Chapter 12: The Warrior Who Looks Up at the Stars
July 6, 1944, was the time of World War II. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Early that morning, the Allies launched the Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Overlord, in which nearly three million soldiers crossed the English Channel to Normandy, France. Eisenhower called it "the longest day in history," and in another land, July 6, 2001, was just as long and unsettling.
This night, how many children who have struggled all year no longer have to stay up late to write hard books, all they have to do is to lie in bed early, adjust their thoughts, and enjoy the peace before the big exam, but just like the eve of the war, the soldiers lie in the trenches and look up at the starry sky, how many children have lost sleep on this night?
Gu Bei is one of them.
He woke up from a dream at five o'clock in the morning, he dreamed of the fiasco of the college entrance examination in his previous life, and his parents, who had suffered so much, were hit hard again, making his parents, who were regarded as pillars of struggle, suddenly aged a lot, and his father's straight backbone suddenly began to crumble, and his mother often cried secretly.
What worries them more than their children's future?
At that time, Gu Bei felt the helplessness of fate for the first time, his own insignificance, his powerless insignificance, the indifference and cold eyes of countless people fell on him, no matter what, this was a nightmare that Gu Bei was unwilling to recall.
Fortunately, everything was just a dream, although the lights on the gray walls were simple, they sprinkled the warm light of memory, and the small calendar on the bedside table still stayed in 2001 at the intersection of life, touching the joints of his body, he was still thin and thin at the age of seventeen.
Gu Bei was content.
Next, he wants to use his own hands to change this unfair fate, take the entrance examination to a good university and let his parents stand tall and be a person, work hard to earn money, write songs, write novels, enter the Internet, in short, he has to get ahead and pay off the huge arrears of his family, and then go to Qingchuan to find Xia Nuo, find this stubborn and stupid girl, and give her the happiness that she never gave in her previous life!
It's getting brighter.
There was a slight sound of footsteps outside the door, it must be that my mother got up and was preparing breakfast, today is an important day for Gu Bei, and it is also an important day for my mother.
Gu Bei glanced at the time, at seven o'clock in the morning, he got up to wash, had breakfast, and saw the mother who cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks with a worried face, so he couldn't help but smile and said, "Mom, it seems that you don't have any confidence in your son?"
"What is not confidence?" Gu's mother said: "Mom's confidence is great, the key depends on your kid today!"
"Me?" Gu Bei felt the need to brag in front of his mother, and patted his chest: "Don't talk about Tsinghua University and Peking University, it's a sure thing!"
Gu's mother was happy in her heart, although she knew that Gu Bei's grades were not good, but she saw Gu Bei's efforts these days, and no matter how much she was a mother, she trusted her son unconditionally, Gu's mother reached out and rubbed Gu Bei's head: "Silly boy, whatever university you take is natural, today you relax and play your usual level, Mom will be happy." ā
"Hmm!" Gu Bei nodded, and then carefully checked that the admission ticket and examination tools were complete under his mother's advice, and then went out with his father Gu Chengming.
Walking on the road, he couldn't help but think of today in his previous life, when he was so powerless and nervous in the face of the college entrance examination, but now it is different, now he is full of confidence, as if he has infinite energy to overcome any difficulties, so what is the college entrance examination!
Thinking all the way, Gu Bei met Tian Tian's family at the parking place at the entrance of the community, and it was obviously her parents who sent her to take the college entrance examination.
Tian Tian is wearing a dark skirt today, a pair of pure white Nike sneakers under her feet, a long hair shawl, and a pretty and lovely appearance, but it is her mother Ma Li who clashes with her pure temperament, with a big mouth and dark lipstick, and I don't know how many layers of powder have been rubbed on her face, with a huge gold ring on her hand, and a vulgarity all over her body.
What attracted Gu Bei's attention was Tian Tian's father Tian Jianjun, Tian Jianjun was tall and white, but he was a little blessed, in Gu Bei's impression, Tian Jianjun was not bad, and he didn't look down on people because of the improvement of his status, he used to have a good relationship with Gu Dad, and one of the things that impressed Gu Bei the most was that he couldn't pay the tuition at the beginning of the year, Tian Jianjun borrowed 6,000 yuan, but Tian Jianjun is a well-known wife in the tobacco factory, and most of this money was secretly borrowed behind Ma Li's back.
"Jianjun, send Xiaotian to the exam?" Gu's father Gu Chengming took the lead in greeting, although because of the huge gap in the status of the two families and Ma Li looked down on the Gu family a little, their relationship with the neighbors had long been estranged, but it was still necessary to meet and say hello.
"Hmm. Tian Jianjun nodded, his fat face with a smile always made people feel kind: "Xiaobei, grasp the college entrance examination, right? This time, you have to work hard, not to mention the key undergraduates, you have to try to get two books." ā
"Good. Gu Bei smiled and nodded.
Ma Li next to her laughed when she heard this, Gu Bei still wanted to take two books for a few pounds and taels?
"By the way, which school did Xiao Tian take the exam?" Gu Chengming asked at this time.
Tian Jianjun smiled: "It's in No. 1 Middle School." ā
Gu Chengming sighed: "It's such a coincidence, this kid Gu Bei is also taking the exam in No. 1 Middle School." ā
"That's a good feeling," Tian Jianjun was interested: "Xiaobei is in that examination room, do you want to go to No. 1 Middle School together......
"Oh, it's eight o'clock, the children still have exams, they have to go back and chat!" Ma Li seemed to be afraid that Gu Chengming's father and son would hitchhike, and quietly urged: "It's not too early, Lao Tian, let's go!"
Tian Jianjun hesitated, and finally smiled awkwardly at Gu Bei's father and son, and said, "Then I'll go first and talk back." He opened the car door and started the Honda Accord, Tian Tian glanced at Gu Bei, and then got into the Honda Accord with her swaggering mother and walked away.
Dad Gu shook his head with a smile, got on his second-hand motorcycle, and drove Gu Bei behind the Honda Accord to eat exhaust, but a two-wheeled car was not as good as a four-wheeled car after all, and it was thrown out of sight after a while.
"Son," Gu Chengming said suddenly, "Did the Tian family's attitude make you uncomfortable just now?"
"It's fine. Gu Beidao: "It's normal to be looked down upon by others if you don't do well, you can't live if you care so much, you can do well in the college entrance examination this time." ā
"Well, you're sensible. Gu Chengming nodded.
"I've been sensible for a long time. Gu Bei rolled his eyes and said, "It's just that you stare at my mother every day, and you didn't notice my thriving." ā
"What kind of bastard do you kid say, it's not big or small. Dad Gu laughed: "But your mentality is not bad." ā
About half an hour, Gu Bei and Gu Chengming arrived at the gate of Shilin City No. 1 Middle School, before it was time to enter the examination room, the school gate was closed, a group of security guards were under martial law at the door, and the snack street outside was blocked, and parents and candidates were densely painted all over the street.
At that time, the sun was already very strong, and parents stood under the scorching sun and kept telling their children, check the admission ticket, pencil stationery or not brought, remember to relax during the exam, but most of the children seemed very impatient, pity the parents of the world, not only the students who took the college entrance examination, but also the parents who were full of anxiety and hope.
Witnessing this grand scene, Gu Bei, who was standing on the side of the road with his father and waiting, was full of emotion in his heart, and was also full of hope and inexplicable apprehension, after about twenty minutes, the school gate opened, and it was time for the candidates to enter.
"Come on!" Gu's father patted Gu Bei's shoulder: "Relax your mind, it's not important to be crooked, just give full play to your true level!" ā
"Got it. Gu Bei nodded, and then squeezed around in the crowded crowd with the crowded flow of people, when he walked into the school gate, Gu Bei subconsciously turned his head to look behind, among the faces with ardent expectations, he found his father's black and thin face, and at the moment he was stretching his neck to look at him, the hair dyed with hoarfrost was a little dazzling in the sun, maybe there were too many people, his father didn't see him, but he sensed the expectation revealed in his eyes.
Gu Bei suddenly remembered the scene when his father sent him the college entrance examination in his previous life, it was exactly the same as at this moment, the difference was his mentality, he was no longer the person who would only disappoint his father before!
Thinking so, Gu Bei turned around and strode towards the battlefield of the college entrance examination.
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