Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven

Like young pioneers following the brigade counselor, Shi Yan obediently followed Zhuoyou and the others out of the hospital. Along the way, she wanted to ask the meaning of that wink at her, but Zhuoyou's expression was very dignified, and she walked like flying. Not bad, no time to ask questions.It wasn't until several people got into the car that she seized the opportunity to ask, "Mr. Zhuo, did you mean just now—" Zhuoyou asked curiously: "What did I mean just now? What do you mean? Which just now?" "It was at the hospital—" "At the hospital? I—didn't say anything—"

"I--saw you winking at me, and I guess--are you afraid--it's not good for the people in the hospital to hear about the coal mine? Actually, I wouldn't have said it in the hospital--" Zhuoyou seemed to understand a little bit, and said, "Oh, I didn't wink, I was just afraid that the driver would be unhappy if he waited for a long time—" Shi Yan was greatly disappointed. She was originally as mysterious as someone engaged in underground work, but it turned out that he was not so "underground" at all, and she was playing tricks on herself.This made her feel a little regretful that she said goodbye to Huang Hai so quickly, many things were not explained clearly, it was quite pitiful for Huang Hai to stay in the hospital alone, looking at his eyes, it seemed that she really wanted her to stay with him for a while, As a result, she ran away without even sitting on her buttocks.It was all because of Zhuo Zhuo, whose eyes were so difficult to understand and so irresistible, which made her confused and left the hospital with him.

But now that they have come out, it seems that it is not easy to ask the driver to take them to the infectious disease hospital again, and it is not her car, so she can't leave as she pleases, she comes as soon as she says, and the few people in the same company are definitely unwilling to go back to the infectious disease hospital. go.If she went back to the hospital alone, it would be a problem to go back to school at night, because Huang Hai was still lying on the bed, so he definitely couldn't send her.After thinking about it like this, she felt relieved, let's forget about it today, and go to the hospital to see Huang Hai tomorrow, now that she knows the place, she can just go by car tomorrow.

Rigorously suggested: "It's getting late, everyone hasn't eaten yet, let's find a restaurant and go eat together." The two girls quickly shied away: "No, no, we have to rush back to school, there will be no bus if it's too late—" Zhuo Zhuo persuaded: "Why panic? After eating, just ask the driver to take you back--" When Yao Xiaoping heard that there was a car to deliver her, it was as if she had taken a reassurance, and immediately stopped the politeness: "The driver will take us? That's fine, we should have a meal together, but we have to treat you."

Said rigorously: "How can I ask you girls to treat you? Count me!" Zhuo Zhuo smiled: "It's your fault? I'm afraid you don't even have the money to buy a pack of cigarettes?" Rigorous, as if being exposed, he laughed a few times shyly, and then didn't continue. Shi Yan was a little nervous, because she didn't bring much money with her, and she didn't know if it would be enough for the four of them and the driver to eat for five people.Zhuo Liang noticed that she didn't say a word, and said with a smile: "What? Are you scared? Afraid we will eat you up?"

"Where, I was thinking—" "Think about that kid surnamed Huang? He's fine. He has diarrhea. He'll be fine in a few days." Following the topic, she asked, "Do you think someone did something wrong with him?" "It's hard to say, this kind of thing, everything may exist." Asked rigorously: "Why did he travel so far to conduct social surveys?" Shi Yan talked about Huang Hai's situation, emphasizing Huang Hai's sympathy and help for the suffering people. He thought that he would touch these two boys and come to admire Huang Hai with her, but Zhuoyou said indifferently: " His starting point is good, but -- he doesn't pay much attention to strategy, and has no practical effect. Even if he exposes the problem of coal mines in city D, so what? Even if he solves the problem of coal mines in city D, what can he do? How about it?"

These two "so what" are like two booms, lifting Shi Yan's expectations for Huang Hai's social survey into the air.Previously, she felt that if Huang Hai could write the interview report smoothly, the task would be considered complete; later, when she heard about the mine accident, she felt that writing an interview report was not enough, it would be great if she could find out the real cause of the mine disaster; Afterwards, she saw with her own eyes the poverty-stricken life of the families of the victims of the mining accident, and she felt that the investigation alone was not enough. If they could improve their lives, it would be a worthwhile trip.

Now these grand goals are reflected in a very small way by Zhuoyue's two "so what". Yes, even if Huang Hai's report improves the lives of "Pork Belly" and the others, so what?Those who are officials are still officials, but how many "pork belly" people in the world are still suffering?She asked curiously: "Then how do you think you can do it—how?" "To fundamentally change the situation, not to make such a small fuss—" "How to change fundamentally? Have a violent revolution?" Zhuoyou still said calmly: "What's the use of violent revolution? Didn't the Communist Party carry out a violent revolution? Didn't they come to power? But China is still like this—"

Shi Yan felt that Zhuoyou must know a better way than Huang Hai's "small fights" and the Communist Party's "violent revolution". She asked, "You must have a better way. Tell me quickly, what is it?" Zhuo Liang didn't answer, as if he didn't want to talk about this issue again, which made Shi Yan feel too embarrassed to ask further. A group of people arrived at a restaurant chosen by Joyo, took their seats, and each of them got a menu and started ordering.Shi Yan guessed that the girls would pay the bill today, but she didn't have much money, so she was a little afraid to order. She just kept her eyes on the last line of each page of the menu, where there was the unit price of the dishes. She was going to start with the price, and when she saw cheap ones The unit price is up, and then look ahead to see what dish is, as long as you can swallow it, order that.But she looked around and didn't see any cheap dishes. Even green vegetables cost a few dollars. If one person ordered one dish, she would not have enough money in her pocket.

She decided from the beginning that Yao Xiaoping didn't want to pay the bill, because Yao Xiaoping came to help her today, and he even skipped class and ran with her all day, so how could he ask him to pay for the treat?Besides, Yao Xiaoping is a family man, and every penny is precious. She boldly said, "Everyone can order whatever they want, and I'll treat you—" Yao Xiaoping argued: "Why are you treating guests? Our two girls invited their boys, and they helped a lot today—" This time, Rigorous didn't rush to treat the guests, probably because he was afraid that Zhuoyou would expose him again.Zhuo Zhuo didn't show politeness to them, he just took a menu and introduced that the certain soup, the certain stir-fry was good, the certain seafood was good and so on.Shi Yan was even more nervous. Looking at his posture, he would not give up if he didn't eat her whole purse today, even if it wasn't enough, what should I do?Ask someone to borrow money?Ask who to borrow?Rigor must have no money, and Joyo probably didn’t bring any money, because they were moving, how could they bring a lot of money?

She pretended not to care, but she was extremely nervous, watching Zhuo Liang order one after another, such as soup, cold dishes, hot dishes, fried dishes, steamed dishes, deep-fried dishes, wishing she could order one of each category.The more he nodded, the more her heart sank. Did he think that he helped her today, so he should beat her up? From ordering to serving to eating, she was basically in a state of tension, only worried that she didn't have enough money in her pocket, so she didn't taste the food.But the other people seemed to be eating heartily, and Zhuoyue asked for a few more bottles of beer, and the three men drank and persuaded, it was very lively. Finally finished eating, the waiter came over with the bill, Shi Yan raised her hand and said, "Give it to me—" But Zhuoyue stretched out his right arm, tilted his right palm vertically, made a "no" gesture to her, and took the bill over, without looking at the numbers, he took out a stack of bills and handed them to waiter.Shi Yan still wanted to argue with him, but he looked at her like that again, as if winking at her, giving her the same feeling as in the hospital just now, as if she would cause a catastrophe if she didn't do what he said, She had no choice but to stop the fight honestly. After paying the bill, several people walked out of the restaurant under the leadership of Zhuoyou and got into the car. The driver was full of wine and food, and had a very good attitude. He asked courteously, "Send the two ladies back first? Where do you live in the teacher's college?" The two girls gave the approximate location, and the driver started the car.Maybe everyone ate too much and became stupid. On the way back, a few people didn’t talk much. For some reason, Shi Yan remembered the word “brain full and fat”. Thinking becomes lazy and speech becomes inflexible.She also heard Yan Jing burp a few times, and the driver burped a few times, which made their image vulgar. The driver drove the car and stopped near the dormitory of the two girls. Several people said their goodbyes. The two girls went upstairs, and the others followed the car. Yao Xiaoping went upstairs and said: "This Zhuoyou is quite generous. After ordering so many dishes, I am so full. I have to lose weight again from tomorrow. I don't think you eat much. Are you in front of boys?" Pretending to be pretty?" "Why are you pretending to be delicate? I can only eat so much—" "Then you are at a loss. I ate it to my heart's content, because I thought we girls would pay the bill. If I didn't eat it, I would lose money. But I was worried while eating. I ate so much in one meal, and my monthly income would definitely be exhausted." Gone--" Seeing that Yao Xiaoping was as nervous as her, Shi Yan couldn't help laughing: "I was really worried just now, because I didn't bring any money with me—" "me too--" "Then you are still so active in asking for a treat?" "Then what should I do? Don't you pretend to be polite? But I know the customs in D City. When men and women go out to eat together, women will not be asked to pay, unless they are married couples. At that time, women control the money. It’s up to the girl to pay. Another situation is the kind where the girl is older and the boy is younger. When they are in a relationship, the older girl pays when they go out to eat—” "D City still has this custom?" "You still don't know?" Yao Xiaoping turned to ask, "What do you think of the rigor?" She didn't understand: "how about what?" "I was asking what you thought of him as a man—" Shi Yan thought that Yao Xiaoping was making fun of her and Yan Jing, and said awkwardly: "He's too short, besides, he hiccupped several times in the car today—" Yao Xiaoping couldn't help laughing: "Hiccup has become a shortcoming too? Don't you hiccup? You little girls, what you pursue are all illusory things, what are you tall, 'silly', you don't hiccup, you don't spank , are things that cannot be eaten—” "Then what do you say you should pursue? Something that can be eaten? Can you eat when you are short?" "I said 'eat as a meal', but it's just a metaphor, that is, whether it is practical. What do you think of my husband? He is handsome, right? But what's the use of being handsome? Country bumpkins don't know what love is. --" Shi Yan didn't think Yao Xiaoping's husband was handsome. She met Yao Xiaoping's husband once in a restaurant that day, and that time because of Huang Hai's presence, she was extremely nervous. Silly"?But she didn't like to say that, so she said flatteringly: "Actually, your husband is not like a country bumpkin. If he doesn't talk, no one will know him at all—not from City D—" "Hmph, that's because you don't know him well, and you only see his appearance. If you get to know him better, I promise you won't say that. You're a typical bumpkin, you can't even teach--. Oh, forget it, no Having said that, if a married woman complains about her husband, she can't finish it for three days and three nights." "Why do married women so--hate their husbands? If they hate their husbands so much, why don't they get divorced? Why don't they just not marry their husbands? Don't marry such husbands in the first place, no Are there any problems?" "Huh, 'to put it lightly, pick a light grass.' You have such a 'silly' boyfriend from a famous school, who is gentle and considerate. Of course you can afford such harsh words. We are unlucky, so we don't This is ruthless. But don’t be too comfortable, man, no matter how courteous you are before marriage, it’s the same after marriage, the revolution is successful, you don’t need to work hard, once you take off the mask, you’re not a good guy—” "Then just don't get married—" "Then how is it possible? People always want to get married, whether the marriage is good or not, that is fate—" Shi Yan didn't expect Yao Xiaoping to be so pessimistic about marriage, and she usually sees her enlightening others.She asked: "Why are you so—pessimistic and disappointed? I see that when you persuade others, you are always sensible—" "It's because I'm pessimistic and disappointed, that's why I'm persuasive when I persuade people. It's all based on experience. My advice can't be wrong, because I always think of the worst possibility for others—if they even If you are willing to bear such a bad result, then you won’t be so disappointed under other circumstances—” "Then you—didn't you yourself think of the worst possibility?" Yao Xiaoping lazily said: "I was in a different situation then. My husband is the son of my principal, and the principal is my immediate boss. He is in charge of my food. How dare I not listen?" Shi Yan couldn't believe her ears: "What, what? Your husband is your principal's son? I thought you refused to be the principal's daughter-in-law, so that's why the principal took revenge on you—" "You 'thought' it was good, and it was true. I didn't want to be his daughter-in-law, so he took revenge on me—" "Then why do you say your husband is—the headmaster's son? Which headmaster are you talking about?" Yao Xiaoping said puzzledly: "Which principal? The whole party has said such a principal, and there is only such a principal in our county—" Shi Yan didn't understand anymore: "Didn't you say that you refused to be his daughter-in-law, and he took revenge on you? Why did you still become his daughter-in-law?" "What's so difficult to understand? If I disagree, he will retaliate against me. I have no choice but to agree. That's it, it's very simple. Haven't you heard that 'people under low eaves have to Head down'?"