Mu Chen

50、Accompanying the Examination

Muchen lived in Gu Ning's study until the beginning of school.The school already has bedding, as long as you pay for it, Dante Bowen is careful, in addition to the thick mattress, he also bought him a set of silk quilts, two beds of one catty and four catties, which can be stacked and packed in the coldest time. The quilt cover is very practical, and the rest of the washing supplies are even more complete.

In the past few days, apart from cooking and teaching Gu Ning to cook, Mu Chen took out the accumulated questions and asked them one by one.

Gu Ning took out all his notes from the past, and gave Mu Chen a lot of questions based on his experience. After such a busy schedule, Mu Chen actually passed the make-up exam in sevens and eighties, which made him very happy.

It's just that when he shared the good news, he got those two blank eyes, "Isn't this what it should be?"

Facing the two student gods, Muchen said that he talked too much.

But this little depression was quickly healed by Yu Yong's happiness and pride.

This semester, no matter how busy Muchen is, he will have at least two or three phone calls with Yu Yong a week.One of them is fixed on Saturday night, and Yu Yong will definitely stay at Mu's house that night, and the other or several depends on where Yu Yong lives.

Lin Lan's house doesn't have a telephone, she wants to watch TV at night, Yu Yong often stays at Mu's house under the pretext of studying, sometimes when Mu Chen tries to make a call at home, someone will answer it, and sometimes Yu Yong will call him.

Fei Muchen saved a thousand on the phone number at home before he left, for fear of losing contact with Yu Yong.Yu Yong left the water and electricity bills in the card and asked him to pay them on his behalf, and the dozen or so potted flowers were also entrusted to him.

Another way for Mu Chen to understand Yu Yong's current situation is through Liu Xiaogang.

After Liu Xiaogang graduated in 2000, he was assigned to the primary school attached to the factory and became a physical education teacher.Although he only has a junior college diploma, his parents are factory workers, and there are too few male teachers in elementary school, so the assignment went smoothly.

And Liu Xiaogang also adapts well to work. He is just a little poor in cultural subjects, but he has a good personality, loves to play and laugh, and is a very infectious person, which is very popular with children.Soon, in addition to acting as a substitute, he also took charge of the work of the brigade department, and he also did a good job.

So when Muchen asked him to pay more attention to Yu Yong before leaving, he readily agreed.

The primary school run by the factory is very close to the middle school, and there are many teachers who have taught him, including Mr. Liu, Yu Yong's current class teacher. This is really not difficult for him.Because of this, apart from Yu Yong's phone calls blindly announcing good news but not worrying, Muchen knew more about his real situation.

Overall, it's not bad: Yu Yong's grades are fairly stable, and it's not a big problem to go directly to the factory at the current level, but he needs to work harder if he wants to get into a good class.But his biggest problem at present is that he interacts with people in the society. Liu Xiaogang said,

"Don't look like a little white rabbit in front of you, but he's actually a little wolf cub. He has gained a reputation in this area, let alone at school, and the gangsters outside the school generally don't conflict with him."

Muchen had expected this a long time ago. During the time spent together at home, he found that Yu Yong was often a little bit injured, and was often detained in school because of fighting. Several steel pipes and two machetes made of iron sheets were found in the bed box.

As an old-fashioned military enterprise, xx Factory, not to mention machetes, is more cutting-edge weapons, and many masters can make them by hand.

In the past few years, the economy has developed, and various entertainment venues have increased, followed by various black forces, large and small.Although there has been a lot of restraint after several crackdowns, the law and order is still not good. After all, there are too many unemployed idlers, and the gap between the rich and the poor is widening step by step.

This is also the reason why Mu Wen has been living a low-key life.

Muchen was always worried that Yu Yong would go astray. Originally, he could feel relieved if Mu Wen was around, but now their family is going and walking.

In the past ten years or so, another home was built for the child, and in a blink of an eye there was only the child left, and it was the most rebellious age, so he couldn't help but worry.

However, after hesitating for a long time, he still confiscated those weapons—he was afraid that his younger brother would have no weapons when he was forced to fight back. Although he knew that the reason was ridiculous, there was not much he could do.He just repeatedly encouraged Yu Yong to study hard, and he will also be admitted to N City in the future, and asked Yu Yong to try his best not to have too many contacts with people in the society, not to provoke and accept provocations easily...

Although Yu Yong also agreed, Mu Chen understood that there are some things that cannot be avoided.Because Yu Yong has a kind of aggressiveness in his character.

The card under his name that Yu Yong had been using all the time, Mu Chen checked the balance before leaving, and there were more than 500 yuan in it.After thinking about it, he still put 5000 yuan in it, saying that it was his water, electricity and heating expenses, and he would use it if he needed to make up lessons or pay any money from the school.

In fact, he also understands that it is not good to leave too much money for the child, but he is more worried about what Yu Yong will do for the money. Even if he is not tempted, he is afraid that he will use the money if something happens to him.

Yu Yong also understood this and did not refuse.

In the past four years, he spent his holidays in the Mu family's factory.Lin Lan has always been very satisfied with this. After all, besides not going out to make troubles and not eating at home, Yu Yong can get back a certain amount of income.She also understood that this might not be all, but it was not a lot compared with ordinary small workers, so she didn't say anything more.

In the past six months, Yu Yong did not go to work during the summer vacation, and accompanied Mu Chen in the village to send off Grandpa Mu. Of course, she also supported this. The Mu family helped her a lot. Filial piety and Yu Yong should have it.

But what hit her was that the Mu family's factory was closed, which made her feel the pressure of losing her way out.

In fact, Yu Yong is about to take the senior high school entrance examination, and it’s not a holiday, so it’s impossible for her to work as a part-time job, but she was so worried that she said at home, “Mu’s factory is closed, where are you going to work during the holidays, and you’re about to go to high school Now, it's time to spend money..."

Yu Yong was so annoyed that he couldn't do it, and he didn't dare to ask her for a penny.

Muchen was busy in worry, and soon it was June.

His final exam time is very long. After a long time, he can only accompany Yu Yong to take three exams: Shicheng's high school entrance examination is two and a half days for five exams, and the time is from June 6th to the morning of 24th. There is also an exam in the morning, so he can only book a plane ticket back to City Y in the afternoon, and he has to fly back to Jincheng on the night of the 26th, because he still has another exam to take on the 24th.

Yu Yong advised him not to come back on the phone, and even said that he would make him nervous when he came back, but he couldn't hide the joy in his words. After hearing that Mu Chen insisted on coming back to accompany the exam, he even ordered various dishes, Laughing again and again.

It was evening when Mu Chen got home. He had just put the key in the door lock, and the door was opened from the inside. Yu Yong's big smile met his eyes, "Brother, you're back!"

Muchen rubbed Yu Yong's head, "Why is it driving so fast? What are you doing? Have you eaten?"

Yu Yong closed the door, hugged Mu Chen who was changing his slippers from behind, "I can hear your footsteps."

Muchen patted his hand on his stomach, "Let go, isn't it too hot? Have you eaten tonight?"

Yu Yong didn't let go, "I've eaten it, you haven't eaten the cold noodles I made, have you? Mix it for you now?"

Muchen dragged a flaming mountain to the kitchen, "Isn't today an exam, why don't you still have time to cook, why don't you come over after eating at home?"

Looking at the chopping board, the thin noodles cooked under the plastic wrap mixed with sesame oil are drying, and the bowl next to it is shredded cucumber, minced coriander, and a bowl of sesame sauce. Well, I'm really hungry, I didn't eat at noon."

Yu Yong poked Mu Chen's back with his chin, "Why don't you eat at noon?"

Muchen washed his hands, "It's past eleven o'clock after the exam, and I didn't take care of the plane at two o'clock in the afternoon. Let go and mix the noodles, put more cucumbers, it's so hot, I'm going to take a shower."

Yu Yong didn't review in the evening, so Mu Chen looked at his second and third grade papers, and took a few difficult exams, and he could answer them all, so he didn't mention letting him read the book anymore.

The two of them were blowing on the fan, Mu Chen was eating half an iced watermelon, and Yu Yong was watching him eat.

The watermelon was stored in the refrigerator by Yu Yong at noon, and he originally thought that the two brothers would eat half of it at night, but now Mu Chen is afraid that he will spoil his stomach, so he is not allowed to be greedy for cold, of course the most central piece is his.

Yu Yong asked about Mu Chen's situation in N City, Jiang Cheng, Gu Ning, and Ding Bowen's recent situation. Although they had talked on the phone, they still talked with great interest and didn't feel bored at all.

Muchen didn't say anything about the relationship between Gu Ning and Ding Bowen. In his heart, Yu Yong was still a child. He was worried that he wouldn't understand, and he was also worried that he would say something unintentionally, which would drive Teacher Hu crazy, and then give his friends a few words. go to trouble.

Therefore, when Yu Yong repeatedly inquired about Gu Ning's situation in detail, he had no idea that this was a child's strategy of "knowing yourself and the enemy".

Mu Chen didn't ask Yu Yong how he did in the exam today, he asked about the current situation of his family.

The factory once again reduced the number of employees and adjusted the salary of the position. Lin Xiaolan was transferred to the workshop and had to work shifts. It was much harder than the warehouse, but the income was higher.I can't tell whether it was ostracized or voluntary, but she is in a good mood and should be able to accept it.

But in this way, at least one meal a day needs to be solved by Yu Yong himself. He also started cooking in this way. Of course, at present, he can only cook noodles and scramble eggs.

Mu Chen also asked him about his situation at school, whether the teacher, a few close classmates, and the group of people who often conflicted with him had any fights with anyone recently.Comparing with Liu Xiaogang's information, I immediately discovered some concealment,

"Haven't you fought with Guo Liang's group recently? Then a group of gangsters who collect protection fees are all older than you. You are alone, so you can't hide?"

Yu Yong muttered, "It's not me who provoked it, it's because they don't like me."

Mu Chen sighed. He heard from Liu Xiaogang that there are many teenagers in Shicheng who have not graduated from junior high school and failed to enter high school, or left school without even graduating from junior high school. .Families have more or less problems.

They don't have any skills, they are young, and they don't have much work to do. Of course, not many people are willing to work hard.They are unrestrained, ignorant and fearless, contemptuous of life and death, and often fight when they disagree with each other, and it is not uncommon to hear that someone has been beaten to death...

Muchen himself has seen that when a freshman enters the school, looking a little more aggressive, special, or just for the sake of standing up, he will be picked on by the freshmen.

Yu Yong is tall, has fierce eyes, and walks alone. He looks like a prickly head, so he is also a good target for repair. Several fights are caused by such weird reasons as who stared at each other a few times.

Mu Chen always advised him to fight a few times and it would be fine if no one bullied you. There is no need to make people afraid of you, and some verbal disputes should not be taken seriously. Yu Yong was noncommittal and just kept silent.

Muchen cooked meals at home for two days in different ways.The exam is in the attached primary school, and there is no need to pick him up. He fried meat sauce at home, made dumplings, checked that the refrigerator was empty, and made some more to freeze.

After returning to school this time, he planned to go to City F to see Jiangcheng, and he had to return to school early to take the make-up exams for some courses in the previous semester. He might not come back during the holidays, so he wanted to make more food for Yu Yong.

At noon on the 26th, Yu Yong cheered when he saw the dumplings when he entered the door. He ate two big bowls without taking a shower, and picked up half an iced watermelon after the shower was cold.

Mu Chen smiled, "Can you still eat it? That's not an iron stomach, so let it be slow."

Yu Yong didn't speak, and fed the half circle dug out from the first spoonful to Mu Chen's mouth.Muchen was still wrapping the last bit of meat, holding it with both hands, and opened his mouth to swallow it.

This is the tacit understanding between the two brothers since they were young. The first piece of meat in the bowl, the first bite of the popsicle, and the first spoonful of watermelon will be given to each other. At first, Mu Chen just wanted to teach the children to share and spoil them, but after a long time it became Habit.

Mu Chen swallowed his melon, "Xiaoyong, what are your plans for this vacation? I finished my exam there on the 13th of next month, and I will go back to school for a make-up exam in mid-August. The vacation is not long, I want to see Uncle Cheng, You go with me, we can play there for a few more days, and there are many interesting places there. Uncle Cheng said that he has an apartment and a car, which is very convenient. "

Yu Yong, "Then you don't plan to come back from vacation?"

Muchen, "Well, if you want to go with me, I'll stay with Uncle Cheng for a few more days and won't come back."

Yu Yong, "I haven't thought about it, I have to talk to my mother, let's talk about it later."

Muchen, "Okay, you and Aunt Lin have a good talk, I've covered the expenses, so she shouldn't be burdened, it's rare that you don't have homework this holiday."