Xin Zhai

From the train station, there is a bus that can go to a place not far from his home, and he can walk to his home in more than 20 minutes.His family is in a town. Because of the hot springs in the town, several hot spring clubs and resorts have been developed by rich people in recent years, and restaurants have gradually sprung up.The land of many families was requisitioned and moved into buildings.Young people don't want to farm, so they go to work in resorts or restaurants, but it has gradually become a tourist town.

But these have nothing to do with Ye Li's family.His house had just been rebuilt before his father died, and he shared a large yard with his uncle's.At that time, my father wanted to save face and felt that it was not good to separate the family.As a result, until now, the trivial conflict between mother and uncle and aunt's family has made Ye Li very annoyed. He secretly hated his father's useless vanity, and he let go, causing endless troubles.

His mother and younger brother were at home when he came in, waiting for him to eat.After half a year, Ye Li was very happy to have a reunion dinner with his family for the first time.During the meal, his mother asked him how he was doing at school, and he said it was okay. After thinking about it, he added: "Our class teacher is very good. Let me help him with projects and send me some money."

"The teacher is so good? What project?"

Ye Li talked to her for a long time, but she also looked half-knowledgeable.He didn't tell his mother about going to the supermarket to work in the middle of the night, he only talked about being a tutor to earn money, so as to save her from asking and worrying.

After dinner, his mother gave him a notebook, which recorded the phone numbers of several students who were looking for tutors.There are only so many people in the town, everyone looks down and sees them, they are all half-familiar faces.Which family's children go to study, who they marry, and even who the uncle's family is, and whether they have a house, can quickly spread in the town.

Although Ye Li is struggling to study now, he is also a well-known "child of other people" in the town.This means that he wants to find students, and there are several applicants.Ye Li saw that there were students in the morning, afternoon and evening every day, and there was no rest time during the co-authoring day.

After finishing the call, he saw Ye Qi playing with his cell phone, so he asked, "Is the cell phone still working?"

"Well, it's easy to use." Ye Qi turned the screen sideways, busy pressing his index finger on it, but couldn't pay attention to him.

He got up to pack his things.In front of the TV cabinet, there are two pots of Clivia, and a flower bud emerges from one pot.Ye Li went over to take a closer look, then turned his head, only to find that there were a lot fewer flowers in the room.

"Mom, why are there only two pots of Clivia?" He looked around, "Where's the pot of crabapple? The Dripping Guanyin is gone?"

"I think there are too many flowers, and there is no place to put them down. Give some away. Your aunt came to pick up two pots the other day. Some of them died, and I don't know what happened."

"How did it die? Did you water it?" Ye Li was a little unhappy, these pots of clivia and crabapple were his favorite.In the past, grandpa liked to bury bean cakes as fertilizer, so that the flowers would bloom bigger and last longer.Every Spring Festival, Clivia is in flowering period.It is a big handful when it is opened, which is very pleasing to the eye.

"It's watered, it's watered every day." My mother shouted in the kitchen.

"How can I water it every day? I told you to water it when it dries up, and it will be thoroughly watered."

After walking for half a year, the flowers in this house have been reduced by one-third, and many of the remaining ones have grown crookedly, or the long stems have not been pruned to prevent blooming.Ye Li knew that her mother didn't have the heart to do these things, as if the only thing in life was to make money to cook and eat, and the rest was a waste of energy.Most of the neighbors around have cats and dogs, and Ye Qi has been arguing about getting a dog, but his mother just doesn't agree, thinking it's troublesome.

Ye Li opened the refrigerator, and searched the kitchen for a long time, looking for something to add some fertilizer to the Clivia, and finally dug out a few cans of beer, took a can and poured them into the flower pot with buds.

"Hey, it's quite expensive, how can you water my flowers?"

Ye Li muttered, "Who told you not to put on fat, you should be able to grow bones at this time."

Ye Li's house burns a kind of rustic heater, and the stove is in another room.He didn't feel that he was at home before. He went to college for half a year, and when he came home, he realized that the house was very cold.In the dormitory, he only needed a thin quilt at night, but on his first night back home, he covered two layers of quilts.

Because she is a half-acquaintance, and in order to find more people, my mother told him 50 yuan for three hours.Ye Li takes three hours of classes in the morning, afternoon and evening each, and earns 150 yuan a day.There are students from the first year of junior high school to the third year of high school.He needs to go to each class one by one.Ye Li is a very patient person, so it is most suitable to give lectures to others, but this is a full day of class, he will be sleepy in the afternoon, and dizzy at night.

After a week like this, you can check your final grades.Ye Li tremblingly logged into the school website, it was still the inquiry interface.

University Physics, 64.Ye Li breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was not tall, he passed it anyway.The other gates are over 80 high and low over 70.At the beginning, Ye Li was hoping that it would be great if he could get a scholarship, but now he knows it was just a daydream.

He wanted to ask how the other students in the class who had never passed the mid-term exam were doing, so after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

But Ye Li suddenly wanted to tell Tong Yan about his passing, so he immediately took his phone and sent a message when the idea came up.

"Teacher Tong, I have passed the big thing, 64."

After posting that afternoon, after 11 o'clock at night, Ye Li was already sleepy. When he heard the phone ringing, he glanced at it and couldn't laugh or cry.

"It's really promising, 64 is still so excited."

Ye Li sat up from the bed and typed another reply: "I'm not excited."

Ye Li was indeed not excited, but he couldn't fall asleep either.He waited for a while, but the phone remained silent, so he pressed another one.

"Are you still working on the robotic arm project these days?"

Tong Yan replied quickly this time: "Well, Zhang Zhen and Yang Ziyue are always here."

Zhang Zhen and Yang Ziyue were students following Tong Yan in the robotic arm project.Ye Li reckoned that the three of them had spent the past few days in the laboratory.

"Is there any progress?" Ye Li asked.

Tong Yan replied, "No."

On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, there was a heavy snowfall.There is also a festive atmosphere in the town.In the afternoon, Ye Li came out from the student's house and went back to eat.On the old streets of the town, couplet window grilles, fruit gift boxes, melon seeds and peanuts, and sugar-fried chestnuts are all over the street.Mother started croquettes.She is good at cooking, croquettes, dumplings, stews, and now she can't change the habit of making a lot of things during the holidays.Every time the Spring Festival is over, the three of them have to eat leftovers for many days.

On the morning of the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, Ye Li felt a headache and body aches when he woke up, probably because he had caught a cold.He looked at his watch, it was already late.Ye Li was thinking about whether to make a phone call to say that today's class will be cancelled, when his mother shouted in the living room: "Ye Li, get up quickly, what time is it?"

Ye Li got up, put on his clothes, walked to the living room and said, "I seem to have caught a cold."

Mother brought out breakfast from the kitchen: "Ah, how did you do it? Can you still go to class?"

Ye Li hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes."

When he came out after eating and walked towards the student's house stepping on the snow, he felt sour for some reason.

He suddenly felt that his mother should have said just now, "Don't go if you feel uncomfortable", even though he would go even if he said that, she should have said so.

The thought made him feel like he was at war.On the one hand, he felt that he couldn't be hypocritical like a woman, so couldn't he have something to say to his mother?If you feel uncomfortable, just say that you can’t go, so you have to?

At the same time, he felt that it was because he was his mother that he should say that sentence.She shouldn't have forgotten to say it.

He was absent-minded all morning, coupled with dizziness, he could barely attend class, and when he went home for lunch, he still made a phone call and postponed the afternoon class.

As soon as he entered the door, his mother saw that his face was very bad, and said, "Are you serious? Don't go in the afternoon."

"Yeah." Ye Li ate, went to bed and had a good sleep.After waking up at five o'clock, the feeling of headache was almost reduced.

His mother opened the door and brought him a glass of water: "How do you feel, let's rest at night."

Right now Ye Li's condition is better than in the morning, he thought that he had gone from feeling so uncomfortable in the morning, let alone push it away now.His awkward heart all morning was also relieved. After all, he was thinking too much, so he said: "It's much better, let's go after dinner."

Because grandparents and father were gone, on New Year's Eve, Ye Li, his mother, and younger brother went to grandma's house for a New Year's Eve dinner.When the whole family got together, there was a festive atmosphere.Grandma is 85 years old this year, her legs and feet are bad, and she spends most of her time in bed.In Ye Li's impression, when he was a child, his grandma's family often got together, but before he knew it, as he grew up, the chances of the whole family being together became less and less, only once or twice a year.

After dinner on New Year's Eve, Ye Li's phone kept ringing as soon as the Spring Festival Gala started on TV.Several groups are sending out red envelopes to grab red envelopes.Tong Yan seldom talked in the class group. At 11 o'clock, he sent a red envelope, and the group immediately exploded.

Pu Liang: "Ah, 31 yuan! Thank you, Teacher Tong! Happy Chinese New Year, Teacher Tong!"

Zhou Lei: "Shit, why am I only 1 yuan?"

Zhou Shi: "Teacher Tong, I am the least, only 9 cents... cry."

Tong Yan: "Hehe, then send one to Zhou Shidan."

Shi Jingchen: "Damn, you're biased! No, I want a separate red envelope!"

Lin Congshan: "Me too."

Tong Yan: "I won't give it to those who failed last semester."

Shi Jingchen: "..."

Park Liang: "Hahahahahaha"

Shi Jingchen: "Those who fail the exam need comfort..."

Su Xiaoqian: "I made a small program for grabbing red envelopes, does anyone need it?"

Pu Liang: "..."

Lei Zhou:"……"

Shi Jingchen: "...I want it."

Liu Na: "Xiaoqian is a real cow."

Tong Yan: "Su Xiaoqian can optimize the program, and when school starts, he can participate in the software competition and get bonuses."

Pu Liang: "Xiaoqian treats you."

Su Xiaoqian: "Papa please, you owe me so much for copying my homework so many times."

Pu Liang: "Shh, Teacher Tong is here, don't talk nonsense."

Ye Li smirked while watching them chatting, he turned forward and ordered the red envelope given by Tong Yan, which was 11 yuan.At this moment, the bell sounded on the TV, and the sound of firecrackers around was deafening.The students in the class group are all paying New Year's greetings to Tong Yan.Ye Li didn't say anything special, and racked his brains to think of a "Happy New Year, Teacher Tong, smooth work and happy every day!".But this news was uploaded in the blink of an eye, I don't know if Tong Yan saw it.