straight to heaven

The bottom of the glass touched the marble countertop, the orange juice was shaken a few times, and the liquid level returned to calm.

I understood Gao Kai's hint.He meant that he could walk around and let me change from Dingrun's legal assistant to Dingrun's lawyer.With just one word difference, the salary and social status are completely different.

It's not that Lao Hu hasn't thought about it, but the lawyer with the worst education in Dingrun is also a graduate student from a top law school in China.I have a bachelor's degree, and I started working after graduation. Even if the school is a well-known 211 in the capital, within five years, my "regularization" will be difficult to convince the public.The legal profession is all about qualifications, and there is nothing to say.

I don't know if I should be thankful that Gao Kai didn't notify me to report to the law firm without saying hello like in the past, leaving me the right to shirk.

"Take your time." I seriously refused him: "I still need to accumulate experience."

Gao Kai was taken aback, as if surprised, but he didn't say much: "That's fine."

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, and my mother sighed at the right time: "Time flies so fast. When you were re-reading, the way you quarreled with me at the school gate seemed to be in front of you... You have grown up so much."

"Yeah." I nodded, "It's very fast."

If she doesn't mention this matter, I will almost have no memory.

I was under a lot of pressure that year.Pei Yanlai cut off all contact with me, and in the first month I lived like a wandering spirit all day long.From confusion to numbness, it took me almost three months to transition.

In the final exam of the first semester of senior high school, my score was only a few points higher than the undergraduate line drawn.

The repeating school required to fill in the volunteers according to the grades this time, but I was determined, and the first edition still filled in the capital one, the same as half a year ago.

Unexpectedly, the teacher contacted my mother in a mobilizing manner.

That evening, she parked the car at the gate of the school with a rare unfriendly expression and a menacing appearance. The appearance of such a responsible parent made me feel strange.

This is the only time in my memory that she gave me a cold face.

She questioned me and said, Lin Xiaoshan, you failed the college entrance examination half a year ago because you were unreasonable in filling in the application form. You forgot everything, right?Well the scars forget the pain?You can't be so capricious.

I said nothing.

Pei Yanlai is at Yanda University, and Yanda University is in the capital.He didn't see me, so I had to find him by myself.

That's the whole reason.

After a few seconds of silence, she asked again, baby, tell me, who are you in the capital?

I suddenly looked up at her, and asked, what do you mean?

She didn't answer my question: "Before you hit the south wall and die, at least think that I'm still your mother, your tuition and living expenses, these zeros and zeros are always my investment. You squander your life, you are worthy of yourself, Are you ashamed of me?"

After she left, I stayed alone in front of the cold school gate for a long time.

Until the phone rang, Gao Kai sent two text messages.In the first article, he said that my mother had a miscarriage more than a month ago and has been emotionally unstable recently. If there is a dispute, he hopes that I will follow her and don't disturb her.

The second article, only two words, thank you.

I didn't reply, but the mock form I handed in the next day was overhauled.There is an appropriate book for all over the world, and the first choice was replaced by the foreign language department of a university in Northwest China.

My mother called me later, but I ignored it until the ringing died down.

Fortunately, I performed very well in the second college entrance examination, and I got my wish and entered a law school in a certain 211 in the capital.

My mother and I have nothing to recall about the past, and the topic was quickly turned away.

After ten o'clock, Gao Kai brought out several plates of dumplings, both meaty and vegetarian. The dumpling skins were kneaded with three kinds of vegetable juices of different colors, making them plump and beautiful.

I could tell at a glance that it was made by my mother.

"Do you need vinegar and chili oil?"

When Gao Kai asked me, I was grabbing the red envelope sent by Pei Yanlai in the work group.

He is a phoenix flying out of the golden nest, and he is more generous than Lao Hu. He even dumped nearly thirty four-figure lucky red envelopes, and stopped his capitalist behavior when the limit was reached.

Without exception, everyone was stunned, and when they clicked on the red envelope, they suspected that they had misread the decimal point.

I'm in a bad mood tonight, but I'm lucky.Among the thirty, I was mostly lucky, and my coin purse suddenly became full.

At first I felt guilty, but Pei Yan came to face the enthusiastic flattery of his colleagues, and finally just sent a simple "Happy New Year" indiscriminately.

After so many years, it was the first time I saw this sentence from his mouth.

My thoughts changed instantly.

The young master of the nightclub laughed with me and gave me tips. I have been ridiculed, scolded, bitten, and pinched for so long. Is it not too much to get a labor fee?

Just treat it as a high mental loss of more than half a month.

"...Huh? No, thank you." I answered slowly.

My mother is carefully picking dumplings into the small bowl of Dabao Erbao and putting them in.There are five greens and one yellow in the big treasure bowl, the second treasure has a smaller appetite, three purples and one yellow.

When she saw me, she was stunned for a moment: "What's the matter smiling so happily?" She asked, "Is there someone I'm talking about?"

I do.

"...No." I touched my face: "Did I laugh?"

My mother replied solemnly: "No, you didn't smile, it was your mother and I were dazzled."

Just as I was feeling embarrassed, Dabao and Erbao took out a one-yuan coin from the only yellow dumpling in the bowl. The voices of the two children rescued me from the embarrassment.

"Mom, I ate it again!"

"Mom, I'm faster than my brother this year!"

"Nonsense, I'm obviously faster than you!"

My mother quickly forgot about me, grinned, and kissed the child's cheeks with both hands: "Okay, okay, I know! In the new year, my two treasures are lucky!"

It's almost twelve o'clock after dinner, and the tableware will be cleaned up the next day, so you don't have to worry about it.

All the dishes were taken to the kitchen. My mother pointed to the room where the suitcases were stored and said that the guest room had already been tidied up.

I am grass.

Surprised.

After talking in my mind for a long time, I finally opened my mouth to explain: "Actually, I booked a hotel in the city until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and I can't refund it during the Chinese New Year. The train arrived at the station too late, and I didn't have time to put my luggage back."

Gao Kai saw that my mother was stunned, and took over the conversation: "It's hard to get together, your mother and I have the nerve to let you live outside. In this way, the hotel room fee doesn't matter, we can help you pay for it."

My mother said, "Yeah, it's all small things..."

She was like a teenage girl again at this time, but I finally learned to say no to her.

"It still doesn't work." I said nonsense: "I have an appointment with my classmates early tomorrow morning, and it's not good to pack up and go out and make a noise with the children."

On the first day of the new year, who should I make an appointment with?

But when it came to children, the two were really subdued.

The suitcase was dragged out again, with a layer of dust on it, probably rubbed on the train.I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but now I think it's not very decent.

I walked to the entrance, and the host and all the stars were counting down on TV.

When I took out a thin notebook from my backpack, I even thought to myself, what is Pei Yanlai doing?

Now that fireworks are banned, does he feel lonely occasionally?

No way, no way.

He doesn't have that emotion, and I should know better than anyone.

He doesn't need me.

I thought about the coin just now.

Dabao Erbao can find such coins in the specially marked dumplings, and it is like this every year. It was arranged by my mother, which is considered a good fortune for a year.

But I didn't tell anyone.When I was seven years old, after biting those three coins in one bite, while my mother was crying and packing up my luggage, I was lucky enough to disembowel the other [-] dumplings one by one.

All that was exposed was a belly full of oily meat stuffing.

The heaven rarely favored me and gave me a narrow victory.

A pot of white and fat dumplings with similar descriptions, the probability of choosing one out of fifteen.I go to new life.

After a long and short time, the passbook was finally handed over to my mother.

"There are 20 fixed deposits, and two 660 sixty-six current deposits. The latter is a gift for the two children, and the front..."

I looked into her eyes and said, "I will pay you back."

That's why I have to go back to Lingcheng this year.

Live frugally for eight years.Counting from the time I left with her at the age of seven, to the end of my financial independence at the age of 19, a total of 12 years.All the expenses, plus Gao Kai's favor for helping me find a job, are all on this piece of paper.

The silence was hard to bear.

"You..." Her hands were shaking when she finally spoke: "What do you mean?"

I guessed that she misunderstood, so I explained, but as always, I was not good at words: "Don't think too much, I just want to pay back what I can."

I said, "You'll always be my mom."

The countdown is over.

On-screen and off-screen, the whole country celebrates the New Year.

Before closing this door, I bid farewell to the alien world through the warm yellow gap.

"Happy New Year."

Congratulations, you finally learned how to be a mother.

The wheels of the suitcase were spinning, and I was alone on the empty road.

The street lights went out.

I listened to the ground grinding all the way and thought, but I've always been the lousy son.

The quiet moonlight casts behind me, and the distant past comes one after another.

I scrambled through my lengthy memory for another three coins.

——The responsibility for the Spring Festival that year was in Pei Yanlai's hands, so I don't know where he left it now.

On the streets of New Year's Eve, it is difficult to hail a taxi.

sneezed.

I squatted on the curb and sent Pei Yanlai a happy new year that didn't get a response.

The cold wind blows on the face, and the sky does not show mercy.