pretend to be poor

Yu Wen was the first person to know that Tong Huai was going to work.

As a young boy, in order to express his sympathy, he took a special taxi across a small part of the city, ran to Tong Huai, hugged Tong Huai's Stitch doll, slapped the table and laughed wildly for 3 minutes, until Tong Huai raised his slippers and was about to stuff them in. in his mouth.

Yu Wen hurriedly covered his mouth and wiped away his tears: "No, are you really going?"

In order to get rid of Tong Huai's spoiled habits, Tong Jingyuan devoted himself to making his son a child of an ordinary family in many ways when he entered high school.

Even Tong Huai's grandparents couldn't change the decision he made. If he said that Tong Huai would go to work in the summer vacation, he meant it.

Yu Wen was pondering over a crooked idea: "Should I file a lawsuit against your grandparents? Be a good-natured kid? Or we can take our passports and travel abroad today, and come back when school starts?"

Tong Huai snatched Stitch back and gave him a white look: "What kind of person am I?"

Yu asked, "Uncle Chai's shop is quite far from your home."

Tong Huai's mother's family is not rich, and Uncle Chai is an old friend of his mother's acquaintance.

Chaiji Restaurant is located in Wangzhen District in the west of the city. The west of the city was originally a "paradise for poor ghosts". From the west to the suburbs, it is the oldest and poorest part of the city. Two generations of the Chai family have run a small restaurant in that area. For decades, good quality and low price, good business.

"My dad let me live in the old house over there during the summer vacation."

Yu Wen stroked his little curly hair affectionately: "Uncle Tong is busy with work and has no time to take care of you. I'm worried that you'll be crazy about playing alone during the summer vacation. If you think about it better, you're about to make your first pot of gold!"

Tong Huai slapped his hand away: "Fuck you, which rich second generation's first pot of gold is to serve dishes and wipe tables in restaurants?"

Yu Wen said without hesitation, "You."

Tong Huai jumped up and hit him.

Tong Jingyuan flew to Hainan early in the morning. Tong Huai slept in until ten o'clock and was dug out of the bed by Yu Wen. After chasing and beating for a while, he went to wash up.Aunt Chen knew Tong Huai's work schedule like the back of her hand, so she made lunch and came up to knock on the door: "Xiao Huai, Xiao Wen, it's time for lunch. I made some dishes you both like."

Yu Wen was overjoyed when he heard the sound, and ran faster than Tong Huai.

After Tong Huai finished eating, Aunt Chen handed him a note: "Xiao Huai, your father asked me to give it to you."

The father of this cheating son still leaves a message?

Tong Huai took it over and took a look:

Zai Zai, enjoy your last lunch.

Well, knowing that he would not be able to swallow this sentence when he was eating, he specifically told Aunt Chen to wait until he finished eating before taking it out.

Sure enough, it's my own father, so there's no need for identification.

The summer vacation starts tomorrow, and the two sides are far away, so Tong Huai has to go there today.

The old house was where his mother used to live. After his mother passed away, Tong Jingyuan bought the old house. When he missed his late wife, he would sit there all night.

So there is no need to clean up there, because someone will take care of it at any time, and you only need to buy some daily necessities.

As a good brother, Yu Wen had another free lunch, and did his part to accompany Tong Huai there.

The two young masters took the subway there, and when they arrived at the place, they took out the list of daily necessities that the worried Aunt Chen helped to make, and went to the nearby supermarket to buy things first.

Although Tong Jingyuan was working hard to correct his son's various minor problems, he still felt sorry for his son, and the monthly pocket money was said to be limited, and it was not a small amount.

In other words, even if Tong Huai breached the contract and was deducted two months of pocket money, he still had enough money to go around and go abroad with Yu Wen for a summer vacation before returning.

But no matter how reluctant Tong Huai was, he still came.

Tong Jingyuan knew his son's personality well, and was not at all worried that he would run away.

Before entering the supermarket, Tong Huai checked Moments.

Hey, the squad leader went on a trip to Italy.

Yo, the school committee is learning Guzheng.

Ah, Old Dog Chen is going back to Lijiang to visit relatives.

Everyone's life during the summer vacation is enjoyable, but he is the only one who is disheartened.

The young master's face darkened, very upset.When I entered the supermarket, I bought a toothbrush first, and the picky little problem came out: "This brush head is too big."

"too hard."

"Too soft."

"Too small."

"The color is ugly."

"The shape is ugly."

"Not a good first impression."

"Looks good but I just don't like it."

……

Yu Wen thought to himself, what evil did I do to accompany him here, it's so hard to serve him.

The two stayed in the living area for an hour.Yu Wen smashed his mouth, feeling that life is too hard, the weather is hot, and he wants to buy a watermelon to eat.

After finally waiting for Tong Huai to finish picking out the daily necessities and walk out of the living area, the cart was already full, and he bought everything.

Yu Wen raised his eyes and gasped, "Isn't that the new student god in your class?"

Xue Tingyue took the airborne exam and crushed the once stable No. [-] in the grade. The former No. [-] in the grade refused to accept the challenge, and he didn't even lift his eyelids.

In the last monthly exam, everyone called him Xueba. After seeing the final exam rankings, Qi Qi changed it to Xueba.

Tong Huai turned his head and saw that the vegetable and fruit area was opposite, and it was really Xue Ting who was picking watermelons there.

During the summer vacation, Xue Ting took off his baggy school uniform, and Xue Ting wore a simple black short-sleeved T-shirt. It's eye punching.

For some reason, Tong Huai always felt that Xue Ting's lazy appearance was not enough, and his hands were itchy just looking at it.

At this time, Xue Ting was holding a watermelon, and was very down-to-earth while listening to it, looking quite professional.

Several little girls nearby had already bought watermelons, but when they saw Xue Ting, they blushed and leaned over to pretend to buy more.

"Do you want to say hello?"

Yu Wen is in Class Seven, and like Tong Huai, he is a scumbag and likes to fight, so he became a school bully out of nowhere.He is so scumbag that he is very self-conscious and self-cultivated. When he sees someone with good academic performance, he will be more admirable.

A while ago, Tong Huai was annoyed to death because of the agreement with Tong Jingyuan, and felt that he hated the person, so he told his brother, like a little girl who complained to her little sister, she didn't tell him about the quarrel she had made with Xue Ting. He quickly grabbed Yu and asked, "No, I'm annoying him to death."

Tong Huai is heartless, and it's not easy to hate someone down-to-earth.

Yu Wen immediately united front with his brother: "Cheng, listen to you, from today on, Xue Ting has also entered my little fish's first-class blacklist."

Xue Ting didn't know that he was dragged into the blacklist.

The two who dragged him into the blacklist were still hiding behind the shelves, quietly watching him pick melons with bated breath.

He looked down at the watermelon in his hand, pondered for a moment, bought the melon with an experimental spirit, and asked the clerk to cut it up.

Seeing him picking melons professionally and skillfully for a long time, even Tong Huai and Yu Wen were a little curious, and they craned their necks behind the shelves to take a look——

A click.

The scoop of white seeds is tender.

Waste melon.

Xue Ting and the melon stared at each other with wide eyes, their calm and calm expression broke for a moment, as if they didn't quite believe that they had failed.

For a moment, he pondered and chose one carefully.

click-

Another bastard.

Being able to accurately pick out the two worst melons from dozens of melons is also an amazing skill.

Tong Huai leaned on Yu Wen, covering his mouth and stomach, laughing like crazy.

Seeing that Xue Ting wanted to pick again, a nearby aunt who picked melons couldn't stand it anymore, weighed a melon, patted it sounding good, and raised her hand to send it over: "Young man, look at this."

The clerk took it and skillfully raised his hand and waved the knife.

The knife was raised and the red juice splashed out.

Click once, the sound is crisp, the red flesh is exposed, and it is crisp and sweet at first glance.

Xue Ting stayed in place for a few seconds, then tilted his head, obviously temporarily having some doubts about this world.

After freezing for a while, he answered the phone, and Tong Huai only heard the last voice, "Well, I bought watermelon and I'll be back" in a vague way.

Then he thanked his aunt, covered the cut watermelon with plastic wrap, and carried it to the checkout.

Inexplicably, Tong Huai remembered the bloodstains on Xue Ting's hands.

For some unknown reason, as soon as Xue Ting left, he quickly poked Yu Wen to follow him. He still hadn't forgotten to bring the carton of milk. After paying the bill in the other team, he followed Xue Ting out of the supermarket a few steps late and met Xue Ting. Get on the bus, heading west of the city.

This area is also unceremoniously called the "poor area". The farther to the west, the poorer it is. There are mountains outside the city. There are no wonders and cultural relics. Nothing can be developed, and it has been shelved for many years.

It seems that Xue Ting's family situation is not very good.

Tong Huai came to a conclusion, turned around and left Xue Ting behind, and took Yu Wen to the old house with a bunch of things.

Because Tong Jingyuan selfishly wanted to keep the place as it was, so it hadn't been refurbished for so many years, and only strengthened the places that were prone to collapse.

The old house lives up to its name. The whole building has two floors. Only one of the two downstairs houses is occupied by an old couple, and the upstairs is also empty.

Tong Huai took out the key and opened the door. With a creak, the small house of more than 40 square meters was in sight.Two bedrooms and one living room, with a small kitchen and a bathroom, the walls are mottled, the furnishings are old, and the furniture is covered with the filter of time.

It was very different from the villa on the back of Tong's house, it was shabby to death.

It is said that this is the place where Tong Huai's mother grew up.

Tong Huai babbled, he didn't like this, he didn't like that, but when he came to this old house that was not good anywhere, he didn't like anything.

Yu Wen was very discerning and didn't complain blindly.

The two spent a lot of time in the supermarket, and bought a lot of things blindly. After they took apart the things and put them away one by one, it was already dark.

Yu Wen patted his head: "Fuck, my old man came to dinner tonight, and almost forgot, brother, contact me if you need something, the military division is always online to serve you. I'll run away first."

As soon as he left, the small old house seemed empty.

Tong Huai took out his mobile phone, ordered a takeaway, and wandered around the old house for a few times, looking at the tables with mottled red paint and the sofa with white and ripped edges, then squatted against the wall and studied for a while. The graffiti on it was not very clear, and finally turned to the balcony. Seeing that the pot of double rose was still alive, I knew that Tong Jingyuan had taken time to come here to water it.

Tch, running to water the flowers doesn't care about the left-behind son.

Complaining in his heart, Tong Huai picked up the watering can and watered the flowers too.

He was brought by Tong Jingyuan, but he didn't stay here overnight. He took a shower after eating, and lay down on the bed in the master bedroom. Even though Aunt Chen came to make the bed for him in advance, he still wasn't used to it.

The sound insulation of the old house is poor, and it is not a good location. The sound of traffic and nearby voices yelling "stop playing, little bastard, go home and sleep" are as clear as if they are next door.

Tong Huai couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, so he just got up and played a physics competition explanation video.

The effect was outstanding. Accompanied by the uniform speed and linear motion, he fell asleep in a daze after struggling for a long time.

The next day, when Tong Huai woke up, it was already daylight.

He stared at the phone in a daze - eight o'clock in the morning, still early.

Tong Huai lay back in peace and closed his eyes.

Three seconds later, he jumped up like an electric shock, hurriedly rushed to the bathroom to brush his teeth, wash his face, put on his clothes, put on his shoes and ran out with his mobile phone.

Chaiji restaurant is not far from here, but when he arrived, Tong Huai was already late for more than half an hour.

Chai Liguo was holding a stopwatch, squatting at the door of the store and counting slowly, seeing the child running out of breath, he smiled and said, "As your father said, you will be late on the first day." .Huaibao, wages will be deducted."

Tong Huai supported his knees, the young man was just at the height of his height, he looked thin, with a cute little face, not to mention how pitiful he was.

He lowered his voice and called bitterly: "Uncle Chai..."

Without saying anything, it was hard for people to say no to her coquettish tone.

Chai Liguo's heart softened for a few seconds, and then became ruthless, and decided to deduct wages.

Tong Huai couldn't act like a baby, and said with a sullen face, "Then don't tell my dad that I'm late."

It's so embarrassing, it will definitely be ridiculed by Tong Jingyuan until next year.

Chai Liguo saw that the young master was so listless that a bunch of hair on the top of his head drooped, so he hurriedly said goodbye, and the little curly hair came back to life.

When the store is not busy, Chai Liguo can handle it by himself, but the store is busy recently, and Chai Liguo's wife had another operation, so he is not too busy to come alone.

It was probably because of a casual conversation with Tong Jingyuan that Tong Jingyuan came up with this idea.

After entering the store, Chai Liguo handed Tong Huai an apron: "Huaibao, put it on."

Tong Huai's father called him Zai Zai, and his mother called him Huai Bao.

Tong Huai looked at the pink chick apron that Chai Liguo bought specially, and didn't feel that he was a treasure at all, so he let go of his black face and didn't want to do it anymore.

Seeing Tong Huai's sullen face and refusing to put on the apron, Chai Liguo sighed: "Your father said you are a little man, and you will definitely not break the contract..."

Tong Huai's ears twitched, struggled for a while, gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and put on this pink little apron humiliatingly.

There were many customers sitting in the store waiting for breakfast, and they were all happy to see him: "Hey, where is this handsome guy?"

"Don't pull your face, pink suits you better, Jun."

"Old Chai, your son? He has thin skin and tender flesh, unlike you."

Chai Liguo poked his head out of the kitchen and waved a spoon: "My son has taken root abroad, how can he still remember me and his mother. I stole this, it's fragile, you handle it carefully."

Everyone let out a burst of good-natured laughter.

In the lively atmosphere, Tong Huai squatted in the corner of the kitchen with his face covered, preparing his mind relentlessly.

Chai Liguo watched him grow up, knew his little bad temper, and didn't urge him. After working on his own for a while, he saw Tong Huai struggle to get up. He didn't know where to find a mask and put it on: "... …I'm ready."

Chai Liguo looked at the weather temperature in disbelief: "The weather forecast is 42 degrees today, and there is no air conditioner in the store."

"Uncle," Tong Huai said sullenly, "face is important."

Chai Liguo brandished a kitchen knife: "Little brat, is it embarrassing to work here?"

"It's embarrassing to be found out why you came to work here." As soon as Tong Huai was obedient, he immediately took off his mask, smiled flatteringly at Chai Liguo, then swallowed, obediently carried the plate out, and attracted Let's have a laugh.

Tong Huai: "..."

Forget it.

Anyway, in this area, apart from Uncle Chai, probably no one knows him.

The young master is now saving the sufferings of the world, and those who eat the breakfast served by him will be honored and blessed.

After hypnotizing himself, Tong Huai discovered a new problem.

Serving the dishes was okay, but he resisted wiping the table.The table was sprinkled with soy sauce, vegetable oil and porridge. It looked dirty and a little disgusting. He held a rag and couldn't help it.

Chai Liguo knew how to deal with him, and drew out his tone: "Your father said you are a little man..."

Tong Huai went down as soon as he wiped the cloth.

After wiping the two tables, Tong Huai went to the back kitchen to wash the rag with a frown.While washing, another customer came into the shop that had just been emptied.

Chai Liguo greeted: "I'm here today too."

The other party responded, the voice is unique to young people, but the voice is deeper.

A little familiar.

Tong Huai looked up, and a handsome face with a deep memory fell into sight.

Damn it, Xue Ting!