Gu Bei has always wanted to forget this unbearable memory, but when the class leader Li Yu asked him for the college entrance examination registration fee, when he was stared at by his classmates with colored glasses again, he inevitably recalled those embarrassing pasts. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Although it was an old thing more than ten years ago, Gu Bei still clearly remembered that the review material fee, weekend make-up class fee, college entrance examination registration fee and physical examination fee in the third year of high school all added up to a total of 460 yuan.

The college entrance examination is a major event in life, and the expenses accumulated in a semester are not much, and the make-up fees alone account for the majority, but Gu Bei really can't come up with this money.

In that era when a plate of chili fried meat was only two yuan and five yuan, his family's debt of nearly 300,000 yuan was no less than the two million huge sums in 2016, for an ordinary family, this is an astronomical amount, my father ran day and night to earn money and my mother's hundreds of dead wages at work are just a drop in the bucket, and someone comes to collect debts every three or five days, and the family's living expenses are all problems, and the family's situation is on the verge of collapse, Gu Bei remembers that his tuition for this semester was borrowed by Ma Jianjun, the leader of the tobacco factory.

One can imagine how difficult it is for Gu Bei to go to school.

His home is far away from the school, but in order to save money for the bus and lunch, he rides a bicycle that may drop the chain at any time to school every morning, noon, and night, a trip takes nearly 40 minutes, and he is often scolded by the teacher for being late, and in the summer, he feels like running a marathon on the Flaming Mountain, and it is even more painful in the winter, the weather is cold, and ordinary people can't stand it for a while outside, but he has to work hard and mechanically to squirm his two stiff legs and pedal in the ice and snow for 40 minutes, and it is four times a day.

For Gu Bei, these may be bearable, the most painful thing at the beginning is the damage that poverty brings to self-esteem, he is seventeen years old, with a sensitive and shy heart beating in his chest, he longs to wear decent clothes and stand in front of female classmates, buy fashionable Taiwanese bubble tea to please girls, and go to restaurants outside the school with boys every day to eat fried ......

This is not just for gluttony, but for the sake of living with dignity, he does not expect to have the superior conditions of a rich child like Zhao Minghui, but just hopes to be satisfied like most students.

But this is absolutely impossible!

At that time, Gu Bei already knew what was going on, and witnessed how bleak the situation at home was, every time a debt collector visited his house, his parents had to prepare good wine and food, prepare money, and say good things with a smiling face, that picture was a humiliating embodiment in the young and vigorous Gu Bei's heart, but that's it, his parents still had to pull down their old faces and borrow money from others for him to study, in addition to being deeply grateful to his dear and beloved parents, how could he have any additional requirements for them?

Gu Bei remembered that once, he asked his mother for this fee, but his mother stopped talking, stumbling on her lips, and finally said that the school can be delayed any longer? As a son of man, he will never forget that picture, and the image of the mother, who is powerless, embarrassed, and embarrassed, will never be erased in his heart!

At that time, Gu Bei said that he was not in a hurry, he could delay it.

This delay was dragged until before the college entrance examination, and the class leader Li Yu asked him for this fee every once in a while, but he couldn't take it out, and he often felt that his classmates were laughing at his shabbyness, so he was even more inferior and withdrawn, and he didn't dare to get too close to other classmates, because he was poor, because he was not decent enough to dress shabby, because he was young and sensitive with self-esteem!

Now, Gu Bei once again faced the embarrassment and predicament he had experienced in his previous life, and was begged for money by the squad leader Li Yu, he couldn't help but think of the bits and pieces of the past, and sighed, but he was not sad, and he would not feel inferior because of poverty.

Gu Bei said to Li Yu: "I'll give it to you next Monday." ”

Li Yu wanted to speak and stopped, he had heard Gu Bei say the sentence "give it to you next Monday" several times, and he was still empty-handed when he turned around, and these fees owed by Gu Bei were not a day or two, but a whole semester, if it weren't for the head teacher Tang Xueli who knew that Gu Bei's family situation was not good, maybe let him pay the fees first and then come to school.

Hey, Li Yu can't help it!

The college entrance examination is about to begin, the school is urging tightly, Li Yu knows Gu Bei's difficulties but can't do anything about it, 460 that year is not a small expense, after thinking about it, he had to say to Gu Bei: "Then you think clearly, if you don't pay the money next Monday, I can't explain it to the head teacher, it's not good to affect your college entrance examination!"

Hearing this, Rao is psychological age of Gu Bei is in his thirties, and his face is also hot.

"What's the impact, I can't get into a good university anyway. A girl sitting opposite Gu Bei suddenly interjected: "Isn't there an accident in his family? Why waste money to go to college!"

This sentence made the surrounding air several degrees colder.

Although everyone looks down on Gu Bei, not only because his family is poor, but also because his people are not good! His grades are bad, why waste his parents' hard-earned money to live in school, it is better to go out to work to help the family, but these words are just thinking about it in everyone's hearts, so as not to hurt the surface and anger when they say it, now, someone jumped out and counted Gu Bei, which made people stunned and a little happy at the same time!

Gu Bei looked at the person who spoke, Li Qianqian, she was the most annoying girl in the class, she looked really beautiful, her father was in the coal mining business, when other girls were proud of wearing domestic famous brands, she was already a DKNY, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were dancing with pride all the time, but unfortunately, she would always be second in the class flower list evaluated by the boys, and was pressed by the little literary young woman Li Caiwei, who was wearing a white cotton skirt and sitting under the window holding "Walden" to watch.

Gu Bei doesn't remember when he offended Li Qianqian, if there is, it can only be because of Zhao Minghui, the relationship between Li Qianqian and Zhao Minghui is very unusual, yesterday Zhao Minghui lost face at the school gate, Li Qianqian may be upset for Zhao Minghui, but she can't help Li Caiwei, so she ridiculed herself.

Thinking about it like this, Gu Bei felt bored in his heart.

Li Qianqian saw that Gu Bei looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and she was even more angry, and turned her head to Li Yu and said: "I see that some people may not be able to take the money next Monday, Li Yu, you are just too soft-hearted, some things should be done according to the rules, and you should pay when you should pay the money!"

Li Yu smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

At this time, Li Caiwei closed "Walden" and said to Li Yu: "It's almost class, Li Yu, go back to your seat, Gu Bei said that he will naturally give you the money next week!"

Li Yu didn't expect Li Caiwei to stand up for Gu Bei, she was stunned for a while, and then a trace of sourness appeared in her heart, Li Caiwei, an excellent girl, was too cute, and he, the squad leader, couldn't avoid it.

Li Qianqian thought that Li Caiwei was demonstrating to her, and not to be outdone, she glared at Li Caiwei's gaze, and the moment they touched, the two girls sparked a spark full of hostility, but their expressions seemed as if nothing had happened, and they even smiled.

The women's war was really terrifying, and the classmates who saw this scene were secretly frightened, but fortunately, the two girls did not make any other moves, and the war ended in a silent way, but Gu Bei, who didn't say anything, fell into the storm of gossip from his classmates.

Li Caiwei's excessive maintenance of Gu Bei is eye-catching, coupled with Li Qianqian's outgoing personality and good at getting along with everyone, everyone supports Li Qianqian one-sidedly, and Gu Bei has become the embarrassing rotten boy.

This afternoon, he endured a wordless laugh, as if every classmate had a kind of alienation and contempt for him, he was not uncomfortable, it was not necessary to be angry for the snobbery of others, which was also the real reason why he did not fight back in the face of Li Qianqian's difficulties.

After school, Gu Bei returned home.

My mother had already cooked the dishes, and there was a bowl of fried fried tofu and cabbage with chopped chili peppers on the table, as well as a bowl of pickled sour radish, and there was no meat.

It has been several years since the reform and opening up, and the Chinese people at the beginning of the 20th century did not say that they had entered a well-off society in an all-round way, but pork was already an ordinary thing, but unfortunately his family did not keep pace with the times, but lived more and more regressively, and it was mixed to the point that he was reluctant to eat meat.

"The sunspot came here in the morning, good guy, yesterday he went down to the river and caught a two-pound old turtle, saying that you are about to take the college entrance examination, bring it up to make up for your brain. Gu's mother came out of the kitchen with a bowl of stewed wild soft-shelled turtle soup, and said with a smile: "Cub, eat more, this thing is a rare thing, make up for it! Don't live up to the wishes of the sunspot, come out with a good score in the exam." ”

"Well, good. ”

Gu Bei nodded with a sad smile.

Heizi is his cousin, his real name is Gu Rong, he dropped out of school before graduating from junior high school, he is a good hand at catching birds in the mountains and catching fish in the river, and every summer is the time for him to show his might, and if there is any good game, he will bring it to his cousin Gu Bei's family who lives in the city to try it.

The bowl of wild soft-shelled turtle has a strong fragrance, and it looks particularly attractive when placed in other dishes with little color and taste, but Gu Bei can't eat it much, first, the difficult situation at home makes him uncomfortable, and second, he is thinking about the college entrance examination registration fee, he has 10,000 ideas to make money, but after all, he is just a student, and he is about to face the college entrance examination, and he still has to discuss with his parents in the end, but he can't open this mouth.

Gu Bei and his mother were almost finished eating, and Gu Bei's father, who had been running outside for a day, dragged his tired body home, and Gu Bei hurriedly put down the bowl to fill the food for his father.

Gu's father Gu Chengming is tall and heroic, he was born poor, joined the army as a teenager, went out alone after retiring, bought a house and a car in the city, married a daughter-in-law and gave birth to a big fat boy, life is already happy, that person encounters misfortune in middle age, the situation at home is going down sharply, it is not as good as a day, he is depressed, there is nowhere to solve it, only forty years old, his sideburns have been dyed with white frost, black and thin, and his back is a little hunched.

Fortunately, Gu's father is quite optimistic by nature, and he has not been depressed, and still uses all his efforts to maintain this difficult family, every day before dawn to go out to drive a motorcycle rental, and come back at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, he is reluctant to eat dinner outside, and it is good to save a few more yuan a day, so that he has to go home hungry, and his eyes light up when he sees the dishes on the table: "Yo, there is an old turtle to eat today! This is a good thing." ”

Gu Chengming picked up the chopsticks and picked up the old turtle meat in the bowl.

Gu's mother pushed Gu's father, and muttered, "It's not much, it's for Gu Bei!"

Gu's father immediately withdrew his chopsticks, then patted Gu Bei's head, and said with a sneer: "Sure enough, my son's baby husband grass, you kid eat more, it's up to you to take the college entrance examination this time! ”

"Okay!" Gu Bei was sad when he said this.

The bowl of wild soft-shelled turtle was still steaming, and the fragrance was still strong, but Gu Bei couldn't put down the chopsticks anymore, his head was buried in the bowl, and the things he encountered today came to his heart in an instant, and tears flowed down his eyes.

Gu Bei didn't want his parents to see him shed tears.

Quickly peeling off the rice in the bowl, he lowered his head and returned to the room, lying on the bed looking at the ceiling, pressing his palm on his chest hard, you know, everyone's body has thick places, they are different, some people are thick with calluses on their hands, some people are thick with dirt on their backs, some people are thick with the old skin on their faces, Gu Bei wants to live again, thick is the muscles of the heart.

You can't give up even if you die, and you can't sigh when you die poor!

Gu Bei silently thought in his heart that he had to make a career, let his parents live a life that was not tired of money, and make all the people who laughed at him a joke!

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