Huang Lin knew that Zhong Ling was thinking too much, so he hugged her and coaxed her, saying that Xiuxiu definitely didn't think so, Xiuxiu was the most filial, but Xiuxiu did grow up, and some things could be decided by themselves, so they didn't have to force them to be sisters and brothers-in-law. Then when he went out to wash his face, he knocked on Zhong Xiu's door again, apologized for Zhong Ling and said that Zhong Ling's words at the dinner table did not mean that, Zhong Xiu hurriedly said that he knew that he had talked too much.

After Huang Lin's persuasion, the next morning the two sisters spoke awkwardly and again, Zhong Ling said that she had figured it out and no longer urged Zhong Xiu to find a partner, and whoever asked about it in the future would be in a hurry. Zhong Xiu couldn't cry or laugh, and also said that she was joking yesterday, if she hadn't been pulled by her eldest sister, she wouldn't have been able to grow up like she is today, and she said that she would pay attention to proportions when she spoke in the future, and no longer joke casually. With it, Zhong Xiu pulled Huang Jiujiu again: "Jiujiu, you also saw it yesterday, so your mother and aunt and I have been teaching you to pay attention to what you usually speak, is it reasonable?"

Huang Jiujiu, who was frightened among the two sisters last night, was now picked up and slipped out, with an inexplicable expression, and he had to obediently echo: "Yes, it makes sense." She still thinks that it is better for her mother and aunt to quarrel two more times, so that they will not have time to unite to educate her.

Zhong Xiu went to work with a smile and took the repeater he had used at the beginning. She went back to her room last night, went through all the things in the house, and looked at the old things she used so much, and remembered the kindness of her eldest sister to her, and she also wiped her tears with self-blame. This repeater was turned out by her yesterday, and it was a gift from the high school that the eldest sister saved up to buy for her.

At that time, when the eldest sister gave it to Zhong Xiu, she said that she usually asked the second child to give money to buy it, and she had to buy something, so she went to the bookstore and stationery store in the county seat. At that time, Zhong Xiu lived in the county town, and only knew that this gift was rare, and later I learned that the eldest sister went to the mountains to cut bamboo for a long time, and went to the town or city to sell vegetables every day before dawn, because her brother-in-law's motorcycle wanted to carry people to make money, so she rode her bicycle by herself. Later, when the money was not enough, he asked his brother-in-law to run more motorcycles at night, so the two of them saved a repeater to come out. It is said that the eldest brother is like a father, and here in Zhongxiu, the eldest sister is like a mother.

When Zhong Xiu looked at the repeater in his hand again, he smiled with relief, raised his eyes and handed the repeater to Geng Hao: "I see that you have a lot of English tapes here, but there is no repeater, the school can't even buy textbooks now, and the repeater must be quite difficult to buy, so you can use me first." Zhong Xiu is in charge of the village's finances, and the money for Mocun Primary School is also allocated from her, and she is also clear about the financial situation of Mocun Primary School.

Geng Hao was not very grateful in his heart, and took the repeater: "Thank you." ”

Zhong Xiu finally glanced at the repeater, and said with a subtle expression: "You pay attention to this, don't use it." ”

Geng Hao looked at the repeater in his hand again, and guessed that it might be important to Zhong Xiu, so he squeezed it tighter and gave her a reassuring smile: "I will." ”

"Do you want to try it now?" Zhong Xiu's eyes suddenly lit up, "I haven't used it for a long time, I don't know if it's good or not." ”

Geng Hao immediately turned on the repeater, took out a tape from the drawer, put it in, pressed the play button, and heard the sound of the tape turning. Within a few seconds, a clear female voice came out, reading the listening part of the textbook seriously. Geng Hao and Zhong Xiu looked at each other and smiled.

Geng Hao pressed the pause button: "It's very easy to use, this looks like it's been a few years, and you saved it very well." ”

Zhong Xiu recalled: "I bought it in 01, and it has been seven years since now. You're busy, I'm going to be busy. ”

With the repeater, Geng Hao listened to the tapes with headphones every day to see what he needed to add to the class and what he didn't. One day, Director Mo wandered in, saw the repeater in his hand, and sighed, saying that it was the same as Zhong Xiu's. Geng Hao said that this is Zhong Xiu's.

After Director Mo let out a long sigh, he told Zhong Xiu how he got this repeater, and then told Geng Hao: "You have to protect it well, don't break it." I haven't told Xiuxiu about this yet, so don't tell Xiuxiu either. After speaking, Director Mo muttered about the difficulties of the year, and slowly went out. Geng Hao treats this repeater as if he were a treasure, and he feels heavy in his hand, weighing a thousand pounds.

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On the afternoon of August 31, Wang Dahua went to the village committee to find Geng Hao, saying that the school would start the next day to register, and they needed to go to school in advance to clean up the school. He and Wang Dahua restored every room in the school to its original state, then wiped every table with a rag, and finally cleaned it again.

Wang Dahua chattered while cleaning up, saying that Liu Jia had done things like wiping the table and sweeping the floor before, and then said a lot of things related to Liu Jia. said that as long as Liu Jia is here, the school will always be clean.

"Teacher Liu, she really regards the school as her home. Wang Dahua said, holding the broom and straightening up his sore waist, with a thick sadness in his eyes. Geng Hao recalled the month he spent with Liu Jia, and couldn't help but start to feel sad, in the future, there will only be the three of them in this school.

They took the textbooks for grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 out of the cabinet and placed them on their desks. The next day, the parents brought their children to sign up, and they also received the textbooks by the way. None of the textbooks are new, and children don't know how to cherish them, so the corners of each book are not rolled, and many books are missing corners and pages. Geng Hao asked Wang Dahua how long it took to use this batch of books, and Wang Dahua said that it had been several years. Before leaving, Wang Dahua told Geng Hao that it was best to go to school at about seven o'clock the next day, and usually at that time, parents would take their children to the school to register.

Geng Hao asked Sister Huang to steam two more steamed buns in the evening, and he took them and ate them by himself the next day, and Sister Huang didn't have to come to make breakfast again. Unexpectedly, at six o'clock the next morning, Sister Huang came to the kitchen to make breakfast for him. In this regard, Geng Hao didn't know how to thank him. Although Sister Huang is sometimes more calculating and her mouth is more broken, she is still very serious and responsible.

When Geng Hao arrived at school, Wang Dahua also arrived, and some parents had already led their children to wait at the door of the office. As soon as Geng Hao and Wang Dahua arrived, they stood up one after another. Wang Dahua asked Geng Hao to register information and collect summer vacation homework, and he was responsible for collecting money and distributing books.

The first to sign up was Moxi. It was Mo Xi's father who sent Mo Xi, Mo Yuanhe, according to generation, and Mo Yuancheng and Mo Yuansheng are the same generation. Mo Yuanhe pulled out a money bag from his trouser pocket, and there was a rope on the cloth bag, which was tied to the straps on his pants, apparently afraid that the money bag would fall. He opened the cloth bag and asked Geng Hao: "Teacher, Mo Xi is in the second grade, how much does he have to pay?"

"Fifteen yuan, give it to Mr. Wang. ”

Geng Hao said in a friendly manner, bowed his head and registered a string of basic information on the information registration form printed last night, and asked Mo Yuanhe while writing. Mo Yuanhe also replied while taking the money. He took out a cloth from the cloth bag, and when he opened it, there was another layer of plastic bags, and when he opened the plastic bag, there was a pile of coins and a few old banknotes. Mo Yuanhe cautiously took out a piece of twenty yuan, and handed it to Wang Dahua with a smile on his face. His hands were full of wrinkles and subtle scars, his nails were wide and flat, and there was dirt and dirt inside, the entire nail cover was black and yellow, and the banknotes were tightly pinched in his hand, until Wang Dahua pinched it and would not fall off, he let go with a smile, and then stared closely at Wang Dahua to find the five yuan.

"Here, I'll find you five dollars. Wang Dahua handed the money to Mo Yuanhe, and handed the textbook to Mo Xi with the other hand, "Here, take the textbook." ”

Mo Yuanhe quickly caught the money, and Mo Xi took the textbook with a pair of big eyes. Mo Yuanhe folded the five yuan, put it neatly into the plastic bag, then tied it, wrapped it layer by layer with a cloth handkerchief, put it back into the cloth bag, stuffed it into the pocket, and put the whole hand in, put the cloth bag at the bottom of the trouser pocket to rest assured, and then patted the trouser pocket, showing a reassuring smile. Mo Xi, like his father, took the textbook, put it into his cloth bag seriously, slowly took out his summer vacation homework and handed it to Geng Hao, then zipped the cloth bag, turned his head to look at his father, grinned, and showed a few small black teeth. The father and son looked at each other with the same smile on their faces, shy and introverted but heartfelt joy.

Since Geng Hao knew about Mo Xi's situation, he unconsciously paid more attention to Mo Xi, looking at his grinning innocence, his heart was also soft. Mo Xi would only smile when his father came to pick him up every time, and when he was at school, he was always cowering and looking cowardly at everything. This year, he mainly took English in the third and fourth grades, as well as Chinese in the first and second grades, thinking that if he had energy, he could care more about his learning.

The real time for registration is nine o'clock, because some parents arrive early, Geng Hao and they started the registration process at seven o'clock, but the real busy time is after eight o'clock, and the registration is almost over at nine o'clock. Geng Hao saw a family of three that surprised him.

"Teacher Geng, let's sign up. Mo Fengshou took a child in one hand, walked into the office, and stood in front of them, showing a simple smile on his face that was so dark that it was a little red, "Mo Yuancheng and Mo Yuansheng are both in the second grade. Teacher Geng, how much do you have to pay in total?"

Geng Hao smiled and showed his white teeth: "Fifteen yuan per person, a total of thirty yuan, hand it over to Teacher Wang." Summer vacation homework was handed over to me. ”

Mo Yuancheng and Mo Yuansheng quickly lowered their heads, opened the summer vacation homework in the cloth bag on their backs, and handed it to Geng Hao. Mo Fengshou took out a stack of change from his trouser pocket, counted thirty and handed it to Wang Dahua. Wang Dahua accepted the money and joked with a smile: "Lao Mo is rich now." ”

"There is no money, the foreman said that the money can be given after a while, so I will pay a little first, so that Yuancheng and Yuansheng can learn it. Although Mo Fengshou said that the situation was not very good, his face still showed joy, although he suffered a lot, his spirit was much better than before.