Settlement of Accounts
The two of them sat by the lake until the sunlight became slightly cooler, then they stood up and slowly walked back.
"Xiao Lai, that Xinhui daughter, you haven't really thought about dating her, have you?
Tong Xiaolai, let me tell you, it was alright before, but if you dare to have this thought in the future, I will never let you go, until you die, understand?"
Tong Xiaolai: "..."
Two more steps...
"Xiao Lai, is that Xinhui daughter really that beautiful?"
Tong Xiaolai: "...I don't know the owner of that text message. I just made it up, and I've never seen him before. My phone gets a bunch of text messages every day. I used to delete them, but then it took too much time to delete them, so I just left them here."
Shao Liyin felt uncomfortable when she thought of those cheesy words and stretched out her hand: "Give me your phone."
Tong Xiaolai gave it to him.
He let go of Tong Xiaolai's arm and opened the text message.
There were so many messages that I felt jealous and angry just by looking at them.
All kinds of “lovesickness”, “heartbroken”, “just want to see you smile”, I don’t know what’s going on in the heads of these junior high school and high school students every day!
Hold the phone one meter away, squint your eyes, select all, and delete.
He moved his fingers, ready to open WeChat, but thought it was inappropriate and put it down. Just as he handed the phone over, Tong Xiaolai held his hand and opened WeChat.
"It's my phone. You can check it anytime you want." Tong Xiao said calmly, and Shao Linyin blushed with embarrassment.
The address book is very simple. He is the one pinned at the top, and the others are basically teachers. Even classmates are rare, and the chat records are basically about discussing topics.
On the contrary, there are 99+ in the "New Friends" section, and when you click on it, all of them are friend requests that have not passed verification.
"Tsk tsk, Xiaolai, your interpersonal relationships are not good like this. It will affect your future development. As the saying goes, more friends, more paths." Shao Linyin sighed as he scrolled down.
"Do you want me to add them?" Tong Xiao said as he randomly clicked on a recent application and prepared to click "Agree".
Shao Liyin glanced at the long note on the friend request: "Tong Xiaolai, I have admired you for a long time. You are the clouds in the sky, the wind in April..."
He snatched the phone and turned it off. With a blank expression, he pushed Tong Xiaolai forward and said, "Forget it. I'm hungry. I'm going home to cook."
"Then could you please not recognize any brother casually?" Tong Xiaolai, who was being pushed, asked suddenly.
Shao Liyin: “……???”
"The gloves I gave you, you just gave them to any other 'brother'. How come I didn't know you loved being a big brother so much?"
"..." Shao Linyin didn't know how Tong Xiaolai knew that. Hearing the sour tone, he looked up and met Tong Xiaolai's aggrieved eyes and gloomy expression.
She felt embarrassed for a moment, then quickly took his arm again and asked carefully, "Did you see it?"
Seeing that Tong Xiaolai didn't say anything, he understood in his heart that he had seen it.
Shao Liyin softened her tone and coaxed, "Xiaolai, don't you think he's skinny and small, and looks a lot like you?"
Tong Xiaolai turned his head and looked at him: "Not like it."
"Oh, you at the beginning. When I saw him, it reminded me of the first time I met you."
“I only have one.”
"I know, this is the only Xiaolai I have." Shao Liyin held him tighter, "If I let him run away, he'll be gone. This Xiaolai I've waited so many years for."
"You are not allowed to recognize your brother anymore."
Shao Liyin quickly admitted his mistake: "I don't admit it."
After admitting his mistake, he thought about the five thousand yuan he had been hurting so much: "Tong Xiaolai, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. You told me fifty yuan for a pair of gloves worth five thousand yuan! Who allowed you to spend so much money on a pair of gloves? My monthly salary can't even buy enough for a pair of gloves!"
Tong Xiaolai ran away: "Brother Li, you are hungry, I will go back to cook."
Shao Liyin chased after him: "Hey, speaking of cooking, why are you running errands instead of studying hard at school?
Don’t run away when school starts, do you hear me, Tong Xiaolai!
***
Shao Liyin only rested for three days. On the fourth day of the New Year, some businesses began to open for business, and he started running again.
He checked the fully charged power bank, put on the gloves Tong Xiaolai gave him, picked up the food Tong Xiaolai had prepared for him, and prepared to go out.
"Brother Li..." Tong Xiaolai called out to him, "Do you really have to run? Your salary plus my scholarship is more than enough for our current living expenses.
I can’t spend the money you gave me. The surplus from last semester is enough for this semester.”
Shao Liyin reached the door, turned back and ruffled his hair, kissed his forehead, and smiled: "Be good, wait for me at home, don't study, just rest for a few days and rest your brain."
Tong Xiaolai ignored his interruption and said, "Brother Li, how much money do we need to earn to be considered enough?"
Shao Liyin looked at him, smiled and joked: "Brother Li, I just love money.
After you graduate from university, earn tens of millions for me, and I'll enjoy drinking tea and admiring flowers while you earn money to support the family, okay?"
She bit his lips lightly and then let go. "It's after you graduate from college, not now. If you run errands for your classmates to pick up takeout next time, I'll come back and spank you in the evening."
Then she stood up and ruffled his hair: "Okay, let's stop talking, let's go!"
I went downstairs, got on an electric bike and went to a street with many businesses. I connected my phone to a power bank and waited for orders.
There were not many businesses open for business, but there were not many riders taking orders either. He soon received an order. He was very happy because he could earn ten yuan from this order during the Spring Festival.
He is not a money-loving person, but he is indeed short of money recently.
Two months after Xiaolai started school, he has been busy looking for houses. The house they live in has very poor sound insulation, and the sounds from upstairs and downstairs, and even the sound of the TV next door, can be heard.
The people living in the building are all workers who work in three shifts. To put it bluntly, there is the sound of doors opening and closing "bang bang" 24 hours a day, day and night.
He didn't care, but he couldn't laugh. The pressure of studying was already too great, and if he didn't get enough rest, his body would collapse.
The most important thing is that the distance is too far. It takes nearly an hour to take the bus from here to Xiaolai's school.
There are only more than two hours of sleep in the morning and evening, and he wants Xiaolai to sleep these two more hours.
The No. 1 Middle School in the city is located in the city center, with convenient shopping malls and transportation around it. It is also known as a school district house, which makes the rent there really high.
After looking around for several months, I found that the monthly rent is around three to five thousand, and they all require a deposit of one and three months' rent in full.
His monthly salary is 4,500 yuan. There will be an additional installation fee when there is installation, but not all the time.
Xiaolai's living expenses are 1,500 yuan, and he has to keep drinking fruit and milk. He is growing fast, so he has bought winter clothes. Last year's autumn clothes are too short for spring.
His salary is barely enough.
Thinking of this, he took the meal from the merchant, got on his electric bike, watched the small icons on the map on his phone moving towards the customers, and smiled in the gradually warming spring breeze.
When he was alone, living was a mission. Even if he was starving to death, he didn't think it would be a big deal. The worst that could happen was that the mission had failed.
Later, things got better. I had a fixed salary and lived the same life. I had more money than I could spend, so I saved some. I didn't seem to feel anything about it. I just did things numbly.
But now it’s different, he has hope and family.
Have a lover.
To love someone, you need to love with all your heart and soul.
"Hello, your takeaway has arrived. Enjoy your meal!" He said cheerfully to the person who came to pick up the food, with sincere blessings.
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