The heavens begin from the golden years

Chapter 241 Yuan Xudong pretending to be a tutor
"What's your name?"

"Kong Xiuya."

"Where do you live?"

"Garifeng Cave, Guro District."

Glancing at Kong Xiuya with her head down, she didn't expect that bad girls would live in Garibong-dong, Guro District, which is relatively remote and the poorest area in Seoul, not one of them.

People living there, especially young people, are mostly embarrassed to admit that they live there. It seems that many young people will go to Gangnam District to take a few photos and post them on social networking sites, falsely claiming that they live in Gangnam District Same.

Although the district covers an area of ​​30 hectares and is only separated from other districts by a road, it is completely hidden under the prosperity of Seoul. In 1988, Seoul hosted the Olympic Games. In order to beautify the city, the government relocated some of the poorest residents in Seoul. When we arrived in Guro District, most of the residents in the district were coolies or casual workers, and many of them were unemployed vagrants who made a living by picking up waste, especially the elderly.

And Jialifengdong is the largest and poorest block in Guro District. There are tens of thousands of immigrants here, or foreigners whose ancestors were immigrants. Most of them are Chinese, and there are an equal number of Korean natives. They all have a The common feature is that they are poor, have no outstanding education or skills, can only do some relatively cheap labor work, struggle to survive in the bustling metropolis, live a life that can be seen at a glance, and pin all their hopes for the future In terms of children, I hope that they will study hard, be admitted to a good university, and then work for a big company or the government, climb up step by step, and finally get ahead, leave the poor and backward Guro District, and move to the bustling high society. Live in an area, preferably the most prosperous Jiangnan District, and be neighbors with those powerful and powerful people.

Seoul at night is bustling like brocade. An old bus is driving along the street. In the simple carriage, Yuan Xudong and Kong Xiuya are sitting side by side. Yuan Xudong sits on the side near the aisle, and Kong Xiuya sits inside , near the window, at this moment she was poking her mouth up, and said with an unhappy face:
"Hey, Mr. Prosecutor, can you not be so stingy, you can take a taxi to take those two beautiful sisters home, and take a bus to take me home, isn't that too different?"

"Otherwise? Would you like to sit in the police car?"

After glaring at Kong Xiuya, Yuan Xudong leaned back on the seat and closed his eyes to meditate:
"Taxis in Seoul are so expensive, and you live far away. It costs tens of thousands of won to take a taxi, but only [-] won to take a bus. The price difference is ten or twenty times. Why should I waste money?"

"Hmph, stingy!"

With a snort, seeing Yuan Xudong closing her eyes and ignoring her, Kong Xiuya gritted her teeth and waved her fist a few times, then turned her head and looked out of the car window, her right hand leaned against the lower edge of the car window to support her body, and her left hand touched the car window. On the glass, staring at the lights and feasting on the side of the street in a daze, I don’t know if I’m thinking about something, or I’m not thinking about anything, I’m just in a daze, thinking about the way out.

As time goes by, some old buses stop and go. After crossing a six-lane highway, the bustling streets and high-rise buildings outside the window suddenly fade out of sight, replaced by old streets and dilapidated low buildings , Guro District is here, a six-way road runs between prosperity and poverty, and the two sides of the road are like two completely different worlds. The prosperity and poverty are clearly separated. It is hard to imagine that there is such a poor and backward place in the economically prosperous city of Seoul. .

"Ding dong, the Qingchunyuan Community in Jialifengdong, Guro District, is here. Passengers who want to get off, please get ready!"

Looking at the familiar street outside the car window, Kong Xiuya came back to her senses, a smile bloomed unconsciously on her face, and even her eyes became lively. She pushed Yuan Xudong to close her eyes and rest her mind, and reminded:
"Hey, wake up, get out of the car!"

"Reached?"

Yuan Xudong opened his eyes and looked out of the car window. Seeing that he seemed to have just woken up, Kong Xiuya rolled her eyes involuntarily and complained in a low voice. Yuan Xudong didn't care. After the bus stopped, He followed Kong Xiuya out of the car and started walking towards her house.

Soon after, Kong Xiuya’s home arrived. It was an old residential building without an elevator. The big iron gate at the entrance of the stairwell was also open with rusty spots. Anyone could come in and out at will. The walls on both sides of the stairs were plastered with Colorful small advertisements, and even some blatant special service advertisements, I don't know whether the above information is true or false.

After a random glance, Yuan Xudong lifted his foot and walked upstairs. Before he could take a few steps, Kong Xiuya, who was behind, grabbed his clothes, lowered her head and whispered in a shameful voice:
"My family lives down there."

"what?"

Yuan Xudong didn't hear clearly, and Kong Xiuya didn't continue to explain. She turned around and walked downstairs. It turned out that after entering the residential building, Yuan Xudong habitually walked upstairs. After all, it was the first floor, but she didn't expect to continue upstairs. Walking down, Kong Xiuya's home is on the basement floor of this residential building.

Follow Kong Xiuya into the house, a basement of about 60 square meters, dark and damp, with no windows, only one exposed vent leading to the outside, separated by an iron fence, and a milky white fluorescent stick that is constantly flashing on the ceiling Lights, the house is full of cardboard boxes, mineral water bottles and other recyclable garbage that can be sold to the waste recycling station for money. I found a bench and wiped it for Yuan Xudong to sit down. Kong Xiuya walked around the waste cardboard box and the snake full of drink bottles. Leather bag, walked to a bedroom, knocked lightly on the door and said:
"Grandma, I'm back, are you asleep?"

"My little boy is back, grandma will open the door for you!"

There was a sound of footsteps, and the dilapidated door creaked open, and an old lady with a vicissitudes of life came out of the bedroom, with a pair of reading glasses hanging around her neck, wearing gray and white shabby clothes, walking away excitedly. In front of Kong Xiuya, she wanted to reach out to touch her face, but she noticed the calluses and stains on her hand, and wanted to retract her hand. Kong Xiuya quickly grabbed her right hand, put it on her face, and said coquettishly:
"Grandma, have you eaten yet?"

"Eat, eat, have you eaten?"

"Well, I ate it in the school cafeteria, and I ate two big pieces of delicious and cheap tonkatsu!"

"That's good, you are growing your body, you can't starve yourself!"

Noticing the bright red dress that Kong Xiuya was wearing and the heavy makeup on her face, Kong Xiuya's grandma was a little puzzled and said:
"Xiuya, how are you?"

Before grandma finished speaking, Kong Xiuya explained directly:

"Grandma, it's like this. Today our school held a cultural competition. I wore this dress to perform on stage. Oh, yes, I won No. 1 in the competition, and the school rewarded 20 won!"

After finishing speaking, Kong Xiuya took out the 20 won Yuan Xudong gave her from her shoulder bag and stuffed it into her grandma's hand, smiling:
"Here, take it, don't you have to go to the hospital to get medicine this week?"

"Xiuya, grandma is sorry for you!"

Looking at the 20 won in her hand, Kong Xiuya's grandma wiped her tears, and stuffed [-] won into Kong Xiuya's hand, her voice choked up and said:
"Xiuya, I'll just take [-] won. Take this [-] won. You can buy two clothes for yourself, buy some food, and it costs money to go out with your classmates. If your parents are still alive, you will You don't have to suffer with me, an old woman, it's grandma who dragged you down, grandma is sorry for you!"

"Grandma, what are you talking about?"

Putting the [-] won in her hand back into grandma's hand, Kong Xiuya gently shook grandma's arm and said:
"Grandma, you brought me up from a young age. Without you, wouldn't I be an orphan? Take this [-] won to check your health and buy medicine. You must live a long life. When I make money in the future, take care of me." Don’t worry about being filial to you, didn’t I tell you? I’m working part-time in a convenience store now, so I can earn money to support myself!”

"Xiuya, my little darling, grandma is really ashamed to see you, you are still so young."

After listening to the general idea, Yuan Xudong came out from behind the piles of waste cardboard boxes and plastic bottles, looked at the white-haired grandma of Kong Xiuya and greeted with a smile:

"Grandma, hello, I am."

Fearing that Yuan Xudong would scare his grandma by telling the truth, before he could finish speaking, Kong Xiuya quickly interrupted:

"Grandma, he's a teacher in our school. He's here for a home visit and wants to chat with you!"

"teacher?"

After all, seeing my grandma looking at Yuan Xudong who suddenly appeared, Kong Xiuya stood behind her and looked at Yuan Xudong with a pleading face, clasped her hands together and bowed again and again. Seeing how pitiful she was, Yuan Xudong smiled and cooperated with her. :

"Yes, I'm Xiuya's head teacher. I'm here to make a home visit. Excuse me!"

"Don't disturb, don't disturb!"

It was the first time a teacher came to visit her home, and Kong Xiuya's grandma was a little excited, but at the same time she was at a loss:

"Teacher, I don't have anything to entertain you at home. I'm really sorry!"

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm the one who bothered you!"

"Xiuya, quickly pour a cup of hot water for the teacher!"

"Oh!"

Instructing her granddaughter to pour a cup of hot water for Yuan Xudong, Kong Xiuya's grandma wiped a bench and sat down for Yuan Xudong. She sat opposite and looked at the suit and leather shoes. The gentle and elegant Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"That's great, teacher, is our Xiuya doing well in school?"

"Fortunately!"

Looking at the expectant old man, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"Xiuya is very well-behaved and sensible. She is serious and hardworking in her studies. She is a rare good boy!"

"That's good, that's good!"

Hearing that Yuan Xudong, the homeroom teacher, personally praised her granddaughter, Kong Xiuya's grandma was overjoyed, then sighed again, and confided a little sadly:
"Xiuya, her parents died early, and I, an old woman, was left to raise her up. Now that I am old and in poor health, I have to go to the hospital for a check-up every month, and I have to buy medicine to take. In order to support me, an old woman, she went out to work at a young age. I have never seen her spend money on food and clothing for herself. She spent all the money on my medical bills. Sometimes I really want to Once she dies, but she is worried that she will leave us Xiuya alone, what should she do?"

Yuan Xudong listened quietly, seeing Kong Xiuya walking over with two cups of hot water, he reached out to take one cup and handed it to the grandmother opposite, then took the rest and held it in his hand, Kong Xiuya glanced at Yuan Xudong and himself Kong Xiuya's grandma went to the only bedroom. Kong Xiuya's grandma called Yuan Xudong to drink tea, and then continued to talk, her voice a little proud of her granddaughter:
"I heard from Xiuya that she has found a new job and works part-time in a convenience store. The boss likes her very much, treats her very well, and the salary is good. I am finally relieved!"

"is it?"

Looking at the happy old man, Yuan Xudong was inexplicably moved. Sure enough, poverty makes people look down. The biggest original sin of a person is that when you need money, you have no money, so you can only sell everything you can sell, including ordinary migrant workers. Why don't you sell your time, or your life, for the sake of living for money?Thinking this way in his heart, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:

"Xiuya is very filial, such a good granddaughter, grandma is blessed!"

"Hey, what luck do I have?"

Waving her hand, Kong Xiuya's grandma smiled wryly and said:
"I'm just looking forward to our Xiuya being admitted to a good university, and I'm afraid that we won't be able to pay the tuition and living expenses at that time. If Xiuya's future is delayed, I, an old woman, will really be ashamed to go down to see her parents. I heard It is said that college tuition is expensive, teacher, how much did you spend when you went to college?"

"me?"

Yuan Xudong thought for a while and replied:
"Different universities and different majors cost different amounts of money. I went to the law department of Seoul National University. If you don't count living expenses, the tuition and materials costs about [-] million won, but you don't have to worry about Xiuya's tuition. You can apply for a loan in college, and you can pay it back slowly after you graduate and start working!"

"Twenty million won, is the tuition so expensive?"

"Law is more expensive, and others are cheaper. In fact, you can study and do odd jobs at the same time. You don't have to get a loan of 2 million yuan!"

"That's it, then our Xiuya."

Yuan Xudong chatted with Kong Xiuya's grandmother, and the topics always revolved around Kong Xiuya's future, such as which university to go to, what major a girl should choose, whether she can be a teacher like Yuan Xudong, etc. Yuan Xudong smiled As soon as he responded, he was also in a state of panic. His intuition told him that it was hard to say whether Kong Xiuya's academic performance could be admitted to a local university, let alone a prestigious university in downtown Seoul. It is not impossible to find a decent job in the future, but it must be very difficult, and it will take more effort than college students in Seoul.

Time passed, and just as Yuan Xudong was about to get up to leave, Kong Xiuya came out of the bedroom. The red dress on her body was replaced by a black and white high school girl school uniform. The short pleated skirt barely covered her thighs. At the root, under the short skirt, a pair of white jade long and flawless legs are tightly closed together, and the seams are tight. They are stepping on a pair of slightly starched white canvas shoes, without socks, and there are several scratches on the feet and ankles. Looking up , with a slender waist, slightly upturned breasts, white and delicate collarbone and neck, the heavy makeup on the face has been removed, revealing a moist and shiny face, and a little baby fat, which makes people feel a little bit better. An urge to pinch gently.

The thick black hair is simply tied behind the head, the long bangs cover the brows, a pair of big watery eyes are bright and attractive, the bridge of the nose is high, the two thin lips are pink and delicate, and the corners of the mouth are slightly raised, giving people a playful and cute look The charming feeling before removing the makeup, and the pure and lovely after removing the makeup, made Yuan Xudong's eyes shine, and he had an urge to eat in prison. Fortunately, Yuan Xudong had a strong control, he just took a glance, then retracted his eyes and said goodbye:
"Grandma, Xiuya, it's getting late, I'll go back first, you guys should go to bed early too, good night!"

"Okay, teacher, go slowly, Xiuya, please see the teacher off!"

"No need, I can go by myself, please stay behind, bye!"

"Okay, slow down on the road, bye!"

"Thank you Teacher Yuan, goodbye!"

Leaving the basement where Kong Xiuya and her grandmother lived, Yuan Xudong began to walk towards the nearby bus station, passing by a supermarket, thinking of Kong Xiuya's bare feet, the abrasions on her feet and ankles, and the flickering light and darkness of the basement. The fluorescent stick lights stopped, Yuan Xudong hesitated for a while, then walked into the supermarket, bought two boxes of milk, a few pairs of cotton socks, a box of Band-Aids, several large packs of snacks, a fluorescent light tube, an envelope and corresponding pen and paper.

After paying the bill, Yuan Xudong lay down on the counter and wrote a few words of encouragement to Kong Xiuya, then stuffed banknotes with a value of more than 1 yuan in his wallet and letter paper into the envelope, and put the envelope in his arms. Yuan Xudong took these Things start returning to Kong Soo-ah's house.

After a while, he walked back to the basement door of Kong Xiuya's house, knocked lightly on the door and said:
"Grandma, Xiuya, are you asleep?"

"Teacher Yuan, why are you back?"

There was a sound of brisk footsteps, Kong Xiuya opened the door of the basement, and seeing Yuan Xudong standing outside the door carrying milk and shopping bags from the supermarket, she couldn't help saying in a daze:

"Teacher Yuan, you"

Before she could finish speaking, grandma's voice sounded behind her:

"Teacher Yuan, did you drop anything?"

"No, I see that the fluorescent light in the house seems to be broken, and it keeps flickering. I bought a new one, and I'll replace it for you!"

"Teacher Yuan, thank you so much!"

"It's okay, it should be!"

Yuan Xudong walked into the house with his things, and asked Kong Xiuya to turn off the fluorescent light and turn on the lighting of his mobile phone. He took off his leather shoes, stood on the bench and replaced the broken fluorescent tube, and then asked Kong Xiuya to turn on the switch and try it out. The dark basement It suddenly became much brighter.

Putting on the leather shoes, while Kong Xiuya and her grandma's eyes were attracted by the new fluorescent lights, Yuan Xudong took out the envelope from his arms and put it in the shopping bag, then handed the milk and the shopping bag to Kong Xiuya's grandma and said with a smile:

"Grandma, these things are for Xiuya, and this carton of milk is for you. I'm leaving first. You and Xiuya should rest early. I'll come to visit next time. Bye!"

"Teacher Yuan, how is this possible, you."

Before Kong Xiuya's grandma could refuse, Yuan Xudong greeted Kong Xiuya and withdrew, and started walking towards the nearby bus station. After he left, Kong Xiuya's grandma handed Kong Xiuya the shopping bag in her hand laughed:
"This is what Teacher Yuan bought for you. Open it and have a look. Our Xiuya family is really nice, and the teacher likes you very much. He even replaced the light tube in our house. He is really a caring and kind person!"

"Who asked him to meddle in his own business?"

Mumbling with her mouth upturned, Kong Xiuya took the shopping bag and opened it:
"Let me see what cheapskate bought. It must be very cheap. It's in the nearby Friendship Supermarket. I've been there!"

"Oh, you can't say that, does the teacher know?"

Seeing that her granddaughter disrespected Yuan Xudong, Kong Xiuya's grandma blamed her a little:

"In the past, the teacher was just like my father, the most respected person in my life. Teacher Yuan is a very kind person at first glance. Do you have to respect him, you know?"

"Got it, grandma!"

Kong Xiuya rolled her eyes, thinking that her teacher never cares about herself, it is completely a free-ranging model, he only cares about good students who are expected to be admitted to famous universities in Seoul, and bad girls like herself belong to the category of being punished. A group of people who gave up sat in the corner of the classroom and wanted to do whatever they wanted, as long as they didn't disturb the order of the classroom. It didn't matter if there were such teachers.

Thinking wildly in her heart, Kong Xiuya opened the shopping bag, looked through all kinds of snacks, looked at the socks and band-aids that were pressed down at the bottom, she couldn't help but get a little startled, and took the pink stockings and band-aids into her hands , the corners of his mouth slightly curled up and complained:

"That's corny, who wears stockings these days?"

(End of this chapter)