Awakening Day Collection

Chapter 15 Hometown (4)
Feng Si was curious for a while, walked up and found that the bookstalls were full of technical books on computer and programming.Although each book is a bit old, it is well preserved, with almost no damage or dirt.The stall owner is a young man in his 20s, wearing a white undershirt worn by an elderly man, sitting on a small round stool, his eyes glazed over, his eyes wandering.

"How much is this book?" Feng Si picked up a copy of "Java Programming Examples" and asked the stall owner.

The stall owner glanced at the book in his hand, thought about it, and shook his head: "Not for sale."

"Not for sale?" Feng Si was taken aback.

"I want to keep it," replied the stall owner, "I can't bear it."

"Why do you want to keep it and set up a stall?" Feng Si didn't know whether to laugh or cry.But at this moment he came to a little understanding, the stall owner was probably mentally ill, no wonder the security guards didn't care - no one wanted to provoke a lunatic.

Just thinking about it, an old woman faltering walked in the distance.She has white hair and looks very weak, but the wrinkles on her face can't hide her elegant and intellectual temperament.Panting for breath, she walked slowly to the bookstall, and said in a gentle tone, "Go back, son."

"I'm not going back," said the stall owner, "I want to help you make money, Mom."

"Our money is enough," the old woman still said softly, "It's best for you to study at ease."

"I just want to make money!" The stall owner looked very angry, "I want to help you!"

The old woman talked all kinds of things, and finally persuaded her son and took him away.Feng Si looked at their backs going away, and stood there without moving.Although he always likes to laugh, he is also very friendly to others, except for his uncontrollable venomous tongue, he is not a soft-hearted person. He has always known that there are thousands of sufferings in the world, rather than feeling sad at every turn Weeping but unable to change, it is better to turn a blind eye and be alone.

But the conversation between the mother and son touched his heart all of a sudden, reminding him of the past in his childhood.When his father ran away and his mother was struggling to earn money and pay off the debts, he also thought about setting up a street stall to help his mother, but she firmly stopped Feng Si from doing so.The conversation between the two at that time was almost exactly the same as the conversation between the mother and son in front of me.The gray-haired old man reminded Feng Si of his mother who died young.

At this time, Wen Xiaolan had already joined the student union. She was cheerful by nature and made friends with many seniors. Feng Si asked her to help find out about the mother and son, and soon got the answer.The old woman was Yang Shaofen, a retired old professor in this university, and the young man named Ning Zhangwen was her only son.When Ning Zhangwen was two years old, his father died in a car accident. Since then, Yang Shaofen has never remarried and raised his son alone.

This process was full of hardships, not only because of the dual pressures of work and life faced by single mothers, but also because Ning Zhangwen has always suffered from mild autism.He is like the idiot genius that people often say. He has an amazing ability to learn knowledge from books, especially science and engineering knowledge, but he is a mess in social interaction and self-care.And the worse he was at dealing with people, the worse his temper became. Except for his mother, almost no one could get close to him.

Ten years ago, Ning Zhangwen was admitted to the computer department of this university with a very high score.He could have gone to Tsinghua University or Peking University, but in the end he chose the school with a lower grade. Of course, it was Yang Shaofen's decision to take care of him conveniently.In order to please his mother, Ning Zhangwen tried his best to restrain his temper. After one semester, although he was still regarded as a weirdo by the whole department, he did not cause any trouble. At least there is nothing wrong with each other.But when it was time for the final exam, the accident finally happened.

A classmate asked Ning Zhangwen to help him cheat in the discrete mathematics test. Ning Zhangwen naturally knew that cheating was not good, but he thought of his mother’s exhortation, “We must try our best to have a good relationship with our classmates. Agreed," he finally agreed.But he really didn't have much talent for cheating, and the invigilator caught him right after the first note was passed out.

This school has always been known for its rigorous style of study, and it has always dealt with cheating severely. Ning Zhangwen and the classmate who begged him to cheat were punished with a demerit and their degree qualifications were revoked. revoked.

It is conceivable that Ning Zhangwen suffered such a disaster after half a year of school.Yang Shaofen didn't dare to criticize him at all, and it took him a whole week to comfort him before he managed to calm down.After being depressed for a winter vacation, Ning Zhangwen went on to school listlessly.One day, the water heater at home broke down, and he was covered in sweat just after physical education class, so he simply went to the school bathroom.

The school's bathhouse has always been known to be crowded. During peak hours, both men and women have to line up with their buttocks naked and wait for the shower head.Coincidentally, while waiting for the nozzle, Ning Zhang heard someone chatting behind him. The voice was very familiar. They were two classmates in the same class.He was not interested in listening to other people's conversations, but they mentioned a name that shocked Ning Zhangwen - the classmate who begged him to cheat.

"He Tao is really all right?" Classmate A asked.

"It's okay. His aunt is in the Academic Affairs Office. It is estimated that after this semester, the punishment will be cancelled, and he will still be able to get a degree in the end." Classmate B replied.

"It's good to have a relationship. It's okay to cheat... What about Ning Zhangwen, is it okay?"

"His aunt isn't omnipotent. It's not bad if he can be fished out alone. Besides, even if he can be fished out, He Tao won't help Ning Zhang to hear it."

"Why? Didn't Ning Zhangwen cheat to help him?"

"Drinking two days ago, He Tao told me that Ning Zhangwen was so stupid that he was so clumsy that he even cheated, and almost killed him. He said that if he wanted to teach Ning Zhangwen a lesson, he would not revoke the punishment for him. That idiot deserved it."

Ning Zhangwen listened silently, exited the bathroom silently, got dressed and returned to the dormitory.That night, he appeared in a water bar on campus, where a classmate named He Tao was dating his girlfriend.In front of dozens of people in the water bar, he picked up a glass ashtray on the table and slammed it on He Tao's head once, twice, three times...until he was slapped Pulling it away and pressing it firmly on the ground, he didn't say a word, and the expression on his face was as calm as if nothing had happened.

Fortunately, He Tao is a hard-headed guy. Although his face was covered with blood and the trauma was serious, he didn't hurt his brain or nerves, nor did he leave any sequelae.Yang Shaofen begged her grandpa to sue her grandma, and paid a large sum of money in exchange for the He family's non-prosecution. In the end, Ning Zhangwen was detained for half a month.Of course, punishment with the back is also malicious, and expulsion from the school is inevitable.

On the day he came out of the detention center, facing Yang Shaofen's greetings, Ning Zhangwen didn't say a word.He raised his head, stared straight at the blinding sun for a few seconds, and a weird smile formed on his lips, which he never smiled again for ten years.When he got home, he locked himself in the room and completely cut off contact with the outside world.In the eyes of outsiders, Ning Zhangwen is basically equivalent to a lunatic.

After Wen Xiaolan told Feng Si about the mother and son, she said sympathetically, "Let's help them."

"Help? How?" Feng Si squinted at her.

"Professor Yang is old now and is full of illnesses, but Ning Zhangwen has no ability to take care of himself at all, and life at home is very difficult. So we can first raise funds on campus..." Wen Xiaolan looked like the glory of the Virgin Mary .

"Nonsense." Feng Si only said three words.

"Where is the nonsense?" Wen Xiaolan was very unconvinced.

"First of all, this person is just autistic and has a weird temper. He is not really schizophrenic, let alone an idiot." Feng Si said, "He knows how to set up a stall and sell books to help his mother make money, which shows that he is a person with self-respect. It means treating him like a piece of trash, and making a big fanfare to 'initiate a fundraiser on campus', beware of being smashed into an ashtray by him."

"That's true." Wen Xiaolan thought for a while and sighed.

"Secondly, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. To put it bluntly, the old lady will die sooner or later. What about the young master? Do you raise donations for him every day until he dies? Or do you simply adopt him as a child?" Son?"

Wen Xiaolan pursed her lips: "Then what do you say?"

"He is a computer student. I saw that the bookstall he set up was full of computer-related books..." Feng Si pondered, "I'll try it, and you can tell the old lady that I'm a student union to help. Yes, I'll try to see if I can find some use for her son, and I can have more ways to make money myself, so I don't have to work so hard as a tutor."

Wen Xiaolan became alert: "Hey, do you want to help them, or do you want to find cheap labor for yourself?"

"Don't put it so harshly, zero-sum game is not everything in this world, what I pursue is a win-win situation." Feng Si said seriously.

A week later, Wen Xiaolan was really worried, so she knocked on the door of Yang Shaofen's house.After entering the door, she was startled: Ning Zhangwen, the legendary weirdo who never talked to strangers, was sitting with Feng Si shoulder to shoulder.Feng Si's arms fluttered in the air, spitting and saying something, while Ning Zhangwen held a notepad in his hand, listening and taking notes seriously.

"You can't modify the data package, so once you are caught, you will definitely be banned," Feng Si said, "The important thing is to realize the offline function without running the client, so that a computer with ordinary configuration can open dozens or even hundreds of accounts... ...It must be able to identify the items that are automatically picked up, and can automatically discard useless items...It is enough to have these functions..."

"It's not difficult, just a few days." Ning Zhangwen said after listening.He stuttered a little when he spoke, probably because he didn't speak much all the year round.

"I knew you would do it," Feng Si patted him on the shoulder, "It's up to you, brother!"

Good guy, it's only been a week, and the two of them have actually started to call each other brothers. Wen Xiaolan was stunned, but she couldn't help but admire Feng Si. This guy usually looks like a playful smile, and it's really unreliable when he actually does things. human ability.And although she doesn't play online games, young people in the Internet age have never eaten pork and have seen pigs run. From the conversation between the two, it can be judged that Feng Si probably wants to use online games to make money, and Ning Zhangwen has become His technical support.

It's true that people are doing their best, Wen Xiaolan stared blankly at Ning Zhangwen's slightly excited face, and suddenly understood Feng Si's intentions.Letting Ning Zhangwen make money is the second priority. He is actually creating a psychological atmosphere for this lonely weirdo who is needed and valued by others. In fact, he is giving him the dignity of self-reliance.

Such dignity cannot be measured by money.

In the following six months, Ning Zhangwen used his computer technology to help Feng Si a lot, whether it was online game cheats, microblog posting, or reposting.These things are not glorious to say, but because of the incident ten years ago, Ning Zhangwen hated things like "rules", and being able to break other people's rules was full of pleasure for him.This time, Feng Si went back to his hometown to take care of his father's funeral, and handed over all the online games in his hands to him.

"How about going home this time?" Ning Zhangwen asked.Although the question was a bit blunt, it was already very difficult for this weirdo who had been autistic for ten years.

"I have encountered some troubles and need to deal with them. You may be the only one who can help you." Feng Si said.He is very clear about the way he talks to Ning Zhangwen. The more complicated the description of the incident, the more important Ning Zhangwen will feel about himself.

Sure enough, Ning Zhangwen's eyes lit up.Feng Si opened his schoolbag, took out a hardcover dictionary, took out two old photos he found in the villa from the dictionary, and handed one of them to Ning Zhangwen.Ning Zhangwen picked it up and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.

"This thing...is really strange." Ning Zhangwen said.

The "thing" he refers to is the huge object behind the crowd in the photo.Judging from the black-and-white photo, it seems to be a light-colored rock, but the pattern on it is very strange, which looks like wrinkles. There is also a hole in the "rock", and a round dark sphere is exposed in the hole.

"What do you think... this thing looks like?" Feng Si asked, "Your intuition is sharper than ordinary people."

Ning Zhang Wenzai examined the rock-like object carefully, and said slowly: "The brain."

"As expected." Feng Si let out a long breath.

"There are eyes on the brain." Ning Zhangwen added calmly.

(End of this chapter)