Chapter 43 White Hair
Summer is actually slow season for dry cleaners.
The real peak season is in autumn.
After pulling a lot of clothes, Lu Yao returned home and drove the X6 directly onto the curb and onto the sidewalk, blocking a store called Jiexin Dry Cleaning.
By chance, Zhang Siyuan was also there. When he saw a car blocking the entrance of his store, he immediately walked out, and then saw Lu Yao getting out of the car.
"Holy shit!"
Director Zhang stared blankly at Fa Xiao with the classic Chinese curse, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Thousands of words gathered into one sentence:
"Are you rich?"
Lu Yao rolled his eyes and pointed at the co-pilot:
"I've done a big job for your family. Please help unload the truck."
Zhang Siyuan was confused, but he still opened the passenger door and saw two large plastic bags of clothes inside:
"What is this?"
"Clothes. Be gentle, the clothes inside are expensive."
"???"
Director Zhang didn't react for a while, but Li Liwen, who heard the noise, also came out.
"Yaoyao, whose car is this?"
"Aunt Li, please help me take my boss's car. There are a lot of clothes."
At first, Li Liwen didn't have the concept of "more" until she saw the boxes, plastic bags, and the full trunk in the back seat.
"This... what are you doing here with so many clothes?"
As she said that, Li Liwen took out a random item from inside and saw the brand new Chanel tag and the price on it at a glance.
"Auntie, these are my boss's clothes. I brought them over. If you can dry clean them, dry clean them. If you can wash them, wash them. The boss just asks for them and wash them clean."
"These are all new and not dirty."
After Zhang Siyuan finished speaking, Li Liwen and Lu Yao looked over at the same time.
However, my mother's eyes were "disgusted", while Lu Yao was speechless.
But no one paid him any attention. Instead, Li Liwen nodded after hearing this:
"Yes, don't worry, I will take care of it for you."
"Well, you can just calculate the price together when the time comes."
Following Lu Yao's words, Li Liwen smiled happily.
At this moment, the counter and floor of the dry cleaning shop were piled with bags of these clothes.
Adults would not talk too much about worldly topics with children, but... she roughly estimated these clothes and knew... they would at least cover her own sales for two months, and probably more.
"Yaoyao is really promising!... Is your boss quite young?"
"Yes. Auntie, you have to wash out a few pieces tonight. My boss will wear them tomorrow. I will come over early in the morning to pick them up."
"No problem, the price will be cheaper for you then."
"Yeah, okay."
Lu Yao didn't say anything about long-term cooperation, so it's not a mistake.
After responding, he turned to the hair boy and asked:
"What are you doing here?"
"Wait until my mother gets off work... That's good for you, she has to work overtime tonight."
Zhang Siyuan said with a bitter look on his face.
But Li Liwen didn't see it that way, but took out two hundred yuan from the drawer:
"Go, you and Yaoyao go have dinner."
"Don't..."
As soon as Lu Yao refused, Zhang Siyuan had already taken the money, and then started winking at Lu Yao.
"..."
OK.
Lu Yao responded:
"Then I'll drive the car back first, aunt, let's go."
"Go ahead."
Soon, the X6 exited the sidewalk. Zhang Siyuan sat in the passenger seat and looked left and right...
"This is my first time riding a BMW."
"You can go eat by yourself later. My dad is back today."
"Ah?...Okay. How about we go out to play after dinner? Let's go online?"
"I can't go, there's something going on at home."
"Okay. Then you park the car, and I'll go directly to the Internet cafe to eat rice bowls."
Fatty Zhang got out of the car with regret on his face.
Unfortunately, this was my first time riding in a BMW, and I got off the bus within a few dozen meters.
Lu Yao waved goodbye to him, drove into the community, parked his car, and returned home.
As a result, before entering the house, I heard my mother’s voice in the corridor:
"I'm telling you, Lu! If I say you can't go, you can't go! It's not your turn to make the decision in this family!"
Then came the father’s voice:
"If I don't make the decision, who will! I can't even speak!"
"You try and it doesn't work!"
"..."
Lu Yao was speechless.
After thinking for a while, he took out the key and opened the door.
And with the sound of the door, the sounds inside also stopped.
After the door opened, Lu Yao saw his parents sitting on the sofa and the other standing in the living room...
The person sitting was his father Lu Yuanshan, and the person standing holding his waist was Ms. Chen.
When the two of them faced their son's return, all they could do was remain silent and stop arguing.
But his anger obviously hasn't come down yet.
"Dad."
Lu Yao shouted and then asked:
"Where is Lu Qing?"
"Your sister went out to have dinner with her classmates."
After Lu Yuanshan finished speaking, he glared at his wife and said:
"Yaoyao is back, why don't you serve food to your son because you want to starve to death!"
Not to mention, it’s really helpful to mention someone’s name when you’re in trouble.
Even if she didn't want to, Ms. Chen didn't want to starve her son, who was tired after a long day, so she glared at her husband and walked into the kitchen.
"Yaoyao, wash your hands and eat!"
"I got it, Mom."
Lu Yao glanced at his father who was sitting like a clock, quickly washed his hands and walked into the kitchen to help serve the dishes.
Others are fine.
That is, after the food was served, there was one pair of chopsticks missing, one bowl missing, and one bowl of rice missing.
"Yaoyao, eat this braised pork."
Ms. Chen gave her son a piece of plump braised pork with chopsticks, but she didn't even respond to her husband who had neither chopsticks nor a bowl.
Lu Yao was speechless and glanced at his father, with a look that said, "Hurry up and serve yourself."
However, Lu Yuanshan ignored Lu Yao.
If you don't serve the rice, I won't eat it.
I sat down on the sofa with my arms folded, loving someone.
"Dad, let's eat."
He said again, and then stood up:
"I'll serve you some rice." "Pah!"
Ms. Chen smashed her chopsticks on the table:
"Lu Yao! Don't you want to eat too?"
"..."
Lu Yao's mouth twitched.
"Mom, my dad hasn't eaten yet."
Before she finished speaking, Ms. Chen glared... Lu Yao was stunned for a second.
So, I ate this meal without knowing the taste.
Obviously because of dad's return, mom prepared another table of specialty dishes.
In the end, four people turned into two people.
After eating, Ms. Chen changed her clothes and went for a walk.
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As soon as she left, Lu Yao dared to serve food to his father.
"Dad."
"Yeah."
Lu Yuanshan, who had watched TV for a meal, responded and walked to the dinner table.
"Do you want to drink?"
"Drink something and get it white."
"Okay."
Lu Yao took a bottle of Fenjiu that his father had not finished drinking from the wine cabinet, poured a glass of it, and asked:
"My mother still doesn't agree?"
"Yeah."
Lu Yuanshan nodded, but said:
"We will save your scholarship for further studies and won't touch it."
"What I mean is that Lu Qing's first year's tuition will come from this money."
"..."
Lu Yuanshan paused while holding the cup.
After taking a look at his son, he shook his head:
"It's okay, my family has enough money."
"My mother is actually mainly worried about you, afraid that you will be under great pressure. After all, running a sports car is too hard."
"Dad is fine."
After hearing this, Lu Yao thought for a while and said:
"Dad, Lu Qing also said he doesn't want to go now."
"I still don't understand my daughter?"
Lu Yuanshan shook his head again, but his eyes were filled with relief:
"Your sister is sensible, and so are you. Let me and your mother not worry... But since your sister has passed the exam, if she doesn't go, dad will always feel that he owes too much... Have you decided where to repay?"
He changed the subject.
Lu Yao hesitated for a moment before saying:
"Let's see which school gives scholarships."
Lu Yuanshan frowned:
"Can't I go to Qinghua University?"
"Yes. But...actually, the content in undergraduate studies is the same no matter which school you go to."
"It's different! That's Qinghua after all!"
"I can take the Qinghua University postgraduate entrance examination, it's not difficult."
"No! If you can go to Tsinghua University, you must go! You don't need any scholarships, dad can afford it for you!"
"..."
Seeing his father's emotion full of "resistance", Lu Yaoxin said okay, my mother rejects my sister, you reject me.
Our family really does have a bright future.
At this time, Lu Yuanshan raised his head and drank.
Lu Yao was suddenly stunned...
"Dad, don't move."
"? What's wrong?"
Lu Yao's fingers have already been placed on his father's hair.
"...Dad, you have white hair, and the roots of your hair have turned a little white!"
He felt a little sad for no reason, and his voice was trembling when he spoke.
There is no way not to tremble.
Because in the previous life... when he discovered that his father's hair had turned gray, Lu Qing had already married.
As for my father's white hair, my mother just said, "It has turned gray a long time ago. I dyed it for your father."
An understatement.
At that time, Lu Yuanshan, whose son had a stable job and no longer drove long distances, had found a job as a lorry worker in the city, was free.
So Lu Yao's feeling is that time is getting older and his parents are no longer young, but he definitely doesn't feel as much as he does now.
Father... is only in his early forties.
The roots of his hair are all white...
But it’s a long way to the mountains, but I’m used to it:
"I've had it for a long time. I noticed it when I had my hair cut last time... I'm older and stay up late all the time. It's normal for my hair to turn gray quickly."
"..."
The road is long and speechless.
After taking his hand away, he just looked at his father who was drinking and eating there.
My father has been... a lot darker recently.
I don’t know if it’s because I often travel to southern Tibet that I got exposed.
He is very thin, and years of eating and sleeping in the open have left him with chronic stomach problems. Although not serious, it is inevitable.
In other words, almost all large truck drivers have this problem.
And his eye sockets were sunken deep.
Lu Yao knew this state very well. It was a state that only appeared when you were overly exhausted.
Obviously, although he didn't know what time his father would arrive home today, he should be... very tired.
Maybe this is why my mother is so resistant to my sister studying abroad?
There is no reason why my mother cannot see the "feeling of exhaustion" that even she can detect.
That's why her attitude this time was so tough.
So "inhumane".
Perhaps because his son's eyes were too distressed, Lu Yuanshan glanced at him and put his hand on his son's head.
Just like when I was a child, I touched his head and smiled slightly.
Everywhere he looked was the reflection of a man.
……
Early 9 o'clock.
Ms. Chen hasn’t come back yet.
After Lu Yuanshan took a shower, he went into the house and went to sleep.
Not long after, Lu Yao heard snoring coming from the bedroom.
Lu Yao didn't watch TV.
In other words, I simply didn’t want to watch it.
I just stayed tuned to the CCTV5 channel for a long time.
Around 9:30, he slowly came to his senses, took out his mobile phone, found Xu Ruochu's number, and sent a message:
"Mr. Xu, have you had a rest?"
(End of chapter)