The Cultivation of Rebirth

The next day Li Rui got up early, cooked porridge for the whole family, mixed a portion of preserved egg tofu, took out two pieces of the can of fermented bean curd in the kitchen, and tore open a package of mustard greens and put them on the plate.

After preparing all this, he went to ask Zhang Hongqin to have dinner with Wang Yundong.

Due to the quarrel last night, Zhang Hongqin and Wang Yundong are still in a cold war, and there is a low air pressure on the dinner table.

After eating, Li Rui told Zhang Hongqin that he was going back to school early today: "The teacher said that the exam is coming soon, I hope we seize this last time to review."

Before Zhang Hongqin answered, Wang Yundong said unhappily: "Is it useful to spend so much time reviewing? If you spend more time, you will definitely be able to pass the exam? It's better to do some housework at home."

After listening to Wang Yundong's words, Zhang Hongqin swallowed what she was going to say, and interjected coldly: "Since the teacher said so, it must be useful. Xiao Rui, you just go to school. Let him wash your uncle's clothes by himself."

Wang Yundong put his job down heavily: "Zhang Hongqin!"

Wang Yundong's roar made the younger brother tremble.

"Why are you shouting so loudly? It's scaring your son." Zhang Hongqin hastily embraced her younger brother.

Seeing that the two adults were about to quarrel again, Li Rui drank the porridge in twos and said to Zhang Hongqin, "Thank you, aunt. Then I'll go to school first."

Zhang Hongqin waved: "Go." Because Li Rui listened to her, she looked at Wang Yundong with a somewhat smug expression.

Wang Yundong scolded "stupid woman" in his heart, glanced at his elder and younger sons, and suppressed the urge to quarrel with Zhang Hongqin again.

Li Rui went back to his room to pick up his schoolbag, which he had packed earlier, and left his aunt's house.

He walked out of the boss for a while with his schoolbag on his back, only to find a small shop with a public phone, and told the proprietress that he wanted to make a call.

The proprietress pointed to the phone and asked him to call himself.

Li Rui pressed the string of numbers he had memorized.

This is the number that Gu Huaidong wrote on his palm before.

The phone rang a few times, but was not picked up, but was hung up directly.

Li Rui was not in a hurry about this.

After a few seconds, the phone rang.Li Rui picked up the phone.

Gu Huaidong's voice rang through the phone: "Li Rui." When he saw the unfamiliar seven-digit number, he was almost sure that it was Li Rui calling.

"Yes." Li Rui responded and told Gu Huaidong, "I have already left home."

"Then let's meet at the old place in 10 minutes." Gu Huaidong happily replied.

Li Rui responded again.

After hanging up the phone, Li Rui gave the shopkeeper fifty cents, and then walked to the "old place" that Gu Huaidong said.

The first time Li Rui left his aunt's house under the pretext of going back to school early, Li Rui was still very nervous and guilty, but now that he is used to doing this, he no longer feels the same way.

Li Rui felt that he had also become bad.

Li Rui thought this way and comforted himself in a low voice. He also wanted to learn English.

Gu Huaidong speaks English very well, even better than the teacher's pronunciation.