Volume 1 Chapter 6 The "shabby" thousand dollars
Since Teacher Meng took over the class, Geng Xiaoqing has been very unhappy. Tong Tong didn't think about anything else, he thought that Geng Xiaoqing was just embarrassed, she had no shame to face Teacher Meng, after all, on the day Teacher Meng came, she was arrested "current".
Geng Xiaoqing loves money like life. Since the beginning of high school, she has gone to the cafeteria in Powerlong Plaza every weekend to work for a day, and her third year of high school is no exception. She didn't tell her mom about her part-time job, even though her mom wouldn't care. She saved every penny she earned, and that's what she said was her college tuition.
Only Tong Tong knows about her savings, although her life on weekdays is stretched, and her mother's living expenses are always insufficient, but Tong Tong helps her. Tong Tong is also very poor, but he can always magically save a sum of money to buy her her favorite sushi rolls or her favorite milk tea once in a while.
After entering the third year of high school, Geng Xiaoqing was obviously much more anxious than before, she couldn't get into the top 50 in the city with all her might, let alone take a day out to work? Every time the results of the joint examination came out, she would be depressed for a long time.
In Tong Tong's opinion, she is already very powerful, and the teachers say that she can be admitted to a very good university, but Geng Xiaoqing is obviously not satisfied, she yells at Tong Tong impatiently: "You fool, how do you know how much difference there is between 'very good' and 'top'? I must take the top exam!"
When Tong Tong first entered high school, his grades were okay, and he was not a "fool" in Geng Xiaoqing's mouth. But whatever she wants to call it, then call it what she wants! Tong Tong never cares about her.
After eleven, the results of the joint examination came out again, and this time Geng Xiaoqing didn't even enter the top sixty. Lunch became a sinner, Geng Xiaoqing made a fire in the cafeteria: "Eat, eat, eat! Don't waste my time with these scum! I won't eat!"
Looking at the silent lunch, Tong Tong felt innocent for them. Geng Xiaoqing ran to the playground and sat in a daze, Tong Tong had to buy her another egg scone and a bowl of millet porridge.
Geng Xiaoqing mechanically held the straw in his mouth and muttered to himself: "Why can Hao Mengyuan and Sun Ping'an take the first and second exams in the city every time?"
Tong Tong was stunned for a moment, he was familiar with these two names, wasn't it the girl named Hao Mengyuan who justified him last time? The name "Sun Ping'an" is also very familiar, it was Zhang Yaoyao who said it, he is Hao Mengyuan's boyfriend?
Obediently, they are so powerful! They are one of the best in the city. No wonder in the face of the arrogant Zhang family's mother and son, Hao Mengyuan did not have stage fright at all, which was reasonable and impressive.
Geng Xiaoqing still couldn't eat anything, she looked up to the sky and sighed: "If I also have the conditions to go to the tutorial class and raise my physics scores, I will definitely do better than them." ”
Geng Xiaoqing has talked about tutoring classes more than once, but unfortunately she can't even afford to pay for her living expenses, where can she get the money to report to the tutoring class? Tong Tong wants to help her, but his situation is also very embarrassing. For both of them, the word "tutorial class" was too extravagant.
Geng Xiaoqing was stunned for a while before discussing with Tong Tong: "There is something I want to ask you." ”
"If you have something to say, do you need to talk to me?"
"There is a 'Qingbei' tutoring class in No. 2 Middle School, and I heard that the teachers there can get the internal materials of the college entrance examination. Even if I could listen to a lesson......"
Geng Xiaoqing wanted Tong Tong to put the tape recorder in the classroom in advance, and then get it after class, with his skills, he would definitely be able to do it foolproof. But Tong Tong is not a fool, he said bluntly: "Isn't this equivalent to a thief?"
Geng Xiaoqing's face flushed: "How can this be considered a thief? This is to make the opportunity for students to receive education more equitable!"
"If it's not a thief, then why can't you just go in and listen to the lecture openly?"
Geng Xiaoqing was annoyed and ashamed, and said indignantly: "I have never begged others, and I finally begged you once, but you said that I was a thief! Hmph! Don't talk to me again in the future, I don't have you as a friend!"
As soon as she was angry, Tong Tong was in a mess, but even so, he couldn't be a thief hastily. Geng Xiaoqing threw all the egg scones and millet porridge to him, and tears were already rolling down: "On my birthday this year, no one remembers, I didn't receive a gift, but I was ridiculed." In this world, I am the only one who is so unlucky. ”
Yes?!
Tong Tong was very surprised, he put all his thoughts on Teacher Meng, and even forgot Geng Xiaoqing's birthday.
This time she was in a bad mood, so she didn't say "just how the two of us are", but said "myself" directly. Tong Tong blamed himself very much, this time he really did something wrong. Except for him, Geng Xiaoqing had no one else to rely on. But he even forgot her birthday, and he really shouldn't.
On the day Geng Xiaoqing went to work in the cafeteria, Tong Tong went to the Qingbei tutoring class she said alone. Although it was a weekend, there were more people in the tutorial class. The first time Tong Tong came to this kind of place, he was ignorant, and went upstairs with the crowd.
The teachers were enthusiastic and the voice of the lecture was not small, but Tong Tong still couldn't understand anything. He wandered in the hallway for a while when a middle-aged man stopped him, "Hey, what class are you in? Why don't you go to class?"
“......”
"Aren't you a student of ours?" the man took a few more steps forward and asked warily, "You're here to steal the lesson?"
"Stealing lessons?heh, you don't inquire about my reputation, who doesn't know your class?"
Although Tong Tong didn't do anything, his clothes and demeanor revealed a shabby atmosphere, no wonder people doubted him. But before he could finish speaking, the door of a classroom was opened, and several students walked out, talking and laughing. Coincidentally, the one who laughed the loudest was Zhang Yaoyao.
Seeing Tong Tong, Zhang Yaoyao was also stunned, and then said with a smile: "Yo, can extremely poor students afford to go to this tutorial class?"
Tong Tong's face turned red, but Zhang Yaoyao laughed insolently: "You won't be here to steal the course, right? Teacher, you should quickly investigate, maybe this guy hid the recording equipment in which classroom!"
Tong Tong was so angry that he trembled, but he was angry, and instead sneered: "Don't think that the last tutoring class is great, those who have never attended a tutoring class have better grades than you, that is called real ability." ”
Although he didn't want to admit it, Zhang Yaoyao was very afraid of Tong Tong's sneer. Don't look at him as a simple and stupid big man, but as soon as he sneered, he exuded an evil aura, as if he would turn his face in the next second, and then simply put him down neatly.
Zhang Yaoyao was very unhappy. Despite this, he still stubbornly made a mistake on his lips: "If I can't go up, that's my freedom, if I want to, I can afford to go to the more expensive one." It's not like some people who can't even afford the cheapest one, and they sneak up on stealing classes......"
If he continued, Tong Tong couldn't control himself, his fists were clenched tightly, ready to attack at any time. But at this moment, a familiar "Tong Tong" once again relieved him.
It's Teacher Meng again.
Teacher Meng stepped forward and said eagerly, "You're here to find me, right? I asked you to make up the lesson, and you really came?"
......???
However, Tong Tong understood Mr. Meng's intention this time and said, "Hmm...... Actually, I have something else to do......"
"What's the matter?"
Although embarrassed to speak, Tong Tong continued: "I scraped together some money with a few friends and wanted to sign up for a physics tutoring class for Xiaoqing, and she wanted to apply for it a long time ago." ”
As he spoke, Tong Tong untied his schoolbag and took out an envelope from it. He didn't want to be known to everyone, but several people said that he was "stealing classes", so he wanted to prove that he was not a thief, he came with money.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yaoyao glanced at the shriveled envelope with cold eyes, and sneered: "How much money did you bring?"
"A thousand. ”
"Haha, a thousand dollars, just enough for me to take a class!"
Tong Tong was shocked and angry, but Teacher Meng looked at Zhang Yaoyao unhurriedly: "Ah! I don't see it, this classmate has lofty ambitions! I heard my classmate say that the four-figure tutoring class is not something that can be reported if you have money, they are only for students who have hit the Qingbei Jiaotong University, I don't know which one of them you want to take the exam?"
......
After an awkward silence, Zhang Yaoyao changed the topic in a sloppy manner: "I just know my goal...... My mother has long said that the high-end tutoring class should be in a high-end place, and next time I will go to my hotel! ”
Zhang Yaoyao left, Tong Tong was embarrassed and indignant, and he didn't greet Teacher Meng, took the "shabby" envelope, and ran straight home.
In the middle of the night, he sat alone in the courtyard, and the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, why didn't he beat up the surnamed Zhang? With nowhere to vent his anger, he punched and kicked the old sandbags in the yard.
Geng Xiaoqing got off work, she didn't go home, but looked for Tong Tong first. She leaned against the door and said weakly, "Is there any instant noodles?" ”
"Didn't you eat at the restaurant today?"
"No, when I met Zhang Yaoyao and his mother, I was so disgusted that I couldn't eat a bite. ”
......
It's really a narrow road.
Zhang Yaoyao had just finished a four-figure tutoring class and went to the cafeteria with an average of 300 per capita for dinner, which cost Tong Tong two months of living expenses.
I heard that Zhang Yaoyao often went to the cafeteria to eat, which is one of the most expensive restaurants in Hong Kong City. Unlike others, he really treats buffets as a daily meal, and he doesn't need to eat them on special anniversaries or wait until he has money.
He went very often, or he wouldn't have met Geng Xiaoqing, and he wouldn't have launched a fierce offensive against her. He prides himself on being "Gangcheng Zhang Gongzi", but Geng Xiaoqing doesn't look down on him at all. Her goal is high, in her words, Zhang Yaoyao is just a small tyrant in a small place, she can't get on the big stage, and she won't have great achievements.
But even this little tyrant can show off his might in front of Tong Tong, jumping up and down. Except for beating him, Tong Tong had no way to deal with him. Even if he beats him, it must be Tong Tong who is unlucky in the end.
Last time, Lao Niu sent a few packs of instant noodles, Tong Tong skillfully cooked them, and he said to himself: "I cook instant noodles, and I hesitate to add an egg, but he spends four figures a day so easily...... Sometimes, life is really unfair. ”