Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter (GL) - Chapter 18

In a cafe in the residential area of ​​the family near the university. On weekends around ten o’clock in the morning, there are no people, very quiet.

The café has a very good environment, with rows of bookshelves and a handicraft area, where some exquisite and fun little crafts are displayed, and guests can also make them by themselves.

The tops of the round tables are not real flowers, but dried flowers made by the owner.

He tied his long hair casually, simply dressed in sky blue jumpsuits, ordered a cup of mocha, and sat and browsed a Japanese magazine.

After a while, the people she was waiting for arrived.

“Sorry, I’m late,” the visitor smiled apologetically and sat down.

“It’s okay, what to drink?” Shi Ci smiled.

“Cappuccino.”

The visitor was a lady with short hair and a round face, wearing a pair of glasses, “When I went out, my child dragged me and quarreled for a long time. I’m sorry I’m going to use the child as an excuse.”

After ordering the order, Shi Ci smiled, “It’s okay, the child is three years old?”

“Almost four years old. It’s in the rebellious period of children, this is not summer vacation? Can’t stay at home.” Ye Qingwu smiled and read the speech, “Thank you for asking me out, I can breathe a sigh of relief.”

Ye Qingwu and Shici are undergraduate students from the same college, with different majors. They stayed as counselors after finishing graduate studies at the university. Her husband also worked in the administrative office of the university.

In the past few years, the two of them have met on different occasions, but it is the first time that they have made a separate appointment like this.

“I have something to ask you about.” Shi Ci said, “If you don’t know, I will ask you to help you inquire about it.”

Ye Qingwu was curious, “Oh? Can you tell me something?”

“I have heard you say that you are a counselor at the Foreign Languages ​​Institute, which session did you bring?” Shi Ci wanted to confirm again.

The waiter brought Ye Qingwu’s cup of cappuccino.

Ye Qingwu said: “The XX class, the new semester begins the junior year.” She took a sip from the cup.

The speech secretly said in his heart that he remembered correctly, and said: “I’m asking you about a student, Tang Kai, don’t you know if you are familiar with it?”

Ye Qingwu sternly looked at Shi Ci and asked strangely, “Why do you inquire about foreign language students?…Well, oh Shi Hai? I seemed to have heard students say before…”

Said with a smile, “It’s not just for this reason. I know this kid. Don’t worry, I’m not asking for bad motives. It’s just that I found out that she seems to be doing more than a job? Is her family environment right? Very difficult?”

Ye Qingwu hesitated and puzzled, but still said, “I’m too familiar with this child. It’s been three years since the freshman year. That’s right, her parents are gone, so life has to be a little harder.”

After giving his speech for a few seconds, he lifted the cup, absent-mindedly, and put it down again, “Are you there anymore?”

“Well,” Ye Qingwu sighed, “it seems like Tang Kai’s father died unexpectedly when he was in the first year of high school. In the third year of high school, her mother was diagnosed with cancer and breast cancer. At that time, the college entrance examination was about to be taken. This should be the reason. After a good exam, I repeated the exam for another year.”

“I don’t know the specifics. When the freshman registered in the year, she was a week late. She called the admissions office and switched to the foreign language side. She said that she was going to do her mother’s funeral. Later, she applied for poverty allowance. I understand a little bit.”

The speech was silent.

“I heard that the house was sold in order to treat my mother and I owed a debt.” Ye Qingwu sighed. “This kid is too desperate to go to school and work. He dare not relax for a moment. He is alone in the New Year. Here. Last year, I dragged her to my place for a New Year’s Eve dinner.”

Shici’s chest rose and fell, and he let out a breath without a trace.

Ye Qingwu didn’t pay attention. Tang Kai was the one who impressed her the most among the students she led. The girl was very good looking, very few words, smart, hardworking, and the professors liked her, but she was the only counselor. When I know her family background, I care about her even more.

Arrange a quieter dormitory for her.

One work-study quota was reserved for her.

Have a good part-time opportunity to introduce her.

She did her best to help Tang Kai.

After a while, Shi Ci said, “It turns out that I was a little curious when I saw her working at Xiao Meigui and handing out flyers.”

Ye Qingwu was still puzzled, “Huh?”

Shici has always been a figure in the school in her impression. She was when she was studying, and she was still when she was teaching.

She is friendly and at the same time inaccessible. Because it is too good, others will have a sense of distance. Unless she takes the initiative to approach, most people are not confident.

Shici and Tang Kai are not relatives, but because of a little curiosity, they came to her to inquire. Ye Qingwu was also curious, “Are you inquiring about what to do?”

After a pause, he lowered his eyes, “I know this kid and now I know her situation. If I can help, I want to help.”

“Yes, I also wanted to help her personally, but she refused.” Ye Qingwu sighed.

“You said she was distributing flyers, but it’s actually not that good. Hey, our students at the University are actually very easy to find tutors. But this child, there was one thing before.”

Yes, Shi Ci is also wondering about this, especially for English majors. Counselling agencies or schools need experienced teachers during the winter and summer vacations. It is not easy for students to find such jobs, but tutors are still easy to find. No other school in Lincheng can compete with Linda.

“what’s up?”

“She is so good. When interviewing her parents in the home education center, most of them are the hostess who can’t pass the customs. Some worry about some not, or worry about her husband or her adolescent son, so she can take care of her. They are all elementary school students who teach homework…” Ye Qingwu shook his head, “but something happened. I remember that last summer, she had a tutoring high school. She was a girl, and her parents rarely did business at home, so everything went well. One day that father came back suddenly and saw Tang Kai…”

Speaking, the temples jumped suddenly.

not…

“It wasn’t much at first, but later he went home more and more, and then one day when Tang Kai arrived at his house, his daughter was not there…”

Ye Qingwu saw that Shi Ci’s expression was wrong, and hurriedly said, “Nothing happened. Fortunately, Tang Kai was alert and didn’t enter the house, but he was touched several times…”

Shici gritted his teeth secretly, “Didn’t call the police?”

“She reported it. I didn’t know so many details until I went there. The scene was arguing, and it was hard to detain the man for a few days.”

“When encountering this, Tang Kai doesn’t look for tutors much anymore. Sometimes he also finds homework tutoring for elementary school students, and he also keeps his mother on the sidelines.”

Ye Qingwu said: “Tang Kai also asked me to ask me to explain the situation to the tutoring center and give her example so that they will not accept this parent’s order in the future so that other students will not be harmed.”

“Of course I have to think about it for her. I can’t say her name clearly.”

“I also ventilated with counselors from other colleges and reminded the students that at least this family was blacklisted in our university.”

Ye Qingwu finally said with emotion: “This kid is so kind, too strong, and too painful.”

Ye Qingwu drank as he spoke, a cup of cappuccino saw the bottom, but the cup of speech was still full.

There was a crisp laughter from outside the window. There was a small courtyard in the cafe with flowers and several young girls playing on the swing.

Most of the people who appeared in this neighborhood were students from Hu University.

Speaking, I don’t know if that bird is wearing a thick bear cover and handing out flyers again…

Tang Kai was packing up in the dormitory at this time, ready to go out later.

Zhang Zinan sullenly, “Are you going to distribute flyers?”

“No need for today. In the supermarket in the afternoon, just stand there and sell.” Tang chuckled.

Zhang Zinan: “You have to go to Little Rose tomorrow, don’t you go this afternoon? You have to rest!”

Tang Kai said to her: “It’s okay, I can be back after six o’clock.”

Zhang Zinan frowned and thought, and finally said, “How much money do you still have? Or I and Fang Xiuqi will get together,” she looked at Tang Kai with concern, “Don’t worry, Lao Fang doesn’t know anything about you. His money is with me, so I can tell him what I want to invest.”

Tang Kai walked to her and said softly, “Thank you.”

Zhang Zinan: “We are friends, if you have something, just tell me!” She said with a little dissatisfaction.

This dormitory is basically the two of them. Tang Kai takes care of her a lot in her daily life. She also knows that Tang Kai values ​​her very much, and she does the same. Originally, Zhang Zinan didn’t know about this. Tang Kai kept receiving phone calls at the end of last semester. The aunt there was crying or cursing, very loud, and she knew that it was Tang Kai’s aunt who called She asked for money and also learned that Tang Kai owed her uncle’s family 40,000 yuan.

“I see.” Tang Kai is half a head shorter than Zhang Zinan. She raised her eyes to look at Zhang Zinan, then suddenly raised her hand to touch her head and smiled slightly, “I will speak if I need it.”

Tang Kai rarely shows her emotions. Now she smiled at her and touched her head. Zhang Zinan was really stunned for several seconds. She returned to her senses and said to Tang Kai who walked to the door: “You said it!”

Tang Kai wore an apron with the brand name printed on it, and stood in the aisle of the supermarket to attract customers.

This is just a part-time job on weekends. Yesterday, I paid 200 yuan for the flyer, and today I have 50 yuan for half a day. If the sales performance is good, it may be a little more.

Tang Kai knows that he has a large appetite. The way to save money is to ask for more white rice, drink more soup (the soup in the cafeteria is not expensive), or ask the aunt who is cooking to pour more juice on the rice.

In this case, 250 yuan is enough for her food for half a month.

So far, she has transferred about fifteen thousand to her uncle. At the end of the summer vacation, her two-month salary in “Little Rose” should have been almost ten thousand, thanks to the commission of the bottle of wine.

So it is 15 thousand five thousand yuan away from 40,000 yuan.

Scholarships and grants for the next semester will take some time.

Tang Kai sighed, money is needed everywhere, and her tuition fees in the new semester will have to be loaned again, and she doesn’t know when she will be able to pay it back. Fortunately, she got the four certificates and three certificates, which can save the registration fee.

If she can pay back the money owed to her uncle’s family, and at least feel less stressful, then she can concentrate on studying.

Tang Kai was thinking about this, while selling milk to the people who came and went.

Probably because of her likable appearance, the sales results are not bad.

Tang Kai remembered that she met Shi Ci again yesterday. Professor Shi did not know if she recognized herself. It should be impossible. But she bought so many cartons of milk, which reminded her that she was also eye-catching when she was in Little Rose last time. Ordered a bottle of expensive wine without blinking.

Is it my own illusion?

She felt that Shi Ci was really taking care of her.

I don’t know why it is so coincidental that I can encounter speeches every time.

Tang Kai is an only child. When she was a child, she heard from her parents that her mother had a child before her, but she had a spontaneous abortion before her three months. She might have an older brother or older sister.

Tang Kai didn’t feel much at first, but during the days when she was with her mother to seek medical treatment, she went to school and hospital, tossed in the city and Beicheng. Tired was the second best thing. The most feared thing was that every time the doctor asked her to go, she needed When she made a decision, when she needed to sign a family notice, there was one person waiting outside the operating room.

At that time, she also wanted to have a brother or sister, how nice it would be to be with her.

It was a long time ago, and a passing wish had no actual image.

This day, Tang Kai thought of giving speeches from time to time.

Even when she practiced listening before going to bed at night, she lost her mind for the first time.