Brightness of Rebirth

After the meeting was over, Lu Minglang took out the bag from the drawer and carried it on his back, followed Sheng Jianming downstairs to the east gate.

When he was going out the door, he saw Shen Yanheng coming out of the stairs in front, he turned his head and met his eyes again.

Lu Minglang pulled the strap of the backpack, told Sheng Jianming that he should go home first and notify his family, then took off the backpack and handed it to him, while he went to the main entrance which is closer to the teaching building.

With two bags on his back, Sheng Jianming was going back to the Xiaojia opposite the east gate to wait for Lu Minglang with his parents.

Shen Yanheng saw Lu Minglang parting ways with him, and originally just glanced at them, but when Sheng Jianming approached, he grabbed him and asked, "How did Lu Minglang go that way?"

"Boss?" Sheng Jianming said inexplicably, "Boss, he took a taxi home, wouldn't it be farther to go there?"

Before seeing him earlier, Lu Minglang was clearly planning to walk towards the dormitory, Shen Yanheng felt that maybe he just wanted to avoid him because he saw him.

The scar on the lip was still covered with black scabs, Shen Yanheng lightly touched the spot with his fingers, said goodbye to Sheng Jianming, and left.

Sheng Jianming turned his head to look at the direction Lu Minglang left and then Shen Yanheng walking towards the dormitory, and couldn't help saying: "What the hell is going on..."

But of course no one answered him.

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Lu Minglang quickly hired a car at the school gate, and since the National Day was here, there were more cars here.

Back at the Lu residence, Lu Minghao was already at home. He was sitting on the sofa holding a game console and playing "biubiubiu" while Ai Jingya was holding two long bamboo needles, and the little girl sitting next to him Knitting a scarf on the sofa.

"Auntie." Lu Minglang said.

Ai Jingya turned her head in surprise.

"I have to go back to my hometown on National Day, and you can talk to Dad when he comes back."

"Go back to your hometown?" Ai Jingya said, "Lujiatang?"

"Correct."

Ai Jingya let go of the things in her hand and the bag of wool under her feet, stood up and said, "Your father hasn't come back yet, should we discuss this matter with him after he comes back?" Looking at Lu Minglang Her posture seemed to be leaving immediately, if not, she didn't need to tell her.

Lu Minglang said: "It's not a big deal, I'm just going home with my friend, the train ticket has already been bought."

Ai Jingya said: "Are you going back by train?"

"With friends."

Ai Jingya frowned, came over to put Lu Minglang on the shoulder and said, "Minglang, you should tell your father about this matter."

Lu Zhongsong will definitely be angry if Lu Minglang goes home like this, and Ai Jingya doesn't want to be Lu Zhongsong's punching bag because of this.

Lu Minglang said: "The train tickets are all bought, I can't go if I don't go." After a pause, he said, "I'll also go back to get some things, I've got them all, if Dad doesn't agree after he comes back, wait until I come back and talk to him." Let me tell you."

"Hey——" Ai Jingya wanted to stop him, but Lu Minglang's movements were very fast, he didn't even bring anything back, as if he just came to let him know, and was about to leave.

Lu Minghao let go of the game console in his hand and turned to look at him. Ai Jingya chased him out the door, and said a little anxiously: "Minglang, you are in such a hurry, do you want to leave immediately?"

"I made an appointment for today. I also came to City B with my friends back then, so my dad doesn't have to worry."

Of course Ai Jingya knew that Lu Minglang would not lose such a big person, but if she left without saying hello to Lu Zhongsong in person, wouldn't this still make Lu Zhongsong angry and blame her?

"Why don't you go to the company and talk to him?" Ai Jingya thought of this method.

Lu Minglang said: "Then it might be too late..." He glanced at his watch and said, "I'm going to gather first, Auntie, please excuse me."

"Hey--"

Ai Jingya chased to the gate, and watched Lu Minglang walking like a fad away from her for about ten meters, stomping her feet, that made her angry.

Lu Minghao came out, stood at the door of the house and looked at Ai Jingya at the iron gate.

Ai Jingya saw her son as soon as she turned her head, and said a little angrily: "Go back, what are you doing out?"

Lu Minghao retracted his head, muttered a few words, walked to the sofa, leaned over and lay down on the sofa again to play the game console.

Lu Minglang took a taxi to the east gate, got out of the car, and went upstairs.

He has already put the keys to Lujiatang's house in his bag, and in that bag are only homework and the form of the creative club, and he is going to take such things home with him.

Sheng Jianming and the others have already made preparations. Except for some orders from the hospital that need to be taken home and put away, other medical records are stored here for the convenience of seeing a doctor in the future.

"The ticket is five o'clock, and there is one hour left."

"We'll go to the train station after dinner, so we shouldn't have to wait too long there."

The noodle shop downstairs was closed, Lu Minglang and the others walked along this street to an entrance of a nearby community, only to see a restaurant there.

There were fruit sellers, hardware sellers, and aquatic product sellers. When passing by the aquatic product sellers, a big fish flicked its tail and splashed water on Lu Minglang's trousers.

"!" Lu Minglang jumped in fright, bent down to pat his pants, and the old woman who was sitting there with a stall quickly preemptively said: "You don't even look when you walk, you startle me like a fish."

Lu Minglang was surprised: "I surprised your fish?"

Zhu Meizhen said: "Hey mother-in-law, how can you beat me upside down? It's obviously your fish that dumped someone else's pants."

The old woman sat on the small bench and said, "You didn't startle my fish, why did it suddenly struggle? Oh, I don't want to talk to you more, let's go!"

Sheng Jianming said: "Rely on the old and sell the old."

"Hey--"

Before the old woman could get mad, Sheng Guoqiang took the group of them to the nearby inn.

Sheng Jianming said very angrily, "I've never seen such an unreasonable person!"

Zhu Meizhen said: "She thought we would scold her, so she scolded us first to stop our conversation."

Sheng Guoqiang said: "When we meet such a person, we can't quarrel with her. After arguing, it becomes us bullying the elderly. Just ignore her and leave."

Lu Minglang glanced back at the old woman sitting there, the old woman turned her head to look at them, saw Lu Minglang was looking at him, turned her head back, and went to a younger woman next to her, muttering something.

Rolling up the trouser legs and eating, it took them less than half an hour to finish eating.

When a few people went out, they deliberately stayed away from the old woman by a considerable distance. They waited at the intersection, and stopped a taxi when a vacant taxi appeared.

An acquaintance walked down the street from the east gate, wearing short-sleeved shorts, white socks, and white sneakers.

It was Ding Chengchao, who still had the same dressing habits as before.

Ding Chengchao's hair was disheveled when the wind blew, and the short-sleeved T-shirt was blown up because of the strong wind at the intersection, and even the arms inside could be seen.

He definitely only wore one piece of clothing.

The moment Lu Minglang saw him, he shivered involuntarily, it was really cold - the temperature in the past two days including this morning was quite comfortable, but even in the morning temperature, Ding Chengchao had been wearing such thin clothes all the time. will feel very cold.

Ding Chengchao walked along the street, passing the old woman like them. Because of the fish wagging its tail, there was a small puddle of water in front of the basin in front of the old woman, and a few pieces of it that had dried up but had become slippery again. fish scales.

Ding Chengchao stepped on the slippery fish scales unpreparedly, because his shoes were not non-slip, and he was absent-minded.

Sheng Jianming followed Lu Minglang's gaze and just happened to see this scene, he was stunned.

He thought that Lu Minglang was unlucky enough, but he didn't expect that there was someone more unlucky than him.

"Fuck, fuck!" Ding Chengchao's eyes turned red, he suddenly went into a rage, and directly hit the concrete floor on both sides with his fist.

It was also a coincidence that the old woman's small basin was in his hand, and with a "pop", he knocked over the basin.

The whole basin of water got into his arms together with the thumping fish.

Ding Chengchao was splashed with water drops all over his face by the tail of the fish, his lower body was soaked, and he looked at the struggling fish in his arms in bewilderment.

"You—are you insane!" The old lady cursed immediately, stood up, stretched out her hand and snatched the fish from Ding Chengchao's hand, straightened the basin, put the fish in and brought another from the side The big bottle was filled with a lot of water.

Ding Chengchao stood up with a distorted expression, supported his waist, and said, "Please, you made the ground in front so slippery, I was careless, okay?"

"What's wrong with the water slippery? Why don't others slip when they come over, and you are the only one?"

Ding Chengchao blushed and said, "You are making unreasonable words!"

The old woman began to curse when she stood up, standing with her waist thrust up like a compasses, spitting out a series of obscenities.

Although Ding Chengchao usually likes to swear and speak ill of others, he was dumbfounded at this level - ten times stronger than the gangsters he had ever seen.

But after all, Ding Chengchao was the family's favorite, so it was fine to just say a few words, but the old woman kept scolding him, and he was already holding his breath in his heart. , the big fish thumped and went to the distance, the old woman cursed and trotted two steps to catch the fish.

Ding Chengchao laughed loudly, pointed at him and said, "You deserve it!" He patted his trouser legs, wanting to go back to the dormitory to change clothes.

When walking towards the intersection, he happened to see Lu Minglang and Sheng Jianming.

Both Lu Minglang and Sheng Jianming were staring at him, and they might have seen the previous scene.

Ding Chengchao glared at Sheng Jianming with even more fierce eyes, and then glared at Lu Minglang twice.

Lu Minglang received his eye knife inexplicably, Ding Chengchao walked up to him, and said very angrily: "What a coincidence."

"Such a coincidence."

Ding Chengchao said: "Don't be complacent, brother Shen didn't hit me this time."

Lu Minglang said blankly, "Huh?"

Ding Chengchao bumped into him and left angrily.

"Minglang, is that your classmate?" Sheng Guoqiang asked as he looked at Ding Chengchao's back.

Lu Minglang touched his bumped shoulder, and said, "The ones in the next class are also considered classmates."

Zhu Meizhen said: "Why did your classmate speak so strangely? What did he say that brother didn't beat him?"

Lu Minglang suddenly remembered that Fang Yunfan told him in his previous life that Ding Chengchao was beaten by Shen Yanheng when he climbed onto Shen Yanheng's bed.

Did Ding Chengchao fail to climb the bed?

"Mom, it's okay, that person's brain is not very good." At this time, Sheng Jianming already knew that Ding Chengchao was likely to be jealous with Lu Minglang, so he quickly covered it.

Sheng Guoqiang said: "Nonsense, he has already been admitted to University A, and he still has a bad brain?"

Sheng Jianming said: "It's only after I got into A University that I can't use my brain well. This... something unexpected happened today."

Lu Minglang, who was in the know, burst into laughter, and Zhu Meizhen was also happy, and said angrily, "You're talking nonsense!"

An empty taxi passed by at this moment, and Zhu Meizhen and his party quickly got in and went to the train station. The driver also knew the way.

Talking and laughing along the way, even the driver chatted with them all the way.

Zhu Meizhen got out of the car and saw the largest railway station in City B. She sighed softly and said, "At the time, I thought I would go back immediately after I came here, but I didn't expect to stay here for so long."

Lu Minglang and Sheng Jianming stood beside her, one on the left and one on the right, and said: "Fortunately, the disease was discovered early and the operation was done, so I can rest easy from now on."

Zhu Meizhen said, "That's the reason."

He still took the green leather train to go back. Lu Minglang's symptoms of motion sickness are much better now, but the green leather train will be bumpy for more than ten hours, and he will not be able to bear it.

Zhu Meizhen sat close to Sheng Guoqiang, and Lu Minglang sat close to Sheng Jianming.

Lu Minglang sat by the window and opened the windows of the green leather train to let the outside wind blow in, while he closed his eyes on the window sill beside him.

Sheng Jianming said: "Boss, the wind is too strong. If you keep blowing by the window, will it..."

Lu Minglang changed his posture and said, "No, I'll block it with my arm."

Sheng Jianming knew he was motion sick, so he didn't say much.Moreover, although the wind was strong after the train opened the windows, the air blowing in was very cool.

Sheng Jianming also lay on the back of the chair and closed his eyes. Zhu Meizhen and Sheng Guoqiang in front of him talked a few words from time to time, and they were much more energetic than when they came here.

Before departure this time, Zhu Meizhen bought marinated eggs and marinated chicken legs, but did not buy the box lunch on the train. When Lu Minglang and Sheng Jianming were hungry, she handed them the bread and chicken legs from the front.

Sheng Jianming devoured it a bit. Lu Minglang hadn't eaten these for a long time, and he also thought it tasted good.

Ten or so hours sounds like a long time, but when I slept all the way, the time passed quickly.

When he got out of the car and returned to a familiar place, Lu Minglang felt as if he had passed away.

Both Sheng Jianming and Zhu Meizhen's family lived in Longqiao Village, Lu Minglang followed them to Longqiao Village, then packed his backpack and prepared to go home.

Zhu Meizhen wanted to let Sheng Jianming go with her, and she could move things along the way, but of course Lu Minglang refused, saying: "The second child should clean up here, my house has been emptied before, and only the books are left gone."

There are only a few boxes of books and notes in the room, which are not valuable things.

After Zhu Meizhen heard what Lu Minglang said, she didn't force her. After telling Lu Minglang about the time for dinner, she asked Sheng Guoqiang to go shopping for vegetables. She and Sheng Jianming cleaned up at home, while Lu Minglang went home.

The old house had already been evacuated, and all the furniture inside had been sold.

Lu Minglang greeted the villagers who recognized him along the way.Once there, open the door and walk in.

The places where no one lived soon had a sense of decay. Although there were no cobwebs inside, the dust was already visible to the naked eye.

There was a thin layer of dust on the bookcases he placed on the second floor.

Lu Minglang took a broom and swept the floor from top to bottom for a while, then moistened the rag hanging in the yard with water, and wiped off all the dust on the box.

In fact, there is nothing to come back. In his previous life, he only came back after so many years.

After Lu Zhongsong lived in City B, he spent New Years in City B, but because he sponsored a large amount of money to his relatives and even the village, people in Lujiatang didn't gossip about him. After all, they couldn't After receiving the favor of people, they arrange people behind their backs, right?

It is not convenient to bring so many books there at once, and some things should be discarded.

Lu Minglang was going to buy a box and divide it into another box, pick out the ones he really couldn't bear to give up, and leave the others there.

Wash your hands, go out and lock the door.

Lu Minglang went to the nearest canteen in the village to buy a box and a woven bag.

Lu Jianghe, the owner of the canteen, was very pleasantly surprised when he saw him: "Hey! The provincial champion is back!"

At this moment, there was only one cigarette buyer in the canteen who just walked in the doorway, but he turned his head and glanced at Lu Minglang, Lu Minglang blushed slightly, and said in embarrassment: "Don't do this, uncle, I'm even ashamed if you're like this."

Lu Jianghe laughed loudly, with a bold look: "I'm sorry!" He walked out of the transparent cabinet, patted him on the shoulder twice, and said, "Don't say he is the provincial champion, my wife's belly In the future, if you can get an A major, no! C major! No need to focus, as long as you have an undergraduate degree. I can wake up laughing from this dream..."

Lu Minglang said: "Then you have to take good care of your little nephew at ordinary times, don't let others spoil him." Lu Jianghe has been selling lottery tickets here for so many years, and there are many people who come and go.

Lu Jianghe usually had a good relationship with Lu Minglang, but he had a pretty good relationship with other people, so he couldn't help but feel a little happier when he found that Lu Minglang was close to him.

"At that time, I will come to you to learn from your study experience. How did you get such a high score?"

Lu Minglang said: "Definitely." After buying a box and a woven bag, Lu Minglang took the things and took a few steps, then turned around.

Lu Jianghe walked back to the cupboard, saw him turn around, and asked curiously, "Do you want to buy anything else?"

Lu Minglang said: "Uncle, you..."

Lu Jianghe seemed to realize something, and whispered mysteriously: "Do you want to ask... Quan Long?"

In that "lottery" lottery, someone in Lujiatang won 2 yuan, so Lu Jianghe naturally kept the news of who won the lottery tightly, saying that he didn't know.

At that time, there was an event in the store, and Lu Minglang bought Quanlong, and he wanted to persuade him to buy it in a different order, because the order was special, so he remembered that the winner was Lu Minglang's.

Originally, he wanted to pick a time to take Lu Minglang to receive the award. Lu Minglang's parents were not here. It would be dangerous for him to go out and ask for so much money as a young man, but before he went to find Lu Minglang, he received a call saying that they The lottery tickets here have already been redeemed, and he even intends to ask him to help promote the publicity.

Lu Jianghe guessed that Lu Minglang had withdrawn the money, and since he had withdrawn it, he would not make that trip, so many eyes were looking at him, wanting to know who won the prize money, he must have looked for Lu Minglang Exposure - he didn't even advertise it as the company over there asked.

Lu Minglang was actually thinking about poaching Lu Jianghe to go to city B, he was taken aback when he heard this, and nodded his head - after all, he wanted to poach him to go to city B, it was related to this matter.

In his previous life, Lu Jianghe helped him and took him all the way to receive the award by train.This kind of affection is really not small, and Lu Minglang also remembers it.But when he was able to repay him, he heard that Lu Jianghe closed the canteen and moved away.

At that time, Lu Minglang was very busy in City B, so he asked Sheng Jianming for news about Lujiatang.

He didn't know what happened to Lu Jianghe, but he didn't hear anything about him when he came back several years later.

Like Lu Zhongsong, there are only a few people who go outside and never come back. If Lu Jianghe doesn't come back, he's either doing too badly, or he might have...

The latter will definitely have bad news, most likely the former.

Lu Jianghe said mysteriously: "Don't worry, no one knows, I didn't even tell your aunt—she didn't ask anyway."

Lu Minglang changed his mind and said with a smile, "Thank you uncle."

His store hasn't opened yet, so it's very likely that people won't be poached now. Let's wait for him to open the store first, and he will definitely come back again.

Lu Jianghe watched Lu Minglang leave with a smile, and even couldn't help saying: "I really don't forget my roots."

The father didn't come back, but the son did. Now it's not Chinese New Year, the old house is sold out, if Lu Minglang can come back, it means he misses the past.With good character and good talent, Lujiatang really flew out of a golden phoenix.

Lu Minglang sorted the books at home into categories, and put his notes and some main course textbooks full of things into small boxes.Other very new books are put together in a box and sold.Keep those who have written, especially the notebooks of the main class.Even if it is not as densely filled with words as the notebook he is going to take, he will keep these notebooks for the main class.

After Lu Minglang did all this, there was a layer of sweat on his forehead, his waist and legs were not sore, but he was still very strong.

Lu Minglang put the most reluctant little box into the woven bag, and took the woven bag to Sheng Jianming's house.

He planned to put this box of books on the second floor opposite the east gate when he returned to City B, and decide whether to sell or keep the others when Lujiatang was demolished.The newer supplementary textbooks are sold today.

Lu Minglang was busy twice, and when he returned to the old house for the second time, he rode Sheng Jianming's bicycle there.

After selling the book, he rode back to Sheng Jianming's house.

There are two good dishes on the table, one meat and one vegetarian.

Sheng Jianming put away all the bowls and chopsticks, and called Lu Minglang to eat.

Zhu Meizhen was still in the kitchen, while Sheng Guoqiang took a bottle of drink and gave them cups.

"Go home for dinner!" Zhu Meizhen came out with two more dishes, and said with a smile, "Let's eat to our heart's content today, don't leave anything behind!"

Both Sheng Jianming and Lu Minglang responded, and Sheng Jianming was even more elated when he deserved it.

The food at University A is not bad, but it is definitely not as good as the craftsmanship at home.

In the middle is a large pot of stewed chicken, which is stewed with mushrooms as usual, bubbling and bubbling in the iron pot, exuding a tempting aroma.

"It's clear." Sheng Guoqiang said suddenly, "I heard from others that your cousin has also gone to City B."