Sunday at noon.
It rains continuously.
Shao Le stood at the school gate holding an umbrella and waited. When he saw Zhang Xinyi's family business car approaching, he walked over.
Lin Keke got out of the car carrying a backpack, and when he was about to take an umbrella from the bag, Shao Le walked up to him and put the umbrella over their heads.
"Find a place to eat first, and then go shopping for clothes."
"oh."
Lin Keke stopped and chose to hold an umbrella with Shao Le.
The two of them took a car to a nearby shopping mall and found a hot pot restaurant and sat down. Shao Le took out his mobile phone to scan the QR code to order. Lin Keke sat in his seat and looked left and right with interest. In his hometown Although there are shopping malls in the county, the quality is not comparable to those in the capital.
"What did you think of that made you so happy?"
Seeing the faint smile on Lin Keke's face, Shao Le asked casually after placing his order.
Lin Kexiao said: "Aunt Zhang's son did very well in this exam. Aunt Zhang not only paid my tutor's salary today, but also gave me a bonus."
"Is it much?"
Lin Keke nodded and said: "Aunt Zhang gave me five thousand yuan, plus the salary transferred to me by Ma Yuan, I have saved up ten thousand yuan."
"Then you are a little rich woman now."
"Thank you, monitor."
Shao Le smiled and said, "Thank you for what I did."
Lin Keke explained: "You found these two jobs for me. If I were to find them myself, I would definitely not be able to find such a good job."
"Now that you have money, how do you plan to spend it?"
"I just left a little living expenses, and the rest has been paid to my mother."
Shao Le said helplessly: "It's good if you can earn your own living expenses and tuition fees when you go to college. It's better for you, you have to send money to your family."
"My sister is also in her first year of high school. The family needs money very much, and my mother can't do heavy work."
Shao Le asked: "What about your dad?"
Lin Keke's expression obviously changed, and she whispered: "My dad...he has passed away."
Shao Le was stunned when he heard this.
He didn't expect Lin Keke to be from a single-parent family.
No wonder she wanted to find a part-time job as a freshman, no wonder she was so frugal, no wonder she was so timid...
Shao Le looked at Lin Keke, who looked a little sad, and felt a little sad.
"I know it's not easy for your mother, but you have to know that your mother worked hard to send you to the capital to study at university. She must also hope that you can live a better life in the future, so don't treat yourself badly."
"No, I'm very content now. Shuting and Zhaojun take good care of us, Aunt Zhang is also very kind to me, and you..."
The words had already reached the left, and Lin Keke could only continue: "You also take good care of me."
"Who made me like you?"
In Lin Keke's heart, I love you, I like you, these are very disgusting words. Hearing Shao Le say these disgusting words so easily, Lin Keke felt a little embarrassed again.
Fortunately, there was no one else except her and Shao Le today, so Lin Keke's reaction was not as strong as usual.
After the waiter in the hot pot restaurant finished fixing the bottom of the pot, he pushed a small cart of ingredients over.
When the pot started to bubble, Shao Le blanched a piece of fat beef and handed it to Lin Keke's bowl and said, "You are from Gan Province, you should be able to eat spicy food, right?"
Lin Keke nodded and said, "I can eat spicy food very well. Shuting and Zhaojun are not as good as me."
"Then eat more."
"You should eat too."
"good."
Shao Le was actually not very hungry. He ran more than a dozen laps on the playground last night. After returning to the dormitory, he took a shower and slept until about nine o'clock this morning. He only had breakfast at ten o'clock. He really didn't have much appetite at the moment. But seeing that Lin Keke ate so deliciously, he also ate a few bites along with her.
While the two were having lunch together, a family of three walked in at the door of the hot pot restaurant. Shao Le didn't pay attention at first, but then he heard a very familiar voice and looked there.
"Lao Guo?"
What a coincidence.
The family of three at the door is the family of class teacher Guo Hai.
After Shao Le recognized him, he quickly stood up and stepped forward, taking the initiative to say hello.
Guo Hai turned his head in surprise and was surprised to see Shao Le standing behind him, but he quickly recovered and said with a smile: "Shao Le, are you coming to eat hot pot too?"
Shao Le pointed at Lin Keke behind him and said, "Yes, Lin Keke and I are together."
Guo Hai took a look, and Lin Keke happened to be looking this way too. When he saw Guo Hai, Lin Keke immediately blushed and waved hello from a distance.
"Is this the master's wife?"
Before the woman next to Guo Hai spoke, a four or five-year-old girl at her feet sweetly shouted: "Hello, uncle."
Shao Le stretched out his hand to rub her head and said with a smile, "Just call me brother."
The woman smiled and said, "She really has to call you uncle."
Shao Le asked doubtfully: "Isn't she the master's daughter?"
Guo Hai smiled and scolded: "Your wife and I are almost fifty years old, how could we have such a young daughter? This is my granddaughter."
"Is it true or false? Master's wife is so young and she has a granddaughter?"
"Hahaha."
The woman was amused and laughed. After Shao Le chatted with Guo Hai for a few more words, he returned to his seat.
"Lao Guo, is he a student in your class?"
"Yes, because of him, I lost a meal to that girl Shuyan."
"Why?"
"When she was a freshman, she bet me that this kid would be single within a month, and she won."
"Haha, he is so handsome and he can make girls happy. If he chases girls, which girl will refuse?"
Guo Hai boasted: "When I was young, my appearance was almost the same as his."
"Tch, that's far from it."
…
The mall has two floors dedicated to selling clothes.
After Shao Le and Lin Keke finished eating the hot pot, they wandered around the mall and finally found a brand store with a style that was suitable for college students. Shao Le was just about to go in when Lin Keke suddenly said: "Monitor, can you change to another store?" ?”
"Why?"
Lin Keke looked at the sign at the entrance of the store and the decoration inside and said, "The clothes here must be very expensive."
"I haven't seen how you know whether it's expensive or not. Besides, I'm buying the clothes for you and you don't have to pay."
"But……"
"Stop it, just listen to me today." Shao Le grabbed Lin Keke's hand and forced her into the store.
The shopping guide quickly came over and asked who wanted to buy clothes.
Shao Le pointed at Lin Keke, and the shopping guide quickly introduced the new winter women's products in the store.
"Which one do you think looks better?"
"It will be all right."
"How about this one?"
"fine."
"What about this one?"
"It's pretty good too."
Shao Le said speechlessly: "Why do you think everything is so good? Forget it, I'll just choose according to my vision."
After Shao Le said this, he asked the shopping guide to take a long white down jacket off the shelf. Shao Le handed it to Lin Keke: "Go and try it on."
Lin Keke took the clothes and walked into the fitting room.
Shao Le quickly asked: "How much?"
"2499 after discount."
"good."
Shao Le nodded and said, "I'll pay two thousand first. When she comes out later, I'll ask you the price. Then you can say five hundred."
The shopping guide was well-informed and naturally understood what Shao Le meant. She smiled and nodded: "No problem."
After a while, Lin Keke came out of the fitting room.
After Lin Keke put on new clothes, her appearance suddenly improved. Even the shopping guide was pleasantly surprised and said: "Wow, she looks really good."
Her words were not a compliment. Judging from the envious expression on her face, it was obvious that she was speaking the truth from the bottom of her heart.
Lin Keke usually keeps her head down, and the clothes she wears are very ordinary, so even if she walks in the crowd, she doesn't stand out. But now, she is wearing new clothes, and with the blessing of the lights in the store, she looks really good. It's outrageous.
In Shao Le's eyes, no school beauty outside Beijing, no most beautiful teacher, no beauty with 5,000 years of history can compare to the current Lin Keke.
"How much?"
"Five hundred dollars."
"Bring me a bag."
"Okay~"
After seeing Shao Le pay, Lin Keke wanted to change her clothes back, but Shao Le stuffed her old clothes directly into the bag and forced her away.
"Squad leader, aren't we going back?"
"What's the rush? Buy another pair of shoes."
"ah?"
"Although you work two jobs, my salary is not less than yours."
"Monitor, you've been so kind to me, how can I repay you?"
"Why should I pay you back? The money I earned was meant for you to spend."
"Forehead."
Lin Keke blinked, lowered his head and reached out to grab Shao Le's hand.
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