In the evening, Zhou's mother set up dinner, waited and waited, until half past seven, and did not see Zhou Peng and Zhou Xiaoxian return.

"Qingshan, can you ride your bike to find it?" I don't know if the two children were delayed on the road or made a mistake and were locked up by the teacher, usually they both come back from school......" Zhou's mother said anxiously to Zhou's father, who was sitting alone at the small round table and eating.

Dad Zhou was just full, he put down his chopsticks and said, "Don't worry, I'll go!"

After seeing Zhou's father ride a bicycle away, Zhou's mother turned around and said to the remaining three children: "Don't wait, let's eat first!

After an hour, Zhou's father led Zhou Xiaoxian and Zhou Peng back.

Zhou's mother kept leaning against the door with the lights on and waiting for them, and before they could park their bicycles, she stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter? Why did you come back so late today?"

Zhou Xiaoxian explained: "The teacher gave a temporary notice, saying that it is the third year of junior high school, and for the high school entrance examination, he will put pressure on us, and from now on, we will have to study at night, and we will have to make up classes on Saturday!"

Zhou's mother turned her head and asked Zhou Peng: "What about you, why did you come back so late?"

Zhou Peng said: "Naturally, I'm waiting for the third sister, she is a girl, can I rest assured that she will walk alone at night?"

Zhou's mother tried her best to give birth to a son, in addition to not wanting to be said to be out of business, the biggest reason was that she was afraid that her daughters would be bullied without the protection of their brothers.

She touched Zhou Peng's head and said with relief: "You did the right thing! Whether it is now or in the future, you have to take more care of your sisters and sisters." ”

Zhou Cheng interjected on the side: "And me, my brother will take care of me a lot." ”

Zhou's mother patted him on the back with a smile and said, "You are a boy, you have to learn to take care of yourself! When you grow up, you will take care of your sisters with your brother!"

Zhou Cheng said with a bitter face: "Mom, I will have to take care of so many people in the future? For the sake of my hard work, can you give me a piece of candy?"

A few days after Zhou's mother took Zhou Cheng back to her side, in order to alleviate the feeling of alienation, she has responded to Zhou Cheng's needs these days. In less than a week, she gave Zhou Cheng at least two catties of fruit candy.

Zhou Xiaoliu said: "Mom, Xiao Cheng has changed his teeth, he can't eat more sugar!" and Sun Wu specially told her after school, asking Xiao Cheng not to eat sugar. She guessed that he wouldn't have said this for no reason.

Zhou's mother opened Zhou Cheng's mouth at the light and looked at it, and sure enough, she was changing her teeth, she had been so busy lately that she didn't even know that her youngest son had changed his teeth.

"You can't eat candy in the near future, tomorrow Mom will buy you fruit to eat!

Zhou Cheng, who didn't want to get sugar, went into the house sullenly.

Zhou Xiaoliu asked, "Third sister, is there no dormitory in the school?"

Zhou Xiaoxian replied: "Not for the time being, but our teacher said that the school will move two empty classrooms out, and when the bunk beds booked in two weeks arrive, we can live on campus." That is, she had to walk for two weeks at night.

This make-up class is not for the whole grade of junior high school, but for the top 120 students in the whole grade to come out for key tutoring.

Zhou Xiaoxian ranks in the top ten every time he takes an exam, so he is naturally among the one hundred and twenty students.

After Zhou's father parked his bicycle, he kept smoking at the door, looking sad.

Zhou's mother shouted at him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Father Zhou waited for the children to enter the house, and then whispered to Zhou's mother: "This is a make-up class and a living school, but it costs a lot of money! Moreover, after I arrived at the school, I met many parents who also went to pick up their children, and they all said that those who were selected for make-up classes were those who were expected to be admitted to key high schools!"

When Zhou's mother heard his words, she immediately rejoiced and said, "Our children are really angry! Tomorrow I will tell the people in the village that our family has also produced good seedlings of study." ”

Dad Zhou threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stepped on it, sighed, and said, "It costs more money to go to high school! And I don't plan to provide for my daughter to go to high school or college." I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it for my two sons......"

Zhou's mother said: "You don't need to provide for us, you can just find a way to provide for us to dress and eat! As long as the children can study, I will have a way to provide for them until they graduate from college." ”

Zhou's mother has money, a shop, and a house, and she is full of confidence! But Zhou's father doesn't know this, so he sneered: "You go and confess? I will admire you if you can offer one!"

Zhou's mother replied to him: "You open your eyes and wait to serve me!" After speaking, Zhou's mother went to wipe the mats for the children. It's hot, so it's cooler to sleep after wiping the mat.

Dad Zhou looked at the twinkling stars in the sky and said in his heart, what can I do to make a lot of money? When Sun Wu's child comes back on Monday, he must ask him whether he teaches martial arts or not.

If he learns the martial arts, he must go to the rich to be a bodyguard. Being a bodyguard can not only fulfill his dream of rivers and lakes, but also make a lot of money......

Dad Zhou wandered for a long time in the skinny reality and plump ideals, and it wasn't until Zhou's mother urged him to close the door and go to bed that he turned around and went into the house.

Early the next morning, when Zhou Xiaoliu squeezed toothpaste to brush her teeth, Zhou Cheng vigorously asked her to squeeze a little longer.

Zhou Xiaoliu looked at the aluminum toothpaste shell that was about to be empty, and said, "Do you want to exchange it for candy?"

Zhou Cheng's face darkened, snatched the toothpaste shell, and said, "Sixth sister, you care too much!"

Lao Chen, who collects waste, comes back every half a month, just came last week, and he shouldn't come again in the past two days, so Zhou Xiaoliu didn't care about him anymore, scooped water and brushed his teeth.

After breakfast, Zhou Xiaoliu was pressed by Zhou's father to go to the new house to clear the garbage.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, Zhou Cheng, who was sitting at home and wrote two pages of the number 1, was pleasantly surprised to hear a crisp voice: "Ding Ding Ding ......"

Zhou Cheng picked up the toothpaste shell he had hidden, followed the sound and ran over.

For some reason, the scrap collectors did not stop at the crowded grounds, but in the most secluded places in the village. But this is not in the way, and the children with the scrap in their hands can find him by following the sound of "ding bells".

The toothpaste shell could only be exchanged for a small piece of candy for the waste collection, and Zhou Cheng ate it after a while.

He looked at the large piece of maltose lying on the iron plate and drooled. After thinking about it, he ran home, picked up Zhou Xiaoliu's newly bought plastic sandals and ran out.

Before Zhou Xiaoliu went to clean up the garbage, she was afraid that the new shoes would be damaged, so she specially changed to a pair of old shoes, she put the new shoes under the bed, but she didn't expect to be taken by Zhou Cheng to exchange for candy.

Zhou Cheng went to the waste collectors, there was only a small piece of maltose left on the iron plate, and in addition to the waste collectors, there were only a few children of three or five years old. The little ones salivated over the little piece of candy.

Zhou Cheng was secretly glad that the waste collector did not break the last piece of candy and distribute it to those children as before. He hurriedly handed the shoe forward and said, "Change the sugar!"

The waste collector was talking to the children, and suddenly heard Zhou Cheng's voice and was startled. He quickly looked around and was relieved to find that there was no one else except Zhou Cheng.

Zhou Cheng said again: "I want to change the sugar!"

The scrap collector looked at him, then at the three or five-year-old children, and said, "It's done, it's gone!"

Zhou Cheng looked at the scrap collector in surprise and said, "You are blind, isn't there still a piece?"

The only piece of sugar left was added, and the waste collector didn't want to waste the material on Zhou Cheng, the big child, so he looked at Zhou Cheng with his eyes, thinking about how to get rid of this bad big child.

Zhou Cheng was impatient, threw his shoes into the basket, and directly picked up the piece of candy and stuffed it into his mouth.

"You ......," the scrap collector called out anxiously.

When the children saw that the last little piece of candy had a home, they knew that they could not wait for the crumbs to eat, so they went home.