Chapter 498: The Lazy, Fair-skinned Youth and the Hardworking, Strong Laborer (21)
The lazy, fair-skinned educated youth and the hardworking, strong laborer (Twenty-one)
In the end, Lin Zhiqing secretly took twenty yuan from his family and ran away.
When Song Ning heard about this, he was studying very hard.
"Lin Zhiqing stole the money and ran away?"
Xu Meng, who came to deliver the message, brought a message to Lance and left. What Song Ning heard was what Lance conveyed when he came in to deliver tea and snacks.
"Well, they say he stole the family's money before daybreak and ran away. The family only discovered him at daybreak and chased him for the entire morning without finding him. I guess he won't come back."
Lance handed him the brewed black tea and put down some snacks, which were some homemade dried tofu and dried sweet potatoes. They were both delicious and filling snacks that Song Ning could eat while studying. They were also easy to make and had a very good salty, spicy and dry taste.
"...He actually chose to run away. Doesn't he have children?"
Song Ning was feeling a little depressed as he held the dried tofu. Although he could hear the other party's hesitation at that time, he still felt a little inexplicably sad when he really heard the other party make this choice.
"Didn't he 'give in' because he couldn't get enough food? Now that there is a new and more comfortable way, of course he won't 'give in' again."
Lance simply listened to what Song Ning said and made a judgment with obvious contempt in his tone.
Song Ning looked up at him, and Lance just bent down and kissed his slightly wrinkled brows.
"Don't care about others. Irresponsible people will only be cowards running away wherever they go. If you really care about your family, you should consider their future as well."
Song Ning closed his eyes subconsciously, and when he heard these words, he opened his eyes slightly to look at Lance's expression.
Sincere, honest, pure, without a trace of anything else.
"…Is that why you're going to teach me to read?"
Song Ning asked subconsciously.
Lance kissed his trembling eyelids with a chuckle. Song Ning shivered, and his fingers holding the pen on the table were held and stroked.
"Yes, because I think we still have a long future together. I won't abandon you, and you won't be abandoned by me."
Song Ning closed his eyes slightly and calmed down.
He squeezed the other's hand and nodded.
"it is good."
Three months after the college entrance examination was resumed.
"Song Ning, are you really going to take the exam?"
Luo Feng tapped his pipe and his eyelids drooped heavily.
There have been too many worries recently, especially at the educated youth camp. After the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came, the educated youth have been restless and many conflicts have arisen behind the scenes. In order to deal with these things, he has not had a good rest recently.
Now that he heard Song Ning say that he was going to take the college entrance examination, he felt even more complicated.
He glanced at Song Ning and suddenly realized that Song Ning was indeed different from before.
Luo Feng had quite a bit of experience. As the team leader, he had met some people, such as those in the cowshed. Many of them looked like ordinary old men, but some of them seemed to have a unique temperament and were completely different from ordinary people at first glance.
Lance the educated youth looked exactly like those people, with an extraordinary temperament.
But now Song Ning does look a bit interesting. If he and the educated youth Lance were standing together and wearing a white shirt, Luo Feng would really mistake Song Ning for one of the educated youth.
"Uncle, I've made up my mind. I'm going to give it a try."
Song Ning took out a key and said this. This was also the reason why he came to find Luo Feng.
"It will probably take some time for us to be gone, and we won't be back right away. When we get there, I'd like you to help take care of my family."
Luo Feng looked at his resolute expression, then looked at the key in front of him.
The pipe was knocked again and again, but he finally reached out to take it.
"Okay, go for it. If you become successful in the future, don't forget to come home and visit. This is your root after all."
Song Ning nodded, "Yes."
All the people who gave birth to and raised him are buried here, and he will never forget it.
Lance stood behind him, and although there was no physical contact, his protective attitude was obvious.
Luo Feng watched them leave one after another, and suddenly he showed an expression of realization.
The next second he sighed again, "Brother Song, your Song Ning has chosen a difficult path."
Lance and Song Ning chose to go directly to Taipei City to take the college entrance examination.
The reason was simple. Firstly, it happened that the shell that Lance had chosen was registered in Taipei City. Lance planned to take Song Ning to take the exam in Taipei City. The college entrance examination was relatively relaxed when it was just resumed. As long as they paid the registration fee, they could take the exam.
Secondly, Song Ning had told Lance about his yearning for Taipei during their casual chat. After all, Taipei, as the capital, still made him yearn for it.
Thirdly, Mr. Bao was also in Taipei City. Lance thought privately that what he was doing now might not be enough. If anything was needed, he could still ask Mr. Bao for help.
But at the moment, they had just packed their luggage and boarded the green train to Taipei.
The train station was bustling with people carrying all kinds of things on board. There were also quite a few people dressed like educated youth - most of them looked similar to them, planning to go home to take the college entrance examination.
Lance and Song Ning were dressed similarly - they both wore white shirts and carried large suitcases.
Pulling at his collar, Song Ning was still a little uncomfortable and whispered, "Is it really not weird what I'm wearing?"
Before, he always thought that the white shirt looked very elegant and good-looking on Lance, but he didn't expect that after he put it on, he found that the shirt was not so easy to wear.
He always felt it was awkward to move while wearing this outfit, and when he raised his hands he was worried that his shirt would be pulled out, which made him a little uncomfortable.
Lance admired it with his eyes and then shook his head naturally.
"It's not weird, it looks good."
"is it?"
Song Ning still felt a little uncomfortable, but as more and more people got on the bus, he no longer paid attention to it and instead began to get nervous.
They brought out all their belongings, all in two large boxes they brought with them.
Because the box was so big, someone had already asked a few tentative questions.
"You two are educated youth sent to the countryside, right? Where are you going? Why are you carrying two such big suitcases?"
Song Ning's heart suddenly fell into his throat.
In the two large boxes, there were only a few simple pieces of clothing, and other than that were all the money and tickets they had earned previously.
Before they left, they emptied out all the belongings in the house and exchanged them for money and tickets, leaving only a few good things that Mr. Bao had given them that were not easily bought outside.
The two big boxes were very valuable, so Song Ning couldn't help but feel nervous.
But the next second, he felt someone touching his leg.
Song Ning's face suddenly turned red. He turned his head to look at Lance, who happened to be holding his shoulders. He said naturally, "We brothers exchanged food from the villagers. We don't have work points for the exam, so we can only bring more food."
After hearing this, Song Ning subconsciously revealed a simple and honest smile, and his credibility was instantly raised.
The few people who were trying to inquire about it suddenly lost interest. Tsk, they thought they were some fat sheep, but they turned out to be two poor educated youth who could barely afford to eat.