The train station was bustling, full of people with suitcases and large bags in tow, waiting to return to their hometown with a smile.

"That's what you bring?" Wang Chenyu looked at the not too big suitcase that Shen Er was carrying and asked.

Shen Er pulled the suitcase lever with one hand, and held his mobile phone and ticket with the other, and nodded: "Well, I will go back to Qingzhou in advance, and I won't come back with you when the time comes." ”

"Borrowed, borrowed—"

A woman carrying a large bag and a small bag led the child and struggled through the crowd.

Shen Er pulled Wang Chenyu and squeezed to the side, leaving her a road that was passable in this crowded place.

"yes, got it." Wang Chenyu didn't ask much, nodded, "The car is checked, let's go." ”

Queuing up to check in and enter the station, and walking into the carriage, Shen Er wrinkled his nose.

The smell in the carriage was really not good, there was the smell of smoke brought back by the person who got off the bus to smoke during the parking space, there were various flavors of instant noodles, and there was also the smell of spicy noodles from a child I don't know.

Mixed together, Shen Er was a little uncomfortable.

He took out a disposable mask from his pocket and put it on, put his head against the car window, put on his headphones and closed his eyes to empty himself.

The sound of conversation, the shouting of children is all blocked out by headphones, and the sound of League of Legends game background and commentary is in the ear.

He didn't look at the screen, just purely "listened" to the game, and before he knew it, he fell asleep while sitting with his arms crossed.

When the train arrived at the station at about seven o'clock in the morning, the mobile phone that had run out of power had no sound, and the arrival announcement of the carriage just woke him up.

Shen Er opened his eyes, turned his head and glanced at Wang Chenyu, the two of them stood up and stretched out very tacitly, pulled out their respective suitcases from the shelves, and prepared to get out of the car.

Pingyong City is a county-level city, not a prosperous city in itself, and Shen Er's hometown is in a village in the next town of Pingyong City, and there are only buses to and from it at a fixed time every day.

Shen Er and Wang Chenyu dragged their luggage and stepped into the bus parked not far from the train station.

During the Spring Festival, when the whole bus was completely stuffed and could no longer squeeze anyone, the car started slowly.

The conductor with a small notebook squeezed from the front of the train to the back of the train step by step, collecting money one by one to record the destination.

When the conductor squeezed to Shen Er's side with a small notebook, he spoke: "To Gongkang, two people." ”

"Gongkang is six pieces, two people are twelve."

Shen Er was squeezed left and right, he raised his hand to hold the roof of the car, stabilized his figure, took out his pocket, took out a piece of ten yuan and two steel hammers and handed them to the conductor.

The conductor ticked off his little notebook and continued to squeeze back.

"There are so many people-" Wang Chenyu stretched out one hand to support the glass window and sighed, "I used to hear those people in my hometown talk about how to rush for the Spring Festival, but it was really when I got to myself that I felt it." ”

Shen Er smiled bitterly and nodded yes.

The bus moved forward slowly, and before I knew it, a drizzle was falling outside the car, and the rain hit the glass window, blurring the scenery outside the window.

It's raining.

Shen Er frowned.

There is a section of dirt road on the way home, and when it rains, the road becomes particularly difficult and dirty.

It's raining at this time, and I'm still a little unlucky guy in essence.

After about twenty minutes, a third of the people in the car had already descended.

"Gongkang has arrived, get off at Gongkang—"

The conductor leaned against the door and shouted.

Shen Er patted Wang Chenyu, who pillowed his head on his arm and closed his eyes: "Get out of the car." ”

"Huh? Oh oh good. Wang Chenyu closed his eyes vigorously, straightened his clothes and got out of the car, opened the shelf on the side of the car, took the luggage, closed the door, and drove away.

"Huh?" Wang Chenyu looked at the changed road in front of him and was stunned, "When will the cement road be paved?" ”

Shen Er was also stunned, in his memory, before he left his hometown at the end of the summer college entrance examination, there was no trace of construction on this road at all, and he did not come back in just half a year......

He hooked his lips and smiled, raised his hand to put on his hat, and after saying goodbye to Wang Chenyu, he carried his luggage to a small road.

After going home, Shen Er put down the luggage in his hand, got up and took an umbrella after making up for a while, stepped on the bus again, and went to the hospital.

Even during the Chinese New Year, the hospital was still deserted.

Taking the elevator upstairs, Shen Er put down his umbrella and walked to the bed of his mother Yu Lan in the ward.

She was taking a nap, and the nurse next to her was also leaning on the head of the bed, sitting on a chair and sleeping peacefully.

Shen Er stepped forward and gently patted the nurse's shoulder: "Aunt Wang." ”

Aunt Wang rubbed her eyes, twisted her eyebrows and turned back, a little surprised when she saw someone coming.

"I'm Shen'er." He took out the red envelope that had been prepared in advance and stuffed with two hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to Aunt Wang, "I've worked hard for you in the past half a year, you can go back early for the New Year, I'll be with my mother these days." ”

Aunt Wang stared at Shen Er for a long time before matching him with the little boy who found her half a year ago.

"Sister Yulan's son, I remember." Aunt Wang propped up the bedside table and got up, "Are you back?" ”

"Hmm." Shen Er nodded, stuffed the red envelope into her palm, and raised his hand to help her, "I'm back." ”

Aunt Wang is not a person who is good at words, she took the red envelope and patted Shen Er's hand soothingly: "Then I'll go back first, and call me when you want me to come." ”

"Okay."

After sending Aunt Wang away, Shen Er sat on the chair where the temperature had not yet dissipated, looking at his mother's sleeping face.

When Yu Lan woke up, Shen Er put her hands on her quilt and was lying on her side with her bent side.

"Xiaoer." Yu Lan took out her hand from the quilt and gently rubbed Shen Er's hair.

Shen Ermi sat up blindfolded and shouted, "Mom." ”

Yu Lan sat up, and the quilt covering her body slipped off.

Shen Er stood up and tucked her quilt.

"Thin." Yu Lan raised her hand and touched his cheek very lightly, "It's all my fault, if I hadn't been sick, you would be in college now." ”

She sighed: "The son of the old Li family next door went to college, and he said that he had a friend in school, who was beautiful and temperamental, and you said that if you studied like him......"

"Mom." Shen Er interrupted her at the right time, "Let's not talk about this, what do you want to eat for the New Year today?" I'll go grocery shopping later and cook it for you in the kitchenette. ”

Yu Lan looked at him apologetically and shook her head: "I can do it." ”

"Then I'll buy it casually, I'm cooking quite delicious now." Shen Er smiled and sat on the edge of the hospital bed to chat with Yu Lan.

The mother and son haven't seen each other for half a year, and the two of them avoid college and sick topics, talking and laughing, and time flies.

"Yu Lan—"

The sound of high heels hitting the ground made Shen Er subconsciously turn around, and the person who came was his aunt, carrying a carton of milk and a mention of fruit.

"Happy New Year, eldest sister." Yu Lan took Shen Er's hand, turned her head sideways and smiled in her direction.

"Xiaoer is back." The aunt walked to the hospital bed, rubbed Shen Er's hair, and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Mom, you talk, I'll go grocery shopping first?" Shen Er raised his hand and pointed out the window, the sky always darkens early in winter, and the window is gray.

"Eh, Xiaoer. I have something to tell you. The aunt hurriedly stood up, grabbed Shen Er's arm, and glanced outside the ward, "Let's go out and talk." ”

Shen Er glanced back at Yu Lan who was lying on the bed, and followed his aunt to the outside of the ward.

"Happy New Year, Xiaoer." The aunt took a red envelope from her pocket and stuffed it into Shen Er's pocket.

"Don't give me a red envelope, Auntie, I'm already an adult." Shen Er prevaricated.

"You take it, and then you listen to me." The aunt looked at him in embarrassment, "Last time your mother was sick, didn't you borrow 40,000 yuan from me and leave......"

Shen Er's heart sank, and he nodded: "Well, I will try my best to pay it back." ”

"I didn't want to urge you to pay back, Yu Lan is my own sister, and I am anxious when she is sick, but my son, your cousin is ......" The aunt bit her lip, "Isn't he going to get married, and then I have a difference of 20,000 yuan here, so I really can't come...... Find yours. ”

"I know Auntie, I'm ...... Will it be okay for you next month? Shen Er forced a smile, not very good-looking.

"Okay, you can do it." Auntie nodded, "I'm so sorry, Xiaoer, I can't help it." ”

"It's okay, you go talk to my mother, don't mention money to her." Shen Er said, "I'll go buy some vegetables." ”

Leaving the hospital, Shen Er looked up at the gray sky.

The rain fell on his face, obscuring his vision.

Twenty thousand dollars.

There are more than 4,000 in his WeChat, and after excluding the expensive Internet fees, he can take out about 2,000.

There are also two League of Legends VIP tickets at home, peripherals and signed mouse pads, and if you sell them, you can sell them for a few thousand dollars if you are lucky.

Although reluctant, but ......

Helpless.

Ay.

He sighed and went to the supermarket next to the hospital.

This Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was only eaten by him and Yu Lan, Shen Er did not buy too many dishes, and after settling the bill, he carried the dishes to a self-service small kitchen next to the hospital and began to cook.

By the time he returned to the ward with his lunch box, his aunt had already left the hospital.

Smelling the smell of disinfectant water, Shen Er lifted the folding table on the bed, opened the lunch boxes one by one, and handed over the clean dishes and chopsticks to Yu Lan.

The meals were just very ordinary meals, and they didn't look very good.

But Yu Lan still praised him without hesitation.

After eating, Shen Er took out two pieces of paper and handed them to Yu Lan, she took them and wiped the corners of her mouth, looked at Shen Er, and spoke cautiously.

"Just ...... Auntie asked you to pay you back, right? ”

Shen Er frowned, and said very lightly: "Didn't I tell my aunt to ask her not to mention money." ”

"She didn't mention it." Yu Lan shook her head, "She told me about family matters, and then told me that her son was getting married. ”

"My son is so busy getting married, and my aunt suddenly came to see me so affectionately...... I don't have a filial son in front of the bed for a long time, not to mention that although she is my sister, she already has her own family, so I guess ah, ask you to pay her back, right? ”

"Well, I borrowed 40,000 yuan from my aunt, and she asked me to repay 20,000 yuan first, and my aunt's family is not rich." Shen Er touched Yu Lan's hand with the indwelling needle soothingly, "It's okay, I'll make it up." ”

"Xiaoer, I never dared to ask you, what kind of work do you do in Qingzhou, and where do you live? If I want to live in a big city, I have to pay the hospital every month and transfer money to Aunt Wang, how much money is enough for me to spend so much? Yu Lan said, "Xiao Er, either...... I'm cured, am I? ”

Shen Er tightened his eyebrows, and his tone was unusually tough: "No." ”

"But ......"

"I got a good job in Cheongju with a good salary and a good boss." Shen Er said, "In less than half a year, I should be able to take you to the big hospital in Qingzhou, Mom, you calm down, cooperate with the treatment, and don't think about anything else." ”

Yu Lan looked at him suspiciously.

"But you didn't even go to college, and I heard that now there are a lot of college students who can't find a job, where did you find a job with a high salary, you won't be cheated, right?"

"How could you have been deceived." Shen Er smiled helplessly.

Yu Lan didn't say anything, looking at Shen Er's expression was still full of suspicion and worry.

Shen Er was looked at by her and lost his temperament: "I'll go to the bathroom." ”

Walking out of the ward, he staggered the bathroom and stepped into the artificial passage.

I don't know if this habit was brought out of the book or originally brought into the book.

Whenever he has a difficult problem, he likes to be alone in the stairwell.

Yu Lan's every look was scared, afraid that he would be deceived, afraid that he would go astray.

Shen Er took out his mobile phone and held it in his hand, clicked on WeChat, and unconsciously clicked on the little master's WeChat.

[Owl: Yan]

[Yan: ?] ]

[Yan: Didn't you say you went home for the New Year? ]

[Owl: Well, it's over dinner]

[Yan: I also just finished eating, and I'm waiting for my sister to toss her fireworks]

Shen Er bit his lower lip, his fingertips hanging on the screen, pondering the words.

[Owl: I have a ...... Can I ask you? ]

[Yan: You say]

Shen Er sighed and briefly explained his current situation to him.

Yan Sheng looked at a large paragraph of words sent by Shen Er, and pursed his lips, most of the people around him had very good family conditions, so he looked at these ...... sent by Shen Er

Some distressed.

"Yan Man, you go to the garden to set off fireworks by yourself first, and I'll make a call." Yan Sheng took out a lighter from his pocket and threw it to Yan Man, and walked upstairs with his legs.

"Huh?! You're not going to light fireworks for me, are you? Yan Man hurriedly took the lighter and shouted at him.

"You play with the fairy stick for a while, I'll come later." Yan Sheng said, "Something. ”

"Okay—"

Yan Sheng went upstairs, got into Yan Lijun's study, and made a video call to Shen Er.

He turned the camera down, and the screen showed a very luxurious study and a whole floor-to-ceiling glass bookshelf.

Soon, the phone was connected, and a very delicate face suddenly occupied the entire screen.

"Shen'er?" Yan Sheng shouted with an epilogue.

"It's me, boss." Shen Er glanced at the camera, hooked his lips and smiled.

Shen Er is very good-looking, white but very thin, his eyelashes are very long, but they are not curled, and when he closes his eyes, he is like a curtain, covering his eyes and blocking those beautiful eyes.

"Mom, look, this is my boss, surnamed Yan." Shen Er moved the screen, and the face that had been crushed by illness and years appeared in the middle of the screen, "I am his...... Secretary. ”

"Hello Auntie." Yan Sheng nodded reservedly.

"Hey, hello." Yu Lan looked at the palatial study on the screen and nodded in surprise.

Yan Sheng chatted with Yu Lan for a while, and after watching her gaze soften little by little, he stopped the conversation in time.

"Auntie, I have something to do with Shen Er, can you let him answer the phone?"

"Ah, okay, okay, I'm sorry, I accidentally said so much, you tell Xiaoer." Yu Lan handed the phone back to Shen Er, "Xiao Er, you must work hard and don't live up to the boss's trust in you." ”

Shen Er took the phone and nodded with a smile: "I know." ”

Yan Sheng sat on the chair, looked at the person on the screen, propped his chin and casually said a few words about "work" to Shen Er, and hung up the phone.

"We are lucky to have met such a good boss." Yu Lan grabbed Shen Er's hand and rubbed it.

"He's good." Shen Er nodded, "It's really good." ”

The voice fell, and his WeChat rang.

[Yan transfers 50,000 yuan to you]

[Yan: Certificate of Deposit]

[Yan: Don't take the money and run away with others, my little secretary]