Sometimes, he would think of Pang Qian, wondering what she is doing now, and whether he is preparing for the start of school like him. Gu Mingxi was born and raised in City E and spent nineteen years. Now, he suddenly came to this strange northern city, imagining that he would spend the next four years, or even more years, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

He is a southern boy, and he is more adapted to the climate and diet of the south. Even when he speaks, he has a hint of natural gentle tone. Gu Mingxi dared not ask Li Han whether he could return to the south to develop after graduating from university. He was afraid that his mother would criticize him with Pang Qian's incident. When boarding the train, Li Han said to him: "Mingxi, my mother has told you a long time ago that Qianqian doesn't like you."

After nearly two months in City Z, his living conditions were as boring as Gu Mingxi expected. Especially when he lived at his grandmother's house before, he felt that he and his mother were simply living under someone else's roof.

Li Han has been away from her parents for more than 20 years. The few times she came back to visit her relatives before were all high-end hotels. At that time, relatives and friends all knew that Li Han married well in City E. Even if her son was disabled, everyone still envied her. But now, she has divorced and has dragged her seriously disabled son back to her parents' home. The eyes and criticism she received can naturally be imagined.

Gu Mingxi's grandparents are already in their seventies and are in poor health. They are very concerned about their daughters and are naturally welcome to Li Han's return. However, for Li Mu's family, who live with them and take care of the two elders, their ideas are different.

Li Mu is Li Han's younger brother, with a low education, and works as a security guard in a building. His wife Huang Lingli has no job, and his son Li Shiyu is 16 years old. He will be in the first year of high school at the beginning of school. Li Han's parents' house is very small, with only two rooms. Li Shiyu has slept in the living room since he was a child, and he is separated by a curtain.

Many years ago, Li Mu once begged Li Han. He felt that his sister had been away and his parents were taking care of him. His sister should subsidize him. He wanted to sell his parents' house and ask Li Han to fund him some money and exchange him for a three-bedroom apartment, which would allow Li Shiyu to have his own room.

Li Han discussed with Gu Guoxiang, but Gu Guoxiang refused. His reason was that he had already given the two olds 10,000 yuan every year, which was enough. Moreover, the inheritance of the two olds was borne by Li Mu in the future, and his family exchange was not Li Han's responsibility. Because of these things, Li Mu had a very unhappy relationship with Li Han for a while.

Li Han, who was divorced, took his son back to his parents' home and wanted to buy a house as soon as possible. Li Mu knew that his sister had brought some money and had an idea in his heart. Li Han had 650,000 yuan by his side, which was the divorce compensation given to her by Gu Guoxiang. At that time, the housing prices in E City were cheap, only 5,000 yuan per square meter, and even lower in City Z, and only 3,000 yuan per square meter. Li Mu cried in front of his sister. When Li Han took Gu Mingxi to work on the floor shop at his parents' house, he also witnessed the difficulties of his younger brother's family's family's life. Thinking that Gu Mingxi's clothes and shoes were all famous brands since childhood, but his nephew Li Shiyu could only wear street stall goods, and even if the sneakers were broken, Li Han felt very uncomfortable.

She picked some new summer clothes for Gu Mingxi and gave them to Li Shiyu, and said that she would buy him a few new clothes and shoes a few days ago. Finally, she agreed to Li Mu's request. If he changed the house, Li Han would fund 80,000 yuan in cash.

In fact, Li Han also has his own considerations. After all, she will grow old in the future. Now she will help Li Mu, and Li Mu's family can also help Gu Mingxi in the future.

After Gu Mingxi and Li Han returned to the rental house from the building materials market, they suddenly realized that his phone had not been turned on for a long time, so they immediately took it out of the drawer.

Gu Mingxi sat on the bed, holding his cell phone in his toes and turned on it. After a while, the message prompts before reading it jumped out one after another. Gu Mingxi bit a pen in his mouth, leaned down and clicked on the small buttons on his phone with his pen cap, and clicked on the text messages one by one, and found that they were all messages sent by an unfamiliar number.

[Gu Mingxi, why are you shutting down the phone? I am Pang Qian. This is my number in Shanghai. You can save it.]

【You can call me when you turn on the computer, and send a text message.】

[Gu Mingxi, can't you send text messages?]

[Why haven't you turned on the computer yet? Where have you gone!]

【It's very late, I'm going to sleep. This is the first night I spent at school. My dormitory is a four-person room, very clean, but there is no toilet. My roommates are easy to get along with, two of them are from Shanghai and one from Fuzhou. We just held a bed and bedside talk. There is a Shanghai girl who is very interesting and I like her very much.】

[When my parents left school, I cried, but they didn't let them see it. Gu Mingxi, I am now alone in Shanghai. I was thinking just now, how great it would be if you were there too.]

[Okay, let’s not say it anymore, the lights are going to be turned off. Gu Mingxi, I miss you very much, good night.]

This was a text message from the previous day. She sent more than 20 messages in total. Gu Mingxi stared at his phone in a daze, and after a while, he finally bit the pen and slowly replied.

[Pang Pang, sorry, I'm busy these days. I just saw your text message.]

This was the first text message he sent. The phone button was small. Gu Mingxi tried to press it with his toes, which was a little troublesome. Later, he learned to dial with his pen with his mouth. Now, he learned to send text messages like this.

His cell phone rang quickly, it was Pang Qian's phone call. Gu Mingxi tilted his head and clamped the phone to his ears. He immediately heard her excited voice. Pang Qian was very happy and chattered Gu Mingxi and talked about the situation at school. Gu Mingxi couldn't help but remind her: "You are calling for a long distance."

"It's okay! My dad recharged a lot of money for me! Gu Mingxi, I'll send you the dormitory number at that time. We can buy a long-distance IP card to make calls, and that will be much cheaper."

As soon as Pang Qian finished speaking, a girl's voice sounded next to her: "Crab, I'm going to have a meal."

"Oh, I'll come right now!" Pang Qian said.

Gu Mingxi smiled: "Why did you call you a crab in just one day after you entered school?"

"I don't know either. I didn't talk to them." Pang Qian suddenly said, "Gu Mingxi, please give me the address quickly, otherwise the gifts will expire."

"Expired? Is it something to eat?"

"No. You can give me an address anyway."

Gu Mingxi thought about it, reported the address of her grandmother's house to her and said, "Just write to my mother to collect it. I will probably ask her to go to the post office to get it for me."

Pang Qian agreed happily: "No problem!"

Gu Mingxi told Li Han about this. A few days later, Li Mu received the package order from the post office. He asked Li Han very hard whether he would help her get it. Li Han was busy bargaining with the decoration company and agreed.

Two days later, when Li Han and Gu Mingxi returned to their parents' home for dinner, they asked about Li Mu's package.

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "I took it back and put it on the table." He got up and looked around, but found that it was not. Gu Mingxi kept looking at him nervously. Li Mu asked Huang Lingli, and finally asked Li Shiyu who was watching TV: "Boy, did you see the package that dad put on the table that day?"

Li Shiyu stood up swayingly and said, "I saw it, it was sent to my aunt."

Li Mu asked: "Where is the package?"

Li Shiyu said: "I've demolished it."

Gu Mingxi's expression suddenly darkened.

Li Mu was a little embarrassed and asked again: "Disassembled, where is that thing?"

The short-sleeved T-shirt on Li Shiyu was a white Nike with an abstract pattern of goose yellow and gray on his chest. He smiled and said, "I put it on. It was my aunt who bought it for me. It looked pretty good, but it was a little bigger."

Gu Mingxi asked coldly: "Is there anything else in the package?"

Li Shiyu looked at him, thought for a while, and said, "It seems there is a card."

Gu Mingxi stared at him: "Where is the card?"

"I lost it with the box." Li Shiyu said indifferently.

Gu Mingxi took a step forward all of a sudden, and Li Han hugged his waist. The young boy gritted his teeth tightly. After a while, he calmed down and lowered his head and stopped talking.

Li Han whispered in his ear: "Mom, go buy you the same one, don't worry."

Gu Mingxi left the beginning and heard the conversation between Li Mu and Li Shiyu.

He was praising his son: "After all, it's a good brand. We guys look pretty good in dressing, and we're more energetic than your brother Mingxi."

Li Shiyu was very proud and said, "I'm going to play basketball tomorrow, so I'll wear this one!" He glanced at Gu Mingxi, his eyes swept over the sleeves hanging under his shoulders, and suddenly asked with a smile, "By the way, Brother Mingxi, who is the crab? Is it your girlfriend?"

"Where is the card?" Gu Mingxi was already silent, and he couldn't help but ask when he heard this.

"I'm so sorry." Li Shiyu looked at him, raised his chin and smiled.

Gu Mingxi stared at him with a bright look, and Li Shiyu also stared at him, feeling extremely happy.

He really hates this cousin, he really hates it.

Over the years, Li Shiyu and Gu Mingxi have rarely met.

From what I can remember, Li Shiyu knew that his aunt was a great beauty and married to E City in the south. His uncle had a good job and his family was in good condition. They also had a son. Unfortunately, his cousin had an accident when he was six years old and turned into a disabled child.

When Li Shiyu first saw Gu Mingxi, he was really shocked. At that time, he was eight years old and Gu Mingxi was eleven years old. It was the first time that Gu Mingxi returned to his grandmother's house after being injured and amputated. When grandparents saw him, they cried so hard that their voices were hoarse. Other relatives in the family also cried once.

During those days, everyone spoiled Gu Mingxi. During the meal, the adults kept picking up food for him, and even Li Shiyu's favorite chicken legs were all picked up by Gu Mingxi.

Li Shiyu quietly watched Gu Mingxi eat with his feet and wash his face. He also bought stationery for Gu Mingxi with his grandparents. He sat on a chair and fiddled with his feet.

Li Shiyu didn't dare to talk to Gu Mingxi. Every time Li Mu sent him to play with Gu Mingxi, he would just turn on the TV and choose a station to watch with Gu Mingxi. He didn't know how to communicate with Gu Mingxi, and he always subconsciously felt that this cousin was different from himself.

Gu Mingxi also demonstrated to his relatives that he used his feet to write and draw. His handwriting was beautiful. A relative asked Gu Mingxi if he could keep up with his studies. Gu Guoxiang said lightly: "Mingxi has always been the top three in the grade, and there will definitely be no problem in taking the high school entrance exam in the future."

Li Shiyu, who is writing ghostly talismans, was shot while lying down. Anyone who has seen Gu Mingxi writes will scold him when he looks back.

Li Shiyu had a strong disgust for Gu Mingxi when Gu Mingxi took the middle school entrance examination. Li Han called his hometown to report good news, saying that Gu Mingxi had passed the high school entrance examination and was still in the top five in the grade. Li Shiyu's grandparents and parents immediately used Gu Mingxi as a positive role model to admonish Li Shiyu.

Gu Mingxi has no arms since she was a child, and she can read and write with her two feet. Her grades are so good. You have hands and feet, so why can't you study hard? The thirteen-year-old Li Shiyu pushed her mouth and said to Li Mu: "Gu Mingxi has a rich father! The clothes he wears are all famous brands! The big house he lives in! His father also has a car! Our family has nothing! Why do you want me to study well?"

Li Mu was so angry that he couldn't help but slap Li Shiyu. Li Shiyu burst into tears. Huang Lingli refused to agree. She pulled her baby son to protect her in her arms and said to Li Mu: "Xiaoyu is not wrong! You are not capable! You want Xiaoyu to compete with Mingxi, why don't you compete with your brother-in-law yourself!"

Then, the couple started arguing and finally fought again.

There are countless families, and all family conflicts are ultimately for the word "money".

After Gu Mingxi followed Li Han back to the rental house, he was still in a low mood. He took a shower and went to bed early.

After lying on the bed for a long time, Gu Mingxi sat up, bit a pen and sat at the table, and sent a text message to Pang Qian.

[Pangpang, I received the gift, I like it very much, thank you.]

A moment later, Pang Qian's text message came.

【Fit?】

【It's quite fit.】

[I'll come next summer, you have to wear it for me!]

Gu Mingxi gritted his teeth and replied: [Okay.]

[Gu Mingxi, when will you start school?]

He replied: [A week left.]

[I've been in military training these days and I'm almost exhausted.]

[I also need military training, but it should be easier than you.]

[By the way, Gu Mingxi, I am going to buy a computer and install it in the dormitory. I can chat with you at that time.]

【good.】

【Ah, I suddenly have something to go out, 88】

She spoke in a hurry, and Gu Mingxi was stunned. She wanted to ask her, it was past nine o'clock in the evening, why did she still go out. But in the end, he still asked nothing, just said: [Well, 88]

He lay on the bed again, staring at the ceiling above his head in a daze. This rental house is on the edge of B, and can enter the school in ten minutes. The house is more than 30 square meters, with one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom. Gu Mingxi slept in the only room, Li Han set up a bed in the living room, and the two planned to transition here for half a year.

This is a very simple house, but it is actually a farmer's house. The walls are full of the marks of water leakage on rainy days. The furniture in the house is old and ragged, the door on the wardrobe is shaky, and the glass windows are dirty. I don't know how many years have they been cleaned. The weather is hot in summer. Gu Mingxi has seen cockroaches and rats. There are spider webs in the corners of the house. He never knew that one day, he would actually live in such a house.

Gu Mingxi was in a very dark mood on this day. He sighed and decided not to think about unhappy things and to go to bed early.

After Pang Qian finished the phone call, she ran down the dormitory building and saw Sheng Feng standing downstairs waiting for her.
To be continued...