Geng Xiaoqing ignored Tong Tong's sorrow, and she was very happy when she heard that he was going to enroll in a tutoring class for herself. But she didn't show a particularly touched look, but was quite "deserved".

A smart, beautiful and arrogant girl can hardly take this little favor in her eyes, although she knows Tong Tong's predicament better than anyone else.

Tong Tong's monthly living expenses are only 500 yuan, of which 300 yuan is paid by the street, which Lao Niu's daughter-in-law tries her best to help the Tong family get; 200 yuan is issued by the school, which is solved by the previous head teacher, Lao Fan.

Tong Tong is the most reluctant to be labeled as a "poor student", he is unwilling to hold a piece of paper and find all kinds of people to sign it. He didn't want to look up in front of his classmates, and he even had to look at people's faces to eat a bowl of beef noodles for five yuan.

He didn't want to study, and he had long had the idea of dropping out of school to work, but he was the object of Lao Niu and his daughter-in-law's attention, and he was also the extremely poor student that the school focused on, so it was impossible for him to drop out.

The subsistence allowance was issued to Grandma Tong and his son, and Tong Tong did not interfere, so he did not feel that his self-esteem was hurt, but he did not want to take the school subsidy. Lao Fan asked him to apply, and he shook his head like a rattle: "It's a big deal to eat dirt, so as not to be sympathized." ”

"You really can't afford to eat some soil!" Lao Fan was anxious and angry, and threatened: "If you don't apply, I will contact the welfare institute and let them pick you up! Anyway, your grandmother and your adoptive father are not in good health, and you are underage, so you can honestly go to the welfare home to stay!"

"Just go, you can't lock me up anywhere anyway, I just happened to go to the south to work. ”

At that time, Tong Tong was still very arrogant, and (he thought) very chic, but he was angry enough with Lao Fan. Lao Fan is still quite conscientious, he didn't let Tong Tong go through the formalities, but ran before and after himself, and helped him complete all kinds of materials. After everything was done, he threw a bank card in front of Tong Tong and said in a rough voice: "You kid owes me a big favor, remember to pay it back in the future." ”

Lao Fan was very righteous and helped him keep secrets, and Tong Tong was very grateful to him. He didn't plan to use the money in the card, but his grandmother's condition suddenly worsened, and he couldn't even eat. He still wanted to save face and didn't ask anyone for help, and as a result, he experienced the taste of low blood sugar from hunger at a young age. He was dizzy when he got up early in the morning, but he didn't know about "low blood sugar", he thought he was about to die, and his survival instinct made him withdraw a sum of money, and after several days, he ate a full meal for the first time. At that time, he realized that he was not very backbone, and he would still bow to hunger and poverty.

Adolescent boys are always struggling with hunger, and Tong Tong's living conditions are not good, but his height jumps quickly, and the hunger gets worse and worse. He became more and more dependent on subsidies from various parties, and he doubted that he really had no dignity, because all he wanted was to eat enough and live. He has the idol baggage of a "school bully", for fear that others will look down on him, but the teachers and friends who know about it have a tacit understanding to keep secrets for him, so that he will not lose face.

Grandma Tong's son is about 40 years old, sick and weak, basically unable to work, and works odd jobs in the shipyard near the dock, only returning home once in a while. In Tong Tong's impression, when he was young, he was hunched over his waist and his eyes were very cloudy. He barely laughed, and he didn't lose his temper — or maybe he didn't have the strength to do so. He was always wilting, like he was half dead.

I heard my grandmother say that when she decided to adopt Tong Tong, her son yelled rarely: "I can't even support myself, how can I afford to raise this little cub?!

At that time, he was in his early twenties, and Grandma Tong took Tong Tong home despite his objections. Later, he met a woman, rented a room outside, and had a son. Grandma Tong was disgusted, she firmly believed that the child must be someone else's, and her son was deceived by that woman.

Later, Lao Tong fell ill, and his wife and children ran away. He wanted to chase them back, but he was weak, and before he could leave, he fell seriously ill again, and from then on he became even more gloomy, unwilling to face gossip and cynicism, and almost made a home at the docks, and only came back to see his wife during the New Year's holidays.

Tong Tong called him "Old Tong", and he muttered a few words, saying that he was uneducated, but he didn't seem to care very much. The last time Tong Tong saw Lao Tong was a few months ago, when Grandma Tong died suddenly. When handling his mother's funeral, Lao Tong, who was already half-dead, was like a piece of dead wood, and he was not as good as Tong Tong to support the scene.

When his grandmother died, Tong Tong's age in the household registration book was only 17 years old, and it stands to reason that he could be sent to a welfare home. What's more, the Tong family is surrounded by walls, and there is a medicine jar that lasts for breath, and it is impossible to take care of a minor at all. Lao Niu's daughter-in-law, Hu Wenjuan, came to the house to express her condolences to the street office, but Tong Tong lowered her head and did not speak, and did not appreciate it.

Lao Tong, who had been silent for several days, finally took the initiative to speak to Tong Tong: "Do you want to go to the welfare home?"

Tong Tong immediately shook his head: "I'm so old, and I'm not a child who can't take care of myself, why do I go to the welfare home?

So, Lao Tong said to Lao Niu's daughter-in-law: "There is still an adult like me at home, so he doesn't have to go to the welfare home." ”

He didn't say "guardian", but Tong Tong understood what he meant - he was Tong Tong's parent, and he could take care of Tong Tong. Tong Tong once complained that he was groggy all day long and did not want to make progress, but at that moment, he was very grateful to Lao Tong. And he understood that despite being awkward for so many years, Lao Tong still accepted him and treated him as his own family.

Lao Tong doesn't know how to take care of people, since his mother died, he has been home less often, he just left his share of money to Tong Tong. Tong Tong's life was stretched, but when he thought of Lao Tong, who was sick, he was still full of gratitude, and thought to himself that he would always repay him in the future.

In this way, with a living allowance of 500 yuan a month, I can barely eat in the canteen, but I have to be careful in my calculations, and I definitely can't eat big fish and meat all at once. Adolescent boys are like hungry wolves coming down the mountain, Tong Tong is no exception, fortunately, his old friend grandson is still quite righteous, and invites him to his barbecue stall from time to time to improve his life, and a few of their good friends can also fill their stomachs with some oil and water.

On the night he came back from the tutoring class, Tong Tong cooked instant noodles for Geng Xiaoqing, but there were no eggs at home, so the nutritional value of this bowl of noodles was not high. But Geng Xiaoqing didn't care, she devoured it and swallowed several mouthfuls before she sighed "It's alive".

Tong Tong sat down beside her, feeling a little distressed: "You don't have enough time for others to review, it's better for you to go out to work...... You like to make money so much?"

"Well, I have to be rich, and I have to make a lot of money in the future!" Geng Xiaoqing swallowed a few more mouthfuls and said, "In order to make more money in the future, I must save enough tuition before going to college!"

In the fifteenth middle school, Geng Xiaoqing's life experience is almost well known. Many people laughed at her efforts, saying that she had worked in vain—the daughter of a murderer and a prostitution girl, who would dare to use her? What good job could she get?

Geng Xiaoqing understands her situation better than anyone else, but she is optimistic enough: "Tong Tong, I will definitely leave here and start over in a place where no one knows me." I'm going to be special, special, and so successful that all those who look down on me will look up to me!

After talking about his pride and ambition, Geng Xiaoqing said very gently: "However, you are an exception! No matter when, even if I become president, you are still my closest person." ”

Tong Tong didn't go to his heart, thinking of Zhang Yaoyao, he was still aggrieved. After calming down, he remembered that Teacher Meng was still there, and she saw his most embarrassed side again, which made him extremely frustrated.

He couldn't hide it from Geng Xiaoqing, and finally told the afternoon's experience and inventory one by one. Geng Xiaoqing blinked and sold Meng at him: "You poor bastard, where did you get the money to enroll me in such an expensive cram school?"

"I saved two hundred by eating and saving. Lao Sun lied about buying study materials and blackmailed 500 yuan from his father, and Lao Chen gave 300, and finally scraped together 1,000 yuan. ”

"I said it casually, you are so concerned, you deserve to be my good Tong Tong. Geng Xiaoqing's big eyes were full of mist, which was both pure and shrewd. The seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy couldn't resist this kind of girl at all, she casually put on a beautiful look, and a large group of boys came forward to fulfill her wishes.

However, Tong Tong was not seduced by her beauty, he helped her, it was really out of friendship that could not be purest anymore, or maybe it was family affection.

After eating the noodles, Geng Xiaoqing gave a cute burp and joked: "Other school bullies are robbing other people's money, but it's good for you to make up money pitifully...... You are really the most school bully since the establishment of the 15th Middle School. ”

Tong Tong was indeed quite domineering before, he often put his hands in his pockets during class, stretched his two long legs straight, leaned lazily on the back table, and looked at the teacher unruly. He imitated the speech of the teacher he didn't like, and made fun of the female teacher who had just finished eating more than once: "Teacher, your stomach is out!"

......

The young female teacher cried angrily, threw the students in the classroom, and fled back to the office in embarrassment. She cried and cried about Tong Tong's various crimes, and she couldn't wait to send him to the juvenile detention center.

Tong Tong did a similar immoral thing to the teacher, but he did it rightly, he said, because the teacher looked down on him and spoke ugly, he took revenge like that. In addition to making the teacher angry, he also repaired many classmates. But he swore to God that a fight would be a fight, and he had never extorted money. He has never been uncommon with money that comes from the wrong way.

However, after the death of his grandmother, Tong Tong's temperament changed greatly, and he no longer intimidated his classmates who were not used to it, nor did he tease teachers. Sleeping in class every day, wandering after class, he becomes a quiet stupid big man. After Teacher Meng came, there was actually a trace of well-behaved aura on his body, although he didn't notice it. He was just distressed, how to explain to Teacher Meng when he saw her the next day?

He also thought that Geng Xiaoqing would not accept his kindness, after all, for them, a thousand yuan is indeed not a small amount. But Geng Xiaoqing gladly accepted it, without considering his burden in the slightest. After she finished eating the noodles, the eldest lady pushed the tableware in front of Tong Tong, and then walked away: "Iron bucket, thank you for registering for me." Don't worry, I will definitely stomp Zhang Yaoyao under my feet and avenge you!"