"Really?" I'm skeptical.

"It's a double job." Zhong Yiping said happily.

"Our factory is too bad." I said, "It would be nice to change factories." ”

"The situation in the factory will gradually improve, don't worry." Zhong Yiping said.

"Okay," I said, "I'll just wait for things to get better in the factory." ”

"Let's go," Zhong Yiping said, "you see this person is gone." ”

Sure enough, the number of tourists near the lake gradually decreased.

The two of them stood up and walked to the dormitory, and when I saw a roadside ice cream stall on the way, I took Zhong Yiping to buy ice cream.

"How much does ice cream cost?" I asked the stall owner who sold popsicles.

"Sanmao." The stall owner shouted enthusiastically, and quickly lifted the old padded jacket that covered the floor of the box.

"Don't eat it." Zhong Yiping pulled me and said.

"Eat." I said firmly.

"Don't eat it." Zhong Yiping still held my hand and said, "I really don't eat it." ”

"I just want to buy it for you." I said more firmly.

Zhong Yiping was helpless and asked the vendor: "How much is a popsicle?" ”

The vendor lowered his voice and replied, "One dime." ”

Zhong Yiping said, "Take two popsicles." ”

I said to the stall owner, "Get the ice cream." ”

"Just eat popsicles, it's cooler." Zhong Yiping said with a smile.

"You eat ice cream, I eat popsicles." I said with a smile.

"You eat ice cream, I eat popsicles." Zhong Yiping seemed to learn what I said, smiling.

"What the hell are you buying?" The popsicle stall owner asked impatiently and loudly.

"Ice cream." I say.

The stall owner opened the refrigerator again, and Zhong Yiping quickly picked up two popsicles from it. I had to pay two cents. Zhong Yiping's behavior deeply infected me, she is diligent and thrifty, very considerate, and a warmth spreads throughout my body.

The two held hands, holding popsicles and walking under the shadow of the trees, the light of the street lamp penetrated through the gaps in the leaves, forming beautiful spots scattered on Zhong Yiping's body, as Zhong Yiping walked, those spots slid like flowing water, making people think about it, what a beautiful night, intoxicating.

I said with emotion, "The night is so beautiful. ”

"Haha," Zhong Yiping said with a smile, "yes, it's intoxicating." ”

"Mainly because I'm with you, I feel happy." I say.

"Thank you." Zhong Yiping responded in a low voice.

My heart was touched, happiness surrounded him all at once, and I said excitedly, "Let's come to see a movie tomorrow, shall we?" ”

"Don't look." Zhong Yiping said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Why spend money indiscriminately?" Zhong Yiping asked rhetorically.

"Will you come out tomorrow?" I asked.

"Okay, just walk around, that's fine." Zhong Yiping said happily holding a popsicle.

"Okay." I said, with tears in my eyes, and thought, let's go to work early.

The dormitory is just around the corner. I thought to myself, I've arrived so soon, I really want to go again. I watched Zhong Yiping walk into bedroom No. 3.

Chapter 15:

When Li Xuemei saw me coming in, her eyes immediately moistened, and she said in a hoarse voice, "Qi Xun, I was admitted." ”

I was stunned and pulled Li Xuemei to the No. 8 bedroom.

The bedroom is brighter. I was very happy and asked, "Really?" ”

"I was admitted to the normal school, and I came to tell you today." Li Xuemei said and hugged me.

I didn't move, and I didn't push Li Xuemei away.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Xuemei asked.

I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't find a suitable word.

"How are you lately?" Li Xuemei asked with concern.

"You're now in the teacher's examination," I said, "and I'll tell you something as well." ”

"You say." Li Xuemei said.

"We're still not suitable," I said through gritted teeth, "I'm just a rural person, and you've been admitted to the normal school, and you're a commodity hukou." ”

"Are these," Ms. Li said, "that important?" ”

"It's very important," I said, "and you'll understand when you graduate, so I'm going to make the right choice for you in advance." ”

"Have you decided?" Li Xuemei asked.

"I've already decided, and I'm going to tell you when you're admitted to the normal school." I said seriously, "We're still friends, and we'll always be friends." ”

Li Xuemei fell silent, as if she was about to cry.

"The twenty yuan you gave me that day, I will pay you back after I pay your salary." I say.

"What twenty bucks?" Li Xuemei asked puzzled.

"The last time you gave me the book, I had twenty dollars in it." I looked at Li Xuemei's expression and said.

"I don't have any money," Li Xuemei said, "Besides, I don't have that much money." ”

"And who put it?" I asked.

"Last time, I went to Zheng Qingmei's place to sit for a while, Zheng Qingmei also read the book, could it be that she put it?" Li Xuemei said.

Think about it, according to Li Xuemei, will it be Zheng Qingmei's twenty yuan? I said, "I'll ask if I have a chance." ”

"No need to ask," Li Xuemei said as if she remembered something, "she must have put it." ”

"Then why did she put the twenty dollars?" I said as if to myself.

"Among colleagues, she may find it difficult for you, and she is afraid that you will not accept it, so she is sandwiched in the book." Li Xuemei said with a smile, "This way to avoid the embarrassment in person." ”

I nodded, and this reasoning was sure that Zheng Qingmei did it. I looked at Li Xuemei and said, "Then you should study hard now and become a teacher in the future." ”

"Mm-hmm," Li Xuemei said happily with a smile, "Thank you for encouraging me to study so much." ”

"It's the result of your own efforts." I said, "By the way, in the future, you can study with peace of mind and strive to graduate with excellent grades." ”

"Then we really have no room for redemption?" Li Xuemei asked, shaking my arm.

"Li Xuemei," I paused, tears welling up in my eyes, and whispered, "It's better for us to be friends." ”

"Why?" Li Xuemei shouted.

"You're a national teacher." I controlled my emotions and said, "I'm just a farmer." ”

"There is no distinction between high and low professions." Li Xuemei roared.

"Wait for you," I whispered, still controlling some emotion, "and you'll understand when you're older." ”

"I'm grown up now." Li Xuemei shouted loudly.

"Li Xuemei," I said, holding Li Xuemei's shoulder, "you need to calm down, calm down." ”

"Do you think I'm not pretty?" Li Xuemei whispered.

"No," I said, "there's a misunderstanding, it's a joke." ”

"What joke?" Li Xuemei asked puzzled.

I didn't want to say anything more, I thought about something, and it took me a long time before I said, "Li Xuemei, forget me." ”

"I don't care what you say, what's wrong with the peasants? What about teachers? Li Xuemei shouted frantically, "I can be a farmer without being a teacher, and enter the factory like you." ”

"Li Xuemei, you are calm, calm down." I shook Li Xuemei's shoulders and yelled.

Li Xuemei put her arms around my waist and shouted, "I like you, I love you." ”

I pushed Li Xuemei away and said, "I don't like you, and I don't love you, don't force me, okay?" ”

Li Xuemei let go of her arm, took a step back, tears streaming down her face, and shouted, "Liar, you are a liar." ”

"Between us, it's a joke." I gritted my teeth and said.

"It's not like this, it's not like this." Li Xuemei shouted, crying and rushed downstairs.

I wanted to chase after it, but I stopped when I ran out of bedroom No. 8, and I didn't want Zhong Yiping to see it. Seeing Li Xuemei running fast, my tears finally burst out of my eyes.

Li Xuemei's lonely figure ran in the night, and disappeared into the night after a while.

Tears welled up in my eyes again, and I turned and ran to the roof. When I got to the top of the building, I saw a very familiar person silently looking up at the moon.

I quietly approached and whispered, "The twenty yuan you gave me will be returned to you when I pay my salary." ”

After a long time, Zheng Qingmei said, "However, you have to promise me to keep it a secret." ”

I nodded solemnly in agreement.

"I put this money in, but Liu Xiaojiao asked me to give it to you." Zheng Qingmei's voice was very low, but the words were clear, "Feng Jiao doesn't know, but I hope you don't tell anyone." ”

My tears welled up again, remembering that I had done nothing, always relying on this, that funding, and what face I had to live. Thinking of this, I can't wait to jump off the top of this building.

"Remember?" Zheng Qingmei still asked in a low voice.

"Remembered." My voice was hoarse.

"You can not love Xiaojiao, but you don't want to hurt Xiaojiao." Zheng Qingmei said, "I don't want the next Li Xuemei to appear." ”

In the moonlight, I nodded silently and let the tears slip quietly.

Pei Chunmei stood at the place where Zhong Yiping and I worked for a while, and said with a smile: "You are all familiar with it." ”

I said, "It's simple, haha." ”

Zhong Yiping also smiled.

Pei Chunmei said to Zhong Yiping: "Zhong Yiping, you have a good temper, you go over there to guide and teach them, the employees who just came in will not know anything, and they are annoyed to death." ”

I said, "That's not your attitude." ”

"People, it's always a little bit different." Pei Chunmei said, smiling reluctantly.

I glanced at Pei Chunmei in amazement, and felt that at this time, it seemed that she had become another person.

Zhong Yiping stood up and went over to guide others.

I also felt a little lost in my heart. Pei Chunmei started working with me, but no matter how the two of them got it, they didn't cooperate well.

Pei Chunmei threw the wire and shouted, "Don't get it, you can rest for a while." ”

I am bitter in my heart, I don't know how Pei Chunmei became such a work mood.

After a while, Pei Chunmei couldn't help but ask, "How is life now?" ”

"As before, nothing has changed." I say.

"I see that you and Zhong Yiping cooperate very well." Pei Chunmei said with a smile reluctantly.

I smiled and asked tentatively, "What about you, how's it going?" ”

Pei Chunmei smiled bitterly and said softly: "My nephew hits the lantern - as usual." ”