South of Chutian

Tang Heng didn't know why he had to lie, but thought it might not be a coincidence.That afternoon, the school's postgraduate summer camp ended, and he was dragged by Professor An to chat for more than 20 minutes.By the time he and Jiang Ya'anyun rushed to "Long Love" after a quick meal, other bands had already started singing.

They went late, so they had to wait for the bands in front of them to finish singing before singing.Standing like that, he was bitten all over his legs by mosquitoes, so he was particularly impressed with that night, and they sang "Summer Night Wind".

Li Yuechi let out an "oh" and didn't seem to care much, "That song is really nice."

Is it good singing or the tune of the song?Tang Heng couldn't ask in detail, so he could only say, "That song belongs to Wu Bai."

Li Yuechi nodded, turned around, picked up the two empty bowls on the tidy box, and went into the bathroom.Tang Heng followed and saw him squatting in front of the faucet washing dishes.The faucet only reached his waist, and the sink below was pitifully small.Perhaps it was because of the wound on his back, although he was squatting, his back was straight, so that the posture of washing dishes seemed a little solemn for no reason.

Tang Heng stood at the door of the bathroom watching him, distracted for a moment, but still couldn't imagine how short of money he was.

"You go back," Li Yuechi finished washing the dishes and pots, and turned his back to Tang Heng, "You see, I don't have a place for you to sleep here."

Not really, and Tang Heng didn't want to sleep here at all.

"Then what do you do if you have a fever at night?"

"I have antipyretics."

"What if the burn is severe?"

"No," he paused, "If you're worried, you can give me the number, and I'll call you if it burns."

"Then give me your number too."

"Okay."

Tang Heng thought for a while, and then said, "I'll order takeaway for you tomorrow, how do you write the address of your home?"

"It's no use."

"The doctor said you want to—"

"I'm not home during the day, I have to go to work."

"What kind of work do you do like this!"

"Tutoring in the remedial class, you can't go if you don't go."

"...Then when do you leave work?"

"uncertain."

"uncertain?"

"I have to post an advertisement after get off work."

"Tell me about your time at home," Tang Heng gritted his teeth, "I'll pay back the money."

This time, this time you won't refuse again, right?He is so short of money, he won't wave his hand and say that you don't need to pay back the money, will he?

"You don't have to come here." He still turned his back to Tang Heng, with a calm and indifferent voice, "Give the money to An Yun, and she will pass it to me during class."

……Hold!

It must have been the heat stroke just now that gave birth to the idea of ​​"this person is not bad"!

Is there something wrong with him?Since he didn't want to talk to him so much, why did he come over when he was surrounded?Besides, what did he have that he was afraid to avoid?There is something wrong with this person, right?

Tang Heng squeezed out "OK" from his throat, then twisted open the door, and left without looking back.

As soon as he went down the stairs, the sour smell of the garbage dump hit his face, making Tang Heng want to vomit.He walked quickly through the alley, so fast that even the hot and humid air was blown up, the T-shirt on his body was wet and then dry, Tang Heng felt that his body was full of strange smells, like instant noodles, There was the smell of garbage dumps, and even the smell of disinfectant in the clinic. The combination of these smells made his back tingle.

It was only when Tang Heng walked to the door of "Long Love" that he slowed down and let out a long breath.

In the distant night sky, faint thunder came.

The phone rang, it was An Yun.Tang Heng suddenly realized that he didn't leave Li Yuechi's number, and of course, he didn't have Li Yuechi's number either.

"Hey?"

"Where are you?"

"The gate of 'Long Love'."

"I'm with Lao Jiang, you wait, we'll pick you up."

An Yun hung up after finishing speaking, and she couldn't hear it very well.Tang Heng stood in front of the door of "Long Love" and waited, glancing at the shiny pink signboard from time to time.He thought, Li Yuechi wouldn't really have a fever, right?But since he has antipyretics, his fever should not be too high... From Li Yuechi's house, he can see the signboard of "Long Love", so what about the singing?How clearly can you hear?

Tang Heng was a little distraught, but felt that he didn't need to bother about a weird person - he had already done his best, and if the other party didn't accept it, he couldn't help it.

Soon, a taxi stopped at the alley, followed by Jiang Ya's voice: "Son——"

Tang Heng said "stupid" in his heart, walked over, and got into the car.

"Everyone is here, Master, go to Zhuodaoquan Night Market," Jiang Ya said, looking at Tang Heng, "Are you not going back tonight?"

Tang Heng glanced at the co-pilot, An Yun remained silent, she was in a fit of anger.

"I'm not going back." Tang Heng said.

"OK," Jiang Ya cheered, "Go to my place to fight the landlord! My new poker!"

Jiang Ya is from Inner Mongolia, and her family has a big business.He went to Wuhan to study at university, and his father bought him a house directly near the Zhuodaoquan subway station.When they are idle and bored, the three of them gather at Jiang Ya's house to watch movies and occasionally fight landlords.

The taxi arrived at the night market. It was a busy time. The narrow road was full of people, and the smell of fried yams and crayfish was everywhere.The three of them sat down at the barbecue stall they used to eat, and when the light came on, Tang Heng realized that An Yun's left cheekbone was smeared with purple lotion, which was a little swollen.

"Have you gone to the hospital?" Tang Heng asked.

"Hey, it's just a small injury, it's not troublesome enough to go to the hospital," Jiang Ya winked at Tang Heng, "We, uh, went to Brother An's house."

An Yun said with her face crossed, "Leave your guitar at my house first."

Tang Heng: "Well, did you quarrel again?"

Jiang Ya sighed: "Auntie saw that we were injured, isn't that worrying?"

"Is she worried?" An Yun slapped the table, "Jiang Ya, you feel that she is worried? She just looks down on us!"

"She's in menopause, menopause is like this," Jiang Ya comforted, "You can just go in your left ear and out of your right ear."

"'You hang out with dubious people every day', 'you don't look like a student', 'tell me who believes you are the daughter of a university professor'—I'm so fucking convinced!" An Yun scolded, " What heinous thing did I do? Did I kill someone or sell drugs? The daughter of a university professor? Does she think I want to be?"

"Forget it, brother An, forget it, Auntie just speaks badly, you see she even put purple potion on us..."

"I'm still using that person, Li, what? Use that person as an example for me, Jiang Ya, did you hear?" An Yun was so angry that her Wuhan accent came out, "Said he went to work for the teacher before school started. Work hard! Things will happen! I'm just fucking around every day! What is she thinking? Comparing me with him, I don't understand, and I'm not as poor as him!"

"Yes, yes, it's really not necessary. Everyone's situation is different. Analyze specific issues..."

"Who?" Tang Heng asked suddenly, "Li Yuechi?"

An Yun let out an annoyed "hmm".

"He's 'diligent' and 'will come to trouble'?" Tang Heng thought to himself, being diligent is diligent, but he will come to trouble——I really can't tell.Obviously has a "stay away from me" face.

"Didn't you listen to Mr. Tang?" An Yun said, "He is actively working on it. This graduate student has not started school yet, and he is working on a project with Mr. Tang."

"What project?"

"He and Tian Xiaoqin were doing a survey on the distribution of the impoverished population in Wuhan, and I didn't get involved."

Jiang Ya interrupted: "Why don't you go? Didn't Teacher Tang accept you three students this year?"

"I don't want to go!" An Yun slapped the table again, "Why should I go before school starts! Besides, don't I want to spend more time with the band?"

Tang Heng asked again: "Is he short of money?"

"Quiet, my family is from the countryside. I heard that with his college entrance examination scores back then, Han University can choose any major at will."

"Then why-"

"There are free normal students at Normal University." An Yun took out a cigarette from her pocket and lit it up. "Tuition is free, and a monthly subsidy of 600 yuan will be given."

Jiang Ya clicked her tongue: "Just for this little money? There is a difference of [-] to [-] points between Han University and Normal University."

"Maybe he is really short of money," An Yun shrugged. "I heard that he broke the contract when he was a junior. If he breaks the contract, he has to pay tuition and living expenses. If you think about it, he will have to work a lot. But after breaking the contract, he can go to graduate school." It seems that he was able to get into the Department of Mathematics of Han University, but he was unlucky, and the places there were all reserved by default."

"So it's down to your sociology?"

"Well, Mr. Tang is very satisfied with him, and even Xiaoqin and I praised him - he came from the Department of Mathematics and can process data! It's not like we don't even know SPSS."

"This buddy can do it," Jiang Ya said thoughtfully, "He's also a good guy, thanks to him tonight."

"Well, by the way," An Yun looked at Tang Heng, "Is he seriously injured?"

Tang Heng's first reaction was "serious", and when the words came to his lips, thinking of Li Yuechi's indifferent face, he changed it to: "It's okay." I don't know who to change it to.

An Yun scolded: "A Zhu's idiots, don't let me run into them again."

"No, what a good thing has been spoiled by those idiots," Jiang Ya chuckled, "But it's just right, you can take this opportunity to appease my sister, she's scared."

An Yun raised her foot and kicked over, Jiang Ya quickly changed her words: "It's senior sister, senior sister!"

"I've already texted her." An Yun finally softened her expression, "I'll treat you the night after tomorrow."

"Call Li Yuechi."

"Ah?" An Yun and Jiang Ya looked over at the same time.

"...Thank you for his help today."

"Come on! He won't come."

"why?"

"Didn't you listen to him, tell us not to tell about his help?" An Yun dusted off the cigarette ash, her tone a little sour, "The school will punish the fight outside the school! They still want to get a scholarship, don't want to Get meddled in our affairs!"

Oh.

It turned out to be the case.

Tang Heng was silent for a moment: "How much is the scholarship for graduate students?"

An Yun: "Eight thousand? It seems to be eight thousand."

8000 yuan, that is, the price that sister Fu bought him a pair of shoes.There are at least ten pairs of shoes at this price in his shoe cabinet.

I also thought of Li Yuechi's instant noodles, wire beds, and rooms without air conditioning. 8000 yuan is a huge sum of money to him, right?

Purple light flashed, and then, thunder sounded not far away.It is going to rain.The city of Wuhan always rains at night, and the drizzle is endless. Tang Heng doesn't like rain.But out of nowhere, he suddenly felt that the rain would be nice too.Those rooms without air conditioning may be able to cool down a little because of the rain.

"Tang Heng! Son!" Jiang Ya shouted, "Is your phone ringing?"

Tang Heng came back to his senses suddenly, took out his phone, and saw the word "Sister Fu" on the screen.

He frowned and pressed the answer button: "Mom, what's the matter?"