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On Saturdays, there are no Spanish lessons and English writing in the morning, no piano practice in the afternoon, and no schoolwork and extracurricular competition exercises in the evening. This is simply the level of reform and opening up.Moreover, his first meal was Mala Tang, which was completely written into the top ten cases that moved China.

Jiang Yu knocked on the table and frowned at him: "What are you doing so stupidly while eating?"

"Can I add chili?"

Jiang Yu glanced at him and said, "It's up to you."

He opened the porcelain bowl, dug a spoonful of hot sauce and threw it into his Mala Tang.The original thick soup immediately changed its taste.He said to Jiang Yu in a low voice: "This is the first time I have eaten Malatang." Jiang Yu glanced at him and came back with a piece of luncheon meat from his bowl. sweat, but Xu Yanxin ate calmly.Jiang Yu hissed and said, "You might as well just eat the chili sauce."

"That's different!"

"Is there anything else you haven't eaten, let's hear it."

Xu Yanxin asked him eagerly: "What's there? Let me use an analogy."

"Spicy hot pot? Hot pot? Lo-mei?"

Every time Jiang Yu reported one, he couldn't help but nodded.Jiang Yu raised his face with his hands and looked at him funny: "What do you usually eat? Sweet juice and rain?" He thought about it, and said: "Except for less oil, less sugar and less carbon water, it is similar to most families. Unless it is necessary Indispensable entertainment, our family seldom goes out to eat, and if it is a special case, my mother will invite a chef to cook at home. Like grilled, fried, smoked, it is impossible to appear on our table."

"Isn't it good?"

Xu Yanxin said: "You have never tasted the taste of boiled broccoli. In fact, I don't have any particular complaints, but at least I can quit once in a while, but I don't even have the occasional chance. I entered high school, the first This is the first time I know that there is such a thing as fruit candy in the world, I know that there are fruits and sugar, but I didn’t expect that they can be mixed together.”

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Then what kind of candy did you eat before?"

Xu Yanxin said: "Bingtang..."

"Pretty simple."

"My family is very ordinary."

"You are called ordinary, so what are the remaining people called? Eliminated poor people?" Seeing Xu Yanxin's embarrassing expression with his mouth open, Jiang Yu continued, "Don't tease you, hurry up and eat."

Xu Yanxin suddenly lost her appetite, and murmured, "I'm sorry."

Jiang Yu returned a piece of luncheon meat to him indifferently, and said, "It's not your fault that you're poor. Don't worry, although I'm not as ordinary as you, I don't care. My business is my business, and my parents' is my business." My parents. Do you care about dealing with poor kids?"

Xu Yanxin immediately said: "Of course not."

"That's fine. I'll go through the formalities after eating, and then I'll take you home."

Xu Yanxin said oh, and sat obediently in the ward waiting for him. Before leaving, the nurse changed his dressing and sighed to him: "Your brother and you have such a good relationship, be careful next time, don't let your brother I'm worried, and I've told him the precautions." He was stunned for two seconds before he came back to his senses, this brother is referring to Jiang Yu?He secretly swore in his heart that even if Jiang Yu didn't care, he would never mention family matters in front of him in the future.He didn't want to see Jiang Yu showing that expression.

Xinlan Garden is on the outskirts of City S, and the two of them took three buses to get there. He secretly looked at Jiang Yu's expression all the way, afraid that he would be angry. Jiang Yu noticed his hesitant gaze, but he just put him Hooped on the chest to prevent the patient from being squeezed around, but Xu Yanxin thought blankly, can the pectoral muscles of high school students be so obvious?Not to mention, Jiang Yu put his arm around his waist, and he took two steps forward shyly, wanting to stay away from Jiang Yu, but he didn't expect Jiang Yu to pull his arm and said in a low voice: " There are too many people, don't move around." He said oh, and really didn't move any more.

It takes a little more than a kilometer to get off the bus.This is the first batch of villas in S City in the early 90s, the so-called "rich district". In the past, the secretary of the municipal party committee lived next door to Xu Yanxin's house, but they moved to the newly built villa district a few years ago.

Xu Yanxin stared sideways at Jiang Yu and said, "Actually, you don't have to send me back. I'm not a child, and I won't get lost." Take the bus." Xu Yanxin was rather dissatisfied, and wanted to take back the schoolbag on Jiang Yu's shoulder, but before he even touched the schoolbag belt, Jiang Yu gave him a cool glance, be quiet.He said to himself, isn't this my schoolbag?

He had no choice but to look at his hands. The gauze hadn't been removed, and a hole had been burned in the suit of the school uniform jacket. Although he had vaccinated with his grandparents in advance, Xu Zhao was not so easy to deceive.

Jiang Yu said, "What? You're so pouted you could tie a rope."

Xu Yanxin ignored his jokes, and said dejectedly: "I don't want to lie to my mother. But if she knows that I went to an Internet cafe and jumped out of the window when there was a fire, she will definitely sever the parent-child relationship with me."

"Is it that serious?"

"Yes. Although my mother won't show it on her face, she will keep me cold for a long time. On the day I lost the audition, she took me to see a psychiatrist first. The psychiatrist said that I am fine, just temporary anxiety caused by too much pressure , She ignored me for several days, as if I didn't exist." The sun was hot, and the fat trees on both sides of the road were dazzlingly green, but Xu Yanxin's face was like a dough that had been softened by the sun, collapsed. down.

A certain part of Jiang Yu's heart also softened along with him. He hugged the young man's shoulders and said, "Since it is a dead end for you to go back now, you might as well go back later. I'll take you to see something good."

The so-called "good thing" is an old bookstore, which has all kinds of books, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.Including Xu Yanxin's "Vagabond", when Xu Yanxin saw the booklet, he was so excited that he almost knocked off the roof of the house, Jiang Yu saw him so happy, but remained cold, just raised his eyebrows, and said: "How is it? Who just had a bitter face on the road."

Xu Yanxin couldn't hear him at all, and quickly picked out his cartoons from a pile of waste books.Jiang Yu grabbed his wrist and said, "Be careful of being cut by the paper. I will help you with whatever you want." Xu Yanxin was not polite to him, picking left and right, and picked more than a dozen books. When paying the bill, Xu Yanxin Only then did he vaguely realize that it was impossible for him to bring these things back.He looked at the bag of books, lost in thought.And Jiang Yu noticed this problem one step ahead of him, and said, "You didn't think about this at all just now?"

He was speechless.

He only cared about picking.

Jiang Yu couldn't see that he was lost, so he said, "You can put it with me."

Immediately afterwards, in Xu Yanxin's bright eyes, he continued: "But there is a request that you must agree to."

"what?"

Jiang Yu followed the roadside lights, looked at him, and said, "Promise me that you won't get hurt again." The night was dark, and the warm yellow lights were like butter that had been cut, making Jiang Yu soft.It was the first time he looked at Xu Yanxin so softly. The young man was a head shorter than him, with slightly curly hair, and looked at him with a hint of confusion.

"why?"

"Why do you say?"

Xu Yanxin thought for a while and said, "Are you dizzy?"

Jiang Yu choked for a moment, and said, "Almost." Xu Yanxin became proud as if he had caught his little secret.It's funny to say that Jiang Yu was carrying Xu Yanxin's schoolbag on one shoulder and the comic book he bought in his hand. In just one night, he seemed to have become Xu Yanxin's servant, or bodyguard.He frowned rather unaccustomedly, and coughed twice, wanting to smash this too strange picture into pieces.He concluded bluntly: "If you get hurt in front of me again, I will burn all your comic books."

"No," the young man assured him immediately, "I know, I must be careful in the future. You must protect my comic books." Jiang Yu reluctantly agreed. Before parting, the young man looked at him reluctantly, although probably He was looking at the cloth bag in his hand.He still said: "If you are kicked out, call me."

The boy waved to him and disappeared through the gate.

Jiang Yu looked at the comic books in his pocket, not knowing what to do with this night of sleeping on the street.

Xu Yanxin came home at exactly seven o'clock.

According to the usual rules, Xu Zhao is doing yoga, while Shen Feng should still be in the situation.Before the National Day, Shen Feng always had to work overtime.He opened the door of the house, and as soon as he walked through the door with his head poised, he heard footsteps coming downstairs.As soon as he took off his shoes, he saw Xu Zhao standing at the entrance in silk pajamas and a facial mask.

He pulled a smile: "Mom."

Xu Zhao's eyes were piercing. He first saw the gauze on his arm, and then saw the black hole in his suit jacket. Although his face was covered by the mask, he knew that Xu Zhao's face must be dark, and he waited for his explanation.Knowing that he couldn't escape, he thought about how to make Xu Zhao accept the truth better, but Xu Zhao said leisurely: "You were caught by the raccoon cat next door to grandma again? How many times do you need me to say it before you can remember?" Don't touch the cat?" Xu Yanxin just remembered what he told his grandma to ask for help.

He didn't say anything, but he heard Xu Zhao raise his arm, and said with rare tenderness, "Does it still hurt? Is the grasp serious?"

Xu Zhao's body smelled like the chemical seasoning of cosmetics, but he thought it smelled good for no reason.He was sore in his heart, and it was rare to be coquettish: "It hurts. I will definitely not be like this in the future, I promise. Don't ignore me."

"When did I ignore you?" Xu Zhao pulled him to the sofa and sat down, and said, "How many times have I told you, don't touch cats, but you just don't listen. Can cats be the same as people? Do you know your situation? Besides, even people are vicious, you have experienced it yourself, why don’t you know how to be careful.”

"I know I was wrong."

Xu Zhao asked, "How are your grandparents?"

Xu Yanxin said: "It's okay. Grandma said that she is learning Kung Fu recently. Grandpa played chess with people in the community and won every game."

These are all what grandma said on the phone, and he reported to Xu Zhao with a little color.Xu Zhao listened and nodded.Xu Zhao took off the mask and threw it into the trash can, revealing a wet face. She stretched out her slender fingers, dipped a cotton pad with some water from the bottle, and wiped off the remaining essence of the mask.When she showed her puffy face, Xu Yanxin saw the corner of her mouth without any smile.

He knew that Xu Zhao's rare warmth had dissipated.

Sure enough, Xu Zhao said to him: "This year's National Day, your father and I have been approved by the higher authorities to visit your cousin in the United States. Your cousin just applied for Harvard this year and is very busy. Your father and I will help out. By the way Ask for some experience. Now that I think about it, maybe you should go directly to the United States to study high school, so that you don’t have to take the Princeton exam after graduation.” Xu Zhao folded his hands, and the hand cream he put on was a strong scent of camellia.

"By the way, I've signed up for you for the Zhixin Cup in October, and I'm going to ask your grandfather to find a graduate student to help you with tuition," Xu Zhao added, "By the way, if Xu Yang's family asks why you were last If you fail the exam, you just say that you are not feeling well, and don't talk to her about anxiety attacks."

"Since you're back, go up and study. For the classes you didn't attend today, I'll ask the teachers to come tomorrow."

Xu Yanxin said: "But didn't we agree to go to the art exhibition together tomorrow?"

Xu Zhao looked at him calmly: "You can visit art exhibitions at any time, but you can't study. You can't cultivate good study habits by fishing for three days and drying the net for two days."

"But tomorrow is the last day of the art exhibition."

"Then let's see next time."

Xu Yanxin's eyes were red, and he said: "You always say that, today is grandma's birthday, can't you be a little more flexible? And..." And he has been looking forward to it for a long time.The brochure of the art exhibition was torn and worn out by him.But Xu Zhao still said: "No matter whose birthday it is today, you can't break the rules. Will the vanity fair of life relax your requirements because of your special case? No, the winner is the truth. I I don't care about the time of day, I care about where your mind is. Do you remember what I said to you?"

He clenched his fingers.

Xu Zhao approached him and said, "Talk back."

He looked away, reluctantly replied: "'You must be worthy of your talent.'"

"If you were an ordinary child, I wouldn't be so harsh on you. But it is because you are talented that I am strict with you. Have you forgotten the story of my grandpa that I told you? I can help you investigate that art exhibition If you don’t have one in S city, you can go to another city to see it; if you don’t have it in China, you can go abroad to see it. Everything will be discussed after you get admitted to P University.”

He lowered his head and looked at his toes: "Mom, if, I said, if, I really became a very ordinary person, what would you do?"

Xu Zhao took out a tissue and handed it to him, only then did he realize that his face was wet. He wiped away the tears carelessly, but he heard Xu Zhao say in a very flat tone: "Discuss if 'if' is The most worthless. The smart way is to avoid such assumptions. You will remember to look at the test sites of the Zhixin Cup later, and don’t make the same mistakes this time.”