Chapter 3 Nineteen Eighty-Four, Hello
At four o'clock in the morning, Li Yadong was dragged up from bed by Hu Xiuying.
After a bowl of chicken noodle soup is put into the stomach, it is instantly full of vitality.
After a while, there was movement in the dark night outside the door, and his full-time driver arrived.
"Xiaodong, are you all cleaned up?" accompanied by the voice, under the faint light of the kerosene lamp, I could barely see that it was a stocky young man walking in.
This is Li Yadong's hair young, the second son of the village accountant, Zhang Chunxi.
The two are of the same age, when they were young, they picked birds in the trees and fished in the river together, and when they grew up, they went to school together, from elementary school to high school. Unfortunately, Zhang Chunxi failed in the preliminary exam a month ago.
After ten years of cold windows, I was brushed off before I walked into the examination room of the college entrance examination, which was also depressing enough.
In this era, due to the fact that the university has not yet expanded its enrollment, the admission quota is very limited, and there is a pre-examination a month before the college entrance examination, which is no less difficult than the college entrance examination, and nearly two-thirds of the students will lose in this exam, and die before leaving the school.
Not every student has the opportunity to repeat their studies, in this era of illiteracy, the vast majority of parents do not have this determination, they will choose to give up after they understand that their children are not the onion, and they are unwilling to provide again, which can greatly reduce the burden on the family.
After all, it is too hard for children to study, and some people have raised pigs at home for many years, but as soon as school starts, they have to let the people from the food company take them away, and they don't even know what pork tastes like.
Therefore, many high school students in this era actually have no chance to experience the taste of the college entrance examination.
"Chunxi is here, let's eat a few bites quickly. After Hu Xiuying saw the person coming, she brought a bowl of noodles from the stove, and there were a few pieces of chicken in it.
Although she is very good at living, she is not a stingy person, other people's children don't sleep, and she sends her son to the county exam from afar, she has no reason to be reluctant to give up a few pieces of meat.
"Auntie, don't ......"
Zhang Chunxi had actually eaten it, and just wanted to say "no need", but after seeing the contents of the bowl clearly, water began to bubble in his mouth. Although his father is the accountant in the village, no one is much better than anyone else these years, and meat is a thing that is sacrificed every New Year's Day, can you not be greedy?
"Bear-like, hurry up and eat, eat well and go on the road. Li Yadong knew what it tasted like as soon as his ass was cocked, and slapped him on the bench with a slap.
"Hehe...... Zhang Chunxi devoured for a while, his mouth was full of oil, and he came back to his senses leisurely after a long time, "You cursed me just now." ”
"How can there be?" Li Yadong thought about it for a while, as if it was really like that, but he didn't admit it.
"Obviously there is!"
“……”
"Oh, my two little ancestors, don't talk about it, it's dawn if you delay it any longer. After Hu Xiuying stuffed a bundle of clothes and sheets tied with thatched ropes into Li Yadong's hands, she began to drive people away.
Zhang Chunxi's vehicle is a 28-bar car, and his father's baby pimple, although it is not a "permanent" brand, but it is a thief, and it is no worse than the Mercedes-Benz BMW in the future.
There is a lot of distance from the village to the county seat, which is also the reason why the two of them get up early, and the bus is also available, but it is not very convenient, and it takes half a day to get it to the township, and it also requires money.
He is also quite willing to do this job, mainly because he usually covets this car. A bicycle has been ridden for almost two years and it is still the same as new, so you can also see what kind of person his father Accountant Zhang is.
"The girl in Alishan is as beautiful as water, and the young man in Alishan is as strong as a mountain......"
Zhang Chunxi pedaled leisurely and leisurely, while pulling his throat and howling this song that became popular all over the country after the Spring Festival Gala, and felt good about himself.
Li Yadong silently watched the scene of regression on both sides, he had walked this road more than 10 million times, and now when he walked again, he actually had the feeling of walking into a black and white movie, which was embarrassing.
I don't know when the sky was white, the clouds changed from gray to snow-white at the beginning, and then they were dyed a fiery red by the rising sun, and the sun began to rise in the east, and a new day arrived.
When the two of them arrived in the county, it was already more than six o'clock in the morning, and this small county town belonging to China's sixth and seventh lines gradually caught a trace of vitality from the cool morning light.
This year's college entrance examination is far less popular than it was in the future, there are no lights, traffic control and the like, and the people on the streets are busy, and there is no difference from every day in the past.
There is no congestion on the road, cars are completely non-existent, and occasionally a "big east wind" drives by, which always attracts attention. More often than not, it is a board cart pulled by manpower, and the most common ox cart.
The old man who drove the car will tie a burlap bag behind the tail of the ox, or carry a bamboo basket with the car, which is a tool for storing cow dung. Of course, the main thing is to worry that the police uncle will find trouble.
Everyone's reverence for uniforms is far greater than that of future generations, and those who dare to scare the police will be set on fire by the people, and being criticized and educated will be a shameful thing to be thrown to grandma's house.
The act of throwing dung on the street is very bad, it is obviously a smear against socialism, and it can gradually rise to the level of engaging in capitalism, and anyway, the things that are probably unpopular in these years can be classified into this category.
There is nothing wrong with the evil capitalism.
"Hey, two little comrades, stop now!"
Afraid of something, Zhang Chunxi thought that he had observed carefully enough, but he was still caught by the elusive police uncle around a corner.
Bicycle violations—this may seem vexatious in the future, but it is a very serious issue in these days.
"Uncle policeman, we know that we are wrong, and we will never dare again. ”
The two of them hurriedly stood in place, rested for a while, and waited for the police uncle to review them, and at the same time took the initiative to admit their mistakes. Our party has always advocated "leniency in confession and strictness in resistance." If you are stubborn, you are asking for hardship.
"I said that the two little comrades, do you know how dangerous the behavior just now is? The speed of the car is still so fast, this is completely disregarding the life and death of the people......
"Right...... Yes, Uncle Policeman, you are right, we are too selfish and lack the spirit of socialism, we reflect deeply, and we must correct it!" the two nodded frequently, like chickens pecking rice.
The policeman's uncle, who had a strong sense of justice, criticized and educated them bitterly for about ten minutes, probably because their attitude was not bad, but there was no serious matter of fines, which made the two of them angry. Although the money was not fined, the review letter and the guarantee letter were indispensable, and after writing it seriously, he fled the scene in a hurry.
"Oh my damn!" Zhang Chunxi pushed the bicycle all the way, and didn't even dare to ride, looking so embarrassed and embarrassed.
I didn't see him sweat after pedaling the bicycle for almost two hours before, but the sea soul shirt on his body was soaked with sweat at this time, which showed how much he had suffered.
Li Yadong was also not much better, and after wiping the sweat stains on his forehead, he silently praised the policeman uncle just now.
If the traffic police in the future can be like him, not for the purpose of deducting points and fines, catch a person who violates traffic rules and teach the law in his ear for half an hour, and then send a 200-word review and a letter of guarantee, and estimate that the owner who is not bad for money will have to be obedient in the future.
"You kid slow down, don't be in a hurry, there's enough time. ”
Li Yadong looked at his soaked back and was a little uncomfortable, and bought two mung bean popsicles with the dime he saved, which was regarded as a shock to himself and the Chunxi brothers.
The material of the popsicle is extremely simple, mung beans and brown sugar, but Li Yadong unexpectedly ate the taste of happiness, a mouthful of sweetness is full of childhood memories, and after a burst of coldness into his heart and spleen, he said something that made Zhang Chunxi next to him confused.
"Nineteen eighty-four, hello!"