A girl was pedaling hard on her bicycle, riding along the road while cursing and swearing.
"Xu Heping and Xu An, you two are doomed, especially Xu Heping. You didn't tell me what to say and made me ask him myself. How am I supposed to ask him? Xu An doesn't even have a phone at home. I have to send him a message in my dream!"
Having visited Xujia Village once before, the girl easily found Xu An's house and stood outside the gate, banging on the door.
"Xu An, this is Gu Wen. Are you home? If you are, open the door for me."
Xu An, dozing under a longan tree, dreamt that he was sitting in an office, with a constant stream of documents being placed on his desk. As soon as he finished one document, three or five more would appear, an endless cycle...
The sudden knocking on the door jolted him out of his work hell, causing him to momentarily lose his senses.
Gu Wen?
Didn't she settle down in the capital? Why did she suddenly come looking for me?
The thought only lasted for a moment before Xu An completely broke free from the influence of the dream.
It's summer vacation after the college entrance exam, and Gao Wen hasn't gone to university in the capital yet, so it's perfectly normal for her to come looking for him.
Xu An raised his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth, making sure there was no more drool, before walking to the courtyard gate and opening it.
Standing outside the courtyard gate was a girl with yellow and dry hair, slightly dark skin, and wearing large black-rimmed glasses, exactly like Gu Wen in Xu An's memory.
"Why are you dawdling around at home for so long? What's going on between you and Xu Heping? We were having a nice chat, and as soon as I asked about your situation, you immediately stopped talking to me. Did you two best buddies have a fight?"
"What do you need me for?" Xu An didn't answer Gu Wen's question, but asked her directly why she came.
"Our teacher needs to collect information on what universities everyone applied to. Since you don't have a phone, I can only..."
Ring ring~ Ring ring~
Xu An's phone suddenly rang, interrupting Gu Wen's conversation.
I took out my phone and glanced at the incoming call. It was an unknown number, probably ordering food.
After giving Gu Wen an apology with his eyes, Xu An walked to the recliner, picked up his laptop, closed it, and then pressed the answer button for the phone.
"Hello, this is Xu's Fast Food. Would you like to place an order?"
"Okay, okay, four boxed meals, three with preserved mustard greens and braised pork, and one boiled pork, delivered to New World Design Studio at 11:40. Okay, okay, it's been registered. Thank you for your patronage."
From the moment Xu An took out his phone, Gu Wen's eyes widened in surprise.
He! Xu An! He actually has a cell phone! And he doesn't even join the class group chat!
That wretched Xu Heping didn't even tell me! I had to make such a fuss under the scorching sun!
As soon as Xu An hung up the phone, Gu Wen handed her phone to him and said coldly, "Add me as a friend, and I'll add you to the class group."
He chuckled twice to cover his embarrassment, and Xu An quickly applied to join the class group. Gu Wen put away her phone and did a couple of quick operations, and Xu An's application was successfully added.
"What were your college entrance exam scores? Which schools did you apply to?" Gu Wen asked while operating her phone.
"548 points." Xu An coughed lightly. "I applied to our provincial normal university."
"Oh, so you and Li Xindong applied to the same school? Maybe you'll become alumni in the future."
Xu An was no stranger to Li Xindong. He had attended every class reunion in his previous life, but he never spoke much and just listened quietly as everyone talked about their lives.
So he applied to the provincial normal university in his past life? Why didn't he go to university? Did he underperform on the college entrance exam and fail?
"How many points did Li Xindong get on the college entrance exam?" Xu An asked curiously.
"With 536 points, as long as the cutoff score doesn't change much this year, I'm guaranteed to get in."
The admission score for the provincial normal university in 2012 was 524. Li Xindong's score was perfectly fine. Why didn't he go to university in his previous life?
"Are you working a summer job right now? I just heard you talking about ordering food on the phone, are you doing customer service?"
"Yes, that's right." Xu An nodded in agreement, offering no further explanation.
"Quite a few people in our class are doing summer jobs, I know at least seven or eight. You have the most relaxed job, you can earn money just by lying at home." Gu Wen teased Xu An for a bit, then suddenly said, "Li Xindong went to work in a factory in the next city with people from other classes, but the leader cheated him and deducted more than half a month's wages for some small problem. He worked hard for more than a month, and in the end he only got a thousand yuan."
Xu Heping had told him about this in his past life. Later, Li Xindong seemed to get angry and quit. After returning, he went to the beach with the villagers.
Gu Wen and Xu An chatted for a few more minutes. After learning that the fast food restaurant where Xu An worked still needed more staff, Gu Wen left thoughtfully.
The muddy beach to the east.
Two days ago, Li Xindong returned home from a neighboring city and went out to sea with the uncles and elders in the village to catch mudskippers.
Wild mudskippers are expensive, usually selling for 40 to 50 yuan per kilogram, and often for 100 to 200 yuan per kilogram during holidays.
Such a high price also proves that mudskippers are not easy to catch.
Li Xindong carried a net bag in his left hand and a white plastic bucket and a hoe in his right as he walked through the mud.
While walking, Li Xindong saw a round hole. He used a net to cover another round hole nearby, then stepped on the other hole that was not covered.
With the pressure of your feet, if all goes well, the mudskipper will be ejected by the splash of water and fall into the net.
But more often than not, after the water has stopped flowing, there are still no mudskippers to be seen. At that point, you have to use a hoe to dig them up.
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