Chapter Forty-One Going Home
The next day, Gao Xiaodong packed up all the clothes, clothes, and the old computer, settled the rent with the landlord, and left Lucheng City with a huge package.
When I got home, I saw that my parents were not at home, they should still be selling seafood in the market, so Gao Xiaodong put down his things and went to the convenience market.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, there were not many people buying seafood. Gao's mother saw Gao Xiaodong from a distance, and said pleasantly, Xiaodong is here! Our precious son is here!
Father Gao was smoking a cigarette and chatting with Boss Yang, who sells cakes next door. When he saw Gao Xiaodong coming, his face was overjoyed, and he proudly pointed to Gao Xiaodong who was striding towards him, and said to Lao Yang: My son Gao Xiaodong, this year's college entrance examination, is a good performance. Not ideal, just passed a line.
Boss Yang looked at Gao Xiaodong in surprise, and said, Your son has lost a lot of weight. I remember he weighed more than two hundred catties.
Father Gao laughed and said, I lost weight to play football.
Boss Yang smiled and said, One book, promising, how many points did you get?
Father Gao said: I don't know the details, but I remember passing a line.
Oh. Boss Yang didn't really believe it. He seemed to have heard that the son of Boss Gao who sells seafood is a scumbag. My son was admitted to the second college entrance examination last year, and I remember the scores clearly.
Mom and Dad, I'm back.
Gao Xiaodong walked into his shop, smelled the familiar salty smell in the air, and thought of leaving here soon, a feeling of reluctance suddenly arose in his heart.
Father Gao used to look at Gao Xiaodong, but no matter how he looked at him, he was not pleasing to the eye, but now he looked at Gao Xiaodong no matter how comfortable he was, and felt like himself in every way, he smiled and said to Gao Xiaodong: Xiaodong, this is your Uncle Yang.
Gao Xiaodong said with a grin, Hello, Uncle Yang, looking at your complexion, the business must be booming.
Boss Yang was stimulated again. This son surnamed Gao is really smooth-talking and really likable. He asked with a smile, Xiaodong, how many points did you get in the college entrance examination?
Gao Xiaodong said: I didn't perform well, I got more than 400 points in the test.
Boss Yang sneered, what kind of line did you pass with more than 400 points? You bullied me for being uneducated. Don’t you know what the college entrance examination is? Unfortunately, my son only finished the college entrance examination last year. He asked with a smirk, Is the score so low this year? I passed the first line with a score of more than 400? My son passed the second test with a score of 562 last year.
Gao Xiaodong said: Uncle Yang,
I'm a football major.
Boss Yang looked at Gao Xiaodong's body suspiciously. Although he was much thinner than when he saw him that time, could this body be able to play football? He thought that both Gao Xiaodong and his son were trying to save face for him.
In Gao's father's mind, everything is inferior but high, so he has never told others that his son is majoring in sports. Hearing Gao Xiaodong himself said it, Gao's father quickly said: Xiaodong's football is the best in the three schools. , he led the No. 3 Lieutenant Colonel Team to the top four in the province.
Boss Yang asked again: Xiaodong, what university did you apply for?
After listening to his father's words, Gao Xiaodong understood the situation in front of him immediately. He knew that most people don't understand the rules of the college entrance examination for physical education students, so he said with a smile: My first choice is Lu University, just pass the line and leave. .”
Lu Da? ! Boss Yang gasped, he couldn't believe it was true, but he didn't dare to doubt Gao Xiaodong's lie, seeing Gao Xiaodong's words so casually, so he had to praise against his will: The best university in Lu Province! , Terrific. Much more promising than my son.
Uncle Yang won the prize, so that's the case for one book. Gao Xiaodong knew that Boss Yang had no good intentions in caring so much about his grades, so he was not interested in talking to him, and turned and went into the store.
When Gao's father and Gao's mother saw their son came back, they didn't want to continue the business. Before five o'clock, they hurriedly closed down and bought a big bag of delicious food to go home.
After eating, Gao Xiaodong felt bored, so he said to his father: Dad, I bought an old computer, let's install a broadband at home, so I can surf the Internet when I'm free, and you can also search for information on seafood. Have fun. game.
Father Gao didn't listen to Gao Xiaodong's fooling around, and said, How much is it to install a broadband?
Gao Xiaodong said: A few hundred yuan.
Father Gao said: A few hundred, nine hundred is also a few hundred.
Gao Xiaodong smiled and said, Five or six hundred yuan.
Father Gao said: If you don't pretend, you will leave in four or five days. If you leave, it will be a waste. Five or six hundred yuan is enough for how much seafood I can sell.
Gao Xiaodong said: I'm bored at home. If you don't install broadband for me, I'll go to the Internet cafe to surf the Internet.
Father Gao said: It only costs you to go to an Internet cafe to surf the Internet, two yuan an hour, you can go if you want.
Gao Xiaodong rolled his eyes and said, Dad, there is actually another advantage of installing broadband. After I go to Portugal, I have to call home. Do you know how much it costs for a minute of international calls? Five or six yuan, five or sixty for ten minutes. , five or six hundred in one hundred minutes. It must be two hundred minutes in half a year.
Father Gao said: How can there be so much nonsense, just make a phone call and report that you are safe.
Gao Xiaodong said: I can't just call home, I have to call my classmates, friends, and coaches too.
Father Gao said impatiently: Call them an international call, it's really urgent, just dial twice and let them go back.
Gao Xiaodong was speechless, this old man is stingy enough.
Gao's mother said: Xiaodong, don't blame your father for being stingy. We are not rich, and we earn hard money. If you want to go abroad, although it is free training, you still have to spend money, right? Let's save some money.
Gao Xiaodong said: Mom, but it's impossible not to call. It's really like what my father said. Dial twice and let someone come back. I'm not too shameless. You are not afraid of embarrassment. I am also afraid of embarrassment. I am not the one now The bottom one is Gao Xiaodong, I am a college student and a quasi-professional player who went abroad to play football.
This time he found Father Gao's weakness, he snorted, and said, Don't go around the bush, what kind of medicine is sold in your gourd, just tell me straight.
Gao Xiaodong smiled and said: Actually, what I want to say is that after installing the broadband, there will be chat software in the broadband, you can make free calls, and you can also see real people. If you spend five or six hundred yuan to install the broadband, you will save on international calls. It's a great deal.
Really? Gao's parents hesitated.
Gao Xiaodong struck while the iron was hot, and said: This can still deceive people, after I install it, I will teach you how to use it.
Gao's father and Gao's mother were the only child, who really left the country and came back once every six months, who would not miss him, Gao Xiaodong's heart fluttered immediately as soon as Gao Xiaodong was fooled.
Gao Mu said, Why don't you just pretend?
Father Gao said: Just pretend, I also want to try that high-tech thing. I heard it's more fun than TV. It has everything.
Gao Xiaodong laughed, and said: You will know when you install the broadband, maybe you will compete for the computer by then.
Gao's mother said, You think they are all the same as you.
Gao Xiaodong said: Mom and Dad, please rest, I'm going to the Internet cafe to surf the Internet.
Gao's mother said: It's so easy to go home, don't go online, let's chat with Mom and Dad.
Gao Xiaodong said: Didn't we chat during the meal, what else can we talk about. He walked out the door while talking.
Seeing Gao Xiaodong run away in a hurry, Gao's mother sighed, I can't help the child when he grows up.
Father Gao said: Maybe it's online dating, I heard that there are a lot of online dating nowadays.
Gao's mother said: It's possible, falling in love so early will affect your studies.
Gao's father said: Whatever, boys can't suffer anyway.
Gao's mother said unhappily: Then girls should suffer, patriarchal, old feudalism.
Father Gao realized that he had made a mistake. According to his previous temper, he would definitely have to argue strongly, but today his son came back, happy, and said, Okay, let's not talk, let's watch TV.
Gao's mother has always been submissive, seeing her husband bowed his head, she didn't say much, went to open Gao Xiaodong's package, and took out the clothes, shoes and socks, thin quilt, bed sheets and other clothes to wash.