Chapter 87
"Mom..." Wen Shuo wiped away his tears and said happily: "Why do I feel unhappy when I listen to your voice?"
"No, there is no unhappiness..." Li Qin smiled, but couldn't help but choke.
The fat man rubbed his eyes and laughed, "Do you miss me?"
"What do you want to do if you miss you? It's better to stay outside for the rest of your life, don't bother me!" Li Qin spat and blamed, "It's so old that it's not worrying about going out. A few days ago, a neighbor in the community who went to Beijing to visit relatives came back to tell me, and only then did I know that you had just arrived in Beijing, someone stole the money and bag. I was so scared that I quickly went to discuss with your uncle... You said that you wouldn't call your family if something big happened. If the driver of your uncle's family had just returned from Beijing, he told us that the police had solved the case and helped you find the money back, your uncle was going to drive to Beijing to see you." As he said that, Li Qin sobbed again, tears rolled down.
Wen Shuo quickly advised: "Mom, don't cry. I'm fine. At that time, I was afraid that you would worry, so I didn't call my uncle. Besides, you don't know me yet? Your son is very capable, and nothing can be difficult..."
"When you lost money, how did you pay the tuition fee, where did you live? What did you eat?" Li Qin sobbed.
These things are not reported in the news.
"Hey, you don't have to worry about this. It is the best university in the country. At that time, I told the situation to the college freshman reception office. The teacher and the dean immediately signed and agreed that they would allow the tuition and miscellaneous fees to be owe first, and the dormitory was still distributed, and the clothes were taken, and I also got a meal card for me!" Wen Shuo said in a flash and said, "What did you think later? Before the police solved the case and found the money back, I earned more than 7,000 yuan by myself for half a month of military training! So, even if the case was not solved and the lost money could not be retrieved, I could still block the hole in tuition and miscellaneous fees! Look, your son is still making money while going to school. I'm going to tell you, we are rich now!"
"Make money?" Li Qin said in surprise: "How do you make money? Continue to pick up rags and collect waste? Is there too much waste in college? Did no one collect it before? Shuo, you are a college student now and are unfamiliar with the place in Beijing, so you are not allowed to do it like before..."
Wen Shuo burst into sweat and quickly explained: "This is in Beijing University. Your son can't lose his share! I'm serious about selling beverages, mineral water, melon seeds, bread, ham sausages... just like a small shop, but the things I sell are placed on a tricycle, just like a small vendor in the village. Oh, by the way, I'm thinking about renting a larger storefront and opening a store recently."
If it were someone else, even if it were a parent, nine out of ten would scold the child for not bragging, and it would make people laugh.
But Li Qin is different!
In the past, neighbors, relatives and friends all said that her son was so bragging, but Li Qin thought that her son would not brag. If he did what he said, it was like his son saying that he could get into college, but no one believed it? As a result, he was really admitted to college, the best university!
So after hearing Wen Shuo's nonsense, Li Qin not only did not doubt it, but began to consider and worry for her son: "Shuo, although making money is important, if you rent a house and open a store, do you still have time to study? Mom thinks, it is not easy to get into a Beijing University. You should focus on studying. Anyway, you are still young, so don't rush to make money. When you have education and diplomas in the future, you have some opportunities to make money..."
"Well, you said that." Wen Shuo pretended to be hesitant and said, "Okay, let me talk about it later. Actually, I don't have to be busy opening a store, just hire someone."
"Hold people? You must not pay them a salary. Can you make money after the store is opened? Is the profit enough for the rent? Is it still a little bit of a question? I just want to be a hand-off manager and make money easily as a boss? Besides, can you feel at ease when you hire someone to sell things in the store and go to school?" Li Qin said seriously: "Mom tells you, don't do anything randomly. If you really want to open a store, call me and Mom will go to Beijing to show you the store."
Wen Shuo raised his hand and gave a slap in his ears - he brags so much, let's see how you get back to this lie!
But he still agreed with great sensation: "Zhong!"
Open a store?!
This is Beijing, and you have to rent a door, a front desk, and a house near Beijing University! How much does it cost to rent each year?
Decoration and installation, distribution...
The fat man was worriedly thinking, how much can his body be sold per pound?
On the phone, my mother's concern came out: "It's the holiday, buy some delicious food outside, don't be reluctant to spend money, ah!"
"Mom, you take good care of yourself at home." Wen Shuo felt sour and said, "Mom, what I just said is true. Now you make a lot of money, so... you quit the job of market cleaning. It's too tiring."
"What did you do if you quit?" Li Qin said gently: "Mom is only 39 years old this year, so now I'm starting to eat at home and wait for death?"
"mom……"
"Okay, the phone bill is very expensive, don't say that it's so much," Li Qin smiled and said, "When your store in Beijing is opened, you don't need to say it. Mom has to quit her job and go to Beijing to take care of the store. Let's do this first, and I'll hang up."
"But..." Wen Shuo wanted to chat for a few more words, but a busy voice of beeping came from the phone.
Outside the phone booth, there were several classmates waiting in line. The fat man came out and walked a few steps away, squatted on the steps on the side of the road, looking up at the gradually dim sky in the east, a green cloud lifted up the full moon that could not hold back early. Because the night was not falling, the full moon was not so bright, half-covered between the clouds.
The pain that aroused in my heart because of my longing for home and mother has dissipated, and it has been replaced by sorrow.
What should I do if I say the big talk?
Dongyun, in the convenience store outside the cotton mill community, Li Qin, who put down the phone, looked reluctant and expected happiness, smiled and wiped away the tears from her face, shook her head and took out a dollar from her pocket and handed it to Mrs. Gong at the counter.
"What are you doing? What money do you get from the phone call from the child?" Mrs. Gong blamed with a smile.
"Sister Gong, you have occupied your phone. You are not allowed to make an exception for me. Otherwise, will Xiaoshuo be embarrassed to call here next time?" Li Qin said sincerely. Although she had never used a public phone, she also knew that the public phone in Gongsan's store was charged 50 cents for answering it once. This time she and her son had been talking to each other for a long time, so just give it one.
Mrs. Gong did not politely refuse and asked Li Qin for 50 cents: "Then you can't give it too much, okay! Hey, I heard you and Xiao Shuo call me just now, it seems... Xiao Shuo is going to open a shop in Beijing? Oh, you are so envious that you are jealous. What a blessing to give birth to such a promising son of Xiao Shuo?"
"Just say it casually, and the horoscope has not been silenced yet." Li Qin smiled and said with a gentle smile: "Sister Gong, you don't know. Xiao Shuo's mouth has never been a doorman all day long, and he is actually ridiculous. I'm so embarrassed for him..."
At this moment, the neighbor Aunt Chen walked in with a crutch and happened to hear Li Qin's humble words, and immediately said angrily: "Why are you talking about children? Why didn't Xiaoshuo brag about it? You are like this, saying that your child is bragging... I don't feel happy! How good is Xiaoshuo? How much hardship has he suffered as a child? The child is sensible and earns money by himself. He has studied and studied culture day and night, and how much effort it has put into the Beijing University. These are bragging? You were bullied at the farmers' market yesterday. Are those who vented your anger? Are you all Xiaoshuo's friends? Even that Liu Bapi has been on the pole and Xiaoshuo's plea for the kid... Is this bragging? I'll leave this here today. A child like Xiaoshuo has been several times in the area of the pass, and I can't find a second one even with lanterns!"
Aunt Chen is 76 years old this year. In the past two years, her children often traveled on business trips. Once, she was in a heart attack while going downstairs for a walk in the morning. She happened to be seen by Wen Shuo, who was early to get up, and immediately ran downstairs and carried Aunt Chen to the hospital. It was dawn at that time, and the clinic had not opened, and there was not even a car on the road. Wen Shuo carried Aunt Chen and ran three kilometers to the hospital. The doctor said that if the old lady would not be able to save her, she would be unable to save her.
After that, Aunt Chen would refuse to let go whenever anyone said anything bad to Wen Shuo, and Li Qin would not do it either.
Mrs. Gong smiled and interrupted, "Aunt Chen is right. Although Xiaoshuo likes to talk, laugh and make trouble, how many young men are not like that? Besides, what Xiaoshuo said sounds like bragging, but Xiaoshuo did it..."
Outside the door, the owner of the passing mutton soup restaurant stopped and did not enter the house. He interrupted at the door: "I'll tell you something. Last winter, one time, after heavy snow, Xiaoshuo collected a truck full of scraps. The chain of the truck broke. He pushed it back with a steaming head, like a boiling kettle. I quickly called him to the store to drink mutton soup warm. He also advised him, "The money can't be earned, why do you work so hard at such a young age? Guess what Xiaoshuo said?"
The three of them looked at Boss Yang, their expressions full of curiosity.
Boss Yang smiled and said, "Xiao Shuo said with a bitter face that he worked so hard to make money just to achieve the bounty he had made..."
The three of them were stunned.
After a few seconds of silence, I couldn't help laughing.
There is admiration, bitterness, bitterness, sympathy and love in the smile - almost everyone in this world has bragged, but how many people can do it, engrave their casual jokes in their hearts, and work hard because they must fulfill the bragging, and will not be regarded as a ridiculous word in the future?
Although, perhaps the listeners did not remember the big words they had blew up in their hearts.
Chapter completed!