Chapter XVII
The college entrance examination is approaching, Shanzi and Tie Dan are under a lot of pressure, Shanzi is especially great, in addition to studying, he also has to consider the high tuition fees, tuition and miscellaneous fees and monthly food expenses are unaffordable for him, an orphan in the mountains, he is full of melancholy, many times have directly affected his test results, Tie Dan's ranking has surpassed him, Tie Dan doesn't know what Shanzi is for emotional instability, and he doesn't say anything when he asks him.
Tie Dan was in a hurry, and Shanzi still held his heart in his heart. Seeing the days passing day by day, the time before the college entrance examination can be counted with his fingers, Shanzi is still like a stuffy gourd, and he still hides iron eggs all day long.
After school that day, Tie Dan blocked Shanzi on the road, and he forced him to tell why he was like a deflated ball for a while. At first, Shanzi kept his head silent, seeing that Tie Dan was in a hurry, he simply cried loudly, Tie Dan looked at him like this, he was really frightened, he was at a loss to hold Shanzi in his arms, patted his back and comforted him. After crying, Shanzi snorted and said, "Tiedan, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to college with you......"
"What's the matter, why can't we be together?" Iron Egg asked anxiously.
"I don't have any money...... The cost of college is very expensive...... I won't take the test, and I won't be able to read the test......" Shanzi was still sobbing.
"What kind of big deal did I say! Can a living person be suffocated by urine? Let's figure out a way together, it's a big deal that I'll divide half of my food expenses with you, and we'll make up the tuition fees together during the holidays, right?"
"It's okay to make up the tuition together, it's not okay to share half of the food expenses, you have a lot of food, it's not okay to be hungry!"
"Shanzi, don't be too busy with yourself, from now on, you will review well, and we will find a way together after the exam!"
"Hmm!" Shanzi nodded vigorously, breaking into a smile, he finally vented the grievances that he had held in his heart these days.
Two inseparable friends and brothers walked home shoulder to shoulder. As he walked, Tie Dan seemed to remember something, and suddenly shouted: "Shanzi, don't you still have the jade bracelet left by your grandmother?"
Shanzi suddenly realized, patted his head, and said: "Ah, I forgot about them! It's been a few years, let's go, let's go home and take a look at ......."
Shanzi pulled the iron egg and ran towards the house, panting as he ran, and said, "Iron egg...... Not really, my ...... Tuition is what they are......"
Seeing the long-lost smile on Shanzi's face, Tie Dan's heart was also very comfortable. He said, "You keep them as a last resort...... You didn't say it was your grandmother who left it to you...... Reluctantly?"
Tie Dan's body is stronger than that of Shanzi, and he can naturally speak easily and fluently when he runs. He said, "Shanzi, don't talk yet, look at you tired!"
"Hey......" The two of them ran to the house in one breath, and without taking a breath, they rushed into the stove room, picked up the ashes in the abandoned stove to look for something, and after digging for a long time, they didn't see what they were looking for.
Shanzi's hope was shattered, and the joy and excitement of Fang Cai were instantly replaced by the pain of the sky falling, and he instantly lost his mind, and he kept digging and shaving, until ten fingers were bloody, and the iron egg couldn't pull him up. Seeing him like this, Tie Dan was both distressed and frightened, and the docile Shanzi instantly turned into a lion, and the blow was really terrible to destroy people's will.
"Shanzi, don't be like this, you rest on the side, I'll help you find it. Tie Dan helped Shanzi to sit down on the side, and was about to lean down to look for it, when suddenly, Shanzi howled and cried, crying for a while and laughing for a while, he looked at him sadly, and lowered his head to dig the dust.
Tie Dan was so focused that he didn't notice that Shanzi was raising a wooden stick and hitting him, and when he heard Shanzi's scream of 'Ya ......' and looked up, it was too late, and the stick had already knocked on his shoulder, and suddenly, a hot pain swept over his heart. He struggled to stand up, supported his waist with his dusty hands, looked at Shanzi dumbfounded, and asked with a grin: "Shanzi, what's wrong with you, what are you doing beating me!"
"Tiedan, I treat you as a brother...... Are you honest...... Did you steal it? Didn't you...... Isn't it?"
Shanzi was full of gibberish, which made Tie Dan dumbfounded, he never expected that Shanzi would treat him as a robber. Anger, indescribable anger swept through his body, and he trembled and asked, "Shanzi, what did you say?"
"Who else would it be, not you? I've only shown you one person, and you're the only one...... Only you know that they are hidden here......" Shanzi pestled the wooden stick, tears welling up.
"Shanzi ......" Tie Dan called out Shanzi's name bitterly, hoping to wake him up from his nightmare.
"Don't call me...... Bandit...... You're a complete robber......" Shanzi shouted hysterically and threw himself at Tie Dan, Tie Dan let Shanzi scratch, he didn't fight back, he knew that as soon as he made a move, he could only suffer from Shanzi, who was powerless, he tried to restrain his emotions, he didn't want to lose control and hurt Shanzi, he wanted to hurt him, effortlessly, and Shanzi hit him, right to tickle.
Shanzi tossed enough, and if Tie Dan didn't fight back, his heart was empty all of a sudden, just like the opponent in the boxing ring didn't appear, no matter how beautiful it was, it was in vain. He shouted at the iron egg, "Get out of here...... From now on, I don't want to see you again......"
Iron Egg's tears suddenly welled up in his eyes, and he rushed out. The iron egg was like a wild horse that had escaped from the reins, galloping all the way, bursts of smoke and dust rising from under his feet, and tears instantly scattered in the wind. His heart was weeping, crying: Shanzi, how can you scold me like this, how can you think of me as a robber who steals your belongings...... You know, I'm willing to share everything I have with you...... Everything, do you understand? Do you understand?
"Ah......h
Shanzi walked around the courtyard in a daze, like a wandering spirit of a lonely ghost detached from his body, and he muttered, "What did I say...... What have I done...... Iron Egg ...... What I said, what I did......"
A few thunderbolts accompanied by a few lightning bolts, a torrential rain, the mountains were still wandering around the courtyard, and the iron eggs were still shouting halfway up the mountain. In a short time, both of them became chickens, and they both stood in the wind and shivered in the rain.
The next day, neither Shanzi nor Tie Dan went to school, they had a fever at the same time, and they each lay in the house without saying a word. Shanzi was lying alone on the bed, his tongue was dry, and he suddenly remembered that in the past, Tie Dan was by his side, bringing him water and medicine, and urging him to eat. The good thing about the iron egg is that Shanzi's mind and heart have gone through it like a movie. Shanzi understands that he has broken Tiedan's heart this time, and from now on, he will have no relatives or friends in this world.
Shanzi struggled out of bed, drank a few sips of water, chewed a few herbs, and fell into a deep sleep on the bed.
Tie Dan Niang asked Wu Guihua to go to the house to give Tie Dan an injection of antipyretics, and soon, he had a fever and ate a big bowl of noodles at night. He was angry with Shanzi in his heart, how could Shanzi misunderstand the brothers who shared weal and woe like this, and he was aggrieved when he thought about it.
The next day, Tie Dan had almost recovered and went to school, along the way, he didn't see Shanzi, he thought: Shanzi shouldn't really give up the exam, right?
When he arrived at the school, Tie Dan was searching for Shanzi's figure intentionally or unintentionally, and he also deceived himself and scolded himself: I'm not looking for him, what am I looking for him? What does he have to do with me, he has nothing to do with me!
After school, Tie Dan secretly hid outside Shanzi's house and peeped, he saw Shanzi eating herbs, heard Shanzi coughing, and saw him reading. It dawned on him that Shanzi had also fallen ill, and it seemed that he was fine, so Tie Dan went home in disgrace.
After hitting there, the two of them were strangers, and they had to bypass each other when they met on the road.
Shanzi told the teacher to give up the college entrance examination, and the teacher tried hard to persuade him to no avail, in desperation, the teacher found Tie Dan, he said: "Yang Wentie, I heard that you and Gu Yuanshan are good friends, I hope you can persuade him to take the college entrance examination with confidence! Otherwise, his good future will be ruined!"
"Teacher, don't worry, I will definitely persuade him!"
After school, Tie Dan rushed directly to the gate of Shanzi's courtyard and scolded: "Shanzi, you are a bad seed, you will give up on yourself and live, see how you are worthy of the grandmother who raised you with hard work......"
There was no movement in the room, Tie Dan paused for a moment and continued to scold: "You might as well die like this, have you forgotten? Your grandmother died when she fell down to bring you a bowl of noodles......
In the house, Shanzi put his head under the quilt and cried bitterly, the days without iron eggs turned out to be so difficult. Tie Dan continued to scold: "Useless seed...... I'm afraid I won't be able to pass the test, right? I despise you!"
Tie Dan scolded so much that Shanzi came out with tears on his cheeks and said, "Tie Dan, don't scold! ”
"It's decided, whoever escapes from the battle is a bad seed!" Tie Dan deliberately made his tone cold.
"Hmm!" Shanzi nodded vigorously.
The goal was achieved, Tie Dan was gone, and he didn't look back, but he was feeling everything behind him with his heart.
Everything is as usual, going to school and leaving school, and the two of them look like they don't get along with each other. This continued until they each walked into the exam room.