Doing It Over Again - Chapter 1

It’s another year of recruiting new seasons. As the best middle school in Peng County, Experimental Middle School has never lacked students. Many parents of students who are not assigned to this middle school are looking for ways to enroll their children in various ways, just so that their children can receive a better education and be admitted to a good high school in the future.

This year is different from previous years, because the experimental school has come up with a new policy, that is, the recruitment of experimental classes. This recruitment test is open to all primary school students who graduated this year in the county. As long as they get the top 80 in the test, whether it is rural household registration or urban household registration, they can enter the experimental class to study. Although many people don’t quite understand what an experimental class is, they have heard that as long as students with good grades are in the top class, the teacher will definitely choose the best class. So as soon as the news came out, many parents of students brought their children to rush to sign up.

On the day of the exam, there was still about an hour before the exam. Some children were already waiting outside the exam room with their textbooks in hand, waiting for the exam room to open. Most of these students were rural students who were afraid of being late.

Forty-five minutes before the start of the examination, the chief examiner Li Lu opened the door of the second examination room. Seeing that the examination room was gradually filled, he exchanged glances with the deputy examiner Mr. Luo, and then turned to write the rules of the examination room on the blackboard. , the number of pages of the test paper, and the end time of the test.

The hair curler bell rang, he glanced at the second seat in the first row, the examination room was about to start, this candidate had not come yet, it seemed that some spoiled child gave up the examination. He has been a teacher in the experimental middle school for many years, and he has seen many children who have been spoiled by the family. It is not surprising that this happened.

“Report!”

Li Lu looked at the door and saw a thin boy standing at the door. His shirt and trousers looked old, but clean. At first glance, he felt like a good child: “Come in quickly, the exam is about to start. .”

The boy bowed to him, and then quickly walked to the second seat in the first row. He watched the boy take out the stationery in an orderly manner, and withdrew his gaze without being late for the exam.

After all, the teacher keeps staring at the candidates, which will also affect the students’ performance. It is not easy for these children from poor families to have such a channel to enter the school. If they can pass the exam better, they will have more opportunities.

Originally, I deliberately went out early today, just to avoid being late on the day of the exam like I did in my previous life, and almost failed to take the exam. As a result, he met a child with a broken arm on the way today. He didn’t want to worry about it, but seeing the boy of about ten years old squatting in the sun with his head down and his face flushed and pitiful, he had to take him to the clinic. I hurried to the experimental middle school after being sterilized and bandaged, and helped to call the police, only to be late again.

Shen Shao sat down in his seat, picked up the paper, and looked at the above exam questions that were not particularly difficult in his eyes. When the answering bell rang, he picked up a pen and filled out the paper.

The admission test for the experimental class only took two subjects: Chinese and mathematics. After the Chinese test in the morning, Shen Shao went out of the school alone, went to a shop and asked for a bowl of rice noodles and two vegetable buns, looking at the crowded and dilapidated street outside. , he sighed.

After he opened his eyes two days ago and saw the house where he lived when he was a child, he thought he was dreaming, but now he is sure that he is eleven years old. This year, his mother was so angry that he drank half a bottle of dichlorvos because his father was working outside, and it was gone before he was sent to the hospital. Under the scolding of the whole village, his father simply packed up and went to find the woman, and he never came back.

It’s a pity that he came back too late, now the **** grave has started to grow grass, and his dad doesn’t know which corner he went to with that woman, and he is left alone to guard the small bungalow and what his mother left him. More than ten thousand dollars to live.

The rice noodles were not very tasty, and the stuffing in the buns was a little oily, but Shen Shao still ate it cleanly, and even drank the rice noodle soup. In the afternoon, he had to wait until 3 o’clock to start the math test. He had no place to take a lunch break, so he simply went to Xinhua Bookstore and squatted. After all, on such a hot day, it is too uncomfortable to stay outside. Xinhua Bookstore has free books and air conditioners.

At noon, there were very few people in the Xinhua Bookstore. Shen Shao found a book in the famous area and squatted in the corner to look. Occasionally, a clerk who sorted books came over and saw half-old children reading adult translations of famous books. If he is so serious, he will take a second look. There is even a clerk who sees him squatting uncomfortable, finds some newspapers he doesn’t want, and asks him to sit under his buttocks and read.

After two o’clock, Shen Shao put the book back in its original place, returned the newspaper to the previous clerk, and thanked him before leaving the door of the bookstore. As soon as he went out, he felt a wave of heat hit his face, he touched his forehead, Looking at the dazzling sun outside, he walked towards the experimental middle school without hesitation.

In his last life, he didn’t have the opportunity to step into the university gate. He didn’t want to leave this regret in this life. If he doesn’t know how to cherish his life all over again, what’s the point of his life, is he to increase the GDP of the country or to exhale carbon dioxide for the plants to carry out photosynthesis?

For Shen Shao, the math test was easier than the Chinese, because when he answered the paper in the morning, there was a poem that he didn’t fill in the blank. Although the weight was only one point, but thinking about his 30-year-old, he couldn’t compare. Primary school students feel that the whole person is not very good.

After completing the test questions, it was still a long time before the paper was handed in. He checked the answer sheet again and again and found that he had not filled in any mistakes or omitted to write his test number, so he handed in the paper ahead of time. After all, it was still an hour before he returned from the county seat If he goes too late, he might walk at night.

Walking out of the school gate, although it was almost five o’clock in the afternoon, the sun was still a little dazzling, but the most dazzling thing was the black Daben parked not far from the school gate. Because the dark car body was clean and dust-free, it reflected blinding people’s eyes in the sun. of light.

In this day and age, those who can drive a lot are considered to be the representatives of rich people in the eyes of ordinary people, so such a car parked at the door, causing pedestrians to take a lot of glances, guessing which student’s parent is so rich, Out in a car like this.

Just a few steps out, Shen Shao saw a middle-aged man in a suit walking down from the Mercedes-Benz, and he came to him in a few steps.

“Excuse me, are you classmate Shen Shao?” The middle-aged man was very polite, and when talking to Shen Shao, he deliberately bent down to look at him as much as possible.

Shen Shao took a step back and brought himself closer to the school gate, “What’s the matter with you?”

The middle-aged man politely took out an envelope from his body and handed it to Shen Shao: “Thank you for your help this morning. This is a little thank you from our husband.”

Shen Shao thought for a while and guessed that this man might be someone the child knew in the morning. I wonder how they found him? He looked at the envelope, but didn’t reach out to take it: “Uncle, you’re very kind, I’m just doing my best. The teacher has taught us long ago that we need to learn from Uncle Lei Feng’s dedication, so I can’t accept your thank you gift.”

The middle-aged man saw this thin boy earnestly talking about learning from Uncle Lei Feng, and felt that he was an honest and well-behaved child. He looked back at the black Mercedes-Benz behind him, and put the envelope into Shen Shao’s pocket without any explanation: “The teacher has taught, good children should be rewarded, children, goodbye.” After doing this, he turned around and got into the car. , the car drove away quickly, as if afraid that Shen Shao would return the envelope.

Shen Shao glanced at the people coming and going around, and without looking at what was in the envelope, he put the envelope in the school bag he was carrying with him, and then walked away quickly with the school bag in his arms.

Walking back to the village, some fellow villagers who were doing farm work in the fields saw him and asked him how he did in the exam with concern. Others felt that it was not easy for him to live alone, so they stuffed some fruits and vegetables from their own homes.

Although these things are not worth a lot of money, Shen Shao is very grateful for this friendship.

Back in the small broken bungalow where he lived, Shen Shao first cleaned up the house, and then picked the water spinach sent by the villagers. Before the washing was finished, he heard his great aunt calling him outside the door.

“Xiao Shao, are you back?” Zhang Shulian was holding an enamel bowl, which contained stewed chicken soup. Seeing Shen Shao washing a handful of water spinach alone in a big shirt, she felt a little uncomfortable and put the enamel bowl on the chopping board. He walked over to Shen Shao and squeezed him away, neatly helping him clean up, “I stewed a chicken in the afternoon, drink some soup to replenish your body.”

The child has been reading for the past two days, and there is no adult at home to take care of it. She has the intention to let him live in her own home, but there are elderly people and children at home, and it is indeed not a suitable environment for reading. It’s not as good as this. She and the head of the family often come to take care of the child, and they don’t worry about the conflict between her own child and Xiao Shaoqi.

“Thank you, aunt, did you drink it?” Shen Shao looked at the chicken soup on the chopping board, and there was a chicken leg lying in it, exuding a strong fragrance.

“Don’t worry, this chicken is fat and weighs five or six pounds. Our family can’t finish drinking it. We can’t put anything in the summer. If you help me eat a little, it won’t be wasted.” Zhang Shulian felt sorry for Shen Shaoxiao At such a sensible age, when I remembered that my second brother ran away with other women regardless, I felt that this second brother was really nothing. It’s just that she is the daughter-in-law of the Shen family, so she couldn’t say these words, “Are the exam questions difficult? The temperature has been high these days, you should take a good rest at home and don’t go out for heat stroke.”

“Well,” Shen Shao nodded obediently with a smile, “Auntie, don’t worry, I will definitely pass the test.” In his last life, he was in such poor condition that he was able to get around fifty in the test. In this life, he has lived an extra twenty years. , can never live in vain.

After Zhang Shulian said a few more words, seeing that it was late, she had to rush home to feed the pigs, so she had to leave in a hurry.

After sending his aunt away, Shen Shao took out the envelope that the middle-aged man had forcibly stuffed him from his schoolbag, opened it, and found a stack of blue-green hundred-yuan bills in it. Like ten.

The current house price is only three or four hundred and one square meters, and this person’s thanks is two or three thousand, which is too local and solemn.

Pulling the money out of the envelope, a note fell out with three words thank you written on it. The handwriting looked neat and tidy, like a child’s handwriting.

Shen Shao counted the money, a full 2,600 yuan, and looking at the money, he turned to look at the calendar hanging on the wall.

August 22, 1996

After nearly twenty years, he returned to this empty home again. Although he had thought about why he didn’t let him go back half a year ago, at least that would prevent his mother from committing suicide, but he didn’t want to waste this rare opportunity.

He wants to make his dream a reality, not make a dream a dream.