In Order to Eat Meat
Chapter 5: In Order to Eat Meat
In order to earn money
Xu Yinrong put the ten photographs on the table, and took off his presbyopia glasses to look at He Bai, asking, "Which one do you think is the best?"
He Bai rubbed his face to let himself look more spirited in spite of the headache from his hangover. He looked over the photographs one by one, raised his hand, hesitated for a moment, before pointing the picture in the upper right corner of the bus driver, "This one."
"Why do you think that is?"
"Just a feeling."
"What kind of feeling?"
He picked up the picture with the bad lighting and skewed composition, looked at the fine wrinkles on the corners of the dark brown eyes of the driver in the rearview mirror, and answered him while recalling the feeling that he had when he took the photo, "I just felt… that the look in his eyes was really good. After taking the picture, the feeling I had in my heart was just that- that with this look in his eyes, the whole picture just felt like it came to life. I felt very satisfied,
Xu Yinrong’s eyes moved a little, and continued to ask, "Why were you happy?"
"Because I recorded a moment that was worth remembering." The feeling of chaos caused by his hangover gradually disappeared. His mouth unconsciously turned up, with the dimple on his left cheek showing up, "When I saw this photograph, my mind unconsciously flashes through the time that this driver was both relieved yet apologetic for bringing inconvenience to his passengers because he was trying to avoid hitting a puppy. His eyes in that moment… were very kind. This is the only photograph in these ten pictures that let me have an urge to put it away in an album, and leave it for me to look back on my memories when I’m old."
"Uh-huh." Xu Yinrong, with a faint smile on his face, nodded, "Not bad. You can take a break next week."
He Bai couldn’t keep up with train of thought, "Take a break?"
Xu Yinrong nodded, leaning over to take out a roster from his drawer, turning to the page that had He Bai’s name on it, and using a red pen, he crossed out the score of zero, changed it to 95 points, closed the roster, and waved at him to leave, "I’m giving you a week off. Now go, take a nice break. It’s better for young people to drink less- it’s bad for your body."
He Bai’s eyes lit up as he looked at the roster in his hands. After he changed his grades, he stood up excitedly and gave him a bow, and said while smiling foolishly, "Thank you, Professor! Professor, you’re really the best!" After he finished saying that, he took the camera to run away, scared that he would regret his decision and change his grades back.
"That little brat…" Xu Yinrong shook his head, but the smile on his face grew bigger without him realizing it. He picked put his phone, calling his good friend, "Hey Lao Jiang- do you still remember that good seedling that I told you about last time? He’s made some real big progress…"