Blossoms of Rebirth

Sheng Tang felt that what he said was very sincere, but after hearing this, Jing Jing still looked wary and said: "Of course not! My cousin came to Jinnan to repeat her studies, so how can she have time to play?"

"Oh fine!"

Although I was a little disappointed, I thought that Tang Xiusi could come to Jinnan, and at least she would be closer to him. In the future, I would look at her from a distance on weekends, which would relieve me of my lovesickness.

"It's the 6th, right? I should be able to do it too... I'll just take the car back on the afternoon of the 5th."

"..."

The four of them walked and chatted, and soon entered the north gate.

Finally they separated at the intersection, and he and Jing Jing were left alone.

"you…"

As soon as Shengtang opened his mouth, Jing Jing looked over.

He originally wanted to ask "Where do you live?" so that he could hide there secretly during the weekend and see Tang Xiusi, but he felt that with Jing Jing's personality, it was absolutely impossible to tell him.

So he changed his words: "Isn't your cousin from Jinnan? Why did she come to Jinnan to repeat her studies?"

Jing Jing was unprepared this time and said as usual: "My cousin is from Sichuan Province, but she has always wanted to take the Han University entrance exam. This year she did not perform well and was one point away from passing the exam. Later, my mother discussed with my uncle.

, I felt that the learning environment there was not as good as here, so I asked my cousin to come to Jinnan."

"Oh, that's how it is!"

Sheng Tang nodded and said seemingly unintentionally: "Then which school is your cousin studying at?"

"Repeat your studies at my alma mater."

"..."

Sheng Tang had no choice but to ask again: "What is your alma mater?"

"what?"

This time, Jing Jing became serious: "Didn't I tell you before? My mother won't let me fall in love! I only tell you so much now that I treat you as a friend. Why do you keep asking? Don't think so

If you care about me intentionally, you can change my mind!"

After Jing Jing finished speaking, she ran back to the dormitory. Sheng Tang touched her nose and thought, you are too sentimental. Do I care about you? I care about your cousin!

…

The next day was National Day, and the campus was particularly deserted because most of the students who lived far away had left yesterday.

Those who live further away, such as Liu Tao, are sleeping in the dormitory and have no plans to go back.

Sheng Tang carried a small bag and came to the West Railway Station. Before getting on the train, he called Zhao Zitong again.

Jinnan is not far from Yue'an, and it only takes more than an hour by car. However, Zhao Zitong always wants to "experience life", otherwise he will not have time to buy a sleeper when school starts, so Shengtang can only stay with him during the National Day

Let's squeeze into the train together.

Because it was a transfer station and the tickets were bought yesterday, there were no seats at all after getting on the bus. Sheng Tang squeezed through the crowd and finally found Zhao Zitong, who was also squeezed in the aisle.

"Lao Sheng, this way, this way!"

Seeing Sheng Tang, Zhao Zitong waved excitedly.

"I told you that taking a car is convenient, but you have to take the train!"

As soon as we met, Sheng Tang started complaining: "When I get back on the train with you, I will take your last name!"

"Zhao Tang? That sounds pretty good, too?"

"roll!"

So Zhao Zitong said with a smile: "Old Sheng, when are we coming back? On the 6th or the 7th?"

Sheng Tang thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I have to be back on the 5th."

"Why so early? Doesn't school start on the 8th?"

"Our dormitory will have a social gathering with the girls dormitory of our class on the 6th, so we have to come back a day early."

"Friendship dormitory?"

Zhao Zitong shook his head, "What's the point?"

"Yeah, it's not interesting, so I invited a few girls from our external relations department to join us."

"Senior Sister Guo, are you going?"

When he heard about the girl from the External Relations Department, Zhao Zitong immediately became energetic. After meeting Guo Xinru, Zhao Zitong often came to Han University to find Sheng Tang on weekends or when he was not in class. He called it his brother's business, but in fact, it was his business.

Isn’t it for Guo Xinru?

"Senior Sister Guo, of course we are going!"

"Then I'll go too!"

Zhao Zitong patted his chest and said excitedly: "We will come back together on the 5th, and I will help you buy a bus ticket then!"

Sheng Tang glanced at him and asked curiously: "Didn't you ask me for Senior Sister Guo's dormitory phone number last time? Have you called her?"

"Been beaten...once..."

Zhao Zitong hesitated a little.

"Damn, you were interested in someone and you just hit her once? Then what did you say to her on the phone?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zitong became even more embarrassed. He lowered his head and said, "It wasn't Senior Sister Guo who answered the call... Her roommate asked me who I was looking for. I got excited and said... Ruby Lin... and then I hung up..."

"Fuck, you're still awesome!"

"..."

…

Sheng Tang's home was in a tube building in the suburbs of Yue'an. It was filled with demolished households like them. It turned out that everyone was from the same village and knew each other.

"Tangtang is back?"

"How's Han University?"

"I'm thinner and darker than before!"

"Your parents haven't gotten off work yet, why don't you come to our house?"

"..."

As soon as we arrived downstairs, a group of gossiping aunties asked about Sheng Tang when they saw it. This is how Tongzilou knows each other, and the neighbors are also very enthusiastic. No matter which house has something going on, everyone will know about it immediately.

.

After Sheng Tang said hello to them, he went upstairs.

His parents are the most ordinary working-class people. They will definitely not come back early at this time. They will earn dozens of dollars less. For their family, it is enough to eat ribs for a few days.

When Sheng Tang opened his mouth, the door opposite rang.

"Hey, why is Tangtang back?"

"Second uncle, we have a National Day holiday!"

"It's better to go to school, and you can have a vacation every three days!"

Sheng Tang had already opened the door and said politely: "Second uncle, do you want to come in and sit down?"

"Oh, okay, you can just sit down!"

"..."

With that said, the second uncle closed his door directly.

The second uncle is from a different sect from Shengtang. He is just from the same village. He is the second eldest son in the family and is older than his father in Shengtang, so he is called the second uncle.

He is an old neighbor of the Shengtang family. When he was young, he was idle and spent three days fishing and two days drying nets. Thanks to his wife, he did odd jobs. Later, after his son went to school and started working, the second uncle completely let himself go, working every day.

When walking at home, I have to chat with someone.

Sheng Tang vaguely remembered that the two most famous arguments of the second uncle were "the theory that schooling is useless" and "the theory that housing prices will inevitably fall."

Because his son did not study well and started working right after junior high school, he often nagged in front of Sheng’s parents and Sheng’s mother, saying that after going to college and not being assigned a job, it would be better to work directly and earn ten more years of money. Later,

When he was admitted to Han University in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, he stopped talking about it.

Instead, they began to say that house prices would fall and told Shengtang not to buy a house.

Later, the house prices soared, and Sheng Tang wanted to buy it. However, the house prices remained high, and he only bought it after he earned money.

The second uncle may have thought that Sheng Tang had listened to his words, so he never bought a house. He felt guilty, so he rarely came to his house...

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