little uncle

Eleven o'clock in the evening is the most lively time in the male dormitory of S University. In the narrow and dark corridors, there are male college students wearing trousers and vests, holding ceramic basins or tooth jars in their hands. , stepping on flip flops to jump into the washroom, the room was full of high-pitched chatter, sometimes mixed with ghost cries and howling wolves.

At the end of the corridor came a boy of various shapes in a hurry, in his early twenties, his hair was messy, like lumps of hay, growing out of order on his scalp, he was wearing an old-fashioned T-shirt that had been rubbed repeatedly, and the T-shirt was covered with sweat. His shirt was wet, and it was tightly attached to his body. He carried a bulging black backpack on his shoulders. He looked like a poor student. He pushed open the door of the dormitory, said "I'm back", and put the backpack on the table. After putting it down, I didn't even have time to change my clothes, so I sat at the table.

The dormitory conditions at S University were poor. Eight young men were squeezed into a small room. It was almost like you were leaning against me and I was leaning on you. If you stayed for a long time, you would often experience chest tightness and shortness of breath.

Roommate Li Rui poked his head down from the upper bunk and asked, "Cheng Yu, why are you so busy so late?" He shook his head with a bit of disgust and said, "Hurry up and wash up, because the water will stop and you will have to touch the dark -"

Without looking up, Cheng Yu took out two thick books from his bag, and then took out a scuffed notebook, and answered in the gap, "There is a data, and it was almost measured."

Although they live in the same dormitory, or even the same bed, Cheng Yu and Li Rui have completely different personalities. One loves to study, and devotes all his energy to doing research projects and academics, while the other is devoted to making money. They make a lot of money tinkering with electronic equipment, and despite having different hobbies, they get along very well.

Seeing Cheng Yu's appearance of forgetting to eat and sleep, Li Rui clicked his tongue twice, and said, "You are also a student of the Department of Mathematics of University S, why do you love mathematics so much? Don't worry, the guarantee of graduate school is definitely a certainty."

Cheng Yu smiled, didn't mind Li Rui's praise, and said, "Everyone has his own aspirations, Brother Rui has earned a lot of money."

The boy on the other table sneered, put down the book in his hand, slammed the door and left.

Cheng Yu scratched his head helplessly, then frowned, and stopped talking.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Li Rui looked sloppy, "Cheng Yu, don't take it to heart, Zhao Qiming is just like this, neurotic."

Zhao Qiming's grades are also good, but slightly inferior to Cheng Yu's. The average score of the last publicity announcement is closely behind Cheng Yu's by a few tenths. It is okay to keep the school, but B University is hanging.

Suddenly, the door was opened with a "snap", and a rough voice pulled Cheng Yu out of the ocean of numbers, "Cheng Yu! Your phone number!"

Cheng Yu frowned, and looked suspiciously at the classmates who came up to report the letter, not to mention Cheng Yu, even Li Rui was surprised, since Cheng Yu's mother, Cheng Manhong, passed away, Cheng Yu had never received a message. Whose phone call is this time? I don't know where it is from?

Unable to wait for Cheng Yu to dawdle, the classmate who reported the letter urged, "Hurry up, hurry up, the students queuing up downstairs are still waiting to call! Are you going to answer it or not? Don't waste your time if you don't."

Cheng Yu stood up, collected himself, "Go."

Cheng Yu walked quickly to the canteen downstairs, passing through a few students queuing up, picked up the yellowish-black telephone, "Hello, I'm Cheng Yu."

On the opposite side was a shrill female voice, with an obvious local accent, so that Cheng Yu almost didn't understand it when he came up, "Zhou Yu, right? I'm your sister-in-law."

Cheng Yu's heart clicked, and he vaguely remembered that his brother, Zhou Yunwei, had his own contact information, but they had never had any contact.

At this time, Cheng Yu couldn't figure out why it was the woman who called herself sister-in-law instead of Zhou Yunwei who made the call.There was a faint chill in Cheng Yu's heart, then, he took a few deep breaths, subconsciously wiped his sweat with his hand, and said, "It's me, Cheng Yu, what can I do?"

The voice of the woman on the opposite side was fast and high-pitched, impatiently, "Your damn brother is dead, and he's going to have a funeral the day after tomorrow. Are you coming?"

Cheng Yu opened his mouth, his heart jumped a few times, and then fell to the bottom.

"I come."

After putting down the phone, Cheng Yu just felt that he couldn't exert his energy all over his body, and his heart was empty.It is obvious that he and Zhou Yunwei have not seen each other for 16 years, and it is obvious that there has always been only hatred and no concern between them.But the moment he heard the news of Zhou Yunwei's death, he still felt so uncomfortable.Not only for this brother whom I haven't seen for many years, but also for myself.

He finally lost all his loved ones, and it felt like an inescapable doom and a downright curse.

It was still daylight, and Cheng Yu sat on the bus back to Zhou Town, watching the surrounding scenery change from rows of tall buildings to fields, and the road from spacious and flat to potholes, his mind was chaotic, It seemed like he had thought a lot, but couldn't grasp any clues.It wasn't until the bus stopped at the county bus station that he realized in a trance that this time, he really returned to his hometown after 16 years of absence.

It took an hour to take an intercity bus from the county seat to Zhouzhen. After seven or eight turns, the dilapidated bus stopped in the town.

When Cheng Yu got off the car, it was already evening, and he looked around. It seemed that nothing had changed here, and it seemed that everything had changed.

Narrow roads, short buildings, dilapidated facades, and noisy crowds, it took Cheng Yu a long time to figure out the direction of his home. He took a few deep breaths, and walked home with his backpack on his back.

Cheng Yu's house is in the center of the town. It is a two-story building. The first floor is next to the road. It is a facade, and it is considered the best location in the town.Cheng Yu's father, Zhou Jun, was addicted to alcohol and gambling, so he couldn't do hard work, so he only opened a supermarket. Fortunately, Cheng Manhong ran it back then.In the past, before Cheng Yu and his mother left, the whole family lived in this small convenience store.Now, even the sign of this convenience store is crooked, and the glass is full of dirt.

Cheng Yu walked around into the yard from behind the front door, without locking it. Relatives and neighbors who came and went were his relatives and neighbors whom he could not name or address. In the center of the yard was a temporary black shed. In the shed, There was a little boy kneeling, about seven or eight years old, with a dignified expression, lowered eyebrows, looking pitiful.Cheng Yu stared at him for a long time, his heart suddenly softened, he thought in his heart that he still has a nephew, and that he still has blood relatives in this world...

Hanging in the middle of the shed was a black-and-white photo of a man. Cheng Yu tried desperately to distinguish, and only then did he see the shadow of his brother from the obviously overindulged face. Impatiently, he murmured for a long time with the middle-aged ladies on the left and right, not knowing what they were talking about.

Cheng Yu sighed, walked over helplessly, and called out, "Sister-in-law, right?"

Li Yanhua looked Cheng Yu up and down a few times, and a sharp voice was about to get into Cheng Yu's mind, "Yo, it's Zhou Yu who is here."

Cheng Yu lowered his head. At the time when his father Zhou Jun passed away and he was not there, Zhou Yunwei and his wife must have harbored hatred. He also knew that Li Yanhua would not have a good attitude towards him at this time.

Li Yanhua's mouth was like a firecracker, and Cheng Yu seemed to suspect that she had turned all the sadness of losing her husband into hostility towards him. Pointing to the child kneeling in the shed, with a haughty expression, "See, that's your nephew, Zhou Hongyuan, who is twelve years old."

Cheng Yu frowned, pursed his lips, and looked at the child. He thought this thin little boy was only seven or eight years old, but he was already twelve...

Zhou Hongyuan seemed to have heard his mother talking about himself, and looked up. He had a small face, no bigger than a palm, dark skin, full of traces of wind and sun, but his facial features were particularly beautiful, his eyes were gray, Full of water vapor, very pitiful.Cheng Yu's expression softened, and his dissatisfaction with Li Yanhua disappeared in an instant. He smiled at Zhou Hongyuan, and then heard Li Yanhua continue to say, "You also know the situation at home. This house is not worth anything. Money, your brother didn't leave any savings, we are orphans and widows, life is not easy, Hongyuan still has to go to junior high school..."

Li Yanhua spoke quickly and anxiously, spittle flying like cannonballs, and the local accent was so heavy that Cheng Yu could hardly hear it clearly.However, Cheng Yu was very clear about the meaning of the words, in short, it was just the word "money".

Li Yanhua also stopped going around in circles, "You ran away with your mother halfway. You never took care of Hongyuan for a day, never gave a penny, and didn't contribute anything to this family. How can you be such a mother? How can you be such a mother?" Brother? You have been in the provincial capital for so many years, and the money you earn is like running water? This time your brother is gone, and if you don’t pay back what you two mothers owe us, I will not agree. "

Cheng Yu opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.Although he and his mother Cheng Manhong arrived in the provincial capital early, they have been living in poverty.At the beginning, Cheng Manhong was an illiterate with few big characters, and the two of them escaped without bringing much money. When they first arrived in J City, they were so poor that they even lived in bridge holes. Later, they were introduced to work. She was cheated by the intermediary, and after several twists and turns, she became a nanny.But the income of being a nanny is meager, and Cheng Yu still has to study, Cheng Manhong has no choice but to become a confinement woman, and she is so tired that she can't straighten up every day.Later, life gradually improved, but Cheng Manhong's health deteriorated little by little. Even with all these years of hard work, she could only afford the down payment for a small house with one bedroom and one living room in the suburbs. Finally, Cheng Manhong fell ill again, and the operation cost She paid a large sum of money and had to pay the mortgage. When Cheng Manhong passed away, the family could no longer afford a penny.

After Cheng Manhong passed away, Cheng Yu relied on the scholarship and the salary from the laboratory to continue his studies. He also had to work several jobs to pay off the mortgage. Fortunately, the mortgage will be paid off this year. Pay a lot of money.

Cheng Yu pursed his lips, thought twice, and thought, although Zhou Jun and Zhou Yunwei made his mother and himself heartbroken, Zhou Hongyuan was innocent. Anyway, Zhou Hongyuan is his nephew, how could he sit idly by, So, he said, "I have 5000 yuan in my hand, which is all my savings, and I will take it out for you as soon as the bank opens tomorrow."

Li Yanhua approached a few steps, obviously dissatisfied, and glared at him, "Hey, aren't you a top student at S University? Are you not from a big city? Why did you spend this little money? Hongyuan is your nephew, don't you want me?" forget!"

Cheng Yu opened his mouth, stepped back subconsciously, and subconsciously looked at Zhou Hongyuan.Cheng Yu had never been in contact with such a troublesome woman, and his heart had always been soft, so he didn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, a voice came from behind, "Okay! Xiaoyu is still studying, it's not easy for the two of them to be outside these years, so I will be satisfied with some."

Cheng Yu turned his head, he saw a dark, short and fat elder brother in his thirties, he felt familiar, but couldn't remember who it was for a while.

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