Rebirth: The Life of a Scholar

Chapter 42

There is no atmosphere of New Year's Eve in City B at all. People seldom go out after sweeping up their New Year's goods, staying in their warm homes and not wanting to go anywhere.

There are fewer and fewer people on the road because of the colder weather, and there are no one there early in the evening. The business of the dessert shop at night can be described as bleak.

The location of this store is very popular during the school term, but when it comes to holidays, there are naturally not as many people as usual, and on days like Chinese New Year, it is often impossible to do a few businesses a day. When this time comes, there are many people nearby The storefronts are closed for rest, so that the flow of people in this area is even rarer, and it is more difficult to do business.

Instead of doing business hard and paying wages, the bosses will choose to take a holiday, and the same is true for dessert shops.

The dessert shop closed on the 23rd. Tang Xu bid farewell to Qian Yue after receiving his last salary in the dessert shop this year. Tang Xu guessed that his part-time translator would have a holiday on the 26th. He took the train on the morning of the 27th. When I came out, I could just catch up with the part-time translator and go to work after the holiday, and I would go to school after more than a week of classes.

The schedule was tight, Tang Xu looked at the money in his hand and decided to buy something for his parents.

This year he can bring back a few thousand, plus the previous year he gave to them, he brought more than 1 income to the family, half of which came from that stock trading, next year he will find a way to make more money , as soon as possible to collect enough father's operation fee.

To be honest, my father's illness has been delayed for many years, and the operation fee will become more and more expensive in the future, and as his father gets older, the risk of surgery will become higher and higher. Sometimes Tang Xu would dream of his previous life when he fell asleep. My father was lying on the bed completely unable to move.

The next day, after working part-time, Tang Xu went directly to the shopping mall in the city center. The shopping mall was very large, but it was quite deserted. Tang Xu wandered around the mall for a long time, and saw interesting things alone for a long time.

Tang Xu didn't know what kind of things to buy for his parents. Subconsciously, he wanted to buy something practical that his parents could always use.

In the end, Tang Xu bought two sets of clothes for his parents in a very old-fashioned way, and bought some supplements. Thinking of his mother's face turning yellow after so many years of frugality, he bought a box of oral liquid for her mother, thinking about these things It's useless to eat something once, you have to buy it for them often in the future.

Before visiting a computer store, Tang Xu couldn't help but go in and take a look. People may not feel it now, but in the next few years, the whole world has almost entered the Internet age. Everything is bought and viewed online, and the Internet has become a must for people. Avoiding indispensable things, the impact of the information society on the country is also very large.

Thinking of what Tang Xu suddenly realized, there are actually many opportunities for people to make money on the Internet. Tang Xu didn't have a computer before, so he never thought about it. Now looking at all kinds of computers, Tang Xu has an idea, just It is not so simple and quick to put this idea into practice. First, he has to save money to buy a computer.

Returning to the dormitory with big bags and small bags, Tang Xu began to pack the suitcases. Now that there was no one in the dormitory, he would take his card and money with him when he went out. Although the school dormitory is still open, lunch and dinner have not been provided for a long time. Tang Xu Xu basically buys instant noodles to eat casually, of course he has been hiding this from Ji Rong, hiding the instant noodles in the cabinet for fear that Ji Rong will suddenly come to see him.

The next two days passed peacefully. The company ushered in the annual meeting, and Tang Xu was also called to attend.

Everyone in the company got the year-end bonus on this day, and Tang Xu also got more than 100 bonuses because of the New Year's celebration.

When Yin Lianchang was drunk, he kept pulling Tang Xu to talk nonsense. He could work part-time in his company after the holidays. After he graduated, he would come to work in his company. If the company develops well and he is very capable, what position would he like to take? No matter what position you are in, do it well and work together to create a better future. Yin Lianchang's drunken dream seems to be a bright vision for the future career. If he can attract a talent, he will attract one. Although Tang Xu is still young, he has good grades and a good job. Diligent and conscientious, no one will dislike such employees.

Everyone present could feel Yin Lianchang's love for Tang Xu, and the way he looked at Tang Xu changed.

Tang Xu looked helplessly at the eyes of the people around him. What Yin Lianchen said when he was drunk was nothing but nonsense. Naturally, Tang Xu wouldn't take it too seriously. Besides, he won't graduate from college for several years. What he wants to do by then is actually not yet determined. , No one can be sure about the future.

Although Tang Xu didn't take it seriously, others did. They also felt Tang Xu's composure at work after more than half a month of getting along. He didn't look like a 16-year-old kid at all. Although he is not tactful in dealing with things, he is polite and courteous, and he can't be hated at all. If this kind of child is admitted to a good university, he will definitely be great.

The boss obviously values ​​him. Although some people are not very good, they don't want to care about like children. How much ability they can do, how much money they get, this is the duty of work.

An annual meeting ended amidst the turmoil. Tang Xu watched as Yin Lianche was sent to the car to bid farewell to his colleagues and then went to school. He didn't drink, but Yin Lianche had a lot of alcohol on his body, and his arm was a little sore. It was just now that Yin Lianchen pulled it with the strength of the wine, and Tang Xu got goose bumps all over his body when the cold wind blew, and he didn't care about enjoying the night scene, so he hurried back to the dormitory.

After taking a bath, Tang Xu lay down on the bed looking at the ceiling and felt a little insomnia. He was going home tomorrow, but he was insomnia due to excitement or something.

Tang Xu is not a person who likes to think wildly. If he can't fall asleep, he gets up and turns on the lamp to read the novel. That night, Tang Xu stayed up late for a long time. The plot of the novel is very deep. As soon as Tang Xu didn't control himself, he read it at five o'clock in the morning until someone knocked on the door. He just reacted.

As soon as he put down the book, Tang Xu felt his eyes sore, and there was another knock on the door. Tang Xu got up and opened the door quickly, and saw Ji Rong by the door froze for a moment, dazed.

"What's wrong?" Ji Rong frowned and saw Tang Xu's pale face worried, and those red glasses looked like he was staying up late.

Tang Xu was a little dizzy: "It's okay, senior, why are you here?"

"It's agreed to see you off, go wash up, Lin Ziyang is waiting below." Ji Rong walked past him and walked into the room, looked around, and saw a novel under the lamp that was still on, it was open, Suddenly understood: "You didn't sleep last night?"

"Well... I read the novel when I couldn't fall asleep, but it turned out to be too much. Wait a minute, senior. I'll brush my teeth and wash my face." Tang Xu ran into the bathroom to wash up before Ji Rong could criticize him.

Seeing his fleeing back, Ji Rong shook his head angrily and amusedly, Tang Xu really doesn't know how to take care of himself, reading novels all night like this is very harmful to his health.

While waiting for Tang Xu, Ji Rong turned off the desk lamp for him, and then pulled the suitcase to the door. Tang Xu's luggage was only one suitcase. Seeing that there was nothing to move, Ji Rong leaned against the bathroom door and talked to him: "When are you coming back?"

"Take a bus in the morning of the third day of junior high school and probably arrive in the morning of the fifth day of junior high school." Tang Xu's voice sounded like he was brushing his teeth, with a little slurred speech.

"Well, can you sleep on the train?"

"It should be possible. I guess I was sleepy when I didn't sleep in the car last night."

"Excited to be home? So can't sleep?"

"Yeah, I haven't seen my parents for half a year, and I miss them a lot."

Ji Rong seldom thinks about his parents. Maybe his parents didn’t spend much time with him since he was a child, so he is used to it. Many times he doesn’t feel anything when he is alone or if he doesn’t see his parents for a long time. It’s normal. Well, if one day they stay at home with him well, he will still find it strange.

Tang Xu changed his clothes and went out to make the bed in a hurry, and covered the desk with a layer of cloth to avoid dust. Although he had only been away for a week, he still had to keep his precious books well.

After everything was packed, the dormitory seemed even more empty.

Ji Rong looked at his watch and took out a mobile phone from his pocket and handed it to Tang Xu: "You can contact me during the Chinese New Year."

The style of the phone is a flip phone that has been very trendy in recent years. Tang Xu was stunned for a while and refused to pick it up: "Senior, my parents have a phone, why don't you contact that phone?"

Ji Rong knew it would be like this, grabbed his hand and forced the phone into his palm: "Hold it if you tell me, your parents belong to your parents, if you feel bad, wait until you come back after the New Year Give it back to me." Ji Rong never gave him a chance to refuse.

Tang Xu looked at his phone and then at Ji Rong, and in the end he could only compromise: "Then I'll give it back to you after Chinese New Year. I'm really useless with my phone..." Tang Xu didn't know much about mobile phones, and he didn't even use them for class and work. I realized that if you want to contact your parents, you can use the school phone directly. It is unnecessary to waste this money.

Only then did Ji Rong push his glasses in satisfaction: "En."

When the two walked out of the dormitory, Tang Xu didn't let Ji Rong carry the suitcase, and Ji Rong didn't fight him. Seeing him dragging the suitcase in a good mood, he almost jumped up and smiled. It's only been more than a week, and soon It's over.

Lin Ziyang was sitting in the driver's seat, yawning and scratching his scalp. His upturned hair and the saliva that hadn't been wiped off the corners of his mouth made him look extremely sloppy at the moment. Was it easy for him to be a driver when he was woken up early in the morning? .

It's still dark at five o'clock, the fog is still thick, and it's so cold that people feel uncomfortable all over. I don't know when he owed Ji Rong anything in his life.

The figures of those two people finally appeared in the line of sight, Lin Ziyang yawned dissatisfiedly again, not to mention that the two people feel really good together, if Tang Xu was a girl, he would definitely think that Ji Rong was chasing him, although they Brothers for so many years but they really don't know what type Ji Rong likes, of course no man is a real saint, Lin Ziyang only thinks that Ji Rong hasn't met someone he likes yet, maybe he's talking about it somewhere.

"Hey, little Tang Xu, look at how loyal I am, I came here to see you off without even washing my face~" Lin Ziyang pulled down the window and poked his head out teasingly, but just as he finished speaking, he was shivered by the cold wind.

Tang Xu saw Lin Ziyang's appearance at the moment and smiled and said hello to him: "Thank you senior for sending me off, thank you for your hard work, you didn't have breakfast, I invite you to have breakfast!"

"You can have this, get in the car and freeze me to death!" Lin Ziyang was completely blunt, retracted his head and closed the car window after speaking.

After putting the suitcase into the trunk, the two sat in the back seat. Lin Ziyang drove to the nearby breakfast shop in a hurry: "Tang Xu, you look haggard. What did you do last night?"

"Is it obvious... I forgot the time when I read a novel last night..." It's a bit embarrassing to say such a thing.

"Our Xueba can actually read novels all night, tell me what type it is, it won't be that kind~" Lin Ziyang started to be obscene again.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Drive hard." Ji Rong kicked his chair and frowned.

"What's the matter! All men are like that! I can't be Tang Xu's life mentor!" Lin Ziyang was as shameless as Wang Linhao.

"Tang Xu is different from your gang of cronies, don't talk nonsense in front of him." Ji Rong turned his head to look at Tang Xu's already rosy face: "In the future, you can wear earphones when you are with Lin Ziyang."

"You don't seem to be my friend! The school still teaches this, let me tell you what's wrong!" Lin Ziyang is not a fuel-efficient lamp: "Tang Xu, do you think so!"

Although Tang Xu felt that the topic was a bit obscene, but what Lin Ziyang said was indeed correct, the school did teach this...so he nodded.

"Look, look, let you worry about it, but we, Tang Xu, know everything!" Lin Ziyang instantly became confident.

Unexpectedly, Tang Xu would nod his head, and Ji Rong stretched out his hand to smooth his collar in a funny way: "It seems that I have always underestimated you."

"...Senior, I actually don't understand anything..." Tang Xu looked down at his hands to defend, those beautiful fingertips looked particularly white against the background of his black down jacket, those hands were very suitable for playing the piano.

"Well, you just need to study hard now, and you don't need to think about other issues." Ji Rong is very selfish. He hopes that Tang Xu will be so ignorant before he has the ability. This kind of Tang Xu is like him alone. of.

Tang Xu, who had no idea what Ji Rong was thinking, smiled and showed his canine teeth: "Yeah!"

Lin Ziyang looked at the two people in the rearview mirror, and an idea flashed through his mind, but he rejected it in an instant, how could it be...

The breakfast shop was already open, Tang Xu got out of the car and bought breakfast for the two of them. After the breakfast was satisfied, Lin Ziyang woke up from his doze and drove to the train station.

It takes about 10, [-], [-] minutes to get to the train station. Tang Xu's [-] o'clock train is fully in time, but sitting on the train without sleep all night, he will inevitably start to feel sleepy. Really fell asleep, struggling to rub his eyes.

"It's okay, sleep for a while, I'll call you when we arrive." Ji Rong's voice appeared very beautifully at this time, Tang Xu responded softly and fell asleep.

Seeing that he fell asleep all of a sudden, Ji Rong smiled helplessly, and looked up at Lin Ziyang's probing look in the rearview mirror. The smile on his face disappeared immediately, his expression became unpredictable, and he habitually pushed his glasses: "Look at the road."

"Tch, you are too kind to Tang Xu, so I can't be jealous?" Lin Ziyang kept clicking his tongue, "I have never seen you treat anyone like this since I was a child." There is something in the words.

"I know my affairs better than you." Ji Rong was not afraid that Lin Ziyang would know anything, but he kept restraining himself from touching Tang Xu, but he was still too weak.

"Cut, I'm too lazy to care about you." Lin Ziyang withdrew his gaze and rarely put on a straight face.

Tang Xu was woken up by Ji Rong when he arrived at the train station. Naturally, Lin Ziyang would not let go of the opportunity to tease Tang Xu: "Tang Xu, you were snoring just now, and I kept you up last night haha."

"Ah? Snoring? No one told me that I snored while sleeping..." Tang Xu rubbed the corner of his mouth but luckily he didn't drool.

"He's teasing you, get out of the car and let's go in." Ji Rong's heart trembled when he saw his little movements, and he took Tang Xu out of the car to pick up his luggage without giving Lin Ziyang a chance to speak again.

Lin Ziyang poked his head out and waved to Tang Xu dissatisfied: "Tang Xu, then we will see you next year, let me say happy new year to you in advance, remember to bring some souvenirs!" The last sentence seems to be the key point, food instinct.

Tang Xu solemnly promised Lin Ziyang that he would bring delicious food: "Yes, thank you for sending me to the station!"

"Oh, you're welcome, brother~"

"Okay, let's go."

"Goodbye~"

"See you next year."

There are a lot of people rushing home these days, and many of them failed to buy a ticket. Tang Xu stood behind the crowd with a suitcase, and Ji Rong stood next to him as if he wanted to squeeze in with him. Tang Xu thought Liao wanted to shake Ji Rong's arm: "Senior, go back, I will follow the crowd and I will be able to get in soon."

"Well, there's no rush." ​​Ji Rong had no intention of leaving at all.

Tang Xu was at a loss for words, and it seemed that he couldn't let Ji Rong go back. Tang Xu had no choice but to bite the bullet and squeeze in. Ji Rong was protecting him intentionally or unintentionally. Rong's jaw tightened.

In the previous life, I have been pushed and bumped into many places in my previous life, but this is the first time someone protects me like this. It would be a lie to say that I am not moved, but Tang Xu also feels that there is something wrong with being treated like this by Ji Rong. ?

"Senior is still crowded in front of you, you should go out quickly, it will be difficult to get out later, I am small and it is easy to squeeze in." Tang Xu couldn't help letting Ji Rong leave again, Ji Rong must have never been so crowded, how uncomfortable ah.

It's already reached this point. Ji Rong will definitely not go out, so he took Tang Xu and continued to squeeze forward without saying a word, and finally arrived in front of the train station. Ji Rong heaved a sigh of relief: "Just wait for the train here, it's six o'clock now." 45, there are still 15 minutes left, take good precautions in the car, and ignore them when people talk to you, the Chinese New Year is very chaotic, don’t be fooled.” Ji Rong was really worried.

"Senior... I came here by train anyway. I know all about this, so don't worry, get out quickly, you really won't be able to get out when there are more people."

"Well, call me." Ji Rong took a deep look at Tang Xu, then bent down and hugged him gently: "Give my regards to uncle and aunt, you should have a good rest."

This hug was very short, only two or three seconds, Tang Xu didn't have time to feel the temperature and Ji Rong had already evacuated, he looked up at Ji Rong in a daze: "Senior too, take a good rest."

After struggling to squeeze out, Ji Rong rubbed his sore arm, and when he got into the car, he saw Lin Ziyang's drowsy face. It's been a hard day for this guy, and sometimes he's quite reliable.

Originally wanted Lin Ziyang to rest more, but Ji Rong's cell phone rang, and the ringtone made Lin Ziyang mutter: "Who called you so early."

The call came in a hurry, and when Ji Rong saw the caller ID, it was his mother who was taken aback and picked it up calmly: "Morning."

"Morning, but why did you run out so early in the morning?"

"Together with Lin Ziyang."

"So early?"

"Ah."

"When do you come back, bring Lin Ziyang over for lunch."

"Okay, then we will go back later."

After Ji Rong hung up the phone, Lin Ziyang didn't feel sleepy for a long time: "Your mother is very sensitive recently? I didn't care about you like that before."

"Let's go, go to my house to sleep and have a meal." Ji Rong naturally knows why his parents have been like this recently, and he also knows what their plans are, but he will not resist, because resistance is futile, why struggle, it is better to save up The strength waits for the opportunity.

For Lin Ziyang, this was a grand banquet, Xu Yinmei had been sparing him all the time, but Lin Ziyang was not stupid, since Ji Rong brought him back, the two of them didn't need to collude with each other, he stood behind Ji Rong unconditionally.

"Oh, I played with my friends until the early hours of the morning. I was too tired to drive, so I asked Ji Rong to pick me up."

"Well, you can't spoil yourself like this when you're young, it's better to live a regular life."

"Yeah, Ji Rong scolded me this morning, I will cherish myself in the future~"

After a few words, Lin Ziyang wiped away his bitter tears for himself. In the days when he was bothered by his friends, no amount of souvenirs Tang Xu brought could fill his wounded heart.

After lunch, Ji Rong arranged for Lin Ziyang to rest and sleep in the guest room, while Ji Yang and Xu Yinmei were already waiting for Ji Rong in the living room.

"Here are some materials for you to look at." Ji Yang pushed the documents on the coffee table and motioned him to take a look: "You can choose what you like."

Looking at those documents, Ji Rong understood, and couldn't help chuckling: "The action is really fast, can I not choose?"

"Of course not. This is something that has already been decided. We are just notifying you. Tell me your choice after reading it." After Ji Yang finished speaking, he got up and left the living room. Xu Yinmei patted Ji Rong on the shoulder and said something serious. Just leave with Ji Yang.

Ji Rong sat alone in the living room for a while, took off his glasses and leaned on the sofa irritably, with a cold expression on his face, and self-deprecating coldness in his slightly narrowed eyes.

If he doesn't want things to get worse, he can only obey, and now he has no other choice.