The Spring of Prince Syndrome

Zhao Guogang hasn't come back yet, Yuan Yuan is already thinking of using some excuse to get this guy away, or find out first that he will stay here for a few days, will he mess with his things... and so on.Yuanyuan guessed that he was probably looking for a job. After finishing junior high school, he had no money to go to school. This is normal in his hometown - he came to this immigrant city in the southern country to work for a living.

I hope things don't develop in the worst way. Yuan Yuan can almost imagine that this guy named Tan Ruikang is doing nothing at home, living for nothing for several months.

He intends to explore first.

The distant home was beautifully decorated, with a teak floor that was uncommon in S City at that time. Tan Ruikang was a little at a loss when he came in.He took off his shoes, and there were two holes in the socks at the toes.Sitting on the sofa, he said, "Uncle, hasn't he come home yet?"

"My dad has something to go out in the morning, and he'll be back later." Yuan Yuan imitated Zhao Guogang's usual style, connected the kettle for boiling water, washed the cups, picked out the tea leaves, made the tea, and passed a round of boiling water in turn.

"You..." Tan Ruikang pointed to his head: "Go and wipe it first, don't catch a cold."

"It's okay." Yuan Yuan's half-wet hair rested on his forehead. He entertained this guest with all his heart and responsibility, but he couldn't say anything. He thought for a while and said, "My hometown has been fine all these years."

Tan Ruikang rubbed his hands, pondered for a moment, and said, "Grandpa died. You didn't go back that year. He still called your name before he passed away."

Thinking of his grandfather in the distance, many things have become hazy when he was a child, only the photo of his military uniform and the smell of the old man on his body, for some reason, are still very clear.

Yuanyuan and Tan Ruikang have been in a direct relationship for three generations, whether they are close or distant, Yuanyuan's grandfather has three siblings, the grandfather is the eldest son and Tan Ruikang's grandfather is the second child.

Tan Ruikang's grandfather died during the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, leaving behind a single uncle, who was raised by his grandfather as his own son. The uncle also served as a soldier when he was young, and his wife ran away with others, leaving him like Tan Ruikang. an only child.

Few people, three generations of single pass.

Yuanyuan said, "Where's your father, is it okay?"

In the distant years, I learned from the phone calls of my father and mother that Tan Ruikang's father was working on the construction site, and his life was also very bad.

He always suspected that his father took a lot of money to help the countryside. Zhao Guogang's money is equal to his own money. It is wrong to use it to help relatives indiscriminately. He tried to mention it a few times, but he was scolded bloody by his father ... So he vented his anger on his relatives, adding a lot of hatred out of thin air.

"I went." Tan Ruikang said, "I left last month."

Yuan Yuan nodded, unable to recover for a while, and said, "Where did you go?"

Tan Ruikang said: "Passed away."

distant:"……"

Tan Ruikang said: "The lungs... long-term inhalation of dust is not good."

Yuan Yuan said, "Why didn't you treat the disease?"

Tan Ruikang said: "When I found out, I was already coughing up blood, and there was no cure."

Yuanyuan said: "Nor...won't you send me here to see a doctor?"

Tan Ruikang smiled and didn't say anything else, his deep eyes shone with a warm light.

Yuanyuan sighed and said, "My mother was the same at that time, but I was too young at that time, and I didn't understand it until a long time later."

Tan Ruikang's eyes were red, and he said, "It's all over, people have to look forward."

"Yuan." Yuan Yuan didn't care too much. After so many years, the scars have almost healed. He doesn't hate Tan Ruikang as much as he did at the beginning. After all, he has become unwanted... Yuan Yuan looked at him and wanted to say something What, I suddenly felt that Tan Ruikang looked awkward sitting on the sofa in his house - like a piece of sticky, dirty chewing gum, which was still chewed.

The doorbell rang, and the distant father came back.

"Uncle."

Tan Ruikang hurriedly got up to say hello, Zhao Guogang had a briefcase under his arm, and he just nodded his head to say hello.

"What time did you arrive?" Zhao Guogang glanced at the distance, saw that his hair was still wet, and said, "Xiaoyuan, go take a shower and change clothes, be careful of catching a cold."

Yuan Yuan was so happy that he didn't have to accompany the guests. When he went to take a bath, he vaguely heard Tan Ruikang and his father talking in the living room. Tan Ruikang didn't talk much, and Zhao Guogang asked him a question and he answered it.Yuan Yuan came out of the shower and asked, "Do you want to buy toothbrush underwear?"

"I brought it." Tan Ruikang said.

Yaoyuan nodded, knowing that Tan Ruikang would be staying at home at least tonight, so he went to take the initiative to clean up the guest room—up to this moment, Yuanyuan hadn't realized any problems, and just regarded Tan Ruikang as a guest who came to find work.

Zhao Guogang also doesn’t like guests at home. Usually, when guests come to chat for a while, he will arrange for the guests to stay in a hotel paid for by the company until Tan Ruikang puts away his things and goes to take a bath. up.

"What?!!" Yao Yuan looked at Zhao Guogang as if listening to a joke.

Zhao Guogang repeated it again.

Yuanyuan said: "When will he live?! Wait! Tell me clearly."

Zhao Guogang said: "You can live on your own until you can leave home to go to college."

Yuanyuan: "How can this be done! Why didn't you discuss this matter with me in advance! No way!"

Zhao Guogang: "It was decided yesterday. Dad thought you would be very happy."

Yuanyuan suddenly became furious, and he yelled at Zhao Guogang: "I'm so happy! There is no place for him in the family! Why did you come to our house? Why should he live in our house?"

Zhao Guogang said: "Yuanyuan! His father is your cousin! He has passed away now! Your mother was just like his father and siblings. He had good academic performance. After finishing junior high school, because of his father's illness, he dropped out of school to take care of him at home. More than a year. Your grandmother asked him to come to study, Ruikang is a good boy, and he will stay at our house for at least three years, and you have to get along together."

"Uncle." Tan Ruikang said outside.

Fortunately, the soundproofing effect of this house is good, Yuanyuan is still a little jealous, not feeling for the other party and maintaining his own image and face, but for a while he still strongly finds it difficult to accept the fact that there is another member in the family.

Why?Eat his father's and use his father's, and live here for three years? !Three years is not long, but it is definitely not short.

Zhao Guogang went out to teach Tan Ruikang how to use the water heater, and then came in and closed the door. Yuanyuan was still full of anger. He asked Zhao Guogang, "Why didn't you discuss with me first about such a big decision?!"

Zhao Guogang said: "When you were young at your grandfather's house, Ruikang accompanied you all summer. When your cousin sent you to the car, you still cried for your little cousin to accompany you. You cried all the way back, and you forgot gone?"

Yuan Yuan said angrily: "Who remembers that trivial matter!"

Zhao Guogang sighed, patted Yuanyuan's shoulder, his eyes were a little red, Yuanyuan knew that he thought of his mother.

"Wait! This matter can't be left alone!" Yuan Yuan said.

"What do you want?" Zhao Guogang asked back.

Zhao Guogang's face was gloomy, there was no discussion about this matter, Yuan Yuan also had a dark face, the expressions of the two father and son were exactly the same, when there was a sound from outside, Zhao Guogang hurriedly got up and went out, saying: "Ruikang, you will live in this room from now on. Clothes and underwear first Wearing Xiaoyuan, I will take you to buy it tomorrow, just as school is about to start."

Tan Ruikang was brought into the guest room, Yuanyuan wanted to say something but didn't have the guts, it felt like a dream, there was a stranger in the house.

Zhao Guogang said something to the two of them about getting along well, and naturally most of them were said to Yuan Yuan, Yuan Yuan knew this father's temper very well - he could make trouble in private, and he must not embarrass him in front of outsiders.I had no choice but to nod, and went back to my room to play games.

So Tan Ruikang stayed like this, Zhao Guogang called outside, contacted a friend who worked in the District Education Bureau, and asked him to open a note, planning to take Tan Ruikang to the principal's house tomorrow.Yuanyuan played the game absent-mindedly, listening to the outside world with his ears up, and at the same time wondering what school he would go to.

One middle school and three middle schools are impossible, and the Foreign Language Experimental Middle School...is simply a dream.The education level of rural junior high schools in this immigrant city is at most an ordinary high level. Ordinary high schools and universities have a key undergraduate enrollment rate of only 3% to 5%, and distant schools are key middle schools. There are more than 300 students in one grade, and nearly 95% of them are admitted to the first three batches.

Yuan Yuan put in a lot of effort when he was a junior, he not only hired a tutor to make up lessons, but also asked the Education Bureau to approve a slip. In the end, he spent [-] yuan in school selection fees to barely get into the top class.

Fortunately, Yuanyuan has been fighting for his strength. He has been very vain and a little clever since he was a child. Not only did he not get rid of in the two years of junior high school, but he caught up with the top ten in his grade. More kung fu slog.

After playing the distant game GAMEOVER several times, I turned off the computer, took out the books I bought in the afternoon, and lay on the bed looking through a few meters of picture albums, listening to the outside all the time.Hearing that Zhao Guogang asked Tan Ruikang to study at home for the past few days and to go to the exam... Halfway through Zhao Guogang's speech, the phone rang.

The door was pushed open, Yuanyuan said impatiently: "Can you knock on the door?"

Zhao Guo sat by the bed and asked, "Baby, what are you looking at?"

Yuanyuan's face flushed, Zhao Guogang hadn't called him by his nickname for a long time, and his mother's memories had blurred a lot, Zhao Guogang's "baby" was called just right, which made his stomach full of anger disappear.

"Can you respect other people's right to privacy? Dad!" Yao Yuan was like a hedgehog.

"What is other people's right to privacy?" Zhao Guogang said: "Other people? Even if you are 80 years old, you are still my son, a few meters of books?"

Yuan Yuan closed the book casually, it was a copy of "The Moon Forgets", Jimmy was just becoming popular, and his picture albums were overwhelming.Zhao Guogang flipped through the pages, not knowing what to look for, and Yuan Yuan said, "What school does that guy go to?"

Zhao Guogang's expression darkened, and he said, "Call him brother, how can you talk like that?"

Yuanyuan had an indifferent expression, and Zhao Guogang said: "It depends on his test scores. Dad is going out tonight. You take your brother Ruikang out for dinner, and go to the supermarket to buy something. Let the clothes hang out."

"Oh—" Yuan Yuan said, "Drink less wine."

Zhao Guogang patted his son's head, got up and left.

Yuanyuan flipped through the picture album for a while, and went out to see Tan Ruikang packing his things in the room. It was originally a servant's room, and it was so small that it could only accommodate a bed and a desk.Yaoyuan's family hired a nanny several times. When she was a child, the nanny didn't fulfill her duties. She would eat and eat secretly when she came.In exchange, the nannies came and went like a revolving lantern, some were too lazy, some were too stupid. When Yuan Yuan was in the second grade of junior high school, he felt that there were too many people he didn't know at home, so Zhao Guogang stopped hiring them.The two fathers and sons take turns to do housework, hire a part-time worker during the general cleaning, and just clean it up.

"My dad has gone out." Yuan Yuan walked through the corridor to the bathroom to turn on the washing machine, and the washing was already done.

Tan Ruikang said a few words in the room, but he couldn't hear clearly from a distance, so he didn't talk to him. He took out his clothes and found shredded paper and shredded tobacco stuck to them.Someone came today and forgot to hide the cigarettes, and was almost discovered by Zhao Guogang.

Smoking secretly would definitely kill him, Yao Yuan frantically shook off the shredded paper, and Tan Ruikang's voice suddenly sounded behind him, saying, "Xiao Yuan."

Yuan Yuan was startled, his expression was a little stiff, "Xiao Yuan" is the name only Zhao Guogang can call him, he said: "Call me Yuan Yuan, I am not a child anymore."

Tan Ruikang nodded and said, "I'll do it."

Yuanyuan immediately said: "Go back, don't grab it!"

Tan Ruikang was also a little embarrassed. Both of them insisted on drying the clothes and snatching them back and forth. Yuanyuan was a little angry, thinking that this person was really troublesome, but Tan Ruikang found the shredded paper and said, "You smoke too? Does uncle know?"

The word "also" reveals a lot of information, Yuanyuan heaves a sigh of relief, but still doesn't quite trust him, saying, "I...my dad's."

Immediately, I felt something was wrong. There were only two people's clothes in the washing machine, and it had nothing to do with Zhao Guogang.

Yuanyuan said: "My, don't tell my dad."

Tan Ruikang immediately said: "I also smoke, don't say it, definitely don't say it."

Yuan Yuan shook the shredded tobacco and shredded paper into the bathtub and rinsed it with water, and went to the balcony to dry the clothes. Tan Ruikang followed, Yuan Yuan was a little crazy, why always follow me? !

Tan Ruikang blushed a little and said, "I... come on, you go to rest."

Yuanyuan ignored him, hung up his clothes, and found that there was a hole in the buttocks of Tan Ruikang's underwear, which was the loose green sports underwear decades ago, and couldn't help laughing.

Tan Ruikang's expression was very embarrassing, Yaoyuan hung up all his clothes, and went back to the room to read as if nothing had happened. He remembered something and told Tan Ruikang: "My dad is going out to socialize at night. Are you hungry? I will take you out for dinner."

Tan Ruikang was busy saying that he was not hungry, so Yuan Yuan went back to his room to look through the picture album and wait for dinner. He was still a little absent-minded, thinking about which school Tan Ruikang would go to transfer to study after he was two years older than himself and dropped out of school for more than a year-mostly a technical school, Dad It is often said that learning a craft never starves to death.

Yuan Yuan felt very sympathetic to this dignified cousin from the countryside, and turned around and said, "Tan Ruikang."

"What?" Tan Ruikang asked in the opposite room.

Yuan Yuan leaned on the back of his chair and looked towards the opposite side, and saw him sorting out the tattered textbooks he brought from the countryside.

"Can you lend me your reference book, Xiao Yuan." Tan Ruikang said.

"Call me Yuanyuan." Yuanyuan was a little too lazy to correct him, pointing to the bed casually, Tan Ruikang came to read his reference books.Yuanyuan got up again and showed him the textbook.

The notebooks and pencil cases in Yuanyuan are all exquisitely designed, the schoolbags are also brand-name, and the stationery used by boys is very exquisite. I thought Tan Ruikang would praise his taste, but he didn’t notice this at all. He just said: “English books are different. .”

"Well, it's the coastal edition." Yuan Yuan said, "You should read the People's Education edition."

Tan Ruikang looked at it seriously for a while, and said, "Are you taking a listening test?"

Yuanyuan said: "Of course, the high school entrance examination uses a machine-readable answer sheet."

He showed Tan Ruikang the test paper and answer sheet, and now Tan Ruikang was moved.

"Your English is really good!" Tan Ruikang said, "23 points for composition?"

Yuan Yuan smiled modestly and asked, "Which room did my father ask you to go to?"

Tan Ruikang said: "I didn't say anything, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with the progress here and may have to repeat a grade."

Yuanyuan nodded sympathetically and said, "It's okay, I also struggled a lot when I first came here, our school is full of lunatics."

At six o'clock in the night, Yaoyuan got up and said, "I'll take you to play, you..."

He noticed Tan Ruikang's clothes, it was a bit of a thing to take out like this, he found out his jeans and white shirt, and asked Tan Ruikang to change them.

This move seems a bit...but Yuan Yuan was purely out of kindness and completely without malice. He just wanted him to adapt to this city faster.After all, if you walk on the road if it is too earthy, you will feel rejected by the environment.Yuan Yuan used to be very concerned about this, and he still had a bit of inferiority complex in his bones.

He looked at Tan Ruikang who came out after changing clothes, and suddenly found that he was in good shape, don't look at the messy migrant worker's hairstyle, if he had a short and short hair that is more popular, put earrings on his ears, and wore a ring, Maybe it still looks decent.

"Let's go." Yaoyuan took Tan Ruikang downstairs, the rain had stopped, and Tan Ruikang was still wearing his dirty pull-back shoes, which seemed a bit out of place.