self-deprecating

Gu Ze took out a small iron box from the interlayer of the closet. He knew it was Ms. Gu Lan's treasure chest, which contained the family's bank card and Ms. Gu Lan's account book.

Gu Lan opened the tin box and took out the ledger.

"It's been six years now? I paid back 32, which is still a hundred thousand." Gu Lan spread out the ledger and carefully looked at the numbers on it. "Your Uncle Li and Aunt Li are also very tolerant to us. Back then, your father There was an accident, and you owed more than 40 yuan in foreign debt, and you are young, we can't afford that much money, so he agreed to let us pay it back slowly."

Gu Lan looked at him, "You have grown up and helped your mother share a lot, but my mother always feels indebted to you."

Gu Ze stretched out his hand to hold Gu Lan's hand, "Mom, don't say that, I'm your son, if I don't help you, who will help you? And I'm going to be an adult soon, you raised me up so much, how can I help you?" owe me?"

"Actually, your academic performance was quite good before, but it was slowly delayed. After entering high school, I have no requirements for you. I just hope that you can listen to the class well at school." Gu Lan looked at him gently, "Don't think that I don't know about your skipping class, although you go home on time after school every day, I know when you skip class."

Gu Ze felt that he was doing quite realistically. He didn't get called as a parent, and he went home on time. I don't know where Gu Lan knew about it. Could it be because of his poor grades?

Gu Ze looked at her with the embarrassment and embarrassment of being caught.

Gu Lan smiled at him, "Every time you skip class, you will have the smell of the store on your body. It's a special smell, probably because it has something to do with the car. I know it very well about my son."

"You are really Gu Holmes Lan, you have discovered all of this." Gu Ze said with a smile.

"Let you be glib here." Gu Lan patted the back of his hand, "This time you are finally going to study hard, and I hope you can study hard."

Gu Lan spread the ledger in front of his eyes, "Mom's salary alone is enough for us to live on, and we can pay off the debt by saving a little. I don't object to you being in Xiaolei's shop for so many years. But even if you go to Internet cafes do that power leveling, I want you to spend that time to study hard."

"Now you stay up until the early morning every day. Mom thinks you are working too hard."

Gu Lan looked into her son's eyes, there was a faint grayish blue under the eye circles.

"Mom, I stay up late because I learn too slowly, and I always want to work harder." Gu Ze thought for a moment in his heart. Gu Lan's salary can indeed guarantee the daily life of the two of them, but they still owe money. Debt, [-] to [-] are repaid every year.

"I have already shortened the time to go to the Internet cafe. It will not affect my study and life. Don't worry about it." Gu Ze hastily scanned the account book and put it in the box, "You just wait to receive my progress report Study the transcript."

"Okay, put your things away and go to bed early." Gu Lan directed her son to pack up her things.

Gu Ze put away the iron box and said goodnight to Gu Lan.

Gu Ze was busy with his homework and memorization, and worked hard until after twelve o'clock before rushing to wash up and go to bed.

Thinking that Han Zizhou would come to the house the next day, he still felt a little dazed, why he came to the house for dinner out of nowhere.Gu Lan always feels that eating out is not as good as eating at home. It is clean, hygienic and healthy, and it can better reflect her heart.

Gu Ze turned over on the bed, letting himself think less, he had to get up early tomorrow morning to go to the market to buy vegetables.

When I woke up, it was about the same as when I was in school, around six o'clock.After Gu Ze finished washing, he remembered that he didn't need to wear school uniform today.He took out a black sweater from the wardrobe, put on a short jacket, overalls and short boots, and went out in a cool and handsome appearance.

Such a tall and conspicuous boy stood out among a group of old men and women.Gu Ze walked around the market for a long time, shopping around for potatoes.

The aunt who sold the vegetables saw a young man picking and choosing before she stood still in front of her stall, and said with a smile: "Young man, come out to buy vegetables so early, there are very few young people nowadays who can get up so early and be able to do things like you." .”

Gu Ze picked up two potatoes and put them in a plastic bag, and handed them to her, "Please settle the score."

The aunt who sold the vegetables swiftly counted the money, "Three yuan for one, since you are handsome and capable, I will give you three yuan."

Gu Ze was happy to save money, and smiled, "Thank you, I will come to your house to buy next time."

After speaking, he walked back with a big bag and a small bag.

When she entered the house, Gu Lan was already up, and the prepared breakfast was placed on the table, "Son, you're back, come and eat."

Gu Ze put the dishes in the refrigerator, pulled out the chair and sat down.

Gu Lan looked at her son today, "Son, it seems that my hair hasn't been cut for a long time, it's a bit long."

Gu Ze ate his breakfast and thought about it. He hadn't cared about his hair for more than a month, so it naturally grew long. He nodded and said, "I see, I'll cut it when I come back tonight."

"Okay, I'm going to work, clear away the bowl after eating." Gu Lan put on her coat and went out.

It was only at noon that Han Zizhou remembered that he did not tell Aunt Wu that he would not be at home for dinner in the afternoon.Ever since Gu Ze told him, he had a little bit of anticipation.To be honest, no one has ever invited him to dinner at home before, and Gu Ze's invitation was the first time.

Aunt Wu was a little surprised and asked him, "Aren't you eating at home?"

"Yeah. Go to a friend's house for dinner."

"Well, Mr. Han said that he will be back tonight, won't you have dinner at home?" Aunt Wu asked again.

Han Zizhou nodded, "If you don't eat at home, I'll call him later to apologize, Aunt Wu, don't worry about it."

Aunt Wu listened and said nothing more.

When Han Zizhou went out, Mr. Han and Ms. Li hadn't returned home yet, so he figured it was still early, so he simply went to the store.

Gu Ze must be in the store at this time, and Gu Ze just said that he will have dinner at home tomorrow afternoon, but he didn't tell him where the house is, so he should just go find him.

When Han Zizhou arrived, Gu Ze was slacking off.

Lei Ge slapped Gu Ze on the back, "You boy, are you lazy again today?"

Gu Ze laughed at him, Lei Ge just said it, joking, in fact, there is nothing to do at the moment, it is normal for Gu Ze to stand on the side and play with his mobile phone, it would be more normal if he didn't memorize words while laughing silly .

Gu Ze looked at the Chinese meaning and spelled it out accurately, which is not a small improvement.

After all, he is a person who can get a certificate for a three-point improvement, so he is very satisfied with reciting words at the moment.

Han Zizhou stood by, "'pro' is not 'por'."

Gu Ze was startled, and suddenly jumped two steps away.

"How did you come?"

"I can't come?" Han Zizhou asked back, "Don't you want to eat?"

Gu Ze nodded, "Of course."

Han Zizhou is also wearing a short jacket today, which is inexplicably similar to Gu Ze's.But Gu Ze is wearing gray work clothes at the moment, no one can tell.

"Get off work soon, and..." Gu Zeshe pulled his neck closer and looked at the wall clock on the wall of the shop.

Han Zizhou glanced at his screen lightly, "There are still 28 minutes."

Gu Ze nodded, "I'll be off work soon." Feeling that something was wrong, he frowned, "How do you know?"

Han Zizhou reached out and tapped on the upper right corner of Gu Ze's phone screen, "There's time here."

Gu Ze put away the phone in embarrassment, "Oh."

Lei Ge looked at Han Zizhou, and then said to Gu Ze, "Is this the classmate from before?"

Han Zizhou nodded, "Brother Lei."

"Hello, I heard that Gu Ze has been studying hard recently because someone helped him, is he a classmate?" Lei Ge asked casually.

"it's him."

The weather was a bit cold, and Gu Ze stood outside playing with his mobile phone for a long time, his hands were numb from the cold.Putting his hands in his pockets, he raised his beautiful chin at Han Zizhou.

Lei Ge's eyes lit up, "It's you, it's really hard work for you, if Gu Ze is not obedient in his studies, just tell me, my brother will help you take good care of him."

Han Zizhou glanced at Gu Ze with a smile in his eyes, then turned to Brother Lei and said, "Thank you Brother Lei, Gu Ze is studying hard, don't worry."

Gu Ze: "..."

Glancing at Han Zizhou, Gu Ze said to Brother Lei: "I will study well in class. You have nothing to worry about every day, so worry about your own lifelong affairs."

Lei Ge: "You're the only one who talks a lot of bullshit."

Lei Ge glanced at Gu Ze, "It's almost time to close the door, you pack up and leave."

Gu Ze: "Brother Lei, I don't leave early in school, and I can't leave early today either."

Lei Ge: "Hurry up and leave! Leave! I'm going to be pissed off here." Although Lei Ge said he was disgusted, there was still a smile in his eyes.

Gu Ze didn't say any more, he opened the door and entered the store, and then said to Han Zizhou, "Sit on the sofa and wait for me for a while, I'll go change my clothes."

Han Zizhou obediently sat on the sofa, and Lei Ge also sat on the sofa with him.

Lei Ge nodded to Han Zizhou, "Ozawa really wants to study hard these few days, and he puts it there to memorize words while eating every day."

Han Zizhou nodded, "Well, he studies very hard."

"I watched Ozawa grow up. It's not easy for this child. I'm so grateful to have such a good classmate like you." Lei Ge took out a pack of cigarettes from the compartment under the coffee table, and silently lit it, " People nowadays, how can they do it if they don’t get into a good university.”

Han Zizhou: "I will try my best to help him, Brother Lei, you don't have to worry too much."

After saying a few words, Gu Ze had already changed his clothes and came out of the room. He stood behind Han Zizhou and patted his shoulder, "Let's go."

Han Zizhou stood up. The two were wearing similar jackets and were about the same height.

Lei Ge took a look and was amused, "The two of you are really brothers, and you are dressed similarly."

Gu Ze and Han Zizhou looked at each other, feeling embarrassed, and turned their heads to one side.

Gu Ze shouted at Brother Lei: "Brother Lei, let's go first." Then he pulled Han Zizhou's sleeve and hurried out.

Han Zizhou: "Why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

Gu Ze looked at Han Zizhou's coat again, thinking to himself: Why is he wearing this coat?Inexplicably a little embarrassed.

But of course I couldn't express what was in my heart, I just said casually: "I'm hungry, let's go back to eat quickly."

The author has something to say: Thank you everyone.