Chapter 19 I believe him
The morning light is just breaking, and the sky is beginning to brighten.
The disturbing phone ringtone rang, Ye Zhenzhen fumbled for her phone, and just as she answered the call, a loud rooster crowed.
"...Zhenzhen, are you up?" Ye's mother's voice was somewhat kind.
Ye Zhenzhen yawned and rubbed her face, "Mom, not yet. What's wrong?"
"Didn't Xiaomao come to see you?" Ye's mother's voice became more intimate when she mentioned her son. "He said he would arrive at Yuncheng High-speed Railway Station at around 10 o'clock today. Aren't you going to pick him up? It's the first time he's visiting you."
Ye's mother's love for her son obviously exceeded that for her daughter. Ye Zhenzhen took away her phone and looked at the time. It was only 7:30.
"Mom, it's 7:30 now and Xiaomao will be here at 10:30. Can you let me sleep a little longer?" Ye Zhenzhen yawned, still a little dazed.
"Zhenzhen, you two are the only siblings in our family. He has come a long way to see you, so as his elder sister, remember to take good care of him." It was unclear whether Ye's mother was afraid that her daughter would be careless or she was too worried about her son.
"Mom, I get it. Don't worry! I'll get up right away and go to the high-speed rail station to wait for your baby son." Ye Zhenzhen didn't talk to her mother for too long. After hanging up the phone, she immediately got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Looking at the panda eyes in the mirror, she sighed. Ever since she received Ye Mao's call, she has been overwhelmed by anxiety.
Her family didn't know about her working at the nightclub. If Ye Mao came, it would be troublesome if he was discovered. After all, the job was not decent. How many people would marry an unmarried girl doing this job? Although she didn't do anything immoral, almost no one could look at this job without tinted glasses. Even she herself was ashamed of this job. If the elders in her hometown knew about it, the family would lose face. If they were not beaten to death by their family, they would become a joke in the surrounding villages.
Ye Mao was not a worry-free child. He had been getting into trouble more and more since he was a child. He was studying at a technical school in Kongcheng. He did not visit Ye Zhenzhen during the May Day holiday, but came after the holiday. It was strange no matter how you thought about it.
Ye Zhenzhen even dreamed last night about how to deal with Ye Mao and how to settle him. Forget it, there will be a way out when the car reaches the mountain!
Ye Zhenzhen came to the breakfast shop downstairs. The sky had not fallen yet, so she filled her stomach first.
The pickled vegetable and shredded pork noodles and rice dumplings in this breakfast shop are delicious. Ye Zhenzhen eats here almost every day, and there are many customers lining up every day.
"Little girl, would you like the pickled vegetable and shredded pork noodles today?" When it was her turn to order, the boss spoke before she could open her mouth.
Ye Zhenzhen smiled and replied: "Yes, pickled vegetable and shredded pork noodles, eat here."
"Little girl, where do you work?" the boss chatted with her casually.
"Um...supermarket." Ye Zhenzhen felt a little guilty and immediately turned around to look for an empty seat. Fortunately, the boss and customers didn't notice her as everyone was busy.
Ye Zhenzhen kept wiping the grease on the table. The oil that had accumulated over time had seeped into the wooden table and could not be wiped clean.
The noodles were served steaming hot, but a bit tasteless. She quickly finished her noodles and rushed to the high-speed rail station.
When she arrived at the high-speed railway station, she had an illusion that life seemed to be like this, constantly rushing to the next stop, with an unknown mentality, rushing to what you think is beautiful.
Everyone has his or her own journey. We meet by chance and walk together for a while, whether it is long or short, but in the end, without exception, we all disappear in the crowd.
Perhaps it was a blood connection, she recognized Ye Mao in the crowd at a glance. Ye Mao was wearing a T-shirt and casual pants, and waved to her from a distance.
"Sister, I'm here." Ye Mao grinned at her, "This is my girlfriend, Wang You." Ye Mao hurriedly pulled the girl next to him over.
Ye Zhenzhen then noticed that Ye Mao was holding the girl's hand. When she was waiting for Ye Mao at the exit, she had always thought that they were arriving passengers, but because of the crowd, she was squeezed next to Ye Mao.
"Hello, sister." Wang You had a yellow afro and a sunny smile. The diamonds on his teeth were shining so brightly that they almost blinded Ye Zhenzhen's eyes.
"Hello." Ye Zhenzhen smiled and gave Ye Mao a look.
"Sister, let's go! Where are we going?" Ye Mao looked at the crowd next to him and motioned to Ye Zhenzhen.
Ye Zhenzhen was holding the helmet and the electric bike key, a little dumbfounded. She thought Ye Mao came alone, but she didn't expect there were two of them. The electric bike couldn't carry three people, not to mention that Ye Mao was carrying a large suitcase.
"I'll call a taxi for you and I'll ride my electric scooter back." After Ye Zhenzhen said this, she took Ye Mao and Wang You to the side of the road.
The two siblings hadn't seen each other for nearly a year. The younger brother had obviously grown taller, a head taller than Ye Zhenzhen, but he was very thin. Ye Zhenzhen was somewhat happy to see her younger brother. Seeing her relatives in a foreign land brought some comfort to her wandering heart.
Ye Zhenzhen told the driver the location and handed her brother a hundred yuan for the fare. The taxi drove away in a flash, and she took a deep breath of exhaust fumes.
Ye Zhenzhen was riding an electric scooter, the wind whistling past her ears. She tried her best but failed to catch up with the taxi that Ye Mao was riding in.
When Ye Zhenzhen returned to the downstairs of the rental house, Wang You was sitting on the suitcase carefree, and Ye Mao was smiling as he unscrewed the bottle cap for Wang You.
Ye Zhenzhen brought the two back to the small attic, and the three of them squeezed together on the bed. She couldn't help but ask, "Ye Mao, is your school's May Day holiday so long?"
Ye Mao and Wang You leaned against each other affectionately, "Well, sister, why do you live in such a small house? How can the three of us live?"
Ye Mao didn't even raise his head when he spoke, he just kept his head down and flirted with Wang You.
She looked at her brother who was only one year younger than her, feeling a little helpless. "You guys stay here tonight! I'll stay at my best friend's house." Who doesn't want to live in a good house? She even wants to live in heaven!
Wang You touched Ye Mao's shoulder, and Ye Mao immediately understood, "Sister, what are we having for lunch? We've been in the car for several hours and we're hungry."
The three of them came to a small restaurant downstairs and ordered two meat dishes, one vegetable dish and a soup. The waiter brought a bowl of rice.
Ye Zhenzhen watched the two of them eating up everything in a flash. She wanted to ask something, but because Wang You was there, she refrained from speaking.
"Sister, you eat too!" Ye Mao stuffed his mouth with twice-cooked pork, with oil stains at the corners of his mouth.
"Ye Mao, how long will your vacation be?" Ye Zhenzhen picked up a piece of shredded potato but was hesitant to put it in her mouth.
"Sister, I don't want to go back to school. It's boring! I want to work and earn money." Ye Mao ate three bowls of rice and drank a bowl of soup. He put the bowl on the table and burped.
"What?! Ye Mao, why aren't you studying anymore?" Ye Zhenzhen's potato shreds slipped off and she slammed her chopsticks on the table.
The people around looked over at her, and Ye Zhenzhen put her hand to her forehead.
"Sister, I just don't want to study anymore. Don't force me. The teachers at the technical school are so annoying!" Ye Mao looked rebellious.
Wang You kept his head down eating without even raising his eyelids.
Ye Zhenzhen really wanted to pry open Ye Mao's brain to see what was wrong with him. "Ye Mao! You don't want to study anymore. Have you told your parents? Don't hurt me. You just said you would come to see me."
Ye Mao clenched his fists and placed them on the table, looking serious, "Sister, I am responsible for my own life, please don't try to persuade me, I just want to work and earn money, I don't want to study."
The day before, Ye Zhenzhen was still regretting not studying hard, but today her younger brother didn't even want to get a technical school diploma.
"Ye Mao, can you please not be so impulsive? You don't even have a diploma. You studied at a technical school to become a chef. You should at least learn something before you can go out and work!"
"Sister, there are many people who have achieved success without a diploma these days, so don't look down on them!" Ye Mao said seriously, "Zong Qinghou and Chen Lihua don't have high diplomas either, but they are both wealthy people; Shen Congwen and Ba Jin left behind masterpieces; Qi Baishi is the founder of the Red Flower and Ink Leaf School. Why can't I do the same?"
"Don't tell me about low-probability events, Ye Mao, how much do you weigh? What qualifications do you have to be compared with them!" Ye Zhenzhen wanted to find a basin to splash him to wake him up, "Have you told your parents?"
"I will tell them when I achieve success. Sis, can you please not be so vulgar?" Ye Mao's eyes were firm.
"Ye Mao! Go wherever you want! You can even go to the sky. I will take you to the station after dinner. Don't hang around in front of me. Do whatever you want!" Ye Zhenzhen really didn't feel like talking nonsense with Ye Mao.
"Sister, you are alone in Yuncheng and have no one to take care of you. I also plan to stay in Yuncheng and find a job in a few days. No one will dare to bully you in the future." Ye Mao patted his chest with a solemn promise.
"Ye Mao! You didn't come to see me, you came here with a grenade to blow me up!" Ye Zhenzhen didn't expect that after not seeing him for a year, Ye Mao would be so rebellious. "You have a girlfriend now, so you should study hard for Wang You and give her a bright future instead of boasting and being blindly confident and arrogant."
"I support him! I believe he can do it!" Wang You put down his chopsticks and looked at Ye Zhenzhen seriously.
Ye Zhenzhen almost jumped up. One ignorant person is fine! Now there is another one!