Dongmei walked around at the gate of the Petroleum Institute in the provincial city and wandered for a while.

She looked at the empty school, then at the closed door, and thought, since she is here, she must at least find a way to get in, right?

Otherwise, how can I find the school's admissions teacher?

So, Dongmei came to the electric gate at the entrance of the school.

Dongmei had never seen an electric door, and she thought it was manual, so she planned to push the door open and enter the school.

However, when Dongmei just pushed twice, the people in the house next to her came out.

I saw that a middle-aged woman of the same age as Dongmei yelled at Dongmei with an angry face: "You...... "That woman, what about you, what are you doing?"

Dongmei saw someone coming out, she hurriedly said politely: "Hello teacher, I am the parent of the student, my child wants to be admitted to our provincial petroleum college, his score is enough, but he filled in the wrong volunteer, I came over, I want to ask, can our school admit my child in?"

Dongmei said a long list of words, and the middle-aged woman didn't hear it clearly.

The middle-aged woman, speaking standard Mandarin, told Dongmei: "If you want your child to enter our school, then you have to go to the teacher of the school's admissions office, I can't help you." ”

Dongmei had the sun on her head, and she felt extremely hot.

She said, "Then you let me in, I'll go to the school and find the teacher from your admissions office." ”

The middle-aged woman rejected Dongmei and said, "Do you have an admission permit?"

Dongmei shook her head and said, "I didn't." ”

The middle-aged woman continued to ask, "Do you have a letter of introduction?"

Dongmei continued to shake her head and said, "I found this place by myself, how can there be a letter of introduction." ”

The middle-aged woman sighed and said, "Since you don't have an admission card and no letter of introduction, then please go back." ”

With that, the middle-aged woman walked towards the gatehouse.

Dongmei shouted at her anxiously: "Teacher, I'm here to do something for my child, just let me in." ”

The middle-aged woman walked into the school without looking back, and then disappeared in front of Dongmei's eyes.

Although she was turned away from the school, Dongmei was not discouraged, and she continued to wander around the door, hoping to find a way into the school.

After waiting for a long time, I finally waited for a person who looked like a college student and walked over with a student ID.

Dongmei quietly followed behind this person, trying to fish in troubled waters.

I saw that as soon as the college student in front entered, Dongmei followed behind.

However, even though Dongmei was very close, she was still discovered by a sharp-eyed middle-aged woman sitting in the gatehouse.

The middle-aged woman shouted to stop Dongmei, rushed out, pushed Dongmei out directly, and warned her not to trespass, otherwise she would call the police.

Under pressure, Dongmei was much more honest and could only wait in place.

After a while, another college student came over, and Dongmei did not follow him in, but walked up and asked the student.

She said, "Hello classmate, excuse me. ”

The student glanced at Dongmei and said, "Hello Auntie, may I ask, is there anything wrong with you?"

Dongmei stopped talking and said embarrassedly: "Classmate, may I ask your school, in addition to this gate, there are other doors, can I enter?"

The student pointed to the north side and said, "In addition to this main gate, there is also a north gate, and you can also go in." ”

Dongmei does not mean a formal entrance, but a place similar to a hole in the fence that can be climbed into, or a steel bar missing from the railing.

She said with an uncomfortable expression: "Classmate, I'm not talking about the gate, because I don't have a student ID card and a letter of introduction, so I can't enter through the gate, I'm talking about the narrow door, or the door you opened up yourself, the kind of door that no one cares about......"

Dongmei explained for a long time, and the students could be considered to have a half-understanding.

He said with a smile: "Auntie, I'm sorry, the students in our school are very civilized, and we haven't opened up the kind of door that no one cares about and can enter and exit for the time being." ”

After speaking, the student entered the school with his student ID.

Dongmei stood in place in embarrassment, thinking, how can it be more difficult to enter a school than to ascend to the sky?

Dongmei found a shady place and sat down, took out the military kettle from her bag, and drank the water in a big gulp.

The provincial capital is very hot, nearly forty degrees Celsius, scorching the earth.

Dongmei was sweating profusely, and she longed to take a sip of the water in the kettle to drink it clean.

Dongmei looked at her watch, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, if she couldn't enter the school anymore and couldn't find the teacher from the admissions office, maybe today's plan would be ruined.

Dongmei felt a little dizzy, and she knew that her blood sugar had dropped because she hadn't eaten lunch.

So, she took out the steamed buns from her bag, ate the green onions, drank cold boiled water, and ate them.

The eldest sister who sold cold drinks next to her saw that Dongmei was eating very deliciously, and jokingly said, "Sister, you are from Shandong, right?"

Dongmei said in a Guanzhong dialect: "I am from our Guanzhong and Western Mansions. ”

Listening to Dongmei's accent, the eldest sister who sells cold drinks said with a smile: "I saw that you eat green onions and steamed buns, I thought you were from Shandong." ”

Dongmei finished eating the steamed buns, drank a few big sips of water, and said, "Sister, you know this school, how can you get in?"

The eldest sister shook her head and said, "This school is not easy to enter, what are you doing in there?"

Dongmei said: "The child's college entrance examination results are good, but I volunteer to fill in the sliding gear, I will run for the child, see if I can put the child in our provincial petroleum college?"

The eldest sister nodded and said, "So that's the case, it's really pitiful for the hearts of parents in the world, I see that you have been wandering here for a long time, so I will ask you." ”

Dongmei said, "Eldest sister, do you have any good way to let me enter this school?"

The eldest sister shook her head and said, "I have just come here a short time, so I don't know how to get in." ”

Dongmei said anxiously: "Then what can I do, the child is still waiting at home." ”

The eldest sister gave Dongmei an idea and said, "Since they won't let you in, then you just wait at the door, maybe you can wait for the leaders in the school." ”

Hearing this, Dongmei's eyes lit up, she felt that what the eldest sister said made sense, she said: "Eldest sister, you are right, why didn't I think of it, but I am worried that the big leaders of the people will not pay attention to us at all when they see our flat head Baixin." ”

The eldest sister opened the refrigerator, took out a bottle of chilled mineral water for Dongmei and said: "The little ghost is difficult, and the big leaders are generally better at talking, so you can try it." ”

As she spoke, the eldest sister handed a bottle of chilled mineral water to Dongmei.

Dongmei pointed to the kettle and said, "Sister, I brought water when I came." ”

The eldest sister said, "On such a hot day, who still drinks water at room temperature, you just drink cold water." ”

Dongmei couldn't resist the eldest sister, so she bought a bottle of ice water for a dollar and drank it.

Although Dongmei used to sell popsicles, she had never drunk iced mineral water.

When she took a sip of ice water, she instantly felt cold.

Dongmei made a smack in her mouth and said, "Eldest sister, don't say it, this iced mineral water is really quenching your thirst and cooling off." ”

The eldest sister looked at Dongmei enjoying drinking ice water, and knew that it was the first time she drank iced mineral water, so she recommended iced Coke to him.

She said: "Big sister, if you want to quench your thirst and cool off, compared with cold mineral water and cold Coke, it is far worse, do you want to try a bottle of cold Coke." ”

As she spoke, the eldest sister took out two bottles of black liquid from the refrigerator.

Dongmei had never drunk Coke or seen Coke, so she asked curiously, "Is this a black Jianlibao?"

The eldest sister said: "No, the bottle in my left hand is Pepsi, and the bottle in my right hand is Coca-Cola, although they are all Coke, but the taste is still different." ”

Dongmei felt as if she had heard a Pepsi commercial on TV, so she asked for a bottle of Pepsi and said, "How much money is this?"

The eldest sister stretched out three fingers and said, "Three yuan." ”

Hearing that a bottle of drink cost three yuan, Dongmei was a little reluctant to buy it.

However, she saw that the eldest sister had already handed the Coke to the executioner, and Dongmei was embarrassed, so she took the Coke.

The eldest sister urged Dongmei and said, "Taste it, it tastes so beautiful." ”

Dongmei was holding a cola in her hand, she was not willing to drink it, but thought, if she drank such an expensive drink, it would be a waste, so it was better to take it home and give it to the two children to drink.

So, Dongmei put the cola in her bag and said, "I'm not thirsty now, I'll drink it again when I'm thirsty later." “

After speaking, Dongmei continued to wander at the school gate.

However, Dongmei kept wandering from half past three to five o'clock, and she didn't see a few people coming at all.

Dongmei anxiously said to the eldest sister: "Eldest sister, why do you say that there is no one in this school?"

The eldest sister said: "Although there is no one now, but when it is time to get off work, there will definitely be more people, so you can wait patiently." ”

Sure enough, after the end of work, teachers and students came out of the school one after another.

Dongmei looked at the people who came out of the school, and suddenly felt a little at a loss.

She asked the eldest sister who sold cold drinks next to her, and said, "Eldest sister, there are so many people, which one should I ask?"

The eldest sister suggested that Dongmei said: "You just pick the older one, the one with less hair, and the person with the eyes asks, maybe you can find the right person?"

Hearing this, Dongmei rushed forward.

However, when Dongmei saw the fashionably dressed, fair-skinned, and foreign-looking people in front of her, she suddenly felt inferior.

She said in her heart, she is an old hat, so recklessly ask people one by one, isn't it good?

Although Dongmei was a little embarrassed, when she thought of Taotao, who was anxiously waiting at home, Dongmei immediately came to her courage.

She rushed up, grabbed a man who had bowed his head and asked, "Hello, teacher, are you the leader of the school?"

Hearing this, the man's eyes widened, looked at Dongmei and said, "Auntie, I'm sorry, I'm still a student at this school." ”

Hearing this, Dongmei gasped, and said in her heart, what is wrong with the current students, why is he so old, if he doesn't say it, he really thinks he is a teacher, or even a professor.

Then, Dongmei spotted a man with large glasses frames.

After Dongmei rushed up, she said directly: "Teacher, hello, I am Cui Tao's mother, my child is in the third year of high school this year, and his college entrance examination score has exceeded the admission score of your school, but he filled in the wrong volunteer and slipped the gear, and now he wants to go to your school, is it okay?"

Listening to the middle-aged woman in front of him, the man in the eyes said with a blank face: "I'm sorry, you found the wrong person, right?"

Dongmei said: "I didn't look for the wrong person, you are the teacher, leader, or director of the school, right?"

The man with glasses said in a low-key manner: "I'm sorry, I'm a bachelor's and master's student, and I'm still a student for the time being." ”

Hearing that the man in front of her was still a student, Dongmei almost fainted.

She couldn't believe what happened to the children now, why were they still studying at this age?

After touching two men, Dongmei spotted a woman again.

She saw that the woman was very temperamental, not only wearing glasses, but also plugging in headphones, she should be a teacher.

So, Dongmei rushed up again, she looked at the woman and said, "Hello teacher." ”

When the woman heard someone call her, she took off her headphones and said, "Hello, is there anything wrong?"

Dongmei repeated what she had just said at the fastest speed.

However, before Dongmei's words were finished, the woman laughed.

She said: "Eldest sister, this kind of thing, you want to find the big leader of our school, I am just an ordinary counselor teacher, I don't have the ability to let your child come to our school to study." ”

Hearing this, Dongmei was very disappointed.

She smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, excuse me." ”

In this way, Dongmei asked more than a dozen people in a row, until the people at the school gate were gone.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Dongmei still hadn't found the person in charge of the school, or someone who could do things for Taotao.

Dongmei felt very tired.

She only had breakfast in the morning, and then came out, and when it came to this, she only ate a few steamed buns and green onions.

Dongmei's expression was lost, she sat lonely on the cement platform at the entrance of the school, looking at the direction of the school, wondering if she could do something for her son?

After running for a day, the sweat on Dongmei's body was wet and dry, dry and wet, and now it is on her face, accumulating a thick layer of sweat salt, which looks white.

Although Dongmei is in the provincial capital, her heart is at home.

She seemed to have seen that inside the house, Tao Tao was sitting anxiously on the sofa, waiting for herself to bring him the good news back, waiting for herself to enter the provincial petroleum institute instead of entering the private university Yucai University.

Just when Dongmei was in a daze, the eldest sister who sold cold drinks suddenly shouted at Dongmei: "Big sister, it's almost seven o'clock, aren't you eating?"

Dongmei was called back from her thoughts, and she said: "Meals in big cities are too expensive, I have steamed buns in my bag, I just eat a few steamed buns." ”

As she spoke, Dongmei was ready to take out the remaining steamed buns, and she would just take it for lunch.

The eldest sister hurriedly said: "I said eldest sister, you are stupid, this neighborhood is a prosperous area, and the rice must be expensive, why don't you go to the nearby urban village to eat, noodles, rice, stir-fried vegetables, everything, and cheap." ”

Dongmei looked at the bustling streets nearby, and then looked at the nearby high-rise buildings, she said in surprise: "Where is the urban village?"

The eldest sister said, "You walk around this school to the south, and you can get there by walking three stops." ”

Hearing this, Dongmei looked at the south side of the school, and it was indeed not as prosperous as the north side.

She asked her eldest sister, "How much is a bowl of noodles in the nearby urban village?"

The eldest sister said: "Three yuan a bowl of dry noodles is guaranteed to eat until you are full." ”

Hearing three yuan a bowl of noodles, Dongmei nodded and said, "It's really not expensive, then I'll go and take a look, thank you." ”

With that, Dongmei walked towards the urban village.