Tan Mo has a mild mutism, especially in the face of unforeseen and unexpected things, he usually does not speak.
Even if he was nervous and dazed, he wanted to ask why.
Qiao Lan smiled, "I just quit my job in the western restaurant today."
Tan Mo was blankly stunned before opening his mouth, "...why."
"I told you before that I didn't need your help, and I didn't lie to you. You helped me a lot, and now I can go to school and live a good life without going to work. But in the end, I decided to resign because of other reasons. You should I can also guess that it’s because of my family, I’m not going to go home, and I also submitted an application to live on campus with the head teacher this morning, which will probably be done in a day or two.”
Qiao Lan spoke at a slower rate than usual, and was very specific and detailed.
"This card is the money I saved in the first half of the year, and the total is a little over 20,000 yuan. If nothing else, this will be my reserve fund for the next two and a half years of high school." , The living expenses of 500 yuan per month are completely enough for ordinary high school students, but there may be emergencies that are not enough, if it is really not enough, I will come to you."
Qiao Lan finally figured it out, Tan Mo had a single tendon, and she also lost her mind.
20,000 yuan was enough for her, so Qiao Lan didn't think that one day she would really ask Tan Mo to borrow money, but she changed her rhetoric a little to make Tan Mo more willing to listen and more accepting, like Now that he says that he really wants to beg for Tan Mo, the previous dead end will be solved.
She raised her head and looked at the boy seriously, "Tanmo, you will lend it to me."
Tan Mo's fingers on the wheelchair clenched unconsciously, and answered without thinking, "Of course."
"I knew you were the best." Qiao Lan smiled and rolled her eyes. The young man was neither noisy nor noisy, pure and sincere. Qiao Lan always felt that the young man in front of her was like a child who was ignorant but completely relied on her. So he became more patient, and his voice was involuntarily soft.
"Then now I'll give you this card, you can regularly check whether the balance on it is really enough to know if I'm really short of money, the password is ******, you remember numbers so well, sure I'll remember it right away."
In such a short time, Qiao Lan said so many words, the amount of information in the words was so large that Tan Mo felt that he suddenly couldn't understand it all for a while.
After hearing Qiao Lan said that he had resigned, Tan Mo felt that he was not very angry at that time. Qiao Lan said that he didn't need his help but no one's help. This logical thinking made Tan Mo. Mo Jiang's hurdle that he had been stuck in his heart and couldn't get over finally subsided.
But who would have thought that Qiao Lan would say those words later.
She gave him a card, which she said was all her savings for the next two years.
Qiao Lan gave him all his savings for safekeeping.
Tan Mo looked down at the small card that Qiao Lan put in his hand. There were too many thoughts and indistinguishable emotions in his mind for a while, and he was so noisy that he didn't know what to say.
In those mixed emotions, what finally came to my mind was an indescribable peace of mind.
Before, he felt that Qiao Lan didn't care that he deceived him, but now that he thought about it again, there might be something wrong with his logic.
There seemed to be some substantive bond between them suddenly, and for a moment, it seemed that they were not afraid of anything.
He really felt that he was needed.
Needed by Qiao Lan.
Qiao Lan looked up at the young man's face, pale and still expressionless, but there was something different in those beautiful eyes, she raised her lips and smiled, but said on her lips, "Why don't you say anything since I gave you all the cards. , are you still angry, or you don't want to keep it for me, if you don't want to, then I'll take it..."
After speaking, he reached out and pretended to take the card back.
The boy held the card in his hand, "Mine." He looked at Qiao Lan and said, "Give it to me, it's mine."
"Yours, yours," Qiao Lan stopped teasing him, "Then you must help me keep it well and don't lose it."
The boy's bright eyes promised, "No."
Qiao Lan couldn't help laughing again, and suddenly wanted to reach out and touch Tan Mo's hair, but Tan Mo definitely didn't like it, so he stopped.
After a while, Qiao Lan went out to help Aunt Chen clean up the kitchen. Uncle Chen took a careful look at Tan Mo's room.
After all, he is someone who has taken care of Tan Mo since he was born. He can't be seen by others if he can't see it. Although he still has no expression, the gloominess all over his body has disappeared, and his eyes are bright like something.
Uncle Chen was surprised.
He brought Qiao Lan into the house so that Qiao Lan could think of a way to repair the relationship between the two. He also thought that if it was too difficult, he would have to find a way to add fuel to the fire. After all, Qiao Lan was just a doll.
As a result, in the blink of an eye, in less than ten minutes, Tan Mo's whole person seemed to be blooming.
What did Qiao Lan say to Tan Mo
Uncle Chen was curious.
Qiao Lan coaxed Tan Mo and came out to help Aunt Chen, but Aunt Chen was a restless person, so she didn't ask Qiao Lan to do anything, but was busy inquiring.
Find out how Qiao Lan and Tan Mo know each other, ask how Tan Mo is doing in school, etc.
Qiao Lan said one by one, Aunt Chen didn't know that Tan Mo actually had another side in the school, and she heard Qiao Lan say that Tan Mo is very smart, asking him anything can't help him, and she laughed very happily.
Uncle Chen was speechless, "You let the two children talk, what can you say when an old lady pulls the little girl."
Qiao Lan smiled and said nothing, but still went to talk to Tan Mo.
Tan Mo was reading a book in pure English. Hearing Qiao Lan coming in, Tan Mo was suddenly a little nervous.
Qiao Lan didn't realize it, she looked left and right at Tan Mo's room. It was the largest bedroom in the room. It had a lot of space, including a balcony and a separate bathroom. In the bedroom, apart from the bed, there is a desk, and the part next to the wall is a specially-made bookcase. There are no doors, just small lattices one by one. From the wall of the room to the balcony, it is full of books.
No matter how much Tan Mo has read, this collection is already amazing enough.
Qiao Lan was so busy talking to Tan Mo that she didn't have time to look at it, but now she was amazed, and only after she was amazed did she read the book that Tan Mo was reading.
"What is this?" Qiao Lan asked.
"The Silk Roads", Tan Mo closed the book and handed it to Qiao Lan, after thinking about it, he added, "It is a new world history by Peter Frankopan, a professor of history at Oxford University, starting from Zhang Qian's passage to the Western Regions and Alexander's Eastern Expeditions. , The rise of the Roman Empire, the glory of the Persian Empire, and the Crusades have been written all the way to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Middle East War and the Iraq War. Because it is a brand-new general history of the Silk Road extended from China, the book is called the Silk Road. see."
Qiao Lan is quite interested in history, but even though she can pass CET-6 in English, it is still too difficult to read this kind of book unimpeded.
In particular, there are too many uncommon words in it, and Qiao Lan retreated after reading a paragraph with self-knowledge.
"I don't understand," Qiao Lan answered honestly, "Wait for my English to be better..."
Before he finished speaking, Tan Mo suddenly turned his wheelchair and walked to the bookshelf behind him. Qiao Lan was about to ask him what was wrong, when Tan Mo took out a copy from the bookshelf and handed it to her.
The same cover drawing as the one in Tan Mo's hand has more Chinese characters that she is familiar with.
English translation.
Qiao Lan was stunned for a while, thinking that Tan Mo would also have something that he couldn't understand, so he looked at it, but that's not right, Tan Mo has been in the United States for a longer time, and English is better than Chinese, so why can he understand English? Did you buy the Chinese version on purpose
Tan Mo handed the book to her, "This set is for you."
to... me.
Qiao Lan held the heavy book, "Don't you read it?"
I was just buying it for you.
Tan Mo thought.
At first, I thought this book was good, so I wanted Qiao Lan to read it, so I bought the English translation, but I didn't expect so many things happened in the middle, and the book was never sent out.
Now it's time to show Qiao Lan.
When Uncle Chen came in, he saw Tan Mo sitting at the table, Qiao Lan sitting on the edge of the bed and reading a book by the side of the table. The lighting was very suitable, neither too bright nor too dark. Although the two children did not speak, they sat together quietly. The look of reading makes Uncle Chen, who has lived for nearly 60 years, have sour eyes.
Only they know that Tan Mo will always be alone in the past, how sad.
Qiao Lan didn't have to go to a western restaurant to work, the pace of life suddenly slowed down, and the time suddenly increased, which made her feel a little extravagant.
The head teacher said that the dormitory could be officially moved the day after tomorrow, so Qiao Lan harassed Tan Mo's house for another night.
In the evening, Aunt Chen cooks. The old man's craftsmanship is very good. Qiao Lan listens to the old man while eating. Tan Mo doesn't eat much, so he draws circles in the bowl with chopsticks. Aunt Chen suddenly glanced at Tan Mo and smiled happily, then turned her head and said to Qiao Lan, "Lan Lan, let me tell you a little secret of Momo."
"What?" Qiao Lan was curious.
"Our family Momo, when nervous, draw a circle at the bottom of the bowl with chopsticks."
Tan Mo, who was dazedly drawing circles, was stunned and immediately put down his chopsticks. He happened to witness all Qiao Lan, Aunt Chen and others, and laughed when he saw this.
After watching the history of the world for half the night, Qiao Lan was full of maps in her dreams at night. After she went to school the next day, Tan Mo brought Aunt Chen a breakfast specially made for Qiao Lan.
Nutritious porridge, small fried dumplings and milk, plus a box of fruit.
Qiao Lan: …
Still eating breakfast in a complicated mood, he asked Tan Mo in a low voice, "Don't you think it's heavy to bring so much."
Tan Mo shook his head honestly. He put the schoolbag on his lap, and his leg was numb, so he couldn't feel the weight.
After listening to Tan Mo's words, Qiao Lan did not relax at all, and her mood suddenly became more complicated.
She looked down at Tan Mo's legs.
It's the most polite thing to say without exposing it. Tan Mo doesn't like people saying that he has mental problems, and he certainly doesn't like people saying that he has a leg, so Qiao Lan never takes the initiative to mention these problems.
But now that Tan Mo brought it up himself, Qiao Lan hesitated for a moment and asked him carefully, "Tan Mo, it's been nearly a year since your leg was injured."
Tan Mo didn't feel offended at all, and thought about it seriously, "One year, two months, fourteen days."
"Did the doctor say anything?"
"I don't know," Tan Mo said. He didn't want to talk about this, but he would actually change the subject, "Is it delicious? Let Aunt Chen make it tomorrow."
Qiao Lan: "...No need."
Pei Ning squeezed over again from a kindness, and was about to ask Qiao Lan with a bunch of single-choice options, when he came over and saw Qiao Lan and Tan Mo talking.
Pei Ning is obviously an introvert, an introvert who is only introverted to unacquainted people. To the roommates in the same dormitory, to the former old roommate Qiao Lan, Pei Ning is not introverted at all, and even jokes.
Laughing and teasing Qiao Lan and Tan Mo, "Have you returned to the honeymoon period after the Cold War?"
Qiao Lan: "..."
Tan Mo, who was not very happy because Pei Ning came again: "!!!???"
Pei Ning was joking, but Tan Mo, who couldn't understand the joke, was a little dizzy because of the words that were too close, and he felt dizzy and even felt his ears start to heat again.
He wanted to say that the word was wrong here, but he didn't say it.
Looking up at Pei Ning, he suddenly felt that Pei Ning was not so unpleasant.
How did Pei Ning know that his words made Tan Mo think so much in a mess. After he asked the question, he saw that the chair behind Qiao Lan was empty, so he sat casually talking to Qiao Lan.
"I heard you want to live on campus."
"Um."
"Why do you suddenly live on campus?"
There was no need for Qiao Lan to tell Pei Ning so clearly, so she sent Pei Ning with the words of the head teacher, "It's easy to learn."
Pei Ning nodded in agreement, "It is much more convenient to live on campus, and I can sleep a little longer every day. I only wake up at 6:20 every day."
Sitting on the side without saying a word but hearing all the Tan Mo, then I remembered that Pei Ning was also living on campus.
Pei Ning was quite happy, "You should be assigned to the girls' first apartment, our boys' first apartment is next to it, quite close..."
Tan Mo's body that had just been relaxed suddenly stiffened again.
Just now I thought that Pei Ning was finally pleasing to the eye, but now that I look at it, I just feel that Pei Ning is more annoying than before.
After finally waiting for Pei Ning to finally leave, Tan Mo sat in his seat for a long time, then suddenly turned his head and said to Qiao Lan, "You don't have to live on campus."
"Ah," Qiao Lan didn't realize why she suddenly said this, "What?"
"You can stay at my house forever."
Qiao Lan chuckled, "I'm not your family. It's nothing to live in your house all the time. Besides, where does my Aunt Chen live in your house, Aunt Chen hasn't slept well at night for the past two days, as you know."
Tan Mo subconsciously wanted to say that it can be changed to a bigger house, Qiao Lan added, "The accommodation is not difficult, I heard that the accommodation conditions in our school are very good, and there are convenient places to live on campus, just like Pei Ning said, Get a little more sleep every day.”
Tan Mo closed his mouth and stopped talking.
He remembered eating at the same table with Qiao Lan yesterday and reading at the same table.
He also wanted to continue to eat and read books with Qiao Lan.
But for a while, he couldn't think of any way to convince Qiao Lan.
Before Tan Mo could figure out a way to convince Qiao Lan, Qiao Lan had already moved into the dormitory.
Because most of the first year of high school has passed, Qiao Lan will live on campus at this time, and she will definitely not be able to live with her classmates. Therefore, Qiao Lan's roommates are all from different classes. , and have to move to the dormitory again after re-classification.
There were eight people in a dormitory. The dormitory that Qiao Lan moved into was only three people, and it was still very empty. When Qiao Lan entered, there were only four people.
Qiao Lan didn't go back to Qiao's house to get anything. She wouldn't put anything valuable in her hand at home. She only had some clothes and a few books at home.
High school students don't need to wear clothes. Now that they are getting warmer, they don't need to wear thick clothes. They buy a few shirts online with broken sleeves, etc., and they all live together.
The day we moved in was a weekend, and there were several girls in the dormitory.
They are all first-year high school students. Even if they have never met Qiao Lan, they have heard Qiao Lan's name. After all, every exam is placed at the top of their age rankings. The three girls in the same bed have heard that their new roommate is Qiao Lan. , and look forward to it.
Everyone always has the first habit of thinking about students with good grades. For example, they may think that they may be nerds and may not communicate well. I didn’t expect that girls with the best grades in all grades are actually very easy to get along with.
Qiao Lan is very repulsive to many classmates in this class, but she has nothing to do with her new roommates. They are all fifteen or sixteen year old girls. After knowing each other for a few days, I feel that several girls are quite good, and Qiao Lan is more and more satisfied with living on campus.
The only troublesome thing was that the three girls would ask her about Chen Yaoyang as soon as they had time.
Is Chen Yaoyang very handsome? Is he really good at taking the exam just by studying casually? Is Chen Yaoyang dating Song Yao...
"It's pretty handsome."
"No, very serious."
"do not know."
I really don't know, Qiao Lan didn't know Chen Yaoyang, especially since the seats of Chen Yaoyang and Song Yao were far away from her recently, Qiao Lan didn't know anything.
A few girls asked almost everything they could ask. Seeing that Qiao Lan really didn't know, she was a little disappointed but didn't feel too bad.
It is said that girls are the most talked about in the boys' dormitory, and girls also like to discuss boys. They are all at the age of gossip and handsome guys. Chen Yaoyang can't gossip, so he turned to gossip on Tan Mo.
Everyone is very interested in genius, especially this genius is unexpectedly good-looking.
A girl said, "Tan Mo is really good-looking. I once met him and couldn't help staring at him for a long time, but he seemed unhappy, so I didn't dare to watch it again."
"Yes, yes, I'm also a little afraid of him."
"Qiao Lan, is Tan Mo really not easy to get along with? I heard a lot of people say that he is too smart, so he doesn't like talking to other people at all..."
Qiao Lan is in good spirits this time. He changed his previous gossip about Chen Yaoyang and quickly retorted, "He is smart, but he is actually very easy to get along with. He is a bit recognizable and does not like to talk. In fact, his personality is super soft. He is just not used to being too close to people. , I don't mean to hate, as long as I have a little patience to talk to him, I don't like to laugh very much, so it will look a little fierce."
"Qiao Lan, when you talk about Tan Mo, it's like a different person." A girl laughed, "How do you know him so well?"
"We are at the same table," Qiao Lan said, "Of course I know."
Everyone will not say that Tan Mo is crazy and Tan Mo is stupid, but there are still very few people who dare to talk to Tan Mo and dare to take the initiative to contact Tan Mo. Just like the girl just said, they are still a little afraid of Tan Mo.
The word "genius" makes people look up and stop.
Not to mention that Tan Mo is naturally expressionless, so he always looks like a stranger who is not allowed to enter.
Qiao Lan doesn't want everyone to always misunderstand Tan Mo. He is a kind and simple boy. She wants others to know that Tan Mo is good, get close to him and like him.
I want Tan Mo to slowly become like a normal person. It can be said that he can laugh and make friends.
Although it is difficult, it is a little bit to be able to do something. Seeing that these girls' impression of Tan Mo has changed a lot, Qiao Lan's mood is much better.
In the blink of an eye, it has been a week for Qiao Lan to live in the school. Qiao's father and Qiao's mother have not been able to wait for Qiao Lan to come back, but they have no time to care where Qiao Lan has gone, and something suddenly happened.
One afternoon, a student came to the small restaurant. Mother Qiao was very happy at first sight. She knew these children, all of whom belonged to Qiao Yuan's class. They came here often, and Mother Qiao gave them a small amount of money.
Those children came often, and they didn't have any scruples talking to Mother Qiao. As they talked, Mother Qiao heard something was wrong.
A child said that he was very envious of Qiao Yuan, because Qiao's father and Qiao's mother often gave Qiao Yuan pocket money and gave back a lot. Qiao's father and Qiao's mother didn't feel anything after hearing this, and she was quite proud.
As a result, I heard the child say that they went to eat skewers some time ago, and Qiao Yuan settled the bill very boldly, and finally spent nearly 600 yuan.
A few children spoke with envy on their faces. They were all junior high school students. It was good to have a dozen yuan in their hands. It would be great if Qiao Yuan could directly invite them to eat 600 yuan skewers.
But after all, he felt that he and Qiao Yuan were friends, and he didn't dare to say some things. For example, Qiao Yuan invited them to eat kebabs, mainly because he wanted to invite a girl in the class, and that girl was quite beautiful.
This kind of thing, all children consciously keep it secret and will never tell their parents, but Qiao Qiao's father and Qiao's mother love Qiao Yuan for giving him pocket money, so there is no need to keep it secret.
Several children were full of envy, but Mother Qiao was stupid.
He is fond of Qiao Yuan, and he often gives Qiao Yuan pocket money, but usually they are divided, sometimes twenty or thirty, sometimes fifty, and at most one hundred yuan at most. Where did Qiao Yuan come from so much money please? classmates to eat
Saved
How is it possible that Qiao Yuan is not someone who can save money at all. He even asked her for money a few days ago, how could he have saved it.
Mother Qiao finally realized something was wrong, and looked at Father Qiao, frowned and asked a few children, how many children have Mother Qiao's heart, and Qiao Yuan told them that the money was given by his second sister. Yes, his second sister's family is very rich.
Now that Mother Qiao asked, she said it all at once.
Mother Qiao only felt a buzzing sound in her head, and the shovel fell to the ground.