Not long after, the food and wine were placed on the table.
"Zhihua, let's talk."
Qin Nan smiled at Xu Lingjun, said hello to him, and then returned to the outside room.
"Old Xu."
Li Jie smiled and poured a glass of wine for Xu Lingjun: "It's cold in the morning. Come on, let's have a glass of wine first to warm up."
"He...he doesn't drink."
In that case, Xu Lingjun was somewhat untrue. It is true that he did not drink heavily, but if he did drink, he would not be able to drink more than two drinks.
"Drink a little."
Li Jie ignored Xu Lingjun's polite words and directly pushed the wine glass in front of him.
"Old Xu, do I have anything to do with him?"
Hearing those words, Xu Lingjun was immediately at a loss. When he was nervous, he had a habit of finding something to grab onto.
Looking east, there was a wine glass in front of him. He was so nervous that he didn't care whether it was wine or not, and directly held the enamel cup with his legs.
After a long while, he finally spoke.
"He does have something he wants to trouble me with."
"I'm very grateful for what I said in the afternoon. After returning home, he thought about it for a long time and wanted to try to change something."
"So, he chose to study veterinary medicine."
"Bu Nao, he doesn't have those books. He wants to ask my help to see if he can buy some books on veterinary medicine from Shencheng."
As he spoke, Xu Lingjun let go of the cup with his legs, and then took out a wad of money from his pocket.
"Do you have the money to buy books?"
"He doesn't know what he's doing. If he's doing it, he would have spent so much money to buy it first."
Seeing the pile of colorful coins on the table, Li Jie smiled and nodded.
"Okay, it just so happened that he requested to write a letter back during those few days, and by the way, he would also take care of my affairs."
"Bu Nao, regarding the book, he doesn't know exactly how much he wants."
"Let's do that. He will keep my money first, and then he will refund more and make up less. What do I think?"
Li Jie didn't say anything about not asking for money, because there was no need to ask for money.
The current Xu Lingjun is very different from the mature Xu Lingjun in the future. He is cautious and sensitive now.
If you don't ask for money, you will push him away.
"Thanks!"
Seeing Li Jie's answer, Xu Lingjun immediately stood up from his stool and bowed to Li Jie.
"Thank me!"
When he saw the wine on the table, he leaned over and picked up the glass.
"Well, he...he toasted me!"
Afterwards, Xu Lingjun picked up the enamel cup and took a long sip.
"Cough! Cough!"
Because he drank too quickly, he choked.
Seeing that scene, Li Jie laughed and went to pour him a glass of cool red wine.
"Drink some water."
"Thanks!"
Xu Lingjun was very polite and kept saying thank you from the moment we met until now.
"Old Xu, I'm going east first."
Li Jie picked up a peanut and said as he ate it.
"I won't be here tomorrow, so we can just have a chat."
"Actually, I'm quite curious about his mistake."
"Looking at me, I must have gone to college, right?"
Hearing those words, Xu Lingjun looked startled.
University.
It was only a few years ago, but to him, that word seemed like a long, long time ago.
He is indeed a college student.
Not only is he a college student, he is not a college teacher.
In 1939, he was born into a wealthy family in Shanghai. Speaking of which, he could not be considered a native of Shanghai. Later, on the eve of liberation, his father ran away.
He and his mother were lost.
Because he could not accept the fact that his father abandoned his wife and children, his mother was depressed and died of illness before.
After that, he became an orphan. Fortunately, the country did not give up on him. He went to high school and university, and after graduation, he stayed in school to teach.
Strictly speaking, it was only three or four years in total, but when he recalled that time now, it seemed that it had happened more than ten years ago.
He is clearly not even thirty, but he lives like a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties.
On the other side, seeing Xu Lingjun's face looking reminiscing, Li Jie gave him some more wine.
"It looks like I went to college."
Hearing this, Xu Lingjun came to his senses and went to apologize.
"Sorry, he just lost his mind."
"Remember the past?"
Li Jie raised his wine glass and made a drinking gesture with Xu Lingjun.
"It doesn't matter."
Seeing this, Xu Lingjun also picked up the wine glass and took a sip. This time, he did not drink heavily, but took a shallow sip.
Why is that wine so spicy and bitter?
Xu Lingjun sighed silently, and then took the initiative to speak.
"Sorry, he just remembered something else."
"Wrong, he should answer my question first."
"He did go to college, but if he didn't, what's the use?"
Li Jie shook his head and said: "It must be different if I haven't been here before. Like him and his misunderstanding, if they want to go to university now, they have no place to go."
"Besides, knowledge is the only thing they can't take away."
Xu Lingjun smiled and did not respond directly to that sentence.
Seeing that Lao Xu was unwilling to mention it, Li Jie suddenly changed the subject.
"That's wrong, Lao Xu, I must have been here for a while, right?"
Xu Lingjun nodded and said, "Well, it's been four or five years."
"That's just right. There's something he wants to ask me."
Li Jie said with a smile: "After he came there, he found that the basic education there was very poor, so he thought about finding time to teach the children when he was free in the future.
Now, there is a problem. He cannot remember clearly some of the knowledge he learned in elementary school."
"I am a college student. If you encounter any problems in the future, can you ask me directly?"
"No problem, he'll be happy to help."
Xu Lingjun agreed to the matter without thinking. If his identity was not inappropriate, he would have wanted to do something for the children.
As Li Jie said, basic education in pastoral areas is too poor.
Many children are in their teens and do not know many commonly used words.
The illiteracy rate in pastoral areas is too high.
Before, he also wanted to change his mind, but as a man wearing a hat, how could he dare to say anything casually?
If someone from the field found out, they might think he had some conspiracy.
“Thank you so much!”
Li Jie thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, Lao Xu. I was of great help that time."
"No, no."
Xu Lingjun immediately waved his legs and said: "I helped him out. I really want to thank you. It's not my fault if he thanks me."
"alright."
Seeing Xu Lingjun being polite again, Li Jie waved his thigh.
"We don't have to ask for thanks anymore."
"Too raw."
"Very good, just call him Lao Gao from now on."
"Come!"
With that said, Li Jie raised his wine glass again.
"drink wine!"
Outside, the atmosphere outside was getting more and more lively. Even Lao Xu, who had always been taciturn, started talking more. A smile slowly appeared on Qin Nan's face.