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35. Met an old friend
Zhuo Shao's painting is very simple, and in several pictures, this man doesn't even have a face... Liang Chen can't be sure of the man's appearance, but he is slender, at least in good shape.
Liang Chen's heart sank, unspeakably sour and uncomfortable, and he remembered how Zhuo Shao looked at the entrance of the foreign language school that day.
The person in the painting is Zhuo Shao's pen pal, right?
Zhuo Shao must like his pen pal very much!
Liang Chen's eyes were inexplicably a little sour, he blinked, and suddenly found that his tears had been blinked out.
Liang Chen was shocked again. Why does he want to cry?
Zhuo Shao is closer to Zhuo Ting. Even if he sometimes gets a little depressed, he never wants to cry. Now...why does he want to cry because Zhuo Shao is a little friendlier to his pen?
Liang Chen couldn't understand what he was thinking. At this moment, Zhuo Shao's voice came over: "Liang Chen, have you found something?"
"I found it." Liang Chen said, and after he finished speaking, he realized that his voice was not quite right.
After wiping away his tears and coughing a few more times, Liang Chencai's own voice became normal again... Putting away the drawing book, he walked out with the red shopping bag.
"Auntie, I bought this for you." Zhuo Shao took the shopping bag in Liang Chen's hand and gave it to Zhuo Rongyu.
Zhuo Shao bought a dark red woolen coat for Zhuo Rongyu, as well as a hat and scarf of the same color. Such clothes are quite expensive in Fuyang County, but in the provincial capital, the price is quite cheap. Not even a hundred dollars.
Of course, it is estimated that Zhuo Rongyu usually wears clothes, only ten or twenty... Last time Zhuo Shao saw someone on the street selling winter cotton-padded clothes for fifteen yuan a piece.
Zhuo Rongyu didn't know what Zhuo Shao gave her at first, but when he took a look, he found out that it was a woolen coat, and was shocked: "Why did you buy this for me? It's very expensive, right? ?"
"Auntie, the clothes in the provincial capital are very cheap. The clothes sold by our clothing store here are all imported from the provincial capital." Zhuo Shao said.
"That's certainly not cheap, and how can an old lady like me wear such a red dress?" Zhuo Rongyu said, although she said so, it could be seen that she actually liked this dress very much.
Many old ladies of their generation didn't have the opportunity to dress brightly when they were young, and they especially liked red clothes...
"Auntie, you have already bought the clothes, so you can wear them. I don't have anyone else to give them." Zhuo Shao persuaded him, but in the end he asked Zhuo Rongyu to take the clothes.
However, Zhuo Rongyu did not stay for dinner. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still a long time before dinner. She was unwilling to let Zhuo Rongyu wait here for two hours.
Zhuo Rongyu didn't want to stay, and Zhuo Shao didn't force it, so he got up and escorted Zhuo Rongyu downstairs.
"This woolen coat looks so beautiful. I haven't seen anyone wearing it before. There is also this hat and this scarf. It's very thick. It's warm at first sight." Zhuo Rongyu was very happy when he left, and kept going. Talk to Zhuo Shao, and instruct Zhuo Shao: "But don't spend money indiscriminately in the future, you still have to save money for college!"
"I see, auntie." Zhuo Shao responded, afraid that Zhuo Rongyu would ask him more, and he didn't tell Zhuo Rongyu many things.
"It's good to know, sigh, you and Zhuo Ting are just too different. When you were in college, she just entered junior high school and couldn't come out to work..." Zhuo Rongyu said again.
Zhuo Shao knew that Zhuo Rongyu never regarded Zhuo Ting as a family. He didn't agree with this, but he didn't argue with Zhuo Rongyu.
"Zhuo Shao, that classmate of yours gave you a place to live. It's already very good, but you don't want to make an inch... Today you asked him to do things, and he was a little unhappy." Zhuo Rongyu said again.
Zhuo Rongyu talked a lot along the way, so that Zhuo Shao felt a sense of relief after sending her to the gate of the community - finally he didn't have to listen to Zhuo Rongyu's words.
But... Liang Chen is a little unhappy?
Zhuo Shao is too busy these days, and he cares less about the two children. Now that he thinks about it carefully, he realizes that Liang Chen is indeed a little unhappy these days.
With that in mind, Zhuo Shao went upstairs in three or two steps and came to the door of the house.
He looked into the room while changing his shoes, just met Liang Chen's gaze, and then saw Liang Chen pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled at him.
In the past, Liang Chen always smiled at him very nicely, but today...
Zhuo Shao paid attention to Liang Chen, and found that Liang Chen looked a little unhappy.
Except for going to the provincial capital on weekends, he has always been with Liang Chen these days. Liang Chen was not bullied, so he is not happy...
Zhuo Shao suddenly thought that apart from going to school, Liang Chen hadn't gone out for a long time.
He was afraid that something would happen to the two children, so he always told them not to go out, but he forgot that children of this age like to go out to play...
Zhuo Shao originally planned to go upstairs after sending Zhuo Rongyu away, but after thinking of this, he gave up the plan: "Today Saturday, Liang Chen, Zhuo Ting, I will take you out for shopping."
"Really?" Zhuo Ting looked at Zhuo Shao excitedly.
"Of course it's true." Zhuo Shao looked at Liang Chen.
Then, he saw that Liang Chen showed him a very happy smile this time.
Indeed a child. Zhuo Shao smiled and took them out.
Some time ago, Zhuo Shao had already bought autumn and winter clothes for his two children, but now it's getting colder and colder, but it's not enough.
Here in Fuyang County, the coldest time in winter will be below zero, because it is relatively humid here, and it is also wet and cold. That’s all, there is no heating here.
It's usually fine when I'm at home, it's a big deal to hide under the covers, but I have classes at school...
The indoor and outdoor temperatures here are not much different. Even if all doors and windows are closed in winter, the classroom is so cold that many students will suffer from frostbite in winter.
Although it's not so cold now, but the cold air will come someday, Zhuo Shao thinks it's better to buy clothes and shoes earlier.
At this time, there are not many styles of winter clothes to choose from, but they are all quite warm. Zhuo Shao took a long black cotton coat and handed it to Liang Chen, asking Liang Chen to change it.
"Well." Liang Chen took the clothes and happily took off his thin coat, and was about to put on a thick coat.
When he saw Zhuo Shao painting others, he was very sad, but now Zhuo Shao took him out for shopping, his mood improved again.
"Give me your clothes, and I'll hold them for you." Zhuo Shao stretched out his hand towards Liang Chen.
Liang Chen gave Zhuo Shao the clothes he took off, and was even happier.
Although Zhuo Shao asked Liang Chen to run to lose weight and didn't let him eat more, he didn't actually starve Liang Chen very much, and he gave meat every day, so Liang Chen lost twenty pounds in the past two months. But still fat.
But he is much better looking than at the beginning, and his eyebrows and eyes are clear. Now after changing his coat...
This thick black coat is quite thin. After Liang Chen put it on, he couldn't tell that he was getting fat, but his face was still round, a little baby fat.
"Liang Chen, after you lose weight, you will definitely become a handsome guy." Zhuo Shao said.
Liang Chen smiled happily.
Zhuo Shao thinks that Liang Chen is a bit like Liang Xin again...
However, Liang Xin would not laugh so stupidly.
Zhuo Shao felt that he must have missed Liang Xin too much to hear Liang Xin coming to see everything.
If Liang Xin was really this little fat man, he probably hated bullying himself in his last life, how could he possibly help him?
Zhuo Shao smiled and gave Liang Chen another red thick coat.
This red coat is a little big and a little thick. After Liang Chen put it on, he didn't look thin, and looked like a red lantern.
But Liang Chen's skin is fair, so he looks good in this way, and if he is a child, he should dress festively.
Zhuo Shao bought two pieces of clothes, and chose Qiu Yi Qiu trousers for them.
Although he always wore very little in his previous life, from the standpoint of a parent now, he feels that he must wear long johns, not only to wear them, but in winter, at least two!
How cold it is to sit in a classroom and teach a class!
Liang Chen and Zhuo Ting didn't want to be handsome, and they didn't reject buying autumn clothes and long pants at all. Liang Chen was even happier when he saw that Zhuo Shao bought several sets for himself.
Zhuo Shao is afraid that he will be cold!
It took a long time to buy clothes this time, and Zhuo Shao picked it around, and finally chose a black coat of the same style as Liang Chen, and a gray cotton coat for himself.
Seeing this, Liang Chen touched his black coat and was even happier.
Zhuo Shao wants to wear the same clothes as him!
Liang Chen, who was very sad at first, can't wait to jump around now.
Zhuo Shaoben brought him out just to make him happy, and now he is also very happy, and said, "Let's go home for dinner first, and then go out for a walk in the evening."
"Yeah!" Liang Chen nodded immediately.
The three of them walked home, and when they were halfway there, they saw one of their classmates get into an Internet cafe on the side of the road.
Seeing this, Zhuo Shao stopped and took a few more glances, and then found that... the Internet cafes are really profitable at a glance!
At this moment, the Internet cafe is full of people, and there are even people who have no seats waiting inside, so that in this small Internet cafe, the crowd is like a can of sardines.
If he had the money, he would open a few Internet cafes at this time...
Zhuo Shao sighed. At this time, opening an Internet cafe did make money, but the key was that he had no capital.
Zhuo Shao stood at the entrance of the Internet cafe for a while, and was about to leave when he suddenly saw Zhuo Jiabao, who seemed to be a little fatter, come out of the Internet cafe.
Suddenly seeing Zhuo Jiabao, Zhuo Shao was stunned.
Not long ago, he still wanted to get rid of the Zhuo family, but now when he sees Zhuo Jiabao, he already feels like he has passed away.
He has too many things to do, and he has forgotten the family...
Zhuo Shao couldn't do anything to them yet, and he didn't have time to pay attention to them. Although he saw Zhuo Jiabao, he frowned and left. As for Zhuo Jiabao, he didn't know how long he had been in the Internet cafe. He was so confused that he didn't see Zhuo Shao at all.
In the evening, Zhuo Shao simply made two stir-fries, and after eating them, he took them out again.
He wants to buy a cell phone.
Liang Chen has a phone at home, and Liang Chen also has a mobile phone, but it's not his, it's very inconvenient to use.
The mobile phone store in Fuyang County is right next to the supermarket in the city center. At the same time, some people have rented a counter on the ground floor of the supermarket to sell mobile phones.
Don't talk about smart phones at this time, there are no color screen phones, only black and white ones. Zhuo Shao took a look and finally picked the cheapest one to buy.
"Zhuo Shao, why did you suddenly buy a mobile phone?" Liang Chen looked at Zhuo Shao curiously, the mobile phone was very expensive, and his father bought it for him during the New Year this year.
"Contact is easy." Zhuo Shao smiled.
Zhuo Shao used his home phone or borrowed his mobile phone to contact people before. Now he suddenly wants to buy a mobile phone, is it to contact his pen pal?
Liang Chen, who was very happy just now, suddenly became unhappy again, and felt extremely uncomfortable.
Zhuo Shao bought the phone only because of his cruel heart.
Mobile phones at this time are really too expensive compared to the prices at this time!
The house price in the capital is only more than 3,000, and it will be more than 2,000 in a slightly off-center area. The house price will continue until about 2003. As a result, this mobile phone costs 2,000. If you buy a mobile phone card, it will be even more expensive.
By the way, at this time, there is no real-name system for mobile phone cards, and you can buy them in mobile phone stores.
You can buy one more square meter house in the capital without buying a mobile phone!
This phone only has the function of making calls and texting...
The distress on Zhuo Shao's face was obvious, and Liang Chen was even more unhappy. He was depressed when suddenly someone called his name: "Liang Chen?"
Liang Chen looked at it subconsciously, and then his face changed greatly.
The name of Liang Chen is an old lady with kind eyes.
However, when the old lady looked at Liang Chen, her eyes were malicious.
Liang Chen was quite familiar with this old lady, who was the one who "cared for" him for a few years.
He didn't understand anything at that time. Although she treated him badly all the time, she was still attached to this old lady. She would always go to her during the festivals and want to stay with her.
But now looking back and thinking about it... Liang Chen felt that he was stupid.
Like Zhuo Shao, cooking for him and accompanying him is the only way to really take care of him, this person...
Liang Chen didn't like this person, but he was a little afraid of her. After all, at that time, his life depended on this person.
Zhuo Shao also heard the voice of someone calling Liang Chen. He looked up when he was buying a mobile phone card, and saw the old lady.
"Who is this?" Zhuo Shao asked Liang Chen.
"Yes...Yes..." Liang Chen stammered again.
Zhuo Shao frowned, and then he heard the old lady say, "I am Liang Chen's former neighbor."
The old lady has put away her ill-intentioned eyes before, and now she is smiling: "I haven't seen Liang Chen for a long time, I didn't expect him to be so old... Time flies so fast."
The old lady looked at her with a kind smile, but Zhuo Shao always felt that she was a bit unkind...
Wrinkling his brows, Zhuo Shao said to Liang Chen, "I've bought a mobile phone, let's go back."
"Okay, okay." Liang Chen nodded quickly.
Zhuo Shao walked back with Liang Chen and Zhuo Ting. After walking for a while, Zhuo Shao looked at Liang Chen: "Who is this person?"
Liang Chen lowered his head and felt a little uneasy until Zhuo Shao called out again, "She was the one who took care of me before."
Zhuo Shao already knew what Liang Chen had encountered before, and now that the old lady was the one who treated Liang Chen badly before, his face suddenly sank.
Seeing Zhuo Shao like this, Liang Chen couldn't help shrinking his neck.
Zhuo Shao took a deep breath and said to Liang Chen: "Don't be afraid, I'm just a little angry, that person is not a good thing."
Liang Chen was indeed a little scared when he saw Zhuo Shao's anger, but now that he heard Zhuo Shao say this, the original fear and anxiety dissipated, and he even smiled.
"Your father is not a... Your father is also not good to you, how can you be a father like that?" Zhuo Shao's face turned cold.
He really hated Liang Chen's father.
He knows a lot of fathers who don't care about children, but it's really rare to see such people who don't care about children...
When Liang Chen grows up, he will let Liang Chen only give his father money, and he will never go back to see him!
However... Liang Chen's father may not care.
He hasn't come back to see Liang Chen, it is estimated that he got married outside again, maybe the children are all grown up...
Thinking of this, Zhuo Shao felt more and more sympathetic to Liang Chen, and felt that his responsibilities were a little heavier—the teachings from male elders that were missing in Liang Chen's life were estimated to be made up for by him.
Zhuo Shao was about to scold his father, but Liang Chen didn't feel anything when he heard it.
His father was like a stranger to him, and he was even afraid of him.
Zhuo Shao noticed this, but he didn't say anything, but he scolded Liang Chen's father in his heart.
Then, he took out his mobile phone again, edited a text message and sent it to Liang Fang: "Mr. Liang, I'm Zhuo Shao :)"
Liang Fang's text message was quickly replied: "What does the latter mean?"
"It's a smiling face." Zhuo Shao replied quickly, this is his future father-in-law, and he must please him.
While texting, Zhuo Shao didn't forget Liang Chen: "It's okay, I'll cover you from now on."
Liang Chen said "um", but was not appeased by Zhuo Shao.
He stared at Zhuo Shao's mobile phone and hated the person who texted Zhuo Shao to the extreme.
Zhuo Shao felt more and more distressed when he saw that he was not happy.
Liang Chen's father doesn't care about him. He will take care of him after he can't beat him. This kid is very smart. If he is educated well, he can go to a good school and marry a beautiful daughter-in-law.
Zhuo Shao and Liang Fang sent two text messages, and Liang Fang called.
Zhuo Shao and Liang Fang contacted each other by email, and they never called. This was the first time that Zhuo Shao picked it up and heard Liang Fang say, "Xiao Zhuo, can you come by tomorrow?"
Zhuo Shao has already told Liang Fang that he usually has to study and is only free on weekends, and tomorrow is Sunday.
"I'm free, I originally planned to come over tomorrow, and then tell you about the decoration." Zhuo Shao said.
After the two said a few more words, Zhuo Shaocai hung up the phone and looked forward to tomorrow.
Liang Fang has already sold the house, since that's the case... Is it possible for him to see Liang Xin tomorrow?
Zhuo Shao is very happy, but Liang Chen is even more depressed now. Zhuo Shao, tomorrow, is going to the provincial capital to see that person?
Liang Chen thought of the person Zhuo Shao painted again.
The man didn't know what he looked like, but one thing was for sure, he was thinner than him.
Zhuo Shao must like that kind of thin.
Although Liang Chen wanted to lose weight before, he just ran for a run in the morning, and then listened to Zhuo Shao's advice about not drinking and eating snacks. He was reluctant to waste any food Zhuo Shao cooked for him, so he ate all of it.
but now……
Liang Chen gritted his teeth secretly.
Zhuo Shao got up very early the next day. After getting up, he went into the kitchen to cook, and after a while, he knocked on Liang Chen's door and asked him to get up and run.
As a result, he knocked several times and no one answered... Zhuo Shaozheng was a little strange, the door was opened, and then he saw Liang Chen, who was sweating profusely, walk in.
Liang Chen went for a run early in the morning? Zhuo Shao is very happy that his own child is so self-conscious: "Liang Chen, go take a bath, you can eat after taking a bath."
"Yeah." Liang Chen responded and walked to the bathroom panting.
He used to trot, but today he has been running very fast, and now he is much more tired than usual...
But this way, he will definitely lose weight very quickly!
After Liang Chen took a bath, he looked at the mirror in the mirror with a determined expression, and then he heard Zhuo Shao say outside: "Liang Chen, I have already made breakfast, and the dishes for noon and evening are also ready, you Let's cook some rice in a rice cooker and eat with Tingting later."
Liang Chen hurriedly opened the door and went out: "You... are you going to the provincial capital?"
"Yes." Zhuo Shao nodded: "I may be a little late when I come back. You stay at home with Tingting, you can watch some TV, but not too much..."
Zhuo Shao gave some instructions and left.
Liang Chen watched Zhuo Shao leave and couldn't tell what it was like.
Zhuo Shao wants to study now, so he will come back, what about in the future?
High school has to live on campus. Zhuo Shao usually lives on campus. If he goes to his pen pal on weekends, he won't be with him, right?
Waiting for university... If Zhuo Shao is admitted to the school in the provincial capital...
Just thinking about it, Liang Chen felt his heart hurt.
Zhuo Shao had already made breakfast, Liang Chen was a little tasteless, but this was made by Zhuo Shao, he still finished eating, but after eating, he said to Zhuo Ting, "I won't eat at noon today. "He's going to lose weight!
"Ah?" Zhuo Ting looked at Liang Chen puzzled.
"Don't tell Zhuo Shao." Liang Chen said again.
"Oh..." Zhuo Ting responded, but she had already made up her mind that she would call Zhuo Shao to complain after the meal was over.
Liang Chen is a picky eater!
Of course, most importantly, she would love to try calling...