poplar eyes

Chapter 52 Establishing a New Image

During the holiday, Tang Xiaoya's time was fully arranged.

Every day, I either go to a training institution to work part-time, or tutor my younger brother in math and Chinese for the second grade. My life is very fulfilling and busy.

dong dong dong...

After dinner, Tang Guodong knocked on the door of his daughter's room under the signal of his wife Li Lifen.

Looking at the orange-red guitar on the bed, Tang Guodong was a little embarrassed.

After all, my daughter has grown up. As a father, I am really a little embarrassed to speak some words.He pushed the guitar in, then sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Tang Xiaoya with a heavy expression.

"Dad, what's the matter?"

"Actually, it's nothing. I just want to ask you, who is the boy who often calls you at night? Where is his home? How long have you known each other?"

As soon as Tang Xiaoya heard it, she knew it must be her younger brother Tang Xiaofeng's complaint again, and she felt very annoyed.Because not only did he like to eavesdrop by the door, but he also always answered the phone randomly without Tang Xiaoya's permission.

"A former classmate from the foreign language department, from City X, named Chen Haoran."

"Are you on good terms at school?"

"No, he is annoying. He always breaks his car and steals mine. He often hides in the aisle of the small cafeteria to scare me, causing me to almost fall. On April Fool's Day, he even wrote a card saying that I It's a pig."

Looking at his daughter who looked resentful, Tang Guodong couldn't help laughing.

He thought this Chen Haoran was quite interesting, and he couldn't help but think of when he was in school, he also played a prank and teased his deskmate like this when he had nothing to do.

"This kid is quite naughty."

"How can he be naughty? It's just that he has a brain problem. He doesn't want to study hard and only affects me."

Originally, Li Lifen was worried that her daughter would delay her studies due to puppy love, so she asked her husband to talk to her daughter, but after such a conversation, her worries were completely dispelled.

She felt that Tang Xiaoya was still very naive, she was completely confused about dating, and she didn't even know whether she liked it or not.

"Xiaoya, you are already a big girl. When you talk and do things in school, you must learn to put yourself in another place. Try not to have conflicts with your classmates. If there is anything you don't understand, just call Dad, understand?"

Tang Xiaoya bit her lip and nodded vigorously.She didn't know what was wrong with herself, she actually said a lot of bad things about Chen Haoran, as if she hated him very much.

"Also, if a boy gives you something, you must remember to return the gift."

"I know, cannibals are short-mouthed and soft-handed."

"Yes, that's the reason."

After her father mentioned this, Tang Xiaoya thought of Chen Haoran exchanging things with herself.

Once it was a new guitar for an old one, and another time it was a silver chain for a scarf.

She was a little confused, not sure if this was taking advantage of Chen Haoran, so she asked timidly, "Father, what about exchanging things? Does it have to be equal? ​​What if the difference is much?"

"As long as it's voluntary, it doesn't matter if it's equivalent or not, as long as it's what you want."

"Oh, well, I see."

City X, the garden of the ancient city.

Chen Haoran was lying on the free chair with his legs crossed, staring at the night sky in a daze.

He missed Tang Xiaoya very much, and his mind was full of images of riding a bicycle with her all the way.

Since the two had an appointment first, without Tang Xiaoya's permission, Chen Haoran could not go to City H to meet without permission, otherwise the relationship would be severed, so he had a very bad time and was always worried.

Whenever he felt uncomfortable, he would ride a motorcycle with his guitar on his back and go to the pedestrian street to chat with the owner of the guitar shop, and ask for some playing skills by the way.

"Xiaoya, it's been more than a week since the holiday, can I visit you?"

"No, no."

"Why? I won't go to your house again, just like last time, just walk around the high-speed rail station, okay?"

"Don't run around, it's a waste of money."

"Are you very busy recently, afraid that my going will affect you?"

"Yeah, very busy. I work part-time in a tutoring class. It's a bit far from home. It takes 40 minutes to ride a bicycle. I have to help my brother with homework every day, so I'm only free at night. If you really come, I don't have time to play with you."

Chen Haoran always thought that Tang Xiaoya was busy chatting with Yuan Shaohua, so she ignored herself.

Hearing such a reply at this time, I was overjoyed and felt much more at ease.

"Why only now?"

"Please, you didn't ask. In fact, you can also work part-time. Don't just think about it all day."

"Oh, got it."

"Let's not talk about it, I'm going to take a shower, bye."

"You just hung up the phone after chatting for a while?"

"I'm so tired, who is like you, you know how to harass me when you have nothing to do all day long."

"Oh, well, then you go take a shower."

Speaking without intention, the listener is intentional.

Chen Haoran's family conditions are very good, and he has lived without worrying about food and clothing since he was a child.In addition to the big red envelopes for Chinese New Year and holidays, there is also a fixed pocket money that can be used at will every month.

He never thought about what kind of summer job or part-time job he would take.

At this time, Tang Xiaoya said this, and felt that he was almost ashamed, so embarrassed, as if he was a parasite.

After thinking about it, Chen Haoran had an idea.

He immediately ran to the door to change his shoes, ready to go out to implement his plan, but unexpectedly, he was caught by his father.

"Why are you sneaking around again?"

"Why not, go to the print shop and be back soon."

"Don't you have a printer at home?"

"Oh, I forgot in a hurry, hahaha."

Seeing his son's smiling and sneaky look, Chen Jiandong felt very strange, and guessed that he must be plotting some kind of plan, but out of respect for his son, he went straight to the yard to pull the horizontal bar without asking any more questions.

Ten minutes later, when Chen Haoran came out for a long time, Chen Jiandong lost his composure, and finally walked into the study as if nothing had happened.

The black printer squeaks...

"Neighbors in the ancient city garden, hello everyone. Do you want your child to be admitted to the ideal university? I am a college student, studying in the English Department of X City University, majoring in English. I am looking for a tutoring job during the summer vacation. I am a junior high school student. , High school can be used, the contact number..."

After Chen Jiandong read it, he couldn't believe that what was printed on the A4 paper was actually a tutor job application.He was relieved, and a powerful sense of pride welled up in him.

"Not bad, quite decent, are you going to start saving money to marry a wife?"

Facing his father's joke, Chen Haoran felt quite embarrassed, and quickly explained, "No, I just want to exercise myself. Anyway, I am idle during the summer vacation, hahaha."

"Well, it's very good. Dad supports you. If there are many people, we can free up our garage. Anyway, your mother cleaned it up very cleanly, and it's quite bright. It's suitable for a class."

"Really? Then I go now?"

"What's the rush, you go post the advertisement first. I'm just free tomorrow morning, and I'll bring you a few tables and chairs, a water dispenser, etc. Don't you have an idle air conditioner at home? Just install it in one step." Well, it's cooler this way."

"Thank you Dad, I'll post it now."

Chen Jiandong nodded, showing a long-lost smile.

After leaving home, Chen Haoran ran to the community bulletin board to post advertisements.

Making money is not his ultimate goal, he just hopes to leave a positive and glorious image for Tang Xiaoya, instead of just idle around.

(End of this chapter)