Chapter 185 Learning to Ride a Bike - Part 1
This is the world of bicycles. During the morning rush hour, the streets are full of bicycles. It can be said that we are almost immersed in a sea of bicycles. Even on the campus of Imperial University of Peking, you can occasionally see people riding bicycles passing by quickly.
Fubao lived in the school dormitory during her high school years. Initially, her family was poor and couldn't afford a bicycle, so she walked to school. Later, when her financial situation improved, she no longer needed a bicycle. Now that her family is better off and a bicycle is no longer a problem, she's already in college and hasn't considered buying one.
Now that Fubao is not short of money and needs it, he has the idea of learning to ride a bicycle.
Xiao Dingkun naturally agreed after hearing this: "You should learn. You will be able to ride sooner or later. Let me teach you."
Fubao saw that he agreed and nodded quickly: "Okay, then tomorrow you can ride your bike to the side of our school. There is a square next to it. You can teach me there."
Hearing this, Xiao Dingkun tightened his grip on her fingers and couldn't help but smile, "So you were waiting for me here."
Fubao said in a cheerful voice, "You have to learn first before buying. Let's learn with yours first."
There was no way. Several girls in her dormitory didn't know how to ride a bicycle. They all wanted to buy a bicycle, but they were just thinking about it and hadn't made the purchase yet. She needed a bicycle to practice.
Seeing her like this, Xiao Dingkun naturally had no choice but to agree: "Okay, then tomorrow is Saturday, you don't have classes, and I happen to have time. I'll ride over and teach you then."
When I returned to the dormitory, Feng Meini was cutting newspapers and magazines. Her book was about to be published, but before it was published, she wanted to cut out all her published articles and make them into a collage to preserve.
To be honest, Feng Meini has been very different recently.
After Li Yonghong and Xiao Ya left school and returned to their hometown, life quickly improved thanks to the five yuan a month Peng Hansong subsidy sent directly from the school. Five yuan a month wasn't much, but for a poor mother and daughter in the countryside, it was more than enough. If they saved a little, they could eventually save some.
Li Yonghong, whose life was better now, even asked someone to write a letter to Fubao, thanking him and the girls in Fubao's dormitory for helping her. She also said that she would find a way to support Xiaoya's schooling in the future so that Xiaoya could have a bright future like them.
The people in Fubao dormitory were naturally moved when they saw this. They all felt good that they could help Li Yonghong and Xiaoya, mother and daughter, and let them live a good life.
While feeling good, thinking of Peng Hansong, he naturally gritted his teeth.
Peng Hansong's life is not easy now. Originally, he received a student allowance of 15 yuan a month, but now he has lost 5 yuan. That would have been one thing, but for the next ten years until Xiao Ya turned 18, one-third of his salary allowance would be transferred to Li Yonghong and her daughter through organizational connections. This is enough to make him feel uncomfortable.
In addition to the financial loss, the most important loss is the reputation.
He now has a bad reputation on the university campus. No female classmates would date him, and the male classmates also look down on him. The pitiful appearance of Li Yonghong and her daughter at that time was so deeply rooted in people's minds that no one can forget it.
Even his good friend Wan Nian couldn't help but pat Peng Hansong on the shoulder and said, "Hey, man, we are men after all. We can't let our wives and daughters suffer like this! We shouldn't do such things!"
This one sentence made Peng Hansong feel ashamed.
Even his good friends couldn't stand it, let alone others. For a while, Peng Hansong was in disgrace at school and couldn't hold his head up. The school leaders also knew about this and had an impression of Peng Hansong in their hearts. The influence was even worse. I'm afraid he won't be able to get a good position after graduation.
Seeing Peng Hansong's misfortune, the Fubao dormitory was naturally happy and full of joy. In addition to being happy, everyone urged Feng Meini to quickly write Peng Hansong into her article. Feng Meini did some research, wrote a letter to obtain Li Yonghong's consent, and then exaggerated Li Yonghong's case dramatically, wrote it into a novel, and published it in a literary magazine. Who knew that after it was published, everyone gnashed their teeth at the scumbag who abandoned his wife, and felt very sympathetic towards Li Yonghong and Xiaoya. For a while, letters like snowflakes were sent to the editorial department, demanding that the scumbag be severely punished: "We can't let him have a good life!"
Everyone is so sincere about this incident of abandoning their wives. It is probably because after a special period of ten years, there have indeed been many cases of men abandoning their wives and returning to the city. This is a special phenomenon of the times and a pain that is engraved in everyone's hearts.
The editorial department hadn't expected Feng Meini's novel to be so successful, so they urged her to keep writing, to write a sequel, to write a second part. Feng Meini had no choice but to keep writing...
It started with a novella, then she began to develop a novel, and finally she was approached by a publishing house, who wanted to publish her novel as a book.
Feng Meini was overjoyed with the huge success, and her classmates were envious of her.
Feng Meini happily pasted the newspapers into cutouts, then held them up in front of her face and blew on them. She casually asked Fubao, "Are you going to make another appointment with your brother Dingkun?"
Will you go?"
When she said "Brother Dingkun", she deliberately used a coquettish tone.
In the past, Fubao called Xiao Dingkun "Brother Dingkun" without any other meaning. But ever since Fubao and Xiao Dingkun started dating and made it public, everyone likes to joke around and it became a little weird when calling him Brother Dingkun.
Fubao was already used to his roommates' jokes: "Yeah, I asked him to bring his bike over tomorrow. I want to learn how to ride a bike then."
As soon as she mentioned bicycle, all her roommates looked over.
Everyone now wants to buy a bicycle and learn how to ride one. Of course, the one who is most interested is Feng Meini. She has savings now, so buying a bicycle is easy and stress-free.
Feng Meini tutted her tongue enviously: "Oh, it's great to have a brother named Dingkun! Unfortunately, I want to learn how to ride a bicycle but there's no one to teach me. I was thinking of borrowing a bicycle and learning on my own! I heard it's not that difficult."
Li Juan'er was looking down at an English word. Upon hearing this, she looked up and asked in confusion, "Where's your Wang Jun? Didn't we go to the movies together a few days ago?"
Ever since Li Juan'er met Peng Hansong, she has lost interest in finding a partner and just wants to study hard. The TOEFL exam is about to start this year, and she plans to try to get a good score, which will be very helpful for her to study abroad in the future.
When Feng Meini heard Wang Jun's words, her shoulders slumped. "Don't mention it! Eh!"
When she said this, everyone looked over and asked with concern, "What's going on?"
Feng Meini sighed, "When we went to the movies the other day, I said there was popcorn next to us and we should buy some. But he said it was too expensive to buy popcorn in the cinema and that we could wait until after the movie and then go buy some outside."
Everyone: “…”
Wang Fenghua said somewhat helplessly, "...Actually, he does have a point. He's a man who knows how to live."
Feng Meini spread her hands. "Yeah, he's quite good at living. I thought about it and it made sense, so I just put up with it. After the movie, I wasn't interested in eating popcorn anymore, so we went to eat. But when I suggested we go to that state-owned knife-cut noodles place, he insisted it wasn't worth it and wanted to go to another place for noodles with soybean paste."
Fubao: "Is there a difference between sliced noodles and noodles with soybean paste?"
Feng Meini curled her lips and said, "He said the price is the same, but the fried noodles have meat in them, while the sliced noodles only have broth and no meat!"
Thinking of Li Juaner: "..."
Wang Fenghua said with some difficulty: "He is indeed a man who knows how to live..."
Feng Meini: "Well, later we went to the square for a stroll, and there was a flower seller who said, 'Big brother, buy me a flower.' I saw that the flowers weren't expensive, only ten cents a piece!"
Fubao: “He didn’t sell it?”
Feng Meini: “No, he bought it!”
Mo Jiasi immediately became interested: "That's not bad, isn't it bought?"
Feng Meini said with a bitter face, "He bargained with the little girl selling flowers, and finally picked out a wilted one, saying it was cheap and selling it to him for five cents! He also told me to take it back to the dormitory and put it in a vase, so it can perk up!"
…
Everyone was completely speechless at this moment.
Fubao lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Is his family well-off?"
Feng Meini: "Yes, he's from the countryside, and he has two younger brothers. He's actually a nice guy, kind, and respectful to his parents. I heard that he loves his younger brothers very much, but when I think of that wilted flower, I get so angry."
When she said this, everyone started to chatter and discuss it for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion: "It's better to break up!"
After all, no girl is willing to tolerate a wilted flower.
As a proud daughter of Imperial University, at the prime of her life, she should be having the most romantic love affair. Why should she accept a wilted flower?
Feng Meini nodded. "When I think of that flower, I seem to see my value in his heart. Maybe I'm only worth a wilted five-cent flower."
Amidst everyone's chatter, Fu Bao finally said, "Actually, this Wang Jun seems to have a lot of potential. However, we're not dating based on each other's future prospects. If you don't like him, then forget it."
When Feng Meini heard this, she excitedly rushed over and hugged Fubao: "Okay, I'll listen to Fubao!"
After going around in circles like this, Feng Meini looked at Fubao with envy in her eyes: "Fubao is the happiest person in our dormitory right now!"
Fubao quickly said, "Don't worry, when I learn to ride a bicycle, I will buy one. Then you can use my bicycle to learn, and I can also teach you."
Everyone was delighted to hear this and urged Fubao: "Hurry up and learn it, we are relying on you!"
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