born to ashes

After Josh went back, he looked left and right in the mirror, am I really fat?Not fat, okay.

Looking at it this way, it seems that I have gained a lot of weight.

With a drooping face, he asked Wei Linze: "Wei Wei, have I gained a lot of weight?"

Wei Linze was eating the food he brought back without even raising his head, "No."

Obviously, Wei Linze's attitude was not convincing.

Josh thought about it, because he felt that he didn't go out of the door all day long, and didn't even take part in taking out the garbage downstairs. The key is that he is easy to gain weight. Why don't he go for a walk every night, which is healthy and can be adjusted Feeling.

Wei Linze was very pleased about this.It's always good to go out for a walk more. Proper exercise after dinner can also improve the quality of sleep, which is also good for Josh.

Passing through the small gate on the south side of the family area is an old playground, where people from the family house and students from the nearby dormitory building gather. It is especially lively after the sun goes down.Normal running, walking, slow walking, and stop-motion animation-style exercise on the track, plus the rampant army moving forward like a fat bug with the subwoofer turned on, it can be said to be spectacular.

Josh looked at those stop-motion animations and expressed his concern sincerely, "I'm really afraid that they will be crushed by the berserk army."

The lawn in the middle of the playground is also very lively, playing Tai Chi, even soft sword, and the sunset red dance troupe playing music to compete with the runaway army.

Your music is loud, and I am louder than you. If you play DJ, I will play rock. If you have rap, I am not afraid of you. We have freestyle.

Grandpa and aunt are really nice.

Josh didn't want to stand on the track for fear of being run over, and he didn't want to stand on the middle lawn.

Wei Linze pointed to the Runaway Legion, "You can join them."

Josh quickly shook his head like a rattle, "No no no no no no no."

Wei Linze pointed at the Sunset Red Dance Troupe again, "Then you want to join them?"

Josh couldn't help imagining the scene of himself dancing square dance with his uncle, forget it, let's not think about it.

"Actually, I skipped here with the teacher for a while before."

Old Liu?

Josh looked Wei Linze up and down, the master and apprentice are really... miraculous.

"That's really a master-student relationship? You can bear to force you to dance in the square dance." Josh laughed so hard that his whole face crumpled together, Wei Linze danced in the square dance, hahahahahahaha, Wei Linze danced in the square dance, hahahahaha Ha ha.

"Other sports are indeed mostly compulsory by Mr. Liu, but this one," Wei Linze said solemnly, "I am indeed voluntary."

Therefore, in this life, no matter how many things go wrong, one must live well. Only after living for a long time, interesting things will appear one after another.If you really die in the shadows, thank you.If you can't come to this world just to suffer these sufferings, die before you see the sun, or die before you smell the fragrance of flowers, then the statement of this life is only a thin word of suffering.Therefore, those who have suffered have to work harder.

If you don't work hard, how can you see such a spectacle as Wei Linze dancing in the square.

Josh looked at Wei Linze who was standing behind the grandpa and aunt. The square dance is actually not ugly, the key is to see who dances.Why is Wei Wei dancing so beautifully?

Grandma Sun, who lived upstairs, waved to Josh in the square dance army and asked him to dance along with her.

Josh waved his hand reservedly.

He will not go.

Wei Wei's square dance has an inspirational effect. If he passes by, the positive outlook on life and death that he has built up with great difficulty will be beaten back to its original form in an instant.

The weather is already unbelievably stuffy. The sound of students reciting books in the teaching building is mixed with the sound of the motor of the small electric fan, as if the boiling water vapor in the big pot of the teaching building cannot rush out of the container.

The students who handed in the papers in advance grabbed their schoolbags at the door and rushed to review for the next exam. Wei Linze carefully recalled his college days while invigilating the exam. It seemed that he hadn't felt this kind of tension for a long time. .

Wei Linze completed the invigilation of the last exam, and walked out with the test paper in his arms.There are not many students who are reviewing at the end of the term. In the corridor of the teaching building, some students who are taking the postgraduate entrance examination are sitting in twos and threes, holding a small fan in one hand and a vocabulary book in the other. Their hair is covered with sweat, and they shout out of the window: "abandon!" ! ABANDON, abandon!"

To be honest, Wei Linze has never gone through the postgraduate entrance examination.I can't say I'm sorry, but I always feel that I took a detour when I was walking towards the end. Although I don't regret it, I am curious about what the other road looks like.

Wei Linze may be born to be an academic. His academic achievements are not low in the Faculty of Arts. Even some old teachers who are older than him can only sigh "you are awesome" to him.

Not to mention anything else, just the award he got when he was an undergraduate is enough to make people greedy.

Not to mention, because of this award, he was exceptionally admitted by Mr. Liu as a master's degree. Under Mr. Liu's leadership, the authoritative academic awards he has won over the years are even more important.

Therefore, although Wei Linze said that his tenure was not enough, the qualifications for the title of associate professor cannot be said to be insufficient.

When the leader called Wei Linze over, he first praised him as usual for being "young and promising" and "formidable future generations". These oblique ways of speaking.

Wei Linze dealt with it absent-mindedly, until the leader had nothing to say after a round of boasting, and then repeated that he was young and promising, and then turned to the main topic.

"Mr. Wei, look, you are still young, and it is not an exaggeration. Your academic achievements have even surpassed many professors who are not young. You will have many opportunities in the future, but some of our old teachers can't do it. .”

Wei Linze nodded, and the next step is likely to be a magazine.

as expected.The leader continued: "Look at that magazine of ours. I've always kept this in mind when you took the lead at the beginning, but the development of the teachers in our courtyard is going hand in hand, right? Next semester, your professional title will be evaluated. , I promise, I will give you a name on the teacher in charge of the magazine in the future."

"Dean Luan..." Wei Linze looked at him with a smile, "Is the courtyard notifying me or asking for my opinion?"

"I must be asking for your opinion." Dean Luan didn't expect him to ask this directly. Although he looked like the good old man Wei Linze on the surface, there were thorns in his words, "Xiao Wei, this matter Don't worry about anything in your heart."

"Dean, I don't feel burdened." Wei Linze said, "At that time, you and I were in charge of the magazine, and we were ordered at the critical moment. Although there has been no major development in the past few years, nothing has gone wrong. Today, I can give you an explanation. "

Every word is to the point, without any complaints, but he sees opportunities everywhere, with a cold face and sarcasm.

"If you ask me for an opinion in the yard, after all, I really have a deep affection for "The Wave" because of the hard-working friendship in the downturn." Wei Linze paused, but didn't see what the dean wanted to say, "But in the yard I will not object to the decision."

There are many professors in the Faculty of Liberal Arts with strong backs. Compared to this, it is not difficult for someone like Wei Linze who openly does not object. Besides, he is indeed unkind in this matter. He patted Wei Linze on the shoulder , "Mr. Wei, in fact, magazines are not an easy task. It is more convenient to find a teacher who has professional knowledge in editing and publishing. Besides, you are also a talent here. Why don't you make a name and concentrate on researching?" academic."

Why didn't Wei Linze fight?Because you know the result, you know you can't compete.

What the dean said is not completely unreasonable. The scattered tasks of holding magazines are not of much use to Wei Linze's academic temperament that does not pay attention to interpersonal communication. It is better to let those teachers who need the network of great writers .

Feelings are something absurd to say, even if it is a hard-working feeling in a declining situation, when it is time to let it go, you can let it go.

After he came out of the teaching building, he went to the school cafeteria and packed two barrel meals.Because I was delayed in the dean's office for a long time, it was past meal time, and there were not many students in the restaurant.Seeing that there were not many people, he went to line up and planned to buy a small fried meatball for Josh.

When he was in line, the little brother in the cafeteria happened to have a portion in the lunch box, but the iron plate in front of him was gone.Wei Linze also wanted to express his gratitude to the younger brother for his thoughtfulness, but who knew that the younger brother hurriedly hid the box of small balls behind his back, with an embarrassed expression on his face, "It's sold out."

Nonsense!

It's too insincere to hide secretly.

Wei Linze nodded and walked away without saying anything.Maybe my little brother really wants to eat it, so he will buy it next time.

After leaving the side door of the restaurant, he entered the small supermarket on the side to buy milk for Josh.The owner of the supermarket was eating by the drink box outside, and greeted Wei Linze. Wei Linze smiled gently and went in to pick up milk.

Originally, he wanted to carry a box, but when he thought of Josh's feat of emptying out other people's shelves, he still pulled out a bag and put a few boxes of all kinds of milk on the shelf in it.

Take some pure milk, not oat milk, a few boxes of Wangzai milk, and a few more boxes of Future Star.

Wangzai Milk has a new flavor, and when he was hesitating which one to buy, a loud voice came from outside.

"Fat smash! Look what I got for you!"

Wei Linze felt that the voice was familiar, so he glanced out through the window.

Isn't this the guy in the cafeteria who hides fried meatballs?

"Tell you, it's thanks to me that I can secretly hide a copy for you without anyone noticing!" The canteen boy's voice was very clear. There was a ball in my brother's mouth.

The little brother chewed it a few times, and continued, "So many people like to eat this little meatball, who can eat it every day, thanks to my skill, you can eat it every day!"

"Let me tell you, the meatballs almost couldn't be kept today, thanks to the fact that the person who wanted to buy the meatballs kept pressing his phone, so I hid behind his back while he wasn't paying attention."

Wei Linze couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth, even if he pressed the phone, he could still see it from the corner of his eye, okay?

Throughout the whole process, the boys in the cafeteria were dancing and talking. Today, a few students used the water card as a meal card, and a few couples quarreled at the dining window, and a few people fell down because the floor was too slippery. Malaysia lying down.

The owner of the supermarket listened while eating, and kept looking at the little brother and smiling, but didn't interrupt, just took the chopsticks and kept stuffing the little brother's mouth.Almost as soon as the little brother swallowed it, he could make up for it, and the food supply continued continuously.

The boy in the cafeteria was chewing rice, and went to grab the beer bottle that the boss put aside. The boss snatched it and threw him a bottle of juice.

The boy from the cafeteria went over to grab beer from him, and the supermarket owner poured it into his stomach after a few gulps. The boy from the cafeteria patted his belly in anger, "Look at your beer belly! Drink it and go ahead."

The supermarket owner smiled, "My body is fed by you fried meatballs a day, and my stomach is to prevent you from drinking beer."

"But go to you, the first time I saw you, you were already fully fleshed out."

Wei Linze looked at the Wangzai milk on the shelf and smiled, took a bottle of each flavor and put it in the bag.

When he went out to pay, the boy in the cafeteria recognized him at a glance, and quickly covered his mouth.Wei Linze didn't say anything, just smiled and asked the boss how much it was.

The boss looked at the milk in the bag.

The boy in the cafeteria tugged at his sleeve and said quietly, "Give me a discount, give me a discount, and I'll charge you less money."

The owner of the supermarket lowered his head and suddenly smiled, "Okay."

"Make a discount and add a zero, let's give it seventy." After he finished speaking to Wei Linze, he looked at the boy in the cafeteria, who nodded solemnly.

When Wei Linze hadn't gone far, he heard the boy from the cafeteria say to the boss from behind: "The little balls we ate today were snatched from him, so I gave you a discount."

"Even if there is no reason, I can't listen to you asking me to discount." The boss said.

When Wei Linze talked about it when he was going back to dinner, Josh stuffed a mouthful of rice into his mouth, "Do you know what this is? The privileged class can't compare to the insiders. How about those princes and generals in ancient times who could be beaten by a few eunuchs?" To be framed to death."

"What kind of metaphor." Wei Linze pointed to the milk on the side, "I even gave you a discount because of guilt."

"If I were," he gestured with a hand, "I could bargain down to fifty."

Wei Linze said, "I think you want it to be given away for nothing."

"Why not? The fried meatballs are so delicious, it's not worth the bag of milk." Josh rolled his eyes.

This concept of value has been replaced very well.

"If you are in business, you are sure to make a lot of money." Wei Linze put the students' test papers in order, "I will use the study to approve the test papers tonight."

"Oh. Don't bother you." Josh pouted.

Wei Linze originally wanted to approve part of it first, but he forgot the time as soon as he sat down, and finished the approval before he knew it.He stretched himself. The students must be very surprised to see the results come out so quickly.

Josh was nestled on the sofa watching TV, barely turned on the volume, and Er Gazi was sleeping on his lap.

Seeing Er Gazi, Wei Linze went over and asked, "Isn't Er Gazi not close to people?"

Josh turned up the volume, "Where, I brought him here."

"I think Er Gazi has been a bit listless recently, and he wasn't so restless before, but now his appetite has decreased a lot." Wei Linze leaned over to take a look at Er Gazi.

"I also feel a little bit, I have to take it to see a doctor when I have time."

Josh carried Er Gazi back to its nest. It opened its eyes, but closed its eyes without jumping out to get into the box.

How old is Er Gazi?

In fact, thinking about it this way, Josh suddenly felt that the previous years seemed to be wasted, and he couldn't remember, when he met Er Gazi, he couldn't even remember his own age.

Later, he took Ergazi to the hospital for an examination, and he was not sick.The doctor held the Ergazi and handed it to Josh, and said lightly, "It's old."

Oh, Er Gazi is already old.

What about him?

He has lived until now, watched Yang Kangping leave with his own eyes, and watched Zhong An die contentedly with his own eyes, how long can he live?Suffering day after day, he survived for such a long time. He pulled his hair, and even his hair grew so long.

When Wei Linze's manuscript fee arrived, he urged Wei Linze to treat him to dinner. When asked how to use the money, Wei Linze's idea was simple, save enough to buy a house for the down payment.

At that time, he could already see the gap between him and Wei Linze.Wei Linze is the kind of person who can live a lifetime in this world in a down-to-earth manner. He plans for the future and considers stability.

If you ask Josh, what would he do with such a sum of money at his disposal.

Maybe it's buying a car, maybe buying clothes, or putting it in the card, you don't need to consider other factors to buy what you want to buy.Because he never thought that he might have a future.Maybe die tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow.It's a thought Josh has had every day over the years.

In this world, there is nothing he can't let go of.

All of his wealth can fit into a small suitcase, and all of him will one day fit into a small box.

It seems that people can only compete with boxes in this life.