"Hu Mingchen, when are you leaving?" Chen Peng, who was carrying a bag of luggage and a backpack, stood at the door of the dormitory, looking at Hu Mingchen, who was still sitting on the bed reading a book, and asked.

The first semester of college is over, and the students are packing their bags and returning to their hometowns, Chen Peng has already booked today's train tickets, but Hu Mingchen has no intention of leaving the dormitory.

"I'm waiting for two days, it's okay, I'm close here, four hours by train, you be careful on the road, it's the Spring Festival, there are all kinds of people on the train. Hu Mingchen put down the book, waved his hand, and said a few words before admonishing Chen Peng.

"I bought a sleeper, the sleeper car should not be as crowded as the hard-seat car, since you have to go for two days, then I will go first, see you in the new year." ”

The train tickets for the Spring Festival are very tight, but college students use their student ID cards to buy tickets, and the tickets are still guaranteed.

Every year, in order to ensure that college students from all over the country return home and return to school during the holidays, the railway department will always set aside a part of the tickets to give priority to their needs, and even the railway station will make the service more meticulous and send people to the school to provide ticket booking services to students in person.

Chen Peng's train ticket was bought in the school, in Hu Mingchen's dormitory, three people bought train tickets, Yu Yi directly booked the ticket, and he had already left the school yesterday evening.

The remaining two have not yet bought tickets, one is Hu Mingchen, and the other is Hao Yang.

Hu Mingchen didn't book a train ticket, there was no need for that, he should be Fang Guoping to drive him home, as for Hao Yang, it seems that he has no intention of going home for the New Year.

Usually in the first year of college, freshmen are in a hurry to go home, and even if some students are willing to stay on campus, it is mostly during the summer vacation. Because the winter vacation is combined with the New Year, if you don't go home during the winter vacation, it is equivalent to not being able to celebrate the New Year with your family, which is not a last resort for the Chinese people who attach great importance to the Spring Festival, and ordinary people will not make such a choice.

"Let's go, hehe, I'll see you in the next year, I won't send you to the train station. Hu Mingchen stood up and waved goodbye to Chen Peng with a smile.

After Chen Peng left, Hu Mingchen continued to sit on the bed and read, until half an hour later, when Hao Yang came back from outside, Hu Mingchen put the book down again.

"Hey, why are you still here? I mean you're gone today, too. Hao Yang entered the bedroom and saw that Hu Mingchen was still sitting on the bed, and he was a little surprised.

"Hehe, did I say I was leaving today?" asked Hu Mingchen with a smile.

"You didn't say it, but I think they're all gone, and you should be leaving school and going home today. Hao Yang sat on the bed frame that had been put away on the opposite bed, and said face-to-face with Hu Mingchen.

"Hehe, they're leaving, but haven't you left yet, what's the matter, are you planning not to go home and stay in Zhennan alone for the New Year?" Hu Mingchen looked at Hao Yang with a smile and asked.

Hao Yang lowered his head and sank his face: "I don't plan to go back, this time and again, hundreds of yuan of travel expenses, I stay in school, not only can I save some expenses, but also, help take care of the dormitory, the school can also give payment, this in and out, it is more than a thousand, and I also plan to find a tutor during the day." As for the Chinese New Year, I am not the only one who does not go back to our school, I just went to register, and found that hundreds of people in our school do not go home for the New Year, I heard that the school will organize Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and some activities for us. ”

"The activities organized by the school, it is estimated that everyone is likely to watch the gala together, you don't go home for the New Year, just for the money, but take care of the dormitory and do tutoring, how much can you earn. Hu Mingchen said with a smile on his face.

The reason why Hu Mingchen hasn't left yet is to wait for Hao Yang. Otherwise, even if Hu Mingchen is not eager to go home for the New Year, he still has a lot of work waiting for him to do.

"I'm just in it for the money, there's no doubt about that, others may not worry about it, but I'm here to ...... Whether it's tutoring or looking at the dormitory, I may not make a lot of money, but for me, it's also an income, otherwise, I won't have enough living expenses for the next semester. Facing Hu Mingchen alone, Hao Yang has no scruples, just say what he thinks in his heart, at least Hu Mingchen won't laugh at him and won't look down on him.

"When you started school, didn't you make a fortune selling camouflage uniforms?" asked Hu Mingchen suspiciously.

"I sent most of that money home to pay it off, last month...... My father was sick, and the medical expenses cost more than 10,000 yuan. Actually, I wanted to go back and see him, but ...... When I go home, not only will it not help much, but it will even add to the burden, so I simply don't go back. Perhaps, before the Chinese New Year, I can send a few hundred yuan back to my family for the New Year. When it came to the difficulties at home, Hao Yang looked melancholy.

Hao Yang usually didn't talk about these situations to anyone, including Hu Mingchen, and he didn't know too much. It's just that from the feeling that Hu Mingchen knew that Hao Yang was in trouble, so he deliberately waited for everyone else to leave and talk to him alone.

As Hao Yang's best friend on campus, Hu Mingchen felt that he still had the responsibility to help him. And very importantly, Hu Mingchen has this ability.

After muttering for a while, Hu Mingchen put on his shoes and stood up: "Let's go, let's go out together." ”

Hao Yang stared at Hu Mingchen in confusion: "Go out, where to go?"

"Buy a ticket, come out in the first year, how can you not go home for the New Year, I'll buy you a ticket, by the way, I'll go to your house to have a look." Hu Mingchen waved his hand and said.

"Hu Mingchen, you ...... If you don't go back to your house, you want to go back to my house with me......? And I didn't tell you just now, I stayed in school to save money and earn money......." Hao Yang also took possession, but he didn't mean to follow Hu Mingchen out.

"What? Are we good friends? I want to go to your house to have a fun, but you are so unwelcome? Is it not interesting for you to refuse me like this?" Hu Mingchen raised his eyebrows and asked in a series of questions.

"No, ouch, I'm ...... Of course, you are my best friend, and you deliberately said that you are my only friend in college, you are willing to go to my house, of course I welcome you, how can I refuse you? It's just ......" Hao Yang hurriedly waved his hand, but he felt that waving his hand and saying "no" was a bit inappropriate, which would make Hu Mingchen misunderstand that they were not good friends, so he quickly explained in a different way.

"Don't just, you didn't refuse, then let's go. Hu Mingchen interrupted Hao Yang's words and said, "This money is a bastard, there is nothing to earn." I just want to go to your house to have a fun, I've never been there before, even if you want to work to earn money, you can do it in your hometown. ”

"On our side, except for working as coolies, there are not many opportunities suitable for part-time work, and there are big farts in our county. If I had to do coolies, my father wouldn't have wanted to, or I wouldn't have done it. Hao Yang said with a bitter face.

Hao Yang's father would rather be tired and hard than want his son to do coolies, which is not only a matter of care, but also a matter of face.

"Let's go, maybe I can introduce you to a part-time job, but it's not necessarily, eh, I said that you are a person, why are you so uninteresting, I said that I want to go to your house to have a fun, you just blocked it a thousand times, are you afraid that I will eat your family's food or are you afraid that I will drink your water? And say good friend, is this the way you are a good friend?" After Hu Mingchen just revealed a little bit of hope, the tone of his words suddenly changed, turning into complaints and dissatisfaction with Hao Yang.

"You...... You have to go, don't you want to go, then I'll take you there, but I have to tell you, there's nothing fun in my house, there's no scenic spot. Hu Mingchen had already said that, even if Hao Yang wanted to stay in Zhennan, he couldn't say anything if he refused.

As for Hu Mingchen's saying that he might be able to introduce him to a part-time job, Hao Yang didn't care much about this sentence.

"I'm going to your house to play, not to travel, let's go quickly, go buy a ticket." Hu Mingchen shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently.

Hu Mingchen himself is not going to travel, so who cares if there are any scenic spots in Hao Yang's house.

Hao Yang flipped through the drawer, brought his documents, and was about to follow Hu Mingchen to the station to buy a ticket. But as soon as he opened the door, Hao Yang stopped again: "Hu Mingchen, don't you go home for the New Year?"

"Don't worry, rest assured, I'm not at your house for the New Year, and I won't ask your family to send me New Year's money. I'm just going to play for two days, or people ask me who my best friend is, and I say it's you, but I don't know anything about the situation in your house, which is a bit embarrassing and hypocritical. I'm just going to play for two days and leave, anyway, it's more than a month off. Hu Mingchen smiled narrowly and patted Hao Yang's chest and said.

"Look at what you say, it's like my family is afraid of you and dislikes you, if you say so, then I will go to your house to play in the summer?"

"I don't care, you want to go, I'm always welcome, and I will definitely not push back like you. Hu Mingchen said generously and indifferently.

"Do you think I want to push back? Hao Yang muttered to himself.

Hao Yang's muttering, Hu Mingchen pretended not to hear, and left the school and took the bus to the train station.

As the railway station of the provincial capital, the square in front of Zhennan Station is crowded with people, and the waiting hall is even more crowded.

Hu Mingchen and the others waited in line for two hours before they arrived at the window. The student ID cards of the two were handed in, and the tickets were there, but Hao Yang could buy half a ticket, and Hu Mingchen had to be a full ticket, and there was no sleeper, but an extra bus with a full hard seat.