My Xiangshan

Gu Xi kept looking back along the way, but fortunately no one caught up, and he was already sweating when he got home.

His home is in the most crowded part of the city. Opposite the two main houses is a row of small houses built by residents. Basically, every household is used as a kitchen. When it is time to eat, the overflowing smell of oily smoke makes people cry.

Gu Xi quickly parked the tricycle, moved his things into the house, took the key to open the kitchen door, washed his hands and was busy cooking.

Usually when it’s meal time, the uncle and nephew take turns to look at the stall, and the other one comes back to cook, and when the meal is finished, they go to the stall to replace it.I was blocked by the city management today, so Gu Xi had to go there in the afternoon to find out what happened, and if it didn't work, I changed the place.

The second uncle usually shows the scene of an entertainment city, and Gu Xi runs a small business during the summer vacation, so he finds time to help.

Gu Xi finished the meal and brought it to the opposite room.It was hot, and the only thing in the house was a large ceiling fan on the main roof, spinning and humming.

While wiping his sweat, Gu Xi tidied up the house, the house was in a mess.As soon as the second uncle came back, he kicked off his shoes and socks again, threw them aside, and stepped on the concrete floor with bare feet.

"This weather really makes people sick. I'll fetch a bucket of well water to wash my feet. You eat first."

Gu Xi sat at the dining table, took out all the money he earned today, counted the bills one by one, and then buried himself in the accounting, sorting out the money he usually saved from bits and pieces.When the second uncle came back again, Gu Xi handed over a handful of fragmented banknotes: "This more than 100 yuan should be enough to survive until the end of the month. The business has just happened in the past few days. Uncle, you take it first. The remaining 500 yuan I will save it for the capital of doing business in the future." This is what Gu Xi earned from setting up a stall for nearly two months. In the past, he would do small labor for others whenever he was free, and he would do small business by himself when the holidays were long. I saved more than 2000 without delay.

The second uncle's fixed income is not high, but after so many years, the two of them still come here like this.He has no other hobbies, but he likes to drink a little wine, and when he gets drunk, he tells Gu Xi about the past, including how Gu Xi's father was so popular in the army and how he sacrificed himself.

Gu Xi usually doesn't speak at this time.

"Today I saw that you talked with a kid for a long time. You are usually very clever, but you didn't even notice that the city management came over just now."

Gu Xi picked up a chopstick of shredded potatoes and gave it to the second uncle:

"Hurry up, I'm tired and hungry all morning."

The second uncle took a sip of wine, ate two chopsticks of food, and said:

"That's your classmate? It looks much more reliable than you little brat."

Thinking of Xiangshan, Gu Xi smiled and said:

"No." Recalling Xiangshan, he couldn't help looking forward to tomorrow.Although that person was dressed in ordinary clothes, he might just be a poor student like himself.But he seems to have a kind of attraction that makes people particularly willing to approach.

He finished and retorted:

"Second Uncle, you brought me up unreliable. Who made you so unreliable?"

The second uncle slapped him on the head, then turned around and drank slowly.

He had to go to the venue in the afternoon, and that kind of place was full of noise and people from the afternoon until late at night.

The second uncle went to rest after eating, and rode there after 3 o'clock.Usually when he wakes up, Gu Xi has already packed up the house and went out to set up a stall.

The next day, Gu Xi really got his wish and saw Xiangshan again.

"Your family lives near here? I haven't seen you before." When Gu Xi was giving him some change, he thought for a long time before opening his mouth.

"No, my home is in the suburbs, quite far from here. But the school is nearby, and it's about to start, so I came here to familiarize myself with the environment."

Gu Xi was a little dazed, and finally asked:

"So, you shouldn't be here today, so you just made a special trip for this thing?"

Xiangshan took the change and smiled:

"Actually, it's not just like this. The school asked me to write a manuscript for the entrance ceremony of freshmen, which will be used for the opening ceremony. It was originally delivered in two days, but it just happened to be finished, so I made this trip."

Gu Xi's eyes lit up:

"Are you a student of University A?"

Xiangshan nodded:

"After school starts."

Gu Xi looked at himself again, sitting under the shade of a tree by the side of the road, looking like a peddler.In the end, he still resisted saying that he was in the same school as him.There are still ten days before school starts, and it will not be difficult to meet again.

After Xiangshan left, Gu Xi continued to do business for a few more days. When school was about to start, his second uncle suddenly had a stomach problem. He sat in the entertainment city for most of the night and stumbled back after get off work.Gu Xi hurriedly sent him to the hospital closest to his home, and was busy until almost noon before everything was settled.

The medical expenses are not a small sum, and Gu Xi has to travel between the hospital and the house every day, and the business cannot be done. These are not the most difficult problems.

Although the second uncle's job is simple, he has to arrive on time every day. There is never a holiday. If he asks for leave because of illness, he doesn't have to do it in the future.

The second uncle once warned him that since he was old, he had seen all kinds of Vanity Fair sales and gold caves, but Gu Xi was different, he was still a student, he could do small business, and this kind of place must not be involved.

This is the largest entertainment venue in the city, and power-money transactions occur frequently every day.Some people go in glamorously, come out naked, and lose nothing.Some people were stained with white powder, ruined their fortunes, and lost their lives in the end.There are also some people who are on the top floor, conducting transactions in a calm manner. They overlook the city, the road is full of traffic, and the people are as small as ants.

Gu Xi stood on the flat ground and looked up. The shadow of the clubhouse building covered his own shadow, and he was a little confused about the direction.

From this day on, he came to take over without telling his second uncle.

In the end, the opening ceremony was missed. There was a disturbance at the bottom of the clubhouse that day, but it was quickly quelled. Gu Xi was very skilled and took care of several people in a row.

When he arrived at the school, everyone dispersed, and the freshmen had to hold meetings and then military training for the past two days.In order to take care of his second uncle, Gu Xi asked for leave, and didn't come here until the military training ended and school officially started.

But later he often heard about what a wonderful scene Xiangshan stood on the stage that day.

Back in the entertainment city, a colleague trotted over:

"Gu Xi, the manager is looking for you everywhere!"

Generally, there are people above them who are in charge, and the manager will not come to the door easily.Gu Xi followed into the elevator, thinking about the ins and outs of this incident along the way, making sure that he hadn't done anything out of the ordinary.Except for watching the scene on behalf of the second uncle, it is not allowed according to the regulations. He has given enough benefits to the leader in charge, and the second uncle has also been here for several years.

The manager looked at Gu Xi for a long time, then asked the people next to him:

"I remember that the gatekeeper is a middle-aged man. I didn't believe it when you said today that he beat five people to the ground with one against five. What's going on, can anyone explain to me?"

Gu Xi spoke first:

"That's my uncle. He's been ill recently, and he can't delay the treatment. I'll come and take his place."

Gu Xi knew that for a person like this, there were too many things to deal with in a day, and it was impossible to entangle him for too long, so he should not embarrass himself by explaining things clearly as soon as possible.

The manager nodded slightly:

"You performed well today. How about this? I'll keep your uncle's job for him. If you come to help above, you won't be treated badly."

Gu Xi thought about it and agreed.

When the military training was over and the class officially started, Gu Xi missed the best time to make friends.When boys are together, in the big environment of military training, they can often become buddies within two or three days.

When Gu Xi was in class on the first day, he couldn't even pronounce other people's names.

Coupled with the fact that home is nearby, Gu Xi retired from his school bed and walked home every day, so it was difficult to have any solid friendship with his classmates.

As for the entertainment center, the manager will let him go there on weekends.

Gu Xi has no special interest in machinery, nor does he like physical chemistry. After a few classes, he is completely in a foggy state.

But he found a person sitting in the corner on the right, sometimes concentrating on listening to the class, sometimes burying his head in taking notes, and even lying on the table to sleep when he was tired, it made people feel unable to look away.

Gu Xi looked at it for a long time, and when he went back to listen to the class, he couldn't find Bei anymore.

Eating in the cafeteria at noon, the crowd was crowded, and I was sweating after walking half a step. Xiangshan had prepared the food, and when I looked back, it was dark and there were no empty tables.

Gu Xi realized that someone was coming from the opposite side, first put the food away, and then piled the books by the table, he didn't look up.

"Student?" Xiangshan called him tentatively.

Gu Xi felt dizzy, he looked to the side, everything was very real.

"It's really you!" He breathed out and sat down beside Gu Xi.

"I saw you on the day I signed up, but I was far away and couldn't call you. Later in the military training, they said that someone didn't come. I saw the photo on the form. What a coincidence!"

Gu Xi didn't say anything, just smiled, and buried his head in eating again.

Seeing that he was silent, Xiangshan didn't have the energy to do business that day at all, so he didn't speak any more.Some people are born with diverse personalities, work and life are completely separated, and they are actually very cold in their bones.

Gu Xi had almost finished his meal before he said:

"You... are also from the School of Mechanical Engineering?"

Probably to avoid silence, everyone is a professional, see you when you look up, and always find a topic to talk about.Xiangshan smiled and said, "Just like you, they are all chemical machinery."

It turns out that it's not just the same school, but also a major, so we can meet each other in class in the future.Gu Xi felt a little short of breath. He had always been a loner and had no friends at all, and it was even more difficult to make friends in college.Xiangshan seems to be easy to get along with, with curved eyebrows and beautiful smiles.

Before he even asked Xiangshan's name, the other party packed up and planned to leave:

"A friend called me over there, let's talk next time."

When Gu Xi raised his head again, Xiangshan had already gone far.