Chapter 63: A Chance Encounter in the Cafeteria
The days are flowing like a stream, and before I know it, Mai Wenxiang's birthday is approaching. The little girl's birthday is also a coincidence, when she came out of her mother's belly, it happened to be the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. Celebrating the birthday on the reunion festival is festive and festive, which makes Mak Weili and his family happy.
But this year, the two of them are not happy. There are two days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it seems that it is about to be the birthday of my daughter, but my daughter is thousands of kilometers away in Hangzhou, and she is not by the side of the two of them.
Mai Wenxiang's mother has been counting the days day by day since she first entered the eighth month of the lunar calendar, missing her own girl.
Although his family conditions are not rich and powerful, and his life is not rich, but it is also delicious. In previous years, the girl was at home, and when it came to her birthday, the two of them would carefully prepare some small surprises for the girl, but this year I saw the Mid-Autumn Festival, because of the distance, I am afraid that there will be no surprise for the girl.
The two of them were in a sullen mood, and they called Mai Wenxiang a day, afraid that she would be sad and sad, so they called her some money to let her eat something good, buy herself a few beautiful clothes, and do whatever she wanted.
On her first birthday, when she was not with her parents, although Mai Wenxiang was also a little sad, she was not too sad. After all, it is growing up, coming into contact with young people in big cities, and having a lot of entertainment, it is easy to transfer the sadness.
After class this morning, I received a notice from the school that because this year's Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day are only one day apart, the two festivals and holidays have been put together. So the holiday starts this afternoon and doesn't start until after the holiday.
Many students, because they are not very far from home, carry their things after class and go to the station to take the bus home. Wu Hou and Mai Wenxiang stood dryly on the campus, and Mai Wenxiang was still standing next to Zhou Shu. They looked at many of their classmates who had left school together, and Wu Hou and Mai Wenxiang were in a depressed mood.
Li Zhiguang and Feng Mo didn't go home, they were at the age of playfulness, and when it came to the holidays, they could play happily, so how could they think of going home.
The two came out of the classroom and came to the three people standing downstairs. Li Zhiguang saw that Wu Hou and Mai Wenxiang were a little depressed, so he asked in wonder, "What are you doing standing stupidly?"
Wu Hou didn't speak, and Mai Wenxiang didn't say anything.
Zhou Shu replied to Li Zhiguang on the side: "I'm homesick, seeing people carrying big bags and small bags home, they are in a bad mood." ”
Feng Mo frowned and said, "I'll go back homesick, it's a holiday anyway." ”
"Why don't you come back?" Zhou Shu asked rhetorically.
Li Zhiguang said disdainfully: "If you don't go back, it's good to have a holiday, play games, and sleep, it's much more fragrant than going home." ”
Zhou Shu glanced at it with disdain, and didn't bother to speak again.
Wu Hou, who had not spoken, opened his mouth and said: "If you don't go back, you have to change trains by car, one trip will take two days, two trips back and forth for four days, and you will only have a few days off in total." "There was a little sadness in his words when he spoke.
Mai Wenxiang felt homesick in her heart, and when she heard this, she almost shed tears. Zhou Shu saw this, and hurriedly said: "Let's go, let's eat, the cafeteria aunts will leave after selling at noon." ”
Wu Hou hummed after hearing this, pulled Mai Wenxiang's arm, and said, "Let's go, let's eat." ”
Mai Wenxiang nodded, and followed Zhou Shu and Wu Hou to the cafeteria, and Feng Mo and Li Zhiguang also followed.
Walk through the playground to the first floor of the dormitory, where is the cafeteria. All the windows in the cafeteria are open, and there are those who sell rice, noodles, and stir-fried vegetables, and basically all the tastes of the north and south regions.
This is all to take care of students from all over the school, for fear that they will not be accustomed to eating and drinking, so many sales windows with different flavors have been opened in the school canteen and rented to different businesses.
The cafeteria is large and has a lot of seats, but they are all crowded together. Usually, when I eat here after class, it is overcrowded, and sometimes I can't find a seat after buying food, so I have to eat standing up.
Today, because of the holiday, some students left, although there are a lot of people who will eat in the cafeteria, it is not crowded, and the seats are sufficient.
There are more than 20 of them from left to right, and everyone buys food and finds a place in the hall to sit down.
On the far right of a row of windows, there is a stir-fry seller, the chef has worked in a five-star hotel, the cooking skills are very good, each cuisine can be cooked, and the taste is authentic and authentic.
But the price is a little expensive, although it is not very expensive, but for college students from ordinary families, it is okay to eat one or two meals, and they will not be able to afford it for a long time.
Next to this window, there is a row of private rooms for students who eat here. Some students do not want to sit in the hall and choose a private room, but there is an additional charge.
Most of the students who eat in a single room are students with superior family conditions. They sit in a single room and eat all kinds of delicious food, and the students sitting outside often cast envious glances.
The wheat smells delicious, I have eaten it a few times in this window, and the taste is really good. Especially the dishes in my hometown, after this chef made it, it is even better than the hotel chef in my hometown.
But she's only eaten it a few times, because it's really expensive. It only costs ten yuan to eat a meal at the ordinary window, but it costs thirty or fifty yuan to eat a meal here.
A few people stood in the cafeteria, Mai Wenxiang looked at the row of windows that had been eaten by herself, her mouth was tasteless, and she didn't know what to eat.
Wu Hou asked her, "What to eat?"
Mai Wenxiang shook her head.
Wu Hou persuaded, "Then you can't skip eating." ”
Mai Wenxiang smacked his mouth, thought for a while and said, "I want to drink crucian carp soup." ”
There are no crucian carp soup sold in this row of ordinary windows, most of them sell some quick dishes, like fast food. The crucian carp soup should be simmered on low heat, and the fresh fish should be killed alive, how can these ordinary windows have the effort to tinker with those.
Only the one on the far right sells it, but the price is a little expensive for ordinary students, although it is also easy to eat.
But since Mai Wenxiang said this, Wu Hou thought about it, pointed to the window on the far right, and said to Mai Wenxiang with a smile: "Then let's go over there to eat, anyway, there will be no classes in the afternoon, let's eat slowly, don't rush, you can eat whatever you want." ”
"Do you have a treat?" Mai Wenxiang looked at him slyly.
"Look at what you eat, if it's not too expensive, I'll ask for it, and if it's expensive, I'll ask your dad for reimbursement. Wu Hou joked.
"Hehe, I don't care, anyway, I know you have money, so I'll slaughter you once today. Mai Wenxiang said this mischievously.
In fact, she was right, before the last auction, the 500,000 given by the hunters surnamed Wang still have more than 200,000 left. Among the students, Wu Hou can be regarded as a rich man, but he never spends money lavishly, because after all, there is Duanmu Shenjiu to take care of.
However, Wu Hou still readily agreed, and said, "Let's go, I'll go back to the restaurant today, I'll have a treat." ”
Li Zhiguang and Feng Mo have already spent very little money on living expenses from their families because of playing games, and they haven't eaten anything good at ordinary times. Now that they heard Wu Hou say that they wanted to have a treat, the two of them immediately jumped up.
"Okay, Brother Hou has a treat today, I have to let go of eating. Li Zhiguang said hehehe.
Feng Mo also said: "Lao Wu is good, I also know to invite everyone to have a meal before the holiday, and I am exquisite." ”
Wu Hou turned his head and said, "I only invite girls, not men." ”
"Holy..."
"Holy!"
Li Zhiguang and Feng Mo stood there with disdain, and said Wu Hou, and said in their hearts, Wu Hou, you bastard.
Looking at the ugly faces of the two of them, Wu Hou laughed and shouted: "Let's go, tease you, like a second fool, am I the kind of person who is not interesting enough?"
Only then did the two of them return to their smiling faces and follow.
Then, the five of them walked back and forth to the rightmost window. Looking through the window, there are many models of delicious dishes for students to choose from.
The various dishes are very good-looking, and just the models make people very appetizing at first glance. There are not only specialties of each cuisine, but also steaks, lobsters, seafood, and the like.
Wu Hou turned to Mai Wenxiang and the others and said, "What do you want to eat?" The words were full of pride.
But before Mai Wenxiang and a few people could speak, a voice came.
"Ah, isn't this the hero who hit the court when he plays basketball?"
This unfamiliar voice sounded in the ears of the five people, and then six or seven people were seen walking over with one person as the leader.
Wu Hou looked at it fixedly, and it turned out to be the other team that was playing basketball with Gu Qinghui's team on the basketball court that day. The person at the head is the captain who looks down on Wu Hou who dribbles and wants to shoot.
Although the other party said that Wu Hou was a hero who saved the scene, there was no sense of worship in his tone, but there was a lot of hostility and ridicule.
Wu Hou and Mai Wenxiang still remembered this person, but after listening to this person's speech, they just glanced at him and ignored him. Mai Wenxiang walked forward to the window, ready to order, and didn't seem to pay attention to the few people who came over.
The person who had just spoken, seeing Mai Wenxiang like this, had a sneer on his face, snorted and walked to the window, leaned over and asked Wu Hou, "Aren't you all eating over there? I see that you usually don't have noodles or rice bowls, why are you improving your life today?"
Several people behind him laughed, some said that Wu Hou was a turtle, and some said that Wu Hou was a fool.
Wu Hou is not a good-tempered person, and when he heard these people scolding him, he immediately replied: "Your mouth is really stinky, don't you just win a ball against you, why can't you afford to lose?"
The first one to talk to Wu Hou was about to open his mouth to speak, when someone next to him spoke.
"It was three against three that day, I wasn't there, if I were to be there, would you have a chance to perform?"
Listening to this tone, this person seems to be very powerful.
After Wu Hou heard this, he laughed, and was about to say a few words to him, Zhou Shu pulled the corner of Wu Hou's clothes, shook his head, and signaled him not to continue talking.
Wu Hou's mind turned sharply, looking at the posture of these people, he thought to himself that he was afraid that he was a few rich boys, rich and powerful, and he couldn't compare to others. So he thought about it, but he still held back, turned his head and prepared to order food with Mai Wenxiang.
Unexpectedly, the man who spoke just now actually climbed up to the window and shouted in, "Auntie, don't sell it to them." ”
The older woman in her overalls hesitated for a moment when she heard this, and finally nodded her head and turned to leave.
Wu Hou was furious when he saw this scene, turned to the man and glared angrily, and said angrily, "What the do you mean?"
"What do you mean? It's boring, I just think this place is not suitable for you poor people, you better go to the ordinary window to eat." ”
"Grass!" Feng Mo was extremely angry, and opened his mouth to scold: "Dogs look down on people's low-level things, you look down on people!"
"Haha, I look down on you, how about it?"
"Who are you scolding?"
Then, the tall man who didn't let his aunt sell food to Wu Hou just now walked up to Feng Mo and slapped Feng Mo in the face.
Many classmates around looked over, and some good boys began to coax, shouting and fighting, fighting. But as soon as he saw the tall man who beat Feng Mo, he quickly shut up again, obviously afraid of this person.
Feng Mo was a little stunned by the beating, and Mai Wenxiang, Wu Hou and the others were also stunned.
When Feng Mo reacted and scolded, he was about to rush up and fight with this person.
Wu Hou frowned, and stopped Feng Mo, and Li Zhiguang also hugged Feng Mo from behind.
The scene was about to erupt, and the two sides looked like they would fight.
"What's the matter?
A voice came suddenly, interrupting the tense atmosphere, and the person who came was Gu Qinghui, followed by more than a dozen people.