentley Bentayga, landing 3 million starts, this area is rare! ”

Bentayga?

Deng Rui was touching his mobile phone, ready to VX to ask where Lu You was.

The driver's door opened silently, and Lu You got out of the car and came to him.

"Have you waited a long time?" Lu You's smile is as good as ever.

"Just finished breakfast, it's not long."

Deng Rui got up with his schoolbag on his back and said, "Uncle Fat, I'm leaving, I'll come back during next year's winter vacation, but don't go out of business!" ”

"Don't worry, it won't go out of business! I've found someone to calculate, my store can be open for at least 20 years! ”

Uncle Fat stood up with his hands on the table, and said in a soft tone: "College student, when you arrive in the capital, you must study hard, strive to find a good job in the future, and don't waste your mother's hard work." ”

"Yes!" Deng Rui nodded solemnly.

Lu You took the bucket and quilt on the ground, and said to Xue Xiufu: "Auntie, let's go, wait for the stop, I will remind Deng Rui to report your safety." ”

"I'm sorry for you!"

Deng Rui and Xue Xiufu said their final goodbyes, and with the assistance of Lu You, they put away their luggage and got in the car together and left.

Looking at the car disappearing at the intersection when it came, Uncle Fat sighed with emotion: "Arrow has grown up after all!" ”

"You're done, what do I say? Make Arrow look like your son! Xue Xiufu scolded angrily.

"A godson is also a son!"

"When did Ari become your godson?"

"I've watched him grow up since he was a child, isn't it my godson?" Uncle Fat said confidently.

"Don't talk about it, the rush hour is coming, I have to go to the kitchen to help, you can do it yourself."

The fat uncle shyly walked back to the store.

Xue Xiufu didn't stay any longer, and walked to the vegetable market.

Deng Rui is gone, and she is the only one left in the family, and this meal is not easy to make.

(End of chapter)