Along the way, there was laughter and laughter.

When I arrived home at seven o'clock, it was not yet dark, and several students couldn't wait to ride home to report the good news.

Indeed, several students should be happy.

The first is that their junior high school is finally over, and the second is that although the results have not yet come out, everyone feels that they have done well and are very satisfied.

Zhang Dongming was equally happy and happy for several students.

This year, it was really not easy for several students.

Although the high school entrance examination is just a matter of course, no one guarantees that there will be no accidents, and now at least from the situation of several students, the high school entrance examination has basically passed smoothly, just wait for the results to come out.

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Wake up in the morning, clear blue sky, fresh air.

Zhang Dongming went out for a walk.

From home to the back mountain, from the back mountain to home, all the way refreshed, all the way relaxed and leisurely.

On this morning of saying goodbye to the fast pace, life is intoxicatingly slow.

Of course, life will always go on, and life will always go on.

The farewell of a journey also means the beginning of the next journey, and those unknown scenery ahead may be the meaning of life, the meaning of life.

A piece of oil cake, two dollars of tofu brain.

After breakfast, watering Tang Wan's flowers in the garden, leaning on the kang and watching TV leisurely, Gong Liguo called, saying that Zhang Dongming would come over for dinner at night and talk to him about the exams of several students.

At nine o'clock, Zhang Dongming went out to the store.

The store has been open for three months, and some people have come over with stones this month, ranging from a few taels to one or two hundred catties, but he only received the old man's piece of black agate, and the others are not.

Then as soon as he went out, Bai Yanji called and said that someone had come with a stone.

didn't say much, hung up the phone, Zhang Dongming went to the store.

When I arrived at the place, a donkey station was at the door of the store, and the donkey cart pulled a big black stone that looked like it weighed two or three hundred catties.

Like the last two times, as soon as he saw such a big stone, Zhang Dongming took it a little seriously.

After all, the real purpose of opening this shop is to collect the more than 300 catties of black water agate found in Beishan Township in his previous life, and even if it is an ordinary black agate, the value is quite high.

When he entered the store, Zhang Dongming glanced at the stones of the donkey cart a few times, but he didn't see anything.

Bai Yan was chatting with each other in the store, and it was still the old man from last time.

Zhang Dongming thought about it too.

For this old man, last time a small stone was sold for more than a thousand, and after eating such a big sweetness, he would definitely think about finding out if there was such a stone again, in case he found it again.

"Uncle is you again. Zhang Dongming greeted happily.

"Ah, yes, yes. ”

The old man was very excited, the furrow-like folds on his face were piled together, and his cloudy old eyes were shining.

I can't help but be excited, last time such a small stone was sold for more than a thousand, this time such a big stone, if it is still the kind of stone collected by this young man, how much will it have to be sold.

After a brief greeting, Zhang Dongming went outside to look at the stones on the donkey cart.

The old man was nervous and excited next to him, and he didn't dare to take a breath while leading the donkey cart.

Bai Yan didn't feel anything, she also saw the stone that Teacher Zhang received last time, and today this big stone doesn't look like it at all.

Zhang Dongming watched it for a while, and he couldn't see it well when he stood on the donkey cart and swayed around, and finally pushed the stone off the donkey cart with a lot of effort with the old man and Bai Yan.

The sunlight shining on the stone was not as transparent as the small stone last time, it was still dark, but Zhang Dongming kept looking back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, carefully and carefully, inch by inch.

And then such a large black stone is still quite rare, and people passing by on the street are also a little curious to come and see, but they all look at it twice and leave, obviously in people's eyes, it is just a little strange broken stone, what can it be worth.

More than half a o'clock, Zhang Dongming finished reading, and the old man looked at him nervously.

"Uncle, I can't see if this stone is the stone I want to collect, and then like this, tomorrow my store will be closed, and I won't accept the stone, I will pay more than five hundred for this stone, you see." ”

The old man was disappointed for a moment, but then he didn't hesitate to say that he would sell.

What do he want to do if a broken stone sells for five hundred, and it would be a fool not to sell it.

Zhang Dongming didn't say much, and took out five hundred yuan from his pocket and gave it to the old man.

The old man carefully checked whether there was any fake money, and then, like last time, he was afraid that Zhang Dongming would regret it, so he ran away with the donkey cart, and didn't say anything about helping Zhang Dongming and getting the stones into the store.

Bai Yan couldn't help, and Zhang Dongming didn't ask others to help, so it took him a long time to move the stones into the store little by little.

Zhang Dongming estimated that this stone was at least 300 catties.

As for whether it is black agate, just like what he said to the old man, Zhang Dongming is indeed uncertain, but it looks quite similar from the outside.

Of course, don't say it's quite similar, even if there is a point or half a point, Zhang Dongming can't miss it, thinking about when to ask someone who knows how to help me take a look.

"Bai Dongsheng said everything about the exam?" Zhang Dongmingle asked.

Since the last time, in addition to Zhang Dongming being able to meet him at home every day for dinner, he has come to the store more often, and then through chatting and observing some details, now Zhang Dongming has a certain understanding of Bai Yan.

"Well, my brother said he did well. Bai Yan was also very happy.

She has always cared very much about her brother's studies, even when she was in the most difficult situation outside and couldn't even eat enough every day, she didn't let her brother drop out of school, because no one can appreciate the preciousness and importance of studying better than her, she is like that, she can't let her brother be like that again.

In the three months at home, she knew very well her brother's usual results, although the results of the high school entrance examination had not yet come out, but she knew what kind of results her brother might get, which she had never dared to think of before.

"I'll rent this face for a month, and when it expires tomorrow, you should go back to the city to find a job. ”

"Hmm. ”

Bai Yan avoided Zhang Dongming's gaze and turned her head to look at the street outside the door, a complicated look flashed in her eyes.

The day still came.

The high school entrance examination is over, and Teacher Zhang doesn't need anyone else to cook for her, and she doesn't have any reason to stay, although she should have gone back to the city to find a job a long time ago.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Dongming asked.

"That's fine. Bai Yan's face turned back and smiled happily: "It's been a month, my dad is better, the high school entrance examination is over, and I can go back to the city." ”

Zhang Dongming nodded and didn't say much, took out eight hundred yuan and handed it to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan was not as polite as before, and took the money and put it in her pocket.

Then Zhang Dongming went back to find Li San, and the two of them drove three wheels over, pulled back the tables and stools in the store and the big stone, and Bai Yan also rode home.

In this way, the store closed after three months.

Compared with the last time I harvested mushrooms, it looks like I didn't make any money, so what the hell is going on, it depends on the big stone.

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The next few days.

Zhang Dong knows how to cook at home every day, water the flowers, watch TV, or blow the wind and hum a little song on the deck chair under the apricot tree, or go to the big willow tree behind the house to watch the old Wang Touer and the old Li Touer play chess, go to school in the evening to play a little ball, come back to take a shower, and sleep comfortably at night......

In short, a relaxed and leisurely day.

Then, several students also came back once.

One is to come back to get the luggage, mainly to Zhang Dongming's contact information, and notify them when he can check the results of the high school entrance examination.

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July 12th.

The school hasn't received the news yet, Tang Wan called and said that she could call to check the results of the high school entrance examination.

Zhang Dongming wrote down the admission ticket numbers of several students, and he first called and checked them one by one.

The first one to check was Ma Hongxu, with a total score of 614.

The questions in the high school entrance examination are simpler than the usual simulation, and Ma Hongxu's results can be said to be normal.

In fact, since the third simulation, Ma Hongxu's results have been very stable, no matter how difficult the exam questions are, mathematics, physics and chemistry basically do not lose points.

In the same high school entrance examination, I lost 31 points in English and Chinese, and only 5 points in mathematics, physics and chemistry, including 2 points in mathematics and 3 points in physics and chemistry.

Of course, these are not important, the point is that this score is enough to be admitted to the top class.

The second check is Bai Dongsheng, with a total score of 610.

Bai Dongsheng also played normally, relatively speaking, he was not as partial as Ma Hongxu, and his grades in each subject were relatively average, which was also enough to be admitted to the top class.

Zhao Xiaoli, who was the third to check, has a total score of 575.

Zhang Dongming's brows furrowed.

This is obviously not Zhao Xiaoli's level, Zhao Xiaoli's results are similar to Ma Hongxu and Bai Dongsheng.

Then the problem is in English, Zhao Xiaoli's English test only scored 112 points.

Zhao Xiaoli's English is the best among several students, and it is very good, every simulation is above 140, it is impossible to be so bad.

There must be a problem.

Zhang Dongming thought about it, it would be very troublesome for him to check the file, and he might not be able to check it, so he had to find Tang Wan.

After getting through the phone and chatting a few words, Zhang Dongming asked, "Is it easy to check the papers?"

Tang Wan was quite surprised, but she also understood what Zhang Dongming meant: "Can you check, whose grades are wrong?"

Zhang Dongming told Tang Wan about the situation, Tang Wan also knew Zhao Xiaoli's English scores, and knew that there must be a problem, so she hung up the phone without saying much.

Zhang Dongming then checked the results of Wu Chang, Bai Juan and Qi Lili.

Wu Chang 556, belongs to normal play.

Bai Juan 538 is also playing normally, and a high score is definitely enough.

Qi Lili 573 is a bit extraordinary.

In general, except for Zhao Xiaoli, the grades of the other students are very normal, Ma Hongxu Bai Dongsheng is in the top class, Wu Chang Baijuan Qi Lili has no problem with a little higher school.

Zhang Dongming thought about it for a while, he knew that the probability of making mistakes in the high school entrance examination was very small, and he also thought of the possibility of Zhao Xiaoli in such a situation.

didn't rush to inform a few students, Zhang Dongming went to the back of the room to watch Lao Wang and Lao Li Touer play chess.

At noon the next day, Gong Liguo called and said that he could check the results.

In the afternoon, Tang Wan called.

After checking the paper, the result was that Zhao Xiaoli's English answer sheet was wrong, from 24 questions to 45 questions, the options on the answer sheet were different from the options on the test paper, and the options on the test paper were almost all correct.

Zhang Dongming asked: "The scores of the top classes in arts and sciences have not been decided yet, right?"

Tang Wan said: "Well, but Zhao Xiaoli's score is also in liberal arts, so she will definitely not be able to get in." ”

Zhang Dongming was silent for a while.

Zhao Xiaoli scribbled the wrong answer sheet, which must not be corrected, but the score may not be able to go up.

If the director of the county education bureau was not Tang Wan's father, Zhang Dongming would definitely think of some ways, but now Zhang Dongming can only accept this result, after all, the high school entrance examination results can be big or small, and he can't mess around.

Tang Wan said: "It's not a trivial matter, so ......"

Of course, Zhang Dongming understood what Tang Wan meant, and comforted: "What do you want, don't think about it, just check the next paper, it must be good if the top class can get in, if you don't go in, with Zhao Xiaoli's learning attitude, it's nothing." ”

Tang Wan was not at ease and said, "Comfort Zhao Xiaoli well." ”

Zhang Dongmingle said: "Don't worry. ”

Then the two chatted casually for a while, and when they hung up the phone, Tang Wan said that they would come back in a few days, and Zhang Dongming said yes.

After going to the toilet and sitting under the apricot tree for a while, Zhang Dongming went back to the house and dialed the phone numbers left by several students.

Ten minutes later, Zhao Xiaoli called: "Teacher, my total score is 575, and my English is only 112, impossible, I answered very well in English, is it a mistake? Can I go and check the paper?"

Although Zhao Xiaoli spoke very slowly and her voice was very soft, Zhang Dongming could hear the nervousness and worry in her voice, and said softly: "The teacher has already checked it for you, you have made mistakes in questions 24 to 45 on your English answer sheet, and you can't change the score." ”

Zhao Xiaoli was quiet for a while, and asked in a trembling voice, "Teacher, really?"

Zhang Dongming said: "Really, come to the teacher's house tomorrow morning, the teacher has something to tell you." ”

Zhao Xiaoli said "um" very lightly and hung up the phone.

Zhang Dongming sighed and slowly closed his eyes.