Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 25 Just helping each other between friends

After adults adapt to this society, one of the biggest differences from their former selves is that they begin to self-manage and digest negative emotions.

All the complicated emotions were swallowed up in his stomach, and Ni Manhua had to continue his 16-year-old life in this world.

Looking at the calendar, today is August 2011, 8, one month before the start of school on September 2. Ni Manhua remembers that during the summer vacation when they started school, Lu Guanhai’s mother was diagnosed with uterine fibroids and underwent surgery, which cost a lot. A large sum of money was spent on the operation. Later, when school started, Lu Guanhai applied to the school for a deferral of tuition payment.

Lu Guanhai was a top student, and the school agreed to his request, but somehow this incident spread in the school. The classmates looked at him with more or less pity, and Ni Manhua knew that he was not feeling well.Even though they can no longer be a couple, Ni Manhua still feels sorry for him facing this situation.

There happened to be nothing to do today. Zhan Ping was still lying in bed at nine o'clock and refused to get up. Ni Manhua gave up after pushing her for a long time and said helplessly: "Then you go back to sleep. I'll buy some snacks and come back to eat."

When not in class, Ni Manhua always dresses very casually. An H-shaped loose dress covers half of her calves, a pair of splints are stepped on her feet, and her hair is only held loosely behind her head with shark clips.

The small supermarket run by Lu Guanhai's family is near her home, and Ni Manhua will pass by it on her way home from school, although she doesn't often go there to buy snacks.Because the snacks at Ni Manhua's house were all sent by Lai Hongtu, whenever he saw Ni Manhua lacking food or play since he was a child, Lai Hongtu would try his best to carry things to her house like he was replenishing supplies.

There are actually a lot of snacks at home, but Ni Manhua still wants to buy more things at Luguanhai store.

For a small supermarket, the profits of snacks are not high. Ni Manhua picked out a bunch of expensive-looking items marked as imported. After thinking about it, he looked at the price and took two bottles of the most expensive red wine in the store. .

When checking out, Lu Guanhai's mother looked at her in surprise and asked, "Little girl, are you sure you want to buy so much?"

Ni Manhua smiled at her: "It's okay, Mom...school is about to start, and I asked my classmates to gather at home."

Seeing the familiar face Ni Manhua, he almost called him by mistake, so he quickly changed his name and lied.Lu Guanhai's mother was also impressed by her. While helping her pack her things, she said, "It's still a month before school starts. You're also from No. [-] Middle School, right? I used to see you carrying your bag here. You're from Rocket Class." ?”

"Art class."

"Oh, my son is also from No. [-] Middle School. Like you, he goes to school every week to make up lessons during the holidays."

After chatting with Lu Guanhai's mother for a while, Ni Manhua walked out the door carrying two heavy bags of things.She didn't know that behind her, in the dimly lit warehouse, there were two pairs of eyes that had been looking at her for a long time.

Lu Guanhai and Luo Zeli stood just within sight of her, waiting for her to walk out of sight.

After Ni Manhua could not see anyone at all, Luo Zheli asked Lu Guanhai: "Why don't you go out and say hello?"

Lu Guanhai folded his hands and leaned against the door frame: "I'm afraid she will be embarrassed."

Luo Zheli laughed softly: "I didn't confess to Jiang Lan in front of her because I was afraid of embarrassing her. If I didn't go out to help her get something, I was afraid of embarrassing her. Is she embarrassed so easily? Are you afraid of embarrassing yourself?"

"You don't understand." Lu Guanhai stood up straight: "She doesn't even like the things my mother sells in her store, and she definitely doesn't want to be seen by acquaintances dressed like this."

"You already know her so well? No, you have other meanings." Luo Zeli keenly sensed that the meaning in Lu Guanhai's words was not as simple as what he said on the surface.

Lu Guanhai stretched out his hand and slapped Luo Zeli on the shoulder, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise: "She came here to buy things because of me. She likes me."

"Why are you so narcissistic now..." Luo Zheli looked at Lu Guanhai with a long mouth, but Lu Guanhai had already gone out to help arrange the goods in a happy mood and had no intention of talking to him anymore.

When Ni Manhua returned home, Zhan Ping was already awake.Zhan Ping ate breakfast and then lay on the sofa to play games. Lai Hongtu bought the game console, thinking that Ni Manhua would like to play, but Ni Manhua was actually not interested and ended up taking advantage of Zhan Ping.

In this era, there are only some small games on mobile phones such as pushing boxes. Young people’s entertainment is mostly outdoors. Not many people like Ni Manhua own so many game consoles.

Seeing Ni Manhua come in with two heavy bags of snacks, Zhan Ping threw the game console away and ran over to take a look: "Then there is still a basket of snacks that has not been finished. Why do you buy more? By then, we will get fat and get scolded." I wish you.”

The requirements for appearance and figure for vocal music students are not as strict as those for performance majors or broadcasting majors, but most art majors still have to look at image, so they usually eat snacks more restrained.

Ni Manhua said: "Didn't we leave the phone number of the teacher at the welfare home for the school's charity bonus event last semester? I bought a lot of candies and biscuits to send there."

"Well, I remembered it. Let's contact the teacher and send it there tomorrow?"

"Okay... I'll have a perfect voice lesson tomorrow afternoon, and let's go shopping."

At this time, many people would still buy that kind of two-seater bicycle, including Ni Manhua and Zhan Ping.They got ready the next day and rode their bicycles there when they were in class, so as not to waste time going home after class.

Ni Manhua's feet are almost healed. Although they still hurt a little when she runs fast, they are within the range that she can bear.

They were going shopping after school. There was a bigger shopping mall next to the school, but Ni Manhua took Zhan Ping to the small supermarket owned by Lu Guanhai's family on the pretext that it was difficult to queue up in the shopping mall.

Zhan Ping is not stupid. Combined with Ni Manhua's weird behavior, after seeing the familiar name "Hexing Supermarket", she decisively took out her mobile phone and sent a message to Wu Bo: "Last time you said what is the name of Luguan Haijia Supermarket?" What's your name? Tell me within three seconds."

After Ni Manhua entered the supermarket, he moved a lot of things from the shelves like a bandit. Lu Guanhai's mother looked at her in surprise: "Little girl, have you finished all the snacks you bought yesterday?"

Ni Manhua was a little embarrassed, but after communicating with the teacher at the orphanage, she even found a better excuse: "We are going to volunteer at the orphanage recently and want to buy more delicious food for those children."

When Ni Manhua brought out a few large bags of snacks and quickly tied them to the bicycle, Zhan Ping looked at her carefully: "Manman, tell me the truth, you don't miss those children anymore, you just want to be here Want to buy something?"

"I miss those children very much." Ni Manhua got in the car and held the handle firmly: "Let's go first, it's getting late."

Ni Manhua was very good at riding and rode very fast on the small road, but this did not stop Zhan Ping from questioning her: "Manman, please be honest. That was Lu Guanhai's shop just now, right? Did you do it on purpose?" In front of mom? Do you want to meet him by chance? Do you like him? "

The bicycle wheels made a lot of noise as they ran over the uneven ground, and the restless wind kept blowing in my ears.Fortunately, Ni Manhua's fast-paced heartbeat could not be heard, and his hot face could be cooled down.

After swallowing, Ni Manhua tried his best to say in a normal voice: "I don't. He and I are friends, right? And you, you and them are friends too."

"Forget it."

"Do the friends need to help each other?"

"But does he need your help for this?"

"You won't believe it, but I had a dream not long ago."

"Dream that you entered their house?"

"Seriously, I dreamed that something happened to Lu Guanhai's family. He didn't have enough money to pay for school fees when school started, so I wanted to help him."

"Pfft." Ni Manhua guessed that Zhan Ping wouldn't believe it, but he didn't expect her to be so obvious.Zhan Ping's wild laughter without any dignity made Ni Manhua feel that she was a fool in her eyes, even though in fact what she did was not smart either.

Zhan Ping looked at Ni Manhua and was very happy: "My Manman, our tuition for one semester is two thousand two thousand yuan, and the science and technology class may be less. Even if it is 2000 yuan, how many things do you want to buy before her mother can deduct the cost?" Will the net profit after that be 2000 yuan?"

Ni Manhua was silent for a while. She knew that she had used a very stupid method, but she really couldn't think of any other tricks.Ni Manhua sighed: "Then what do you think I can do? I can't stuff cash into his drawer, right?"

(End of this chapter)