Morning light, rain, dripping, dripping.

The mountain road leading from Shiyi Village to Dongkan Village is muddy and slippery, and the raindrops are slanting on the dirt and making splashes.

A minibus stopped at the intersection of Dongkan Village, surrounded by people wearing plastic tape and hats, or holding oilpaper umbrellas, to see them off.

Today is the opening day of Qingshi Town Middle School, this bus is the only passenger car in the nearby Shiyi Village, Dongkan Village, and Xikan Village, even if it rains, students and parents in several villages are crowded, carrying luggage, and stuffing the luggage into the suitcase of the bus.

After a while, the minibus carrying 19 passengers was already full, and as long as there was a corner where people could stand, it was crowded with people.

It is said to carry 19 passengers, but in such a remote village, overloading is a common thing. At least nearly 30 people were crammed in.

"Sit down, hold on, and get ready to drive!" shouted the driver from the driver's seat.

In the noisy carriage, the students were filled with joyful smiles and were happy that they were about to embark on a new path of study.

The parents who saw them off were taking care of their children, and at the same time huddled in the carriage, chattering and talking.

"Hiss ......"

The minibus was spitting smoke, and the driver closed the door, started the car, and prepared to leave.

"Driver, trouble, wait a minute!"

A voice shouted, and outside the window, a student was carrying a simple backpack, followed by his father, who was helping with his luggage.

"Xiaoman!"

Li Dahai, who was sitting in the carriage, shouted in surprise and hurriedly shouted, "Driver, wait a minute, wait a minute, I'm here." ”

"Yang Yaozong, Xiaoman is here!" Li Dahai couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and shouted to Yang Yaozong, who was chattering next to him.

Yang Yaozong came back to his senses and looked out of the window, the driver opened the door, Zhang Xiaoman squeezed into the car, and waved his hand at his father Zhang Daman outside the window, "Dad, go back, I'll go by myself." ”

Zhang Daman nodded, "um", and said a few words: "Xiaoman, when you go to school, you must study hard, don't fight, don't violate school discipline, remember!"

Zhang Xiaoman grinned, at this time, nothing excited him more than he could continue to go to school, "Dad, go back, I know!"

Zhang Daman shook the plastic tape on his body and flicked the hat, so that he could see Zhang Xiaoman.

Zhang Xiaoman squeezed into the carriage, Li Dahai and Yang Yaozong patted the seats, squeezed in, and left a position for the buttocks, "Xiaoman, sit!

"Li Dahai and Yang Yaozong, did you two make an appointment to go together?"

Yang Yaozong grinned and said: "Yes, whoever calls us a village, we all go to Qingshi Town Middle School, we don't have a companion together, and no one dares to bully us." Boss, you're not kind, a holiday, looking for you a few times, you said you can't study, why did you suddenly figure it out?"

Li Dahai was also equally confused, looking at Zhang Xiaoman.

After Zhang Xiaoman sat down, he leaned his head on the back of the car, took a deep breath, and said faintly: "This person, sometimes, a little weak, is not necessarily dark to the end, and when it is critical, there are nobles to help." ”

"Noble?"

Yang Yaozong and Li Dahai stared at each other, puzzled.

Zhang Xiaoman had already fallen into deep thought, thinking back to last night.

Throughout the summer, Zhang Xiaoman spent almost a frustrated and depressed state, because other classmates were ready to continue studying, and he could only help with farm work at home.

In July, the fire turned him tanned and shiny, except for working in the fields, that is, herding cattle and sheep.

When he was herding cattle and sheep, he frantically read books, and looked through the treasured books at home one by one.

Even when he saw that his eyes were red and swollen, he thought he would be blind.

Mother Qin Lin persuaded him both distressed and reproachful, "Xiaoman, don't read like that, you will be blind." ”

Zhang Xiaoman knew in his heart that only by letting himself revel in books and swim in the sea of books could he temporarily forget the fact that he could not continue to go to school and study.

Although he took the tenth grade in the junior high school exam, he knew that it was not his real level.

Or, I deliberately failed the test.

Because of this, I broke my parents' thoughts, and I did so badly in the exam, what books did I study.

But all this can't be hidden from Zhang Daman and Qin Lin, they know that Zhang Xiaoman is a piece of reading material, but because of treating Xiaolan, his family is in debt, Zhang Xiaoman is sensible, but he can't show this sadness.

Therefore, he used books as a companion to dispel the gloom in his heart.

Until last night, the next day was already the day of the opening of Qingshi Town Middle School.

Li Dahai also looked for Zhang Xiaoman in the afternoon and asked him if he was going to study, Zhang Xiaoman reluctantly squeezed out a smile, "Don't read, Li Dahai, work hard, and be a promising person in the future." ”

Li Dahai was stunned and sighed: "Xiaoman, I said that we would be a scholar together, but you ......"

"It's okay, I have time, I'll go see you at the middle school. Zhang Xiaoman said with relief.

At night, Zhang Xiaoman leaned on the pillow, holding Qu Bo's "Lin Hai Snow Field" in his hand and watched it fascinated, "Piercing the forest and crossing the snow field, I hope that the red flag will be displayed in all continents and all over the world, even if it is the sea of fire and the sword mountain, it will also rush forward." I can't wait to make the snow turn into spring water......"

What a heroic ambition to disguise yourself as a bandit and climb Weihu Mountain.

Thinking about his life experience, even if he is reborn and returns, he can't get rid of the shackles of fate.

"Crunch!"

Late at night, the door was gently pushed open, and his father Zhang Daman entered the house, and as soon as he entered the house, he shouted to Zhang Xiaoman's room: "Xiaoman, get up and clean up, clean up, and go to school early tomorrow morning." ”

Zhang Xiaoman was overjoyed, turned over and got up, showing a smile, but soon the smile disappeared again.

Somewhat incredulously, he walked out of the room, drooped his head, and asked, "Dad, how do you go to study, the family has no money to pay tuition and fees." ”

"Yes, his father, don't you know, how can the family have the money to send Xiaoman to school!" Next to her mother, Qin Lin, put on her clothes and walked out.

Zhang Daman squatted on the fire, "The employer who does carpentry work today is our uncle, and his son will go to school tomorrow, and he learned that Xiaoman also happened to graduate from the sixth grade, so he asked me why I didn't come back to send Xiaoman to school." ”

"I told my uncle that Xiaoman stopped studying. Who knows, the uncle scolded me, what to say, I heard that Xiaoman has excellent grades in reading, and at a young age, what can he do if he doesn't study. ”

"I was also helpless, and told my uncle that his family was poor and he had no money to send Xiaoman to study. The uncle scolded me again, saying that I wasn't doing carpentry work for him, and that he would advance my wages and lend me some money, and that I must send Xiaoman to middle school!"

A bumpy minibus, on a winding mountain road, is a rough ride.

The winding mountain roads leading to Qingshi Town are all mountain roads, neither asphalt roads nor cement roads.

Instead, a smooth mountain road was carved out of those mountainsides, the road surface was paved with earth and stones, and the road surface was relatively narrow, and most of the road sections were almost only allowed to pass by medium-sized buses.

In some places, the road surface is widened for the purpose of meeting cars.

The drivers who drive the minibuses have first-class driving skills, otherwise, it is very dangerous to overload a winding road like this.

However, in a karst landform like Qingshi Town, the environment is like this, and it is a poor and backward place. In such an era of vehicle scarcity, many sports cars are on the edge of the law, even if the occasional traffic police go on the road to check, they have long been prepared.

When they see other vehicles coming from afar or on the road, they will greet each other and ask if there are traffic police officers on the road to enforce the law.

Then, when the car drove to the section of the traffic police law enforcement, let a group of people get off the car and walk early, and the car was just full, the car was checked by the traffic police, there was no overload, and the traffic police law enforcement section was walked, and then waited for those who walked, and then got on the car.

There are also some miniature "vans", in the face of traffic police law enforcement inspection, let some people get off the car first, wait, the driver first carries the full seat of people through the traffic police inspection, drive a section of the road, and then turn around, continue to carry that part of the people into the car, and the previous wave of passengers convergence.

Due to the limited number of vehicles, even though the passengers had some complaints in their hearts, they expressed their understanding.

Driving on the mountain road, bumpy up and down, left and right, Zhang Xiaoman leaned back on the chair of the car, and his thoughts were pulled back by Li Dahai and Yang Yaozong.

"Yes, nobles help each other!" Zhang Xiaoman nodded, as if he was the Monkey King in "Journey to the West".

Yang Yaozong smiled, "The noble man is so good, in the future, our brothers can study together again." ”

He sighed again, "It's a pity that Huang Huan, Xiong Tianshi, Xiong Tianshuai, and Liu Changfu didn't get in, and they didn't continue to study." ”

"What are they doing?" Zhang Xiaoman asked in a low voice, this summer, Zhang Xiaoman was distracted by his own affairs, and he didn't ask others.

At this time, I was able to go back to studying, and I couldn't help but ask about them.

"Huang Huan has gone home to farm!" Li Dahai replied first.

"Farming?" Zhang Xiaoman couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, if it weren't for the help of nobles, he would really be a mouth to the loess and his back to the sky.

Huang Huan said that he is not a material for studying, so it is better to go home early to farm and help the family reduce the burden. ”

Yang Yaozong laughed, "That's right, according to the previous centimeter score, Huang Huan can be counted as a half-mile laborer." ”

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and the carriage was full of joy, and everyone was talking about studying.

"Xiong Tianshi and Xiong Tianshuai, two brothers, it is said that they went to Guangshen to work. Yang Yaozong sighed again and said, "What do you think they can do? Go to the factory and work as assembly line workers?"

"They are still child laborers, and the factory assembly line is willing to accept them, so it's good. ”

"Liu Changfu went to a technical school, his family conditions are better, and it is better to learn a technology than anything else. Yang Yaozong seemed to report to Zhang Xiaoman.

Zhang Xiaoman nodded, and then asked, "Then, what about the others?"

Li Dahai scratched the back of his head and looked at Zhang Xiaoman puzzled, "Xiaoman, what others?"

Yang Yaozong blinked his eyes and slapped Li Dahai, "Hehe, you cabbage, the boss means to ask, Li Lin, Zhang Yaru and the like." ”

Zhang Xiaoman glanced at Yang Yaozong, this kid is really called the roundworm in Zhang Xiaoman's stomach, and he really saw through his thoughts.

Li Dahai smiled innocently, "Li Lin, the first in the grade, and her father is not short of money, so naturally she went to the county No. 1 middle school." As for Zhang Yaru......"

Yang Yaozong stretched out his hand and pinched Li Dahai, snorted at him, and winked.

Li Dahai screamed, "Yang Yaozong, what are you doing?"

"Hehe, boss, you went to middle school, what are your plans?" Yang Yaozong deliberately diverted the topic and asked Zhang Xiaoman with a smile on his face.

Zhang Xiaoman frowned and glared at Yang Yaozong, "Yang Yaozong, what's wrong with Zhang Yaru?"

Yang Yaozong muttered, his face was a little embarrassed, "Li Dahai, you say!"

"Xiaoman, Zhang Yaru doesn't know why, she was obviously admitted to the county No. 1 middle school, but she ...... She...... Learn from me!" Li Dahai stammered.

Zhang Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, "Tell me clearly, what do you mean by learning from you?"

Yang Yaozong slapped Li Dahai, "That is, like Li Dahai, he didn't go to the county No. 1 middle school, but went to the town middle school." ”

"Why?"

Zhang Xiaoman asked in a daze, "Hasn't she always dreamed of going to County No. 1 Middle School?"

Yang Yaozong and Li Dahai both shook their heads, "I don't know, but I met her during the summer vacation and asked her once, and she said that when she went to the county No. 1 middle school, it would never be possible to be with some people again, and going to the town middle school was her fate." ”

Yang Yaozong said, muttering suspiciously, "I really don't know what she means by these words." ”

Zhang Xiaoman was uneasy in his heart, it was impossible for him not to know that Zhang Yaru was waiting for him, according to Zhang Xiaoman's grades, no matter what, there was no way to go to the county No. 1 Middle School.

Still, it's possible for the town middle school!

Zhang Yaru, why are you so stupid? If I really dropped out of school, are you joking with your future?

Although I didn't understand, she finally said to herself that she believed in miracles, and she must meet the person she wanted to see in the town middle school, work with him, and be admitted to the city's key high school and then a university. Yang Yaozong muttered.

Li Dahai was also puzzled, "Xiaoman, you say, what does Zhang Yaru mean by saying these words?"

Zhang Xiaoman shook his head, feeling guilty in his heart, but he could only smile at Yang Yaozong and Li Dahai and say: "Everyone has their own ambitions, maybe Zhang Yaru has already made arrangements." ”

Yang Yaozong suddenly slapped his thigh, his eyes widened, and he shouted in dismay: "Xiaoman, the person Zhang Yaru said...... Isn't that person ......?"

"Don't guess, the girl's mind can't be guessed!" Zhang Xiaoman glared at Yang Yaozong and interrupted him.

Yang Yaozong was a thief and squeezed his eyebrows, "Tut-tut, Xiaoman, envy, there is a head!"

Li Dahai blinked his eyes and dragged Yang Yaozong, "Hey, Yang Yaozong, what are you talking about, a person is self-absorbed!"

"I didn't ...... It's nothing, you ask the boss yourself. Hahaha...... It's a good day, a good day!"

The second monk Li Dahai was confused, in terms of emotional intelligence, he was a lot lower than Yang Yaozong, so he had to look at Zhang Xiaoman and ask, "Xiaoman, what are you talking about?"