jade carver

Chapter 50 1 Bowl of Fish Soup

When school started again, Cheng Ye transferred to the junior high school of City No. [-] Middle School, where he was in the same school as Li Rui.The middle school and high school were not far away, and they still waited for Li Rui to pick him up after evening self-study every day.The curriculum for the third year of senior high school was a bit tight. Li Rui had to finish three periods of evening self-study before he could leave. Cheng Ye was waiting for him while reading in his classroom.

The homeroom teacher was late a few times, passing by and saw Cheng Ye reading, and liked his hard work, so he gave Cheng Ye the key to the class and asked him to spend more time reading so that he could catch up with the progress.For this reason, the study committee members in the class were not happy. The little girl felt that Cheng Ye was stealing her limelight. She couldn't leave late, so she came early every day and competed with Cheng Ye in reading books.

Cheng Ye didn't feel anything about it, he had a full schedule every day, and when he had a little free time, he would only think about wrapping a few more Chinese medicines for Grandma Cheng next time he went home.Grandma Cheng's body is afraid of heat and cold. Now is the best time to take care of her. The doctor said that if she takes care of her in autumn, she won't get sick in winter.Cheng Ye kept these words in his heart, always thinking about making Grandma Cheng healthy.

Li Rui has been studying a lot recently, so he doesn't usually take care of the small bookstore by himself, so he asked the aunt who was in charge of cleaning and cooking to help her look after it.Li Rui put all his mind on his studies, thinking that maybe his grades would be good, and it would be somewhat useful when he went to his grandpa's house to pick up his own mother.

He is a bit clever, especially at the final review and sprint stage, the teacher taught a lot of good ideas for learning and memorizing, and really improved his grades a little.One exam a week, physics and chemistry improved very quickly, followed by mathematics and English, Chinese improved slowly, but also improved.For this reason, the teacher also hung the report card on the white wall next to the blackboard, and compared the two weeks before and after, carefully educating everyone that hard work will make progress.

Li Rui continued to learn from himself without raising his head. He didn't have much time to look at his past test scores, and he couldn't solve the family problems, so he got angry.Since his mother left, his father drank his worries all day long, and if he didn't take his mother home, he guessed that his father would have to go to the hospital with stomach bleeding!

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the school has a half-day holiday, and students in the urban area are allowed to go back early in the afternoon to have a reunion dinner with their families.Students whose homes are far away, such as those in counties, generally don’t go back unless they have a car to pick them up.Li Rui and Cheng Ye didn't go back either. Li Rui drove to his grandpa's house to deliver gifts. Just like in previous years, one box of tobacco and alcohol, two boxes of high-end fruits, and several large boxes of beautifully packaged mooncakes. The picture looks good on the surface.

Over there, a child from Li Rui came to see off the festival, so he was embarrassed not to let him in.Although he accepted the things, Li Rui's grandfather gave him 300 yuan, which was worth the gift money.Li Rui took the opportunity to sneak around to find his mother, but he was not seen in any of the rooms. He was still wondering, so his grandfather called him into the study to talk.

In his words, the old man was very dissatisfied with Li Rui's father's beating. Seeing that Li Rui was about to take out the money and put it on the desk, he hurriedly stopped him, "You can take the money. If you don't take it, you can take it." We can’t accept these boxes for nothing anyway. We’ve heard about your mother and your father, both of them are at fault, and both of them have a stubborn temper... Well, no matter what, let’s fight People are too..."

Li Rui rushed to apologize, "Grandpa, I apologize on behalf of my dad! He was in a hurry, and you know that when he was in a hurry, he lost his head and couldn't care about so much! This is why I came this time..."

Li Rui's grandfather was not stupid either, he glanced at him sideways, "Where's your father? Why didn't you come with him?"

Hearing this tone, Li Rui couldn't guess if he had a chance, "He reflected on himself at home and said he was ashamed to see my mother. Grandpa, can you let me see my mother? I'll just say a few words."

The old man sat there and stared at Li Rui for a long time, but finally he shook his head and refused, "Grandpa can't decide on this matter. I made an idea for your mother once before, and I have suffered her for so many years... Your father is a good man, but They are not suitable. Li Rui, go back, this time your mother made her own decision. "

Li Rui's heart turned cold, "Grandpa, my mother won't tell the truth, will she? Really... Divorce?"

The old man sat there silently. He still liked Li Rui very much. He was a good and filial boy, but he really didn't want to get involved in his children's affairs.

Li Rui talked for a long time, but still couldn't get a letter. Seeing that it was getting dark, he had no choice but to get up and go back.

The old man called Li Rui to stop, and finally told him, "Li Rui, you can come to our house often in the future, but you don't need to bring your father with you."

Li Rui couldn't tell what was going on in his heart. He came out of his grandfather's house and went to his father's again.Li Rui's father stayed in the office in the factory, and refused to go home for several days, which made him feel bad.There was a dinner party in the factory, and several partners were drinking and eating together. Li Rui's father got drunk again, holding the whole bottle of beer and blew it away.When the bottle was put down, foam was still dripping from his mouth, and he was speaking indistinctly.

"...Success? Huh? I'm a fucking successful person?! Ass! I... I'm a fucking ass!" Li Rui's father's eyes were red, and he lost his composure.A big old man, in less than a month's time, he will soon become a useless person.He felt aggrieved, he thought he was successful, he worked hard, but in the end his wife ran away...

"Bullshit success...!" Li Rui's father tried to open a beer bottle with his teeth again, and poured himself a drink.

Li Rui went in and stopped his father, said a few words to those uncles, and then took his father to the office upstairs in the factory.As soon as the door was opened, there was a smell of alcohol, and there were some wine bottles scattered on the ground, including liquor and beer.

Li Rui helped his father to lie down on the bed to rest, and opened the window to dispel the smell. After walking a few steps, he kicked a wine bottle, turned it under the bed, and sprinkled the transparent wine.

"...Juan! Juan'er! Don't go...I'm wrong, I shouldn't hit you...Don't go with others!" Li Rui's father yelled indiscriminately on the bed. like crying. "I don't want anything in my whole life, really... I just want our home..."

Li Rui's voice was also blocked. If others said that his father, a tough man, had cried, it would be a joke.But now, Li Rui felt very uncomfortable hearing his father's voice, "Dad, my mother will come back..."

Li Rui's father closed his eyes. He didn't know whether he was talking to himself or heard Li Rui's words, "...not coming back, I knelt there and begged her...not coming back..."

Li Rui was talking to his father by the bed, and promised each sentence, "Then I'll go and beg her, beg her to come back and reunite with us, dad, don't worry, I will definitely get my mother back."

Li Rui's father finally fell asleep after tossing and tossing for a long time. Li Rui went to fetch a basin of water and put it on the ground. A towel was wet in it, and he poured another cup of boiling water and put it on the bedside cabinet. Go out.

By the time I got back to the small bookstore, it was already late at night, and the whole street was deserted without any trace of bustle during the day. The only thing that could illuminate the road was a small but very warm lamp on the second floor that was not very bright.

Almost as soon as Li Rui knocked on the door, the door opened, and the person who opened the door for him rarely said a few more words, "Brother Rui! You are back, I have been worried all night, always afraid that you will not be safe to drive..."

Li Rui coughed, covered the dullness in his voice, and changed into a slightly more relaxed tone, "Cheng Ye, you are so courageous, you don't close the rolling door outside at night, if it's someone else, you will open the door as soon as you knock , won’t you be snatched away too?”

Cheng Ye helped Li Rui put down the rolling door, and urged Li Rui to wash his hands and eat, "I was watching from above. I only came down to open the door when Brother Rui was parking."

Li Rui laughed when he heard it, and pinched Cheng Ye's nose, "Your mouth is so sweet, wait for me to come back next time."

Cheng Ye blinked, as if he was thinking of what to say to please Li Rui, but seeing Li Rui wash his hands, he immediately went to get a towel and waited to wipe him off.The child tilted his head and talked to Li Rui, "Brother Rui, it just so happened that I just heated up the food, and we ate together after washing my hands? Have you eaten outside?"

Li Rui took the towel in his hand and dried it. Hearing this, he knew that Cheng Ye must have waited for him to eat again, but this had happened too many times, so he didn't bother to talk about it, so he might as well just let him be happy. "No, let's eat together."

Cheng Ye narrowed his eyes when he heard it, "Hey! I'll bring it over and set it up. Brother Rui needs to eat some fish today. I made a big pot of fish with pickled cabbage!"

Eating in the middle of the night seemed particularly delicious, and Cheng Ye's three meat and two vegetarian dishes filled the table.Li Rui likes to eat the Jiaoliu meatballs made by Cheng Ye. It takes a lot of effort to make the cauliflower. The meatballs are made by Cheng Ye himself. The meat is chewy, juicy and delicious.Cheng Ye had a small appetite, and he was full in a while. He peeled the shrimp shells and crabs for Li Rui, picked out a little meat, and put it on a small plate and handed it to Li Rui.

"Brother Rui, try this, it was brought by Liu Laosi in the afternoon."

Li Rui snorted, grabbed the small plate and ate most of it in one bite, and pushed the rest to Cheng Ye, "You eat it yourself."

Cheng Ye watched Li Rui busy eating other things, so he held his chin to look at him, seeing Li Rui's bulging cheeks gave him a sense of accomplishment. "Brother Rui has been busy all afternoon, are you hungry?"

"Well, there was a traffic jam on the road, so I came back late." Li Rui didn't tell Cheng Ye about the bad things at home, he just figured out a way to deal with such things, and there was no need to make Cheng Ye frown.

"It's not good to eat too much at night, let's drink some soup." Cheng Ye brought him seaweed and shrimp soup. Li Rui really didn't like fish, so most of the bowl of sauerkraut went down, and the fish and fish soup didn't move at all.

Li Rui looked at the bowl of fish soup next to his hand, thought for a while, and drank the fish soup first, then took another bowl. "I don't need to bother so much in the future, I love to eat whatever you do."

Maybe it's not a matter of a bowl of fish soup, starting with many small things, I will do what you like and what you hope for.So we are different from them, Cheng Ye.

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