Wang Ming was cleaning his house when a knock suddenly sounded at the door.
The house had been uninhabited for so long, and he was wondering who could be knocking on the door. When he opened it, his expression froze, and he was quite surprised.
Why are you here?
"What, you're not welcome?"
"Welcome, welcome."
Shen Ying smiled and said, "Isn't Aunt Li coming back today? I thought your house probably hasn't been cleaned much yet, so I came to help you."
She glanced around the room. The living room looked fairly clean, and the house didn't seem particularly messy; Wang Ming must have done a quick cleaning in the last couple of days. However, it was clear that the house had been uninhabited for a long time; there was a faint musty smell in the air.
Old Wang scratched his head: "It's alright, it's just that there's a lot of dust, but I can handle it by myself."
"You're not happy that I'm offering to help you?"
"It is an honor to have Miss Shen Ying grace us with her presence." Wang Ming stood at attention.
"Tch, what a character." She curled her lips slightly.
"Hmm, come in quickly."
Shen Ying nodded, stepped on the doormat, and the door slowly closed.
Her heart suddenly started racing; this was her first time visiting Wang Ming's home.
Wang Ming pursed his lips and broke the silence: "Well, there aren't any new shoes at home, so you can wear my mom's."
"Uh-huh."
After changing her shoes, Chen Ying looked around and found that Wang Ming's house was quite large, with three bedrooms and a living room, one of which was an art studio, with a total area of more than 100 square meters.
Her own home isn't even that big. Now it seems that Aunt Li has to take care of her son and support her family, which is really tough.
"Do all these trophies belong to Aunt Li?"
Shen Ying looked at the many works hanging on the walls of the studio, as well as several glass trophies that looked quite substantial, clearly belonging to industry leaders.
“Hmm.” Wang Ming nodded and chuckled, “My mother used to be a middle school art teacher. She led her students to win several awards and also participated in some art exhibitions herself. In fact, the reason why Lao Jiang and I are on the path we are on today is because of my mother’s influence.”
"sharp."
Shen Ying was amazed. She picked up the trophy, looked at it carefully, and then put it away gently. She didn't have such a good art environment when she was a child; her parents were just ordinary people.
However, everyone has different circumstances, and comparing yourself to others will make life very tiring.
"If I had known you earlier, would I have been learning to draw with you guys too?" she joked.
Haha, who knows?
The two chatted for a while and then started doing housework. There wasn't much to clean; it was just mopping the floor, dusting, wiping the windows, cleaning the furniture, and cleaning out the cobwebs in the corners and the grime in the bathroom.
The two chatted as they worked, and the combination of a man and a woman made them feel less tired.
"When will Aunt Li be back?" Shen Ying asked.
"Her flight is at nine in the morning. After arriving at Yudu Airport, it should be around two in the afternoon. Then she will spend a few hours traveling back by car, and she should get home around five or six in the afternoon," Wang Ming said after thinking for a moment.
"It takes so long to fly here, the capital must be so far away," Shen Ying sighed.
"Isn't that right? The straight-line distance is nearly 1,000 kilometers."
"Speaking of which, what's it like to fly?" Shen Ying asked curiously.
This is a rather philosophical question. After ancient people came down from the trees to the ground, they longed for birds to be able to soar freely in the sky. It wasn't until modern times, when humans invented airplanes, that they officially stepped into the blank realm of the sky, but they still couldn't fly as freely as birds.
"Hmm...it's actually quite boring. Aside from the initial excitement and novelty, you get tired of looking at the sea of clouds outside after a while. The windows on the plane are also very small; if you're not sitting by the window, you can't see anything at all."
Wang Ming thought for a moment and continued, "Besides, you can't use your phone on the plane. Everyone just sits there, and you'll get sleepy after a while. You also have to endure the occasional turbulence, and sometimes your eardrums will feel uncomfortable due to the pressure. However, it's quite fast. If you take the train, it will take ten or twenty hours. Anyway, once you take a plane to the capital during your summer vacation, you'll know everything."
"If I were on a plane, I would definitely be very worried about something going wrong. If there's a malfunction, then we're doomed." Shen Ying stuck out her tongue.
"Haha, I thought that too, especially when there's turbulence, my heart is in my throat. But the safety of airplanes is quite high, so there's no need to worry."
"Uh-huh."
Shen Ying wiped the coffee table with a damp towel: "Do you still want these expired medicines?"
"You said it's expired, so of course you should just throw it in the trash. It's fine, go ahead and throw it away. Anyway, my mom and I are only coming back for the New Year. We'll go back to work on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and then we'll have to go to Shanghai on the sixth day. We probably won't be back until the New Year again." Old Wang said casually as he mopped the floor.
Shen Ying suddenly felt that single-parent families like Wang Ming's were actually quite pitiful. No matter what happened, his mother had to step up and bear the burden. Fortunately, he had grown up now and could help his mother share some of the pressure.
“Then I’ll come back next year to help you clean,” Shen Ying suddenly said with a smile.
Wang Ming was slightly taken aback: "Okay."
He paused, sighed, and said, "I'll probably buy a house in Beijing in the future. Once I'm settled in Beijing, this place here will just be a place to stay. I'll come back to visit occasionally."
Shen Ying silently bit her lip, without replying.
Jiang Xia and Yan Wan will definitely stay in the capital in the future, so she will be all alone in her hometown then.
We really only see each other a few times a year.
"Shen Ying, you're going to the capital too, right?" Wang Ming suddenly asked.
“Of course, didn’t I say I’d come visit you during summer vacation?” Shen Ying replied.
“Well, I didn’t mean work…” Wang Ming scratched his head. “I meant living in the capital in the future.”
Shen Ying didn't know how to answer this question for a while. She was a girl and would eventually get married. Even if she went to work in the capital after graduation and found a boyfriend there, it would still be three and a half years.
"I can't afford a house in Beijing," she joked.
"Renting doesn't seem too expensive. My mom and I are currently renting, but I'd like to move out on my own. It's more comfortable to live alone."
"It's not expensive now, but in four years, the price might increase several times over!" she joked. "If you share an apartment with me, I might consider it."
"Huh?"
Wang Ming blinked, looking at Shen Ying's ambiguous smile, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
...
(To all the students taking the college entrance exam tomorrow, good luck! Go go go!)
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